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461 | What does "in the way" mean in Genesis 2 | Gen 24:27 | Ray | 22697 | ||
Hi Searcher, I think that it is pretty clear and straightforward in what it says. The servant was certainly led along his way and his task. What is of interest here is who was doing the leading. You say that the Lord was leading and of course He was; but the Lord is God. It is interesting to compare the translations here. Genesis 24:27, NASB, "And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham..." NKJ, "And he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham..." Genesis 24:21 and 26 for both of these translations read that the Lord made his way successful and the Lord was worshipped because of it. As for me, as a follower of the Way, this sect of the Jews, I say that Jesus is Lord. Praise His name. I think, also, that the original "swearing in" for the servant's task was done in the name of "the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth..." Yet, verse 24 speaks of the Lord God of heaven who will send His angel [Angel] before the servant to guide him. Personally, I think that the God who came to earth for us is this Angel, even the Lord. |
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462 | A seeming difference: Gen. 24:8 and 41? | Gen 24:41 | Ray | 139760 | ||
Hi epbentley, Welcome to the forum. Genesis 24:48, "And I bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son." The servant was told by God in Genesis 24:7 that he would be sent His angel (NASB) Angel (NKJ) so that a wife would be found for Abraham's son. The bottom line of the whole story is that the Angel was in charge from the start. All the servant had to do was leave it in the hands of the Angel. When the servant came to the relatives and prayed to the Lord, the God of his servant Abraham in Gen 24:12 for success, then his work was done. Genesis 24:21, "Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not." Again I say that it was all in the hands of the Angel. Genesis 24:27, "...as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers." 1) As for Laban and Bethuel, the parents of Rebekah, the bride to be; they had no part in it at all. Genesis 24:50, "The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good." 2) As for Rebecca's brother, he had no say in the matter; for Rebecca left right away instead of staying ten days or so with him and the mother. The servant said, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I my go to my master." 3) Rebekah said, "I will go." 4) So even though the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done, the bottom line was that the Angel had gone before him and accomplished everything. I go with the NKJ and the capitalized Angel of God. How about you? From the heart, Ray |
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463 | A seeming difference: Gen. 24:8 and 41? | Gen 24:41 | Ray | 139811 | ||
Hi epbentley, I think that the relatives of Rebekah could have refused to let her go. Rebekah could have said, "I will not go". Abraham recognized all of that, but he was concerned about the end result and that is why he said "But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath;..." Abraham was not asking the servant to kidnap a bride to be for Isaac. I can relate to this story because my one and only, our daughter Rachel was married this summer. Her husband asked my wife and I for our blessing for their marrying so we knew before our daughter did that he was going to ask her. Yet, the bottom line again is that the relatives are not participants in the marriage. The choices are made by the bride and groom. I was happy that our son in law communicated with us beforehand, but we could not have stopped their relationship if we had wanted to. The servant knew that the girl would have to give her approval, and he also knew that he had to go through the relatives or else he would be in trouble.:) Things haven't changed very much. It is amazing that many arranged marriages, mail-order brides, young women like Rebekah who leave everything for an unknown man; still find love in marriage. 1) I would not capitalize an "angel" to show respect. I would capitalize Angel in Genesis to recognize Him as Deity. Verses that could persuade you are verses like Genesis 31:11,12. Genesis 31:11, NKJ, "Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.' 12 "And He said, 'Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family." Here the Angel says that "I am the God of Bethel". He doesn't say, "Hear the word of the God of Bethel". It is good talking with you. I hope you are enjoying the forum. From the heart, Ray |
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464 | A seeming difference: Gen. 24:8 and 41? | Gen 24:41 | Ray | 139921 | ||
Hi epbentley, I offer Hosea 12:4 as another supporting passage for the choice of "Angel". I often compare the NASB and the NKJ since they are translations that capitalize pronouns of Deity. However, they both have a flaw in my mind in regard to literary style of capitalizing after semicolons. This style sometimes confuses. Hosea 12:4, NASB, "Yes, he wrestled with the angel [sic] and prevailed; He [confusing literary style because it is speaking of the man Jacob] wept and sought His favor. He found Him at Bethel, And there He spoke with us, 5 Even the Lord, the God of hosts; The Lord is His name." Hosea 12:4, NKJ, "Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; He [the man Jacob] wept, and sought favor from Him. He [Jacob] found Him in Bethel, And there He spoke to us--5 That is, the Lord God of hosts. The Lord is His memorial name." The NASB lower case "angel" does not agree with the upper case "sought His favor", so I go with the NKJ. Both the NASB and the NKJ say that He spoke with us and recognized Him as the Lord, the God of hosts. The Lord is His name. Jacob contended with God; yes he struggled with the Angel. He struggled with the Man. Genesis 32:24, NASB, "Then Jacob was left alone, and a man [sic] wrestled with him until daybreak." Genesis 32:24, NKJ, "Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man [sic] wrestled with him until the breaking of day." Jacob wanted to know this Man's name. Jacob asked the Angel, "Please tell me Your name." But He said, "Why is it that you ask My name?" And He blessed him there. Jacob recognized that he had seen God face to face, yet his life was preserved. From the heart, Ray |
