How many years of ‎famine did God threaten ‎David with as punishment – 7 or 3?‎

King David ordered a census to be done of the people in Israel and Judah. God’s anger burned against him and decided to punish him for it. Surprisingly, God gave David three scenarios to choose from to be carried out as his punishment. Here comes the issue—it seems as though the two verses that record this conversation between the prophet Gad and David contradict…

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Did Luke claim that Jesus rose from death ‎and ascended to heaven on the same day?‎

In Acts 1, the author tells how Jesus appeared to His disciples and others over a period of 40 days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3). At the end of this period, He ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9). However, some sceptics ask us to turn back to Luke 24, where there seems to be a contradiction. The events recorded in Luke 24 appear to have…

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Why didn’t Adam die after eating from the ‎forbidden fruit?‎

Adam was told that if he eats the forbidden fruit, he was to die the same ‎day ‎‎in Genesis 2:17. And yet, Adam ate the fruit and lived to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5).‎ So, why didn’t Adam die like God said he would? Before we answer this question, you need to know that across the scriptures ‎there are various…

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Are children to be punished for the sins of ‎their fathers?‎

As part of the Ten Commandments, God declares that He visits “the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me” (Exod 20:5). And in His self-revelation to Moses, He again says that He will visit “the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth…

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