Question: How has the Megiddo Message changed since the days of Kenneth Flowerday [pastor, 1958-1985]! When the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy with these instructions: ‘I suffer [not] a woman to teach or to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence…,’ he was not contradicting his own words in (Gal.) saying there … [Read more…]
Question: Your article on criticism and higher criticism in the September 1994 issue of the Megiddo Message is very interesting and informative. On page 18 you state (rightly): “The Roman Catholic Church decreed in its early statements that the traditions of the Church were on a par with Scripture. Such a position is wholly without … [Read more…]
Question: Burnt offerings were once commonplace. Would God receive an offering made today on an altar from the vegetables, fruits and meats that a person produced in their garden or on their farm? If so, how should this offering be made so that it would be acceptable to God? Answer: You are right in that … [Read more…]
Question: We get the Megiddo Message at the office where I work, and in my spare time I read as much as I can. “I am having a problem with understanding my responsibility in paying tithes. It is not that I believe one shouldn’t pay tithes, but my problem is that almost everyone I talk … [Read more…]
Question: What constitutes worship? There has to be a line drawn somewhere.—J. C., Georgia Answer: Worship: reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also an act of expressing such reverence; a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual.Merriam-Webster Dictionary For our purpose here we will confine the subject to Christian worship. Worship … [Read more…]
Answer: The opposition to musical instruments in the Church arose during the first centuries after Christ. However, we know of no place in Scripture where the use of musical instruments in worship service is spoken against. Musical instruments were in use long before Israel ever became a nation. Early in Genesis it is recorded that … [Read more…]
Question: Your answer about Seventh Day Adventists and the Sabbath (Megiddo Message, November, 1994, page 20) seems to wander around quite a bit. So what do you do with the whole nation of Jews? Do you mean to tell me they all slept through some Sabbaths? Or maybe a whole nation forgot what day it … [Read more…]
Question: What do you think of the Seventh Day Adventists and their thinking that Saturday is the God-ordained day of worship? Answer: The Seventh Day Adventists deserve credit for their courage and sincerity in holding to a command which they feel is crucial to their salvation. However, with equal sincerity, we believe that which specific … [Read more…]
Question: PART 1: In the Megiddo Message for November 1998, the Q&A page, we read ‘Why did Jesus compare Himself to a lord returning from the wedding? If we understand the Bible right, the wedding is on the earth, not up in heaven.’ Careful reading of the Bible doesn’t appear to bear out the above. … [Read more…]
Question: A passage in Psalm 102 sounds as though the earth and the heavens are impermanent, that they will one day disappear, that only God will endure forever. This does not agree with the idea that the earth abides forever. Could it be possible that some other heaven and earth (other than the natural creation) … [Read more…]