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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: gruvEdude Ordered by Date |
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1 | being rhetorical in scripture | Ps 10:4 | gruvEdude | 210670 | ||
Psalms 139:7, NIV: Where can I go? Where can I flee to? is there a place where You are not ? I just cannot think of anyone scripturally desiring to get away from God. Acknowledging the omnipresence of God isn't quite the same as focusing on being away from it. Doesn't this this makes the NIV (and others that agree) look like they'd have encouraged David to rhetorically lust after Bathsheba? Isn't the NLT (I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!) better? |
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2 | Are old words proper for Scripture? | Bible general Archive 4 | gruvEdude | 210613 | ||
Use of old words for Scripture: When have old words ever been used in scripture? (When God gave the ten commandments, were Adam's older words, etc., used?) Dr. Samuel Gipp gives an example, but it is of humans using archaic words. When has God done so? Leading your own business, what would you think if your secretary sent out your memos with 17th century words, your sales staff shalt approach clients in this manner, etc.? As stewards, when is it right to use old words if they've never been used? With (worldly) television, it is pretty easy to turn the channel from the 17th century. Should that time be reverenced; why or why not? Think of Abraham pleading for Sodom and Gomorrah. If there are 50 in the whole universe that practice 17th century words, may they be wise today. 5 less than 50. 5 less ... |
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