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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Rainbow Maker Ordered by Verse |
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1 | The letter "J" didn't exist until 500ad | Bible general Archive 1 | Rainbow Maker | 39891 | ||
Now I haven't done any research yet but consider the following: These names now begin with "J" because the "J" is from the English not the original. 1. If at all possible try to view manuscripts pre 500 AD to see what is the case, I believe we will find a "Y" or the equivalent Hebrew letter and an "I" for the Greek. 2. Depending upon what current translation you are using some use "J" while some use"Y", for instance the NACB sometimes uses a "Y" and sometimes a "J". I wish this Bible was on a search engine since I cannot remember a reference off the top of my head, though we had one at Bible Study last Wednesday week in the New Jerusalem. I've done a word search on Joshua, the reference is Ex. 17: 14 and the Hebrew word for Joshua is Yehoshua. I've also done one on Jesus, one reference is Matt. 1:6 and the Greek is Iêsous; of Heb.[3091]Yehoshua. Jesus or Joshua. I would be interested to hear more. andy Rainbow Maker |
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2 | Who is "Lilith" in Isaiah 34:13-15? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38534 | ||
Is 34:13 says Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches. Is 34:14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place. Is 34:15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind. Perhaps you might quote the verse for us. I have done a person search and no Lilith is recorded in the Bible, furthermore she is not mentioned anywhere in the text you have quoted. Read Genisis 1:26 through to 3: 24. As for Adam and Eve. In Hebrew Adam is a collective noun meaning mankind, see information note in notes beside the verse here in the search engine, a word also having to do with the Hebrew word for clay adama. The word Eve is Chavvah also from the information search engine here, from an unused word, life, the first woman. Adam and Eve or the Man and the woman as more modern translations refer are meant to be examples out of many of our first parents. As individuals an actual Adam and Eve may not have existed as people with those names. However there were once upon a time the first of all people whom our God created and the Genisis story is that story. The story of mankind's rebellion and falling from grace. The first man of all men may have had numerous wives but this reality is not known to us. What is important for us from these stories of creation is that we absorb the theological truth and that is that our God is creator of all that is. That God created humankind and set them in a perfect world in which they lacked for nothing. Our God also gave them free will and this they chose to use to their and our detriment. Thjough if they had not our Lord Jesus would never have been incarnated and died to set us free. Notes taken from The Jerusalem Bible, Darton, Longman and Todd,and Doubleday London 1966, 1967 and 1968 Rainbow Maker |
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3 | How did Noah know about clean animals? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38538 | ||
"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Gen 6:20 "Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. Gen 6:21 "As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them." Gen 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. NASB neither in the Jerusalem nor the above are the words clean and unclean animals mentioned. What is to be inferred by the notion of animals going two by two into the Ark is that unless Noah took them into the they would cease to exist. That is why God says And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark. This particular part of Genesis is of the Priestly Tradition which was written during the Babylonian exile so the Law had well and truly been given to Moses when this was written. The book of Genesis was given its final editing in the sixth century B.C. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary,study edition,Chapman,Prentice Hall, 2000,page 15 |
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4 | Who else besides Cain, Adam, and Eve? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38605 | ||
Gen 4:17 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. Gen 4:18 Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. We may believe one of two things about the other people. That they were the un-named sisters and other brothers of Cain. That when God created humankind that there where more that one set of our first parents. The Bible doesn't give us their names it just infers that there were other people over in the land of Nod where Cain found his wife. Rainbow Maker |
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5 | OT Gentile Conversion | Is 56:3 | Rainbow Maker | 39523 | ||
Someone who wished to become an Israelite was called a Proselyte. Here is an article which explains it. 1. GER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: No difficulties were put in the way of those strangers who wished to settle down in the land of Israel. All strangers, the third generation of Egyptians and Edomites included, and only Ammonites and Moabites excluded, could enter “the congregation of God” without circumcision and without the obligation to keep the ceremonial law. ‘The stranger within the gate’ was free to eat meat which was prohibited to the Israelite (Dt 14:21). If, however, the stranger wished to take part in the Passover, a feast permeated with national ideals, he must be circumcised. The keeping of the Sabbath and other feasts was regarded rather as a privilege than as a duty (Ex 23:12; Dt 16:11, 14); but according to Lev 16:29 the was obliged to keep the fast of Atonement. He was forbidden on pain of death to blaspheme (Lev 24:16) or to offer children to Molech (Lev 20:2). If he desired to bring a burnt offering, the same law applied to him as to the Israelites (Lev 17:8; 22:18). Though the law of circumcision was not forced upon the , it seems that the Mosaic Law endeavored to bring him nearer to the cult of Israel, not from any proselytizing motives, but in order to preserve theocracy from admixture of foreign elements, which would speedily have proved fatal to its existence. Though the God of Israel, when He is thought of only as such, ceases to be God; though Israel was chosen before all nations for all nations; though Israel had been again and again reminded that the Messiah would bring a blessing to all nations; and though there were instances of pagans coming to believe in Yahweh, yet it did not belong to the economy of Old Testament religion to spread the knowledge of God directly among the Gentiles (the Book of Jonah is an exception to this). There was certainly no active propagandism. Though we read in Neh 10:28 of those who “separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God” (compare Isa 56:3, “the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Yahweh”—the only and exact description of a proselyte proper in the Old Testament), the spirit of exclusiveness prevailed; the doubtful elements were separated (Ezr 4:3): mixed marriages were prohibited by the chiefs, and were afterward disapproved of by the people (Ezr 9; 10; Neh 13:23 ff). Direct proselytism did not begin till about a century later. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia in Parsons Technology 1992 -1989 Rainbow Maker |
