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121 | Please explain James 1:2 | James | greentwiga | 141167 | ||
One of the greatest verses. Jesus faced the crown of thorns mocking whipping till his back was bloody, having nails driven through his hands and feet and the long agony burning fiery pain of struggling to breatheby pulling himsef up by the nails. He then bore our sins and was separated from God. For the joy set before him, that of being ressurected, having paid for our sins and now able to offer us forgiveness, cleansing and abundant eternal life. We are also called to suffer trials. We suffer for preaching the Gospel. This is great joy to be given this priveledge. The joy is seeing the result, others saved. Suffering for our own sins, even a heart attack for not controlling outr own appetite is not this. Suffering the effects of the world in bondage, whether a tsunami, or cancer can build character, but is not a trial by persecution. Though much of James discusses various sinful was of behaving, he returns to the subject in James 5:10. Here he discusses suffering for preaching the word. Though we should count all innocent suffering as useful, count it Joy to suffer for leading others to God. I did not succeed to well at times, but God does bless and I rejoiced over the results. Salvation of others is pure joy. greentwiga |
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122 | Baby or baby (continued)? | Luke 2:16 | greentwiga | 141163 | ||
what is the issue is the diety of christ, which is true. he is god with us. these are scriptural issues. the sweet savor of the crucified and ressurected christ and him living in us is what draws people to christ. that is my focus. greentwiga |
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123 | The things concerning this Child. | Luke 2:16 | greentwiga | 141148 | ||
I see in your profile that you are interested in capitalization. Remember the ancient greew was written differently. itwaswrittenwithnospacesitwaswrittenwithnocapitals punctuationwasalsomissinglikethesesentences Capitals for pronouns for God and Jesus is thus an invention of the English translators. To me, if it was not in the original greek, it is not an issue. Greentwiga |
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124 | history of Mary Magdalene? | Luke | greentwiga | 141146 | ||
There is very little. Luke 8:2 Mary had 7 demons cats aou and was one of 3 specifically mentioned that supported the disciples. in Luke 24:10 Mary M, Joanna and Mary mother of James prepare spices, meet the Angels and report to the 11. In Matt 27:60-28:11 the two Marys watched the body get laid in the tomb, and met Jesus after meeting the angels. Mark 15:40-16:11 repeats this but adds that a bunch of women watched the crucifixion including the two Marys. John 19:25 and 20:1-18 repeats the story in a little different order and has the touching scene of her cryingand clinging? to him and being told not to but to go to the disciples. There is no other mentions of Mary M. The belief that Jesus married parallels too closely the Tammuz typ of stories. This is the God that marries a woman dies and is born to her. Frequently the "church" allowed other beliefs to be rewritten to sound Christian and thus make Christianity acceptable to the pagans. The end of the book, the DaVinci Code admits to this pagan source when it has the couple perform a ancient pagan fertility rite. Stick to what the Bible says, which is very little. She was a disciple, no more, no less. Greentwiga |
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125 | Another question on Genesis 28 | Genesis | greentwiga | 141133 | ||
There is a difference between what a man thinks is happening and what is really happening (eg Jacob and the spotted sheep.) Isaac thought he had a choice in who to bless. Jacob blessed Joseph by declaring God's blessing on the boys. Gen 48:16. Jacob then calls the sons and tells tham what will happen (Gen 49.) Balaam is hired to curse Israel. Balak declare Balaam blessed them instead. Balaam says "I must speak what the Lord puts in my mouth." (Num 23) Could Isaac really have reversed the blessing? Could Balaam? Greentwiga |
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126 | Does satan call us by numbers? | Revelation | greentwiga | 141131 | ||
I can't remember any such verse. Rev 13:18 talks about man's number. It is 666. The Hebrew word for 7 can also be translated oath. Oath keeping seems equated with Godliness.666 seems related, ie not fulfilling the oath. It does not seem to indicate that Satan translates men's names into numbers, but men do. | ||||||
127 | am I saved | John | greentwiga | 141118 | ||
There are several ways of answering your Question. Some like John 6:37 Whoever comes to Me, I will never drive away. Others John 10:28-9 No one can snatch them out of My/God's hand. Heb 10:14 is a favorite. by one sacrifice, He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Notice after Jesus makes us perfect, He then proceeds to make us holy. All christians, after being saved, will still sin. John gives the signs of being saved in 1 John (1 John 5:13) He gives about 25 signs, including the need to confess sins. Finally, use logic. If we lost our salvation each time we sinned, how could we have peace? God gives perfect peace. Keep confessing sins and watch Him work in your life. | ||||||
128 | Did Rebekah actually receive a curse? | Gen 27:27 | greentwiga | 141111 | ||
I added a note to clay's | ||||||
129 | Did Rebekah actually receive a curse? | Gen 27:27 | greentwiga | 141110 | ||
Jacob says If I give him stew, Isaac will feel my arm, know I am not Esau, and curse me. Rebekah says, If he curses you, let it fall on me, just make the stew. While he does, she prepares goatskin coverings, probably from the stomach for hair most like humans and gets Esau's clothes. Since the ruse works, Isaac does not curse Jacob, but blesses him as is recorded in scripture. Since there was no curse, there was nothing to pass on to Rebekah. The curse comes from Isaac not God. You are right that Rebekah and Jacob each suffered for the trickery, but not as a result of a curse from Isaac. Greentwiga |