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465 | Am I my brother's keeper? | Gen 28:15 | Ray | 123915 | ||
Hi Country Girl, "This question from God", you wrote. However, this question was the question from Cain. One of the reasons why we know that the Scriptures are the word of God is that the thoughts and words of people are not censored and people's actions are recorded whether they put them in good light or not. Nothing has been glossed over or meant to be edited by man. Thus, Cain's words to God, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" are included in the Genesis account. I study from the NASB and NKJ which have the words of Deity in capital letters, so it is very apparent to me that the words are Cain's. Gen 4:9, NASB, "And he [sic] said,..." I believe that James can be a good book to include in the discussion. James 3:8, "But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way." As a counter of pronouns, I go with the NKJ for James 4:5, "Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"? 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." 1) Cain should have submitted to God. We know from Gen 4:5 that God had no regard for his offering and that Cain was angry and unhappy. God told him that he should master these choices and attitudes that have sin crouching at the door. Instead, after discussing these things with Abel, he killed him. The prison "keeper" has to be aware that in the discussions with the inmates that indeed sin may be crouching at the door. He should be willing and anxious to share spiritual things with them, but also be aware that discussions do not always result in good conclusions. 2) Yet, the book of James and Genesis would tell us that all men were made in the likeness of God. Genesis 5:1, "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God." Also James 6:9 above. James 5:15, "and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16, Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much." I didn't include verse 14 with the James 5 quote. Could a prison keeper bring spiritual healing and forgiveness of sins without the inclusion of the church and its elders, and the annointing oil? I know that Elijah prayed alone, and verse nineteen talks about "the one who turns him back." Perhaps we can go from James to Acts 15:14-19 for comparison/contrasts. Acts 15:19 says, "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles..." The prison keeper should be turning the inmates to God for forgiveness and healing. From the heart, Ray |
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466 | Gen 35:1 God says make an altar to God, | Gen 35:1 | Ray | 67190 | ||
Hi tremure123, Welcome to the forum. I hope you don't burn yourself out too quickly here. You have a good start here on the forum with a good question. There are many places where the Scriptures say, "And God said," and then says something like, "God will". I wouldn't be able to quickly give you a list of these occurrances, but they do happen. So I wouldn't necessarily make too much of this. However, the question of whether we can see God and this God as separate entities is a good one. Personally I see an excellent comparison/contrast between Genesis 35:1-5, NKJ and the verse you quoted but did not reference, Genesis 28:13. It is a good starting point to consider if the three Persons of God can be distinguished even way back in time here in Genesis. Genesis 28:13, "And behold, the Lord stood above it [the ladder in Jacob's dream] and said, "I am the **Lord, the *God of your father Abraham and the God/ of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants." Genesis 35:1ff, "Then **God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar to *God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God/, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands... And they journeyed, and the terror of God [a great terror, Or, a terror of God, NASB margin] was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob." The NKJ 28:13,reads, "The Lord God" and the NASB reads, "The Lord, the God." This difference in itself suggests reflecting on whether two different Persons are involved. Yet of course we remember that the Lord Jesus and the Lord God are one Lord. Also, the Man, NKJ, that Jacob wrestled with is the incarnate Spirit of God. Jacob was blessed by the King of Israel for he wrestled with God and with men and prevailed. See also John 1:51. From the heart, Ray |
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467 | Repeating elements of Genesis 37-40 | Gen 39:23 | Ray | 154319 | ||
Hi holla, Welcome to the forum. Who told you that there are repeating elements in the story? There are things that I see stressed throughout Genesis, but not necessarily for chapters 37-50 alone. I see the blessing of the Lord on the characters in Genesis. Genesis 39:23, "The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's charge because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made [it, NKJ] to prosper." Genesis 26:28, "And they said, "We see plainly that the Lord has been with you;...29...You are now the blessed of the Lord." Genesis 49:24, "From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you..." Genesis 48:15, "And he blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,..." Genesis 45:8, "Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay."" I hope these verses help you. From the heart, Ray |
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468 | Place your hand between my thigh | Gen 47:29 | Ray | 112534 | ||
