HOW DID NOAH KNOW JESUS?

G'day H........,

Q. "How did Noah know Jesus?"

Wow...what a great question!

How ever did Noah know about Someone who lived here 2000 years later?
Noah's grandfather was Methuselah who knew Adam for 243 years and would have known from him that God had promised a Saviour as soon as people disobeyed Him.

Now then.....this is hard for us to get our heads around but Jesus said: "Before Abraham was, I AM."
Jesus is God who had told Noah to build an ark!
The interesting thing is that the ark had only 1 door and Jesus said: "I am the door." 
We know He opened and closed the door for Noah!
Also the Hebrew word for 'pitch' (the ark's waterproofing) is kaphar which is the same word for 'atonement' - the covering of our guilt by the shedding of the blood of Jesus on the cross. When we put our trust in Jesus it is just like Noah and his family going into the ark to be saved from the judgment of the flood.
Maybe they could even read the 'Message in the Stars'.

 

Hi H.......,

Q. "Why did He flood the world if He loves us?"

If we add up the years for the 10 long generations between Adam and Noah we find that God put up with Man's wickedness for 1656 years before He flooded the Earth. What's more, we know that God gave advance warning of 120 years so people had plenty of time to repent. How many people outside of Noah's family listened to him ? NO-ONE!

The Bible says:
"Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without a witness."

During those 1656 years, Adam was alive for 930 years to remind people of their Creator God and 57 years after Adam died, Enoch was taken away by God after 'walking with God' for 300 years.

We also know that fallen angels had corrupted the genetic purity of mankind - but not Noah's family.
There's more to it though...
What happened in the Great Flood is meant to be a warning to us today and that is why we showed you Mr. Deed's models and why full-size Noah's Arks are being built overseas for people to visit. As the Bible says about the Flood:
"The Lord ....is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Meanwhile this world likes to believe science has proved that not only was there no global flood but there is no God.

 

Hi C......,

Q. "How come some animals are still extinct if Noah took every animal on Earth with him?"

There is no doubt that there was once an Ice Age and this is the result we would expect after a global flood with all the volcanic eruptions that we know occurred.

Possibly long-necked dinosaurs struggled with less oxygen to breathe in the new atmosphere, and certainly there would have been less vegetation for animals to survive on in very cold conditions. What's more, big-game hunters were regarded as heroes so obviously many animals were killed by people, just like today.

I understand there are only about 2000 koalas left in NSW and most of them are on the Mid North Coast.  

WAS JESUS WHITE OR BLACK?

G'day guys,

 

Q1. "Was Jesus white or black?"

Not only sisters....but twins!

Okay, you say sorry for racism but I say sorry, He was neither white or black - there is no such thing, there is only one human race; we are all descendants of Adam & Eve plus Noah and his wife.

Racism is an invention of Europeans so that we could treat other people cruelly, especially negroes, Asians and Australian aborigines.
Have you got skin as white as this page?
Do aborigines have totally black skin?
We all have a skin pigment called melanin - some have got more than others. Just like these girls....who are twins!

 Q2. "If Jesus caught a disease like ebola or cancer would He die?"

Jesus was a human being just like us but without any sin - He never did anything wrong. It was God's plan that Jesus would give His life for us on a cross so that we could be forgiven. No, it would never happen that He would die of disease.

WILL JESUS REVEAL HIMSELF?

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Hi .........

Q. "If God made us perfect and now we aren't, how come He won't send Jesus to reveal Himself and won't change us to the way we were meant to be?"

He will send Jesus to reveal Himself - soon!

Will He change us to the way we were meant to be?
Better than that, rather than just being innocent again, those that put their trust in Jesus as their Saviour and Lord are regarded as sons of God who will reign with Him. Not only will we be changed but there will be a new heavens and a new Earth!

Meanwhile this evil world has rejected Jesus and now likes to think scientists have proved God doesn't even exist.

Is God about to give this world a taste of life without Him?
I'm afraid so.

 

Hi ..........,

Q. "Why should we believe God is real?"

Well H......., if God isn't real, neither are you because that is the only way you and I could be here. We are all miracles, we are all unique, we all have a conscience telling us right from wrong, we all know to wear clothes just like God first clothed Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, and we are all mortal - unless God does something miraculous, we are all going to die, just like God said. Tell me I'm wrong!

