Miscellaneous

The Jewish/Roman historian Flavius Josephus mentioned the three sects that the Jews were divided into in the year 145 B.C. These were the Pharisees, Sadducees and the Essence. The Pharisees…

The Bible mentions two kings by the name Jehoram/Joram. Both were brothers-in-law to one another. The first Jehoram was Jehoshaphat’s son who reigned in the southern kingdom of Judah from…

The story of King David taking a military census to his nation is found in 2 Samuel 24. King David ordered Joab, his army commander, to “Go, number Israel and…

Peter was the only one of the disciples to be crucified. He did not feel worthy to die in the same way Christ did, so he requested that he die…

Definition of prayer Prayer is the opening of the mind to the Lord as to a friend. Not that it is necessary to make known to Him what we are,…

Adam’s creation Moses, the author of the book of Genesis wrote that God “formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;…