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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Modern_day_Athanasius Ordered by Date |
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1 | Us or them, for now or dead with Apostle | John | Modern_day_Athanasius | 85182 | ||
1-Are you speaking of being sent (yes we believers are sent)? 2-Or speaking of receiving the Holy Spirit? (yes we receive the Holy Spirit as believers) 3-Or the seeming power to forgive or retain sins? (no, in fact, the Greek grammar goes against it, although forgiveness is absolutely necessary, given the parable of the unmerciful servant and teaching on forgiveness and all in Matt. 18) |
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2 | how wrote Genesis? | Genesis | Modern_day_Athanasius | 85180 | ||
Moses is the primary human author, God as the primary author? ;) (although drawing upon the historians, the Levites?) :) | ||||||
3 | Does Genesis predict Jesus? | Genesis | Modern_day_Athanasius | 85178 | ||
Actually, many of the parts of Genesis predict Jesus: 1) The Protevangelium -- the seed of the woman will crush the serpent, but the serpent will bruise his heel (Gen. 3:15), 2) All nations to be blessed through Abraham (Gen. 12:3), 3) Judah given the scepter of Jacob (Gen. 49:8-12), meaning that he was given the right to rule over all the brothers. Reuben and Simeon were rejected because of their sins. Dr. Hugenberger (ghugen@parkstreet.org) teaches a class called "Christ in the Old Testament" through Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and you can email him about these things further. (No, I'm not Gordon Hugenberger.) ;) ;) |
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4 | Studying O.T. is creating problems. | Genesis | Modern_day_Athanasius | 85177 | ||
My sense of it is this. The Bible is written a document that is difficult to fully understand. If you picked up Chaucer's Cantebury tales, you might find that it is written in Old English and very difficult to comprehend. He may even use difficult terms. Bible translations have tried to bridge that gap a little and no translation is perfect. Needless to say, one key principle is to understand the original context (history, culture, literature, etc.) A key book for interpretation, very lucid and easy to read, is Gordon Fee's and Doug Stuart's "How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth" (I think the 2nd edition is out 1997, Zondervan Books). There are many literary devices and forms and structures beyond the text that one does need expert help to guide oneself through the Bible. I apologize for my bias towards Evangelical authors but I liked these books for helping explain various parts of the Bible: Elmer Martens, "God's Design" (looking at the integrity of the Old Testament) Meredith G. Kline, "Structure of Biblical Authority" (more OT stuff) T. Desmond Alexander's, "From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Pentateuch." |
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5 | Can we take Scripture out of context? | Jer 29:11 | Modern_day_Athanasius | 85172 | ||
I think a verse primarily means what it meant to the original audience (not necessarily what it means to a modern day reader), and that abstraction is difficult for most people to comprehend. Gordon Fee and Doug Stuart ("How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth") address this. What is the blessing in Jer. 29:11 that is applicable? I think it would be return from exile, which foreshadows Christ and his work, the ultimate blessing. Of course a "gospel of prosperity" would like to see that God showers us with many blessings (health, wealth, marriage, friends, etc.) -- but this is simply not the case. While God does give us many gifts, God can also remove those gifts so that we do not fall in love with the gifts but with the Giver. So lack of blessing in one's life (say long-term unemployment or not getting married) are not signs of God's disfavor. Suffering, as Bonhoeffer writes, is the badge of discipleship. Not blessing. |
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