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1 | Satan? | Ezek 28:12 | Xapis | 4166 | ||
The language "you were in Eden, the annointed cherub, blameless in all your ways" speak of an angelic being. This is another example of a dual fulfillment. Not only is this speaking of the king of Tyre, but also and more fully it speaks of a fallen being, one of high stature before the fall. I really don't know how to explain it, other than that the language is to explicit to be speaking of mere man. A parallel passage is Isaiah 14 where the king of Babylon is called "Lucifer, son of the morning" (KJV). Comparing these and the extreme language I come to the conclusion that God is talking about more than just man. | ||||||
2 | Timing 1st mtg between John TB and Jesus | John 1:33 | Xapis | 2255 | ||
If you look at verse 31 there is a parallel construct with recognize and manifest. This makes it possible that there is a tie between the words. Also the same word is used by Paul in 2CO 5:16 "Therefore from now on we recognize no man according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer." The word translated recognize is only used in those three verses, so it seems to me that it doesn't mean a visual recognition, but rather a recognition of standing. I believe therefore that John was stating that he didn't know who Jesus was in relation to the Kingdom of God until the spirit descended upon Him. John was a prophet and one of the marks of a prophet is the lack of respect of persons. John's statement to the religious leaders of his day, LUK 3:8 "Therefore bring forth fruits in keeping with repentance," demostrates that he not a man moved by appearance or position. He probably withheld judgment on Mary's son until God demonstrated to him that He was His Son. This is then a declaration and a reflection. Behold the Lamb of God, and let me tell you why I believe it. These were past tense statements, "I did not recognize Him". But now he does recognize Him both personally and positionally. This is how it makes sense to me, I hope it helps you. Keep yourself in the love of God, Xapis. |
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3 | Who gave the writer of Job his info @ | 2 Tim 3:16 | Xapis | 2254 | ||
HEB 1:1 "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways" The Bible is not clear, how God conveyed this knowledge to his saint. However, we know that God has used visions, dreams, and by speaking directly to His people. God is not limited in His ways of communicating truth. To be as specific as he was I would venture a guess, remember just a guess, that He gave him a dream or vision and I would lean toward a vision. Maybe someone else can do a better job, but since God doesn't tell us the first answer is the right answer, I don't know. But we do know that He spoke(or breathed) the Word of God. Praise His name we don't need to know it all, we just need to know Him. |
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4 | Does Bible ban body piercing? | Bible general Archive 1 | Xapis | 2172 | ||
There are two passages the that I am familiar with concerning this subject: LEV 19:26-28' You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying. You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads, nor harm the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord. and EXO 21:2-6 "If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment. If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone. But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man, then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently. One passsage seams to deal with the occult and forbids altering the body. The other passage deals with a healthy relationship. The latter also speaks of a specific mark done a specific way to present a specific message. The former speaks to a general cutting. I think that body piercing is unattractive, unnecessary and potentially unhealthy, but that is an opinion that is cultural, and personal. However does the Bible ban it, I don't think so. But then again, I don't see people who are serving Christ getting their bodies pierced, but again that may be cultural. |
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5 | Wisdom personified as a woman | Prov 3:16 | Xapis | 2144 | ||
Solomon did not personify wisdom as a woman. The Hebrew language like many others has gender for nouns, some are male some are female. The Greek does the same thing. German has male, female and neuter nouns, other languages may have as well. Hebrew I haven't studied so I don't know if it has neuter. The point is that wisdom is a feminine noun and all pronouns must agree in gender in languages that have such. So in the original all pronouns used to describe wisdom were feminine, to agree with the gender of the noun. When our Bibles were translated instead of translating the pronouns to agree with the receiving language, the pronouns were literally translated and kept their gender. So, if you told Solomon that he described wisdom with feminine pronouns he probably would have wondered what your point was, he was grammitically correct, as usual. Being a male, it humbles me to know that both Hebrew and Greek have wisdom as a feminine noun. I think that it is because it is a trait found more commonly in the fairer sex. |
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6 | Are there (then) no mysteries? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Xapis | 2134 | ||
I think that we need to look at the way mystery is used in the Bible and not try to take our current use of the word and try to fit that definition into the passages. wdc did a great job of explaining how God used the word mystery throughout the NT. Have you noticed at the end of first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation that God states in REV 10:7 "but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets." I see at this time that God goes back to dealing with Israel exclusively, the mystery of God here, like the other mysteries in the NT, is the coming together of two to become one, marriage is spoken of as a mystery and so is the Jew and the Gentile becoming one. |
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7 | Tongues - do you realize... | Matt 11:13 | Xapis | 1796 | ||
