Month: November 2016

Deuteronomy 22:1 “You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.” In Genesis 4, Cane kills his brother. Verse nine has this […]

2 Peter 3:8 “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” I’ve heard it said that time is part of creation; […]

Deuteronomy 20:19,20 “When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you […]

2 Peter 3:6 “By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.” Peter is addressing those that deny Christ’s Second Coming. He brings up the fact that long ago, the world was destroyed by water in […]

Deuteronomy 20:18 “so that they may not teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against the LORD your God.” A few entries ago, the topic […]

2 Peter 3:4-6 4They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens […]

Deuteronomy 20:8 “Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say, ‘Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him depart and return to his house, so that he might not make his brothers’ hearts melt […]

2 Peter 3:4 ‘and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation,”‘ The people in this passage didn’t believe Jesus was coming […]

Deuteronomy 20:1 “When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land […]

2 Peter 3:3 “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts”. There have always been mockers. Noah was teased while constructing the ark. Peter’s point is that […]