Christianity had already spread throughout the world at the time of Paul (Romans 1:8) and this is attested by the opponents of Christianity, as read in Pliny's letter to Emperor Trajan.
1) In the King James Version of the Bible, Acts 4:13 reads: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus"
2) The Catacombs at Rome: Benjamin Scott. BOOK...
So, the churches of Jerusalem and Judea were of the circumcision, and the practice of "teraphim" of the saints was perpetuated and saw a greater increase with Constantine.
What about teraphim in the Hebrew Bible? Hosea 3:4
> One was even used to save the great king David
1 Samuel 19:13-15
Michal took a statue, laid it on the bed, put a goatskin at its head, and covered it with a cloak.
When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said: He is sick.
Saul...
1) Your message carries many theological implications and requires more expertise than I can offer, as my background is in traffic management and administration, not in language studies.
2) The birth of my daughter has taught me many lessons. Her mother comes from a different ethnicity, and at...
The Birth of Samson
13 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. 3 The angel of...
Deuteronomy 34:9-12 KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to...
Deuteronomy 6:20-25 KJV
“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt...
The Christian Bible teaches that Jesus is the incarnate Logos, the divine Word. Jesus is "theos" in Greek and/or "elohim" in Hebrew, similar to Moses; in short, Jesus is the manifestation of the Father. This is written. My question is: how does Islam interpret Quran 4:171?
In the Quran, Jesus...
The Apostle Paul, born Saul of Tarsus, was a Jew of Pharisaic lineage and a Roman citizen who knew Jesus "according to the flesh" (2 Corinthians 5:16), meaning prior to his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. Initially, Paul used his authority and Roman citizenship to persecute the...
YHVH manifested Himself in a dark cloud to Moses, and made it clear in the Torah that He would manifest Himself to a prophet like Moses. God has manifested Himself in many forms to humanity; nothing is impossible for Him, including fully manifesting in a man. This is not idolatry.
The Hebrew Bible does not deny the existence of a pantheon of gods. It establishes that none of these gods should be worshiped before the face of YHVH; that is, the Hebrew Bible does not deny the natural order and energy of these gods in the cosmos.
David, a central figure in Israel's history, lived a life full of details that are often overlooked. One of the most iconic moments is his confrontation with Goliath. David chose five smooth stones from the brook (1 Samuel 17:40), though the exact reason for this choice isn't explicitly...