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21 | The Ordination of Women | Numbers | serenetime | 43015 | ||
Donnaeve, Hi, and I am enjoying your question because this is something that has been asked before, and many do not agree, but It calls to mind the scriptures in Numbers, Num 22:21-29 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? That if God can choose an ass to speak for him then Gee, then God can choose a woman to speak on his behalf as well. I feel that if you take off the flesh body, then what do you have? We are all the same. 1 Cor 15:50 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. KJV So if this is true, then Women can be called. Matt 22:14 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. KJV 1 Tim 2:12 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. KJV The translation in the original Greek for the word for (woman) here is wife, NT:1135 (woman) gune (goo-nay'); probably from the base of NT:1096; a woman; specially, a wife: KJV - wife, woman. The translation for (usurp) in the original Greek renders- NT:831 authenteo (ow-then-teh'-o); from a compound of NT:846 and an obsolete hentes (a worker); to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate: KJV - usurp authority over. Do you see in this translation of usurp, it says to act of oneself. But if God had called her to be ordained she is not acting of oneself but what god wants, and who are we to trust? God or Man? God Bless your endeavours, and may you remain diligent in your determination to understand our Father's word. Your sister in the Living Water of Truth. SERENETIME |
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22 | Is tithe used for Min. or Bldg or both? | Num 18:28 | serenetime | 40222 | ||
Hey HEWEsq., I just got done answering a question regarding tithing recently. I personnally don't think that tithing is correct, but when it comes to giving a money offering to a church where you are being taught the true word of God, chapter by chapter and line by line and you're growing spiritually then it's appropriate. If you feel you are learning the word by your Pastor and or ministers in depth in the original languages in which they were written of the OT and the NT. But most of the time you will not find this type of teaching. So I would pray on whether to give a money offering to any church. As for where it's suppose to goes, it should go to where ever it's going to benefit the teaching of the true word of God, I hope I've helped. Your Sister in the true word of the LIVING WATER OF THE FATHER, SERENETIME |
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23 | judge 14-1-2-3-4 | Judges | serenetime | 46224 | ||
robfl253, Judg 16:1-25 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. By his lust and letting his guard down, he was betrayed by Delilah and by the strength he was given by his hair as a covering was no longer there. I hope I have helped. SERENETIME |
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24 | What pastor or church can be trusted | 1 Sam 3:1 | serenetime | 28309 | ||
Shell, If you study the word in depth and know what the word says and you are grounded, then you will not be swayed to believe hogwash. These sole called teachers thrive on unknowledgeable christians who are lazy and who are looking for a feel good doctrine. Jesus tells, us there will be false prophets in Matt 24.Also check out 2 Tim 4:3-4. It's up to us to know. Serenetime | ||||||
25 | can you help me defind Zion | 1 Kin 8:1 | serenetime | 23315 | ||
dltlshines, I agree with everything I have read, but just a added note, the spelling Zion is only in the Old Testament, which is number 6726 in the Hebrew of the Strongs Concordance, meaning as a permanent Capitol, a mountain in Jerusalem. In the New Testament the number is 4622 with the spelling of Sion, meaning a hill of Jerusalem, the church militant or triumphant. Hope this helps. Serenetime | ||||||
26 | How best to translate Ps. 45:6? | Psalm | serenetime | 28547 | ||
Hi Bonnie, Ps45:6 Thy Throne O God is forever and ever, the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. In my heart, and I know you have to try to see and attain this only in the heart. I see it as "Thy Throne", I look at God as so awesome and his LOVE is so unfathomable, incomprehencible. The Ultimate strength of His Perfectness. "O God" says to me as a crying out and a yearning to know HIS depth. And there is none like you, my mind never stops the urgent wanting to understand how infinite His LOVE for me and all mankind truly is. Everything else is but a vapour, poof! " is forever and ever" Without ending, time out of mind, everlasting, to everlasting and on and on, a vanishing point. "The sceptre of" Ruling and Reigning