(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all references to the Testament of Job are from Pauly Hart and M.R. James, Testament Of Job In Modern English And Original Translation (Kindle Edition): Savannah, GA: University Press) It is written: Joshua 10:13-So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people... Continue Reading →
Tongues Of Angels
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: 1 Corinthians 13:1-Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. What does Paul mean by the phrase “tongues of angels?” Let’s study. The context of 1 Corinthians 13 deals with... Continue Reading →
The Gap Theory
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Genesis 1:1-2-In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. The gap theory states that there... Continue Reading →
Halloween And Trunk Or Treat
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Romans 14:5-10-One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not... Continue Reading →
Does Revelation 20:1-3 Teach That Demons Were Removed From The World When Jesus Died On The Cross?
(More Bible Studies Available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Ephesians 6:12-For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Psychiatrist Scott Peck did not believe in the devil or in demons. However,... Continue Reading →
Con-Artists And Alleged Miracles
(More Bible studies available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Matthew 7:15-20-Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad... Continue Reading →
Lessons From The Wilderness
(More Bible studies available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Luke 4:1-2-Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.... Continue Reading →
Praise As A Weapon Of Spiritual Warfare
(More Bible studies available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Psalm 149:6-9-Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, 7 To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute on them... Continue Reading →
The Spirit Who Now Works In The Sons Of Disobedience
(More Bible studies available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Ephesians 2:1-3-And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among... Continue Reading →
The Conversion Of A Sorcerer
(More Bible studies available @ http://www.marktabata.com) It is written: Acts 8:9-13-But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great... Continue Reading →