In the study ‘God created mankind’ we explained that a human being is a soul. In this study the translation of the notion of ‘soul’ is discussed on the basis of a number of Bible verses from the O.T. The same thing is done on the basis of the N.T. in a separate study.   […]

Jesus’ death on the cross is of life-changing importance for mankind.The significance of the cross is not completely elaborated in this study, but a few facets are mentioned as an appendix to the study ‘Conversion’. Jesus said: I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through […]

In the study ‘God created mankind’ we explained that a human being is a soul. Following the discussion on the translation of the notion of ‘soul’ in a number of Bible verses from the O.T., this study looks at a few verses from the N.T.     In the study ‘God created mankind’ we explained […]

Conversion and discipleship are New Testament concepts. It appears, however, that God gave a parallel for these concepts in the law on slavery in the Old Testament. The Old Testament as a picture book. The Old Testament is sometimes called a picture book of the New Testament. Jesus said that the scriptures of the Old […]

    In the study about the creation of mankind we explained that a human being is a spiritual personality with a body. A human being is a living soul. But where is the soul to be found? Where is the deepest personality of a human being to be found?     The Bible says […]

In the study ‘Satan – an angel who rebelled’ we described how one of the most important angels in heaven rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven. Satan’s character is described making use of word usage from Hebrew and Greek. From this it is learnt that Satan is an evil speaker, a gossip and […]

We set out below a number of prophecies from the O.T. that were fulfilled in the life of Jesus. The text from the relevant Bible book is on the left. The column in the middle indicates the time in which this declaration was given. The right column states the event in Jesus’ life whereby the […]

From the study about Satan it is clear that speaking badly about others, devil, is characteristic of the character of Satan. Anyone who gossips enters Satan’s territory. Why is gossip wrong? Gossip has no understanding of others. Gossip often comes from jealousy, or from a bad self-image. People who have different habits are often gossiped […]

Satan’s character is expressed in two ways in O.T. terminology: in his name: Satan in the way in which he fell into sin – his ‘widespread trade’. The Hebrew for Satan is: ‘satan’. This word has been adopted into English terminology as a proper name. According to the OLB, ‘satan’ is: a noun. to be […]

Two names are used in the Nieuwe Testament for the adversary of God, i.e.: Satan – ‘satanas’ in Greek. devil – ‘diabolos’ in Greek. Satan in the terminology: Satan is the translation of the Greek ‘satanas’. According to the OLB ‘satanas’ is: a noun. of Aramaic origin, corresponding to the Hebrew ‘Satan’ (with the definite […]