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1 | Is it sin to eat lobster? | Rom 14:14 | Magnum | 176138 | ||
Does lobster have scales and fins ? Lev. 11-9 Jesus did not eat anything unclean, he was the sinless lamb of G*d, he is the Goal we strive for, why should we do different? | ||||||
2 | Seven (7) Feasts | Lev 23:1 | Magnum | 176137 | ||
I would like to add that Sukkot (Tabernacles) was fullfilled by Yeshua's (Jesus) birth (the most likely time of his birth)not Dec. 25th.It would make sense that G*d would use his appointed feast to reveal his plan, Is it concievable that he was concieved during Hanukkah the festival of lights?, and born nine months later to celebrate G*d dwelling among his people? I find it interesting that in Zechariah that the only festival that all Nations will come to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) to celebrate is Tabernacles. Zech. 14-16-21 | ||||||
3 | Does bible say what Jesus look like? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 39761 | ||
I would try Isaiah 53:2 | ||||||
4 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Magnum | 39758 | ||
Dear Dave, This is a question I have been asking myself, and studying at length lately. Some of the things I've had to overcome before even starting to look at this questions is some of the teaching and doctorine that I have been exposed to over the years. I have had the pleasure over the last few years to learn under Messianic Rabbi, this has helped me to understand the "Law" in light of the Hebraic teaching and understanding, and not the Greek Hellenisitc slant that started to creep into the early church, starting in the second century. The one thing that I learned is that the word "Law" is a mistranslation of the Hebrew word Torah which means teaching or instruction,quite a contrast to "Law" which carries many negative overtones. The Rabbi pointed out to me it never was G*ds intention to write his "Laws" on tablets of stone, but on the hearts of his children. Notice in Exodus 20:18-20 in verse 19 they said to Moses, "You, speak to us; and we will listen. But don't let G*d speak with us, or we will die." Notice that people didn't want to hear directly from G*d, that way they, If they heard it second hand so to speak they had an excuse for not obeying. And so it is today when people teach against being obedient to G*ds "Law" today. We should want to obey G*d because we love him, not because we have to (Legalism) Jesus never taught against the Torah, quite the opposite he was Torah observant, and came not to fulfill the "Law" but to fill it with his spirit. In Matthew 5:19 Jesus says "So whoever disobeys the least of these commandments(mitzvot/good deeds)and teaches others to do so will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven." notice that your salvation is not in jeopardy for not obeying, just your standing in the Kingdom. We don't follow the Torah for salvation,it was never for salvation, G*d has always saved by Grace and Faith(Trusting in him.) The Torah is that mirror we look into, if we dare, to see the areas in our life that we need the help and power of the Holy Spirit to mold and change us into a more Christ like believer. In Yeshua (Christ) Magnum | ||||||
5 | dinasaurs? did they exist? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 38943 | ||
Read Job 40:15-18 sounds like a dinosaur to me. | ||||||
6 | Jesus' name baptism? | Acts 2:38 | Magnum | 38938 | ||
kalos, Good answer! The Church for some unknown reason has has elected to turn it's back on G*ds commandments. I don't know if it's because anti-Jewish theology crept in to the doctrine of the early church or what, but the result is disturbing to say the least. I have read several surveys that show that divorce, alcohol abuse, and other transgressions of G*ds commands are higher in the Church of all places, than in the world! Is it possible that we have gone overboard with the "Grace" doctrine ? (I believe in Grace) So many people say they love G*d, but refuse to obey him, go figure. | ||||||
7 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Magnum | 38793 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, Are you saying that Jesus cannot empower us to follow G*d's commandments? Who is Jesus talking about when in Matt. 9:13 He said "I didn't come to call the righteous, but the sinners!" Also in Luke 1:6 Zecharia and Elizabeth were called righteous, by observing all the ordinances of G*d blamelessly. James 5:16 talks about the prayers of a righteous person, Why would James refer to someone that does'nt exist? Being an ex-cop, I found that the "Law" did not have any bearing on the lives of those who followed the "law", it only impacted the lives of those who were lawless. Most if not all versions of todays English Version Bibles are off target concerning G*ds law, because the Greek word nomos does not mean "law" as we think of it, the Hebrew word that is mistranslated as law is Torah, which in the Hebrew mindset is "G*ds teaching and instruction". Notice in Psalm 37:30-31 it says, "The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue discourses justice. The Torah of G*d is in his heart". So in some of its aspects is the Torah 'not for a person whom G*d has declared righteous'. In its role as that which prescribes punishment and condemnation for offenses, shows people their sinfulness and guilt before G*d, and guides them away from trying to prove how good they are and toward trusting in Jesus(Yeshua)the Messiah the Torah is for those who are heedless of Torah in its role for the righteous. The Anglican Christian writer Brigid Younghughes has voiced the understanding I have come to concerning the passage in Matthew 5:17 where Jesus says "Don't think I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete".'"