Biblical Elucidation

Have you ever heard that God forsook Jesus on the cross because He could not bear the sight of His Son suffering? Or, that God could not watch Jesus become sin, because He could not look upon Sin? Or, maybe you've heard that it wasn't Jesus at all who cried out from the cross; but that it was His flesh that cried out? His human side! Let's take a journey through the pages of the Bible to search and discover what the scriptures reveal to us about Jesus' cry... Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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Each year during Christmas Season, Nativity scenes, traditionally depict Joseph, Mary, with baby Jesus laying in a manger, various domesticated animals, 2 shepherds, 3 wise men and a heralding Angel. But, what picture does the Bible paint of this miraculous event? Were Joseph and Mary married or just engaged? Why was there no room in the inn for them? Why is so much emphasis put on baby Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes? Why was Jesus placed in a manger? And, who was actually present at the birth of Christ? Discover the answers to these popular Nativity questions and more...

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Do you believe that there is a Hell? And, most important of all, what have you been taught about Hell? Let's take a journey through the pages of the Bible to discover if what you've heard about Hell is actually what is presented in Scripture! Hell? Yeah!

Jonah is one of the most famous and well known stories of the Bible. If, you have attended Sunday school you have heard this story and colored pictures of Jonah being swallowed up by a happy huge whale. But... why? Out of the hundreds of stories in the Bible why is the story of Jonah etched so deeply within our minds? Why is his story so important?

Ancient 1st Century Christian Ossuary engraving

Q&A: Answering the question, Why do my prayers go unanswered? Have you ever felt like your prayers were not being answered or that God was not hearing your prayers. In this episode we will search the scriptures to discover what might be hindering the response from God that you've been hoping and waiting for.

Answering one of the most controversial questions in Christendom... Should Women Preach? What does the Bible actually teach Believers about it? In order to answer this question, we will examine only the Pauline epistles to see what hides just beneath the surface, just waiting to be discovered.

1Timothy 2:11 & 12

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

2 Peter 3:14-16 (Peters Warning)

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Greek (Grecian) Civilization vs Roman Civilization

Solon Law; Solonian Constitution (Authentic)

1Ti 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

The Greek would actually read,

This is a true saying, If "I 'tis" meaning if any; whosoever desire the office of a bishop, epi thu meō meaning set the heart upon, a good work.

1Co 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Romans Chapter 16 (whole)

9 Women listed

Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Q&A: What are the Heavenly Crowns? And, what must be done in order for Believers to receive them?

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8:29-30, KJV)

Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Revelation 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible." (1 Corinthians 9:25, KJV)

"For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?" (1 Thes 2:19, KJV)

"Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:8, KJV)

"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." (James 1:12, KJV)

"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." (Revelation 2:10, KJV)

"The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." (1 Peter 5:1-4, KJV)

Answering the question: Out of all the men in the Bible why was David a man after God's own heart? And, How could this be when he committed so many sins?

Taking a deeper look at the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis Ch. 19 to discover what lies just beneath the surface.

Taking a deeper look at the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis Ch. 18 to discover what lies just beneath the surface.

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