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HOW DID THE STARS GIVE LIGHT TO THE EARTH?
God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.
Genesis 1:16 (The stars gave light to the earth immediately, although the closest star, Alpha Centauri, is 4.3 light years away. So the very first star light would have taken 4.3 years to reach earth. The light we see from the Andromeda Galaxy takes 2.2 million years to reach earth... which also debunks the argument that the earth is only 6,000-10,000 years old.)
WHICH CAME FIRST IN CREATION?
GENESIS 1:11-12 and 1:26-27: Trees came before Adam.
GENESIS 2:4-9: Trees came after Adam.
GENESIS 1:20-21 and 26-27: Birds were created before Adam.
GENESIS 2:7 and 2:19: Birds were created after Adam.
Genesis 1:24-27: Animals were created before Adam.
Genesis 2:7 and 2:19: Animals were created after Adam.
Genesis 1:26-27: Adam and Eve were created at the same time.
Genesis 2:7 and 2:21-22: Adam was created first, woman sometime later.
Genesis 1:31: God was pleased with his creation.
Genesis 6:5-6: God was not pleased with his creation. (Which raises the question, how can an omnipotent, omniscient God create something he’s not pleased with?)
HOW DID NOAH BUILD THE ARK?
Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:6 (Eight people 600 years old built a watercraft the size of a football stadium with only felled trees and pitch?)
HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE ON NOAH’S ARK?
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:19-20 (Noah was commanded to bring TWO of every animal on the ark.)
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 7:2-3 (Noah is commanded to bring SEVEN animals that are "clean" and TWO that are "unclean."
Also, some naturalists estimate a minimum of 40,000 animal species at the time. How, exactly, did eight extreme senior citizens load, manage and care for 80,000 animals?
And how do you explain the finding and loading of animals not indigenous to the Middle East, like the polar bear, the sloth, the crocodile, the fruit bat, the anaconda, etc?
How were the animals’ specialized diets accommodated, like bamboo shoots for the giant panda, fresh meat for the carnivores, plant life for the herbivores, etc?
Where was the food stored, and who cleaned each stall? How was the waste disposed of in a stadium-sized craft with one window?
What about the predator and prey animals being housed in the same ship?)
EXPLAIN THE FLOOD IT SELF
{the waters} They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. Genesis 7:19-20 (This would require steady, planet-wide rainfall at the rate of 6 inches per minute, 360 inches an hour, for 40 days and 40 nights, covering Mount Everest under 22 feet of water. How, exactly, did Noah measure this for the record? And where has all of the water gone since?)
SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high
1 Kings 6:2
Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stone cutters in the hills, as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workmen.
1 Kings 5:15-16 (Why were 153,000 people required to build such a small structure?)
In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.
1 Kings 6:38 (Why did it take 7 years to construct?)
I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 22:14 (Over 7 million pounds of gold and 75 million pounds of silver were required to construct this small structure.)
SOLOMON’S SACRIFICE
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.
So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo [a] Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.
2 Chronicles 7:5 and 7:8-9 (That’s 22,000 oxen and 120,00 sheep in a single week. That’s about 850 animals an hour, 14 every minute.)
CAN MAN BE RIGHTEOUS??
The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Genesis 7:1 (Noah was righteous.)
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason." Job 2:3 (Job was righteous)
Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. Luke 1:6 (Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous.)
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
James 5:16 (Some men are righteous, and their prayers are effective.)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 1 John 3:7 (Christians become righteous.)
As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
Romans 3:10 (No one is righteous.)
WHO HAS SEEN GOD?
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Genesis 32:30 (Jacob actually wrestled with God and was renamed “Israel” by God at that moment.)
No man hath seen God at any time. John 1:18 (John the Baptist was denying to the Jews of Jerusalem that he was the Christ.)
Thou, Lord, art seen face to face. Numbers 14:14 (Moses was explaining to the grumbling Israelite assembly that God had displayed his presence to free them from Egypt.)
Not that any man hath seen the Father. John 6:46 (Jesus was explaining why he is the “bread of life”...God’s proxy here on earth.)
WHO IS PUNISHED FOR SINS?
The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
Ezekiel 18:20 (The penalty of sin is placed upon only the sinner,
not the offspring.)
... I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Exodus 20:5 (The penalty of sin affects generations.)
DOES GOD KEEP ANGER FOREVER?
... for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever.
Jeremiah 3:12 (God pleads with Israel to repent and return to Him.)
Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.
Jeremiah 17:4 (Same book. Also note the previous chapter, where
God brings disaster in verse 11: “…it is because your fathers forsook
me,” generational punishment which again contradicts Ezekiel 18:20)
WHO DID THE ANGEL SPEAK TO REGARDING THE BIRTH OF JESUS?