...I came not to destroy, but to fulfil." And surely "to fulfil' means to complete, in the sense of bringing to perfection, not as Christians have all too often interpreted it, to render obsolete; to fulfil in such a way as to perfect a foundation on which to build further"(Christianity's Jewish Heritage, West Sussex: Angel Press, 1988, p.8) the version of the Bible I study the most these days is the Complete Jewish Bible translated by David H. Stern . I cannot find anywhere any condemnation for following G*ds Torah out of love for G*d, only when one follows it out of legalistic obligation. I'm not exactly sure what I am trying to say by all of this except that as a Christian, G*d is drawing me closer toward his Torah every day. And every day I get a better understanding as to what the Church is missing out on. When I look at the Jews who have an understanding of Torah, but don't have the Holy Spirit of G*d, and look at the Christians who have the Holy Spirit of G*d but say the Torah is not for them, I think that something is amiss, and my mind turns to Ephesians 2:14, where it talks about Jesus creating a union with himself and the Jew and the Gentile a single new Humanity . In Yesuah's name Magnum | ||||||
8 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | Magnum | 38402 | ||
I have thought about this subject off and on over the years myself. The bible contains very little information on this subject, so the only thing we are left with is speculation and assumptions. I have my own theory, mind you it's only a theory, one that the Catholic church would strongly dissagree with, is that sometime when Jesus was around 13-15 years old Joseph died, leaving Jesus as the head of the house and he had to work to support his mother and younger siblings. If Mary was a good Jewish wife, she and Joseph would have had a child every couple of years until Joseph's death. If Jesus was 13 when Joseph died, and his mother was pregnant, the responsability for taking care of Mary and her baby would have fallen on Jesus. That would have left Jesus obligated to support his family until his youngest sibling was an adult. I can only find inferences to this in scripture. Matt. 13:55-56 "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not his sisters with us? By doing simple math I count four brothers and at least two sisters(the plural of sister, meaning more than one), I come up with six siblings. With one being born every 18-24 months after Jesus's birth, we are talking about a timeframe of 9-18 years. That would put Jesus in his late 20's to early 30's before his obligation to his family would be over and he could start his ministry. It is interesting to think about isn't it? There are several other scriptures that make ref. to Jesus's brothers, those being John 2:12,Matt.12:46,and Matt.12:50, to name a few. But the stance of the Catholic church is that these are spiritual brothers and sisters, and that Mary remained a virgin, I personally don't understand why this dogma is so important to them, my Catholic friends get mad when I ask them about this subject. I would be interested to know what you think about this subject. | ||||||
9 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 37884 | ||
Greetings Emmaus, I'll have to dig into my library for the exact ref. to Constantine. I've got some facts about Dec. 24-25th that you might find interesting. The Anglo-Saxon festival of the Yule log came out of the Babylonian festival called Yule Day. They set the time for this festival during the winter solstice, because this is when the sun hits its lowest point(death), and then rises toward spring(birth/resurrection). They established the evening of Dec.24th. as "Mothers Day" and Dec. 25th. as the "Birth of the Unconquered Sun".Hislop, The Two Babylons,pg.98 Yule Day, Dec 25th. the worship of the sun gods rebirth, is obviously the origin of some of, if not most of the customs surrounding Christmas celebration, notice how it changed from the birth of the sun to the birth of the Son. Christians who insist on celebrating the birth of Christ on Dec. 25 must face the fact that our pagan Anglo-Saxon ancestors celebrated Dec 25th as Yule day long before they came in contact with Christianity. Only G*d can ordain a day as Holy, and trying to make pagan celebrations Christian does not change them, they remain pagan. Sharon Turner's, Anglo_Saxons, vol.1 pg. 219 I'll let you know when I can find the ref. to Constatine. Also see Encyc. Britanica, vol 1 pg.164-165 | ||||||
10 | so, you're saying that they go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 37866 | ||
Dear Joe: Actually, this is not accurate. Constatine "created" holidays in an effort to apease his pagan friends, and trying to not offend his new found religion Christianity, he blended paganism and Christianity. These holidays were neither established nor ordained of G*d. The Holy Convocation's of G*d are found in Leviticus:23. These are the Holy days that Yeshua (Jesus) observed. I like when people say WWJD, I say Look What Jesus Did. I prefer to follow the example our savior set and not the example of a converted pagan. | ||||||
11 | Explain Hebrew letters used in Psalm 119 | Psalm | Magnum | 37666 | ||
Say What???? The Hebrew letters have numerical value, since the Hebrew people had no numerical system. Alef equals 1 Bet is 2 etc. How does occultism come into this? | ||||||
12 | Did Jesus found the church? | Matt 16:18 | Magnum | 37165 | ||
