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1 | explain the trinity | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 140295 | ||
How can one even explain string theory in the Cosmos completely. If that gives us problems, how about the far more difficult concept of God? Instead God gives us Parables to understand. Look at John 15. Look at Rom 11:17-21. I have a parable from these. Roots, and olive trunk and sap look totally unlike each other. All three separate, yet one. God is the roots, the source of All. Jesus is the trunk, the only visible part to which we are all connected. only through staying connected to Jesus can we receive the nourishing sap, the Holy Spirit. This is not complete, because God is also the tree keeper who prunes branches. Still, the illustration is there in scripture to help us understand three yet one. There is no place in scripture that "trinity" is mentioned, but John 15 calls the Holy Spirit He. Greentwiga |
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2 | Jeus birth | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 140299 | ||
We have gotten so much of Jesus birth wrong. He was born in 6BC. (census) He was born in spring/summer (shephards with the flock at night not in late fall/winter) There are no animals mentioned in the stable. (cleaned out to rent?) The wise men (does not say three) visited Jesus when he was 1 year old (in a house, not the stable, Herod ascertained the age) Never-the-less, it is a great time to celebrate when Jesus came to earth to die on the cross. The date does not matter. | ||||||
3 | Does the Bible refer to the earth being | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 140894 | ||
yes. look at Heb 12:26. It quotes Hag 2:6-7. Other related verses are Job 9:5-10, Ezek 38:19, Isa 2:21, Isa 13:13 (very good one), Isa 24:18-20, 2 Sam 22:8, Job 26:11-12, ps 75:3 and Hab 3:6-10. Several verses include a tsunami like effect. A good study Bible might find a few more verses. | ||||||
4 | Why God allows such tragedy | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 140897 | ||
Good question. Complex answer. Though God is in ultimate control, he gave man control of the Earth. We chose to obey Satan. Satan has become lord of this world. He rules by fear, greed, terror, pain. What part of this is due to him? Much. God weeps at this corruption of his creation. If God were to reveal himself to the world, all the unsaved would perish. He has a plan. He is patient so more will be saved. In the meantime, the war wages and many are lost. In revelations, 1/3 of the world will die, a much worse tragedy. The question is not how can God allow this, but how long can the world continue to reject the loving God and seek the pleasures and greed of sin and Satan's way. This points to the need to send out many more missionaries. Greentwiga |
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5 | What involvment | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141273 | ||
I couldn't find any reference to lockman. It was done by New York International Bible Society. | ||||||
6 | Which book in the Bible do I commence | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141280 | ||
John is written that you might be saved. 1 John is written that you might know you are saved. They are great places to start. I concentrated on gospels/acts at first and later was blessed by Pauls letters. Many like Psalms/Proverbs as a place to start in the Old Testament. I love Genesis now, but it has been many years. Don't force yourself to read a book. You will enjoy the books that you are ready for. Greentwiga |
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7 | Why is NAS better than KJV | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141598 | ||
Some people believe in the reinspired King James version. Others believe it is the best because they grew up with it, or they have been taught that. The accepted doctrine is that only the original language (greek, hebrew, etc.) are inspired. When looking at translations, Most scholars agree that Young's literal translation is the most accurate. It is extremely difficult to read because it maintains the greek and hebrew sentence structure. The next most literal or accurate is the American Standard 1901. It is easier to read. The New American Standard (NASB) used more American sentence patterns. The King James was written in great English and a reasonably accurate translation, for the 1600's. Translations like the New International version use much better English than the NASB, but at a cost to exactness. I am eager to see an English (as opposed to American) version just released. It is supposed to maintain a great balance between readability and accuracy. Focus your discussion on the balance between readability and accuracy. a great resource is http://www.biblegateway.com It gives a huge variety of translations and lets you compare them, verse by verse. Greentwiga |
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8 | Where did the Book of Mormons come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141882 | ||
