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101 | Why can God kill when he tells us not to | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 36004 | ||
TBTG This is the actual commandment. Ex 20:13 "You shall not murder. Murder is wrong because it is infringing on someones life, As in Life ,Liberty and Property. Now you could go and read about "the avenger of blood", in Numbers chapter 35, to get a better understanding of murder, manslayers and citys of refuge, and things concerning that aspect of the law. This is relatively the same as when God kills for the purpose of cleansing the land as He did in the time of Noahs flood. These are the wicked people, just as in the case of murderers, and they are to be executed for polluting the land with innocent blood. If any man spills the blood of man , By man shall his blood be shed. If you kill the murderer it has a cleansing effect on the land, where the victims blood defiles the land. Jer 16:18, Ps 106:38. Gen 6:9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. Our God is a righteous and just God, and He is able to judge the land and to purge out the wicked. It is His land and He keeps His Word. Hope that helps to answer your question, wordoer |
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102 | First cousin marriages today? | Gen 28:2 | wordoer | 34881 | ||
According to the account in Genesis 28, There is no restiction against marrying a first cousin. Rebecca sent Jacob to take a wife from the Daughters of Laban her brother. God certainly does not condemn it. The restrictions in Leviticus 18 are clear, that relations with a close blood relative are forbidden. The examples are listed Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Aunt, Uncle, ect... It suprised me because I had always heard and believed that marriage is resticted to the relation of second cousins, Meaning that it was okay to marry your second cousin. I see no other laws forbidding marriage to first cousins. Also the accounts in the scripture about the Daughters of Lot having relations with Lot resulted in the Moabites and the Ammonites (genetic defects) which were considered wicked lineage (Caanan also). My point would be if Jacobs union to Rebecca had not pleased God, He would have condemned their children and not blessed them. Hope that helps, wordoer |
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103 | Plese give some history on Boaz | Gen 21:12 | wordoer | 34000 | ||
I have studied this a little, and have come to find that in the days of old people were known by their occupation, Or that of their Father, Along with their given (first) name. So if Boaz' Father would have been a Shoe maker, He would be known as Boaz Shumacher, or some derivation. And likewise with other occupations or status in society, Sons of Isaac would have been know as Isaacsons, Isacksons, or Saxons (Genesis 21:12). So in days of old those "Last", names were really not necessary. Hope that helps you. wordoer |
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104 | Is the word 'twilight' confusing? | Matt 26:17 | wordoer | 32220 | ||
Hello , I apologize, it appears that I was confused,(please excuse my ignorance) and I was also unaware of the passage in Leviticus concerning the fifteenth day being the "Feast of Unleavened Bread", I believe I have it straight now. The instuctions say in Exodus 12:8 that they are to eat the Passover with unleavened bread. The following day (15th of Abib) is the "Feast of Unleavened Bread" and following the Passover, the days of unleavened bread was to last seven days beginning on the 15th, Leviticus 23:6. So, I believe it would not be incorrect for those observing "Passover", and the "Feast of Unleavened Bread" to call all days where they were using unleavened bread, "the days of Unleavened bread". It appears that it is eight consecutive days and would not be incorrect to call Passover the first of Unleavened Bread, I believe I have scripture in agreement,(If not let me know). Exodus 12:18, says from 14th at evening until 21st at evening you shall eat unleavened bread, That is 8 consecutive days. It is also interesting how God divides the days, Genesis 1:5 "...And there was evening and there was morning , one day", And "twilight" simply means "evening, sunset", which according to God is the beginning of the day. So my simple answer to your first question is that they were calling a day of unleavened bread (Passover), a day of unleavened bread, That's my take on it. wordoer |
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105 | Unleavened Bread Prior to Passover? | Matt 26:17 | wordoer | 32096 | ||
Luke 22:7 confirms the statement in Matthew 26:17 as both accounts match. Exodus and Leviticus both confirm that the Passover started on the 14th day of Abib and was also the first day of unleavened bread. Exodus 12:17-18. You may be getting confused because it says "following with 7 days" - while the first day is included with Passover. Hope this clears it up. wordoer |
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106 | Where does sickness come from? | NT general Archive 1 | wordoer | 32029 | ||
Sickness is a promise from God for not keeping His Law. Actually we bring it on ourselves (in the form of curses)for being disobedient, You can read this in Deuteronomy 28:15-68 .God can not lie, Numbers 23:19, Romans 3:4. wordoer |
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107 | why did noah curse cannan | Gen 9:22 | wordoer | 30960 | ||