Dear Hank, I will tell you what I think Jesus was saying in Matthew 16:18. It seems that the main source of confusion comes from the mistranslation of the word "Church", this word as we know and think about did not exsist in Jesus's time. The Greek word ekklesia which means "called-out ones"and is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew kahal,"assembly, congregation,community." The usual English translation of ekklesia is "church" and from it comes the word "ecclesiastical," meaning, "having to do with the church." What is being spoken about is a spiritual community of people based on trust in G*d and his son the Messiah Yeshua(the name his disiples called him by). The phrase, "the ekklesia that meets in their house"(Rom 16:5), refers to a particular congregation. Unlike "church"ekklesia never refers either to an institution or to a building.Yeshua(Jesus),if anything might have been the founder of a new sect of Judaism, there were many in his day,what was one more ? If Jesus founded anything he founded the Messianic Community, that is he ushered in the Messianic Age to the Jews first, and then to the Gentiles(the group I fall into). I pray that this helps. | ||||||
13 | Must all the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | Magnum | 34143 | ||
I'm confused as to where New Covenant saints are to ignore Old Testament teaching and instruction (Law). G*d tells us in Leviticus 11 what is good for us for food, he should know he created us. In chapter he gives us his Holy days, not man made holidays for us to observe. As far as sacrifical laws ending for New Covenant belivers, why did Paul (Sha'ul) take four new greek converts to the Temple to make purification sacrifices in Acts 21:26-29 if these were abolished as you seem to believe? Jesus said that not one jot or tittle of the Law (Torah) would pass away. The sacrifice Paul was making is outlined in Leviticus 14 10-20 hope this helps. | ||||||
14 | Christ has not brought an end to the Law | Rom 10:4 | Magnum | 30262 | ||
At Romans 10:4 the KJ version we get the translation typical of most versions: "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth." But Greek telos, which usually gives us the English word "theology," usually means "goal,purpose, consumation," not "end or termination." The Messiah did not bring the "Law" or more proper the Torah "Teaching and instruction of G*d" to an end. Rather renders it, "the goal at which the Law aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts." However Paul's point throughout the passage, and throughout Romans, is that for Jews and Gentiles alike there has never been more than one route to righteousness, namley, trusting G*d; so that the Law is built on trusting G*d from beginning to end has always required faith. | ||||||
15 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Magnum | 23421 | ||
Dear Hank, I am a Messianic Believer in Yeshua(Jesus) and Adonai(G-d) we bekieve the name of G-d is sacred and should not be written down completely. | ||||||
16 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Magnum | 23305 | ||
See Jeremiah 10:2-5 | ||||||
17 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Magnum | 23304 | ||
Yes it does, See Jeremiah 10:2-5 G-d says it is the practice of the heathen. | ||||||
18 | DOES THE BIBLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE | Judg 4:4 | Magnum | 23303 | ||
Sorry Hank, the Bible does talk about christmas trees, see Jeremiah 10:2-3 Don't learn the way of the heathen, don't be frightened by astrological signs, even if the heathen are afraid of them; for the customs of the people are nothing. They cut down a tree in the forest; a craftsmanworks it with his axe; they deck it with silver and gold. The fix it with hammer and nails, so that it won't move. Sounds like the X-mass tree to me. The Bible doesn't give the exact date of Jesus's birth but I do know it wouldn't be Dec. 25 for many reasons, first of which is that He would not have been born on the same day the pagans celebrated the birth of the son god, and second of all in the dead of winter in the Holy land sheperds are not in the fields with their flocks as in the biblical accounts. Jesus was more likely born during Succoth, or Tabernacles the time commerating the time when the children of Israel wandered in the desert and G-d dwelt among them. | ||||||
19 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | Magnum | 23299 | ||
I think most of the confusion surrounding this statement start with the mistransaltion of the Greek word plerosai which means "to fill." In Matthew 5:17 most if not all translations render it "to fulfill." The theological implication often drawn is that Jesus fulfilled all of the prophecies of the "Old Testament," so that none remain today for the Jews, and that he obeyed only relevant Torah (Law) command, so that no one needs to observe the Torah (Law) today. But these conclusions do not follow logically, and in fact they contradict Jesus's (Yeshua's) immediately preceding statement that he did not come to abolish (or destroy) the Law (Torah). It is my view (and the view of others) that Jesus came not to fulfill, but to fill the Law (Torah), and the ethical pronouncements of the Prophets full with their complete meaning, so that everyone can know all that obedience, to not only him, but also to the Torah of G*d entails. | ||||||
20 | Did Christ not fulfill the law? | Matt 5:17 | Magnum | 22273 | ||
What was Paul(Sha'ul) doing taking Greek converts to the Temple to make a sacrifice in Acts 21:26. Paul should have understood, if anyone, that sort of thing was no longer to be done. | ||||||
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