It depends on who you talk to. They say from an angel. A few years ago, I worked with a man whose ancestor, a Presbyterian minister, wrote a fiction book. My friend told me the family story how the man looked for a book agent. Joseph Smith came and offered to get the book published. That ancestor never saw the book again, despite repeated efforts. It was a story about Jesus coming to america and preaching to the Indians. More recently, a man got photo copies of a few of the original pages of the book of Mormon. He took it to some handwriting Experts who agreed one of the pages had the same handwriting as the presbyterian minister. He theorized that Joseph had gotten tired of recopying and inserted a few pages of the original now and then. Both my coworker, and this researcher said a Presbyterian minister wrote the original book of Mormon. greentwiga |
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9 | what are the books of the Apocrypha? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141965 | ||
There are a variety of Apocryphal books. Some were written from a more Jewish legalistic point of view. Others were written by gnostics promoting their hidden truth. Some promote a type of Mary worship that would be comfortable to people from the mother goddess worship (Diana of Ephesus. All were written at least one century after the apostles, though they often claim an apostle as an author. Some were; 1. Pseudo-Jesus apocrypha 1.1 The Epistles of Jesus to Abgarus 2. Pseudo-apostolic (general) apocrypha 2.1 Teachings of the Twelve Apostles (Didache) 2.2 Epistle of the Apostles 3. Pseudo-apostolic (specific - by Apostle) apocrypha 3.1 - Andrew - 3.1.1 Acts of Andrew 3.1.2 Acts of Andrew and Matthias* 3.2 - Barnabas - 3.2.1 Acts of Barnabas* 3.2.2 Epistle of Barnabas 3.2.3 Gospel of Barnabas 3.3 - Bartholomew - 3.3.1 Gospel of Bartholomew 3.3.2 Martyrdom of Bartholomew* 3.4 - James - 3.4.1 Apocryphon of James 3.4.2 Book of James (protevangelium) 3.4.3 First Apocalypse of James 3.4.4 Second Apocalypse of James 3.5 - John - 3.5.1 Acts of John 3.5.2 Acts of John the Theologian* 3.5.3 Apocryphon of John (long version) 3.5.4 Book of John the Evangelist 3.5.5 Revelation of John the Theologian* 3.6 - Mark - 3.6.1 Secret Gospel of Mark 3.7 - Matthew - 3.7.1 Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle* 3.7.2 The Martyrdom of Matthew 3.8 - Nicodemus - 3.8.1 Gospel (Acts) of Nicodemus (aka The Acts of Pontius Pilate) 3.9 - Peter - 3.9.1 Acts of Peter 3.9.2 Acts of Peter and Andrew 3.9.3 Apocalypse of Peter - version 1 3.9.4 Apocalypse of Peter - version 2 3.9.5 Gospel of Peter 3.9.6 Letter of Peter to Philip 3.10 - Philip - 3.10.1 Acts of Philip 3.10.2 Gospel of Philip 3.11 - Thaddeus - 3.11.1 Acts of Thaddeus (Epistles of Pontius Pilate)* 3.11.2 Teaching of Thaddeus 3.12 - Thomas - 3.12.1 Acts of Thomas 3.12.2 Apocalypse of Thomas 3.12.3 Book of Thomas the Contender 3.12.4 Consumation of Thomas 3.12.5 Gospel of Thomas 4. Pseudo-Pauline apocrypha 4.1 3 Corinthians 4.2 Acts 29 4.3 Acts of Paul 4.4 Acts of Paul and Thecla 4.5 Acts of Peter and Paul* 4.6 Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena 4.7 Apocalypse of Paul 4.8 Apocalypse of Paul - other version 4.9 Epistle to the Laodiceans 4.10 Revelation of Paul* 4.11 Paul and Seneca 5. Infancy Gospels apocrypha 5.1 Arabic Infancy Gospel 5.2 First Infancy Gospel of Jesus Christ 5.3 Infancy Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 5.4 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Greek A 5.5 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Greek B 5.6 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Latin 6. Relatives of Jesus apocrypha 6.1 Gospel of Mary 6.2 Gospel of the Nativity of Mary 6.3 Book of John concerning the dormition of Mary (transitus mariƦ)* 6.4 History of Joseph the Carpenter* 6.5 Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea 7. Sub-canonical (disputed canon) apocrypha 7.1 Shepherd of Hermas 7.2 II Clement 7.3 Diatession 7.4 Gospel of the Lord (Marcion) 8. Other significant Epistles and pseudomynous writings and apocrypha 8.1 I Clement 8.2 Avenging of the Saviour 8,3 Epistles of Pontius Pilate 8.4 Letter of Aristeas 8.5 Sentences of the Sextus 8.6 Alexandrians 8.7 Revelations of Stephen 8.8 Muratonian Canon (fragment) 9. Fragments of lost apocryphal books 9.1 Gospel of the Ebionites 9.2 Gospel of the Egyptians 9.3 Egerton Gospel (Egerton Papyrus 2)* 9.4 Gospel of the Hebrews 9.5 Traditions of Mattias 9.6 Gospel of the Nazaraeans 9.7 Preaching of Peter 10. Apostolic Constitutions (Didascalia Apostolorum) 10.1 Book 1 10.2 Book 2 10.3 Book 3 10.4 Book 4 10.5 Book 5 10.6 Book 6 10.7 Book 7 10.8 Book 8 11. Psuedo-Sibylline Oracles 11.0 Preface 11.1 Chapter I 11.2 Chapter II 11.3 Chapter III 11.4 Chapter IV 11.5 Chapter V 11.6 Chapter VI 11.7 Chapter VII 11.8 Chapter VIII 11.9 Chapter XI 11.10 Chapter XII 11.11 Chapter XIII 11.12 Chapter XIV 11.13 Appendices - Fragments from http://www.comparative-religion.com/christianity/apocrypha/ |
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10 | Bible Order | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 144764 | ||
