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281 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 131323 | ||
EdB, I've luckily been able to orate from the NASB quite well, but I particularly employ some techniques to be successful at this. When I read publicly from the NASB, I get a great number of positive comments from people in the church, as to my clarity and impact. Little do they know that I have a few secrets to oration, however. And though some of these points may seem a bit subtle, there's actually more to them than one may initially suspect. - 1. Double column bibles are superior to single column bibles for purposes of public oration. This is because the narrower double columns work the eye muscles less, thereby enhancing the reader's interpretive brain concentration by about 10 percent. Wider single columns, however, cause the eye muscles to move twice as hard, insofar as the eyes are constantly moving from left to right, instead of simply gliding down the page. It's good if the entire line is in eyeshot all at once. This is also important for private readers, and narrow double columns are specifically designed for ease of reading. Students don't lose their spots as readily and can read for longer time periods, while simultaneously being more focused on the actual content of the text, versus being focused on how tired their eyes are. This leads to a more intensified and thorough biblical interpretation for the reader. 2. When publicly orating (assuming we are now reading from double column bibles), verses should mentally be broken down into logical parts. In other words, I may not be able to say a whole long sentence in a single breath, so I'll break the verse down into a few logical parts as I read. I will read each part quickly (rather than slowly), albeit with long pauses between each part. This method is superior than reading long portions of scripture very slowly to a group, in the absence of pauses. The audience listens to the information as you are reading, but they process the meaning of each phrase during each of your pauses, thereby increasing their memory retention. 3. Variation in the enunciation also helps if done properly. For example, many preachers who speak in monotone voices will often put people to sleep. They shall often be accused of lacking passion in their preaching as a result. However, oraters and speakers who vary their enunciation will typically be deemed by common crowds as being passionate about what they preach, as if they believed their own message moreso. Perhaps think of it this way. If I spend my whole time whispering, you will soon grow deaf to what I say. Until, of course, I loudly shout a statement amidst my whisperings, that all of a sudden catches your attention. However, the reverse is also true. If I scream and shout my entire sermon and/or oration (as some preachers do), you will soon become deaf to my screaming and yelling. But if I suddenly insert a whisper into my incessant yelling, your ears will therefore attune themselves to my brief whisper, and it will be the only thing that you remember from my sermon/oration. Variance is the key. However, monotone language puts people to sleep. ---- How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. (Romans 10:14-17 NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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282 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 131320 | ||
Doc, Thanks much for your comments on the versification of scripture. I find that this was done rather poorly too. And it's probably been largely a culprit in the tendency for people to take just a single verse and build whole doctrines around it, in the absence of such a verse's greater biblical context. I did a further brief count of chapters, paragraphs and verses in the (NASB) New Testament. I find it rather interesting how the different translations of the bible each have different paragraph breaks, solely dependent on what the individual publishers of each version may allow. The average paragraph in the (NASB) New Testament runs about 5 verses long. And I've isolated a fairly decent system of breaking each bible paragraph down to a five verse maximum, without being too restricting on the texts. There are three primary reasons that I desire to do this. 1. In the public quotation of scripture, it's very easy to lose people when more than a few verses are read at a time. Many NASB paragraphs may run twenty verses long, which is a bit much for people to fully digest all at once. 2. I personally believe that quoting single verses of scripture, to a congregation that is not largely familiar with the bible, tends to lead to greater contextual errors in the listeners. Hence, I prefer to quote at least a few verses at a time, with whatever I read publicly, so as to retain at least some small degree of context. 3. Smaller paragraphs breaks can also serve as a simple management tool when tackling more in-depth bible study. Basically, you break heavy passages into digestible bits, so you don't choke on them. Again, I fully agree with you that there are vast limitations to this approach. I comically figure that if the creators of chapters and verses in the bible did such a bad job, that I might be able to make some meager improvements on it, if solely for my own continued growth and understanding. ---- In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly. The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body. (Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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283 | "Bosom of Abraham" a Rabbinical Idiom? | Luke 16:20 | Reighnskye | 131317 | ||
