Cain & Abel: Questions and Answers

  • What was the mark that God put on Cain?
  • Why wasn’t Cain’s punishment death?
  • Who was Cain’s wife?
  • What/where was the land of Nod in the Bible?
  • How did Cain die? What happened to him?

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Fantastic Animal Skins: DNA, Natural Selection, & Science

Animals display a wide variety of coat colours. The all-wise Creator knew the different environments that His creatures would have to adapt to after the Fall and Curse, and particularly after the Flood of Noah, in order to survive. He included a smorgasbord of variety in their makeup in the genetic information of each ‘kind’ of creature He created.

How often we hear an example of natural selection (variation) being used as proof of evolution. Changing sizes, colours, skin patterns, and shapes are often paraded as evolution’s honour roll. It is important that you know that “natural selection” is not the same as evolution…

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A Biblical Approach to Climate Change

The issue of climate change involves a deep-seated worldview conflict. We always attempt to align our positions to a coherent Christian worldview based on God’s Word. Our Christian (biblical) worldview compels us to revere the God of creation. As Christians, we affirm that we have a responsibility to look after the environment (stewardship of God’s creation). However, the fake, anti-Bible, evolutionary history of planet earth, based on naturalismfeeds into a radical environmentalist ideology that embraces climate change. We have become increasingly concerned with climate alarmism, which appears to be driven more by an anti-Christian worldview than scientific evidence. In this article, we share our belief that has been shaped from the Bible and from science…

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Amir Tsarfati: Bible Prophecy, The End Times, & Eschatology

As a Major in the IDF reserve, a former tour guide in Israel, and a prominent Middle East commentator, Amir Tsarfati is much admired by Christians across the world. He is the President and Founder of Behold Israel, a ministry that provides worldwide real-time access to reliable sources of news and information about Israel from within the powerful context of Bible history and prophecy. We recently caught up with Amir and his team as they prepare for their ministry tour of South Africa this July.

Q. We are so excited that you will be visiting South Africa this month, what inspired this trip?

Q. You are passionate about Bible Prophecy and, in particular, the fulfilment of End Time promises. Please tell our readers about this?

Q. Many people are ‘scared’ of the Book of Revelation and the End Time prophecies and scenarios that it foretells. What advice can you offer to a believer who desires to know more?

Q. There is great divide in the Church today around eschatology and the understanding of a rapture. Can you expand for our readers what you believe regarding the Second Coming?

Q. When Russia invaded Ukraine many Christians wondered if this was the start of the Ezekiel 38 war. What is your perspective on the current situation there?

Q. Based on your intel, Bible study, and knowledge, what do you think the next few years look like for Israel and the Middle East?

Q. You have said that you believe the Antichrist will most likely emerge from Europe and be a Westerner (as opposed to Jewish or Muslim descent). Can you elaborate on this?

Q. What do the next few years look like for your ministry?

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