Month: March 2023

Problem: Do the badger and rabbit chew the cud according to the Bible?  But, they don’t do that. So, which is true?
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Problem: The Bible claims that these two animals (the rock badger and the rabbit) “chew the cud” (v.5). However, today we know that neither of these animals chew regurgitated food. Isn’t this a plain contradiction?
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Problem: Leviticus records, “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord” (Lev. 10:1-2). What was this strange fire?
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Problem: What are these sacred dice?
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Problem: In one area of Scripture, it appears that a son will bear the sins of his father, yet in other areas, it seems that that is not the case. So which is it? The answer lies, as always, in examining the context of the statements. Ultimately, the Bible has no internal contradiction. It just takes looking and reading to figure things out.
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Problem: Many passages teach that God is immutable and doesn’t change his mind (1 Sam. 15:29; Mal. 3:6; Heb. 6:17; Jas. 1:17). However, this passage teaches that “the Lord changed his mind” (Ex. 32:14). Open theists argue that God doesn’t know the future, using this passage to support this theological conclusion. Does God change his mind or not?[1]
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Problem: Moses writes that the Ten Commandments were “written by the finger of God” (Ex. 31:18). The Bible also teaches that God has an “arm” (Deut. 7:19), “wings” (Ps. 91:4), “nostrils” (2 Sam. 22:9), “mouth” (2 Sam. 22:9), and “eyes” (Heb. 4:13). Does God have a physical form?

Solution: These are all anthropomorphic figures of speech. The Bible also teaches that “God is spirit” (Jn. 4:24). As faithful interpreters, we need to interpret these figures of speech in light of these clear, didactic passages of Scripture. This is a principle of grammatical-historical hermeneutics; we need to interpret the unclear portions of Scripture in light of the clear.

“And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Ex 31:18 KJV)

Problem: The context of the “Thou shall not make a graven image” passages is dealing with the worship of false things. Exodus 20:4 states that no one is to make an image of what is in heaven, so that you may not worship them or bow down to them (20:5). This is reiterated in Leviticus 26:1. The Deuteronomy passages, contextually, are dealing with the same thing: an admonition against worshipping a false image. God does not want people bowing down before idols and worshiping false gods.
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Problem: Many Bible readers wonder why God included such extensive chapters of Scripture to describe the ark of testimony and the Tabernacle. Why is this in the Bible? Moreover, why was the Tabernacle worship so strict? For instance, when Nadab and Abihu tried to change the worship in the Tabernacle, they were immediately killed by God! (Lev. 10:1-2) Thus God was not only detailed about these practices in the Tabernacle, but he was also strict in its observance. For this reason, Bible readers often ask: Why the specificity and strict practices?
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Problem: In some verses of Scripture, people see God.  But, in other verses, it says they cannot see God?  Is this a contradiction?  It is not if you understand the Trinity and the context of those verses.
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Problem: This commandment is not cruel, but it is unusual. Why would God make such a bizarre commandment?
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