Old Testament Texts

In Daniel 2 we encountered a visual image that describes the future history of the world as a sequence of kingdoms. Daniel 3 also focuses on an image, but this time it is not an image revealed by God but an image erected by Nebuchadnezzar. This image brings about a crisis. I. Discussion of the Ch...

Are you interested in the future? Daniel 2 is one of the best-known chapters in Scripture that deal with future developments. It contains an astonishing prophecy, reaching from the time of Daniel to the end of this world. I. Discussion of the Chapter A. The king’s dream cannot be interpreted 1. V...

Is the Bible relevant for informing our moral views concerning sexuality, sexual behavior, and marriage in the twenty-first century? The question is important, for the inquiry itself assumes something critical about the Bible. We do not find people asking questions such as, How is Plato’s view o...

The Book of Daniel was written by Daniel a Jew who, together with his countrymen, was taken into Babylonian exile around 600 BC. Precise historical documentation supports the claim that Daniel was indeed the author of the book named after him. Daniel was a contemporary of Jehoiakim, king of Judah...

Leviticus contains the following laws concerning homoerotic activity: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination” (18:22 ). “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them...

Carlos Elías Mora. Dios defiende a su pueblo: Comentario exegético de Daniel 10 al 12. Mexico: Adventus (Editorial Universitaria Iberoamericana), 2012, 252 + xvi pp. US$15.00 The author, a professor of Old Testament at the Advanced International Institute for Advanced Studies in the Philippines, ...

Based on Genesis 9:3—“Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you” — would it not be correct to conclude that after the Flood humans were allowed to eat the flesh of both clean and unclean animals? The passage does seem to support your suggestion, but only if its context is ignored...

Inspired by the very character and nature of Yahweh, with whom evil shall not dwell, Psalm 15 establishes the inextricable relation between worship and conduct and thus highlights important characteristics of the true worshiper. This short study reviews the context, structure and message of the p...

The Divine Design for Marriage According to the Edenic model for marriage, a man and woman are to “be joined” (Heb. dabaq ) to one another in a permanent marital relationship (Gen 2:24). This “joining” involves a lasting covenant bond between husband and wife, implied not only by the covenant t...

Courtesy of Pedro Simao In recent years a number of Seventh-day Adventists have begun to apply the time prophecies in Daniel 12:5-13 to the future. Rejecting the traditional Adventist understanding, which places the 3½ times, the 1290 days and 1335 days as prophetic time periods in the past, they...