The order of the Bible is almost incidental. The Hebrew OT is in a different order than the protestant. They organized it by "Holiness." The Torah was the most holy. The prophets were next, and then the other writings, ie the histories came last. The 12 minor prophets were all on one scroll, so the order was standardized. Paul's writings tended to be ordered by length. This was a classic system of ancient people that memorized huge volumes. The Koran, for example is ordered that way. Various of the first compilations of the New Testament are ordered differently. Thus, the ordering is not particularly inspired greentwiga |
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11 | "Seers" and how they saw | OT general | greentwiga | 145516 | ||
I don't know about someones specific research, but I do know some about the Old Testament. There were various sources of knowledge about God. Seers were people that saw. Compare this to the oracle at Delphi (oracle - to see ) She saw visions when she sat by a spring in a grove of trees. One word in Hebrew for spring is the word for eye. Abraham frequently camped by the trees of Mamre. The seer might have functioned like that. Another type of office was the dreamer. From Joseph to Daniel, dreams and dream interpretation was considered important. A third office was the Hearer. Many prophet say This is the WORD of God. The focus was on having heard God's voice. These men spoke what they heard, not what they saw or dreamed. Some peophets would get revelation by more than one method. Douglas |
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12 | "Seers" defined | OT general | greentwiga | 145551 | ||
I have a friend who lays her hands on people and sees what is wrong with the body. I was having some health problems and worried that it was heart related. She laid her hands on me and described a constriction and its location, plus a sidewards hole or cavity. She said it was not the heart. I went back to the doctor and started demanding some other tests. It turns out that I had acid reflux, and as is standard, the stomach cells were migrating up into the esophagus. They were not fast enough, because there was some damage, thereatning to become a hole, off to one side. How did this Christian see what the doctors needed a barium swallow and X-rays to see? I do not know. God gifts people and enables them with abilities that we can simply describe the results of. We have more information about how the false imitators did it in the middle east than the Bible gives us. The current theory is that the false oracles used a halocenogenic gas to achieve their visions. It is one thing to be able to see auras around people and interpret them correctly (honest or scoundrel) it is another thing to see exactly what the person is up to. Remember, the false seers "saw" by human effort, not colors but information. They gave confusing information. "If you attack a great nation will fall." The King attacked and a great nation fell, his own. God's seers saw because God gave them specific information (no drugs). They gave specific advise to the king. They were always right. Remember,Trying to attain God's gifts by human effort leads to the false imitation. I only refer to the false to give us some idea about How the seers saw. since even the false did not see by colors or auras, it is unlikely that the real did either. greentwiga |
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13 | Auras? | OT general | greentwiga | 145572 | ||
Use the aura thing as a tool to minister to people. As you grow in maturity, see if the aura becomes more or less important. God's gifts grow stronger. I just don't think it was connected to the seer. That doesn't mean it is not of God. The prophets were told that even if every prophesy came true, if it caused people to leave off worshipping God, reject it. God bless your ministry greentwiga |
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14 | Trinity | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 140597 | ||
I have heard some good analogies. If I were an ant, how could I explain to another ant what it meant to be a human. How can you or I comprehend what God is like. So much seems contridictory. 1 Cor 2:10-16. Think of God like a tree. The Father is the roots. Jesus is the trunk, the only visible part. The spirit is like the sap, coming from the father, through the son to the branches which are us. When we are attached to Jesus, the spirit causes us to bear much fruit. John 15, Rom 11. Yet, how can they be three distinct personalities? They are, and yet one. Greentwiga |
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15 | Did the Holy Spirit inspire Scripture | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 144767 | ||
