Study The Church

Remember that the first two are just for fun, meaning that they are jokes.

I Corinthians 15:51b, meaning that it is from the second part of the verse: “We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.”

Acts 19:32: “The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.”

Psalm 90. If you go to that Psalm and look under the heading you will see a subheading in smaller letters which says something like “A Psalm of Moses.”

The name “Lucifer” is not found in the original Hebrew Old Testament nor the original Greek New Testament; from where does it come?

Some translations (such as the King James Version) do have Lucifer, but it is not in the original Hebrew or Greek. The verse from which it comes is Isaiah 14:22a: “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!” The morning star here is not a star, but Venus, also known as the morning star. Why does Venus shine? Because it is reflecting the sun’s light. Therefore, the morning star can be thought of as a bearer or bringer of light (that will soon come). In Latin, bearer/bringer of light is “lucem ferre.” Say this a couple of times, and you will get “Lucifer.” Therefore, Lucifer is from the Latin for “morning star,” more of a nickname than a name given to him by God. One more thing, Jesus is referred to as the “morning star” in II Peter 1:19 and Rev 22:16. Some have suggested that this means Jesus and Lucifer are the same. No, Lucifer could have been a bearer of light but he fell and was a false morning star. Jesus was the true morning star.

The word “rapture” is not in the original Greek New Testament; from where does it come?

I Thessalonians 4:12: “After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up . . . “ The Latin for “caught up” is “raptio.” And so that became “rapture.”

Tertius from Romans 16:22. Paul was the author, but Tertius, his secretary for this book, actually wrote the letter. (The technical term is "amenuensis".)

Colossae.
Philemon 1, 2: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother. To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home.
Archippus was from Colossae: Colossians 4:17: "Tell Archippus: 'See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord.'
Archippus attended the house church that met in the home of Philemon, and, since Achippus lived in Colossae, then Philemon must have lived there also. (Of course, this assumies the two names refer to the same person.)