Where does it mention in the Bible the apostles receiving the Priesthood?
Question Gramps, In which specific place in the bible did the 12 apostles receive the priesthood by the laying of hands from Christ? Omi Answer Omi, Let me start off by referring you to a previous answer that will answer part of yours: When did...
Will those mentioned in Hebrews who were forced to wander in the wilderness never obtain the Celestial Kingdom?
Question Gramps, We were just reading Hebrews 3 where it says that the Lord has sworn in His wrath that those who sinned in the wilderness – and were made to wander forty years – will not enter into His rest. Does this mean they cannot obtain the...
How were the years in Biblical time counted?
Question Gramps, We name the years before Christ as in 2000 BC, 1500 BC, 600 BC, and so on. But how did those people at that time count their years? They couldn’t have used BC in any of their calendars. Or as time passed, did they even label or keep...
What is the relationship of Salome to Christ and his mother Mary?
Question Gramps, I read in the New Testament Student institute manual: “Tradition indicates that John may have been Jesus’s first cousin. This tradition also indicates that Salome, who is mentioned in Mark 16:1, was the sister of Jesus’s mother, Mary,...
Was the forbidden fruit really an apple?
Question Gramps, Was the forbidden fruit really an apple? Dallas Answer Dallas, In reality, we do not know what type of fruit the forbidden fruit was. Could it have been an apple? Perhaps, just as it could have been any other fruit, including...
Why weren’t there 12 apostles during Old Testament times?
Question Hi Gramps, If Christ called twelve apostles during New Testament times, and He called twelve apostles in modern times, then why weren’t there twelve apostles during Old Testament times? Thanks. Brother G Answer Brother G, Thank you...
Is Matthew’s version of the events around Christ’s death accurate?
Question Gramps, In Matthew 27::52-53 the Savior dies and is still hanging on the cross. The veil is ripped in two and the graves open and saints witness in the city of Jerusalem. Matthew is the only gospel that mentions this phenomenal occurrence and my...
If pre-existence is a fact, then why would Paul teach the natural body to be first, then the spiritual?
Question Gramps, If pre-existence is a fact, then why would Paul teach the natural body to be first, then the spiritual? Howbeit that that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual (1 Cor 15:46). Wouldn’t...
