I say God is love but many follow a different theology. The Bible appears to be conflicted on this issue and in fact on many theological points. One can find a Scripture to back up about any belief you’d like to embrace on the “after life” as an example. There’s Scriptures that indicate: heaven, [...]
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Do you think it will prove that the Quranic version of Biblical events are true?
"About 35% of the Qumran biblical manuscripts are nearly identical to the Masoretic, or traditional, Hebrew text of the Old Testament and 10% to the Greeg and Samaritan traditions, with the remainder exhibiting sometimes dramatic differences in both language and content…. [...]
Before anyone gets offended….
I must say that I consider myself a Christian and I attend church…
My question is a serious one, I just seek answers.
Granted, the dead sea scrolls is an incredible example of how the old testament has not changed in translation as much as most people would have thought,
but…
There are so many other [...]
Where did the king james version come from ? Who first wrote the new testament?
I have watched a few documentaries about the Dead Sea Scrolls, but I have not had the time to search the internet and read English translations of the texts myself.
If you have read these, how are they different from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible?
One documentary I watched said the Essenes spoke of a [...]
Yep, it all started from the Tanakh, the original Jewish scripture. Jesus did not fulfill the prophecies, so he’s just another false messiah. Basically the Old Testament was taken from the Tanakh and translated to fit the New Testament.
So not only did he not fulfill the prophecies, there is not any evidence for [...]
I was told by my Pastor that the New Testament fulfills the Old Testament, or in other words, CHRISTIANS are not bound by the Old Testament because Jesus came and saved us from the Old Testament, therefore, we Christians are only bound by the New Testament because Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament for us. [...]
I find it so strange that Jesus is at the center of the Christian faith and yet, Jews, who read the same Old Testament, strongly deny there is any evidence Jesus was the messiah.
Can Christians and Jews comment on this? (Please minimize the amount of quotes from the bible, thanks)
I’ve heard that the verses in the Old Testament that the Christian New Testament quotes as being prophecies for Jesus Christ differ from what the Dead Sea Scrolls actually say? Is what I’ve heard true? Can I get some references so I can back myself up?
For example, I heard the Dead Sea Scrolls [...]