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461 | Why does God send storms? | Gen 3:17 | BradK | 133161 | ||
Country Girl, I agree with your thoughts here. I think 2 Cor. 5:10 would establish that any "judgement" is going to be future! God's not punishing us (or Pensacola), He punished Jesus in the sense that He "made Him who knew no sin, to be sin on our behalf that we would become the righteousness of God in Him." All judgement is committed to the Son ( John 5:22). Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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462 | Why does God send storms? | Gen 3:17 | BradK | 133251 | ||
Hi Doc, I almost missed this one due to me busy schedule:-) What I was trying to address was more the question of what's not the judgement of God. I think many times we (as believers) are too quick to pronounce God's judgement when in reality it's not. While life does have it's storms- is God the one directly causing or allowing? Specifically, we have the future judgements of the Great White Throne (unbelievers) and the Bema Seat (for believers). I would look at Acts 5 as more descriptive than prescriptive given that it's a narrative. ( I hope that makes sense) 1 Cor. 11:30 seems to indicate that we can bring judgement on ourselves, by not distinguishing... so I would agree here based on the context. There are most certainly consequences for our actions. Give an idea of what you see or what your thoughts are here if you don't mind. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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463 | Was Cain the son of satan? | Gen 4:1 | BradK | 230325 | ||
Hello naphal, It would seem you are offering speculations in contradiction to scripture itself! As brother John noted, Genesis 4:1 clearly tells us, "Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD." (NASB) Are you saying that this does not tells us who Cain's father is? My question to you: Who are the "Some suspect satan"? What does scripture say? I realize you're new to this Forum, so you might benefit by familiarizing yourself with the Terms of Use, About Forum and it's protocol:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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464 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | BradK | 149889 | ||
Hi WOS, You bring up an excellent question. And, while you're right that scripture does not directly tell us why Abels' sacrifice was acceptable and Cains' not, there is some inference that can be made. Note Gen. 3:17, "And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life" God had cursed the ground. In Gen. 4:2 we are told that Abel was a keeper of flocks but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Then in 4:3 we note that Cains' sacrifice was "an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground"! Though it's not directly stated, I think there's a strong correlation between what God cursed and His displeasure at Cains sacrifice. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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465 | Noah,the eighth? | Gen 5:32 | BradK | 195157 | ||
Hi Cheri, We know from Gen 7:1 that, "...the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time." Also, we have Gen. 7:7- "Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.(NASB)" Finally, 2 Pet. 2:5- "and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;(NASB)" So, we can deduce that Noah, his sons, Japeth, Shem , and Ham each having a wife would make 8! I hope this helps, BradK |
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466 | What is Nephilim? | Gen 6:4 | BradK | 94863 | ||
Truthfinder: Eastons' Bible Dictionary. BradK |
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467 | Were humans a mistake? | Gen 6:6 | BradK | 115895 | ||
bstudent: Could you offer any specific examples of "Many things taught as fundamental truths malign the true God and prevent students of the Bible from grasping the "solid food belonging to mature ones." Speaking the Truth in Love, BrdaK |
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468 | how many years did it take | Gen 6:14 | BradK | 140221 | ||
Greentwiga, What we know about the building of the ark is found in Gen. 6. The time frame can be pieced together by backing out dates. It was 100 years in building (Gen. 5:32; 7:6). I hope this helps. BradK |
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469 | how many years did it take | Gen 6:14 | BradK | 140233 | ||
Hi CDBJ, Yes, you could be right. I wasn't being "exact" with the 100 year figure, but yes, somewhere in the 100- 120 year range is reasonable:-) I've taken it that Noah preached for 120 years based on Gen. 6:3 and the 1 Peter passage. BradK |
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470 | how many years did it take | Gen 6:14 | BradK | 140244 | ||
Hi Douglas, The building was at least a century plus according to Dr. John Whitcomb in "The Genesis Flood". My take is that the "miracle" is the testimony of faith offered by Noah as recorded in Heb. 11:7: "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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471 | how many years did it take | Gen 6:14 | BradK | 140314 | ||
HI CDBJ, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hint there was any delay! Noah acted on faith (Heb. 11:7) in building the ark and preached unsuccessfully for 120 years. We're in agreeement:-) C.H. Spurgeon notes that, "Furthermore, Noah believed what seemed highly improbable, if not absolutely impossible. There was no sea where Noah laid the keel of his ark: I do not even know that there was a river there. He was to prepare a sea-going vessel, and construct it on dry land. How could water be brought there to float it? O mad old man! how canst thou play the fool on so huge a scale as to build a three-decked vessel of vast dimensions where no waters can ever come? Yet he was bidden of the Lord to do it, and he waspersuaded that the Lord’s command involved no blunder. The floods would fill the valley, rise up the hills, and prevail above the tops of the mountains. He believed all this, although it did seem an unlikely thing. That faith which believes in the probable is anybody’s faith: publicans and sinners can so believe. The faith which believes that which is barely possible is in better form; but that faith which cares nothing for probability or possibility, but rests alone in the Word of the Lord, is the faith of God’s elect. God deserves such faith, “for with God all things are possible.” Not probability, but certainty, is the groundwork of faith when God has spoken. Noah believed firmly, and therefore prepared his ship on dry land, quite as cheerfully as he would have built it by the sea." Further, regarding his preaching "Note well, that Noah believed alone, and preached on though none followed him. There were no other believers, if you except his wife and his sons and daughters. There were eight in all; but I am afraid that some of these rather believed in father Noah than in the living God. Noah shone as a lone star. He stood like yonder solitary column in the midst of a ruined temple. He believed with an unbuttressed faith.But how would you fare if you were alone, or were surrounded by those who called you a fool for believing in the Lord? To dwell where everybody is sceptical is as injurious to faith as for a man to live where the yellow fever is raging. To have your faith pulled to pieces, and held up to ridicule, is an ordeal which some cannot stand. What if you should be like Noah, a preacher of righteousness; how stern the duty of being a solitary witness! He preached for one hundred and twenty years, and at the end of it not one person was ready to go with him into the ark." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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472 | Noah, a bad evangelist? | Gen 6:18 | BradK | 145325 | ||
