Marion Schrock
Passover – The Time Features
To understand Moses' statements regarding the time of the Passover, we must keep in mind the custom of time reckoning then in use: (A) The day began at sunset. (B) The day was divided into two parts, night and day; Gen. 1:5: “God called the light day, and the darkness he called night.” (C) Thus, the term “day” has two uses in connection with [...]
Genesis 2:2
Probably many Bible students have been puzzled by the wording of Genesis 2:2. The KJ reads: “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” Most translations are very similar, although some have “finished” instead of “ended.“ As this reads, it is contradictory and confusing. [...]
The Books of Life
The NIV version of the Bible has many passages that are worded differently from the K.J., and usually they are easier to understand. But since the translators did not understand the Plan of God as we see it, it is not surprising that some of these changes bring out a thought that is not in harmony with that Plan. We call attention to Rev. [...]