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...
In Joel 2:31, is this referring to the blood moon?
Question Gramps, In the latter days…..”and the moon shall turn to blood”, is this ” the blood moon”? This is mentioned in Joel. Raymond Answer Dear Raymond, Before I continue with basically a summary, let me point you...
Does heaven and hell refer to paradise and spirit prison?
Question Gramps, I’ve always understood that many of the references in the bible to heaven and hell refer to paradise and spirit prison–thus, the images of sulfur and burning. Therefore that’s why there’s no discussion of the three degrees in the Old Testament...