Even a person blind from birth, who has never seen the beautiful design of nature, knows God is real.
If you check the Bible you will find it tells us the truth - history confirms the Bible, real Science confirms the Bible, today's news confirms the Bible.... even the survival of the nation of Israel proves God is real! If you're still not convinced why not challenge God to prove Himself to YOU!....but don't forget......when He does, you then have no more excuses.

IS THE ARK STILL ON EARTH?

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Hi Caitlin,

Q. "Is the ark still on earth in one piece and has it been moved from where it stopped when the flood finished?"

Fair enough...good question!

I understand that something like the shape of a ship was discovered in the Ararat mountains in eastern Turkey but the government has stopped people from getting near it. Of course after 4,300 years it is no longer in one piece and yes it probably has been moved from the original resting place by glacier movement.
You can see the outline of 'the ark' in this picture....

 

Hi Bree,

Q1. "Why did they kill Jesus? It's not fair."
Yeah, it sure is not fair - in fact, it is the greatest miscarriage of justice in all history!
Jesus was not only judged to be innocent by the Roman governor but He was the only sinless person ever and He had devoted His life to helping others and healing everybody. They killed Him out of jealousy, because He spoke the truth and because He wouldn't get rid of the Roman soldiers.

Q2. "How can you be born again? It is impossible."

When anybody decides to accept God's offer of forgiveness by trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ they become so different that they are like a new person. Just like Jesus described the wind..."Where's it come from? where's it going?"...so we can't explain how God changes a person. He just does it!
They are now 'born again'! It happened to the lady whose funeral I have just come from - she finally accepted Jesus as her Saviour and Lord on the day before she died in Wauchope Hospital and immediately became so peaceful. Yes!!!

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WHY DO WE HAVE APE-LIKE FEATURES?

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G'day..........

You asked: "Why do we have ape-like features?"

If you listen to some people they will tell you that shows we evolved from apes. If you go by the Bible it says we have a common Creator, who used common design features.
Who to believe?...people who weren't there to see it happen or God who was there to make it happen?
Let me assure you, God has no problem with us checking everything out, in fact He wants us to, so we need to ask:
- where are the missing links (i.e. transitional fossils)?
- is apes to man possible genetically?

- is it happening today? If not, why not?

- and what about that conscience that we have?

Actually they're now saying there is only a 74% exact alignment between the human genome and the chimpanzee genome.

Here's an example:

We have 2 cars in our garage, both with petrol engine, 4 wheels, tinted windows all around, 1 RH drive steering wheel, 5 seats, carpet, aircon, .....
Are they both from the same factory assembly-line?
Of course not! The VW Golf is a turbo'd 7 speed auto hatch with leather seats, worth maybe 20 times the 1993, 5 gear manual 2 -door BMW with cloth seats. They have common design features but are quite different when you look closer.
Get it mate?......LOOK CLOSER! 

You were asking about the gods of various religions such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. My job is just to teach you guys from the Bible, while you would probably know as much or more than me about these religions. Real Christianity is not so much a religion but a relationship - with Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord.
 

Does 'Allah' in a muslim's Koran sound like the real God of the Bible, who came here as Jesus to save the world?.....not to kill but to suffer for us.

The first Buddha was Siddhartha Gautama, who left his wife and child to become 'enlightened' - by ignoring suffering.

Hindus believe in many gods in nature and believe that after being recycled by 'reincarnation' you eventually become 'god' too.

An atheist is someone who says he believes God doesn't exist, while the Bible says:

"The fool has said in his heart: There is no God."

Later on it says:

"For since the Creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse..."

This stuff is not rocket science - children get it better than us grown-ups do, just like Jesus said.  So we need to open our eyes then think, hey!...that's why I publish under the name: 'IOPNA' (eye-opener).

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OKAY...WHAT ABOUT CAVEMEN?

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G'day .......,

Okay, the next topic you asked about was cavemen.
People have always lived in caves and still do. Why not use a ready made home? You can keep it basic with just a fire and some animal skins to wear or you can do it in style like in Coober Pedy, South Australia.
The Bible tells us that 4 generations after the Great Flood, God scattered people from Babel into the nations of the world by confusing their language. If you suddenly found yourself in strange country during the Ice Age with wild animals around, where would you head? A cave of course.
Archaeologists have found that the Neanderthal Man lived just like we would have on a camping trip, without the modern equipment, and here is....the original Mr. Neanderthal from Germany.

