<\/p>\n
226. <\/span><\/strong>Were humans created before or after the other animals?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> After the other animals<\/span> (Genesis 1:25-27) Before the other animals<\/span> (Genesis 2:18-19) <\/p>\n 227. <\/span><\/strong>If a husband believes, is his wife saved also?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Who knows? <\/span>(1 Corinthians 7:16) <\/p>\n 228. <\/span><\/strong>Which tribe was Hyram from?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> The tribe of Dan<\/span> (2 Chronicles 2:13-14) <\/p>\n 229. <\/span><\/strong>Was Zechariah Iddo’s son or grandson?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Zechariah was Iddo’s grandson.<\/span> (Zechariah 1:1) <\/p>\n 230.<\/span><\/strong> What should you do if you sin through ignorance?<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Kill an unblemished young sheep.<\/span> (Leviticus 5:17-18) <\/p>\n 231. <\/strong><\/span>Is it OK to make images?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Yes<\/span> (Exodus 25:18,20, Numbers 21:8) <\/p>\n 232. <\/strong><\/span>Which was first: Peter’s and Andrew’s calling or the imprisonment of John the Baptist?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> The imprisonment of John the Baptist was first<\/span>. (Matthew 4:12,18-19, Mark 1:14-17) Firstly Peter and Andrew were called.<\/span> (John 1:40-42, 3:22-24) <\/p>\n 233. <\/span><\/strong>Is incest forbidden?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Incestuous marriage condemned<\/span> (Leviticus 18:9,12, 20:17,19, Deuteronomy 27:22) Incestuous marriage approved<\/span> (Genesis 20:12, 17:16, Exodus 6:20) <\/p>\n 234. <\/span><\/strong>Are we punished for the sins of others?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> No<\/span> (Deuteronomy 24:16, 2 Kings 14:6, Jeremiah 31:29-30, Ezekiel 18:20) <\/p>\n 235. <\/span>Did Saul inquire of the Lord?<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong> Saul didn’t inquire the Lord.<\/span> (1 Chronicles 10:13-14) <\/p>\n 236. <\/strong><\/span>Were men or angles inside or outside the tomb when the women arrived?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Inside<\/span> (Mark 16:5, Luke 24:3-4, John 20:11-12) <\/p>\n 237. <\/span><\/strong>Will God destroy those that intermarry?<\/strong><\/span><\/a> No<\/span> (Genesis 46:20, Numbers 12:1, 9-10 ) <\/p>\n 238. <\/strong><\/span> Can God stop iron chariots?<\/span><\/a><\/strong> No, iron chariots are too hard for him.<\/span> (Judges 1:19) <\/p>\n 239. <\/strong><\/span>How old was Ishmael when he was abandoned by Abraham?<\/span><\/a><\/strong> He was a young man.<\/span> (Genesis 17:25) <\/p>\n 240. <\/strong><\/span>When was King Jabin killed?<\/span><\/a><\/strong> He was killed 120 years after Joshua’s death.<\/span> <\/p>\n 241. <\/strong><\/span>Who bought the sepulchre in Sechem from the sons of Hamor?<\/span><\/a><\/strong> Jacob<\/span> (Genesis 33:19, Joshua 24:32) <\/p>\n 242. <\/strong><\/span>Where was Jacob buried?<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n\tAt first the nonsense perception: Humans are not simply “other animals”. <\/em>We don’t eat humans, do we?<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. The animals were created first, then the man and then the woman from the man’s rib (First Creation Account).<\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. The second Creation Account gives many flashbacks<\/em> and doesn’t present a historical sequence of events. The critic tries to wrong-foot the reader with the argument that the sequence of events should always correspond with the given information in the biblical narratives. This is not to the point as flashbacks in a narrative will always obstruct the historical sequence of events.
