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1 | Double portion is really only two-thirds | 2 Kin 2:9 | 10ECPreacher | 33789 | ||
Greetings in Christ Jesus, charis et al. Somewhere back down the line many years ago I came across the following definition of the "double portion". (If this has already been discussed in this thread I apologize for the redundancy of my post.) The "double portion" indeed was the inheritance of the first-born. But it was not twice the possessions of the father (this would be impossible--nobody can give away more than they actually possess); rather, it was two-thirds of the total inheritance. Now, if we take a "whole" and divide it into three parts, the one that gets two-thirds of the whole is considered to have received the "double portion", because in fact he has received twice the amount of the remainder of the inheritance. When I was a child I remember hearing men say that Elisha performed twice as many major miracles as Elijah because he received a "double portion" of his spirit. I think such reasoning is very superficial. I do not believe Elisha had "twice" the anointing of Elijah, nor do I believe he only had two-thirds of the anointing of Elijah. I believe Elisha asked for and received the inheritance of the first-born; i.e., even though he was not the literal son of Elijah, he became his spiritual successor--just as a literal first-born son would become the natural successor to his father. Oh well, this is just my 2 cents' worth--which is a double portion of one-third of three. :) Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |
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2 | Double portion is really only two-thirds | 2 Kin 2:9 | Curtnsally | 33889 | ||
Hi Tim! So, just to play along, if there were 3 children, did the firstborn get: 50 percent (plus 25 plus 25) ie twice the amount of each? or 66 percent (plus 16.5 plus 16.5) ie twice the amount of both? That's my 6 cents worth (after compound interest!) PS Math is hard to relate when all math symbols are illegal characters! Blessings Curt |
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3 | Double portion is really only two-thirds | 2 Kin 2:9 | 10ECPreacher | 33895 | ||
Greetings, Curt and charis. Who said God doesn't have a sense of humor? :O) Actually, when I finished laughing it dawned on me that I left out the fact that after dividing the total inheritance into three equal parts and giving the firstborn two of the three parts, the remaining one part was then divided equally among the remaining heirs. So, if there was only one heir he would get the double portion and the remaining portion, also. If there were two heirs, the firstborn would get the double portion (two parts) and the remaining heir would get the entire remaining part (single portion). If there were three heirs, the firstborn would get the double portion (two parts) and the remaining two heirs would each get one half of the remaining part. Et cetera, ad infinitum, ad nauseum... Thanks for your very uplifting posts! I've heard of splitting theological hairs, but this is the first time I've been involved with splitting theological heirs. (Sorry--I couldn't resist.) Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |
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