 

G'day ........,

Q. "Did Nicodemus understand it all because he believed in Jesus?"

Not really. The last thing recorded that Nicodemus said to Jesus was: "How can these things be?"...but let's give him time...

This first mention of Nicodemus is he's slinking off to talk to Jesus at night because people are starting to believe in Him after seeing His signs.
The next time Nicodemus is speaking up at the Council: "Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?" ...which Nicodemus had already done secretly.

A chat with God around the campfire

Finally he didn't care what anybody thought of him but helped Joseph from Arimathea to prepare the body of Jesus for burial in Joseph's brand-new tomb.
He proved by his actions that he believed in the Man who once said to him: "...so must the Son of Man be lifted up." (...on the cross!)
Great question! This was a momentous meeting where we learn why Jesus came here - to die - because God loves everybody and wants to see everybody saved - if only they'd believe that Jesus died for them.

 

 

Hi guys,

You were asking: "What did they feed Jesus before they killed him and how old was He?"
As far as we know - nothing!

No last meal request for this Man!

They were too busy dragging Jesus around the city during the night, accusing & mocking Him, slapping & punching Him, ripping off His beard, and finally flogging him, to worry about giving Him a feed. By the time they'd nailed Him up He was naked and unrecognisable - nothing like the pictures people draw. The real deal would be too awful for us to look at. His last meal was the Passover lamb with His friends, the night before.
By the way, all this was predicted in the old part of the Bible - hundreds of years before!
How old was He? A young man of 33 and 1/2, just as predicted of course.
God must love us heaps hey?

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GOD IS LIGHT...BUT OUTSIDE TIME??

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Hi ......., Your question was: "If God is the light and can go outside of time, at the same time - who is the light?  How does He go outside of time?"

Oh!...a hard one hey?
Let's go back to the beginning of the Bible where we read about God telling us what happened when He created everything.
It starts: "In the beginning God created...." 
Beginning of what? Time!
After creating the heavens and the earth (space and matter) God turned on the light:
"Let there be light; and there was light."....on the first day, 3 days before God made the sun!

Now that God has created light (we are told He is light anyway) there are days - or time - and there have been days ever since, in fact this is where we get 7 days in our week.
Even astronauts sort of go outside time in space because they don't see normal days of sunlight. They count their orbits around Earth while we count days using sunlight on Earth.

 

G'day .........,

You were asking: "Would God send someone to help other life forms?"
Surprisingly, all animals were originally herbivorous - they only ate plants, seeds, fruit etc. No animals ate each other and people were not permitted by God to eat the meat from animals. This good scene was all ruined when Man disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.
God hated seeing all the violence but waited 1656 years before flooding the Earth, when unfortunately many animals died but at least all kinds were preserved in the ark with Noah and his family.
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ will return to judge the Earth and rule as King of kings and Lord of lords, then there will be total peace on Earth for 1000 years:

"The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox.....they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the Lord."
Yes, God will send Someone to help other life forms.

Hi .......,

Q. "If God created the world for good, why are bad things happening?"
God did create the world for good, in fact He said it was 'very good'. He even planted a garden for man to tend and enjoy - 'Bon Appetit!' There was only one rule in the whole world but people liked hearing the serpent's suggestion:
"You will be like God..."
Okay there are lots of bad things happening, unbelievably sickening stuff, but the TV news is just giving us a taste of what's in store for a world that has not only nailed Jesus on the cross but proudly thinks that science has proved God doesn't even exist. Thank God, He is holding back the forces of evil because He wants everyone to be saved, while pride stops them.
I don't know about you, but there is still plenty of pride and badness in my heart. 

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OK...WHAT ABOUT DINOSAURS?

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G'day J.....,

Whoa!....all your questions in one hit!

Let's start with dinosaurs this week and visit the other topics later, hopefully at least one per week.

The name dinosaur for 'terrible lizards'wasn't thought of until 1841, by British palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen.
 

Okay we have been led to believe dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago but scientists now have a big problem explaining how blood vessels still elastic, and blood components like haemoglobin, and even skin have been discovered all remarkably preserved.

What's more...there is plenty of evidence around the world of images and stories of people in history engaging with animals like dinosaurs that they called dragons. There is even a sauropod like a brachiosaurus and a sea-dragon called 'leviathan' in the Bible! God tells Job to take a look at them.

So how did they die out?