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes, his whole family is saved by his belief.<\/span> (1 Corinthians 7:14, Acts 16:31)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. The critic has found only one text in the entire Bible to sustain his interpretation. I little bit meagre, isn’t it? What about “… the unbelieving wife is sanctified<\/em> through her believing husband …”? This (sanctified<\/em>) doesn’t refer to being born again of the unbelieving wife, but to live in the position of being set apart through her love for her husband and she is experiencing the blessings connected with that.<\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>.
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tThe tribe of Naphtali <\/span>(1 Kings 7:13-14)
\n\tRight<\/strong>. “He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali.”<\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. “the son of a Danite woman” (literal: the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan). The city of Dan<\/em> is mentioned and not the tribe of Dan as in the parallel book of 1 Kings is clearly stated that his mother was of the tribe Naphtali. (The books of Kings and Chronicles refer constantly to each other as they are complementary. The critic, overlooking the rule, is overstepping the mark<\/em>.)
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tZechariah was Iddo’s son.<\/span> (Ezra 5:1, 6:14)
\n\tPartly right<\/strong>. <\/em>“…Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo<\/em>, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah …” According to the biblical rule “The son of a son is a son,” Zechariah can be called correctly “Iddo’s son”, as being the grandson of Iddo (not his biological father).<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>.“In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo<\/em> saying …” Berechiah was his biological father.
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tKill a young female goat.<\/span> (Numbers 15:27-28)
\n\tRight<\/strong>. If it is a sin not described<\/em> in the commandments of Moses.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. If it is a sin certainly described in the commandments of Moses (<\/span>"any of the things which the Lord<\/span> has commanded not to be done<\/span>.")<\/span>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tNo<\/span> (Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:16-18, 23, 27:15, 2 Kings 18:3-4)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. It is not OK to make images for idolatry. We know of many images in the tabernacle, the temple, palaces without any problem. If they became subject of idolatrous worship one didn’t hesitate to break them off. So did Hezekiah with the serpent<\/em> that was made by Moses in the desert for the people to look at if they were infected by the snakes of the desert.<\/p>\n
\n\tPartly right<\/strong>. It was OK if they were not appointed for idolatry.
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tNote<\/strong>. There is confusion here between two types of callings: (a) discipleship and (b) apostleship.<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. Matthew 4:12, “Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee; …” Later on he called there Peter and Andrew with the words: “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (4:19) Here we have the calling to their apostleship<\/em>; not only to follow, but also to fulfil a specific task.This calling was after the imprisonment<\/em> of John the Baptist.<\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. John 1:40-42 is their first acquaintance with Jesus, before the imprisonment<\/em> of John the Baptist. From the outset there is a strong relationship with Jesus (Andrew refers to Jesus as the Messiah; Jesus calls Simon “Peter”: rock) which makes it plausible that they considered themselves as Jesus’ disciples (John 3:22). This was not a calling to their apostleship, only to discipleship. This calling was before John’s imprisonment<\/em>.
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tRemark<\/strong>. The critic uses the term ‘incestuous marriage’, which is a contradiction in terms. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary about incest: “sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry.” If there is a marriage between two persons, there is no incest; and incest can only be if there is no marriage.<\/p>\n
\n\t(Incest no marriage)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. In the referred instances it is forbidden to develop extramarital<\/em> sexual relationships within the family (incest). Incest is described in the Bible as it is still today: a secret sexual crime of a dominant individual against a vulnerable member in the family (often for a longer period of time).<\/p>\n
\n\t(Marriage no incest)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. Abram was married with Sarai his half-sister (Genesis). This type of marriage has always been an honorable state in Israel, as Tamar, daughter of king David said to her half-brother Amnon: “Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” (2 Samuel 13:13) She gave Amnon the advise to go to their father David to ask for her hand and she advised to do what was appropriate in Israel (13:12).
\n\tMoses’ mother was the aunt of his father (Exodus 6:20). Only full blood relationships were prohibited in marriage (full brother\/sister Genesis 20:5; full daughter\/father Genesis 19:30-38).
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes<\/span> (many references)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>.
