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1 | Was the cross inevitable? | Luke 24:20 | Simchat Torah | 56068 | ||
Shalom Tim; Some very interesting points. Would you say that God hardened the heart of Israel just as he did with Pharoah who would not allow Israel? Shalom Simchat Torah |
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2 | Was the cross inevitable? | Luke 24:20 | Simchat Torah | 55990 | ||
Shalom Tim; If it has been determined in eternity past the Yeshua be crucified, then Israel had no chance of accepting Yeshua as Messiah as they were predestined to reject him. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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3 | Was the cross inevitable? | Luke 24:20 | Simchat Torah | 55991 | ||
Shalom Tim; If it has been determined in eternity past the Yeshua be crucified, then Israel had no chance of accepting Yeshua as Messiah as they were predestined to reject him. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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4 | Early Church Fictional or Fact? | Acts 2:46 | Simchat Torah | 55966 | ||
Shalom Paradigm; Well you have to admit not many christians think of the apostles as going to the Temple daily :-). Shalom Simchat Torah |
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5 | Why do JWs tell you what to think? | Acts 1:1 | Simchat Torah | 55948 | ||
Shalom Hank; I make a distinction between biblical statement and biblical interpretation. Biblical statements are objective. When the bible says "the word became flesh", there is no way to dispute these words which are clear. Biblical interpretation is always subjective. When we interpret "the word became flesh" as "Jesus became flesh" this becomes interpretation. The deity of Jesus, which I do believe btw, is interpretation and therefore subjective. If the Bible says, "Jesus is God", that would be a Biblical statement and therefore objective. To many good intentioned people turn biblical interpretation into Biblical statements which is where dissention and anger begins. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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6 | Why do JWs tell you what to think? | Acts 1:1 | Simchat Torah | 55942 | ||
Shalom Hank; I am sorry, I may not have been clear. I was not stating that the doctrines of the JW's and Christians are the same, I was stating that the JW's and Christian denominations are similar In that they each tell their people what to believe and do, which was the context of the original question. I have read denominational statements where they say we believe..... Essentially, they are saying that if you are going to be a part of this denomination, you will also believe these things as well. The JW's do the same thing, they say we believe......and if you want to be a JW you will believe these as well. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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7 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55878 | ||
Shalom Ed; I believe you adding to the text, it does not say that he will look as God, the Hebrew literally says "I give you God (elohiym)". Moses recieved God from God. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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8 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55862 | ||
Shalom Tim, Actually there are hundreds of scriptures that support the tree of life teaching. Another example is the tree of life itself in the garden, most assume that this is just a tree with fruit, but we also find this tree in Prov 3:18 calls wisdom the tree of life. Wisdom is one of the sephirot of the tree of life in Kabbalah. Rev 22:1 says that the tree of life is the river of life that comes out of the throne, another one of the sephirot. Proverbs 11:30 says that the tree of life is righteousness, another one of the sephirot. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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9 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55859 | ||
Shalom Ed; But God made Moses God - Exodus 7:1 and the Lord said to Moses, Look, I have made you God to Pharoah and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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10 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55855 | ||
Shalom Ed; Yes, it was very refreshing, was able to spend alot of time on my new book project. For you to say; Kabbalah however is neither mentioned nor demonstrated in the Bible. is your opinion, I believe that it is overwhelmingly found in the Bible. You quote the passage that state that we are not to follow after a false gospel, and this I concur 100 percent. Which is why I follow the true gospel. I still leave my question to you open, what in the kabbalah's teachings of the "ten sephirot of the tree of life" is contrary to scripture? Shalom Simchat Torah. |
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11 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55854 | ||