T'oma, I noted your comments on this matter. How can you be so sure that Noah didn't preach for 120 years? C.H. Spurgeon- though most definitely a man- was no slouch when it came to Biblical exegesis. His comments (in part) on this point are thus: "Noah believed through a hundred and twenty solitary years! It was a long martyrdom. Our life is quite long enough for the trial of faith. Even if a man lives to be eighty, and has sixty years of that life spent in the exercise of faith, it is only by almighty grace that he holds out. Noah lived two of our lives in this way. If a little flood had happened and moved his ark a little, he would have had some evidence for his faith; but there was no flood at all; and his ark lay high and dry for a century and a quarter! How few could endure this! Yonder dear friend has been praying for the last six months, and the Lord has not heard him, and he begins to doubt whether the Lord does hear prayer at all. You are not much like Noah. You can hardly believe for one hundred and twenty days. "Alas!" says one, "I have prayed for my husband these twenty years!" It is a long time to wait; but what would you do with a hundred added on to it? Years made Noah's faith more mature, and not more feeble. This grey father of the age went on with his preaching, went on with his intercession, and, without a doubt" I think the point to consider is this: Noah was faithful according to Heb. 11:7 without seeing the fruit of his preaching! "By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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473 | Noah, a bad evangelist? | Gen 6:18 | BradK | 145330 | ||
T'oma, I think we're on the same page here:-) According to Eastons' Bible Dictionary: It was 100 years in building (Gen. 5:32; 7:6). The point Spurgeon makes is with regard to the preaching of Noah for 120 years- without one soul coming to repentance. This, again,being evidenced by the clarification in Heb. 11:7. It was indeed by faith! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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474 | Noah entered the ark--exactly when? | Gen 7:1 | BradK | 225515 | ||
Hello lionheart, You are correct. Yet, if we go to 1 Peter 3:20, the context here is suffering for righteousness sake! Further, if the ark is symbolic of baptism, which baptism - spiritual or water? Notably, the "eight persons were brought safely through water" remained dry and those that perished got wet! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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475 | Noah entered the ark--exactly when? | Gen 7:1 | BradK | 225525 | ||
Hello brother, Yes, it does symbolize the reality:-) However, I truly believe Paul is referring to "spiritual" baptism- the reality- in Rom. 6 (Note: 1 Cor. 12:13, also Gal 3:27) BradK |
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476 | are these all other races of people, | Gen 7:21 | BradK | 234991 | ||
Hello escar, I'm not sure where you're going with all of this? You're taking a verse from 2 Peter 3:8 and literally applying it back into Genesis 1! This is simply not a correct biblical application my friend. Your hermeneutic is seriously flawed! I'm not sure how and why you make this enormous leap? Second, how is it, "...reasonable to believe that there were people on earth before adam and eve"? Reasonable in what way? Scripture supports no such claim, and I'd challenge you to prove otherwise. What you're saying may be your opinion, but amounts to little more than gross speculation! There's no biblical evidence to back it up! How exactly do you arrive at such a wild speculation? It's one thing to have a reasonable question from or about scripture that you don't understand or cannot seem to reconcile. It's a far different thing to jump to conclusions that have no biblical or historical support! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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477 | are these all other races of people, | Gen 7:21 | BradK | 234995 | ||
Hello escar, OK, but you are the one making the assertion! What is it that you totally disagree with me about? For starters, you're the one who brought this whole matter up. I'm simply asking some questions about what you stated and telling you where I don't agree. It is standard convention here on the Forum that the one making an assertion has the burden of proof upon them to establish it's validity. You've established nothing! That being said, I'm still not at all clear what your point is with all of this? Are you just looking for someone to agree with you? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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478 | are these all other races of people, | Gen 7:21 | BradK | 235004 | ||
Hello escar, I'll start on that study right away:-) Merry CHRISTmas to you, sir! BradK |
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479 | destruction of earth | Gen 8:21 | BradK | 219912 | ||
Temple: Yes, that is right! Is. 40:8 'The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever'.(NASB) Merry CHRISTmas! BradK |
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480 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | BradK | 84442 | ||
Dear Just Read Mark, Without attempting to stray too far from "Biblical" topics, I'll offer my 2 cents-worth on the issue of Global Warming. First off, I think it fair to say that much of what is reported in the "mainline media" is not entirely unbiased, especially when it comes to emotionally charged topics like global warming:-) In case you haven't looked at the other side of this issue, I might recommend "Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate" by Dr. S. Fred Singer. he is an atmospheric physicist who leads the Washington-based Science and Environmental Policy Project. From my reading on this, there is vastly conflicting scientific data regarding this matter- despite what our Media portray! It is not at all a "slam-dunk". However, "Your word is settled in heaven"(Psalm 119:89). Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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