Doc, I'm not quite sure if this would answer your question, and certainly there are others more qualified than me on the subject. I've done some readings in Josephus (including your excerpt) perhaps fifteen or twenty years ago, so it's been awhile. I've noticed that there are several Old Testament writings (predating Josephus) that are quite similar to this one here. Many of the ideologies within Josephus's writings are merely borrowed from other ancient source texts. Some of these ancient source texts are remaining and some are extinct. The most notable might be the book of Second Esdras (2 Ezra), wherein an even more detailed set of visions of the heavens and the hells are experienced under the instruction of an angelic messenger. Please check the apocrypha for this book. The NRSV apocrypha is quite particulary good. I suggest that the Catholic belief in purgatory more resembles the Old Testament version of heaven and hell, as was prevalent in many ancient Old Testament era (albeit extra-biblical) texts. I find it to be a very interesting and enlightening study to research what people during Old Testament times believed about the afterlife. This would be to the exclusion of New Testament beliefs on the subject. You would gather some very unique findings. I had spent a few years of my life loosely sorting through about 200 psuedapigraphal texts (approximately 100 OT era and 100 NT era), wherein many of these texts make references to the beliefs of ancient peoples. These ancient beliefs are not otherwise commonly noticed in scripture, without extra-biblical (psuedapigraphal) research involved. - Just a couple of notes on psuedapigraphal and apocryphal writings. 1. I suggest that there are many ancient texts that are 99 percent divinely inspired (except for minor doctrinal inaccuracies). However, if just one verse of a psuedipigraphal text would be deemed uninspired, then it is automatically rejected from the canon of divine scripture as a whole. However, we can say the same thing about any book authored by Billy Graham, Max Lucado, Charles Swindoll or John MacArther, yet we still read them and are greatly inspired by them. They also are not inerrently inspired, and occasionally a paragraph or two will be error-filled. 2. Some psuedipigraphal writings are outright forgeries (albeit ancient forgeries), that have been severely tampered with. Many others, likewise, are merely inaccurate re-writes of now extinct texts. However, even the forgeries will sometimes contain keys to the belief systems of the ancient world (the afterlife for example) that can still add to the richness of our knowledge of ancient culture. Just some thoughts. ---- It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." (Jude 1:14-15 NAS95) And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 1:14-15 KJV) - Reighnskye |
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284 | How much authority do leaders have? | Ruth 3:5 | Reighnskye | 131312 | ||
Hank, Thanks much for your response. This scripture speaks quite precisely to the situation that arises when the ordinances of human government conflict with God's laws. ---- They *said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He *said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's." (Matthew 22:21 NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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285 | How much authority do leaders have? | Ruth 3:5 | Reighnskye | 131311 | ||
Doc, So are the different types of authority ranked in any way? Or do they each apply separately to different jurisdictions? For example: Federal/State authority (our government) Parental authority (our family) Corporate authority (our workplace) Religious authority (our church) Who's the most important and who's the least important, when they may disagree with each other? ---- Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (Romans 13:1-4 KJV) - Reighnskye |
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286 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | Reighnskye | 131310 | ||
Doc, I'm attempting to understand your illustration of semantics here. You mention that part of becoming a Christian involves taking up a new language. I'm wondering what exact language that you may be referring to? What are some of it's core terminologies, for example? I'd hate to think that a person would not likely be successful as a Christian if she/he had to be formally educated in terminologies that would often require seminary training. - Reighnskye |
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287 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | Reighnskye | 131309 | ||
Doc, In what way has God raised his Word above his Name? I've heard this said before by people, but the doctrine never really made sense to me. The NASB and the KJV each render the verse very differently, insofar as the NASB seems to intimate that God's Word is an equivalent expression of God's Name. Is one of the translations incorrect? I've not noticed this doctrine to appear anywhere else in scripture. ---- I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. (Psalms 138:2 NAS95) I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. (Psalms 138:2 KJV) ---- As far as semantics, I tend to agree with you. These are extremely important. Much heresy and apostasy has originated from redefinitions of basic words. I've encountered an obstacle with a friend of mine in the past however. He would often tend to break words down into their root origins, even quoting his hebrew/greek lexicon, but it seemed as if he had canonized his lexicons beyond the canonization of scripture itself. I tried to point out to him that even his greek/hebrew lexicons were man-made, and therefore fallible. Indeed, no mortal language is perfect that it could possibly produce an inerrent written text. - Reighnskye |
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288 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 131222 | ||