Hi hilinc, Welcome to the forum. You ask if this is the correct interpretation. It is really a question of the correct translation. Genesis 24:2, "So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear..." Genesis 47:29, "When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt, but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said." The placing of the hand UNDER the thigh was a Near Eastern "accepted customary gesture" with a solemn pledge. See MacArthur Study Bible notes. From the heart, Ray |
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469 | Why no sacrifices for Jews today? | Exodus | Ray | 34051 | ||
Hi Greg Martin, Welcome to the forum. Let *us try to tell you what "a king's we" is. Actually I don't know what it is, but that could be the name for it that I was trying to think of several days ago. I don't agree with the rabbi's assessment of the Genesis passage, but I do believe that there are some possible examples of this. I have in mind John 14:31,"...but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let *Us go from here." From the heart, Ray |
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470 | where in the bible call no man reverend | Exodus | Ray | 144593 | ||
Hi BILLINGCLERK, The problem that you are alluding to is that we are not to call any man "Reverend". I am talking to you in regards to a capitalized Reverend so you may not undersand what I am saying since you do not use capitalization. The problem is dealt with in most churches I believe by having the members say to the pastors,or priests, "Pastor Bob..." or "Father Flanagan", or Reverend Tim", etc. Thus showing that the "Reverend" is part of a title or job description, or earned word of respect; but it is not used alone because that is not who he is. These men are not Reverend, nor Leader, nor Rabbi, nor Teacher, nor Father. These [capitalized] words belong to only One. These words belong to the triune God; the Prophet, Priest, and King. From the heart, Ray P. S. The "holy and reverend" of the King James Version for Psalm 111:9 is translated "awesome", i.e. inspiring reverence, in the NKJ and NASB versions. |
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471 | compare Jeremiah 1:5 and Galatians 1:15- | Ex 3:1 | Ray | 137536 | ||
Hi phs2076, In Galatians 1:15 we see that God had set apart Paul and called him by His grace. He revealed His Son to be in him, and so to my mind Paul preached the Spirit among the Gentiles. The revelation of Jesus Christ to him was that He is Spirit. That is why he did not consult with flesh and blood. Paul was not trying to please men, but Spirit. He was a bond-servant of Christ and received a revelation from Jesus Christ. And he preached of the Spirit. Galatians 1:4, "who gave Himself for our sins, that (He) might deliver us out of this present evil age [world]..." Jeremiah 1:8, "Do not be afraid of them, For (I) am with you to deliver you," declares the Lord." Exodus 3:2, NKJ, "And the (Angel) of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush;..." The parentheses are mine for comparison. From the heart, Ray |
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472 | Exodus 3:14 connected to John 8:58? | Ex 3:14 | Ray | 76126 | ||
Hi Truthfinder, Exodus 3:12, "And He said, 'Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I/ who have sent you:..." Exodus 3:13, "Then Moses said to God, "Behold I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, 'The (God) of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them? 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, "I AM/ has sent me to you.'" John 8:54, "Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself,/ My glory is nothing; it is My (Father) who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God'; 55 and you have not come to know Him but I know Him;/..." When we study this we know of Jesus that "He is our God". When we know that He is our God then we can go on and agree with John 10:30 that "I and the Father are one." We can go on with the passage here in front of us and know that He [I, We] "must work the works of Him who sent Me,/ as long as it is day; night is coming when no *one can work." In comparing the Old and New Testaments we should be able to see the difference between Moses ("and I/ am has sent me to you) and Jesus (working "the works of the One who sent Me"/). Moses was a man and Jesus was a Man. Here is my interpretation also of John 8:29 for what it is worth, for it should be of interest to you as a "Truthfinder". John 8:26, "...but (He) who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world." They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father./ Jesus therefore said, "When you lift up the Son of (Man), then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as *My/Father taught Me. 29 And the (One) who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him./" When we go on in the passage, v.32, and "know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free"; then we will even want to change John 11:7,8 where it reads "the disciples" to being "His disciples". We will know that He is the Light of the world and become truly His disciples. John 11:9 From the heart, Ray |
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473 | God but not Lord? | Ex 6:3 | Ray | 10661 | ||