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6 | Horns of the Altar | Jer 17:1 | Rainbow Maker | 38426 | ||
And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. The Horns of the Altar are the four corners of the altar of burnt sacrifices or holocausts. According to the New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentis Hall,1968,1990 page 163 inorder for Adonijah to claim assylum he actually needed to lay hold of the Horns of the Altar, it was not sufficient just to be inside the Temple. Binding the Festival sacrifice to the Horns of the Altar is symbolic of Jesus Christ only when the sacrifice is a perfect Lamb without blemish for such was the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The sacrifice of Jesus, the perfect Lamb was to replace all further blood sacrifices and so when we read of the altar of holocausts we look forward to the time of that perfect sacrifice which brought an end, for those who accept it, claim it, to death for sin. Rainbow Maker |
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7 | why Mt.8:28 talks about 2 men and Mk.5:2 | Matthew | Rainbow Maker | 38435 | ||
In a theology and scripture study course I did back in 1986 we were told that the Gospel of Matthew was written to a community which was half jewish christian and half Syrian christian or in other words christians of jewish and gentile extract. This is the reason that Matthew often uses two instead of one such as the two blind men, see Matt 9:27 "As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" compare Mark 6: 46 "a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road." By the use of two Matthew shows his community that the Good News belongs both to the jewish and Gentile christians in his community. Rainbow Maker |
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8 | Soul destroyed? or Eternal suffering? | Matt 10:28 | Rainbow Maker | 39269 | ||
Matthew 10:28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. AMPLIFIED Matthew 10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna). Thank you for your excellent research, I have spent some time following your search. I am certainly not intending to be flipent (oh for a spell check) but consider that the Scriptures tell us a great deal about the power, might, love of our God what if the following: - "Rather fear Him who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell." speaks of the power of God to do if He would though does not tell us that He necessary will. I too am not quick to speak for the annihilation of most of the unbelieving. I am also not so presumptious as to assume that just because I count myself as a believer that he will not say to me "Depart from me 'I never knew you." Matt. 7:23 my paraphrase. Rainbow Maker |
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9 | Are the wheat and tare in the church | Matt 13:24 | Rainbow Maker | 38423 | ||
The parable of the wheat and the tares follows the parable of the sower who went out to sow see Matthew 13:14-24. In this parable we hear of the different responses to the word of salvation and the results thereof. The parable of the wheat and Tares follows this and refers to the Reign of God, New American Catholic Bible, or to the Kingdom of God which is among us and who it is inhabits the Kingdom and how and when we know the difference. In other words Jesus is refering to the world now that God is incarnate and dwelling here among us. The next stage of the Kingdom of God is the one in which we live now that Jesus has sent the Spirit to be with us following the Resurrection. This world contains both good,wheat and evil Tares people all living together, indistinguishable from each other until the harvest when they will be known by their fruits for who they are. Since the Church is in the World and not the other way around then these verses tell us that there are also Tares in the Church as well as in the world. Furthermore they teach us the importance of discernment in the Christian life since we cannot possibly really know the difference between these two groups of people; only God does who looks upon the heart rather than on the outward appearence. Rainbow Maker |
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10 | Prayer | Matt 21:22 | Rainbow Maker | 40464 | ||
Matt 21:22 "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." Have faith Grace, Jesus loves you and God will answer your prayers. There is nothing that you are doing wrong. God our Father always answers prayers though not always in our time. God does not always say yes, but he always answers prayer. When you pray, pray thy kingdom come and thank God that His perfect will be done, you cannot do more than this. Andy |
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11 | Is God with us at all times? | Matt 28:20 | Rainbow Maker | 39738 | ||
Genesis 3:8 says"They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden." This verse tells us that Adam and Eve were physcally aware of the Lord's presence with them in the Garden. Matt 28:20says "teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." This verse in Matthew is where Jesus tells us that he will always be with us. This being with us is not a being which has the physical presence heard by Adam and Eve in the Garden. It is something we believe because He told us so. Yes I believe that though God was with Adam and Eve when they disobeyed Him and ate the fruit that He asked them because He had to hear their confession in real time. That is he had to hear them say so in just the same way as they heard Him coming to them in the garden. God is never ever absent because through Jesus He told us He is always with us. Rainbow maker |
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12 | When was Quirinius governor of Syria? | Luke 2:2 | Rainbow Maker | 40061 | ||
