(More Bible Studies Available At http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Leviticus 19:27-28-27 You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD. Over the... Continue Reading →
Calling On The Name Of The Lord For Salvation Today Is Primarily A Reference To Baptism
(More Bible Studies Available At http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Joel 2:32-And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls. I hear it all... Continue Reading →
Familiar Spirits And Generational Curses
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Leviticus 19:31-Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. Throughout the Old Testament, we are told about creatures called “familiar spirits” (the Hebrew word ob). What are familiar spirits? To... Continue Reading →
Do Dead Christians Serve As Angels To The Living?
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: 1 Corinthians 15:40-There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There are many accounts of people who have had their dead loved ones appear to them. Could it be that... Continue Reading →
The Interesting History Of Instrumental Music In Christian Worship
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Amos 6:5-Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David; Many religious scholars through the years have pointed out that this passage seems to suggest that David did not have Divine authority to introduce musical instruments into the... Continue Reading →
The Seldom Discussed Scandal Of Crucifixion
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Hebrews 12:1-2-Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the... Continue Reading →
The Battle For The Family
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Malachi 2:14-16-Yet you say, "For what reason?" Because the LORD has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant. 15 But did He not make them one, Having a... Continue Reading →
Reincarnation And Demons
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: 1 Timothy 4:1-Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, Proponents of reincarnation (i.e., the belief that when a person dies their spirit returns to Earth in another physical body)... Continue Reading →
Does Prayer Work?
It is written: 2 Kings 10:1-6-In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.' " 2 Then he turned his face toward the wall, and... Continue Reading →
Lessons From The Whirlwind (Nine)
(More Bible Studies Available At http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Job 38:1-Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: In Job 40-41, God wants Job to know that He is preparing to go to war. His enemies are stated for us: behemoth and leviathan. We have learned that these two creatures are dinosaurs.... Continue Reading →