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1 | Christ the Goal or the end of the Law? | Rom 10:4 | Magnum | 176324 | ||
Why in this passage is the word "telos"(5056 strongs) translated as end? When I look this up in Strongs if find the following defintion;to set out for a definite point or goal.prop. the point aimed at. So should this not say instead, The goal at which the "Law" aims is Christ, who offers righteousnes to everyone who trusts. It would seem to me that Christ is the goal of the "Law" not the end, just a question. | ||||||
2 | Is it sin to eat lobster? | Rom 14:14 | Magnum | 176138 | ||
Does lobster have scales and fins ? Lev. 11-9 Jesus did not eat anything unclean, he was the sinless lamb of G*d, he is the Goal we strive for, why should we do different? | ||||||
3 | Seven (7) Feasts | Lev 23:1 | Magnum | 176137 | ||
I would like to add that Sukkot (Tabernacles) was fullfilled by Yeshua's (Jesus) birth (the most likely time of his birth)not Dec. 25th.It would make sense that G*d would use his appointed feast to reveal his plan, Is it concievable that he was concieved during Hanukkah the festival of lights?, and born nine months later to celebrate G*d dwelling among his people? I find it interesting that in Zechariah that the only festival that all Nations will come to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) to celebrate is Tabernacles. Zech. 14-16-21 | ||||||
4 | Book of Life and Lamb Book of Life | Rev 3:5 | Magnum | 176130 | ||
It is my belief that the names of all people ever born are written in the "Book of Life" and it is the same book the the Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world has, but those who have accepted him are not "blotted out" | ||||||
5 | What day did Jesus really die and get up | Matt 26:17 | Magnum | 42678 | ||
The Church has missed this one for years because it either doesn't have or want an understanding of it's Jewish roots. The main area of confusion comes from thinking that the day of preparation was Friday, for a Saturday "Sabbath" when in fact there were special "sabbaths" that were not Saturday. and days of preparation that were days before a special Feast such as Passover. As Jesus said in Matt. 12:40 "As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." So Jesus had to have been executed on Thursday at the earliest to have been in the belly of the earth for three days and three nights. It could have been as early as Wednesday because one day ended and another day started at sunset in those days. I know this to be true because my Savior is not a liar. As you have noted a Friday death only puts him in the belly of the earth for at the most two days and two nights. |
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6 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 42166 | ||
I like and use the Complete Jewish Bible , David H. Stern | ||||||
7 | Does bible say what Jesus look like? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 39761 | ||
I would try Isaiah 53:2 | ||||||
8 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Magnum | 39758 | ||
Dear Dave, This is a question I have been asking myself, and studying at length lately. Some of the things I've had to overcome before even starting to look at this questions is some of the teaching and doctorine that I have been exposed to over the years. I have had the pleasure over the last few years to learn under Messianic Rabbi, this has helped me to understand the "Law" in light of the Hebraic teaching and understanding, and not the Greek Hellenisitc slant that started to creep into the early church, starting in the second century. The one thing that I learned is that the word "Law" is a mistranslation of the Hebrew word Torah which means teaching or instruction,quite a contrast to "Law" which carries many negative overtones. The Rabbi pointed out to me it never was G*ds intention to write his "Laws" on tablets of stone, but on the hearts of his children. Notice in Exodus 20:18-20 in verse 19 they said to Moses, "You, speak to us; and we will listen. But don't let G*d speak with us, or we will die." Notice that people didn't want to hear directly from G*d, that way they, If they heard it second hand so to speak they had an excuse for not obeying. And so it is today when people teach against being obedient to G*ds "Law" today. We should want to obey G*d because we love him, not because we have to (Legalism) Jesus never taught against the Torah, quite the opposite he was Torah observant, and came not to fulfill the "Law" but to fill it with his spirit. In Matthew 5:19 Jesus says "So whoever disobeys the least of these commandments(mitzvot/good deeds)and teaches others to do so will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven." notice that your salvation is not in jeopardy for not obeying, just your standing in the Kingdom. We don't follow the Torah for salvation,it was never for salvation, G*d has always saved by Grace and Faith(Trusting in him.) The Torah is that mirror we look into, if we dare, to see the areas in our life that we need the help and power of the Holy Spirit to mold and change us into a more Christ like believer. In Yeshua (Christ) Magnum | ||||||