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him
in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary
home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:20 (The angel appeared to Joseph.)
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in
Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to
her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
Luke 1:28 (The angel spoke to Mary.)
DID MARY AND JOSEPH FLEE TO SAFETY?
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.
"Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay
there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for
Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled
what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious,
and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who
were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned
from the Magi.
Matthew 2:13-16 (They fled to Egypt until Herod’s death.)
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the
Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. And the child
grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God
was upon him.
Luke 2:39 (The Christ child was presented, and Mary and Joseph returned to
Nazareth. There’s no mention of Herod’s decree or a flight to Egypt for safety.)
WHO BROUGHT THE CAPERNAUM CENTURION’S REQUEST TO JESUS?
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him
a centurion, beseeching him,
Matthew 8:5 (It’s the centurion himself who comes.)
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Luke 7:3 (The centurion sends some elders.)
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the
house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble
not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
Luke 7:6 (The centurion sends friends. Same book, same chapter as “elders.”)
WHERE DID JESUS GO AFTER THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000?
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.
Mark 6:53 (Jesus and the disciples went to Gennesaret.)
Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him,
"Rabbi, when did you get here?"
John 6:24-25 (Jesus and the disciples went to Capernaum.)
WHERE DID THE DEVIL TAKE JESUS?
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest
point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself
down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you, and
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.” Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the
Lord your God to the test.” Again, the devil took him to a very high
mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord
your God, and serve him only.'
Matthew 4:5-8 (Satan took Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple, then to
the mountain top.)
The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant
all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, "I will give you all
their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give
it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours." Jesus
answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'
The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point
of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down
from here.
Luke 4:5-9 (Satan took Jesus to the mountain first, then the temple.)
HOW MANY BLIND MEN DID JESUS HEAL ON THE ROAD FROM JERICHO?
As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that
Jesus was going by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"
Matthew 20:29 (Jesus healed the two men in verse 34.)
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a
large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the
Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard
that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have
mercy on me!"
Mark 10:46-47 (There was only one blind man.)
WHERE DID THE ANOINTING OF JESUS TAKE PLACE?
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper,
a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
Matthew 26:6-7 (The anointing happens in Bethany, at the house of Simon
the leper. An unnamed woman anoints Jesus. Oil is placed on Jesus’ head.)
“Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to
the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived
a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume”
Luke 7:36-37 (The anointing takes place at the house of a Pharisee in Galilee.
Oil is placed not on Jesus’ head, but on his feet.)
“Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”
John 12:3 (It isn’t an unnamed woman sinner who anoints Jesus, but Mary who
does the honors.)
WHERE DID JESUS MEET SIMON PETER AND ANDREW?
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 4:18-19 (Peter and Andrew are fishing.)
And he (Andrew) brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said,
Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee,
and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
John 1:42-43 (Andrew was following Jesus, found his brother and brought
him to Jesus.)
DID JESUS ALLOW HIS DISCIPLES TO CARRY A STAFF?
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey,
save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Mark 6:8 (They’re allowed to bring a staff.)
And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves,
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
Luke 9:3 (Staffs, or “staves,” are specifically mentioned as something
NOT to bring.)
DID THE FIG TREE THAT JESUS CURSED WITHER IMMEDIATELY,
OR OVERNIGHT?
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found
nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow
on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:19 (It happened immediately, and the disciples were
amazed by it.)
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried
up from the roots.
Mark 11:20 (The dried up fig tree was discovered the following morning.)
DID JESUS SPEAK AT HIS HEARING BEFORE PILATE?
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,
"Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.
Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing
against you?" But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—
to the great amazement of the governor.
Matthew 27:11 (Jesus doesn’t answer the charges.)
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in
saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came
into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth
listens to me."
John 18-37 (Jesus answers the charges.)
WHAT COLOR ROBE WAS JESUS GIVEN?
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him
Matthew 27:28 (Jesus is given a scarlet robe.)
They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns
and set it on him.
Mark 15:17 (The robe is purple.)
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head.
They clothed him in a purple robe.
John 19:2 (Again the robe is purple. These are not the same color.
In fact, Rev 17:4 takes pains to mention a cloth both purple AND scarlet.
Had the material looked different from different vantages? Or were
the authors color blind?)
WHO CARRIED JESUS’ CROSS?
... and led him out to crucify him. And they compel one Simon a
Cyrennian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of
Alexander and Rufus to bear his cross. And they bring him unto
the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received
it not. And when they had crucified him...
Mark 15:20b-24a (Simon of Cyrene carried the cross)
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they
took Jesus and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into
a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha
Where they crucified him...
John 19:16-18 (Jesus carried the cross.)
WHEN WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED?
