Bible Questions & Answers List

For each Bible question (or sometimes for a group of questions) there is a link to the article that contains the answer. If you’re looking for the answer to a particular question, just scan down the page for the appropriate category and see if your question is listed there.

(Please note, several of the questions listed below are answered more thoroughly in my books, but most are answered in at least a basic fashion in the articles linked to on this site.)

- Marc Speed

Hell, Eternal Punishment, Soul, Spirit, & What Happens At Death

Note from Marc: The complete answers to all the questions in this section are found in my E-Book Hell Is A Mistranslation: God's Ultimate Plan For Humanity Revealed In the Accurately Translated Bible.

What happens when you die, according to the Bible?

What is the difference between soul and spirit?

What will the lake of fire be? Will it be a physical fire or a nebulous “spirit fire”?

What will the fire of Gehenna which Jesus referred to be? Will it be a physical fire or a nebulous “spirit fire”?

How should the parable of Lazarus and the rich man be interpreted? Did Jesus take the setting of the parable from the Old Testament Scriptures or from the pagan Pharisaical Talmud?

The 5 questions above are answered in Soul, Spirit, and What Really Happens When You Die.

Is hell a real place?

What are the Greek and Hebrew words that are sometimes translated as “hell” in our English Bibles? Do any of them actually mean “hell”?

What are the Greek and Hebrew words that are sometimes translated “eternal”, “everlasting”, “forever”, or “forever and ever” in our English Bibles? Is there any word in the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible that carries the abstract meaning of eternity or endlessness?

The 3 questions above are answered in the article and video in What Does Hell Look Like? Nothing...Hell Is A Mistranslation.

Why does it seem like God is “losing” in this age? Why are there so many more unsaved people than Christians? Is God not as capable of convincing humans as Satan is?

Why would God create billions of humans knowing beforehand that most of them would end up burning and screaming for eternity?

How can God justify sending people to hell who have never heard the gospel, when the Bible itself says (Rom. 10:14) that a person must hear the gospel in order to be saved?

The 3 questions above are answered in The Ultimate Hope: God's Great Plan For All Humanity.


Predestination

What is the simple answer to the predestination dilemma? Answered in The Predestination Dilemma Solved With Astounding Simplicity.


End Times Bible Prophecy & the Book of Revelation

Note from Marc: All the questions in this section (and many more) are answered thoroughly and logically in my E-Book End Times Explained: 7 Little-Known Keys To Understanding the Book of Revelation.

Are there any Bible verses that prove a pre-tribulation rapture? How can anyone believe in a pre-trib rapture when Jesus stated plainly in Matthew 24:29-32 that the rapture would occur after the tribulation?

When will the rapture occur – before, after, or during the tribulation?

Is the rapture event found anywhere in the book of Revelation?

Is the "Left Behind" (famous book series) version of the rapture accurate?

The 4 questions above are answered in the following articles: Left Behind Vs Jesus; Signs of the Rapture: Do Any Bible Verses Prove a Pre-Trib Rapture?; The Rapture FOUND In the Revelation Trumpets (Yes, It IS In the Book of Revelation!)

How can I tell if a Bible prophecy is literal or symbolic?

What is the #1 key to understanding and interpreting end times Bible prophecy correctly?

The 2 questions above are answered in How To Know If Revelation Images Are Literal Or Symbolic.

Is there anything in the Bible about a 2012 disaster?

Is there anything in the Bible about a Planet X disaster coming?

What will be the first major worldwide traumatic end times event?

The 3 questions above are answered in Wormwood and Planet X: Why a 2012 Conspiracy Isn't Too Far From the Truth

What is the timeline of major end times events that will occur?

Where are we on the last days timeline of major events?

The 2 questions above are answered in Marc Speed's Easy-To-Understand Revelation Timeline of Major Events (In Story Form)

What is the identity of Mystery Babylon? Answered in The Shocking DUAL Identity of Mystery Babylon

Could the antichrist be alive today? Who is the #1 candidate for the antichrist alive today? Answered in The Revelation Beast Could Be Alive Today! The Most Likely Living Candidate For the Antichrist

What are the “Four Horsemen” of Revelation? Are they riding today? Answered in The Apostle John's Seven Seals Revelation Explained

How can we know for sure we are now living in the end times (the last days of this age)? Answered in Signs of the End Times: 3 Scriptural Reasons We Know We Are Living In the Last Days

Will there be a “great harvest of souls” in the end times, or a great falling away from the faith? (Obviously both cannot occur.) Answered in Great Harvest or Great Falling Away? It Can't Be Both!


Science & the Bible

How can secular science’s two main problems with the Bible be instantly cleared up? Answered in Why the Creation Vs. Evolution Debate Is Unnecessary

Is there any proof that the Bible was inspired by God?

What reasons are there to pay attention the Bible? What sets it apart from other “holy books”?

The 2 questions above are answered in 5 Logical Reasons I Pay Attention To the Bible

What makes a worldview based on the accurately translated and accurately interpreted Bible different (and better) than any other worldview or religion in the world? Answered in 12 Unique Characteristics of a Worldview Based On the Accurately Translated Bible That Make It Superior To All Other Worldviews and Religions


Money, Tithing & Christian Giving

Is tithing Scriptural? Does the Bible command the modern New Testament believer to put 10% of their every paycheck into the offering plate?

How should Christian ministries be financed today?

The 2 questions above are answered in Should We Tithe? The Rarely-Heard Truth About Tithing

Is the “prosperity gospel” Scriptural? What is right and what is wrong about the “prosperity gospel”, and what is it missing? Answered in The Missing Ingredients In the "Prosperity Gospel"


“Aliens” and Giants in the Bible, & God’s “Cruelty” In the Old Testament

Does the Bible talk about aliens? And if so, where?

Could there be a false-flag “alien” invasion in the end times?

Does the Bible say that giants used to walk the earth in Old Testament days?

Why did God command the Israelites in the Old Testament to wipe out whole people groups including women and children? Isn’t that cruel?

The 4 questions above are answered in The Weirdest Truth In the Bible


Tongues, Healings, & Other Supernatural Manifestations

Are speaking in tongues, healing, and the other gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12 for today? Does the Bible say anywhere that these things were to cease when the Bible was done being written? Answered in Are Tongues and Miracles For Today? The Simple Answer Hinges On One Phrase By the Apostle Paul

Why don’t the healings etc. seen in the Charismatic world today seem to reach the level of frequency and power seen in the ministry of Jesus and His twelve disciples? Answered in What the Bible Says About Healing, Miracles, & Speaking In Tongues


Miscellaneous Bible Questions

Why did Jesus say “all these things will happen within one generation” (Matt. 24:34), when the things He was referring to clearly did not occur within that generation?

What did Jesus and His disciples actually mean when they used the phrase “the kingdom of God”? Why does modern Christianity use this phrase differently than Jesus and His disciples did?

Why do Jesus and Paul seem to blatantly contradict each other about the method of salvation? Why did Jesus tell the Israelites to behave well and keep the commandments of the law in order to earn a spot in the future earthly kingdom of God (what we now call “the millennium”), while the apostle Paul told people to simply have faith in Christ’s death and resurrection, apart from works?

What role does my behavior (works/actions) play in my salvation?

The 4 questions above are answered in Kingdom of God Bible Study: How the True Definition of "The Kingdom of God" Solves Several Difficult Bible Dilemmas

How should Christians respond to incompetent or downright evil earthly governments? Answered in The Bible's Instructions On How To Act Toward Your Earthly Government

Will there be marriage in heaven? Answered in Marriage In Heaven? No - and Here's Why.


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