9 | dinasaurs? did they exist? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 38943 | ||
Read Job 40:15-18 sounds like a dinosaur to me. | ||||||
10 | Jesus' name baptism? | Acts 2:38 | Magnum | 38938 | ||
kalos, Good answer! The Church for some unknown reason has has elected to turn it's back on G*ds commandments. I don't know if it's because anti-Jewish theology crept in to the doctrine of the early church or what, but the result is disturbing to say the least. I have read several surveys that show that divorce, alcohol abuse, and other transgressions of G*ds commands are higher in the Church of all places, than in the world! Is it possible that we have gone overboard with the "Grace" doctrine ? (I believe in Grace) So many people say they love G*d, but refuse to obey him, go figure. | ||||||
11 | Are His commandments grievous? 1Jn 5:3 | 1 Cor 7:15 | Magnum | 38935 | ||
I agree with you that most people do not understand that a marriage is a covenant, not just between the two people, but between the two and G*d. Too many people enter marriage with the idea that if it doesn't work out they can just get a divorce. If people understood that marriage is a covenant, and understood what that meant, they would either not get married in the first place, or make shure that the person they are getting married to is the right one. I agree with you that keeping his commandments are not grievous, quite the contrary, following his commands brings life, not death as many teach. Many people love to quote Matt.5:17, teaching that Jesus has fulfilled the Torah, and by some twisted logic since Jesus fulfilled the "Law"(Torah), this somehow negates it. If these people would continue and read 19, "So whoever disobeys the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven". Notice this is not a salvation issue, because it states that those who teach against following G*ds Torah(Law) are no longer members of the Kingdom of Heaven, they are just called least in the Kingdom. Observing the "Law" out of legalism is for not, but following it out of love has to do with trusting. Romans 3:30-31 says Therefore, he will consider righteous the circumcised on the ground of trusting and the uncircumcised through that same trusting. Does it follow that we obolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid !On the contrary, we confirm Torah. | ||||||
12 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Magnum | 38793 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, Are you saying that Jesus cannot empower us to follow G*d's commandments? Who is Jesus talking about when in Matt. 9:13 He said "I didn't come to call the righteous, but the sinners!" Also in Luke 1:6 Zecharia and Elizabeth were called righteous, by observing all the ordinances of G*d blamelessly. James 5:16 talks about the prayers of a righteous person, Why would James refer to someone that does'nt exist? Being an ex-cop, I found that the "Law" did not have any bearing on the lives of those who followed the "law", it only impacted the lives of those who were lawless. Most if not all versions of todays English Version Bibles are off target concerning G*ds law, because the Greek word nomos does not mean "law" as we think of it, the Hebrew word that is mistranslated as law is Torah, which in the Hebrew mindset is "G*ds teaching and instruction". Notice in Psalm 37:30-31 it says, "The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue discourses justice. The Torah of G*d is in his heart". So in some of its aspects is the Torah 'not for a person whom G*d has declared righteous'. In its role as that which prescribes punishment and condemnation for offenses, shows people their sinfulness and guilt before G*d, and guides them away from trying to prove how good they are and toward trusting in Jesus(Yeshua)the Messiah the Torah is for those who are heedless of Torah in its role for the righteous. The Anglican Christian writer Brigid Younghughes has voiced the understanding I have come to concerning the passage in Matthew 5:17 where Jesus says "Don't think I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete".'"