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41 | I there a book about the hall of souls | Col 3:16 | bible believer | 200228 | ||
hi petcat: welcome to the forum! so good to hear that God has drawn you back to Him. He is so faithful to love and care for His own! the following info is from Wikpedia regarding "The Guf-Hall of Souls". you will note that although perhaps an interesting topic, it is one of mysticism, based in Jewish folklore and legend. i would respectfully suggest that better reading material for someone returning to the Lord after a "crisis of faith" would be His holy word. that aside, there is plenty of information on this topic on the internet. just "google" it and many, many sites will be available to you. In Jewish mysticism, the Chamber of Guf (or Guph or even Gup) (Hebrew for "body" or "corpse") also called the Otzar (Hebrew for "treasury") is the Hall of Souls, located in the Seventh Heaven. Every human soul is held to emanate from the Guf. The Talmud teaches that the Messiah will not come until the Guf is emptied of all its souls (Yevamot 62a). The mystic significance of the Guf is that each person is important and has a unique role which only he, with his unique soul, can fulfill. Even a newborn baby brings the Messiah closer simply by being born. In keeping with other Jewish legends that envision souls as bird-like, the Guf is sometimes described as a columbarium, or birdhouse. Folklore says sparrows can see the soul's descent and this explains their joyous chirping. The peculiar idiom of describing the treasury of souls as a "body" may be connected to the mythic tradition of Adam Kadmon, the primordial man. Adam Kadmon, God's "original intention" for humanity, was a supernal being, androgynous and macro-cosmic (co-equal in size with the universe). When this Adam sinned, humanity was demoted to the flesh and blood, bifurcated and mortal creatures we are now. According to Kabbalah, every human soul is just a fragment (or fragments) cycling out of the great "world-soul" of Adam Kadmon. Hence, every human soul comes from the "guf [of Adam Kadmon]." |
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42 | Ruth2 y did Boaz redeem Ruth not Naomi? | Ruth 3:9 | bible believer | 200138 | ||
hi there tor: in the book of ruth, the "kinsman-redeemer" (boaz) actually redeemed the LAND that had been owned by naomi's husband's family. the word “kinsman” in hebrew is “goel” and refers to a “close relative who acts as a protector or guarantor of family rights.” boaz's family relationship to naomi's husband is what entitled him to redeem the land and return it to naomi. what boaz did with ruth came as a result of ruth's comment in chapter 3:9b--"I am your servant Ruth," she said. "spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer." when an ancient hebrew man married his wife, at the end of the wedding ceremony he would draw the corners of his outer garment over her head, symbolically covering her with his protection. when ruth went to boaz and asked that the corner of his garment be spread over her, she was requesting God’s “covering” and protection in her life! (see Deut 25:5-6) this custom of a close relative (brother) marrying his relative's widow in order to carry on the family name is referred to as “levirate marriage”. so........what boaz and ruth had falls under the category of levirate marriage; his redemption of the property came as a result of him being a kinsman redeemer. hope this info is of help to you. God bless! |
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43 | Jesus was a very good man | John 3:16 | bible believer | 200007 | ||
Good Afternoon! While i agree with both of the other posts/answers, I would like to add that when this has been said to me, the FIRST thing I do is ask how they came to that conclusion. Hearing the answer is very helpful in knowing how to best discuss this topic with them. For instance, just this past week I had someone say this and when I asked how they came to that conclusion, our discussion revealed that this person had never read the Bible and didn't know anything about Jesus aside from the fact that he was unjustly killed. (He knew nothing at all of the resurrection!) A great discussion followed resulting in him taking a Bible from me and agreeing to read the Gospel of John and meet with me weekly to discuss further. I think it is almost always a good idea to start with an approach like this as it gives the person an opportunity to speak his/her mind and be "heard" by me and gives me an opportunity to know just what misinformation/misinterpretation, etc. I'm going to be dealing with. Hope this info is helpful. God bless you!! |
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44 | Matching biblical husbands to wife's | Bible general Archive 4 | bible believer | 199487 | ||
If you're just looking for some husbands/wives, here's a few that i can think of off the top of my head: Hosea and Gomer; Mary and Joseph; Priscilla and Aquilla; Adam and Eve; Abraham and Sarah; Isaac and Rebekah; Jacob and Rachel; Sapphira and Ananias; David and Michal; Jezebel and Ahab; Elimelech and Naomi; Boaz and Ruth; Moses and Zipporah. Hope you can use some of them for your party.Shoul make for a fun time! | ||||||
45 | harvest is plentiful | Matt 9:35 | bible believer | 199473 | ||
good morning: when reading this verse in context (Matthew 9:35 and on) you can see that Jesus was referring to the many, many hurting and lost people of the world, all of whom need Him desperately! If, however, no one goes out to these people to bring them the good news of Christ, they will not get the help they need. The needy people are the "harvest", waiting to hear and the "laborers" are those people willing to share their faith, taking the good news of Christ to their families, friends, co-workers and strangers in their communities and around the world! | ||||||
46 | Difference between feeding 4,000 5,000 | Matthew | bible believer | 199441 | ||
Not meaning to sound silly but......the difference between the 2 events was 1,000 people:-) seriously, the feeding of the 5000 occurred earlier in the ministry of Jesus and was recorded in all 4 gospels. the feeding of the 4,000, occurred later and was recorded only in Matthew and Mark's account. Hope this info helps. |
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47 | sabbath day | Col 2:16 | bible believer | 199333 | ||
The Hebrew word sabbath means "the day of rest (or ceasing)" and entails a ceasing or resting from labor. The institution of the Old Testament Sabbath, a "perpetual covenant ... for the people of Israel" (Exodus 31:16-17), was in respect for the day during which God rested after having completed the Creation in six days (Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11). Originally, the term "Sabbath" denoted Saturday, the seventh day of the week (or, more precisely, the period from Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall). Under the "new covenant", New Testament Christians are not bound to keep the sabbath as Jesus IS our sabbath (rest). The custom of observing Sunday as the sabbath day as many Christians do, most likely came from the 1st century church who gathered and worshipped on Sunday, in commemoration of Christ's resurrection on Sunday. Since Christ is our sabbath rest and he lives within us, EVERY day is really the sabbath for Christians. Col 2:16 -17 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. |
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48 | Bibical prophecies about the endtimes. | Revelation | bible believer | 199111 | ||
The preterist view regards Revelation as a symbolic picture of early church conflicts which have already been fulfilled. This view denies the future predictive quality of most of the book of Revelation. In varying degrees, this view combines the allegorical and symbolic interpretation with the concept that Revelation does not deal with specific future events. The preterist movement essentially teaches that all the end times prophecies of the New Testament were fulfilled in A.D. 70 when the Romans attacked and destroyed Jerusalem and Israel. |
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49 | Is matt 24:30 a coming to God's throne? | Mark 14:62 | bible believer | 199016 | ||
hi there bunky: good question. i don't think that matthew 24:30 is really an allusion to daniel 7:13. mark 14:62 definitely is (both mark and daniel are referring to the Father's throne in heaven)but the verse in matthew has to be looked at in context. the context is referring to the end of the age (on earth) and refers to events all taking place on earth. context also tells you that the "nations" see him coming on the clouds. well, the "nations" are on the earth as well and i think this indicates that the matthew "coming" is to the earth, as opposed to heaven. hope this helps. | ||||||
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