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41 | Would you explain your action? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 5998 | ||
Would whoever has red flagged Orthodoxy's updates in this subject string please explain to me why you consider them inappropriate to the discussion? Or why they are unbiblical? Or even why you consider them not good? As far as being controversial or biased I feel safe in saying probably all of this forum would meet that criteria to some degree. Unless we are patting each other on the back, most updates are controversial and I think everyone carries some demoninational bias. I would really like to hear an explaination for red flagging the first three categories. Does that person have the courage to step up and explain themselves? |
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42 | What is the point of the flags? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 6020 | ||
I can agree with the intent I just disagree with the use. In this case a valid point was being made and since it was in response to my question and since I felt no attitude how did someone else decide it was Inappropriate, Unbiblical, Bad, Controversial and Biased. I will yield to Biased for it definely came from a person of the pretrist presuasion however I imagine the person that red flagged it was biased to dispensationalism. So what is the point of those flags? | ||||||
43 | Should they be red flagged? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 6022 | ||
Hank I don't really care who did it, although it appears it was done vindictively, in that they have flagged all of Orthodoxy's updates. What I care about is the closed ignorant mind, such a mind is ripe for deception. Revelation is a book with many views of it’s interpretation, of which there are four major, Historicist, Preterist, Futurist, and Spiritual. Most Futurist are dispensational and pre millennial, and either pre trib or post trib, I fit into that category and I have never really appreciated the Preterist view. In the Bible study on revelation I had asked a question of who would go into the millennium? Disappointingly all the responses I received were the standard futurist answer that are easily rebuffed. Orthodoxy made a Amillennial observation which I was trying to understand when someone that has no appreciation for knowledge tried to disrupt the study with the use of the red flags. By challenging that person to identify themselves I was trying to open their eyes that just maybe they don’t have all the answers to Biblical questions? That there are people of equal intelligence who are honestly on both sides of many issues. I consider John MacArthur and Jack Hayford as two brilliant minds yet they stand at opposite ends of the spectrum as far as Bible interpretation on issues such as gifts of the spirit, once saved always saved, women in ministry and the list goes on. Is either a heretic? No. Is either unbiblical? No. Is either bad? No. Then look at MacArthur and RC Sproul both look at Revelation differently is one a heretic? No. Is either unbiblical? No. Is either bad? No. I believe in the case of these three men they have all have made a honest attempt to answer questions that doesn’t seem to have one answer. Should they be red flagged? |
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44 | Could our understanding be wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 6096 | ||
Steve thank you for your answer. Your right America could be included in the one third. Although I’m not sure where America came into the conversation. However since it was brought, America at the present time is too big to just dismiss in Revelation. That gives us a hint. That the time of Revelation America is either not a major player because all of economic power and/or political power has been removed. Or it is included in the word “island”, The word “Island” in the Bible typically refers to any land outside the immediate land mass that contains Israel. So in Revelation 6:4 and 16:20 where we see very island was moved or fled away may be speaking of both American continents as well as Australia and etc. However my question is with everything that happens during the tribulation, earthquakes, famines, flaming hail, wars, and a total collapse of society along with no food, no drinking water, the oceans dead, and other disasters and then the Anti Christ trying to kill every one that doesn’t carry the mark of the beast. Who is going to be left to go into the Millennium? Why in the opening moments of the tribulation we see 1/3 of man kind destroyed there is no accounting given for how many more die in the rest of the judgements and wraths. Then let’s assume there is people left, where are they going to live. The oceans are dead, all drinking water is contaminated, most everything green has been destroyed, all cattle and wild animals have died, the islands are gone, the mountains have been destroyed by earthquakes, major nuclear or conventional war has been raged, the infrastructure of society has been destroyed, the earth is a wreck. Current teaching is that the New Heavens and new earth don’t come into being until the end of the millennium. Now I know all things are possible through Christ Jesus but doesn't it seem like our understanding of the millennium could be wrong? |
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45 | I'm curious why did you do this? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 7357 | ||