...I came not to destroy, but to fulfil." And surely "to fulfil' means to complete, in the sense of bringing to perfection, not as Christians have all too often interpreted it, to render obsolete; to fulfil in such a way as to perfect a foundation on which to build further"(Christianity's Jewish Heritage, West Sussex: Angel Press, 1988, p.8) the version of the Bible I study the most these days is the Complete Jewish Bible translated by David H. Stern . I cannot find anywhere any condemnation for following G*ds Torah out of love for G*d, only when one follows it out of legalistic obligation. I'm not exactly sure what I am trying to say by all of this except that as a Christian, G*d is drawing me closer toward his Torah every day. And every day I get a better understanding as to what the Church is missing out on. When I look at the Jews who have an understanding of Torah, but don't have the Holy Spirit of G*d, and look at the Christians who have the Holy Spirit of G*d but say the Torah is not for them, I think that something is amiss, and my mind turns to Ephesians 2:14, where it talks about Jesus creating a union with himself and the Jew and the Gentile a single new Humanity . In Yesuah's name Magnum | ||||||
13 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | Magnum | 38402 | ||
I have thought about this subject off and on over the years myself. The bible contains very little information on this subject, so the only thing we are left with is speculation and assumptions. I have my own theory, mind you it's only a theory, one that the Catholic church would strongly dissagree with, is that sometime when Jesus was around 13-15 years old Joseph died, leaving Jesus as the head of the house and he had to work to support his mother and younger siblings. If Mary was a good Jewish wife, she and Joseph would have had a child every couple of years until Joseph's death. If Jesus was 13 when Joseph died, and his mother was pregnant, the responsability for taking care of Mary and her baby would have fallen on Jesus. That would have left Jesus obligated to support his family until his youngest sibling was an adult. I can only find inferences to this in scripture. Matt. 13:55-56 "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not his sisters with us? By doing simple math I count four brothers and at least two sisters(the plural of sister, meaning more than one), I come up with six siblings. With one being born every 18-24 months after Jesus's birth, we are talking about a timeframe of 9-18 years. That would put Jesus in his late 20's to early 30's before his obligation to his family would be over and he could start his ministry. It is interesting to think about isn't it? There are several other scriptures that make ref. to Jesus's brothers, those being John 2:12,Matt.12:46,and Matt.12:50, to name a few. But the stance of the Catholic church is that these are spiritual brothers and sisters, and that Mary remained a virgin, I personally don't understand why this dogma is so important to them, my Catholic friends get mad when I ask them about this subject. I would be interested to know what you think about this subject. | ||||||
14 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 37884 | ||
Greetings Emmaus, I'll have to dig into my library for the exact ref. to Constantine. I've got some facts about Dec. 24-25th that you might find interesting. The Anglo-Saxon festival of the Yule log came out of the Babylonian festival called Yule Day. They set the time for this festival during the winter solstice, because this is when the sun hits its lowest point(death), and then rises toward spring(birth/resurrection). They established the evening of Dec.24th. as "Mothers Day" and Dec. 25th. as the "Birth of the Unconquered Sun".Hislop, The Two Babylons,pg.98 Yule Day, Dec 25th. the worship of the sun gods rebirth, is obviously the origin of some of, if not most of the customs surrounding Christmas celebration, notice how it changed from the birth of the sun to the birth of the Son. Christians who insist on celebrating the birth of Christ on Dec. 25 must face the fact that our pagan Anglo-Saxon ancestors celebrated Dec 25th as Yule day long before they came in contact with Christianity. Only G*d can ordain a day as Holy, and trying to make pagan celebrations Christian does not change them, they remain pagan. Sharon Turner's, Anglo_Saxons, vol.1 pg. 219 I'll let you know when I can find the ref. to Constatine. Also see Encyc. Britanica, vol 1 pg.164-165 | ||||||
15 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 37866 | ||
Dear Joe: Actually, this is not accurate. Constatine "created" holidays in an effort to apease his pagan friends, and trying to not offend his new found religion Christianity, he blended paganism and Christianity. These holidays were neither established nor ordained of G*d. The Holy Convocation's of G*d are found in Leviticus:23. These are the Holy days that Yeshua (Jesus) observed. I like when people say WWJD, I say Look What Jesus Did. I prefer to follow the example our savior set and not the example of a converted pagan. | ||||||