in Ultimate Royalty, He is true and purist Justice. His awesome Wisdom is unattainable, For He is KING!!! "thy kingdom" So prosperous, prosperity for everyone is without end, a kingdom spreading out so far and wide and that it has the most beautiful architect, Statues of Mighty Warriors. The buildings cry out their strength and are so High they Vanish. But feeling such a Safety. "is a right sceptre" And His is only right, and there is no other, end of disccussion. Like the human mind cannot understand the Richness and Mercy, and Love that Overflows, fills every crevice of His Being Pouring out continuously but with Serenity and Peaceful Beauty for HIS Children. Can you picture it??? I can sure try!! In Love Of the Truth, SERENETIME | ||||||
27 | What does "purge me with hyssop mean? | Ps 51:7 | serenetime | 26830 | ||
songnheart, I would like to help in shedding some light on the interpretation of this scripture. To me when he says "Purge me" there's such a earnest need in his heart for complete cleansing. It's like don't just sprinkle, but saturate me. Every nook and cranny. There is such a longing to erase this sin, he feels dirty. Wants to feel the closeness to God and his love because somehow he feels separated, but God is always there.Such a sorrow that he's hurt God. "Purge me", make haste. The sooner the better. Purge me in the original Hebrew is #2398 is chata meaning a primitive root, properly to miss, hence to sin, by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn. KJV, Bare the blame, commit sin by fault. Hyssop in the hebrew is ezob. It was used for sprinkling in some of the sacrifices and purifications of the Jews. In consequence of it's detergent qualities and how well it cleanses. Since on the stalk of hyssop the sponge of hyssop vinegar was held up to Jesus on the cross, John 19:29. There are many plants associated together with hyssop by qualities easily noticed rather than by close botannical affinities. So in this scripture he knows that if he is cleansed with hyssop, he knows he'll be completely clean, so much so that he will be whiter than snow, and I can't percieve what whiter than freshly fallen snow could be. There is such an assurance. This verse is so beautiful of the LOVE and FORGIVENESS and cleansing of God through Jesus interceding on our behalf. The Father Loves us so much, that we in the flesh could only get a glimpse of His unfailing LOVE for us. Oh how he must hurt on how the world is so sinful and filthy. Someday real soon we will be back in his LOvE. Oh how I can't wait. Take Good Care songnheart. In the Father's unfathomable Love, Serenetime | ||||||
28 | What is salvation? | Ps 68:19 | serenetime | 28304 | ||
Charis,Salvation is first in Romans 10. Notice verse 4, For Christ is end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. Rom.10:9,10, If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10) for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. But also 11, it says "whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. But in verse 16, Isaiah says "who hath believed our report". verse 17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. In Acts16:30,31 it says "And brought them out and said" Sirs what must I do to be saved." verse 30, And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Eph 2:5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Luke 1:74-80 That he would grant us, that we being delivered out of the hand of the enemy might serve him without fear. 75) In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 76) And thou child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways; 77)To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins, 78)Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79) To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." 80) And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. I truly believe that you can confess with mouth, but if you don't know what you are confessing then how can you be saved. Saved from what? Rom.10:17 explains that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Yes, confession without knowledge is the first step, but it's up to the teachers to teach the true meaning of salvation. We as teachers are responsible to teach his word so then all know his true salvation from sin and that the enemy no longer hath dominion over them, and God's love and tender mercy through grace giving them power and confidence to endure to the end. Trusting in Jesus every day and him dying on the cross. Is it instantaneous as in confession and not knowing what you're confessing to. It's gradual, and in getting to know why you are saved and from what. So when at the judgement, Jesus doesn't say, depart from me, I never knew you. Serenetime | ||||||
