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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: R D Miller Ordered by Verse |
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1 | 2 Sam 6:20 and 2 Sam 11 | 2 Sam 6:16 | R D Miller | 175008 | ||
What is the time elapsed between II Sam 6:20 and II Sam 11? In other words between Michal seething against David and David's sin with Bathsheeba? Did the former have anything to do with the latter? Thanks. Just found this site. |
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2 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | R D Miller | 219358 | ||
I believe this verse may be mistranslated and the passage Matt 25:31-46 is misinterpeted in many different ways by many conventional interpretations. I believe the passage is not about charity at all nor is it about how the sheep vs the goats treated believers. I believe this passage is about how we present ourselves to God. When the goats say: 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' They are not saying, "Lord, We didn't recognize you. Thats why we didn't take care of you." They are actually saying, "Lord, we did all of those things. Didn't you see us?" The goats are responding to Jesus with contempt, not curiosity, or amazement. Just like the Pharisee in Luke 18:12...'I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' Jesus told that story (the Pharisee and the tax collector) "To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else." vs. 9 I believe Matt 25: 31-46 also describes those confident of their own righteousness (the goats). Therefore I believe "the least of these" refers not to the poor or believers but to every person who will stand before God. And what divides the sheep from the goats is not how we responded to "the least of these" but whether we are willing to declare ourselves, individually, the "least of these." Thanks for making this discussion board available. |
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3 | The least of these follow up | Matt 25:40 | R D Miller | 219368 | ||
Thanks for the response. I am well aware that the conclusions I have reached about this passage fall outside of conventional interpretation. However, conventional interpretation of this passage has bothered me for years. Why is it that when people read this passage, they assume "the least of these" must be someone else? In order to decide that somone else is "the least" one must declare one self above that person. That goes against everything Jesus had been teaching up to that point. Besides, the world is so full of good-deed-doers. There is no way that the goats, when the time comes, will be standing before God with no acts of charity to show Him. No, they will be quite confident, perhaps even insulted, just like that Pharisee in the temple. But are they ever in for a shock when they find out that acts of charity are not what God was seeking. I pomise you, I am the least among men. Thanks again. |
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