The question lies in the definition of the term nakedness. This was what Ham did - saw his fathers nakedness,Gen 9:22, I know the scripture does not descibe all the intricacies, But I submit the following for your consideration. In Lev 18:6, "None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord". verse 7 states that the nakedness of your father is your mother. verse 13 states a situation of uncovering nakedness, where the person is a blood relative. verse 17 also refers to blood relatives, and states that it is lewdness. Now if you know what happens when blood relatives (the examples in Lev 18 are close blood relatives) have intercourse resulting in child birth(inbreeding),certain abilities are diminished (retardedness). One apparent thing they didn't lack was the tendency toward wickedness. So I believe that Canaan was the result of relations between Ham and his mother. I believe there you have the reason why Canaan was cursed to be a servant of servants. I think it was announced by Noah to show his disapproval and understanding that Canaan would be genetically defective, it seems like a natural (God ordained) thing that Canaan was (genetically) cursed at conception for the violation of God's Law on the matter. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding" Proverbs 3:5 wordoer |
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108 | WHAT WAS IT BEFORE IT " BECAME"? | Genesis | wordoer | 30735 | ||
Before it became without form and void it was still the "earth", that was created in the beginning, Genesis 1:1. We know that God is not the author of confusion, 1Cor 14:33, and it is hard to imagine He created the earth a mixed up mess. I believe He created it with order and to be habitated. The rest of verse 2 bears out that darkness (God's judgement) was over the surface of the deep. If you consider the archeological findings consisting of so-called cavemen, dinosaur fossils, and all the organic materials that have turned to coal oil and gas, would it not make sense that God created the earth to be a dwelling place for His creation. Then because His creation became corrupt He brought judgement upon it. Read another reference of when the earth was formless and void in Jeremiah 4:23-26. It's also pretty obvious that the earth is millions of years old according to all that has been uncovered and still many maintain that the earth is 6000 yrs. old. 2Peter 3:1-9,is also worth reading, notice that in verse 5 the earth was formed out of water and by water (I don't think this is talking about Noahs flood). Back in Jeremiah it say's the heavens had no light (a perfect scenario for an ice age). Verse 7 of 2peter 3, speaks of the present heavens(today's heavens have lights). I think it is a very interesting subject and worth studying because, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter" Proverbs 25:2. I hope this helps you. wordoer |
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109 | Book of Jasher | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 30124 | ||
The Book of Jasher is available from several sources , The ISBN # is 0-934666-25-3, Library of Congress catalog card number 87-72939, Cost should be 10 to 12 dollars. This is a most interesting book that gives a lot of between the lines information to the scripture, that gives a great amount of insight and understanding. This book in no way would hold any authority over scripture ,but serves as an excellent history book, And I think valuable to ones studies. If you are unable to locate a copy , post to me with a request for a source and I will give it. wordoer |
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110 | Why did John the Baptist baptize Jesus? | Matt 3:15 | wordoer | 29200 | ||
I just want to point out that it was an example to us who desire to do the Lord's will, because Jesus would not ask us to do anything that He was not willing to do himself. Baptism is an act of submissiveness and humility. Are we not to be imitators of Christ? This would also bring us under this fulfillment of all righteousness (no longer sporting our worthless rags of righteousness, But being covered in the atoning blood), if we were baptized FOR the remission of sins, clothing ourselves with Christ, Gal 3:27 (even His righteousness). Righteousness would be acting in accord with divine or moral law to be justifiable, or in simple terms- doing the right thing to be free from guilt and sin. If you have forgiveness of sins you would also be free from the guilt of such. This is also the time that the spirit descended upon Him, Just like in Acts 2:38, "...and you shall recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit." Looks like a pretty good example to me. What other way is there in the scripture to recieve the Holy Spirit? wordoer |
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111 | Can we eat unclean foods ie pork,shrimp? | Mark 7:19 | wordoer | 29070 | ||
Hello gixer44, I am glad to hear you are studying the subject, However, the words "unclean", and "food", are not related to each other in OT or NT scripture. No unclean animal was ever classified as being for food,they would make you unclean even if you touched them. However the clean animals were classified as being for food to eat. To answer your question, No, It is nowhere in the NT that God made unclean animals clean for the purpose of food. I used to eat those things, I repented, (It's disgusting to me now that I think about it, I didn't know any better),until I learned that we as Christians should not practice lawlessness (sin). We should desire to do His will. He made all animals for a purpose, it was not for the unclean to be used for food. If God changed how could you follow Him or do His will, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Heb.13:8 The answer to understanding this subject is found in Ezekiel 22:25-26. wordoer |
