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1 | One lampstand and one table became ten ? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232002 | ||
In the Tabernacle in the wilderness there was only one lampstand and one table of shewbread. In the temple there were ten of each. Why the increase? Is there a symbolic meaning? or was it just a matter of filling space? | ||||||
2 | Who was Theophilus? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232077 | ||
Luke 1:3 and Acts 1:1 show that these writings were addressed to someone named Theophilus. Who was Theophilus? I have heard that one of the high priests appointed by the Romans, who was related to Annas and Caiaphas, was also named Theophilus. Could Luke have been addressing him in defense of Paul? |
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3 | Target language problem? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232071 | ||
Have you considered that this is a problem with the English language and not the Greek or the translator? In English there is a verb "to be filled in" (such as a form) and a verb "to be filled" which takes a prepositional phrase. In order to keep the intention of the Greek intact, the translator had to avoid giving the English reader the "wrong" verb. Since you are aware of the problem, you can use your knowledge to encourage others in their study of New Testament Greek. | ||||||
4 | Ezekiel's Temple vision-when, why, who? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232088 | ||
Concerning Ezekiel's vision of the Temple in chapters 40-44: 1. Which temple is this (i.e. when)? 2. What are the sacrifices for? 3. Who is the prince? 4. What do all the measurements mean (symbolism if any)? I have read several commentaries on these chapters and I am still confused. |
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5 | Ezekiel 40-44 measurements? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232092 | ||
Thanks for answering, Beja. I follow your reasoning, but I still don't understand about all the measurements, which seem to be intended as literal. If Ezekiel's vision was only symbolic, how do they fit in? By the way, if one menorah is an almond tree, does that mean that ten (as in Solomon's Temple) are an orchard (like the garden in Eden)? loavesnfish |
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6 | Help me understand how do the parts fit? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232096 | ||
Beja, I am not criticizing your view. I agree that Christ is the Temple as Revelation says. I am just trying to understand how all the parts fit together. It seems to me that a correct understanding should include all the elements, no matter what view one takes. Certainly, according to the view you have expressed, the sacrifices on the tables in Ezekiel 40:43 would signify Christ's sacrifice for us. So the whole thing could represent what was for Ezekiel a work to be accomplished and what is for us a work finished already on the cross. Is that what you mean? Then the problem among the various interpreters would have more to do with a perspective in time than whether or not there is a stone building? |
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7 | Salting ourselves? | Bible general Archive 4 | loavesnfish | 232374 | ||
Colossians 4:6 says that our speech should be seasoned with salt and Mark 9:50 commands the hearers to have salt in themselves. 1. Does this come from the idea of salting the sacrifices (Lev. 2:13) and our bodies being living sacrifices (Rom. 12:1)? |
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8 | Sheepfolds of Psalm 68:13 | OT general | loavesnfish | 231912 | ||
In the NASB Psalm 68:13 sheepfolds is different in other translations. Why? | ||||||
9 | Why ten lampstands and tables? | OT general | loavesnfish | 233341 | ||
1 Kings 7:49 and 2 Chronicles 4:7-8 Exodus 25:23-40 and Exodus 37:10-24 Why did one lampstand and one table in the tabernacle become ten lampstands and ten tables in Solomon's Temple? (Thank you for the reminder to be thorough!) |
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10 | Is Mt.18:21-22 related to Dan. 9:24-27? | NT general | loavesnfish | 231916 | ||
In Matthew 18:21-22 is there any connection to Daniel 9:24-27? Is Jesus using this number to remind Peter of how forgiving God is and remind us to imitate Him as dear children Ias Paul says in Ephesians 5:1)? Or is it just a coincidence that this number appears twice in the Scriptures? | ||||||
11 | Are Luke 15 and John 21 related? | NT general | loavesnfish | 231920 | ||
Is the teaching of Jesus in Luke 15 related to how Jesus dealt with Peter and the other six disciples in John 21? | ||||||
12 | Who was Abraham's heir before Eliezer? | Genesis | loavesnfish | 232211 | ||
In Genesis 15:2-3, Eliezer, Abram's servant, is the only one left who could inherit from Abram. 1. Was Abram resentful due to losing Lot? Previously, Abram sort of dragged Lot along with him wherever he went, despite God's command to leave his father's family behind. 2. Could this indicate that Abram had adopted his nephew when his brother died? 3. Then when Abram offered Lot his choice of land and he chose Sodom, was he receiving an inheritance of some kind? |
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13 | Thorns and thistles? | Gen 3:18 | loavesnfish | 232335 | ||
I have heard some people say that these plants were not created until the ground was cursed, but it seems more like they just began to thrive after the ground was cursed. So, which is it? | ||||||
14 | "Flaming sword" or 'blazing drought'? | Gen 3:24 | loavesnfish | 232262 | ||
Why is this translated "flaming sword" rather than 'blazing drought'? Since the point of Eden seems to be that it was well-watered and therefore everything grew there, and the punishment was to have to make a living cultivating cursed soil, isn't this a way of providing drought wherever Adam went so that he couldn't escape his punishment or find his own way out of it without God? Also, if he was looking for the path to the tree of life, what better way to hide it than to make the whole ground look like the path so that it disappeared? | ||||||
15 | Noah's flood ended curse on the land? | Gen 5:29 | loavesnfish | 232334 | ||
Genesis 5:29 says that people expected that Noah was to bring relief from the curse God had put on the land in Genesis 3:17-19. In Genesis 8:21 God says that He will not curse the earth again after the flood. Is the curse over? | ||||||
16 | End of the curse? | Gen 8:21 | loavesnfish | 232288 | ||
1. This appears to be the end of the curse of Genesis 3:17-19. Is it? 2. Some people still teach that human work was and still is cursed rather than just the soil. Is that an error? 3. When "God says to Himself," is that meant to be a sort of heavenly stage whisper for Noah to overhear like Genesis 18:17-19 where He talks to the angels in front of Abraham? |
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17 | Shewbread made of manna in wilderness? | Ex 25:30 | loavesnfish | 231914 | ||
When Israel was eating manna in the wilderness, what did they do about the shewbread? Was it also made of manna? | ||||||
18 | Leviticus 15 bodily discharges disease? | Lev 15:1 | loavesnfish | 232450 | ||
Leviticus 15 deals with uncleanness for bodily discharges of various kinds and specifies a sin-offering and a burnt offering for them. Do these discharges include only products of disease processes like diarrhea, blood and pus? I noticed that seminal discharges don't require offerings although the men who have them are to wash and be unclean until evening. Is that because no disease is involved? Is a woman's monthly blood considered a kind of disease? or just susceptible of it? |
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19 | 24 pigeons a year? | Lev 15:29 | loavesnfish | 232448 | ||
Leviticus 15:29-30 mentions offering two young pigeons for an offering after a period of uncleanness. Was this just for extended periods like childbirth and disease not related to menstruation, or did it also apply to regular menstruation? In other words, did healthy women offer pigeons monthly when they were not pregnant? If they did, did someone raise pigeons just for this purpose? | ||||||
20 | 1 Sam. 28:8 guilt by association? | Lev 20:6 | loavesnfish | 232728 | ||
In 1 Samuel 28 Saul, king of Israel, visits the medium at Endor who had escaped his previous order to destroy all the mediums. Leviticus 20:6,27 and Deuteronomy 18:10-12 dictated that mediums and those who used them should be put to death. 1 Sam. 28:8 mentions the two men who went with Saul. Were they also guilty for going along? Should they have refused to obey? Or should they have reported Saul and stoned him? How could they have obeyed God in this situation? | ||||||
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