Dr. Hank Lindstrom – Questions and Answers

Q # 8064566

Question: Dr. Lindstrom,In Ezra 2:60 the children of Delaiah, Tobiah, Nekoda were numbered 652 and in Nehemiah 7:62 they are numbered 642.It seems that they couldn’t show that they were of Israel.Can you please explain the discrepancy in the numbers given in the two accounts? Although the total number of the congregation in both accounts […]

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Q # 8090707

Question: Hank, can you tell me some verses that can help me to show that Paradise and Hades are in the center of the Earth? I know Answer: Compare Matthew 12:40 with Luke 23:43.

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Q # 5426114

Question: Can y ou explain again how you figure that Christ’s actual date of birth is around October 31? Was it in Luke’s gospe? Answer: Luke chapter 1:5 tells us when Zechariah was serving in the temple. He went home on July 31 and Elizabeth became pregnant. Six months later Mary became pregnant and carried

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Q # 927670

Question: if God does not like sinners why did he let the devil into Heaven? Answer: God loves the sinner, but hates the sin. See John 3:16. Satan never lived in heaven, but on the Original Earth of Genesis 1:1. When Lucifer tried to invade Heaven he was cast back down on the earth. See

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Q # 1675459

Question: Do you have anything written up in chronological order pertaining to prophesies as they are occuring on the news w/reference to bible verses? Or something somewhat pertaining to it?I would like to share it w/friends & family. I have attended your great prophesy conferences in the past. I also recently went to one that

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Q # 1745550

Question: A business group holds weekly seminars. They have a Sunday morning devotional, using Romans Chp.10 vs 9-13,and a lot of people get saved. Is this the real salvation message? Answer: In Romans 10:9,10 there are two common errors in presentation. Confess Jesus as Lord means to acknowledge His deity and not make Him Lord

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Q # 2498461

Question: Are there any Scriptures that will help me pray for my husband and my family’s salvation? Surely God wants them to be saved even more than I do? Answer: I Corinthians 7:16. And I Thessalonians 5:17.

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Q # 7626019

Question: Isaih 26:19-21 seems to speak to the Rapture of the church and the resurrection of the dead saints. Please comment Answer: Isaiah 26:19-21 is talking about the tribulation period. Verse 20 is talking about the Jews believers entering into the Rock City of Petra in Southern Jordan until the Second Coming when they will

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Q # 185790

Question: Is it possible that Job 38:22-23 perhaps refers to the tribulation? Also interesting is that chapters 39-41 give better information on various animal species than one could find on Animal Planet. See the references to the ostrich and crocodile in particular. Answer: I don’t believe the passage is talking about THE TRIBULATION but the

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Q # 4455515

Question: I’ve heard your words and the good news of salvation by simply believing that Jesus is Savior. How would you witness to alleged Answer: I John 1:9 is for believers and is talking about the requirements for fellowship with the Lord. John the Apostle includes himself in the ‘we’ of I John 1:9 because

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Q # 7462788

Question: Dr. Lindstrom: Would you say that you agree more with the Calvinist view or the Armenian view? Answer: I would probably be labeled a Calvinist because Salvation is not conditioned upon works (unconditional election) and that Salvation cannot be lost. I really believe that there is a Biblical position and we don’t have to

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Q # 2613311

Question: I very much believe in Salvation through grace alone(Eph.2:8-9); so would you please explain the context of James 2:14. Answer: The salvation of James 2:14 is not from hell but from the consequences of the Judgment Seat of Christ (I Corinthians 3:11-15). James 2:12 says, ‘So speak ye, and so do, as they that

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Q # 7760868

Question: In today’s news there is an article about the possibility of the vatican changing the Bible to confirm to the information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Would the vatican actually change the wording of the Bible? Answer: I wouldn’t be surprised. But the Dead Sea Copies of the Scripture would not allow them

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Q # 332625

Question: Please tell me the meaning of the following terms-Dominion Theology,-and Christian Reconstructionist. Thank you. Answer: Dominion Theology is derived from Genesis 1:26. Dominion theologians believe that this verse commands Christians to bring all societies around the world under the rule of the Word of God. Basicly that Christians will bring about the millineum rather

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Q # 2935908

Question: In 2 Thessalonians 2:11 it says that God will send unbelievres a delusion that they should believe the lie. Does this refer to those left after the rapture? Does this means that unbelieving family members will not have the chance to become believers after the rapture (unlike as depicted in Answer: If a person

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Q # 6716774

Question: Where are OT saints right now? Where will believers go if they die before the Rapture? Hades? Paridise? Heaven? Answer: They are with Christ. He emptied Paradise upon His resurrection and took them up to heaven. Ephesians 4:8-10. Believers presently are with the Lord. ‘Absent from the body, present with the Lord.’ II Corinthians

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Q # 2301220

Question: What does it meant to have Answer: I agree that most have not heard a clear presentation, therefore they will have a chance to get saved after the rapture.

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Q # 970663

Question: hank very upset you will not take my calls again . What are you afraid of ? DO you not find it a problem in God’s word to have your flock taught by a unbeliever? What fellowship does light have with darkness? There would be no problem having the man in your church but

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Q # 1785055

Question: Dr. Lindstrom, In Obadiah vs. 17-21 it tells about the utter destruction of the house of Esau. Is this event part of the battle of Armaggedon at the end of the Great Tribulation, or is it to happen earlier? Also, who exactly is the house of Esau these days geographically? Any connection to the

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Q # 8586748

Question: How and Why does the Catholic church claim to be the first church, and that all other denominations broke from them. Answer: The Catholic wants to claim a direct line to Peter that they claim is the first Pope. This allows them to claim authority to change doctrines and forgive sins because they claim

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Q # 2759736

Question: Dear Hank, What was your take on that prayer meeting in Washington this past Friday? I personnnaly was appalled at this Answer: Thanks! We are commissioned to ‘preach the gospel’. Few are doing it.

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Q # 8514288

Question: I listen to your radio show almost everyday and I hear you talk about the Rapture alot. You mention that if the rapture should come this year, it will probably come on September 18th, which you say is the Feast of Trumpets. Could you explain first, what is the Feast of Trumpets and why

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Q # 1916400

Question: Hi Hank,My son is 12 years old, and new to his youth group and church also. We just started attending church this year, so many questions arise.Tonight he asked me how it is that if God sent Jesus to us as the son of God, then how is Jesus God in human form?I read

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Q # 9560364

Question: Why is it not thought that Christ will catch us up with him AS he returns after the tribulation period? Answer: Jesus comes ‘FOR’ His saints at the rapture and returns ‘WITH’ His saints at the Second Coming.

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Q # 9121589

Question: If you can be saved by faith alone, why is there a baptisim? I thought one must be baptized to enter Heaven? Answer: Baptism is a ceremonial testimony of the saved person to the washing away of their sins. Water doesn’t wash away our sins. ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. Revelation 1:5 says, ‘Unto

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