\n\tThe given references are all failing examples.
\n\t– The “punishments to the children” are often consequences of bad behavior of parents, or they are the natural consequences of the mistakes of children. Yes, frequently The Lord announces the severe consequences of people’s actions and we may read them as punishments, but that is only a matter of interpretation. Apparently everyone is responsible for his own actions. That is the biblical rule.
\n\t– Many occasions of “punishments” have nothing to do with God; as they are clearly punishments by man.
\n\t– What about the expression: “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children<\/em>, on the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me, …” (Exodus 20:5) Already Ezekiel had to oppose the wrong interpretation of this in the clearly false saying (18:2): “The fathers eat the sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge.” That was never the intention of Exodus 20:5. The right and all over followed biblical principle is that God is visiting people with his warnings<\/em> long before they are punished BY LIFE ITSELF for their mistakes.<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>.
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tSaul inquired the Lord.<\/span> (1 Samuel 28:6)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. He did not, this has to do with a mistranslation. (KJV) “And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.” The verb of the first clause is sja’al = ask (and not darasj = inquire, seek with care). We can translate more accurately: “And when Saul asked (in prayer) the Lord …” The clause “the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets,” <\/em>doesn’t mean that the Lord didn’t want to answer through these possibilities, but simply that these faculties were not to Saul's disposition anymore. For example, the Urim, part of the efod, was in the possession of Abjathar, who joined David’s men. Instead of dreams he probably got nightmares.<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. The verb darasj = enquire, seek with care is used. Indeed Saul didn’t contact prophets nor priests, but he went to a woman who could predict the future through spirits of the dead (1 Samuel 28).
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tOutside<\/span> (Matthew 28:2)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. There were no men or angels inside or outside the tomb when the women arrived at the garden!<\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. There were no men or angels inside or outside the tomb when the women arrived at the garden!
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes<\/span> (Exodus 34:15-16, Deuteronomy 7:3-4, 1 Kings 11:1-2)
\n\tPartly right. <\/strong>Intermarriage without change of religion<\/em> was forbidden and punishable. <\/em>Intermarriage was a serious threat for Israel. The entire nation could be destroyed through the abominations of the other religions, especially intersex with al the sexual diseases connected with them. Therefore the commandment was “… you shall not intermarry with them, …”<\/p>\n
\n\t“<\/strong>Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.”
\n\tRight<\/strong>. As soon as the foreign spouse had converted to Jahwè and the way of life of a true Israelite, a marriage was not seen as intermarriage, but as an honorable state of life.
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tSure, he can do anything.<\/span> (Judges 4:13-16)
\n\tRight<\/strong>. “The Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak;…”<\/p>\n
\n\t“… but they [he KJV] could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.”
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. Judah was not able to stop iron chariots. That’s what the text says, not that God was unable.
\n\tSee the article<\/span>.<\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tHe was an infant. <\/span>(Genesis 21:14)
\n\tWrong<\/strong>. In this passage 21:12 he is called na’ar<\/em>, meaning: young man (male of marrying age as long as he is a bachelor).<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>.<\/strong>
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tRemark: There have been several kings of Hazor called Jabin
\n\tHe was killed by Joshua.<\/span>
\n\tRight<\/strong>. The first Jabin of Hazor.<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. Another Jabin of Hazor who lived much later.
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tRemark: The critic suggest that there was only one sepulchre in Shechem bought by the patriarchs, which is wrong.
\n\tAbraham<\/span> (Genesis 50:13, Acts 7:16)
\n\tRight<\/strong>. <\/strong>Abraham bought a burial place, near Shechem, which became the resting place for the bodies of Jacob’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, but not Joseph.<\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/strong>. Jacob also bought a piece of land near Shechem and that became the burial place for Joseph.
\n\tSee the article.<\/span><\/a>
\n\tNo Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tJacob was buried at Machpelah.<\/span> (Genesis 50:13)
\n\tRight<\/strong>. No doubt.<\/p>\n