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mark 15:25 (The third hour, as noted in the Amplified Bible, is 9am)
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour:
and he (Pilate) saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate
saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered,
We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him over therefore
unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
John 19:14-16 (The sixth hour is Noon.)
WHAT WERE THE CENTURION’S WORDS AT THE CROSS?
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus
saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified,
and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"
Matthew 27:54
The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said,
"Surely this was a righteous man."
Luke 23:47 (Being a “righteous man” and the “Son of God” are
completely different things.)
WHERE WAS JESUS ON THE SIXTH HOUR OF THE CRUCIFIXION?
...And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole
land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:32-33 (Christ was already on the cross at 9am)
And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour:
and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.
John 19:14-15 (It was 9am as Jesus was being judged at Pilate’s palace.)
WHAT WERE JESUS’ LAST WORDS ON THE CROSS?
Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? that is to say, ;My God, My God, why hast
thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46 (Verse 50 says he cried out again before dying,
but no mention is made of spoken words.)
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit
Luke 23:46
It is finished
John 19:30
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR JESUS TO GET TO HEAVEN
AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION?
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart
of the earth.
Matthew 12:40 (Jesus wouldn’t ascend to heaven for 3 days. His
journey is compared to Jonah’s 3 days in the belly of the fish.)
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
Luke 23:42-43 (Jesus is to be in Paradise that very day)
WHO WERE THE FIRST VISITORS TO JESUS’ TOMB?
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Matthew 28:1 (Mary Magdalene and the other Mary)
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James,
and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
Mark 16:1 (the two Marys, plus a third person, Salome)
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the
Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the
mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
Luke 24:10 (the two Marys, Joanna, and “the others.”)
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed
from the entrance.
John 20:1 (only Mary Magdalene)
WAS THE STONE ROLLED AWAY?
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was
a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven
and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
Matthew 28:1-2 (The stone was in place when they arrived, and the
angel rolled it back.)
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very
large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a
young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and
they were alarmed.
Mark 16:4 (The stone had already been rolled away upon their arrival,
noted also in luke 24:2 and John 20:1)
WHO DID THE VISITORS TELL OF JESUS’ EMPTY TOMB?
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and
ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They
came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them,
"Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will
see me." Matthew 28:8 (The visitors were overjoyed, and they ran to tell the disciples.)
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb.
They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
Mark 16:8 (They were afraid, and told no one.)
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the
Eleven and to all the others.
Luke 24:9 (They told the eleven and others.)
Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the
tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two
angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the
other at the foot.
John 20:10 (Mary informed Simon and the other disciple about the empty
tomb, then remained at the tomb crying.)
HOW DID JUDAS DIE?
Then Judas, which had betrayed him (Jesus), when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders. Saying, I have sinned in that I
have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us?
see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,
and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests
took the silver pieces and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the
treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and
bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore
that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Matthew 27:3-8 (Judas hanged himself)
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas,
which was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with
us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased
a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder
in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto
all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The Field of Blood.
Acts 1:16-19 (Judas bought a field, fell down and his intestines spilled out.)
WHERE DID JESUS’ ASCENSION TAKE PLACE?
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he
sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached
everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the
signs that accompanied it.
Mark 19-20 (The ascension took place presumably from a room while the
disciples were together.)
When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands
and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken
up into heaven.
Luke 24:50-51 (The ascension happened outside, at Bethany, near Jerusalem.)
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives,
a Sabbath day's walk from the city.
Acts 1: 12 (at Mt. Olivet)
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told
them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then
Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:16-20 (Matthew makes no mention of an ascension at all, an
undoubtedly noteworthy event.)
WHO IS THE RULER OF THE EARTH?
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world
will be driven out.
John 12:31 (Satan is the ruler, or prince, of this world.)
…for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."
1 Corinthians 10:26 (The earth, and its possessions, belong to The Lord.)
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to
come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler of the kings of the earth.
Revelation 1:5 (Jesus is the ruler of the earth.)
IS JESUS THE SAME AS GOD?
I and my father are one.
John 10:30 (Jesus is God.)
... I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
John 14:28 (God is greater than Jesus.)
IS IT GOOD OR BAD TO BE WEALTHY?
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord... Wealth and riches shall
be in his house...
Psalms 112:1-3 (Riches are good.)
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Matthew 19:24 (Riches are a hindrance.)
IS IT OK TO JUDGE?
In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Leviticus 19:15 (God’s law given to Moses.)
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 7:1 (Part of Jesus’ sermon on the mount.)
HOW OLD WAS JEHOIACHIN WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN
IN JERUSALEM? AND FOR HOW LONG?
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta,
the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
II Kings 24:8 (18 years old. Reigned three months.)