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112 | AGE OF ACCOUNTIBILITY | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 28138 | ||
Hello Nolan, Let's look at Romans 3:20 it states,"through the Law comes a knowledge of sin". Therefore knowledge of sin comes from the Law. The law is right, transgressing law is wrong. 1 John 3:4 states that sin is a transgression of law.KJV ,NASB says "sin is lawlessness" basically with no law there can be no sin. Now I can agree that it is absurd to make the statement that you are not capable of sin before you are 20. I am addressing the "age of accountability for sin against God", Not the age that people are capable of commiting sin. You have added that into the equation for some reason? That would be a different part of this discussion and not equal in any way to the question at hand. I will try to convey my understanding about children and sin. God has an order ,a way things are supposed to be. The parent / child relationship is part of that order. God gives man and wife children to raise up. Man (parent) has the responsibility of teaching and correcting the child as he grows. Therefore, to the child, the parent is the Law. When the child does wrong, punishment is given from the parent, this leads to repentance for the child, because the desire to do wrong or displease the parent should outweigh the punishment that will be suffered.There we have a sin -punishment/correction - repentance scenario.Sometimes children do things that they don't know are wrong that is what this stage in life is for, to learn. If the parents do not do their charge in rearing the child , Who suffers? practically everybody! We have all been around unruly children, This follows for all aspects of life. The order for man under Christ is the same type of situation.God gives the Law ,follow the law recieve blessings, when man transgresses the Law, punishment or correction leads to Understanding of the Law, Man desires to please God, Repentance that will bring into right standing with God.I may not have got this in perfect script ,but please acknowledge the idea. If you would read my example, I explained that God did not hold the children (under 20) accountable for sins, theirs or their parents. Again, I did not say the people under twenty did not sin.When the man is 20, he comes out from the covering of his earthly father,at this time the Heavenly Father does the punishing and correcting. I can tell you that a 3 year old would have no idea of Gods law. Some people go their whole lives not understanding. I would like to know why you don't like the "way", I came to my conclusion? wordoer |
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113 | AGE OF ACCOUNTIBILITY | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 27958 | ||
Hello Nolan, I looked these words up in an english dictionary and the words are defined just the way I supposed, and intended that they come across. age- the time of life at which some particular qualification, power,or capacity rests.I give as example twenty years old for military service, and accountability for sin. accountability- subject to giving account;answerable. syn. responsible. So by those definitions, I can see in the scriptures I gave previously that those men twenty and older were held accountable for their actions (which was sin to them, disobedience to the Lord), while those younger than twenty were pardoned and not held responsible for the grumblings and disobedience of their fathers.Thereby setting a Biblical precedent of "Age of accountability",I hope this will clear things up for you. Can you give me any scripture to refute what I have explained ? They would be greatly appreciated and would deepen my understanding on the subject. Thank you, wordoer |
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114 | AGE OF ACCOUNTIBILITY | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 27833 | ||
Twenty years and up- Here is how I have come to this conclusion. In Exodus 30:11-14, 38:26, these scriptures of the census give the age and amounts due from those counted. Numbers 26:2 is another census and qualifies those of age and able to go to war. Read Numbers chapter 14, and especially verses 28-29, How the Lord would walk them around the wilderness until all the numbered men died. Joshua 5:4-6 , verse 6 talks about the men of war who came out of Egypt walked 40 years in the wilderness, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord. I would say He held these men accountable.It was their children that went into the promised land. |
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115 | What is the date of Jesus birth? | NT general Archive 1 | wordoer | 27689 | ||
My understanding is that the Hebrews considered that being "born", happened at conception. If this event (conception)occured on or about December 25th it would put the date of what we call "birth" ( 9 months later ) in late September, I back this up with a scripture from Luke 2:8, about some of the shepherds being out in the field,(probably close to time of bringing the flocks in for shelter),which would not have been out in the winter season. I believe the feast(of trumpets), took place around the September date, He was brought forth at the sounding of the Trumpet, ,it makes sense to me. | ||||||
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