That is true in every situation in life, we can never be truly objective. What we can do is attempt to get all of our issues in the open, being as completely honest with ourselves first and then we can approach objectivity. Now having that said let me say the following about what I have learned. First of all, I have never spoken in tongues. I have read an account of a modern missionary who while encouraging his native friend, spoke to the friend without any accent while delivering a message that the missionary thought God wanted him to share. I have also had a close friend in another state, who was also one of my pastors who had a prayer language that he did not understand. He did not think that the prayer language made him more spiritual, that he needed to pray in that language or that I needed a prayer language. He also walked consistantly in the Spirit, which was evidenced in that he learned from me( what humor is not allowed). So, I don't do tongues, I have had modern experiences related to me that demonstrate both the ability to speak in languages that you don't know and praying in an unknown language. I have had many experiences related to me about the unholy and unruly nature of those that speak in tongues. So, I will continue to walk in the Spirit and as 1John 4:1 says "test the spirits". The tests to date demonstrate a consitency with the scriptures by some and a deviation by others. Looks like the Spirit is alive and well, and unfortunately the tempter and counterfeiter is also up to his usual tricks, divide and conquer. |
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8 | Is Biblical literacy dead?Or is prophecy | Matt 11:13 | Xapis | 1792 | ||
I have done some study and teaching on gifts, and I would like to add my thoughts. I hope they inspire yours. First let me give you my framework, I agree with the idea that there are different types of gifts, the ones listed in Romans 12 and the ones listed in I Cor 12. Both of these lists have prophets listed. The gifts listed in Rom 12 have been called "Motivational" gifts(Don and Katie Fortune, Discovering you God-Given Gifts). These have to do with the way the person functions in day to day life, to simplify. The list in I cor 12 are gifts given briefly for ministry, and come and go as the Spirit seems fit. This latter group are the "Charismatic" gifts of tongues, healings etc. The brief use of the gift of prophecy is what I where I would look for the test to come true but also the edifying that is spoken of elsewhere. The Rom 12 list has more to do with the makeup of the person. A prophet here is one who "sees everything as black or white", and needs "truth to be established in every situation" These prophets have always existed because that is part of the makeup of the human being. The gift of prophecy of 1 Cor 12 has to do with God moving according to His purpose. I cannot see that as ever ending either. God's purpose has been going forward since the beginning of time. I personally experienced some of these gifts and walked in them, before I understood that there was a name for them. Now my experience didn't validate the gift, because I just thought that happened to all believers that were in communion with God. The closer I walked the more that I experienced God, and the more I understood of His word, the more I realized that these were spoken of in his word. I had almost figured it out and I was introduced to an explanation from people who had studied it. When you look for prophets remember that Paul called a poet a prophet in Titus. Look at the songwriter that encourages you, that exposes wrong thinking, that exalts God, are they not part of the prophets of this day? They seem to fit Paul's definition and wasn't that what King David was, a prophet? The psalms are the songbook of Israel. Prophets and prophecy are alive and well today, but do we have eyes to see and ears to hear? May God richly bless all who read this. |
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9 | If elect is not choose, then what is it? | Job 38:1 | Xapis | 1791 | ||
I will read the responses that Radioman referenced from you on election, thank you for that. Radioman's response on 3/11 at 12:07 when he referred to Isa 55 is critical to my understanding, or the acceptance of my lack of understanding. It seems to me that it is both,(election and freewill) but I don't understand how it can be. But then I understand that we are predestined according to the foreknowledge of God [1 Peter 1:2](and foreknowledge is one of those untested Accords to me). Are we chosen in Him before the foundation of the world, by all means, but did I have to make a choice, of course. Is God unjust? No way, our whole understanding of justice is based upon who He is. I believe in election, and I work hard at convincing my friends and co-workers that they must choose to accept Him. Peter says that the prophets of old looked diligently and couldn't figure out the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow. I wonder if they debated, with each other one group saying he would "only" suffer and one group saying he would only receive glory. The more I know the more I know that I don't know, but it is ok because my Big Brother knows it all. | ||||||
10 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | Xapis | 1474 | ||
There are many reasons for believing that women are not called into the ministry. Some of them are what I judge to be educated reasons and some of them are less than that. I believe that good people with good intentions believe both ways. One pastor that I worked with had a group of us come together and he brought the question in a different way than I had ever heard it before. He first started out with the question who could lead, which brought us to the answer that whoever was the least was the greatest. Or put another way the leader was to be servant of all. Therefore if women can serve why can't women lead? Someone that I dealt with could not receive my teaching because they did not want me to be in authority over them. What they didn't know was I didn't want to be in authority over them, I wanted to serve them. There are many issues at stake here, tradition, the curse that pits man against women, pride, and translational difficulties. When you go from a language with gender, pastor being a male verb to a language without gender the pronouns aren't always consistant with the language being translated into. I have heard the argument that the pronouns for pastor are all male and that is why women should not be pastors. The same thing happens in Proverbs 8. I was told that because feminine pronouns were used it could not be a personification of Jesus. I think that the answer lies in a lot of areas. Many of us are not ready for change. Centuries of male dominance, the differences in the sexes, the attitudes towards women in the Bible, not by Jesus but by others, the information explosion and the education of women make this a time where we need honest evalution and study. Most people that I know don't want to go there, it is far too much work. Be patient and don't give up even on us men. | ||||||
