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581 | what man was born but never died | Gen 5:24 | kalos | 168936 | ||
"Without [record of] father or mother" Without [record of] father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but, resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption and without successor. Hebrews 7:3 AMPLIFIED NASB Hebrews 7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually. '7:3 "Without father..." This does not mean that Melchizedek had no parents or that he was not born or did not die, but only that the Scriptures contain no record of these events so that he might be more perfectly likened to Christ.' (The Ryrie Study Bible, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Moody Press, Chicago, 1978) |
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582 | Questions I'm trying to answer | Joshua | kalos | 168931 | ||
Repost of ID# 144848 by Hank [Hank: I have taken the liberty of inserting paragraph breaks in your Note, but I have neither changed nor omitted a single word. Hope you don't mind. --Kalos] Who better to tell us than the Author of Scripture about the nature of the Book He wrote? And He is as silent as the tomb on writing in codes! Penning God-breathed words, the Apostle John says that his gospel was "written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name" [John 20:31]. John wrote under inspiration of the Holy Spirit in plain language -- the common, everyday Greek of his time -- and so did Paul the Apostle, who wrote that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work" [2 Timothy 3:16,17]. "That the man of God may be complete" by reading and study of Scripture, without codes, bodes ill for the garbage being dumped from the pens of writers such as Michael Drosnin, who wrote "The Bible Code" some seven years ago; and for Dan Brown who recently came out with "The Da Vinci Code." Drosnin's book is listed as non-fiction while Brown's is listed as fiction, but in essence they are both of them fiction, as are all of the genre of "code" books that have sprung up like weeds since Drosnin published his "The Bible Code" in 1998. Publishers and reviewers alike have used words like "stunning" and "explosive evidence" and "bombshell" to describe these "code" books, and the gullible public obviously have believed their hype, because the books have made the best-seller lists. But so have the Harry Potter tales, and where trustworthiness is concerned, the "code" books are no better guides to understanding the Bible than the Harry Potter tales are. If the purpose of these "code" books is to make money for the authors and publishers, they are by this measure highly successful and have achieved their goal. If, on the other hand, their purpose is to introduce the reader to a reliable new key with which to unlock heretofore hidden meanings of Scripture, they have failed dismally. I know not what all other Christians may think about the rash of "code" books, but this Christian joins a number of other believers who have called them utter nonsense, pure trash, warmed-over garbage. I read Drosnin's "The Bible Code" some few years ago. It didn't make sense to me then and makes no sense to me still that the eternal God of heaven and earth would wait around for some nerd hacking at his computer to reveal to the world the divine message that has been locked up in code for all eternity past. Grimm's Fairy Tales were never so grim as this! --Hank |
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583 | Questions I'm trying to answer | Joshua | kalos | 168928 | ||
Magic Apologetics by Christian Research Institute [Let me say at the outset that in posting this it is not my aim to be contentious nor to take issue with anyone. I merely present this FYI (For Your Information). Grace to you --Kalos] "The new apologetic Crouch discovered that day is popularly referred to as "Equidistant Letter Sequencing" (ELS). I, however, prefer to call it magic apologetics. At first blush it appears compelling. On closer examination, it is little more than "smoke and mirrors." "Its proponents would have us believe God has encoded secret messages in Scripture that are being discovered in these last days. (...) "Cultic Counterparts. Like its older manifestation, "Bible numerics" (reading mystical numerical symbolism into Scripture), ELS is best described as a pseudoscience. World religions, such as Islam and Judaism, and cultic movements, such as the Nation of Islam and the Baha’is, have long used these methods. "Muslims have used both numerics and ELS in a vain attempt to prove that Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his prophet. In addition, they use these methods to "prove" that Christianity is false. Jewish cabalists embrace these methods as tools for winning lapsed Jews back to the faith through the Israeli-based "evangelism" movement Aish Ha Torah (Hebrew for "Man of the Law"), which promotes ELS "Discovery Seminars" worldwide.5 They also use ELS to "prove" that Jesus Christ was a false Messiah. "Nation of Islam leader Louis Farakkhan applies numerics to the Washington Monument and the street grid of Washington D.C. to "prove" that the city was designed as the nerve center for a white conspiracy against people of African descent. Baha’is (sic) design their buildings to repeatedly replicate significant number combinations, much like an infinite hall of numeric mirrors" To read more go to: STATEMENT DE269 PRACTICAL APOLOGETICS: Magic Apologetics by Hank Hanegraaff. www.equip.org/search/ |
