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241 | Discerning supernatural effects? | Heb 5:14 | Reighnskye | 133791 | ||
Country Girl, Agreed. :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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242 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135429 | ||
Kalos, You asked: 1. "Where does New Testament Scripture give the church the authority to enforce the penalties for breaking the Ten Commandments?" That's precisely my point. It doesn't. (Unless, maybe during Christ's millennial kingdom.) 2. "Surely you are not suggesting that the local church should stone offenders or put them to death in other ways, are you?" Yes, that is what I am suggesting. Why do I suggest that? Because that's what the Law of Moses says to do. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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243 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135442 | ||
Tim, If the Law of Moses (as represented by the Ten Commandments) cannot be enforced today with full death penalties on other church members, then why is it still in the church? What practical good is abiding by the law, if you can't enforce it when it's violated? For example, - Exodus 20 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. 11 "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. 12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. (NAS95) Numbers 15 32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; 34 and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him. 35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." 36 So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. (NAS95) - As for Jesus not wanting to stone the woman caught in the act of adultery, Jesus was promoting forgiveness towards law offenders. After all, He was a lawbreaker himself, as per the following verse references: Matthew 12 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath." (NAS95) Mark 2 23 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" (NAS95) Luke 6 1 Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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244 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135444 | ||
Kalos, You stated: "To whom does the Law of Moses say what it says? To whom were the Ten Commandments given? The Ten Commandments were given to Israel. Exodus 20:2 (ESV) "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery." What nation did God bring out of slavery in Egypt? Israel." But shouldn't I strive to keep the Law of Moses today? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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245 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135448 | ||
Tim, Actually the Law of Moses is also enforced on those who did not sign the covenant, and who were not members of the house of Israel. For example: Joshua 6 20 So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. 21 They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. (NAS95) Joshua 10 28 Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho. 30 The LORD gave it also with its king into the hands of Israel, and he struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor in it. Thus he did to its king just as he had done to the king of Jericho. 32 The LORD gave Lachish into the hands of Israel; and he captured it on the second day, and struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor. 35 They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 37 They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. 39 He captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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246 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135458 | ||
Tim, Here are two scripture units where Jesus enforces the Law of Moses. Perhaps the account of the woman caught in adultery was an isolated incident: Matthew 25 31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. 34 "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40 "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' 41 "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' 44 "Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' 45 "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46 "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (NAS95) Revelation 19 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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247 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135461 | ||
Kalos, Actually, I was asking you specifically. But I'll do the search anyway, beginning with ID#115286. Thanks. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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248 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135463 | ||
Tim, You ask: "Where do these passage say anything about the Law of Moses?" Well, what other law might they be referring to, other than the Law of Moses? There's a judgment seat and blood and eternal condemnation and all that. Is there some other law that comes to mind? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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249 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135464 | ||
Pcdarcan, You ask: "But are Christians under the Law of Moses? -which btw is a subset of all the laws given to the Israelites and all these are referred to (not suprisingly) as "the Law" in Christain sciptures." Hhhhmmmm....interesting question. I've always been taught to obey the Ten Commandments (which would infer obeying the other 600 odd commandments too.) I'm stumped. - James 2 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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250 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135465 | ||
Kalos, Law is not made for the righteous, but is rather made for sinners. Do you consider yourself as being in this category? 1 Timothy 1 8 But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers 10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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251 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135469 | ||
Tim, You ask: "Where do these passage say anything about enforcing the covenant?" That's just it. These passages say nothing about enforcing the covenant. Yet, the Law of Moses was still in effect to destroy them, insofar as they were judged to be unclean. In fact, these nations who were destroyed were neither members of the house of Israel, nor were they covenant-makers. Nonetheless, the Law of Moses dictated their destruction, even every man, woman and child. They were wholly judged as unholy and profane by the Law of Moses, in the absence of any covenant. Not only are covenant-breakers put to death under the Law of Moses, but also those who do not enter into covenant. I believe that you were the one who brought up the covenant. - Joshua 6 20 So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. 21 They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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252 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135470 | ||
Kalos, And for what duration are you accounted to be a sinner? 1 Timothy 1 9 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers (NAS95) Proverbs 28 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them. (NAS95) Proverbs 29 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. (KJV) Ezekiel 44 23 "Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (NAS95) Malachi 3 18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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253 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135475 | ||
