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3501 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32426 | ||
NoahsArthur, Yes I am. What is your point that want me to answer. Could you be more concise and specific? Emmaus |
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3502 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32350 | ||
Joe, You asked:"Please remind me of where I have accused you of idolatry directly." I was think of your post of 12-13-01 "Stop making so much of the wedding at Cana! It is such blasphemy to suggest that Mary has to "prod" Jesus -- very God of very God -- into doing what He purposed to do before the foundation of the world. A contemptible heresy is hat it is, Emmaus. A violation of the First Commandment, too, at its heart." Emmaus |
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3503 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32279 | ||
Joe, My point about the lists used by Protestants and Catholics for Sunday school are that they are both edited for teaching and memorization purposes. And in Deuteronomy you will note that wife is before the posessions, but in Exodus 20:17 the wife is in the middle of the posessessions, so the division there is not as logical as in Deut 5:21. Do you think the Jews venerated the Ark? "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. " How about those angels on the Ark Ex 25:18-20 and the tapestry 26:1 and 1 Kings 6:23-28? How about the brass serpent Num 21:9 and those 1 Kings 7:29 and 1 King 7:36 and 2 Chronicles 4:4? Who told Solomon to add those oxen? How about photos of our deceased loved ones? Do you own any books with illustrations of God, Jesus or the saints? Is one perhaps a Bible? Did the Jews or are you violating the commandment in any of these ways? Or is veneration different from idolatry? Or was God confused giving contradictory orders? "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth." Joe, You have already accused me of idolatry directly. Why dance around by implication now? Hindus are not Christians, Catholics are. Of course you may disagree. But the Catholic creed makes it explicit that they do not worship more than one God nor worship statues. Hindus are polytheists. Emmaus |
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3504 | what is the location of altar of incense | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 32254 | ||
garry, This is an interesting question. It also raises questions about who was the actual author of Hebrews. Some have said Paul, others Luke or Appolos. Others say the author may have just made a mistake in repeating what he had heard and placed the altar of incense inside rather than outside the second veil. Of course the same questions can be raised about the jar of manna and the rod of Aaron being inside the Ark. They are not placed there in any Old Testament passage. I wonder if after the Ark of the Covenant diappeared the altar of incense was later placed inside the Holy of Holies in the later Temples for a place upon which to sprinkle the blood as it was sprinkled on the mercy seat of the Ark on the Day of Atonement. Another point commentators have made is that the word thymiaterion translated as altar in Hebrews 9:4 is actually the word used for censer in two places of the the Septuagint Greek version of the Old Testament (2 Chron 26:19, Ezek 8:10. And of course in Lev 16:2. Thysiaterion, a very close word is used for altar in the Septuagint. The other side is that the author of Hebrews appears to be describing furniture not smaller moveable objects such as a censer. Also, Joesphus and Philo use the same word for altar in their writings. All of which leaves things kind up us in the air depending on how you look at it. I would be interested to hear what anyone else on the forum knows about this. Emmaus |
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3505 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32239 | ||
Norrie, Please look at Deut 5:6-21. "No other God's before me" would include gaven images that are worshiped. It would also include any pictures that are worshiped. Most Prostestants shy away from stautes but many have pictures of Jesus of one kind or another in their homes or books. They do not worship them any more than Catholics worship statues or all Americans worship the statues of our American heroes found in public places. The division of the coveting our neighbor's wife or goods is seen in verse 21. Keep in mind that the verse divisions and punctuation are artificial and do not exist in the original languages or manuscripts. So the division of the first and second or the ninth and tenth is arbitrary on either side. The division between a neighbor's wife and his property seesm rather logical to many people. I tend to view and value my wife much more highly than my posessions. You will note that both lists when taught as catechism are edited. Protestants tend toward the Exodus list version and Catholics the Deuteronomy, but both edit to abbreviate for teaching purposes. As an example look at the commandment on honoring the Sabbath. Whether you count it as fourth or third, both Protestants and Catholics teach it in an abbreviated form for lessons. Emmaus |
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3506 | Why change order of commandments? | Deut 5:21 | Emmaus | 32237 | ||