Hi Prayon, I think that your Exodus 6:3 can be directly referred back to Exodus 3:13. Moses had been told that he should say that I AM has sent him for He had said, "I AM WHO I AM." This is what Moses would say if the people asked what His name was. I haven't found in Genesis that they asked him this question. I am of the opinion that Moses simply spoke of the the (God) of your fathers. Ex. 3:13,15 And verse 15 says "This is My name forever and this is My memorial-name to all generations." But I see Exodus 5:22 and Ex 3:13 as a contrast and I'm not sure that he had spoken of the 'I AM". In any case, personally, I see Jesus speaking in the Triune Godhead in Ex 6:3, "...and (I) appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them." And in verse 8 he repeats, (I) am the Lord. The fact that He appeared to Abraham is found in Nolan's reference to Genesis 17:l, "Now when Abram was niney-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty;..." And what is the name of the Lord here? Genesis 16:13, "Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "Thou art a God who sees"; for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing (Him?)" Of course she had seen the Angel of the Lord, for Jesus said in John 6:46, "Not that any man has seen the (Father). " In any case, Genesis talks about a God who sees. That is just what Exodus is about also. Exodus 3:9, "...furthermore, (I) have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them." Exodus 4:31, "So the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord was concerned about the sons of Israel and that (He) had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped." Exodus 6:5, "And furthermore (I) have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage;..." He is a God who sees, hears, and acts; for Exodus 3:20 "...I will stretch out (My) hand, and strike Egypt..." Exodus 7:5, "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out (My) hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst." Exodus 15:ll, "Who is like Thee among the gods, O Lord? Who is like Thee, majectic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders? Thou didst stretch out (Thy) right hand, The earth swallowed them." Exodus 15:2, "I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider (He) has hurled into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; my father's God, and I will extol Him. The Lord is a warrior; The Lord is (His) name." Parentheses mine for comparison. |
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474 | How do magicians imitate blood plague? | Ex 7:22 | Ray | 136079 | ||
Hi Just Read Mark, The NASB for Exodus 7:22 reads, "But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts;" The NKJ reads, "Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments;" What you are asking is "How can the magicians change the water into blood when it has already been accomplished?" However, I did not read that the water in cisterns and jars were already turned to blood. Probably that is what they used in their activity of enchantment. Exodus 7:24 tells us that water could be found outside the Nile. "So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile." From the heart, Ray |
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475 | How do magicians imitate blood plague? | Ex 7:22 | Ray | 136080 | ||
Hi Just Read Mark, I would say that it is important also that we realize that Moses did not turn the water into blood. For Moses was not a (m)Magician and did not claim to be one. Exodus 7:25 says, "And seven days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile." Exodus 7:20 says, "...And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile..." Verse twenty says that Moses lifted up the staff and struck the water and verse 25 says that the Lord had struck the Nile. What ties the two verses together in my mind is Exodus 7:17. Exodus 7:17, "Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in **My hand, and it shall be turned to blood." My interpretation with the capitalized **My is that the Lord is speaking. My interpretation is that Moses was not saying "I am the Lord", but rather he was saying, "Thus says the Lord". The bottom line is that it was by God's hand that the water was changed into blood. From the heart, Ray |
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476 | what does Rev. 8;7 mean? | Ex 9:23 | Ray | 141941 | ||
Hi Littleelybear, Ex 9:23, "And Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the *Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt." Rev 8:4, "And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before *God out of the angel's hand...7...and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth;" The imagery of John comes from the descriptions in Exodus of the plagues in Egypt. William Barclay in the Daily Study Bible Series, "the Revelation of John" writes: "We have further to note where John found his imagery. For the most part the pictures find their origin in the descriptions in Exodus of the plagues which fell on Egypt when Pharoah refused to allow the people to go. In John's picture hail and fire and blood fall upon the dry land. In Exodus 9:24 we read how there came upon Egypt fire mixed with hail or unparalleled destructiveness. John to increase the terror adds blood, remembering Joel's picture of the day when the sun would be turned into darkness and the moon into blood (Joel 2:10). In John's picture a thir part of the sea becomes blood and the fishes in it die. In Exodus, whenMoses lifted up his rod and smote the watrs, the waters of the Nile turned to blood and the fishes in the river died (Exodus 7:20,21)."... In John's picture there came a darkening of a third part of the lights of heaven. In Exodus one of the plagues was a darkness that could be felt over the whole land (Exodus 10:21-23). As we have so often seen, John is so steeped in the Old Testament that its visions come to him as the natural backgound of all that he has to say." William Barclay (and MacArthur also in his notes) have some comments about other natural actual events that could have been in his mind also. Let me know if you want more of their thoughts. From the heart, Ray |
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477 | what does Rev. 8;7 mean? | Ex 9:23 | Ray | 141953 | ||
