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1 | Who are the twenty four elders? | Rev 19:4 | stobor | 774 | ||
Not that I'm trying to change the subject, but... Who _are_ the 24 elders in Rev 19:4? [The Urantia whatzit does not interest me in the least.] |
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2 | Who are the twenty four elders? | Rev 19:4 | dlnash | 819 | ||
You're not changing the subject, stobor, you're bringing it back to the original topic. The discussion spun off into Urantia silliness only because someone tried to answer this question by citing the Urantia Book. We've all got to fight heresies when we find them, and I thought this one was important enough to shine the bright light of truth on it as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. As for the identities of the elders, the Bible doesn't say and so we aren't likely to find out until we get there. It is an interesting question from an intellectual perspective, but personally I try not to sweat the esoteric stuff like this and instead choose to concentrate on the "meat and potatoes" of Christianity. The fact that they are apparently rather important folks in the grand scheme of things who nonetheless spend their time praising God is the only important fact I take out of that verse. Kinda puts us in our places, huh? And charis, the software is stupid if I say it is! :-) Hyperbole is one of my more favorite literary techniques. |
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3 | Who are the twenty four elders? | Rev 19:4 | charis | 836 | ||
Amen, my hyperbolist friend. I also believe that and deviation from truth should be called such and brought to the light of Christ. I, too, prefer the "pickles and rice" of Christian life. By the by, if you can help me get the software for a forum up and running in Japanese, I would be grateful ;-) Many blessings to you in Christ Jesus. | ||||||
4 | Who are the twenty four elders? | Rev 19:4 | dlnash | 853 | ||
I need to be more careful of my use of idioms. I forget that these are international forums and that not everyone would be familiar with Americanisms like "meat and potatoes." Sorry about that. And good luck on getting a Japanese-language forum running. I don't have a clue where to get software like that. | ||||||
5 | Who are the twenty four elders? | Rev 19:4 | charis | 871 | ||
No offence taken, dlnash. Idioms are a wonderful means of communicating the heart. Actually, many students of English know more idioms than Americans! (But their misuse or abuse can be comical or tragic) On a side note: My Dad, a pilot, used to say, "There are no stupid machines, only stupid operators." They must not have had computers back then :-) | ||||||