What unanswered questions arise as you read the Bible?

[Grandpa]

I've always wondered about Melchizedek.

He was a pretty mysterious figure.

 

[soberxp]

I've always wondered about Melchizedek.

He was a pretty mysterious figure.

So do you think he has lived since then? And around us somewhere?

 

[Grandpa]

So do you think he has lived since then? And around us somewhere?

I don't know what to think of him.

He was a King and a Priest just like the Lord Jesus.

 

[TheLearner]

If performing seances is supposed to raise demons, how did it raise up Samuel?

If the people of Sodom would have repented if they had seen Jesus' miracles, then why didn't He perform them for the Sodomites?

God's omniscience seems called into question when the Bible says that He was grieved over having created human beings -- I know I don't have this precisely worded.

How is the guy who (apparently) killed his daughter as a sacrifice one of the heroes of Hebrews?

If performing seances is supposed to raise demons, how did it raise up Samuel?

I think God willed it for Samuel to chew Saul out.

 

[Inquisitor]

With such a triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where were the riots when Jesus was arrested?

Jesus was arrested at night.

 

[Snacks]

Jesus was arrested at night.

Fair point. Where were the riots while Jesus was being crucified?

 

[Gojira]

She probably wasn't sacrificed but remained a virgin and served in the service of the Lord.

But... do we know this?

 

[Gojira]

If performing seances is supposed to raise demons, how did it raise up Samuel?

I think God willed it for Samuel to chew Saul out.

That might be an explanation. Wouldn't stun me if true.

 

[Gojira]

I see you have questioned every answer. I hope you find peace with God's Word from someone else's answers then. I will pray for your peace and that God's Word would be a source of comfort rather than confusion.

LOL okay!

 

[Cameron143]

But... do we know this?

Can't know for sure that's why I said probably.

 

[Gojira]

Can't know for sure that's why I said probably.

Yeah... interesting speculation though.

 

[Inquisitor]

Fair point. Where were the riots while Jesus was being crucified?

No riots when Jesus was arrested.

Luke 23:13-14,18-20.
Now Pilate summoned to himself the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, and he said to them...
...But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!” But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, but they kept on crying out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”

 

[IloveYeshua]

With such a triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where were the riots when Jesus was arrested?

Yeshua was arrested at night everyone was sleeping except temple guards and the Sanhedrin members who wanted Yeshua condemned. the riots came when he was sent to pontus pilate and was stirred by the temple guards on order of the sanhedrin

 

[Gojira]

Yeshua was arrested at night everyone was sleeping except temple guards and the Sanhedrin members who wanted Yeshua condemned. the riots came when he was sent to pontus pilate and was stirred by the temple guards on order of the sanhedrin

But under that order, such actions were quickly and effectively suppressed.

 

[oyster67]

It seems that the Jewish rioting ended up being anti-Jesus. Pilate was willing to let Jesus go.

John 19:6
“When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.”

John 19:12
“And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.”

What a sick and sad bunch.

 

[Inquisitor]

I've always wondered about Melchizedek.

He was a pretty mysterious figure.

Some propose that Melchizedek was actually a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ, or a Christophany. This is a possible theory, given that Abraham had received such a visit before. Consider Genesis 17 where Abraham saw and spoke with the Lord (El Shaddai) in the form of a man. (gotquestions.org)

 

[montana123]

I am someone who ponders everything, have a problem with taking something at face value.
While searching for answers, “That’s just the way it is” and, “I don’t know” never sat well within me.

So I wonder with many on this site, what questions have you pondered while reading?
What verse or story do you find that is left unanswered ?

For instance, In Genesis, where did that piece of flesh come from that the Lord God patched up from the removed rib?

I am not asking this question to imply that I have any answers, just doing it for the sake of discussion and maybe some of us have wondered about the same thing.

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Adam was made from the dust of the earth, so Eve was made from the dust of the earth plus Adam's rib.

 

[TheLearner]

Fair point. Where were the riots while Jesus was being crucified?

His followers were peaceful and scared.

Start at #26

 

[Snacks]

His followers were peaceful and scared.

Start at #26

I respect your insight however the Scriptures state over and over that the Pharisees feared the people. Just saying.

 

[Genipher]

John 14:12
I've always wondered how it is that those of us that believe are unable to do the "greater things" that Jesus promised.
Do we just not have enough faith?