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1 | God sought Moses to kill him | Ex 4:24 | budderfligh | 198312 | ||
Hi Doc, Thanks for your thoughts on this subject. I have never heard of the term theodicy but it does sound like a subject I've heard discussed before. Isn't there somewhere in Scripture that states that God made evil? I looked for the passage but couldn't locate it. I agree that God himself made the distinguishing difference between Israel and Egypt. I also agree that the thought of this doctrine is hard to take. Many instances come to my mind that I thought were unfair of God when I first read of them in scripture such as that poor man who was stoned to death because he was gathering sticks on a Sabbath (Nu. 15:32-36), or the way God gave land to the Israelites that belonged to other people; actually giving them cities they didn't build and vineyards they didn't plant (Deut. 6:10-11). I remember when I first read these things that I thought them to be unfair. As I matured in Christ and in the study of Scripture I began to understand that you just can't get around Rom. 9:18. God is God. Always has been. Always will be. He is truly the Potter and we are truly the clay. I will end this post with the verse I ended my last post to Jeff with, Isa 55:8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. God bless and keep you. I look forward with much eagerness to learn more from those who post here and thank you for tolerating my questions and thoughts, budderfligh |
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2 | God sought Moses to kill him | Ex 4:24 | Val | 198313 | ||
Numbers 15:32-36 - "The poor man" was according to the verses surrounding these verses, was defiant, blaspheming the Lord, and despising the word of the Lord and the consequences is laid out - shall be cut off. Num 15:30 'But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. Num 15:31 'Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.'" Num 15:32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. |
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3 | God sought Moses to kill him | Ex 4:24 | budderfligh | 198333 | ||
Sorry, but I don't recant my description of this person as being "the poor man". The only difference between he and I is grace. There isn't a time that I don't read Leviticus and Numbers that I'm not reminded of how wonderful it is to be living under this dispensation of grace! I am not disagreeing that the man deserved what befell him, merely reflecting my sympathy to what seems to be a rather harsh punishment for a rather minor occurance (in my eyes). I fully understand that he transgressed God's law, but I can't help how I feel about it. May God Bless, budderfligh |
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