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584 | what man was born but never died | 2 Kin 2:11 | kalos | 168888 | ||
hyojinee: I'm not sure what you mean when you write: 'There are three places in the Bible in which God "took" people, versus "death" by Satan.' God and God alone has the power of life and death. God -- not Satan -- holds this power. Grace to you, Kalos |
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585 | Questions I'm trying to answer | Joshua | kalos | 168843 | ||
'How Should Christians Respond to the Bible Codes? Equidistant Letter Sequencing (ELS) 'An important question to ask ourselves is, "Why are we so fascinated by codes and mysterious messages in a book as clear as the Bible?" Do we not trust that God has given us all we need to know, both for ourselves and to evangelize the world, in the text that all of us can read? God has given us the Bible so that we might know Him and make Him known. ELS (Equidistant Letter Sequencing) codes in the Bible do not seem to do much more than pique curiosity. 'Our responsibility is to read the text for what it says, not for what may be hidden under the surface. We know from the Book of Revelation that some great cataclysm is coming, and as it draws nearer, we are warned not to be misled. Jesus vividly portrayed how obvious His return would be: "Just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be."(16) So as you watch the news and the millennium approaches, keep your "baloney detectors" alert! 'Will Bible codes become an important tool in the apologetic toolkit of evangelical Christians? We should be very cautious when we do not use God's Word as He wrote it. Merely studying the Bible codes will not necessarily result in Christian faith. For example, Michael Drosnin, after years of research for his book, The Bible Code, was still an athiest: "I had proof there was a code, but not proof there was a God. . . . I don't believe in God. . . . The message of the Bible code is that we can save ourselves."(17) If that is all that Drosnin came to believe after working with these codes for five years, we are probably better off having people read the Bible and encountering the real God through His own words. One needs no codes to read and understand John 3:16.' To read more go to: www.probe.org/content/view/47/77/ |
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586 | A Hebrew Gospel of Matthew? | Matt 1:1 | kalos | 168830 | ||
Steve: Yes, the "Hebrew original" [of Matthew] claim is made by Messianic Jews as well as Jehovah's Witnesses. It is also a fact that a belief common to both Jehovah's Witnesses and Messianic Jews is that "unscrupulous men in the early church removed Jehovah's (YHWH's) name from all the copies of the Greek New Testament." (Note that I am not equating Messianic Jews with Jehovah's Witnesses. I'm merely pointing out that the two groups hold this belief in common.) The following article is from the website www.jwinfoline.com. ____________________ 'If the Watchtower had been consistent in their substituting "Jehovah" in place of "Kurios", the Greek word for Lord, then Philippians 2:9-11 should read in their Bible:...and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Jehovah, to the glory of God the Father.'' ____________________ 'Why is the name Jehovah missing from the New Testament? 'Does the Watchtower's theory foster doubt in the Bible's reliability? 'In part one we discussed the Watchtower's theory that unscrupulous men in the early church removed Jehovah's name from all the copies of the Greek New Testament. We discussed that to believe this theory one must deny Jehovah's sovereign ability to protect his word through the ages. Believing the Watchtower's theory would not result in faith in the New Testament but foster a doubt in its reliability. After all, if men were able to completely wipe out Jehovah's name from the New Testament, then what else did they remove or what did they add? Far from producing trust in the accuracy of the New Testament, the Watchtower's theory only opens the door to distrust and all kinds of abuse. As Christians, we maintain the accuracy of the entire Bible. We also trust the faithfulness of the God who produced his word and sovereignly protected it throughout the centuries.' To read more go to: www.jwinfoline.com Grace to you, Kalos |