There is no question there was an Ice Age which would have been hard on dinosaurs plus the Bible tells us of a big-game hunter called Nimrod, only 2 generations after the Great Flood. Also it seems there was much less vegetation and possibly the oxygen levels were lower - impacting badly on dinosaurs.

I hope that gives you something to research. I have found that the Bible has a lot more science in it than people think.

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A ROMAN CENTURION BEGGING A JEW ??

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G'day L........,

So you want to know something about Jesus and the Roman soldiers.

Okay, the Roman Empire controlled Judaea and its soldiers were brutal but that is the way Rome maintained peace. Of course the Jews had been warned by God through people like Daniel that this would happen. How about that!

Jesus was born a Jew but a centurion (over 100 soldiers) came and told Him that his servant was paralyzed. Even though Jesus offered to come and heal the man, he said: "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. Just speak a word and my servant will be healed. I also am a man under authority..."

What the....?!! Just a word?? This is a Roman centurion saying his house is not good enough for this young Jewish carpenter come teacher that he calls 'Lord'?!!

Jesus was surprised and said: "For sure, I have never seen such great faith - not even in Israel!"

Do you think the centurion realised who Jesus really was and knew for sure that He could heal instantly?

Hi girls,
You were asking: "Can God make a dead stick alive again?"
Of course! Nothing is impossible with God - otherwise how could He raise people from the dead?"  What an interesting question though!
Here are 2 things that really happened...

Some men asked Elisha the prophet to help them build a new village but one of them lost an axe-head in the river. Elisha threw in a stick that made the axe-head float so the man could rescue it. That was one lively stick, hey!

...and here's another one:

Could you do this with 2 sticks?.....God told the prophet Ezekiel to write on 2 sticks then hold them together. They joined together in Ezekiel's hand to show that one day God will bring all Israel back together again!
After ~2,600 years it hasn't happened yet - so watch carefully girls.

 

 

 

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WHY ALL THE BAD IF GOD IS GOOD?

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Hi L.....,

You were asking: "How come there is bad in the world if God uses His powers for good?"
Oh my, you have asked a hard one!
Okay, we look around us and see a lot of bad in the world but are you completely 100% good?
Jesus tells us: "...no-one is good but One, that is God." (Jesus is God in a human body - God's Son)
If God got rid of ALL of the bad in the world who would be left? Not me!
Do our parents punish us for everything wrong we do?
No, and the more they forgive us, the more we love and appreciate them.
The Bible tells us: "It's the goodness of God that leads you to repentance."
One day soon God will deal with all the world's badness - in His own time. Meanwhile we realize that Jesus has paid the penalty and God has forgiven us, so we appreciate how good God is. 

 

G'day J.....,

The more I look at your question the more I'm blown away...
"If Jesus is the human form of God, shouldn't there be a portal from heaven to Earth?"
I even had to check the dictionary for the meaning of 'portal'!
Yes,...Jesus IS the portal between heaven and Earth. In fact He even said: "I am the door...if anyone enters by Me, he will be saved....I am the Good Shepherd" ...and used the illustration of a shepherd camping in the doorway of a sheepfold to protect his sheep.
Later on He said: "No-one comes to the Father except through Me."... just before He was arrested.
Absolutely fantastic! 

 

G'day C......,

You asked: "When did Daniel die?"
The Book of Daniel in the Bible doesn't tell us much about Daniel himself but it covers the 70 years of captivity in Babylon from 606 BC to 536 BC (just as God predicted) so if young Daniel the Jewish prince was about 20 when he was taken captive, he was about 90 when he died in about 535 BC. (2550 years ago)
The point is...even though the Jews were held captive, God was always in control and He had His man in the halls of government in Babylon all that time!

So what's the moral of the story?

Man might think he is boss but the one true God is really the Boss - we must obey Him and we can trust Him, no matter what!

Much of what God's angel told Daniel to write about has already happened years ago but some of it....is yet to happen! He even wrote about an explosion of knowledge (science? internet?) and people rushing around (modern travel?) in the last days.

How about that! 

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WHY DOES GOD STILL LOVE US...?

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Hi H.......,

Q. "Why does God still love us when we destroy the earth every day by pollution, wars, etc?"

Tell me, don't your parents still love you no matter what you do?...even if you damage something precious? Wouldn't they be more hurt if you just ignored them, like people ignore God who loves them so much?

John was the disciple who really felt so loved by Jesus and he tells us: "Let us love one another; because love is of God....God is love....Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent His Son a propitiation (atonement) for our sins."