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130 | what was the mark of cain? | Gen 4:15 | greentwiga | 141091 | ||
We don't really know what the mark of Cain was from the Bible. We do know its effect. it was a mark that prevented people from killing him. This could be in two forms. Some people were marked with a slave mark. People could not hold the slave responsible for some things, but the master. The mark might have been a sign of ownership. In the Bible, a mark of ownership was to have ones ear pierced. A sign of belonging to God was circumcision. Back then, If a man committed murder, any family member of the murdered man could kill the murderer. This was the avenger of blood mentioned in the Old Testament. Another type of mark was a blemish. A blemished sheep was an unacceptable sacrifice. Back then, people would sacrifice other people to ensure fertility of the soil. The burning of children to Baal and the sacrifice of the daughter in Judges are later examples of this when the practice was disappearing. Cain's mark might have been a blemish to make him an unacceptable sacrifice in the unbeliever's (in the true God) eyes. Therefore, the mark could be either, depending on what you think might be the reason others would want to kill Cain. The mark might even have served both purposes. Greentwiga |
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131 | 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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132 | accordign to the bible there were 360 | Revelation | greentwiga | 141035 | ||
Though you can see from Rev 11 that 42 months of 30 days equals 1260 days, the Hebrews knew there was a lunar calender and a solar one. Whether they used a mixture of 29 day and 30 day months or just purely 30 day months, they had leap months just like we have leap years. They would add in a thirteenth month to make the lunar calender stay close to the solar one. Their solar calender was based on the points the sun made its most northerly and southerly movements, so their years are the same as ours. Now the Jews count back to some point to set a year number different from the Christians. In the time of the Monarchy, the did not use any such concept. The years were reset with each new king. Therefore, the Bible doesn't say what year we are in. Greentwiga |
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133 | 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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134 | god telling moses and joshua to destroy | Num 33:52 | greentwiga | 141021 | ||
There are two types of commands. Numbers 33:52 gives the command to drive out all the inhabitants. Similar verses might emphasize to drive them out and totally destroy the nation. That means the government. In Deut 21:16-18, it focuses on destroying totally the cities. It lists specifically 6 of the 7 inhabitant groups of Canaan. There are a few specific "kill all" commands, such as the Midianites. The Deut passage is the broadest such command. Most quotes elsewhere focus on the driving them out command (1 Chron, Psalms) Greentwiga |
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135 | 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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136 | That they are enemies of the cross | Philippians | greentwiga | 140937 | ||
There are two possibilities, the unsaved and "Christians" living against God's word. Phil 1:17,2:3, 3:2 all focus on so called Christians who cause God to be rejected by nonChristians. We should weep for those people. Greentwiga |
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137 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | greentwiga | 140935 | ||
I have been trying to correlate everyone from Abraham to the captivity with the rest of the world. some interesting possibilities. Updated my profile to say some things about me. | ||||||
138 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | greentwiga | 140922 | ||
It has taken me time to research. Slowly I add clues. One fact is that there are all sorts of business records that are dated by the various kings. Some kings have no records, and others have no records after a certain year despite our belief that he reigned more years. The length of the reigns of the kings mentioned in the Bible can be dated to the year, the month and sometimes the day, just by business records. The doubtful kings are said to have reigned after the Biblically recorded ones. There is a total of 77 years that are doubtful. The same time period in Egypt and Greece also has major problems with the dating. If about 27 years of the 77 years were added in, Daniels 69 weeks would go from the decree to Jesus much better. I am still studying the times. Even so, the end of the captivity until the decree in question is undated in the Bible and we still need to rely on outside sources. Even the dating of Jesus death still uses outside sources, but at least this is much better documented. |
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139 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | greentwiga | 140912 | ||
Thank you. The ones that I have seen try to go with the current persian chronology rather than consider that mistakes have been made. I'll look at the ones you suggested. I don't like the other attempts. Greentwiga |
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140 | Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? | Gen 11:10 | greentwiga | 140904 | ||
There is some doubt about some of the Persian kings existance. If a few years were dropped out, the 70 weeks of Daniel might fit the coming of Jesus. Thus I have questions about using the secular dates. Thanks for the reply. Greentwiga |
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