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1 | 40 in the bible | Bible general Archive 3 | mark d seyler | 175275 | ||
Perhaps you might reread my post to see if I asserted typology. As you asserted numerology, I just thought that I would share what numerology actually was, and to show that this is not it. Seeing a pattern in how things are written in Scripture is not numerology, no, not even a little bit. Nor do I have some "fetish" about numbers. Its good when you can say with assurance and accuracy that you are truly stating that which was in fact the original intention of the Author. Did He, or did He not intend to include these patterns? (that's rhetorical - I already know your answer!) But remember, contrary to the words of Ben Jowett, not all Scripture is necessarily confined to the meaning contained in the mind of the prophet that uttered it. Consider such passages as Hosea 11:1 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and I called My Son out of Egypt." Matthew lets us know this was a prophecy of Jesus, but did Hosea know that? You'd be hard pressed to make that case. What did the prophets know? Who can say? I suppose those who want to bolster their interpretations would equally claim them to be "true to the Bible, and true to the Bible-writers". Not a surprise. Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | 40 in the bible | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 175292 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, "A rose by any other name." Since reassertion is a mechanism that appears, by your use, to be of value to you, permit me to reassert: "There are, simply put, some things that don't go together well and would be better kept apart, things like numerology and Scripture, for example. We of Study Bible Forum have been exposed to some 'biblical numerology' theories -- largely of the crack-pot genre -- and we have come to discourage this sort of thing on the grounds that it is not usually didactic, never edifying, and frequently arcane and confusing. By and large, when the Bible mentions a number, it is for the purpose of communicating quantity. Rarely do numbers in Scripture do anything more than simply to enumerate persons, places, or things. But there have been books written on biblical numerology, presumably by persons who loved to play guessing games and could think of no more fruitful ways to spend their time than by indulging their fetish about numbers." --Hank Following the rabbit trail regarding prophesy: "In spite of the popular aphorism that 'the prophets wrote better than they knew,' the prophet's self-understanding of their prophecies is exhibited by their awareness of (1) the results of their words, (2) the implications of their prophecies, (3) the knowledge of things that were humanly impossible, and (4) the relation that contemporary events and circumstances had with future events in the same series of happenings." --Dr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Brother Mark, you are free to believe what you will. However, I am not obligated to embrace the sagacity of such beliefs. Is the decease equine sufficiently tenderized? Or shall we go for another round of reassertions and/or rabbit trails? :-) In Him, Doc |
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3 | 40 in the bible | Bible general Archive 3 | mark d seyler | 175304 | ||
Since you are basically jsut restated your same views while re-defining mine, I don't see where there is any benefit in continuing this discussion. I shall consider this a closed subject between us. And please, you never need to project values onto me to justify your actions. Love in Christ, Mark |
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