16 | Explain Hebrew letters used in Psalm 119 | Psalm | Magnum | 37666 | ||
Say What???? The Hebrew letters have numerical value, since the Hebrew people had no numerical system. Alef equals 1 Bet is 2 etc. How does occultism come into this? | ||||||
17 | Did Jesus found the church? | Matt 16:18 | Magnum | 37165 | ||
Dear Hank, I will tell you what I think Jesus was saying in Matthew 16:18. It seems that the main source of confusion comes from the mistranslation of the word "Church", this word as we know and think about did not exsist in Jesus's time. The Greek word ekklesia which means "called-out ones"and is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew kahal,"assembly, congregation,community." The usual English translation of ekklesia is "church" and from it comes the word "ecclesiastical," meaning, "having to do with the church." What is being spoken about is a spiritual community of people based on trust in G*d and his son the Messiah Yeshua(the name his disiples called him by). The phrase, "the ekklesia that meets in their house"(Rom 16:5), refers to a particular congregation. Unlike "church"ekklesia never refers either to an institution or to a building.Yeshua(Jesus),if anything might have been the founder of a new sect of Judaism, there were many in his day,what was one more ? If Jesus founded anything he founded the Messianic Community, that is he ushered in the Messianic Age to the Jews first, and then to the Gentiles(the group I fall into). I pray that this helps. | ||||||
18 | Did Jesus found the church? | Matt 16:18 | Magnum | 37142 | ||
Jesus was not the founder of the church for many reasons; the "founders" of the church were men who created the church after Jesus's death, burial, and resserection, and I do not believe he had any intentions to form a church. When we study Jesus within the proper Jewish context, we discover a Jew. At every point, what the Gospels tell us about Jesus, where we have reason to believe that their information is authentic,fits into Judaism. It does not fit very well into present day Christianity. In fact if we start from Christianity and work back to discover that it began with Jesus, we find very few links from the early Christian church to Jesus-so few, indeed. that only with some ingenuity can any connection be traced between them. Let us put the matter in more pictorial terms. In our western world, we imagine Jesus as a tall, blond hair and beard,blue eyes, and wearing a white robe(as Hollywood has in their many portrials of him). The truth is he was probably short by modern standards, dark-skinned, black beard, long untrimmed hair, and earlocks worn by all Jewish men of his day. We know he wore fringes on his garments(tzitzit), as commanded by G*D in Numbers 15:37, he wore tefillin(called phylacteries in the Gospels)as outlined in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 when he prayed formally, and perhaps at other times, and took it for granted that others would do the same; he objected only when they were ostentatious in wearing them in public, as some did in his day. He personally obeyed all the commandments, ethical and ritual, and took part in the sacrifical worship of the Temple when he was in Jerusalem. As did Paul who followed him, see Acts 21:26-29. I could go on and on but I will finish up with this, Jesus was scathing in his criticsm of religious phoniness, it was not because he opposed Judasim, or regarded it as intrinisically defective, but because he wanted the Torah(Law) to be fulfilled by everyone as completely and perfectly as possible, from the heart. In Yeshua's name | ||||||
19 | scriptural basis for church government | 1 Tim 3:1 | Magnum | 37062 | ||
The government structure of the church is five-fold that is having five parts that being;apostles,prophets,evangelists,pastors,and teachers. Eph 4:11-13. I have been in quite a few deacon/elder/pastor run churches, and I don't see where this is Biblical. I feel that a pastor along with the other parts of five-fold ministry team have the duty to submit to one another. I doesn't say in Eph. that anyone is over the other, sounds like a team(or body to me). Hope this helps | ||||||
20 | Why did Paul sacrifice in Temple? | Not Specified | Magnum | 34247 | ||
I have read on occasion postings on this forum that New Testament believers are no longer under any obligation to keep or observe the Law or more correctly the Torah (teaching and instruction of G-d), why then did Paul go to the Temple with four new converts, pay their expenses related to their purification (Leviticus 14:9-20)if Torah is no longer to be observed or kept by NT believers. Paul continued to keep the Torah and never wrote or taught anything to the contrary. See Acts 21:24 and Acts 21:26-28 | ||||||
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