I’m curious why did you do this? Your correcting something someone previously said in the forum, but unless you append your question and the answers to that thread in error how will anyone see the correction? I can and have searched for who incorrectly stated there are only 3 things in heaven. However someone reading that thread will never see the correction unless they somehow stumble upon this thread. Would it not have been better to append your question and the answers you receive to the thread that contained the error? I hate to ask this but my curiosity has gotten the best of me and makes me foolish enough to tread where I’m sure I will invoke someone’s wrath. |
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46 | Can I express my opinion? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 7388 | ||
JVH0212 I think I understand, I think? I still have the concern that someone that may be looking for direction or an answer to a question and may stumble upon the erroneous response and decide since it hasn’t been challenged by other contributors it must be correct. JVH0212 I think (my opinion) it is fair to challenge another man’s interpretation of the Bible. Many times we read what we are conditioned by environment and previous training to read. We assume more than anyone of us care to imagine. It was said by someone else in the forum and of course it was refuted, but I still believe it to be true. ‘We all have religious beliefs that have been influenced to some degree by others’. All the ideas we have about God, man, sin and salvation are not just ideas formed purely by reading the Bible. I further submit that when we do read the Bible these ideas, beliefs, reconceived notions, and prejudices effect how we comprehend what we are reading. Have you seen the example of the 6 hidden “f’s” in a story. They are hidden in the word “if’ and most people reading English do not focus on “if” as a word therefore they can only find the two or three “f”s in other words used but cannot find the ones in the word “if”. All three men you mentioned are in fact very intelligent theologians, however they too stand at opposite corners, on a few issues. Experts don’t always agree, nor should anyone expect them too. I suspect(I guess)there must be over 100 translations of the Bible, because either a person or a team felt they could do a better job than the previous. The original or manuscript languages are not as cut and dried as many believe. Look how many times there are misunderstandings here in the forum and I think we are all talking English. One of the biggest things in life I learned is that, things that appear obvious to me are not always so obvious to everyone. When someone responds to a question, answer or note different than I did I must first ask myself what did they see that I didn’t and what is it I see they don’t? I have had threads that have ran 20 or more responses and to this day I don’t believe many of the people that responded understood what I was asking. It was because language in fluid and what communicates to one person does not always say the same thing to another. Let me say I'm not trying to convince you on anything or to judge what you did. I just felt a need to express my opinion. |
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47 | Consider Rev 11:19 | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 9282 | ||
This is a good question, now consider Revelation 11:19, where we clearly see an Ark of the Covenant in the heavenly tabernacle. Many feel this is the original from which Moses patterned his Ark from. Ex25:9 That may be, but could it not also be the actual Ark that Moses constructed, kept safe in Heaven to one day return to earth? I would see no reason for an Ark of the Covenant to be in Heaven since the Covenant was between God and man. God needed no reminder of the covenant, but man did. Hence he was given the Ark and mercy seat. Now if there is an Ark in heaven could it be that God to preserve it removed the Ark from man’s presence? We see God’s Glory leave the temple in Ezekiel 10 is it not also be possible that God removed the Ark and mercy seat at that time? |
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48 | Where did you get this info? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 9343 | ||
Tim From EllisYM's last response your answer appears to be right. Now I would like to know where on did you come up with this interesting tidbit of information? Ed |
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49 | Explain this to me | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 9356 | ||
Explain this someone. I just picked up a newspaper article, almost the full page. The headline reads, “PROMPTED BY THE SPIRIT” with a sub title of “Twelve young missionaries, many from the Midwest, go in pairs, knocking on doors throughout Carrollwood and declaring their beliefs.” Carrollwood is an upscale suburb of Tampa Florida. Then there is a 6x10 picture showing two young men on their knees praying. Under the picture is the caption. Elder Tyler Bigler, left and John Shields, right pray in their apartment before making rounds as missionaries for the Mormon church. The two have paid the church 10,000 dollars to serve two-year stints as missionaries in Carrollwood. The encourages all young men in the faith to serve.” What I would like explained is how the Mormon church is able to convince these young people to serve and even to pay 10,000 dollars to do so. When my wife could not convince any of the ladies in our church to go with her to a small apartment complex to invite the ladies that live there to upcoming ‘Ladies Fellowship.’ Yes I know Mormons make works part of the salvation experience and all. Why don't we see even a glimmer of this type of commitment in Christian church especially considering the last chapter of Matthew Jesus says, “GO”. |