More--for whoever is interested. MacArthur's notes for Revelation 8:7: "8:7 hail and fire followed, mingled with blood. This may describe volcanic eruptions that could certainly result from the earthquakes in v.5. The steam and water thrown into the sky by such eruptions could easily condense into hail and fall to earth along with the fiery lava (cf. Ex. 9:13-25). Dust and gases may so contaminate falling liquid water that it appears blood red." William Barclay, continuing from the quote of my first post concerning Rev 8:7-12: Barclay writes: "In this case it is by no means possible that John is taking at least a part of his picture from actual events which he had seen or of which he had heard. A rain which looks like a rain of blood has more than once been reported from the Mediterranean countries. There is, for instance, a record of such a rain in Italy and all over south-east Europe in 1901. The reason for it is that fine red sand from the Sahara Desert is caught up into the upper air; and then when the rain comes it seems to be raining blood, as the rain and the fine red particles of sand fall together upon the earth. It may well be that John had seen something like this or had heard of it. Further, he speaks of a flaming mass falling into the sea. This sounds very like a volcanic eruption. There was an eruption of Mount Versuvius in August of A.D. 79 which decimated Naples and its bay. That would be within a very few years of the writing of the Revelation. The Aegean Sea has volcanic islands and volcanoes beneath the sea. Strabo, the Greek geographer, reports an eruption in the Aegean Sea, in which Patmos lay, in the year 196 B.C., which actually resulted in the formation of a new island called Palaia Kaumene. Such events also may have been in John's mind. In this picture of terror John has the vision of God using the elemental forces of nature to warn man of the final destruction to come." I hope these quotes are of interest and help. From the heart, Ray |
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478 | Passover Prepartion and Armour of God | Ex 11:10 | Ray | 50748 | ||
Hi Armour Bearer, The connection isn't very direct is it? I would suppose that if one meditated on it, the armor of God is against the schemes of the devil. In the Exodus passage the Israelites were fighting, through Moses and Aaron, against the heart of Pharaoh which the Lord had made strong so that His wonders could be multiplied. I think that the connection would be that we have to realize that the signs and wonders performed by Moses and Aaron were done by the Lord and not by men. We fight a spiritual battle and have to take up the sword of the Spirit. And He will be our Passover. We are to do everything in His might, so that His signs might be performed. Exodus 10:1, "Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,..." From the heart, Ray |
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479 | "Jehovah Rophe - our Lord and Healer"??? | Ex 15:26 | Ray | 29013 | ||
Hi HHannaJr, I am a person who is interested in pronouns of Deity and the capitalization of such. I would agree with your capitalization of the Healer. A reference verse in my Study Bible sent me to Deuteronomy 32:39. I prefer the capitalization in the NKJ here, "Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any [other] who can deliver from My hand." Bracket word is mine. The context of the passage is that the nations around them were not people of the Lord. Verse 31, "Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this." The Lord says in verse 37, "Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?" God is our Rock and our Healer; and even our Ruler. I was led also to the only other reference to "healer" in my concordance, Isaiah 3:7. 6"When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying 'You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,' 7On that day will he protest, saying, 'I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You shall not appoint me ruler of the people.'" Compare Isaiah 3 with Luke 12:14. "But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbiter over you?'" The context there is that the Holy Spirit will guide us and "teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." Contrast that with Isaiah 3:8, "For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence." So I see an interesting contrast between Luke 12:14 and Isaiah 3:14; but which has little to do with your "Healer" question. I"ll try to find some other verses for you. All I want to point out is that Jesus is our Rock, our Ruler, our Judge, and our Healer. He is the Son of Man but also the Holy Spirit, God with us. Later, Ray |
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480 | "Jehovah Rophe - our Lord and Healer"??? | Ex 15:26 | Ray | 29043 | ||
Hi srbaegon, I hear you, for this Trinity doctrine is difficult to express "correctly" or understand. However, this Luke 12 passage tells me that Jesus is God and I will not deny that truth. God is concerned with our spiritual inheritances and it is the Spirit that was approached by the man in regard to dividing the family inheritance. But Jesus (God) said to him "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbiter over you?" In other words, Jesus is saying, "What has that got to do with Me? I am not your judge." Luke 12:5, "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who after He has killed has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him." So Jesus says to fear the one Spirit. Jesus is a Person of that one Spirit. And He says in verse 8, "...everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man shall confess him also before the angels of God." I can not deny Him before men for then I would be blaspheming against the (Holy) Spirit. That would be blasphemy against God. The parentheses are mine for comparison and contrast of Persons but also to show Oneness. Matthew 12:32 talks about "speaking against the (Holy) Spirit" also. That is against this Son of David, this Man who casts out demons by the spirit of God. Mark 3:28, "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemies against the (Holy) Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin---because they were saying, 'He has an unclean spirit.'" This is blasphemy against the Spirit Himself. So, Steve, I would rather blaspheme and say that Jesus was not a son of man than to deny that He is God, who is Spirit. Later, Ray |
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