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Sin
How does the Bible define sin? How do sinful human beings relate to God? Read more to find out. Sin is pictured in Genesis as beginning with Adam and Eve, who disobeyed God by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 3:9). The Jewish Scriptures, which Christians call the Old Testament, describe sin in…
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The Servant Songs in Isaiah
Many Jewish people thought the Messiah would return as a victorious king. However, four passages in Isaiah discuss a servant who will bring Israel back to God.Four passages in Isaiah are often identified as "the Servant Songs" because they focus on the call and work of "the Lord's servant" (or "God's servant"): 42:1-4; 49:1-6; 50:4-9; and 52:13—53:12. These songs (or…
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Hope
Throughout Scripture, hope refers to confident trust in God to provide for the Israelites’ needs. Read more about the theme of hope that is woven through the Old and New Testaments. In present-day society, the word “hope” often refers to wishful thinking or to the expectation that something positive is going to happen. This understanding of hope is certainly found…
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Second Coming
In the New Testament, Jesus promises that he will return. Read more about the context of the second coming and what it will mean for believers. This term is used to refer to the future time Christ will return to judge people and establish God’s kingdom. The term, “second coming,” is not found in the New Testament, but Jesus says…
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Resurrection
When people in ancient Israel died and were buried, it was believed that their souls went down and stayed in the dark underworld called "Sheol" or "Hades." Later, when the people of Judah were in exile in Babylon about 600 years before Jesus was born, some prophets announced the idea of someone coming back to life after being dead. This…
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What are the Apocrypha and Deuterocanonical Books?
Find out what different faith traditions in Western Christianity say about the Deuterocanonical books and what role these books play in the Old Testament canon.The term "apocrypha" is Greek for "hidden or secret (things)." When Jerome translated the Scriptures into Latin in the late fourth century, he noted that the Septuagint had many more books than the Hebrew Bible itself.…
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