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1 | time | Acts 1:3 | kalos | 42751 | ||
Makarios: You are correct. If anyone else had really wanted to know the facts concerning this matter, they could have found them with very little effort. Notice the text of Genesis 1:5 and accompanying translators notes from the NET. New English Translation Genesis 1:5 God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.[22] '[22] Another option is to translate, "Evening came, and then morning came." This formula closes the six days of creation. It seems to follow the Jewish order of reckoning time: from evening to morning. Day one started with the dark, continued through the creation of light, and ended with nightfall. Another alternative would be to translate, "There was night and then there was day, one day." 'The first day. The exegetical evidence suggests the word "day" in this chapter refers to a literal twenty-four hour day. It is true that the word can refer to a longer period of time (see Isa 61:2, or the idiom in 2:4, "in the day," that is, "when"). But this chapter uses "day," "night," "morning," "evening," "years," and "seasons." Consistency would require sorting out how all these terms could be used to express ages. Also, when the Hebrew word yom (oy) is used with a numerical adjective, it refers to a literal day. Furthermore, the commandment to keep the Sabbath clearly favors this interpretation. One is to work for six days and then rest on the seventh, just as God did when he worked at creation' (www.netbible.com). |
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2 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | nimrod2 | 43858 | ||
Consistency? How about Leviticus 25:1-7? Would you care to comment on its meaning? Here we clearly see the land being subject to a year long Sabbath day. The Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. But in the seventh year the land is to have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath to the Lord . Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you-for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten. |
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3 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | Makarios | 43863 | ||
Greetings nimrod, Where in Leviticus 25:1-7 do you see any reference to a 'year long Sabbath'? What is wrong with just reading it like it says? Leviticus is written in a clear, authoritative, and narrative tone. I see no rhyme or reason to interpret 25:1-7 as anything but literal days and years. Are we also to say that in every other place in the Bible that references the Sabbath or the Year of Jubilee that we are to interpret that differently as well? I do not see any Scriptural basis whatsoever for your theory. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | Sctt | 43871 | ||
Hi Makarios , you write where in Leviticus 25:1-7 do you see any reference to a 'year long Sabbath'? Verse 3-4 seems plain to me , we are to work the land for six years ,but in the seventh year you are not to work the land as it is a sabbath for the Lord. Therefore you have a sabbath that last one year. In Christ Scott |
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5 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | Makarios | 43992 | ||
Greetings Scott! The "Seventh" Year is indeed a year of solemn rest. However, because of the fact that this seventh year is referred to as a "Sabbath" does not mean that this year is equivalent to a "Sabbath" day! In fact, such an interpretation violates the whole of Scripture! What I was looking for was for you to make a distinction between a "Sabbath year" and a "Sabbath day", but you have not attempted to do so. However, there IS a distinction between the two. The Sabbath day was the seventh day of the week. The sabbath year (Leviticus 25:1-7) is speaking of the literal 'seventh' year. I see no other way to interpret Genesis and Leviticus as being two separate 'establishments': one to set the daily calendar and the other for a yearly cycle so that the land could recover. I could write more on this subject if I needed to, but I believe that I have unmasked your misapplication of the 'sabbath' and Leviticus 25:1-7. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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6 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | Sctt | 44050 | ||
Hi Makarios I don't disagree ,but I think what Nimrod2 and I are trying to say is that a sabbath can be longer then just a day , as these scriptures show that a sabbath to be a year.I'm not saying this scripture relates to a sabbath day only that a sabbath can be longer then a day. In Christ Scott. | ||||||
7 | Year Long Sabbath | Acts 1:3 | Makarios | 44055 | ||
Greetings Scott, Yes, I agree: the seventh 'day' (Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:8) and the seventh year (Ex. 23:10-11; Lev. 25:1-7) are both called the "Sabbath." However, we cannot immediately substitute period of times or make them interchangable simply because both periods of time are designated times of solemn rest. I also believe that such "substitution" is a compromise of basic Scriptural interpretation. There are many examples that we could use that would prove that this type of logic would only prove to confuse and make Bible study something disastrous. But that is where I personally disagree, and that is why I have referred to this "substitution" as a misapplication of Scripture. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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