Shalom Tim; When you lock the door and get in the car it is the most exciting thing, you are getting away from it all. After a couple of weeks you cant wait to get back to what you were trying to get away from :-) A translation is a translation, anyone who studies Hebrew knows that many different translations are possible from one passage, you can even see this when comparing different translations. Notice the verses that you quoted above. Note the different translations of the end of the verse. NIV - "clear as the sky itself." KJV - "body of heaven in his clearness." RSV - "like the very heaven for clearness." Which one is correct? The Hebrew for that ending is "uk'etsem hashamayim latohar". Literally this means "like bones the skies for clean". None of the translations above even use the word bone, except the KJV which comes close with the word body. The word for bone is etsem from the more ancient root ets which is a tree, the bones, especially the spine is the tree inside of man that hold him up, that is how the Hebrews understood the bones and spine. The word which each of them translate as pavement is the word "binah". According to Strongs this is the only place in the bible where this word is translated as pavement (there is an "L" in front of the word which strongs says is part of the word, it is actually a prefix that means "to" or "for"). The root of this word is banah (strongs 1129) meaning to build, the Hebrews saw understanding as a construction project. The related word biyn (strongs 995) is from the same root and is usually translated as "understanding". The Hebrew word for "pavement" is ritspah (strongs 7531). Why did the translators translate "binah" as pavement? Translations always follow the belief of the translators. If the translators are christian, the translation will reflect christian beliefs. If the translator is Jewish, it will reflect Jewish beliefs. Translations can never be exact, they are very subjective. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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12 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55850 | ||
Shalom Tim; Thank you, yes it was very refreshing but always great to get back home :-) I see no mention of clear pavement in that passage? I see under the feet of God the key (workings) to understand the sephirot of the tree of life. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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13 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55844 | ||
Shalom Johnny; Back from a nice long vacation :-) You said; So in your case you observed the torah perfectly!. So when you caught somebody man and woman adultery, did you kill them? if you saw then caught in the act did you stone them to death? If not my friend your are not observing your tora perfectly! if not! your hypocryte, as Jesus said! You are correct, I do not observe the Torah perfectly therefore I need Yeshua. One of the reasons we cannot observe the Torah fully is because our government does not use the Torah as its law. If it did then they would be stoned. Since I live under the government of the United States I am unable to observe much of the commands in the Torah, again, why I need Yeshua as my Savior. You also said; your torah cannot justify us, it is Christ. That is why christ is the ultimate sacrifice for us not your torah, not the lamb but Christ Himself. I know you will not going to believe this because you are not a Christian but it was written my friend, whether you accept it or not! Oh, but I do believe this, I do need Yeshua as the ultimate sacrifice. Why is it that when someone says they observe Torah, Christians automatically think that we observe the Torah to recieve salvation from God? This is so far from the truth, we observe Torah for the same reasons you go to church on Sunday, celebrate easter and christmas, etc. Observing Torah does not mean that we observe it for salvation, actually we observe it to show love to God because he did save us. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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14 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55842 | ||
Shalom Ed, Just returned from a nice long vacation :-) As I thought, you cannot refute the doctrine of Kabbalah. The word Trinity is not in the bible anymore than the word Kabbalah (though its root Kabal is). The Trinity doctrine is an interpretation of scripture just as the Kabbalah is. Unless I am mistaken, I thought this was a "Study Bible" Forum not a "christian doctrine only study bible" forum. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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15 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 55837 | ||
Shalom Tim; We just got back from a great two week vacation (one week longer than expected)Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. Let me first say that I agree with the Trinity doctrine in a way that is very similar to the Christian belief. Here is one verse supporting the Kabbalistic "Tree of life". And they saw the God of Israel and under his feet were the workings for understanding the sephir (singular of sephirot of the tree of life) and what was like the spine of heaven (aka the tree of life) for purity. (Exodus 24:10) Shalom Simchat Torah |
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16 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53448 | ||
Shalom Johnny; I think you completely misunderstood bubbatates statement. Your stated that you only do what Yeshua taught, Yeshua never taught anything on beastility. Which according to your statement, Christians are not bound to the laws concerning beastility. I think the question should be why didn’t Yeshua teach that beastility was wrong? Because he didn’t have to, God already taught on that. Yeshua didn’t teach about kashrut (dietary laws) because God already did. You know its funny, when we say we don’t eat pork, people laugh and call us legalists, but when you someone says I don’t eat horse, no one bats an eye. Btw, horses aren’t kosher either :-). If you look at all the commands found in the Torah, Christians except all of them and do them except for any that sound “Jewish”. Btw, I am curious why you sound so hostile in your posts to me and Bubbatate? Shalom Simchat Torah |
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17 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53446 | ||
Shalom Ed; If you have studied the Tree of Life (which is only a small part of Kabbalah)of the teachings of Kabbalah, since you have studied it sufficiently to know that it is not true, could you please give me brief explanation of what it is that you disagree with? Shalom Simchat Torah |