29 | Bible Reference: "Sea of Forgetfulness" | Ps 103:12 | serenetime | 41019 | ||
itsy4u, I've enjoyed all I've read. Another thought comes to mind also what is written in Hebrews. Heb 8:1-13 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. Notice what it says in verse 12, I will remember no more (unrighteousness, and sins). But he is MERCIFUL. Thank you Father for the Peace through Iesous. Phil 4:7 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. KJV John 14:16-20 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. KJV I hope I have been helpful. LOVE in the LIVING WATER of TRUTH, SERENETIME |
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30 | Doubleminded? | Ps 119:113 | serenetime | 39239 | ||
Lovefountain, James 1:2-8 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. KJV NT:1374 dipsuchos (dip'-soo-khos); from NT:1364 and NT:5590; two-spirited, i.e. vacillating (in opinion or purpose): KJV - double minded. The word to vacillate in the Websters encyclopedia of dictionaries is rendered: to move to and fro; to waver; to be unsteady; to flucuate in opinion. In my opinion this is saying that we are constantly being tempted by the adversary in our flesh. If we continue in seeking The Father in prayer and in the word asking for his wisdom, not the wisdom of this world. The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. We will never be exempt from satan's devices, but we have the victory through the true word, the true messiah, the spoken word. Mark 4:15 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. You see he is constantly trying to take the word out our hearts. DON'T LET HIM!!!! KJV 1 Cor 1:20 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? KJV 1 Cor 1:27-31 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. KJV Keep your chin up, The Living Water (the Father) knows our hearts. Luke 16:15 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. KJV the Father knows we struggle, but it's ok as long as we don't let our fleshly nature take over, wouldn't you agree? Your friend in the true word and the wisdom of the Father of the Living Water, SERENETIME |
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31 | What does fearfully mean in this verse | Ps 139:14 | serenetime | 25203 | ||
Darnea, Hi, I just wanted to drop a little information about your question on Ps.139:14 the word fearfully is translated back to the original Hebrew as the word (yare) meaning to fear morally, and revere, to frighten, be (make) afraid, dread, put in fear, reverence. To revere means to regard with mingled fear, respect and affection; to reverence. Reverence means awe mingled with respect and esteem. And of course to have morals is to be in right conduct or duties of man; ethically, virtuous; chaste; discriminating against right and wrong; didactic; verified by reason or probability. With all that in mind, always striving to be more Christ like daily in our lives. We are to be a light that shineth in darkness. It's not telling us to be fearful as we would be fearful of a prowler or stalker for example. This fear is of the world. The Father is Spirit and Love. In His Love, Serenetime | ||||||
32 | Is the drunkenness figurative? | Jer 13:13 | serenetime | 28334 | ||
Searcher56, Using the Strongs Concordance, The word drunkenness taken back to original language of Jer.13:13 is #7943 intoxication, then going to #7937, shakar, a primitive root, to become tipsy in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence. Speaking of Israel in Ezek.23:29-34 same meaning, verse 30, I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. Verse 33, Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. In the Living Water, Serenetime | ||||||
33 | Is satan a spirit? | Ezek 28:14 | serenetime | 26511 | ||
Mincc, First of all where it says Satan in scripture. The meaning of the word Satan is #7854 (Meaning for Satan in all OT) translated back to original Hebrew is, An opponent, the arch enemy of God. Adversary, withstand, resist. Now I believe that he is most definitely spirit. When speaking of Angels, they too are spirit because they are in the spiritual realm. In NT in the original Greek is #4567 meaning Aramaic in origin (same meaning in all NT scriptures) The accuser, i.e. the devil. But what kind of spirit is another story, but we can all agree is that he is in the spiritual realm, and we are not, right? Now if we're saying that Satan is Lucifer is #1966 in the original Hebrew meaning of the OT, In a sense of Brightness, the Morning Star, King of Babylon. The word Lucifer is not found in the NT. As in Ezek. 28:14 is says he was a Cherub, it is #3742 in the original Hebrew, and is the same translation for Cherub in all the OT. It says that a