Piramida Kuno di Dasar Laut Jepang

 Sejumlah piramida dan bangunan batu raksasa ditemukan di dasar laut lepas pantai Jepang. Peradaban maju itu tidak ada hubungannya dengan peradaban Jepang sekarang ini.

Peradaban India Kuno yang Musnah

Perang Mahabharata pada masa India kuno kemungkinan besar merupakan sebuah perang berteknologi tinggi semacam perang nuklir. Bukti-bukti kerusakan akibat perang itu menunjukkan hal itu. Mahabharata, adalah sebuah wiracarita India kuno yang terkenal, berbahasa Sansekerta, yang melukiskan tentang konflik keturunan Pandu dan Dritarastra dalam memperebutkan takhta kerajaan.

Mungkinkah Yesus berdosa (bisa atau tidak bisa)? Kalau Yesus tidak mungkin berdosa, apa gunanya Dia dicobai?

Pertanyaan ini dibagi dalam dua kategori. Adalah penting untuk mengingat bahwa ini bukanlah soal apakah Yesus berdosa atau tidak. Kedua belah pihak menerima, sebagaimana dikatakan dengan jelas oleh Alkitab, bahwa Yesus tidak berdosa. Pertanyaannya adalah apakah mungkin bagi Yesus untuk berdosa? Mereka yang berpegang pada ketidakmungkinan berdosa percaya bahwa Yesus tidak bisa berbuat dosa. Mereka yang berpegang pada kemungkinan berdosa percaya bahwa Yesus bisa saja berdosa namun tidak berdosa. Pandangan mana yang benar? Ajaran Alkitab yang jelas adalah bahwa Yesus tidak mungkin berdosa – Yesus tidak bisa berdosa. Kalau Yesus bisa berbuat dosa, sampai saat ini Dia masih tetap bisa berdosa karena Yesus memiliki esensi yang sama dengan ketika Dia masih berdiam di dalam dunia. Dia adalah Allah-manusia – dan akan selamanya demikian, memiliki keillahian dan kemanusiaan yang sempurna yang begitu menyatu dalam satu pribadi sehingga tidak dapat dibagi. Mempercayai bahwa Yesus dapat berbuat dosa sama saja percaya bahwa Allah dapat berbuat dosa. Kolose 1:19, “ Karena seluruh kepenuhan Allah berkenan diam di dalam Dia.” Kolose 2:9, “Sebab dalam Dialah berdiam secara jasmaniah seluruh kepenuhan ke-Allahan.”

Could Jesus have sinned? If He was not capable of sinning, how could He truly be able to 'sympathize with our weaknesses' (Hebrews 4:15)? If He could not sin, what was the point of the temptation?

There are two sides to this interesting question. It is important to remember that this is not a question of whether Jesus sinned. Both sides agree, as the Bible clearly says, that Jesus did not sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22). The question is whether Jesus could have sinned. Those who hold to “impeccability” believe that Jesus could not have sinned. Those who hold to “peccability” believe that Jesus could have sinned, but did not. Which view is correct? The clear teaching of Scripture is that Jesus was impeccable—Jesus could not have sinned. If He could have sinned, He would still be able to sin today because He retains the same essence He did while living on earth. He is the God-Man and will forever remain so, having full deity and full humanity so united in one person as to be indivisible. To believe that Jesus could sin is to believe that God could sin. “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him” (Colossians 1:19). Colossians 2:9 adds, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.”

What happened during Jesus' childhood?

Other than Luke 2:41-52, the Bible does not tell us anything about Jesus’ youth. From this incident we do know certain things about Jesus’ childhood. First, He was the son of parents who were devout in their religious observances. As required by their faith, Joseph and Mary made the yearly pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. In addition, they brought their 12-year-old son to celebrate His first Feast in preparation for His bar mitzvah at age 13, when Jewish boys commemorate their passage into adulthood. Here we see a typical boy in a typical family of that day.

Di manakah Perjanjian Lama mencantumkan Kristus?

Ada banyak nubuat Perjanjian Lama mengenai Yesus Kristus. Beberapa penafsir menempatkan jumlah nubuat Mesianis pada angka ratusan. Berikut ini adalah nubuat-nubuat yang dianggap paling jelas dan penting. Mengenai kelahiran Yesus: Yesaya 7:14, “Sebab itu Tuhan sendirilah yang akan memberikan kepadamu suatu pertanda: Sesungguhnya, seorang perempuan muda mengandung dan akan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki, dan ia akan menamakan Dia Imanuel.” Yesaya 9:6, “Sebab seorang anak telah lahir untuk kita, seorang putera telah diberikan untuk kita; lambang pemerintahan ada di atas bahunya, dan namanya disebutkan orang: Penasihat Ajaib, Allah yang Perkasa, Bapa yang Kekal, Raja Damai.” Mikha 5:2, “Tetapi engkau, hai Betlehem Efrata, hai yang terkecil di antara kaum-kaum Yehuda, dari padamu akan bangkit bagi-Ku seorang yang akan memerintah Israel, yang permulaannya sudah sejak purbakala, sejak dahulu kala.”

Where does the Old Testament predict the coming of Christ?

There are many Old Testament prophecies about Jesus Christ. Some interpreters place the number of Messianic prophecies in the hundreds. The following are those that are considered the clearest and most important.

When did Jesus know that He was God?

The Bible does not clearly state that there was a point at which He knew that He was the second Person of the Trinity. At some point, Jesus fully realized who He was from eternity past, expressing it this way: "Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” (John 8:58). "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was." (John 17:5). But the pre-incarnate Christ always knew He was the second Person of the Trinity. He made the worlds: "(God) has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds" (Hebrews 1:2). Jesus knew from the foundation of the world that He would die for our sins: " Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” (Genesis 3:15), and "..... the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).

What did Jesus look like?

The Bible never gives any physical description of Christ. The closest thing we get to a description is in Isaiah 53:2b, “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.” All this tells us is that Jesus’ appearance was just like any other man's – He was ordinary-looking. Isaiah was here prophesying that the coming suffering Servant would arise in lowly conditions and wear none of the usual emblems of royalty, making His true identity visible only to the discerning eye of faith.

Kisah Para Rasul (10)

Masalah Bersungut-sungut
Kisah Para Rasul 6:1
Ketika jumlah murid makin bertambah, timbullah sungut-sungut di antara orang-orang Yahudi yang berbahasa Yunani terhadap orang-orang Ibrani, karena pembagian kepada janda-janda mereka diabaikan dalam pelayanan sehari-hari