Greetings CDBJ, Actually, I'm not placing any expectations on Lockman to alter any of their texts at all. I'm moreso looking for input from other students of the bible how I may create smaller paragraph breaks for purposes of more efficient sermon quotation. I've investigated all of the NASB bibles that have been in print for the last twenty years or so, and had never seen anything like this. The closest I came to it was a parallel bible, wherein some other versions had smaller paragraph breaks already within the texts. I'm looking to break down the paragraphs strictly on my own, and I'm just looking for input from others on how to best do it, if that may be available. Besides, I wouldn't even be sure who to contact at Lockman for that. Aren't they more of a business? I'm not really sure what they do there, outside of translate and publish. - Rieghnskye |
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289 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Not Specified | Reighnskye | 131215 | ||
Greetings. Is there a way that I can create additional paragraph breaks throughout my NASB bible, for purposes of making it more quotable for sermons? Please bear with me here as I go through some facts, purely for the sake of isolating bible study methods. ---- Currently the bible has nearly 1200 chapters with roughly 30,000 verses after my last rough estimate, and I'm greatly rounding the figures out here, so I can do an easier math. Then, we may further tabulate that the average pastor and/or sermonizer in the pulpit will give roughly 100 unique sermons per year (50 on weekends and 50 on weekdays). If each sermon is one hour long (and most sermons are shorter), this then allocates that a pastor/sermonizer does 100 hours of teaching per year directly from the pulpit. Further, the now deceased J. Vernon MgGee did a full radio exposition of the entire bible over a five year period with weekday shows of 1/2 hour each, which equates to 2 1/2 per week for 250 total weeks. Hence, a full bible exposition would potentially require 650 combined hours of pulpit teaching time, according to this vastly approximated measure. Further, it takes approxiamtely 60 hours for the entire bible to be verbally read aloud, as evidenced when the bible is placed onto a cd or tape set, via a bible orater. Hence, one tenth of a sermonizer's pulpit time is spent directly quoting scripture, according to these very rough figures. Whereas, 9/10ths of the time is spent in exposition, etc. ---- Anyway, that's my math so far. So, what's that got to do with anything practical? Well, I went through the bible and isolated sets of the top 100/200/500/1000 scripture units and highlighted them through comparative analysis. This largely started so I could look up verses easier on most any primary topic. I yet need to arrange these scripture units topically into a systemized set of 100 to 400 sermons (or thereabouts) with 4 to 12 quotable scripture units apiece. So here's my problem. I lack an accurate way to practically slice the larger paragraphs in the NASB down into smaller paragraphs of about 3 to 4 verses each. When I teach, I seldom like to quote more than 3 or 4 verses at a shot verbally, because it'll lose people. ---- Is there an efficient way to slice NASB paragraphs into smaller, more quotable units, in a relatively accurate fashion? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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290 | More quotable paragraph breaks for NASB? | Bible general Archive 2 | Reighnskye | 131219 | ||
Greetings. Is there a way that I can create additional paragraph breaks throughout my NASB bible, for purposes of making it more quotable for sermons? Please bear with me here as I go through some facts, purely for the sake of isolating bible study methods. ---- Currently the bible has nearly 1200 chapters with roughly 30,000 verses after my last rough estimate, and I'm greatly rounding the figures out here, so I can do an easier math. Then, we may further tabulate that the average pastor and/or sermonizer in the pulpit will give roughly 100 unique sermons per year (50 on weekends and 50 on weekdays). If each sermon is one hour long (and most sermons are shorter), this then allocates that a pastor/sermonizer does 100 hours of teaching per year directly from the pulpit. Further, the now deceased J. Vernon MgGee did a full radio exposition of the entire bible over a five year period with weekday shows of 1/2 hour each, which equates to 2 1/2 per week for 250 total weeks. Hence, a full bible exposition would potentially require 650 combined hours of pulpit teaching time, according to this vastly approximated measure. Further, it takes approxiamtely 60 hours for the entire bible to be verbally read aloud, as evidenced when the bible is placed onto a cd or tape set, via a bible orater. Hence, one tenth of a sermonizer's pulpit time is spent directly quoting scripture, according to these very rough figures. Whereas, 9/10ths of the time is spent in exposition, etc. ---- Anyway, that's my math so far. So, what's that got to do with anything practical? Well, I went through the bible and isolated sets of the top 100/200/500/1000 scripture units and highlighted them through comparative analysis. This largely started so I could look up verses easier on most any primary topic. I yet need to arrange these scripture units topically into a systemized set of 100 to 400 sermons (or thereabouts) with 4 to 12 quotable scripture units apiece. So here's my problem. I lack an accurate way to practically slice the larger paragraphs in the NASB down into smaller paragraphs of about 3 to 4 verses each. When I teach, I seldom like to quote more than 3 or 4 verses at a shot verbally, because it'll lose people. ---- Is there an efficient way to slice NASB paragraphs into smaller, more quotable units, in a relatively accurate fashion? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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291 | Should nations own land territories? | Obad 1:20 | Reighnskye | 131210 | ||