11 | Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews? | Hebrews | Xapis | 1208 | ||
I am not aware of any reason to ascribe this work to any individual. However I think that Apollos is the most likely, since it doesn't bear anyone's name it is probably not Paul. Apollos is called a man mighty in the Scriptures, which seems to fit the description of whoever wrote this book. I have tried to get away from the tendency to say, "Paul, in the book of Ephesians" because it wasn't Paul, who said it, it is God who is saying it. Just my thoughts. I hope they bring you to think. | ||||||
12 | So, not separated from the Trinity? | Mark 15:34 | Xapis | 1207 | ||
Separated by a break in fellowship, Jesus was in constant communication with God as the earlier answer stated, but fellowship was broken because "He became sin". I can understand the concept, because of the great relationship that my wife and I have, when those rare occasions happen that we have a problem, it tears me apart. We are still one, but we are not in communion for a brief time. Now magnify that by how much the Father loves the Son more than I can love my wife, and WOW, what agony the Son must have experienced on the Cross. Remember all He has ever known in eternity is communion with the Father. | ||||||
13 | why did God create the world | Gen 1:1 | Xapis | 1063 | ||
You may think that I am goofy for using this reference to answer the question, but here goes. Hebrews 12 speaks of Jesus, for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, desping its shame. That joy I believe is the same reason that He created the world. JUD 24-25 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. So we could stand before the presence of His glory with great joy. He did it so that we could share His joy forever. Because of the way we are built, we need to have the contrast of the suffering, in our lives and in the world in order to understand the magnitude of the blessing that He has for us. We could not fully enter into the joy without the experiential knowledge. |
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14 | how does John 9.3 and 4 answer reincarna | Heb 9:27 | Xapis | 943 | ||
I don't know about John 9, but Hebrews 9:27 seems to answer the reincarnation question for me. One person, one death, one judgment. What did you do with Jesus? | ||||||
15 | Please expand on your comment. | Matt 16:18 | Xapis | 921 | ||
Peter had just made the comment that Jesus is the Christ. Jesus replies that flesh and blood had not revealed that to him but God had. Jesus then does a play on words, He says you are Peter(Petros, a rock or boulder) and upon this rock(petra, bedrock, a mass of rock i.e. foundational) I will build my church. Petros can be moved, petra cannot be moved. This is a great word picture in the original language, a lot lost in translation. | ||||||
16 | JESUS GREW IN WISDOM | Heb 5:8 | Xapis | 626 | ||
Wisdom is the application of knowledge. By becoming flesh and fulfilling the law, Jesus grew in the application of truth in his human existence. The scripture that I referenced, Heb 5:8 says "Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered." This is experiential learning that the verse talks about. He experienced obedience and he grew in wisdom as part of emptying Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men (Phil 2:7). These things were necessary for his functions as High Priest. |
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17 | HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER | Matt 22:37 | Xapis | 582 | ||
In Matt 22:35-38 Jesus is asked and answers the question, "What is the great commandment?" He answers in MAT 22:37 And He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' Now since Jesus is God, if you love anything or anyone more than Jesus, you are violating the great commandment, for you cannot love God with all of your being and love another more. By loving God as we should, we can love our parents to a greater degree than we could otherwise. Jesus said that He came to fulfill the law, and again He does so by enabling us to honor or parents to a greater degree than we are able to without Him. I personally know this to be true for before I knew Him I did not honor my mother and father, but now it is not an option, and I love to do it. |
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18 | ISREAL'S REJECTION OF THE MESSIAH | Romans | Xapis | 578 | ||
God makes it pretty clear in ROM 11:1-2 "I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew." God's promises to Israel are based upon God's faithfulness not Israel's. |
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19 | FOR JACOB I LOVED AND ESUA I HATED | Rom 9:11 | Xapis | 576 | ||
There are two passages that may help to explain this one is Romans 9:11-16. Here it states "for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand". This shows as it goes on to state that our standing is by God's choice not our doing. Yet another passage is I Peter 1:2,3 "who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God". This passage tells us that his choosing is according to foreknowledge. This is hard for us humans to understand, but God knows the end from the beginning. God is not bound by time as we are. Therefore we can consider that Esau was not yet born, a baby and an adult and already dead, all at the same time for God. There is no yesterday or tomorrow for God, it is all now. Hard for us to comprehend, but Esau was "an innocent baby" and "an immoral and Godless person" Heb 12:6 at the same time for God. | ||||||
20 | When will Jesus return? | 2 Thessalonians | Xapis | 395 | ||
There are many views of Eschatology, the study of the end times. My views, briefly, are this. According to II Thes. there will be a great falling away, then Jesus will come for His own, the rapture. Then the Man of Sin will be revealed and seven years of tribulation will occur. Then Jesus will come back to reign on the earth for 1000 years. That is a nutshell version. | ||||||
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