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587 | A Hebrew Gospel of Matthew? | Matt 1:1 | kalos | 168825 | ||
A Hebrew Gospel of Matthew? 'Jehovah’s Witnesses falsely claim the gospel of Matthew was originally written in Hebrew. In doing so, JW’s openly trash the reliability of the Bible. 'YHWH "Yahweh" (The Tetragrammaton) Jehovah’s Witnesses are guilty of adding to the word of God by adding the divine name YHWH in the New Testament where it is never found in the original Greek manuscripts, and blamed the Bible as being corrupted. Rather than trashing their false doctrine, they trash the Bible! Their central premise is that Matthew was written in Hebrew but this is entirely false. 'The Wycliffe Bible commentary: Matthew, Pfeiffer, C. F. 'Composition and Date. The great frequency of citations and allusions to Matthew found in the Didache, Epistle of Barnabas, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and others attests its early composition and widespread use. The literary connections of this Gospel must be considered in its relations to the other Synoptics, and also to the statement of Papias that "Matthew wrote the words in the Hebrew dialect, and each one interpreted as he could" (Eusebius Ecclesiastical History 3.39). Many have explained Papias’ statement as referring to an Aramaic original from which our Greek Gospel is a translation. Yet our Greek text does not bear the marks of a translation, and the absence of any trace of an Aramaic original casts grave doubts upon this hypothesis.' 'The fathers, from Papias to Eusebius, who perpetuated the old tradition regarding the Hebrew Gospel, themselves rest their assertion on tradition, i. e., on reports that they had heard. And none of these fathers, not even Papias himself, was able to name a single person who had seen - not to say handled - this alleged Hebrew Matthew. The reports of the fathers regarding a Hebrew "Gospel" must be considered as hearsay, unsupported by a tangible fact. and contradicted by all the probabilities involved as well as by several uncontested facts.' [To read more go to: www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH-hebrew-matthew.htm]. |
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588 | why create us as sinful creatures? | Rom 7:7 | kalos | 168781 | ||
Calmira: Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure that the Bible anywhere addresses the "knowing" we would sin question. Yet it is natural to wonder about such things, isn't it? Grace to you, Kalos |
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589 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 168520 | ||
Yes, John, context is important! 'Words have different meanings in different contexts (that's what makes puns work). When we consider a verse in isolation, one meaning may occur to us. But how do we know it's the right one? Help won't come from the dictionary. Dictionaries only complicate the issue, giving us more choices, not fewer. Help must come from somewhere else close by: the surrounding paragraph. 'With the larger context now in view, you can narrow your focus and speculate on the meaning of the verse itself.' (www.str.org) Grace to you, Kalos |
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590 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 168518 | ||
"Plain interpretation does not exclude the use of figures of speech." 'The basic principle of interpretation is to interpret plainly. The word *literal* is avoided here because it creates connotations which have to be corrected. Plain, straight-foward interpretation includes at least the following concepts: (...) '(2) Plain interpretation does not exclude the use of figures of speech. Indeed, a figure of speech may communicate more clearly, but what it communicates is plain. In other words, behind every figure of speech is a plain meaning, and that is what the interpreter seeks.' (From "A Survey of Bible Doctrine, by Charles C. Ryrie." Ryrie Study Bible, pp. 1959-1960, Moody, 1976, 1978) |
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591 | Why is "literal interpretation" the best | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 168481 | ||