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD.
II Chronicles 36:9 (8 years old. Reigned 3 months and 10 days.)
HOW OLD WAS AHAZIAH WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN?
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
2 Kings 8:26
Fourty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
2 Chronicles 22:2 (a 20-year difference)
WHO DID THE MIDIANITES SELL JOSEPH TO?
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis 37:28 (The Midianites sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.)
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Genesis 37:36 (Sold to Potiphar. Same chapter. Same book.)
WHAT WAS THE POPULATION OF ISRAEL? AND HOW MANY
FIGHTING MEN DID THEY HAVE?
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king:
and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew
the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Samuel 24:9 (By my count, 1,300,000 men)
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And
all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand
men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten
thousand men that drew sword.
1 Chronicles 21:5 (By my count, 1,500,000 men)
DID MICHAL HAVE CHILDREN?
Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day
of her death.
II Samuel 6:23 (sons = zero)
The five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul.
II Samuel 21:8 (sons = five)
WHO HAS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN?
No man hath ascended up to Heaven, but he that came down
from Heaven, even the Son of Man.
John 3:13 (No man has ascended to Heaven.)
And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into Heaven
II Kings 2:11 (Elijah ascended to Heaven.)
Also Enoch was taken bodily to Heaven at the age of 365.
Genesis 5:24 (Enoch ascended to Heaven.)
WHO KILLED SAUL?
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust
me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me
through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was
sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
I Samuel 31:4 (Saul committed suicide.)
And he (Saul) said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am
an Amalekite. He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and
slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in
me. So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he
could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was
upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought
them hither unto my lord.
II Samuel 1:8-10 (Saul was killed by the Amalekite.)
IS INCEST WRONG?
God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer
to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely
give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of
nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 17:15-16 (Abraham marries his half-sister. God blesses the
union in Genesis 22:17.)
" If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his
mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be
cut off before the eyes of their people. He has dishonored his sister and
will be held responsible.”
Leviticus 20:17 (Incest is a disgrace.)
"Cursed is the man who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father
or the daughter of his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
Deuteronomy 27:23 (The perpetrator is “cursed.”)
WHO WERE THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ?
“The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.”
Genesis 36:11 (Five sons)
“The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and Amalek.” 1 Chronicles 1:35-36 (Seven sons)
HONOR THY PARENTS?
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the
LORD your God is giving you.” EXODUS 20:12 (Part of the Ten Commandments)
"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded
you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land
the LORD your God is giving you.” DEUTERONOMY 5:16
“For God said, 'Honor your father and mother” and 'Anyone who curses his
father or mother must be put to death.”
Matthew 15:4
“For I have come to turn 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother in law, a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.” Matthew 10:35-37 (What, exactly, happened to “Honor your father and mother?”)
“Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three
against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Luke 12:51-53
DOES GOD REMEMBER SIN?
“And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD,
the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love
and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness,
rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes
the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and
fourth generation."
Exodus 34.6-7 (God remembers sin.)
“No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them
to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more."
Jeremiah 31:34 (God does not remember sin.)
WHERE DID AARON DIE?
“Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on
Mount Hor.” Numbers 33:38 (Aaron died on Mount Hor.)
“The Israelites traveled from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah.
There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded
him as priest.” Deuteronomy 10:6 (Aaron died in Moserah.)
WAS SISERA SLEEPING OR STANDING?
But Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went
quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg
through his temple into the ground, and he died.”
Judges 4:21 (He lay asleep.)
“Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman's
hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and
pierced his temple. At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet
he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell-dead.”
Judges 5:25-27 (Same book. Next chapter. Sisera was standing and
fell at her feet.)
HOW MUCH DID SOLOMON PAY FOR HIS PROPERTY?
But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it.
I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost
me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen
and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
2 Samuel 24:24 (50 shekels)
So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
1 Chronicles 21:25 (600 shekels)
IS REVENGE ACCEPTABLE?
The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe
their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, "Surely the
righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."
Psalm 58:10-11 (Revenge is celebrated.)
Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let
your heart rejoice, or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn
his wrath away from him. Proverbs 24:17-18 (Do not rejoice over the calamity of your enemy.)
SHOULD YOU ANSWER A FOOL?
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:4 (Don’t answer)
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5 (Do answer.)
IS THERE AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN?
I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven
them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be
forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."
Mark 3:28-29 (There is an unforgivable sin.)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 (Jesus forgives our sins. No exceptions mentioned.)
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of
your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us
all our sins,
Colossians 2:13 (“all our sins” are forgiven)
This is far from a complete list of fallacies and contradictions, but these examples show the continuity issues rampant in the Holy Bible, rendering the entire document suspect as a reference for historical and spiritual truth.
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