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50 | Some more questions? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 9401 | ||
Good word of encouragement. But the fact remains Mormons, Jehovah Witness, and other can motivate their people to get off the pew and out into the world. Why don't Christians have that same type of motivation? Jesus gave us the command to “Go”. Don't we have an obligation to do just that? Jesus said if you love Me you will obey Me. Does this lack of willingness to “Go” speak also of our lack of love for Christ? | ||||||
51 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 15033 | ||
A while back I asked the question should the Bible be taken literally or should we bring in outside knowledge that may effect the meaning of the text. Everyone insisted on examples and everything I could think of was so inflammatory that the examples ended up being debated rather than the question that precipitated it. Yesterday on the Radio one of my favorite radio preachers (no I will not identify him as that knowledge could taint this thread so please if anyone else heard this please do not use his name.) This preacher was talking about the Prodigal son Luke 15:11-32, in verse 19 the son decides to return to his father. Luke 15:19 “I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men." I read this as repentance and humbleness on the part of the son. And I think the rest of the story bears that out. However the Radio preacher said that this shows he still had a harden heart and wanted to come back on his terms. He explained his reasoning this way. In those times there were three classes of servants. Slaves, who had not choices in life, Bond servants that had no choices at work but for the most part were free after, and hired men that could choose their jobs and had total freedom after work. Therefore because this son came back and asked to a “hire men” shows he still wanted to do what he want to do. I say God did not intend man to analyze this story to that extent but rather wanted us to take it at face value. The son thought he knew best, went out blew everything he had, nearly starved, realized his dad wasn’t so dumb after all, and returned home. Knowing what he had done he said he wasn’t worthy of being a son again but would he please be allowed to work for room and board. I see total repentance, the radio preacher saw manipulation and rebellion. I’m not questioning the accuracy of the radio preacher analysis what I’m questioning is, should it have been done in the first place. Should we read this passage and take it for what it says without analyzing the son's motivates or must we analyze each point and find “hidden meanings”? What about the rest of the Bible? My question is: Is everything we need to know contained in the Bible? And if it is, then if when we try to use outside knowledge which effects the meaning of a passage are we doing a dis-justice or not? Does your answer apply in all situations? If not who chooses when it should apply and when it shouldn't? Be careful how you answer here, it may effect more than you think! |
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52 | Book of Jasher | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 17705 | ||
I really hesitate to bring this up, but I’ll trust God to see it goes no further than He wants it. Is anyone familiar with the Book of Jasher mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Sam 1:18? I know there are various copies on internet but, none to me seem even remotely reliable. If anyone is knowledgeable about the Book of Jasher would you let me know. EdB |
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53 | Revelation told by the stars? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 19540 | ||
At the risk of getting stoned!! I heard Perry Stone (no pun intended) explain part of the theory of understanding revelation based on star constellations. It is not astrology but rather indicators that would point to the season of Jesus’ return. He mentions something about Virgo and Serpent. I assume he is referring to the woman giving birth in Rev 12 and the dragon or serpent standing at her feet ready to devour the offspring. He said (I didn’t hear it all so I could be very wrong) that when the star constellations line up with the serpent or dragon constellation under Virgo we could expect to see a fulfillment of this prophecy. Has anybody heard of this? Can you refer me to a website that intelligently explains this? |
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54 | Numerology any validity? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 19533 | ||
Grant Jeffrey wrote a very interesting book called the Handwriting of God and another called the Signature of God. In these books he showed where God left indelible signatures of his existence in nature and at various other places. In the book he also discussed Numerology which I summarily dismissed. But as someone said in the forum could it be another example of how God attests to His existence by providing such things that no human mind could so conceive? Again I’m not advocating this to be used for fortunate telling or to predict the future but rather as a post script to the wonderful love letter God wrote to us. Again I'm not talking about predicting anything. Any thoughts? EdB |
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55 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 25677 | ||