cherub is an imaginary figure. As for to kill. In Exodus 20:13 where we find the Ten Commandments it says Thou shall not kill. The meaning for kill in the original Hebrew is properly to dash to pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder. Put to death, manslayer, murderer. From this translation I see and wholeheartedly believe that it means to premeditate to murder someone. Like lying in wait. Like having a plan. Because if not then all the people who have killed in self defense here and in war are unjustifiable. God gave us free will (YES) but also common sense in understanding his Word (letter to us) Accusing an innocent person that was drafted to war and had no choice but to kill and defend themselves and for the our country, and a person who kills someone that invades their home and it's either kill them or be killed is ludicrious, would you agree? So after all this, it is a sin to commit suicide, because it is premeditated. I hope this helps my friend. In the Love of the Living Water. Serenetime | ||||||
34 | Three days or three years? | Amos 4:4 | serenetime | 35060 | ||
Makarios, Interesting find and question. It's interesting that some translations say three days, and some say three years. In the KJV, it also says three years, but when going back to the original Hebrew and or Caldee in the Strongs Exhaustive Concordance it renders the meaning as such, OT#3117 yowm (yome); from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), often used adverb: KJV - age, always, chronicals, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, X end, evening, (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (age), (full) year (-ly), younger. In this we notice that it says that it's a "day", but then it also says it's an "age", "season", "space", and "daily". Possibly literally sunrise to sunset, or sunset to sunset. A space in time. But I know it says in scripture that a day to the Lord is a thousand years. 2 Peter 3:8 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. KJV My interpretation of this, is that three days means three ages, and three years also means three ages. In that years symbolises the thousand year period of one day, also rendering it an age. In the Love of the Living Water, Serenetime |
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35 | should you tithe | Malachi | serenetime | 15243 | ||
Lillie, I believe you should tithe only to a church where you learning the true word of God. If you are not being fed to the point where it's not opening up your understanding to the true word, then God would not want you to support this church. For instance, it's my experience that where they don't teach chapter by chapter, verse by verse, then you are not getting the whole story of the book. Many times churches will give you a verse, and then give you a whole story on that verse by whoever is teaching at the time. Alot of times it's taken completely out of context. We need to start from the beginning of the chapter and read the whole thing in order to get the true meaning of that verse. I find using a Strong's Concordance is very helpful, because it translates back to the original Hebrew,Chaldee, and in the New testament, the Greek. The way it was originally written before translated into English. Tithing is good in order to support your church and to get blessed by the Father. I don't agree with ten percent of your gross though. I guess people teach this according to the book of Malachi. Which is in the Old testament, and alot of people will say that's the old covenant. Were in a new covenant now, but when it comes to tithing they have no problem going back to the Old. You can support your church and be blessed without the ten percent of your gross, and it's still faith. Your helping to continue to get the true word of God taught. Take Care, Serenetime | ||||||
36 | What type of "magic" do magi do? | Matt 2:1 | serenetime | 27697 | ||
Hi Hix, Regarding what type of magic do the magi do. I came up with looking up the words "wise"in Matt.2:1 In the Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, going back to the original languages, I found that wise is #3097 in the Greek, it's Magos,of foreign origin from OT #7248, meaning a magian, oriental scientist, a magician. Also for sorcerer. I looked up sorcerer and from Acts.13:8 sorcerer is also translated #3097 in the greek. So I looked up #7248 in the OT which is Rab-mag, foreign word for Magian. Rab-mag, a Babylonian official. Then when looking up magician it's #2749 in the OT, is Chartom coming from from #2748, meaning magician but when you go to #2748 it means a horoscopian, as drawing of magical lines or circles. But interesting enough when I looked up witchcraft it was in Gal.5:20, #5331,coming from #5332, pharmakeia- medication (pharmacy), i.e. by extension (Magic) literally or figuratively, sorcery.#5332 is pharmakeus- from pharmakon ( a drug, i.e, spellgiving potion); a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. by extension a magician. As you can see this is where we get our words pharmacy,pharmicist. Makes you think, huh??I hope I've been of some help. Take Care Hix, In the Father's LOVE, Serenetime | ||||||
