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1 | The "dramatic addition" is extrabiblical | Luke 2:5 | CDBJ | 181479 | ||
Greetings BD and Merry Christmas, Your questions and obsession with details on certain aspect of Scripture fascinates me. You remind me of the man that was so captivated by the infinitesimal mosquito flying around his head that he was completely oblivious to the 13,000 pound elephant charging straight at him on a dead run. Have fun, CDBJ |
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2 | The "dramatic addition" is extrabiblical | Luke 2:5 | Brent Douglass | 181483 | ||
Merry Christmas CD, I'm definitely fascinated with God's plan and how He worked it out so far as He has revealed. I believe it's the glory of God to conceal certain things in such a way that we can delight in discovering them later (Proverbs 25:2). This is one of those little aspects that bubbles to the surface for me every year at Christmas as I try to imagine in my mind's eye what happened. This has been the case for many years, as these questions have lain dormant but unanswered. It seems that this forum is a good place to seek insight on such a topic. The sending of Mary to Elizabeth's home for the first 3 months of her pregnancy (when there are usually certain physical results associated with pregnancy) and the apparent lack of the expected stigma of a baby conceived prior to wedlock seem to me to reveal a providential concealing of the timing except to those of Mary's, Joseph's, and Elizabeth's family to whom God or Mary and Joseph chose to reveal the miracle. Without this concealment, it seems to me that the scandal would have been a constant cloud over the family. Joseph, as a "righteous man," assumed the normal natural cause of Mary's pregnancy (unfaithfulness) rather than an unprecedented supernatural (but true) cause. I would expect others to do the same but to go further by following their natural fleshly inclinations and ruin the family's reputation through gossip. Yet no such gossip seems to be present in the gospels. This seems to me providential, but there is little room to examine such providence in the current image that is in most of our minds from media (in this case, well-intentioned media that are valuable in helping us imagine the event). This doesn't remove the wonder of "God with us" and the perfect providential plan to bring light and salvation to our hopeless race. It is clearly a secondary but interesting (and I believe valuable) consideration nevertheless. |
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3 | The "dramatic addition" is extrabiblical | Luke 2:5 | CDBJ | 181493 | ||
Greetings, Taking into consideration all of the meticulous studying that you have pursued in your quest of Bible knowledge; what do you consider to be most pertinent single doctrine that God conveys to mankind? Let’s say if you could elaborate on just one aspect of the Bible what would it be; or putting it another way: if a person only had six weeks to live and you had the privilege of communicating the Bible to that person, what would you want them to know? James 3:1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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