Show BIBLE WEST Ions ANS W CR ed BY THC TH VOICE PROPHECY international BIBLE broadcaster question in what year was christ I 1 aborn born in luke 23 we are told that jesus was baptized when he iwas about thirty years old according ling to the date in the margin of in my y bible it was A D 27 that would bring his birth about 4 B C how about abou tit it answer the reason for this la Is ithac the dating of events from christs birth began centuries later and exiguous Exi guus who first published calculations in A D made a mistake ot of about four years which has since been corrected Q what does the word abba mean in romans A it means father or my father Q what is the difference between the holy ghost and the holy spirit A the word ghost is an old english word meaning spirit the holy ghost and the holy spirit are the same 0 I 1 was told that some of the books of the bible are sealed can you tell me which ones A only one book of the bible was ever sealed the book of daniels aels prophecy it was sealed until a definite time but it is now unsealed but thou 0 daniel shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased daniel Q can you tell me what the ten horns on the beast in daniels prophecy mean A in daniel we read that the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise the roman empire was divided into ten i parts and most of these fragments are recognizable in the nations of europe today Q why should I 1 pay taxes if I 1 am a child of god and belong to a heavenly country A if you are a child of god you should obey the word of god and pay your taxes for romans 7 says let every soul be subject junto the higher powers for there is no power but of god the powers that be are ordained of god render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to ishom I 1 whom fear honour to whom hon our ed note address your questions t to I 1 the BIBLE QUESTION COLUMN the tho voice of prophecy box 55 los an geles 53 calif bible questions of gen eral interest will be answered in this column as space permits |