37 | Information about the "fish" | Matt 4:18 | serenetime | 20684 | ||
When Jesus told his disciples in Matt.4:19, Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. They related to this because in Matt.4:18 they were casting their nets in the sea of Galilee. That was their livelihood. They saw Jesus walking on the water. He was the teacher, and they learned from him, and his ways. So this is where I believe the fish emblem came from. Also in scripture is sometimes calls the sea, the nations. I hope this helps. Of the True Father, Serenetime | ||||||
38 | Is lusting after wife sin? | Matt 5:28 | serenetime | 23313 | ||
Xchngdlife, I have looked up the word lust only in some new testament scriptures. In Matt.5,28 the word lust is 1937 in the Greek,epithumeo, To set the heart upon, long for rightfully or otherwise. It is the same in James 4,2. In Rom.7,7 the word is 1939 in the Greek is epithumia, meaning a longing for, especially what is forbidden. In 1 Cor. 10,6 it is 1938 in the Greek, epithumetes, meaning a craver, to lust after and comes from 1937. In the New World Dictionary for Lust it says, pleasure, delight, appetite, to be eager, also it says a desire to gratify the senses, bodily appetite, sexual desire, seeking unrestrained gratification, etc. Lusting for your wife is a good thing. As long as it's only your wife. Serenetime | ||||||
39 | Is lusting after wife sin? | Matt 5:28 | serenetime | 25197 | ||
Xchngdlife, After I had answered this question by you previously I had a awful feeling about this that somehow my answer was incomplete. But the Holy spirit kept tugging at my heart to complete this answer. I really feel that even though I gave some meanings of lust in the NT, I have noticed that not one was good, except the one in Matthew. Because it says it can be for good or bad, but to me it's still not good. It makes my answer look like a mistake. But now I would like to give some other examples of lust, covet, desire, etc. They are all the same meaning, Doesn't every christian desireth, lust for, covet for the return of Iesous. It's in Love. In 1Cor. 12:31 It is 2206, Zeloo in the Greek means to have warmth of feeling for or against, covet earnestly, lust, have desire, be zealous, envy. When you and your wife are apart there is a desire to be together, because when you do, you and her become one flesh. In Deut. 18:6 which is the book of the law, the word is Desire (which has the same meaning for Lust, covet) is #185 meaning longing for, desire, lust after, pleasure. Also in Deut. 21:11, again in the Hebrew for lust is #2836 Chashaq, Meaning cling, join, to love, delight in, to deliver, have a delight, set in love, a longing. I know that when my husband is away at work, I have a strong desire for his company and closeness. It's not just desire for sexuality, but also for companionship. Today for example I called him at work really missing him, just wanting to talk. He missed me just as much. And still desiring, lusting, longing for one another after 22yrs. of marriage. I thank Iesous for bringing us together in 1980. In 1Cor. 14:39. for covet (lust) is #2206 again Zeloo in the Greek meaning, to have warmth of feeling for or against, affect, covet earnestly, have desire, lust, be zealous. So you see there is also good side to this coin. I, too agree with the others that the husband is to love their wives, even as Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it, and likewise the wife is to love her husband and submit, etc. It's not exact how the scripture reads, but close enough. Take care, I hope this helps. In the Love of the Father Serenetime | ||||||
40 | Origin of Rapture of the Church doctrine | Matt 24:3 | serenetime | 20685 | ||
Hi stjones, Through my studies I have found that previously before the 1830's the doctrine of the rapture was never taught. A woman named Margaret Mcdonald had a vision regarding this, and the vision spread. Margaret even felt afterwards that it was not right. She was from Glasgow, Scotland. Their are a few scriptures that people use in the new testament, but like any other scripture by itself can be taken out of contexts. Check out about Margaret Mcdonald yourself. I hope this helps. Of the true Father, Serenetime | ||||||
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