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1 | Can a woman be a pastor of a church? | NT general | loavesnfish | 239214 | ||
Women can shepherd (pastor) children, which is a very important ministry. loavesnfish |
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2 | Biblical Exegesis of Matt. 14:13-21 | Matt 14:13 | loavesnfish | 239213 | ||
The blessing was: Blessed be the Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who brings forth bread from the ground. Every Jewish family said this blessing over bread and it is still used today. loavesnfish |
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3 | miracles and management | Matt 14:22 | loavesnfish | 239212 | ||
Jesus was being a good host while making sure that no one followed His disciples. Then He went alone to pray and probable to deal with His own grief over His cousin John the Baptist's death. loavesnfish |
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4 | What is the meaning to Matt14:21,Ex12:37 | Matt 14:21 | loavesnfish | 239211 | ||
Actually, the source of this tradition can be seen in the book of Numbers where the census of fighting men was taken. Women and children were not included because they had no part in the battles. Men were counted and assigned commanders by thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens, regardless of the number of non-combatants in their families. loavesnfish |
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5 | leftovers! | Matt 14:20 | loavesnfish | 239210 | ||
A lunch basket sized basket full of leftovers for each of the twelve disciples! Since Jesus was able to make just enough bread for everyone to be filled, it is notable that He made enough for leftovers. See 2 Kings 4:43-44 for the SIGN involved here. loavesnfish |
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6 | blessing bread | Matt 14:19 | loavesnfish | 239209 | ||
A Jewish father, or elder brother in his absence, would lift up the bread and look up to heaven and say: "Blessed be the Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who brings forth bread from the ground." Then he would break off a piece and pass the loaf around the family group so that each person could break off a piece. Then they would all eat together. The elder brother is serving His family! loavesnfish |
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7 | Jesus is greater than Elisha | Matt 14:17 | loavesnfish | 239208 | ||
They had apparently forgotten what Elisha did with twenty barley loaves in 2 Kings 4:42-44. Jesus is greater than Elisha! loavesnfish |
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8 | supply by faith? | Matt 14:16 | loavesnfish | 239207 | ||
Who are we looking to for our supply? When Love incarnate commanded His disciples to feed others, they had been thinking of their own inability rather than His ability. Do we fail to follows God's ways because our minds are too much on ourselves? How much more could He do with us and through us if we were fully assured that He will meet us as we begin to do His will? | ||||||
9 | hospitality | Matt 14:15 | loavesnfish | 239206 | ||
Sending away the crowds is not exactly being given to hospitality, is it? Jesus wants people to come home to Him, so He is about to create a little bit of home for them in a barren place. loavesnfish |
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10 | compassion | Matt 14:14 | loavesnfish | 239205 | ||
At a time when Jesus the man needed compassion himself, he instead shows compassion to others. God's ways truly are above our ways. loavesnfish |
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11 | Jesus' response to John's beheading? | Matt 14:13 | loavesnfish | 239204 | ||
I always wondered about that myself. It appears that this is an example of the unselfishness of Jesus. loavesnfish |
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12 | How does it make them ashamed? | Ezek 43:10 | loavesnfish | 239172 | ||
Greetings Jalek! So you are saying that the measuring is a metaphor and not to be taken literally. Then the whole vision is just symbolic and not literally predictive. loavesnfish |
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13 | How does it make them ashamed? | Ezek 43:10 | loavesnfish | 239167 | ||
Greetings, Jalek! Thank you for responding again. My understanding is that the actual equivalent of a cubit in inches is irrelevant here. The cubit is a measurement that makes a man's forearm the standard by which other things are measured so that he knows their sizes relative to himself. I am wondering if measuring by cubits would be the shame inducer since one is forced to compare oneself to what is being measured. loavesnfish |
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14 | where does the comma go? | Gal 1:3 | loavesnfish | 239165 | ||
CDBJ "Diacritical marks are usually the result of an inferior language." Please explain further what you mean by "inferior." loavesnfish |
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15 | How does it make them ashamed? | Ezek 43:10 | loavesnfish | 239147 | ||
Greetings, Jalek! Thank you for responding! Your examples make sense and I understand them and the point you are making. I just don't understand how it relates to cubits and palm trees. loavesnfish |
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16 | Shewbread made of manna in wilderness? | Ex 25:30 | loavesnfish | 239146 | ||