I was a missionary for some years. We were from a variety of denominations. There was a basic set of beliefs that we had to agree to. These beliefs are held by most every denomination. There are some minor belief differences, but the core ones are the same. A few denominations like the Seventh Day Adventists tend to drift from the saved by grace and return to laws, such as worship on the sabbath, but the rest agree the New Testament is by grace alone. The Charismatic vs fundamentalist disagreement is basically based on interpretation of history in acts. History interpretation, such as the timing of the baptism by the Holy Spirit, unless clearly supported by teaching (Words of Jesus, Peter, or writings like Paul's) tends to be a rich source of the different interpretations. I simply say, My interpretation is wrong in some places. I try to get better, but God uses all of his children that are willing, despite the misbeliefs. When you meet a true brother, the love is amazing, despite differences in beliefs. The Holy Spirit is guiding us into all truth, and he is uniting us in love. greentwiga |
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16 | Should women be ordained? | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 145686 | ||
First, there were women elders, women deacons, and prophetesses. Then look at the statements about women. Some statements say this is of God, or just an absolute command (don't steal) God inspired these wordings. Others have cultural tags. "This is our practice." "I don't have the mind of God on this," "does not nature teach you this." In these cases, God inspired these wordings also. Here, we have to pray. Was this the practice in the Greek culture? Can we do differently? Only be absolute if God says be absolute. Bro' greentwiga |
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17 | Who is God Talking to in verse 26? | Genesis | greentwiga | 140877 | ||
There is an ancient theological idea about the power of the word of God. It is rather foreign to us today. The concept was that when God spoke, his word made it happen. One concept was that the writer was saying that God spoke and it happened. Many people now discuss the "Let us" statement as referring to the trinity. Some would say they in some manner discussed the creation. Reality is far more complex than we can understand, but all these ideas can be true. See Heb 4:12, John 1, Isa 55:11 | ||||||
18 | Who is Abraham's wife? | Genesis | greentwiga | 140983 | ||
Abraham had three wives. Two of them might also be called concubines. They were Hagar, Sarah and Keturah. God made a promise to Hagar and Ishmael. (Gen 17:20) The promise of outnumbering the Stars in Heaven was meant only for Isaac and his descendants. (Gen 15:4) In Gen 25, the sons of Keturah are mentioned. They established tribes like Midianites and Sheba. Notice that Abe left all to his son Isaac but gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the East. Both Ishmael and the sons of Keturah moved east. 25:1-6 Therefore, only Isaac is the true son, the inheritor of the promise. Notice that the promise was repeated to one of Isaacs children, Jacob. (Gen 26:4, 28:13-20, Deut 7:13) Paul expanded it to all children of faith. (Rom 4:13-17) This seems to be the spiritual application, similar to the Jewish promise. Greentwiga |
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19 | Numbering System Used in the Bible | Genesis | greentwiga | 141033 | ||
The Arabic numeral system with the zero was developed after the New Testament. The Romans used the roman numerals I,V, X etc. during the time of the New Testament. Egyptians at the time of Moses used a similar but more primitive system with one symbol for the ones, another for the tens, etc. Still it was base ten. You must go back to the Sumerians to get a base 60 system. Even here it was a mixed 6 and ten system. They gave us the 360 degrees of the compass and the 60 minutes and seconds plus the 12 hours for the day and night. We have written records of theirs on squares and cubes and roots. 666 comes from a system of converting a name to numbers. I think nero might convert to 666. 7 was special because the Hebrew word meant both seven and oath. Evil is used of Oath breakers and oathkeepers were Godly. I do not know about the source of 40 yet. I have studied alot of Biblical math. I even studied the movement of the Pole star to see when 1/3 of the permanent stars started falling to earth. (The most useless Bible Study ever.) Greentwiga |
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20 | In Gen. 6 what species are Sons of God? | Genesis | greentwiga | 141062 | ||
There are a variety of interpretations including this one. I favor an interpretation that fits Sumerian society of the region and time. Kings and others went to visit the heirodules, the religious wives, the temple prostitutes. The women prayed to be inhabited by the Goddess, and the man by the God. This was for fertility and success of the farm or nation. Here semitic men went to sumerian women, and both would be considered demon possessed by our understanding. Nephilim could be the heroes of old, or just a time marker for the heroes born to the union. Sargon (Nimrod?) claimed such a heritage (mother a temple prostitute)and was a Hero (?). Angels having sex seems to violate what Jesus taught about angels and thus demons, but this interpretation does not. Greentwiga |
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