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In Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, Moses refers to himself in the third person instead of the first person, unlike Paul in the New Testament. It is only in a few cases in Deuteronomy that he uses the first-person perspective (primarily Chapters 1-4). Then, when you read Deuteronomy 1, it starts...

Jesus' birth in Isaiah 7:14 states: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." The Hebrew "almah" means "young woman" and not a "virgin." However, the Greek Septuagint translated it as "parthenos" (virgin), and...

Matthew and Luke provide us with the genealogy of Jesus, but instead of focusing on Mary, his mother, they concentrate on Joseph. Would someone help me understand why this is the case, despite there being no blood relation between Joseph and Jesus?

Hebrews Chapters 8 and 9 talk about the new Covenant we have in Jesus, which replaces the old one (The commandments given to the Israelites at Sinai, see Deut. Chapter 5). When I read this chapter, especially Chapter 8:13, some questions arise. NIV states: By calling this covenant “new,” he has...

God Says: The LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die". It could be argued that Adam and Eve could not follow this command because they did...

The Old Testament tells Israel how to keep the Sabbath, including what to do and what not to do. However, I think most, if not all, Adventists, agree that it is impossible to keep the Sabbath as described in the Old Testament. Why are there no guidelines on how to keep the Sabbath in the New...

Seventh-Day Adventists believe that Michael the Archangel is Jesus. Would someone please help me understand this using Biblical references?

The 2300-day prophecy ended in October 1844 with the cleansing of the sanctuary, which, in the Old Testament, occurred during the Day of Atonement (a single day). Using the same principle that a day represents a year (Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6), we would assume that Christ would return in...

Following the Great Disappointment of 1844, Ellen White was shown a vision that helped her and the Millerites explain why Christ did not return. Here is an excerpt: "Sabbath, March 24, 1849, we had a sweet and very interesting meeting with the brethren at Topsham, Maine. The Holy Ghost was...

Based on the different accounts of the Gospel, which Mary washed the feet of Jesus? Was it Mary the sister to Lazarus or Mary of Magdala?

Hello. My question regards the continued interest of Adventists in building mega churches costing millions. Is there any advantage (spiritually speaking), of using million to build large structures that sometimes takes decades to complete, when we profess and believe that we are living in the...