First let me say I am not attempting to defend the Catholic Church in any fashion, shape or form. My question. Since the Catholic Church grew out of the first century church and later was felt to be in need of reformation, what and when do you feel was the first error that entered the church? Was that error ever dealt with at a later time and what was the result? Second question Without going through all of Luther's points what was the biggest problem and when did it manifest itself within the church? |
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56 | Info about the NET Bible in hardcopy | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 30226 | ||
In another thread some one mentioned the BSF web site and while there I was reminded of the 'NET' Bible written in the 'New English version' and I saw they now have it published in hardcopy. Does anyone have a copy? What is it like? (Binding, page quality, print size, margins, general quality, etc.) |
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57 | Are you intersted in Bible translations? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 32633 | ||
I address this to anyone that has even a passing interest in Bible Translations. I was referred to this site by Makarios to whom I’m indebted, thank you! The discussion found at the site reveals the problems the translators are faced with when attempting to translate the Bible. It shows what can happen as attempts are made to make the passages understandable, the results can be a loss of the intended meaning of the writer. Please as I said before if you have even a passing interest in Bible translation please take the time to read this article. It is found at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/013/5.28.html EdB |
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58 | Thoughts and comments on USA Today story | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 81682 | ||
I posted this in a thread and I think it got lost in the size of the thread. So I will post as a question to see if it might generate any interest. I'm looking for thoughts and comments. USA Today the Wednesday April 16 edition had a very interesting article about people switching faiths. Basically 16 percent of the population of America has switched. Most disturbing was the fact that of the 9.5 million Catholics that left Catholicism 29 percent now say they have no religion. I suspect it has to do with the way the Catholic church handles divorces. Baptist are second highest in the group with 4.6 million changing religion and 15 percent saying they have no religion. Also interesting if someone leaves a mainline denomination such as Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, they will more than likely become Baptist or Catholic. They then interviewed four people that were changing religions, A Catholic that became charismatic non denominational, A Catholic that became Lutheran, A Christian (? No denomination) that became Jewish, and Methodist that became Catholic. The Catholic said he was seeking the unfiltered gospel, in other words he didn’t want anyone telling him what to believe. The Christian that became a Jew could not accept that Jesus was the only way to salvation. The Catholic that became a Lutheran did it for two reason first she was divorced and second her new husband was Lutheran. Her statement was only a theologian could tell the difference between the two religions. Last was the Methodist that became Catholic, he did for the holiness and reverence. Also he mentioned the applicability to life of the teaching. He viewed Catholicism as very positive while Protestantism was telling what not to do. This is a general summation of the article and I tried to remain objective. EdB |
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59 | Why Papal rule all wrong? | NT general Archive 1 | EdB | 12764 | ||
I’m probably going to open a can of worms here but let me anyhow. There has been great debate over the Catholic church and the Pope and his speaking infallibly, check thread Evangelicals and Catholics. Briang made one point that has me thinking, the Pope is head of the Catholic church and what he says the Catholic church does, call it what you will that is what it nets out to be. Is that any better or worst than what Evangelicals have? They may make the decision based on a vote by the congregation, a presbytery, council of elders, pastor or whatever but the end result is the same what ever the decision is you treat it as gospel and live by it. It is not open to discussion and you either accept it or leave and find another church/denomination. In a sense you could say their decision is infallible as far as the group/denomination/church goes. Then there is a argument is the Pope from the line of Peter, I think not, but does it matter? He was chosen to head the Catholic church how does that make him any different than the governing board of any denomination, or Pastor of an independent church? We call the Pope the antichrist but he isn’t condoning homosexuals like the governing board of Methodist are. He is not condoning abortion as the governing board of the Presbyterian are. What makes the Papal form of government all wrong and everything else okay? This is not an endorsement of Catholicism in any shape form or fashion. |
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60 | The different theories of Creation | Genesis | EdB | 19537 | ||
What are the names of the different theories of Creation. I'm not talking about evolution but rather, instant creation (7days), gap between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2, and extended day (day equals more than just a day) and any others? Also if you could point me to a web site that explains any of these I would be greatly appreciative. Thanks EdB |
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