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1 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Truthfinder | 93647 | ||
Pastor Genn, I don't recall saying Jesus' spirit did nor would cease to exist. I wouldn’t say that (intentionally). :) Please show me, and I'll clarify it. Also, certainly Jesus existed before being sent to the earth by God, as John 4:34 says, "Jesus said to them: “My food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work." Gen. 1:26, "Let us make man in our image." Col. 1:15 also tells me that Jesus is the image of the invisible God and through him (Jesus) all the universe was created billions of years ago. So indeed Jesus existed before he came to the earth and I am sorry if I left that impression. Truthfinder |
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2 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Hank | 93651 | ||
Truthfinder, you posted that Jesus existed before He came to earth. That is not saying the same thing, however, as believing that Jesus is God the Son, eternal with God the Father and that they are one, having neither beginning nor ending. Eternal. Do you believe that? ... In the same post you said that the universe was created billions of years ago. How do you know how long ago it was created? For that, only a scriptural answer will do, not some type of Carl Sagan theory. --Hank | ||||||
3 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Truthfinder | 93699 | ||
Hi Hank, You ask me two questions. In addressing the second, we are in agreement in concluding that the Bible is not a science book. It teaches us about our God and his only-begotten-Son, Jesus. I have yet to come across the phrase you use, "God the Son" though. When I think of Jesus' godship and his relatonship as taught in the Holy Scriptures with his Father, I most certainly disagree with you. I thought this was established months ago. So I wonder why you ask that of me? But if I am mistaken and it was with another then I apologise and would be more than happy to share the scriptural basis for my conclusion. If not, then have a nice day. The Genesis account of creation allows for the earth to be billions of years old and does not limit each creative day to 24 hours. (Genesis 1:1, 5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; 2:3, 4) An honest appraisal of the Bible shows that while it is not a science textbook, it certainly is not “sheer nonsense.” It is, in fact, in complete harmony with proven science. There are about forty known quasars (the active nucleus of a galaxy also known as quasi-stellar objects), the discovery of the most distant one of which was announced on May 17, 1965, and which is known as 3C-9. It is stated that this celestial object is so far away that it seems to be close to the beginning of universal time. “The light is so far away that the light from it began to journey to earth soon after the postulated birth of the universe.” The life of those quasars probably ended during the billions of years that were required for their light to reach our earth. Says the report: “The observed rate at which the universe is expanding suggests that it was born in a single point some thirteen billion years ago—roughly three times the age of the earth.”—New York Times, May 18, 1965, pages one and two. Since light of some stars is many billions of light-years from earth and their light is currently seen, then of course they were in existance billions of years ago. Truthfinder |
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4 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Hank | 94686 | ||
Truthfinder: Neither of your "answers" comes close to being scriptural. As for your citing the New York Times as your authority for the age of the the universe, I'd be as much impressed had you chosen an article from Superman's "Daily Planet." I rest my case on my conclusion that it's impossible to get anything but skewered "biblical" answers out of you. --Hank | ||||||
5 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Truthfinder | 94713 | ||
Hi Hank, As I already stated, "the Bible is not a science workbook", thus science questions are addressed from conclusions drawn from observation of creation. In reagards to the length of God's creative days, what conclusion have you drawn? Truthfinder |
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6 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Hank | 94733 | ||
Truthfinder: You ask, "In regards to the length of God's creative days, what conclusion have you drawn?" ..... As one who is willing to accept God at His word, I have no problem with reading the days of the Genesis creation account for what it says -- days: plain 24-hour days. Theories abound, but concrete scientific proof that it had to be otherwise is lacking. This issue, along with other issues, boils down to this: Are we to believe God or man? Are we willing to shed our natural skepticism, admit our ignorance, and believe in the integrity of the Bibe and in the God who inspired it? As for me, I choose not to pit my pale understanding of God's universe against the truth that its Creator has revealed. And most certainly I am unwilling to be washed about like a grain of sand on an ocean beach by the lastest pseudo-scientific speculation. Skepticism and faith don't make good bed partners. Trying to explain away Scripture in order to make it seem to conform with man's prejudice, whim, wish, or speculation is not only senseless, futile, and doomed to failure, but it eats away at faith like a cancer, and rots the spirit as surely as cancer rots flesh --Hank | ||||||
7 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | Truthfinder | 94739 | ||
Hi Hank, Great thoughts. I like them and hope you do not think that I am guilty of doing those things. I too, have no problem with God's ability to have accomplished what he did in a literal 24 hour period. Let's give him credit for that. I desire to know from all evidence(his creation and scripture) what he has actually done. Truthfinder |
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