Norrie, Please look at Deut 5:6-21. "No other God's before me" would include gaven images that are worshiped. It would also include any pictures that are worshiped. Most Prostestants shy away from stautes but many have pictures of Jesus of one kind or another in their homes or books. They do not worship them any more than Catholics worship statues or all Americans worship the statues of our American heroes found in public places. The division of the coveting our neighbor's wife or goods is seen in verse 21. Keep in mind that the verse divisions and punctuation are artificial and do not exist in the original languages or manuscripts. So the division of the first and second or the ninth and tenth is arbitrary on either side. The division between a neighbor's wife and his property seesm rather logical to many people. I tend to view and value my wife much more highly than my posessions. You will note that both lists when taught as catechism are edited. Protestants tend toward the Exodus list version and Catholics the Deuteronomy, but both edit to abbreviate for teaching purposes. As an example look at the commandment on honoring the Sabbath. Whether you count it as fourth or third, both Protestants and Catholics teach it in an abbreviated form for lessons. Emmaus |
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3507 | why do catholics think mary is sinless? | Amos 1:1 | Emmaus | 32054 | ||
niiwj, I noticed a typo error in my previous note. The first lines of my previous note should have read: I am a Catholic on the forum. Not long ago the on the forum I answered the questions you are asking about Mary and the saints from a Catholic position. Emmaus |
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3508 | why do catholics think mary is sinless? | Amos 1:1 | Emmaus | 32051 | ||
niiwj, I noticed a typo error in my previous note. The first lines of my previous note should have read: I am a Catholic on the forum. Not long ago the on the forum I answered the questions you are asking about Mary and the saints from a Catholic position. Emmaus |
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3509 | why do catholics think mary is sinless? | Amos 1:1 | Emmaus | 32049 | ||
niiwj, I am a catholic on the forum. Not long ago the questions you are asking about Mary and the saints from a catholic position. Others responded strongly. But if you want to hear why Catholics believe certain things about Mary it is best to ask a Catholic. The same applies to asking Protestants about why they believe certain thing. You can click on my author screen name, go to my profile and click on "View all posts by this author." Go down to post #8 and the conversation starts. You can then follow the whole train of explanation and responses. Emmaus |
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3510 | Is Daniel 12 about Antiochus' desecratio | OT general | Emmaus | 31861 | ||
Thanks csd. Very accurate observation about the name. Emmaus |
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3511 | Adam and Eve, no fall from grace? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31857 | ||
Lionstrong, You miss my point entirely. It is this. Adam and Eve were created by God in a state of grace or justice before God. They lost that grace or justice through their sin and the fall. Jesus' saving grace is a restoration of that same grace that makes us just before God. It is called by some sanctifying grace, the grace that makes us holy and able to be in God's presence. It is the grace that is the very life of God in us. If Adam and Eve had that grace and lost it through free will, how can we say that we can not loose it in the same manner by a free will rejection just as they did? Unless Jesus has destroyed our free will in the restoration of grace. I still say your version is tanatmount to saying we have to sin in order to merit sanctifying grace and so is a wierd type of works righteousness. Adam and Eve did not merit the original sanctifying grace and neither do we the same sanctifying grace that is restored to us by Jesus and by which we are justified and saved. I guess we are just talking past each other here. I think I will let the matter rest, having made my point as clearly as I can. Emmaus |
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3512 | Adam and Eve, no fall from grace? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31725 | ||
Ambiguous grace. Whatever happened to simple "unmerited favor"? Suddenly we have to qualify for it by sinning. Now there is some strange "works rightousness." Emmaus |
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3513 | Christians enter heaven being judged? | 1 Cor 15:42 | Emmaus | 31651 | ||
NancyK, No one enters heaven unjudged. We have the particular judgement of the individual at death and then there is the general judgement of all together at the Second coming. Emmaus |
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3514 | Can salvation be lost due to actions? | Ezek 3:18 | Emmaus | 31649 | ||
Prayer warrior, I think it is as plain as the literal meaning of the text. Yes God saves us by his gift of grace. But if we reject the gift or abandon it He does not force us to keep his gift. Kind of like Adam and Eve don't you think? Eve |
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3515 | what does this verse mean | Gen 3:15 | Emmaus | 31646 | ||
