Isaiah

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Old Testament · questions that cite Isaiah.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does hell exist?

The tension: The Bible offers four mutually incompatible afterlife schemes.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Who is the first and the last?

The tension: Isaiah 48:12 — and 41:4, 44:6 — has YHWH declaring 'I am the first and the last.' Revelation 1:17 and 22:13 have Jesus saying the same thing.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
What was Sodom's sin?

The tension: The Bible names at least six different sins as the reason Sodom was destroyed: same-sex intercourse (Leviticus 18:22 read into Ezekiel 16:50), inhospitality (M…

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
What was Jesus H. Christ's real name?

The tension: The New Testament gives Jesus a long string of names and titles — Jesus, Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, the Word, Son of Man, Son of the Highest, Son of David, Son of…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Will the Messiah be a descendant of David?

The tension: Isaiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 23:5-6 promise a Davidic messiah — a Branch from David's line who will reign as king.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Will everyone see the majesty of God?

The tension: Isaiah 40:5 declares that the glory of YHWH will be revealed and all flesh — kol basar — will see it together.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God ever get furious?

The tension: Isaiah 27:4 has YHWH declare 'fury is not in me' (chemah ein li).

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Is anyone good?

The tension: Isaiah 64:6 says all human righteousness is *kĕbeged ʿiddîm* — 'as filthy rags' — and the Pauline literature builds an entire doctrine of universal depravity o…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
What is the shape of the earth?

The tension: Isaiah 40:22 describes God sitting upon the "circle of the earth," which apologists routinely cite as evidence the Bible knew the planet was spherical.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God give freely or withhold his blessings?

The tension: James 1:5 and Luke 11:10 present God as giving freely and liberally to all who ask.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Can God's attributes be known?

The tension: Paul in Romans 1:20 says God's invisible attributes — his eternal power and divine nature — are "clearly seen" from the creation, so that humans are "without e…

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