Tim, I agree that these are all excellent points that are made. I'm not so much denying that property rights were issued to people in the Old Testament Law of Moses. Indeed, they are aplenty. My concern rather is to what extent we should still be trying to live by that law today. Jesus gave a newer set of teachings to his direct disciples which were later performed within the early church. While the Old Testament affords a great many rights to the righteous, I believe that Christ teaches sinners to embrace a less material perspective, which is rather uncommon in today's society. Here is my own paraphrase: "If we cannot give up our right to own things, then they do indeed own us". ---- Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property. (Matthew 19:21-22 NAS95) Then Peter said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. (Matthew 19:27-29 NAS95) When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. (Luke 18:22-23 NAS95) Peter said, "Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You." And He said to them, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life." (Luke 18:28-30 NAS95) and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. (Acts 2:45 NAS95) For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales (Acts 4:34 NAS95) Reighnskye |
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292 | Does God plunge mortals into ignorance? | Obad 1:8 | Reighnskye | 131209 | ||
Aaron, Thanks again for all of the great comments. You've given me a bit to think about. Reighnskye |
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293 | What should be a woman's boundaries? | Ruth 2:22 | Reighnskye | 131196 | ||
Prayon, For example, here are a couple of corporate safety guidelines that I've directly encountered in the workplace. I'm wondering if the scriptures speak of these things at all. - 1. Supervisors are restricted from engaging in any sort of course jesting (sexual, racial, religious, etc.), whether or not the listeners may externally appear to be receptive or not. The idea contained herein is that employees who are offended by their supervisors often won't mention their reservations anyway, and will most often quit their jobs before filing a discrimination grievance. Therefore, even well-intentioned jokes of a potentially off-nature are banned, even when the listeners externally appear to be receptive. 2. Females should always be accompanied by a trusted partner (usually also female) when entering and leaving the work facility during off-hours when no one is in the parking lot. Both strangers and work associates may yet pose a safety risk, despite having otherwise safe appearances. - These are just a couple of corporate boundaries produced by the secular realm, which even religious people may wish to apply in the church realm. Would my extension be valid? I'm probably not the most scripturally-based here. Reighnskye |
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294 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | Reighnskye | 131194 | ||
Doc, I clearly see now what you mean by over-spiritualization. Thank you for the illustrations contained in these specific examples. I probably might use a different term myself, but it's probably not best for me to get weighed down in excessive semantics anyway. ---- When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then He *said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household. (John 19:26-27 NAS95) I would interpret the scripture unit that you cite as still possessing a vastly spiritual dimension and meaning. This is notwithstanding it's practical application of the inherent spirituality conveyed therein. For example, although I wouldn't desire to project either of these two misinterpretations that you mention upon this text, I would still have to say that this scripture unit (like any other) has an inherent spiritual lesson for each one of us. The spiritual lesson in this particular unit might be in regards to the spiritual family which we have in the church, wherein Mary and John take care of each other, despite their lack of immediate familial relations in the flesh. In other words, spiritually speaking, we are all one family. It is my premise that no verse of scripture lacks a spiritual origination and dimension to it. Nor should practical application be omitted either. Of course, any and all scriptures could be over-interpreted and/or under-interpreted as to their precise meanings, whether spiritually or practically. I suggest that the spiritual meaning of this verse is contained here. ---- While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You." But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." (Matthew 12:46-50 NAS95) ---- Further, you reference the interpretive authority basis used by the Protestants and the Catholics. What alternate authority might you suggest as being valid, that we may more directly rely on? Reighnskye |
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295 | Should nations own land territories? | Obad 1:20 | Reighnskye | 131191 | ||
Doc, I guess that I've always viewed the opposite converse of the Eighth Commandment to be something like "Thou Shalt Give" as opposed to "Thou shalt Own". Hence, the giving up of individual property rights, wherein we do not cling to this earth's possessions. Please note the following scriptures. ---- and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. (Acts 2:45 NAS95) And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. (Acts 4:32 NAS95) Reighnskye |
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296 | Will their be a Church remnant? | Obad 1:17 | Reighnskye | 131190 | ||