Tim, You stated: 1. "I am a real stickler when it comes to statements made about what the Bible 'says'. Thus, if you state that these passage are evidence of others being judged based upon the covenant with Israel, then the passage must actually say that somewhere! :-)" Uumm....I never ever stated anything about a covenant. You are the one who brought up "covenant", not I. You seem to be putting words in my mouth. How are you relating covenant with the Law of Moses? Since when does the enforcement of the Law of Moses mandate covenant? 2. "Otherwise, it is just speculation. All we know from these passages is that God told Israel to destroy certain nations. The basis of His decision is not mentioned in these two passages." However, if we take a look at the greater context of scripture, the basis of His decision can be found earlier on. Here is the original basis for God's destruction of ungodly nations. Genesis 12 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; 2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; 3 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." (NAS95) And here is Christ's divine rulership over the nation of Israel. Matthew 19 27 Then Peter said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" 28 And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. (NAS95) And here is Christ again in that same judgment seat. Matthew 25 31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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254 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135476 | ||
Tim, Please refer to my previous post. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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255 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135477 | ||
Pcdarcan, Gotcha. :) Thanks much for the clarification. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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256 | Why did God give ten commandments? | Heb 8:13 | Reighnskye | 135481 | ||
Tim, It's easy to get mixed up on who posts what where and when. LOLOL. I've already lost the train of thought here, unfortunately. So I find it difficult to discern what you're saying/asking, and therefore difficult to answer. I'm lost in outer space now. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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257 | Are stars angels? And do they fall? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135649 | ||
Kalos, Actually, this particular question was not addressed to a specific individual. Although, when I ask questions in the future, I will attach no names with them. That's simply the way that I've seen it done in the past. But your point is taken. Thanks. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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258 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135659 | ||
Sandy, Thanks much for the scriptures: 2 Corinthians 4 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (NAS95) It seems quite clear that Satan is the god of this world in this verse, although I would suggest that his reign is not yet as complete and and widespread as it will yet be in the future. - John 12 31 "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. (NAS95) And here we see a future event, which apparently wasn't yet fulfilled at the time of Paul's letter. - Ephesians 2 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. (NAS95) And here is an interesting reference to the prince of the power of the "air". Some have interpreted this verse to say that Satan still has access to the heavens, as in the book of Job, and that he is not yet cast out of heaven, until a future time. - I'm not sure that I caught your Romans 12:2 verse. Were you trying to quote something else perhaps? :) - And as far as Satan physically presenting himself upon the earth is concerned, such is partially a manner of speech. The idea has to do with the fact that demons are sometimes capable of actuating the limbs of demon-possessed individuals. Mark 5 2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, 3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. (NAS95) Luke 11 24 "When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' 25 "And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26 "Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." (NAS95) - But will Satan himself directly possess a person? Or will the man antichrist be possessed? Re 16:13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; (NAS95) Here are some possible correlations. But please check the next verses in my continued post. (continued to next post) |
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259 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135660 | ||
- (continued from last post; please read previous post first for context) And here we see God speaking to the king of Babylon as if he were Lucifer himself. And then a similar event also occurs in the book of Ezekiel to the king of Tyre. Sorta strange talk, no? I suggest that it establishes a pattern for certain rulers, though. And will the man antichrist be exempt? Ezekiel 28 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- 3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you. 4 "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. 5 "By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-- 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, 7 Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor. 8 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas. 9 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? 10 'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'" 11 Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, 12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 "You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 "You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 "You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 "By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. 17 "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. 18 "By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. 19 "All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever."'" (NAS95) (oops, continued again) |
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260 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135661 | ||
- (oops, continued again; please check the first of three posts for context) Isaiah 14 4 that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased! 5 "The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers 6 Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution. 7 "The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy. 8 "Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.' 9 "Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. 10 "They will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us. 11 'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.' 12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! 13 "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' 15 "Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit. 16 "Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?' 18 "All the kings of the nations lie in glory, Each in his own tomb. 19 "But you have been cast out of your tomb Like a rejected branch, Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit Like a trampled corpse. 20 "You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. 21 "Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities." 22 "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity," declares the LORD. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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