Donna Sue, One other point on "the seed of the woman." This can be read on two levels. Jesus will be a decendent of the woman Eve. But that is a typological foreshadowing of Jesus being born of the woman Mary. All other mention of "seed" in the bible in this context refers to the seed of the male. But in the vigin birth there is no human father, so only the seed of the woman. The emity between the children of the woman and the children of the serpent refers to that between all of Eve's decendents in the natural realm and all of Mary's spiritual children or the Church in the supernatural realm. The very last point is particularly Catholic and is hotly disputed here when discussed in the context of Rev. 12:1-7, 17 but the rest I think is not controversial. Gen 3:15 is called the Proto-Evangelion or the Proto-Gospel. Emmaus |
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3516 | Is Daniel 12 about Antiochus' desecratio | OT general | Emmaus | 31640 | ||
csd, Here are the NAB note for Daniel 7:25 " The reference is to the persecutions of Antiochus IV and his attempt to force the Jews to give up their customs and to adopt Hellenistic ways (1 Macc 1:33-34). A year, two years, and a half-year: an indefinite, evil period of time. As seven is the Jewish "perfect" number, half of it signifies great imperfection. Actually, this corresponds fairly accurately to the duration of Antiochus' persecution." and the NAB note for Daniel 12:7 " A year, two years, a half-year: see note on Daniel 7:25. The author's perspective is the end of Antiochus, and beyond, the final consummation of all things. Emmaus |
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3517 | Temple desecrated from 360BC to 70AD? | OT general | Emmaus | 31520 | ||
csd, You will find the desecration of the Temple 169-167 B.C. under Antiochus Epiphanes,one of four Greek dynastic successors of Alexander the Great's generals in 1 and 2 Macabees in Catholic bibles, sometimes listed under the apochrypha in Protestant bibles. 1 Mac 1:21-24 20: After subduing Egypt, Antiochus returned in the one hundred and forty-third year. He went up against Israel and came to Jerusalem with a strong force. 21: He arrogantly entered the sanctuary and took the golden altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its utensils. 22: He took also the table for the bread of the Presence, the cups for drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the curtain, the crowns, and the gold decoration on the front of the temple; he stripped it all off. 23: He took the silver and the gold, and the costly vessels; he took also the hidden treasures which he found. 24: Taking them all, he departed to his own land. He committed deeds of murder, and spoke with great arrogance. 2 Mac 6:1-5 1: Not long after this, the king sent an Athenian senator to compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their fathers and cease to live by the laws of God, 2: and also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who dwelt in that place. 3: Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil. 4: For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and besides brought in things for sacrifice that were unfit. 5: The altar was covered with abominable offerings which were forbidden by the laws. Emmaus |
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3518 | Adam and Eve, no fall from grace? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31513 | ||
Lionstong, No fall from grace? You said: "So the Protestant understanding of Scripture is that our first parents were not in a state of grace before the fall. And they did not lose grace in the Fall, because they never had it or needed it before the Fall! " Are there others on this forum that believe this? Did the reformers believe this? Please quote them if they did. Adam and Eve did not fall from grace!? What then did they fall from and what did did Jesus's sacrifice restore? If the creation of Adam and Eve from nothing in immortal bodies and daily face to face fellowship with God as his children is not unmerited favor what is? What did they do before their creation to earn this favor? Did not Jesus restore what was lost? Are we not "new creations" with the promise even of immortal bodies at the resurection? And if fellowship with God as his children was not an unmerited favor and that which was lost and restored, what was lost and what was restored? Were not Adam and Eve and all us us disgraced as a result of what they did? No pun intended. All of which takes us away from the original questions you did not answer. Do you believe Adam and Eve thought they could not loose Eden and once we are restored to justification bt Christ do we still have free will as Adam and Eve did? Emmaus |
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3519 | Freefall from grace, then and now? | Gen 2:16 | Emmaus | 31345 | ||
Lionstrong, If the state of grace and fellowship with God which Adam and Eve lost through sin has been restored to us by Christ's sacrifice, have we also thereby lost the free will that Adam and Eve had in Eden before the fall while they were still in that original state of grace? Emmaus |
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3520 | What can I teach on Faith? | Romans | Emmaus | 31339 | ||
Lillee, Romans 4 and James 2 are good places to start but do not neglect the Gospels since Jesus who is the supreme authority has a few things to say on the topic. A good condordance should get you going. Emmaus |
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