Article by JAMES ORR in the entry under Jesus Christ in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, in Parsons, 1992-1999 (1) THE CENSUS OF QUIRINIUS. The emperor Augustus had given orders for a general enrollment throughout the empire (the fact of periodical enrollments in the empire is well established by Professor W.M. Ramsay in his Was Christ Born at Bethlehem?), and this is stated to have been given effect to in Judea when Quirinius was governor of Syria (Lk 2:1, 2). The difficulties connected with the enrollment or census here mentioned are discussed in the article QUIRINIUS. It is known that Quirinius did conduct a census in Judea in 6 AD (compare Acts 5:37), but the census at Christ’s birth is distinguished from this by Luke as “the first enrollment.” The difficulty was largely removed when it was ascertained, as it has been to the satisfaction of most scholars, that Quirinius was twice governor of Syria—first, after Herod’s death, 4-1 BC, and again in 6-11 AD. The probability is that the census was begun under Varus, the immediate predecessor of Quirinius—or even earlier under Saturninus—but was delayed in its application to Judea, then under Herod’s jurisdiction, and was completed by Quirinius, with whose name it is officially connected. That the enrollment was made by each one going to his own city (verse 3) is explained by the fact that the census was not made according to the Roman method, but, as befitted a dependent kingdom, in accordance with Jewish usages (compare Ramsay) Andy Rainbow maker |
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13 | What is a Christian? | Luke 9:32 | Rainbow Maker | 39735 | ||
1 Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Christians are disciples of Jesus Christ and we christians were first called so at Antioch. Rainbow Maker |
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14 | what the meaning of John 20 :1-8 ? | John | Rainbow Maker | 39740 | ||
John 20:9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. This is the verse which follows and is the key. Jesus has risen from the dead and Mary magdalen was among the first to find the empty tomb. She went and told Peter and John that the tomb was empty and that she thought someone had stolen Jesus' body. Peter entered the tomb first followed by John who when he entered the tomb remembered that Jesus had said that he would rise again from the dead. That is why the tomb was empty. Rainbow Maker. |
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15 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Rainbow Maker | 39166 | ||
"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; 15 Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 16 Matt 19:3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" 17 Matt 19:7 They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" 18 Matt 19:8 He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 19 Matt 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." Concerning divorce this is one of the very definitive teaching of Christ on the matter. There is only one reason a man can divorce his wife and that is if she has been unfaithful, only on this occasion can the husband remarry without committing bigamy, though I suspect that the wife cannot. The Old Testament says different things about dicorce, such as: Deut. 24 :1 says "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, AND Mal 2:16 "For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." If we take our Lord's words as we read them then divorce is no more than a legal separation and does not carry the right to remarry. This is the view held by the catholic church. Christians of other denominations believe that divorce is final and does carry the right of remarriage with it. Teachers have told me that what our Lord did was to raise the status of women when he forbade their husbands just to divorce them three times as they were wont to do. I have heard another say that it is not what God wants when we condemn those who divorce. 1./Divorce however has always been a civil thing for us and 2./there are those who believe that unless a marriage is solemnized in church that it is no marriage at all. 3./What God has joined together let not man put assaunder. My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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16 | Annulment equates to Biblical divorce? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Rainbow Maker | 39268 | ||
1 Matt 5:31 "It was said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce'(apostasion a certificate of divorce ); compared with 2 Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces(apoluô which means to set free,or to release.) his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. The dictionary meanings here are not terribly useful. Chôrizô is the word used in the Corinthians passage meaning to separate or divide. The Corinthians passage is more contemporary than the Gospel and we find it in the context of the lived reality of the Christian experience. There seem to be a variety of graduated meanings for divorce whereas an annulment from the Latin ad plus nullus and Funk and wagnalls dictionary(1981, page 26) means to put an end to, especially in the case of marriage. My simple understanding of divorce has come to me while I was sojourning in the Catholic Church. On the one hand while Catholics may obtain a civil divorce they are still considered to be married and have in fact obtained just a legal separation. In order for one or both to remarry other people they must go to the Marriage tribunal and provide witnesses from when they first married in order to prove that theirs was a non sacramental union. They must prove either that one or both of them were not practicing catholics at the time or that some other anomally was preexisting which should have made marriage impossible. Everyone can get a civil divorce at some cost though not everyone who desires one can get their marriage annulled. For some of my Catholic friends an adulterous/bigamus civil marriage or marriage in another church was what they had to settle for in absentia adnullus. This combined with the knowledge that God can forgive anything if we ask forgiveness. It is my belief that an Annulment is more than a Biblical divorce since in order for anyone to remarry they must be in the state as if they never were married to begin with. The Corinthian case is a very good pointer towards the fact that our current social conditions, whatever they are, in whatever country ought to bring us to do as they did and to examen the circumstances. lets think about: - 1 Cor 7:17 Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches. 1 Cor 7:18 Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised. 1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. Rainbow Maker |
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