Robert Virgil
Enigmatic Sayings in The Gospel of John
“Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:54). The Gospel of John contains certain sayings of our Lord Jesus in which the same vocabulary is used with two or more different levels of meaning. These sayings may be designated as enigmatic, mysterious. This situation is similar to our Lord’s [...]
Saul and the Witch of Endor
“Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor” (1 Samuel 28:7). Some religious people refer to the account known as “Saul and the witch of Endor” to support their [...]
Can We Explain Gehenna Without the Garbage Dump?
Most modern translations of the Bible transliterate the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades, both of which refer to the death state from which resurrection is possible. It is still, however, the general practice to translate Gehenna as “hell,” allowing readers to think that the reference is to a place of eternal torment. Gehenna is the Greek form of the Hebrew Gai Hinnom, or [...]