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18 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53445 | ||
Shalom Johnny; You said; If Christ fulfill the law the same what you said. Why He stop the people that try to kill the women that has been accused of adultery! This goes to show how little Christians know about the Torah. The Torah clearly states that if a man and woman are caught in adultery, they are to bring the MAN AND the woman out to be stoned. In the account of the Pharisees bringing the woman caught in adultery, where is the man? Yeshua recognized their conscious act of bringing the woman only, to test him to see how he will respond to this situation. You are tired of it? It does not surprise me :-). To be honest, so am I :-). I would like to remind you and everyone else, that I did not come in here flooding the forum with my beliefs. I simply responded to Bubbatates original statements with one simple post, that is all. Since then I have been swamped with questions which I responded to as best I can. I never pushed my views on anyone. You act as though you are tired of my posts which you seem to see as harassment. My posts were a result of questions asked of me. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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19 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53438 | ||
Shalom Ed; I am sorry, but I am afraid that I do not understand your point here. Are you attempting to say that Mark 1:10-11 is proof positive in the existence of the Trinity? I see God, his son, and a dove. If this is the case there are many more trinities than this. How about the account of the burning bush, you have a trinity, God speaking, a bush and fire. Are they a trinity? How about the pillars of fire and cloud where God speaks out of them? How about Psalms 98:1; “Sing to YHWH a new song, for he has done marvelous works, his right hand and his holy arm bring salvation.” Hear we have YHWH and his right hand and holy arm which brings salvation. I have studied the trinity doctrine, I know the verses backwards and forward to support the doctrine. Do not forget that I agree with the trinity doctrine, in a sense, a little differently but similar. The Kabbalah is much more than a simple little phrase like three gods in one, the Tree of life is a multi faceted paradigm. It deals with every aspect of the Bible, from God to man to the universe. It is not that it would take a book to explain the Tree of life, but that the contents within it would take a book. In order to fully understand the Tree of life, you must understand all of its components. Trying to explain the Tree of life to you or anyone not familiar with it, would be like trying to explain the Bible to someone who has never heard of it before. Can you explain the whole Bible to someone with a few verses? We all know that the Kabbalah is an abhorance to you. That is understandable, you have been taught that it is evil, I was too. I rejected the Kabbalah out of hand becase it was evil, but when I started learning it, I found that it was Biblical. How many times do we reject a doctrine because we were told it was wrong and we do not even know what it is? Ed, you have no clue what the tree of life or the ten sephirot are and how they are related to the Bible, so how can you reject something you know nothing about. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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20 | self control / spirit control | 1 Cor 9:25 | Simchat Torah | 53420 | ||
Shalom Ed; To explain the Tree of life in the Bible would take a book :-), of which there are many. Let me just post a couple verses here; Gen 1:27 And God filled the man with his shadow, in his shadow God filled him, male and female he filled them. Man was filled (the Hebrew word is better translated as fattened or filled then created) with his shadow, a reflection of God, as man was made male and female, God is male and female, hence the father and mother. Exodus 12:23 When YHWH goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. If you read this passage very carefully, ask yourself these questions, who is going through the land killing? The destroyer. Who is the destroyer that will strike the Egyptians down? In Exodus 12:12 YHWH says he will strike the down the Egyptians, YHWH is the destroyer. Now who stands at the door preventing the destroyer from entering the houses with the blood? As the text says “he” it is referring back to YHWH. So YHWH stands at the door preventing YHWH from destroying those inside. Two YHWH’s, (I still believe that YHWH is one as in the Shema of Dt 6:4, but you have to undersand the Hebraic understanding of the word echad – one). The father (equated with biynah – understanding) is YHWH and the mother (equated with chachmah – wisdom) is YHWH. The son is ehyeh (I am). There are other passages as well that show two YHWH’s. Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel and under his feet was like workings for understanding (biynah – father/YHWH) the saphiyr (singular for sephirot) and like a tree (literally backbone, the tree of a man) of heaven for cleanliness. Proverbs 3:18 She (wisdom – chachmah/mother/YHWH) is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. This is a case where you can translate this passage several different ways. My translation is just as valid as the KJV or NIV, as I said in another post, ones belief system will dictate how the texts are translated. These passages and my explanation will by no means convince anyone that the tree of life is real, that would take much more than I could put here. Shalom Simchat Torah |
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