Category: BIBLE TRUTH

An appearance of God to a human; a divine manifestation. Theophanies don’t always mean God appears in the form of a man. He can sometimes manifest Himself in fire or a tempest or a still small voice.
A few examples:
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 18:1-15 The three visitors visit Abraham and Sarah by the great tree of Mamre.
Genesis 26:2 (Isaac) And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Genesis 32:24-30 Another example of God appearing on earth is when Jacob wrestles the angel
Exodus 3 Moses and The Burning Bush
Exodus 6:2-3 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus 13:20-22 Pillar of Cloud and Fire
Exodus 24:9-10 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Numbers 12:6-8 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Numbers 22:22-35 Balaam and His Ass
Joshua 5:13-15 Commander of the Lord’s Army Appears to Joshua
Judges 10 Gideon and The angel of the Lord
Judges 13 The Angel of the Lord Visits Manoah and His Wife
1 Kings 19:12 “still small voice” that spoke to Elijah in the cave
Ezekiel 40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Daniel 3:16-28 The Fourth Man in the Fire
Daniel 10–12 Daniel’s Visions
Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Zechariah 1:7-17 Zechariah’s visions
These are but a few examples found in Scripture.
Some could teach that the LAST Theophany would be Jesus of Nazareth, as He was/is God.
Some teach that Theophanies still occur today. But according to Scripture, the way God speaks to Believers today is THROUGH HIS WRITTEN WORD!

Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

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Read Genesis 11:1-9. The Hebrew word translated “tower” could represent any large monolith, obelisk or pyramid.
As we read in Genesis, from the Flood until then, many years have passed, the people had multiplied so much that they were afraid they would scatter over the earth: Vs 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Which is what God had instructed them to do (Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth).

Vs 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

The Lord caused them to speak in different languages, forcing them to separate into groups and flee to other parts of the earth. Did He also change physical features, color of skin, slanting of eyes, etc.?

Pyramids are found in Egypt, they exist today. Many have visited them. Are these copies of the original Tower of Babel? Attempts to worship false gods?

Remember 11:9 … scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Archeologists are finding Pyramids in many other parts of the world:
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru just to name a few. And these are documented on a TV program:
EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, hosted by Archeologist Josh Gates.

As God spread the people across the earth, it appears they took their false gods with them and constructed Pyramids (Towers) to continue their false worship. Meanwhile God focused on One Man, Abram, Genesis 12, and one nation (to be) Israel.

So, was it really the Pyramid of Babel?

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What sin can man commit that is not covered in the 10 commandments?
The 10 Commandment are listed in Exodus 20:2-17

Man’s Relation to God
1 One God
2 No Idols
3 Not in vain
4 Holy day
Man’s Relation to Man
5 Honor Parents
6 No Murder
7 No Adultery
8 No Steal
9 No Lies
10 No Covet

Also listed in Deuteronomy 5:6-21.

Remember SIN is what you are! SINS are what you commit!

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Not found in the Old Testament. The word gospel is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term god-spell, meaning “good story,” a rendering of the Latin evangelium and the Greek euangelion, meaning “good news” or “good telling.” Since the late 18th century, the first three, Matthew, Mark and Luke have been called the Synoptic Gospels.

SEE  The Gospel of Matthew
SEE  The Gospel of Mark
SEE  The Gospel of Luke
SEE  The Gospel of John
SEE  The Gospel of Paul

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Some things about the Tower of Babel:
The tower of Babel was built in the plain in Shinar. Shinar is the Hebrew name for Babylonia. The Tower of Babel was the world’s first skyscraper, as well as a symbol of the might and hubris of the ancient city of Babylon. The enormous building, mentioned in the Bible, has fascinated generation upon generation, although everyone has their own image of what it once looked like.
Historians have only been able to agree on one thing:
The tower was said to reach up to the sky.

The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq. It was a city of open squares, broad boulevards and narrow, winding lanes. But the City of Cities, as Babylon was known by the Ancients, eventually fell into ruin. And the residents of Babylon plundered the Tower of Babel and used its bricks to build their own houses.

It was aerial photography, however, that provided the first real clues as to the location of the tower. The photographs show the tower’s square-shaped outline in the center of the city Genesis 11:4 …let us build us a city and a tower,.. .
Today, nothing remains but a watering hole. The Tower was said to be almost 100 meters tall and was dedicated to Babylon’s own God, Marduk.

There are 43 references to Towers in Scripture:
(some references are speaking of God)
Genesis 11:4-4 The Tower of Babel.
Genesis 35:21 The Tower of Edar.
Judges 8:9,17 The Tower of Penuel.
Judges 9:46-47,49,1-51 The Tower of Shechem.
2 Kings 5:24, 9:17, 17:9, 18:8 The Tower in Jezreel.
2 Chronicles 20:24 A watch Tower in the wilderness.
Nehemiah 3:1 The Tower of Meah, the Tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah 3:11 The Tower of the furnaces
Nehemiah 3:25-27 Speaks of a Tower.
Nehemiah 12:38-39 Tells more of these Towers.
Song of Solomon 4:4 … like the tower of David builded for an armoury…
Isaiah 2:15, 5:2 speaks of high Tower
Jeremiah 6:67 (an example) Jeremiah 31:38 The Tower of Hananeel.
Ezekiel 29:10, 30:6 The Tower of Syene.
Zechariah 14:1 The Tower of Hananeel.

The Lord Jesus speaks of towers in His Parables:
Matthew 21:31, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
And in Luke 13:4 … upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, …

Some of these were actual Towers, some were buildings on high hills, and others were…?

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The Gentiles referred to God as the Most High. Later the Jews when dealing with Gentiles also referred to God as the Most High. This term means “there is none higher”.

Before Israel: Abram (Abraham) meets with Melchizedek.
Genesis 14:18-22 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. …And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
After Israel came out of Egypt: Balaam (the false prophet)
Numbers 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Moses, speaking to all of Israel:
Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
David praises God:
2 Samuel 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
The Psalmist(s) refer to God as the most High:
Psalm 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalm 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Psalm 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psalm 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Psalm 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Psalm 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalm 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Psalm 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalm 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
Psalm 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Psalm 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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Lucifer (Satan) claims he will be like the Most High:
Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Jeremiah uses the term:
Lamentations 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Nebuchadnezzar speaks of the most High:
Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, ….
Daniel 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it ….
Daniel also speaks of the Most High:
Daniel 4:24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Daniel 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Daniel 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given ….
Daniel 7:27 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
God speaking thru Hosea speaks of Israel’s sin:
Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

There are 5 mentions of MOST HIGH in the New Testament: 
           Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, Acts 7:48, 16:17 and Hebrews 7:1

The Old Testament reminds us that there is only ONE GOD, especially in Isaiah: 30:15,43:3,48:17,54:5,60:9

And the New Testament teaches us that He became Man (John 1:1-4) and died on the cross for our salvation.

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John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The Scripture has much to say about the truth. It appears 114 times in the Old Testament and 108 times in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus commented on the TRUTH over 20 times. As Pilate concluded (at the trial of the Lord Jesus) WHAT IS TRUTH? Even today many cannot believe the TRUTH of Scripture.

The following studies contain Verses that speak of the TRUTH. Be sure to read them in context.

The Gospels refer to the truth:
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The Apostle Paul writes about the Truth:
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James, Peter and John write about the Truth:
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John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
John 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
John 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
John 8:44-46 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and …
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you …, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
John 18:37-38 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
Acts 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, …
Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

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Matthew 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
Matthew 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Matthew 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Mark 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Mark 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Luke 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that …
Luke 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
Luke 22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.

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