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1 | dead bury the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53264 | ||
So you stirred the pot, eh Ed? Good for you! Huckleberry Finn would love you. Huck didn't like victuals cooked separately. He said they were a good sight better when they were cooked together in a pot and swished around so that they swapped flavors. Made 'em taste a heap better according to Huck. So stir the pot to your heart's content, Ed. You've served up some mighty fine victuals on this forum which have nourished us all. May the Lord continue to bless your efforts richly. --Hank | ||||||
2 | dead bury the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | EdB | 53282 | ||
Hank Truthfully I didn’t stir the pot just to stir it. To me the explanation that Simchat was offering was altering the meaning of the passage. I realize it wasn’t his but the writer of the book he referenced. The Canaanite god Mot was the god of the dead, but I had never heard the rest of the myth as Simchat shared it. I have serious doubt that Jesus would in any way base an important teaching to such an obscure myth by eluding to it, even if done sarcastically. Without some rather “interesting” study requiring a far from casual, far exceeding most seminary level I might add, study, Jesus’ meaning would be lost. Something I don’t think God intended. Therefore I don’t buy this explanation. Having read Bible Archeology Magazine and having been a student of Bible Manners and Customs I have never found a proven tradition, custom, ethic teaching, situation or happening that invalidated the understanding of any Biblical truth that has been commonly accepted and held by the church fathers for the last 2000 years. There have been some challenges, but to the best of my knowledge none have been proven factual. EdB |
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3 | dead bury the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 53298 | ||
Ed, in the briefest way possible, here's the summation of my thoughts regarding using extra-biblical sources. I hold that they may in certain instances be useful in providing a somewhat broader and more detailed canvas of persons, places, and things that are mentioned, but may not be described in detail, in the biblical text itself. But of God's revelation of Himself to man and of His plan of redemption we need not, indeed should not, consult any extra-biblical source, because only through His perfect and complete revelation of Himself through His inspired word are we to find the right answers to our spiritual questions and the right solutions to our spiritual problems. We quickly fall into a pit of error and confusion when we rely for our spiritual counsel on any, I say ANY, document other than the Bible itself. --Hank | ||||||
4 | dead bury the dead? | NT general Archive 1 | EdB | 53307 | ||
Hank Thank you and well said. EdB |
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