Sold Out, It is very pleasant to read all of the scripture references that you provide. I'm wondering what particular judgments await the church, that only a remnant will be left. Have the majority already occurred or are there many more to come? ---- For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? (1 Peter 4:17-18 NAS95) Reighnskye |
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297 | Does God plunge mortals into ignorance? | Obad 1:8 | Reighnskye | 131189 | ||
Aaron, You write a lot of thought-provoking notes here. Thank you for your indepth answers. You reference that even the natural creation declares the glory of God. I have to wholeheartedly agree. I guess what I'm trying to get at (or conversely understand better myself) is that an adult's rejection of the gospel is largely made via one's own earthly mind and mortal level of understanding. Indeed all wisdom originates from God, both spiritual and earthly. Nonetheless, I personally tend to view the large majority of supposed conversions and/or rejections of the gospel as being made according to the earthly type of knowledge, wherein the volition is somewhat compromised due to lack of spiritual awareness. I have to ponder some of the things that you write in your post here a bit more, insofar as I need to isolate some inconsistencies in either my own belief system or in some of the notions presented on these boards. It is my personal perspective that the majority of religious conversions and/or rejections of the gospel are done on a shallow level of earthly psuedo-consciousness, thereby largely lacking any degree of eternal impact. ---- I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? (Ecclesiastes 3:18-21 NAS95) Reighnskye |
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298 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | Reighnskye | 131176 | ||
Doc, How might one assess what is indeed over-spiritualization? My proposal is that we as mortals are not spiritual enough in our biblical interpretations. I would be greatly hesitant to reduce the greater spirituality of scripture down to a basis of mere speculation. Indeed, the Bible offers us a plethora of earthly applications for our personal lives. But the moment that we may potentially separate these earthly applications from an enlightened spiritual vision, such applications therefore tend to revert to empty and vain religiosity. Even as any supposed spirituality, in the absence of earthly application, will only be revealed to be a psuedo-spirituality in the end. I would be very careful here to differentiate between spirituality and speculation, as the two are commonly mistaken for each the other. Speculation has it's place, but ideally under the greater context of direct spiritual revelation. As far as authority goes when rendering biblical interpretations, I am aware of no other source than the Holy Spirit. Even many of the later church fathers and theologians (after the apostles died out) were not fully adequate in my view to interpret the scriptures for us. Their own doctrinal schisms against one another seems to confirm this to me. Blessings, Reighnskye |
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299 | Visions through angelic messengers only? | Obad 1:1 | Reighnskye | 131173 | ||
Rowdy, Amen. You have my full support on the matter, for whatever it may be worth. Blessings, Reighnskye |
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300 | Were woman bought and sold? | Ruth 4:5 | Reighnskye | 131171 | ||
Aaron, Your comments are extremely insightful and add an immense amount to broaden my perspective. Now that you mention it, Boaz clearly represents Jesus as the kinsman redeemer. I've always viewed Ruth's role as a gentile (sinner) who converts to Judaism (Christianity). If one adopts a more expansive biblical perspective than what the book of Ruth alone can provide, we may potentially apply some of these other roles as well. Here is just some of my own immediate speculation, if I'm not overly projecting my ideas onto the text here. Naomi (the patriarch Israel) becomes barren with the loss of her two sons (the nations of Judah and Israel). The sinner Ruth (gentile church) converts to Judaism (Christianity) with the aid of Boaz the kinsman redeemer (Jesus). John the Baptist (the Law of Moses) couldn't quite get the job of redemption done, despite his best efforts, so he ended up just pointing the way. ---- And here is just a wild side note with a possible modern day reference, although this would strictly reflect my own personal beliefs. After the reign of King Solomon, his two sons Jeroboam and Rehoboam got into a big fight. Hence, the nation of Israel (the Catholic Church) and the nation of Judah (the Protestant Church) wind up in a near-permanent schism, and are each eventually subjugated and exiled during the Assyrian and Babylonian dominations. The schism of God's people basically amplified an apostasy. Please read the texts here carefully. ---- There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. (1 Kings 14:30 NAS95) Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. At the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured. Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they would neither listen nor do it. (2 Kings 18:9-12 NAS95) At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land. (2 Kings 24:10-14 NAS95) The word of the LORD came again to me saying, "And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.' "Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. "When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?' say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' "The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. "They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God. "My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. (Ezekiel 37:15-24 NAS95) I'd be interested in your opinion as well. Reighnskye |
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