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1 | God's people's land? | 2 Chr 7:14 | leabeater | 17299 | ||
Your reply belies your objection. You understand something of the Old Testament. Why? If the Old Testament is narrowly confined to a national/racial/ethnic group then why do you read it? If our approach to the Bible is overly compartmentalized then we find ourselves questioning doctrines such as the blood atonement (without faith in which no man is saved whether ancient or modern). 1 John 3:4 is New Testament doctrine, "...sin is the transgression of the law." Do we relegate the law to only the Old Testament? No. We are not "to die to the law" (Rom. 7:4) with our regard to its moral demands. We are dead to the law's lorship over us and remarried to the Lord of that law, Jesus Christ, who bore the penalties of that law (Rom. 7:1-7). Speaking of Old Testament law breakers Paul admonishes, "Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction..." 1 Cor. 10:9. Our instruction? Will we object, "But Paul, those were Old Testament Israelites"? Yes, Israel is not the church. But even this distinction, if overly drawn, is frought with hermaneutical hazards which I am not willing to cross. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;" 2 Tim. 3:16. I looked up the word "All" in Greek. It means "all." So, to answer your question directly, yes. The historical context was to Israel dwelling in Israel. But the semantic meaning far transcends its immediate historical parameters and gives to God's people today a hope that provides guidance to our present national crisis. |
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2 | God's people's land? | 2 Chr 7:14 | Bill Mc | 17563 | ||
Fellow Christians, please let me interject a principle here that I believe is helpful and applies. We often quote 2 Tim 3:16 - "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;" Then we say things like "I looked up the word "All" in Greek. It means "all." Well ,yes, 'all' does mean all. But 'all' means the WHOLE of scripture. It means that the whole, the summation, of scripture is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness. It means that we can go to God's Word and find that some portion of God's Word will address these areas and any other area of our lives. It DOES NOT mean that every verse of scripture is profitable for teaching. The verse itself can be taught but that does not mean that for every verse there is an underlying doctrine that needs to be taught. It DOES NOT mean that every verse of scripture is profitable for reproof. Some verses are excellent for reproof, but not EVERY verse is a verse of reproof. It DOES NOT mean that every verse of scripture is a verse for correction. It DOES NOT mean that every verse of scripture is a verse for training in righteousness. Verses, passages, chapters and books in the Bible frequently fall into what we call literary styles, i.e. history, poetry, doctrine, prophecy, etc. Would you use a verse of poetry, "The Lord is my Shepherd" to teach prophecy? Would you use genealogies to reprove people? Would you use passages from OT sacrifices as instruction and tell the world around us to sacrifice animals? I hope and pray not. Fellow believers, we MUST learn to correctly discern the scriptures. That is one of the blessings of this forum. But people will quote 2 Tim 3:16 and then say that all the OT applies directly to Christians. This is NOT correctly dividing the Word of Truth. Generally speaking, the Word is already 'correctly divided' into Old Covenant and New Covenant. God has blesses us with the ability to reason from the scriptures. The Holy Spirit illumines the scripture and He will reveal its meaning, but He uses our spirits and brains to do that. Let's learn to 'accurately handle the word of truth.' - 2 Tim 3:15. In His grace, Bill Mc |
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3 | God's people's land? | 2 Chr 7:14 | Morant61 | 17574 | ||
Greetings Bill! Excellent explanation my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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