Doc, You are right of course. When I was originally thinking about this I was focusing on the restriction from gathering more than the family could eat in one day, the way they complained about how it was all they had to eat when they wanted meat, leeks and onions, etc. I really didn't consider that they may have had enough grain for the priests to keep this commandment but not enough for people to eat. It seemed like they were only complaining so vociferously because they had nothing else to eat. If the priests were rotating and eating the showbread the way they were commanded to do, they at least would not be restricted to manna. loavesnfish |
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17 | Why 153 fish in John 21:11? Why not 154 | John 21:11 | loavesnfish | 239145 | ||
Doc, Thank you for responding! I think you may have misunderstood me. I am definitely NOT looking for hidden meanings in the text. I am not one of those who has to assign symbolism to every number. I have read FW Grant, Bullinger and Panin and a few others to see what they had to say--disappointing. I have also read the book by Fee and Stuart you keep recommending (although I can't lay my hands on it just now). I really am not mixing interpretations. In several places throughout the Scriptures there are things notably missing, not as a mistake, but as a hint or example. In Luke 15 Jesus reveals the Father's heartfor His straying people by giving three examples of precious items going astray. Like Abraham, negotiating God down to ten righteous men, Jesus also keeps reducing the number of items as their value increases. A shepherd with 100 sheep can afford to lose one, but He won't allow it. When He finds it He rejoices. The woman who finds her lost coin rejoices even more. The man who loses his son rejoices most of all when his son returns.Jesus compares the joy in heaven over one sinner who repents to those three. Peter heard Jesus teach this many times. So what might have been his first thought when there was a fisherman with one lost fish from an unbroken net full of large fish with no small or dead to throw back in the sea and Jesus standing there on the shore? Jesus had told Peter that when he turned back he should strengthen his brethren. Here was a personal memo, by way of fish, that Jesus was rejoicing at his return rather than blaming him for his denials. He was the one lost son returning home. Jesus wasmaking sure Peter knew that he was forgiven. Jesus didn't have to mention anything in front of the others and make Peter an example. Peter 'got' the memo. After his experience catching the one fish with the stater in its mouth for the taxes, Peter knew that Jesus could control the number of fish and this was no mistake. So the risen Christ had his full attention for the three commissioning questions. When he was asked about loving Jesus "more than these" he knew that he had no guilt to make up for, just a commitment to give to the One who cared about one lost one as if he were the only one. If this seems a little melodramatic, I'm sorry about that. I think God actually works this way from time to time and this is an example of it in Scripture. It also shows how we can missa blessing by focusing on the wrong thing. God gave us the Scriptures so we can know Him. I hope there is a blessing in there somewhere for whoever reads this. loavesnfishes |
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18 | matt.1-17 14 generations? I see 13 for | Matt 1:17 | loavesnfish | 239143 | ||
mamooww, This is a royal line of succession. Mary is the thirteenth "generation" of the third set of fourteen here. She was adopted under Joseph as a collateral line descended form Solomon's brother Nathan as Luke shows. She was not adopted as Joseph's daughter, but she had to be brought into the legal line as the next generation to protect the rights of Jesus from any other children Joseph might have had or might later have. Mary was the only human parent of Jesus, so the fact that she was a woman was irrelevant. This odd fact is quickly explained as Matthew gives the account of the virgin birth. Just because she was married to Joseph does not make her legally part of his generation, no matter how close or far apart their ages. loavesnfishes |
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19 | matt.1-17 14 generations? I see 13 for | Matt 1:17 | loavesnfish | 239142 | ||
Tim, This is wrong. You can only count a person once in a royal line of succession (or even in a regular genealogy). Mary is the thirteenth "generation" of the third set of fourteen here. She was adopted under Joseph as a collateral line descended form Solomon's brother Nathan as Luke shows. She was not adopted as Joseph's daughter, but she had to be brought into the legal line to protect the rights of Jesus from any other children Joseph might have had or might later have. Mary was the only human parent of Jesus, so the fact that she was a woman was irrelevant. This odd fact is quickly explained as Matthew gives the account of the virgin birth. Just because she was married to Joseph does not make her legally part of his generation. loavesnfishes |
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20 | How many generations betw Exodus-Solomon | Matt 1:17 | loavesnfish | 239140 | ||
Jim, Since no women's ages are given in the Bible, with the exceptions of Sarah and Anna, how do you know Rahab was 96? Many men married multiple women, sometimes vastly younger than themselves, to build their tribes. I am not sure you can designate any age for Rahab. The fact that she wants to protect her parents suggests a young age rather than an old one. loavesnfishes |
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