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1 | What does "send her away" refer to? | Matt 1:19 | John Reformed | 63492 | ||
Dear Ed, Thank you for your reply. Sir Pent may have a strong case based upon God's providential and special care regarding His Word is concerned. I do not argue against that view. As you know, I am an ardent proponent of God's soverign rule over all things which He has created. On the other hand, He has not chosen to reveal to us everything we would like to know, but only that which He desires for us to know. These things are those which are "written", or Holy Scripture. There is no scripture that I am aware of that specifcaly refers to copies or translations as being inerrant. Thankfully we have such a wealth of ancient fragments that we rest assured in the integrity of the Greek and Hebrew texts. But! Not all of the copies of the original autographa are exactly alike. If it were not for the fact that we have many differnt copys from many different copiests, to compare agaist one another, we would not have the concrete evidence that supports our faith in it's inerrancy. This may not have been a problem for believers, but our apologists would have had a hard time with sceptics. Brother John |
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2 | What does "send her away" refer to? | Matt 1:19 | EdB | 63495 | ||
John Apologist have a hard time with those that aren't looking for truth but rather for a lie! Your right there have been scribal errors, however all are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Most effect past or present tenses. Many are made in numbers. And there are a few cases where the scribes are believed to have gotten a little carried away and penned a few verses of their own. However none of these have altered or changed established doctrine. None of these modified the message of the Bible. None of these produced or diminished any truth or work of the Lord. None of these have altered the testimony of Jesus Christ in anyway. No other work in history has been reproduced even one hundredth the number of times the Bible has without significant errors emerging. Our most significant evidence of this is in the Dead Sea scrolls. These scrolls lost to man for nearly two thousand years contain much of the Old Testament and word for word comparisons to modern day text show there have been no significant changes to the text in those two thousand years. No other work in the history of man can claim that level of preservation! None! Shakespeare’s work, Homer’s works, even the fairly recent work of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) have been found to contain major discrepancies from earlier manuscripts. No the proof is there, God has preserved his Word! Anyone that is truly looking of the truth can see that. Only those that claim to search for the truth but are really looking of the lie argue the corruption of the Bible. I know of no serious antagonist that tries to prevail using the claim the Bible is not reliable. There are many that claim interpretation, social customs, and prejudices have rendered the truths contained within the Bible to be held in question. We even do that here on the forum, denominational bias, formational teaching, personal prejudices are seen almost daily. I think all serious antagonist realize the argument that the Bible we have today is not the same as the Bible was when it was written is an indefensible position and none attempt it. EdB |
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