Destroying the Earth is a bad thing but ignoring the Owner (God) is worse.

 

 

Goddess Athena

Hi P......,

Q. "Why do people travel the world to talk about God, when they believe in statues instead?"
 Yeah, good question. It really makes you wonder whether they know the one true God or do they just believe in some god of their own imagination. Remember how we discussed God being so offended by us comparing Him to some pathetic statue, even if it's gold and 28 metres high. In fact, he scoffs at people carving a wooden god and saying:"I have burned half of it in the fire, yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it....shall I fall down before a block of wood?" 
How stupid!...burn half then worship the other half!

 

 

Q. "What does Noah mean?"
Noah means 'rest'.  Let me tell you about Noah in the Bible....
He was a just man....he walked with God.
God warned him about a coming global flood so he moved with 'godly fear' and made an ark to save his family.
If Noah hadn't done that we wouldn't be here; everybody on Earth today has Noah (and Mrs. Noah) in their family tree! 
The name Noah reminds us to fear God like Mr. Noah did.

 

 

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3 PLUS 1 IN A HOT SPOT

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More great questions - this time from Year 3/4 girls at a 3rd school........ 

 

Hi girls,

"...the fourth is like a Son of God!"

Your question today: "How long did it take for Jesus to get to the furnace? and...how did He get there?"
I don't know how 'the Son of God' got to the furnace but it was real quick! No sooner had the 3 men fallen down in the furnace, king Nebuchadnezzar has jumped to his feet, saying: "Didn't we throw three men bound into the middle of the fire?...Look! I see four men loose and walking in the fire; they're not hurt... ".
As for the king, after 7 years of serious mental illness (predicted in another dream!) he finally realized God is the Boss.
He praised 'the King of heaven': "No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have you done?'.... all of whose works are truth and His ways justice. Those who walk in pride He is able to put down."

 

 

"Bow the knee? Not us!"

Hi girls,

You were asking: "Why didn't Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego bow to the statue?"
First of all, 'well done' for spelling their names correctly!
They said to the king: "We do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up." Why did they say that?
God had given the Israel people 10 laws and the first was: "I am the Lord your God...you shall have no other gods before me."
The 2nd law was: "You shall not make for yourself a carved image...you shall not bow down to them or serve them."
The penalty for breaking these laws was death!...so they obeyed God rather than man.

Hi ........,

You asked: "Why did king Neb want the statue gold?"
Gold has always been the most prized precious metal. It is beautiful and doesn't rust or even tarnish. The Babylonian empire was known for its gold.
Did you know they coat astronaut visors and aircraft windscreens with gold?
But that's nothing....when God delivers the new holy city it will be made of pure gold! 

Hi .......,

You asked: "How did all the people find the gold to make the statue?"
The Bible doesn't actually tell us but in those days the kings either went to war to steal another country's gold or they got their own people to donate gold things. 

Hi ............,

You asked: "Does God forgive you if you say something mean about Him?"
I thought the best way to answer you was tell you what the apostle Paul said about himself:
".....I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."

What's he saying?

'I was an arrogant man who said bad things about God and hurt His people but I have been forgiven - I didn't realize what I was doing.'
If you're feeling angry with God about something, say it to Him, not to others - just like you might complain to your dad rather than bagging him to other people.

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DID GOD CREATE THE ICE AGE?

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G'day H.........,

Q. "Did God create the Ice Age?" 
The Bible doesn't tell us clearly about the Ice Age but I understand that it would be expected with warm oceans and volcanic ash in the skies after the Great Flood.
Later on, Job lived in the Middle East in the land of Uz where his friend Elihu reminded him:
"By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen."
...then God showed up to ask Job:
"From whose womb comes the ice? and the frost of heaven who gives it birth? The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen."

How much sea-ice is in the Middle East these days? None? So yes, I think God did cause the Ice Age.
By the way, water is one of the very few substances that expands as it cools - if it didn't we wouldn't be here.  What amazing stuff!

 

G'day L........,

Q1. "What will happen at the end of time?"
"...they (heavens and Earth) will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak you will change them and they will be changed. But You are the Same, and Your years will have no end."
...and there's this one:
"...the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up...Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells."

Interesting hey?...everything is winding down just like Science tells us (entropy) and there is a 'Big Bang'.........at the end!

Q2 So you want to know another random fact about God and Jesus?