Why is "literal interpretation" the best way to view Scripture? [The following is quoted from the website www.gotquestions.org] '"Literal interpretation" means giving each word the meaning it would commonly have in everyday usage. Symbols, figures of speech and types are all interpreted plainly in this method and they are in no way contrary to literal interpretation. Even symbolisms and figurative sayings have literal meanings behind them. 'There are [two] reasons why I believe this is the best way to view scripture. First, philosophically, the purpose of language itself seems to require that we interpret it literally. Language was given by God for the purpose of being able to communicate with man. 'The second reason is Biblical. Every prophesy about Jesus Christ in the Old Testament was fulfilled literally. Jesus' birth, Jesus' ministry, Jesus' death, and Jesus' resurrection all occurred exactly and literally as the Old Testament predicted. There is no non-literal fulfillment of these prophecies in the New Testament. This argues strongly for the literal method. 'If literal interpretation is not used in studying the Scriptures, there is no objective standard by which to understand the Bible. Each and every person would be able to interpret the Bible as they saw fit. Biblical interpretation would denigrate into "what this passage says to me..." instead of "the Bible says..." Sadly, this is already the case in much of what is called Biblical interpretation today.' ____________________ www.gotquestions.org |
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592 | did Jesus die for our sins or sickness | 1 Pet 2:24 | kalos | 168333 | ||
Is the Word of Faith movement Biblical? "teachings range from completely heretical to completely ridiculous" "a peculiar mix of orthodox Christianity and mysticism" "its theology just strays further and further from Scripture" "...the Word of Faith movement exalts man to god-status and reduces God to man-status." "Our hope is in the Lord, not in our own words, not even in our own faith (Psalm 33:20-22)." "Countering Word of Faith teaching is a simple matter of reading the Bible." 'The Word of Faith movement is deceiving countless people, causing them to grasp after a way of life and faith that is not biblical. Our hope is in the Lord, not in our own words, not even in our own faith (Psalm 33:20-22). Our faith comes from God in the first place (2 Peter 1:1), and is not something we create for ourselves. So, be wary of the Word of Faith movement, and any church that aligns itself with Word of Faith teachings.' ____________________ www.gotquestions.org/Word-Faith.html |
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593 | A little learning is a dangerous thing. | 1 Cor 1:27 | kalos | 168332 | ||
A little learning is a dangerous thing. For God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. 1 Corinthians 1:27 AMPLIFIED "A little learning is a dangerous thing." People who know only a little do not understand how little they know and are therefore prone to error. First said by Alexander Pope. ESV 1 Corinthians 1: 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ESV 1 Cor 3: 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” |
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594 | Interlinear Gr-Eng NT--please advise | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 168221 | ||
Thanks, Mark, for your recommendation. It is a big help. And actually the J.P. Green is on my short list of the ones I am considering purchasing. Grace to you, Kalos |
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595 | Interlinear Gr-Eng NT--please advise | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 168217 | ||
Interlinear Gr-Eng NT--please advise I am shopping for an interlinear Greek-English New Testament. Would anyone care to submit a recommendation and the reasons (both objective and subjective) for your recommendation? The more details the better. I would like to read replies from several people, whoever wants to respond. What I'm looking for is one that includes Strong's numbers, the transliteration of all Greek words, and the text of a word-for-word (not dynamic equivalent or paraphrase) version in the margin. Even if your recommendation does not include all these features, I still would like you to tell me about it. (Bear in mind that I am not proficient in the Greek language.) Eagerly awaiting your replies, Kalos |
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596 | 30 minute fun bible study for couples | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 168207 | ||
Hank: To "supply each person with a Bible in a translation common to all". Now that is a unique idea! Revolutionary, even. :-) Kalos |
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597 | *What is true success? | Matt 25:23 | kalos | 168165 | ||
You neglected to mention that the verses you quote are from The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). | ||||||
598 | Creative Misquotation | Eph 4:8 | kalos | 168163 | ||
You neglected to mention that the verses you quote are from The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). | ||||||
599 | Why baptize Jesus? | Mark 1:9 | kalos | 168162 | ||
You neglected to mention that the verses you quote are from The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). | ||||||
600 | theocracy and church governance | Heb 13:17 | kalos | 168161 | ||
You neglected to mention that the verses you quote are from The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). | ||||||
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