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1 | Anoint? | 2 Kin 2:9 | charis | 33755 | ||
Dear Robert, Greetings in the name of Jesus! Friend, I am a layman, a carpenter and PC technician by trade, a minister of the Gospel by calling. Forgive me for being so dense, But WHAT is it you agree with our fellow forumer Searcher? I agree with your definition from Strong's. I used the Greek equivalent in my post more than once. Anoint means consecrate (unto God) for the purpose of serving the Lord. It seems (to me) that the Hebrew and the Greek agree on the basic meaning. I have said that I believe that Elisha was anointed to the ministry of prophet. He succeeded Elijah, took up his mantle, was endowed with the gifts necessary to perform his calling. I have NOT said that I agree with the doctrine or all the posts written by our colleague 'prophet ezra brown,' but that we owe him the dignity of counting him among the brethren of God. I simply said that I agree with Brother Brown that the spirit of Elijah was indeed passed to his heir, Elisha. I also agree that the 'double' part of 'double-portion' is not a numerical 2X. It means that the legacy was passed on. With all due respect to you, and to my esteemed (steamed?) colleague, Searcher, what is the ado about? I can't find a thing in your post that I disagree with, except the 'I agree with Bro. Searcher... part. I don't even know what HE is so upset about. :-) I hope not to put you out of joint, too! :-) In Christ Jesus, charis |
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2 | Anoint? | 2 Kin 2:9 | Searcher56 | 33778 | ||
The double portion always means 2x. Read my "Word study ... Spirit (Ruwach)" post. |
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3 | Anoint? | 2 Kin 2:9 | charis | 33779 | ||
Dear Searcher, Greetings in the name of Jesus! I quote from Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary: This request was not, as is commonly supposed, for the power of working miracles exceeding the magnitude and number of his master's, nor does it mean a higher endowment of the prophetic spirit; for Elisha was neither superior to, nor perhaps equally great with, his predecessor. But the phrase, "a double portion," was applied to the first-born [Deu 21:17], and therefore Elisha's request was, simply, to be heir to the prophetic office and gifts of his master. (end quote) Brother, I find it hard to believe that this whole thing, calling me a 'Scripture-twister' and all that was simply to prove your point about the semantic difference between the the 'anointment' in 1 Kings 19 (i.e. the pouring of oil on the head by God's representative) and my use of the word 'anointing' as in 'endowed with gifts from God.' As far as I am concerned, you win the legal battle, and gain the crown of triviality. :-) Many, many blessings to you in the abundant life that our Lord gives. In Christ Jesus, charis |
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4 | 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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5 | Double portion is really only two-thirds | 2 Kin 2:9 | Mommapbs | 33838 | ||
Greetings Tennessee Preacher! After reading your post I was reminded about something I learned from Tim Keller (NYC Pastor) about the inheritance in the story of the Prodigal Son. The father divided his estate between the two sons (the older son got the two thirds and the prodigal got the reamining third). Since the father's estate had been distributed and the younger son squandered all of his inheritance, from whose portion did the father obtain the ring, the robe and the fatted calf? Remember that the Father said, "All that I have is YOURS!" So all those things to celebrate the younger brother's return really belonged to the older son! Just a little food for thought. I'm so thankful that Jesus, our "older brother" freely gives all that He has to celebrate us "prodigals!" Blessings, Mommapbs |
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