Jesus was born in Bethlehem by a virgin, betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver, flogged, clothes stolen, crucified with criminals, speared, buried in a rich man's tomb, raised from the dead...all foretold in the Bible hundreds of years before!.... even the date He would enter Jerusalem on a donkey!

G'day K.....,

Q1 "How old was God when He died on the cross?"
Jesus was only 33 years old when he was crucified and that was predicted hundreds of years before in the Bible!
"Oh my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days..."

"...who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living..."
(He died young violently so who can tell us about His family?)

"Messiah shall be cut off, and shall have nothing..." (He will die young violently, and lose everything - even His clothes!)


G'day M.....,

Yet to happen - Man's empires smashed! 

Q1 "Why did we have to do a crossword?"
 It was good revision for you to see how much you could remember about that important lesson: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. Why so important? 
It is Israel's view of the world from 606BC to the end of time - so that includes you and me in 2014!...plus it is about trusting in God who is in control even if we think He doesn't exist. Don't forget - history has proved this dream to be very accurate!

Q2 "How was God born? Who is God? How can He do everything and give things and make things?"

Aw mate, that's too hard for me! It's like being a little baby looking up at Dad (or Mum), thinking...who are you?...where did you come from?...how can you do such amazing things?
What I do know is that God is real, we are surrounded by evidence of Him everywhere we look, He loves you and me oh so much, He is awesome, and the Bible says God has been and will be around forever! He is the great I AM.
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WHO INSPIRED YOU?

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G'day Brad,

Q. "Who inspired you to become a Scripture teacher?"
  
Did I tell you about the little wooden plaque that hung over my bed as a 6 year old? 
It said: "Suffer the children to come to me." 
That's now my role in life!
The disciples of Jesus were telling the kids to get lost: "Go on, buzz off - the Teacher hasn't got time for you lot." ...but Jesus was quite angry about that.
Yes, it was Jesus that inspired me.

Also I am inspired by you boys and girls because you are each a unique miracle and it is an immense privilege for me to be able to teach you from the Bible. I see you as young people in your own right, not just schoolchildren, so I don't 'dumb down' the lessons for you.

I am sure there will be eternal results!
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WHO WAS FIRST...FEMALE OR MALE?

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Hi A.......,

Q. "What came first, female or male?"

Sorry to disappoint you - the male got here first!
Adam was the one who God told to not eat that fruit, so he is held responsible for bringing sin and death into the world.

"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man..."

By the way, that's not so silly. If surgeons perform a costectomy and remove a rib but leave the surrounding periosteum membrane, osteoblast cells will regrow replacement rib bone!

Guess what was the ultimate creation?
The woman!...the glory of man. 

Hi M......,

Q  "Why do people do bad things?"

M.......dear, I'm going to have to leave you to answer your own question.
Do you do bad things sometimes? If so, why?
For me, I have some innate tendency to want to please myself in rebellion against God. Where did this come from?...
The Bible says: "through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned..."
Thank God it's not hopeless...
"For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous."

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JESUS HADN'T BEEN BORN YET!



"There's the star. Now which house is He in?"

Hi Bree,

Q1 "You said Jesus wasn't born (yet), so how were people created?"
Yes, Nebuchadnezzar did attack Jerusalem in 606 BC, ~600 years before Jesus was born.
Some time (months?) after Jesus had been born, the magi arrived to worship Him as the King of the Jews, ...but wherever is this little Boy?
This had been written in the Bible about 700 years before:

"But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Israel, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the one to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from old, from everlasting."

Whatever is this saying?

The little town of Bethlehem is where the new Ruler of Israel will come from and He is from past eternity - He has been around....FOREVER!
(That's why king Herod sent soldiers to kill all the children under 2 years old in the district of Bethlehem.)

Q2. "How can a stone make a big mountain?"

It can't. It only does in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream to show us what will happen when Jesus Christ comes back to establish His kingdom on Earth...soon!

 

Hi Caitlin,

Q. "Why did God create us when He could have just made aliens and planets or just not made anything?"
Okay, planets?...sure God has made plenty of them....but aliens? Aliens are called that because they don't belong - they're foreign, so why would God make something that doesn't belong?
Yes, God could have not made anything but remember, we are created 'in God's image', so if we are both creative and enjoy company, guess what!....so does He!
Not only does God want to enjoy the company of His creatures, God loves you and me - so much - that He was willing to pay the heavy price to save us.
What does it cost us?
Nothing.

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