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  Is John 12:24 inspired of God?

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  john 12:24 says: "except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

  " is this a scientifically accurate statement?

  can a dead seed germinate and go on to produce fruit?

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  Is there a problem with Matthew 12:40?

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  matthew 12:40b says: "so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  " if someone on this site were to say that jesus was 'in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights' would some helpful soul reply with a correction?

  does this bible verse need to be corrected?

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  Ever wondered about Colossians 1:23?

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  colossians 1:23b claims that by the time of writing, the good news had been preached, "to every creature ( "all creation" - nwt ) which is under heaven.

  " had the good news really been preached in 'all creation under heaven' when colossians was written?

  was this statement inspired by an all-knowing god or does it just reflect reflect the ignorance of the time, as to the size of the world?

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  Does the Bible's '2 witnesses' rule give evidence of divine inspiration?

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  at deut 17:6 the law is given that states that for the death penalty to be imposed on someone guilty of a capital offence, there have to be 2 or 3 witnesses to the crime.

  if there weren't at least 2 witnesses then no conviction could be made and therefore no punishment meted out to the offender.. consider the following scenario: an israelite girl is being sexually abused by her israelite father ( incest was a capital offence under the mosaic law - leviticus 18:6,29 ).

  she approaches the city elders and tells them what her father is doing to her.

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  Does 2 Samuel 12:15 show the god of the Bible to be a god of justice?

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  after king david commits adulery with bathaheba and arranges for her husband uriah to be killed in battle, does god execute the death penalty on david as prescribed by the mosaic law for adulterers?

  ( deut 22:22 ) no.

  rather than executing david, what punishment does god mete out?

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  Did Jesus fulfil Hosea 11:1?

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  at matthew 2:15, the writer quotes an extract from hosea 11:1. his quote reads: "out of egypt have i called my son.

  " matthew applies this quotation to jesus in connection with jesus' return to israel from egypt, as an infant.

  does the context of this extract from hosea 11:1, and the tense in which it is written indicate that it is a messianic prophecy?

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  Did Jesus fulfil Micah 5:2? What does the context indicate?

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  christians believe that jesus fulfilled the prophecy at micah 5:2 which predicts the coming of a ruler from bethlehem.

  however, does the context support that belief?

  the verses following verse 2 foretell what this ruler would accomplish.

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  Did Jesus fulfil Micah 5:2?

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  christians believe that micah 5:2, which predicts the coming of a ruler from bethlehem, was fulfilled by jesus.

  however, does the context support that belief?

  micah goes on to predict what this ruler would accomplish.

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  Help me please? When I click on the message box, nothing happens.

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  Is Jesus the Messiah?

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  as christianity is based on jesus' fulfilment of 'old testament' messianic prophecies, does anyone know of any convincing scriptural evidence that he did?

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