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1 | Question of Context? | 2 Chr 7:14 | leabeater | 17544 | ||
Tim: First, I am so thankful that we can come here and exercise our faith. This is the sort of activity that spurs our thinking and deepens our study of the Scriptures. It also demonstrates our love for what the Lord has to say. Secondly, we can agree to disagree and, as believers, still enjoy a great deal of warmth and affection for one another. The "fundamentals of the faith" are not in question with 1Ch 7:14. So there is no risk of altering our core relationship in Christ. However, there is a misuse of context in interpreting the Bible. For example, in Mark 7:6 the Lord stipulates that Isaiah was prophesying against the tradition of the Elders being practiced in circa 28 A.D. But the immediate context of that prophecy is Is. 29:13 where it fits perfectly with Isaiah's ministry circa 740 B.C. The only reasonable conclusion we can come to in the Lord's interpretive method is that Isaiah was prophesying to both 8th century B.C. believers and 1st century A.D. believers as well. 1Ch 7:14 is not a promise of "payment," Tim, to a specific individual; it is to any people called by His name. So your anology is incorrect. Gentiles were considered to be a people called by His name if they exercised the faith like that of Naaman the Syrian, Nebuchadnezzar the Babylonian and the Phoenician widow of Zarephath. Therefore we are incorrect to conclude that 1Ch 7:14 pertains solely to Old Testament saints whether Jew or Gentile. John |
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2 | Question of Context? | 2 Chr 7:14 | Searcher56 | 17546 | ||
John, You didn't read what Tim said ... Tim said "This promise was addressed to Solomon about Israel in a specific time and circumstance." He did not say "Therefore we are incorrect to conclude that 1Ch 7:14 pertains solely to Old Testament saints whether Jew or Gentile." I'm still waiting for you to answer my questions. Is the promise to Abram in Gen 12:5 and that in Mark 16:16-18 apply to all Christians? Once again, not all promises apply to everyone. Where is your Biblical support that Naaman the Syrian, Nebuchadnezzar the Babylonian and the Phoenician widow of Zarephath, were called by His name? I want it for all three. Steve |
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