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41 | Where is this located? | Gen 15:16 | greentwiga | 142263 | ||
Yes, absolutely. I am not sure if they were so much worse than some other nations as object lessons. Notice, that the Sumerians of Noah's time, the Sodomites of Abe's time and the Amorites of Moses' time were all wiped out. I am not sure if it was for different reasons. Oppression of the poor seems to be involved with all three. The ?Amelikites were also wiped out, but that seems to be a clear different reason. Greentwiga |
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42 | Who was Abraham ? | Gen 17:5 | greentwiga | 145073 | ||
No Steve, Scripture says Abe came from Ur of the Chaldees. It is only a recent interpretation, from Wooley, that it is the Ur of Southern Mesopotamia, Ur of the Sumerians. It only became Chaldean around 600 BC. There is another Ur. It is just north of Haran. It is called Sanliurfa now. The name means glorious Urfa. Muslims have consitered it the traditional birthplace of Abraham for far longer than Wooley's Idea. Furthermore, Abraham told his servant to go to his birthplace, and the servant went to the region around Haran. My country is also translated my native land (eg NIV)and the Hebrew means my birthland. Aram was never southern Mesopotamia. Naharaim means between the rivers. Gen 24:1-10 You are very right about obedience, but obedience does not earn us anything. Abe was the first to gain righteousness by faith, and have obedience be the outcome.This was a radically different concept that he received from God, and spread to others. greentwiga |
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43 | 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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44 | Distance of Promise Land? | Exodus | greentwiga | 140096 | ||
The time depends on the speed of the travel. When traveling up the east side of the dead sea in preparation to attack Jericho, they traveled about 11 miles per day, a decent pace for children and herds. That would have been 19 days from Goshen to Hebron (abt 200 mi). Some think that they traveled 200 miles in 5 days to get to Ezion Geber for the crossing of the Red Sea. Of course, traveling so fast would have left them unfit for battle. | ||||||
45 | Doesn't your answer make it 13 tribes? | Joshua | greentwiga | 145490 | ||
Manassah was divided in half so the half living in gilead and the half tribe living north of Jerusalem were each occassionally referred to as the half tribe. In Numbers two, where does it say half tribe? | ||||||
46 | Doesn't your answer make it 13 tribes? | Joshua | greentwiga | 145491 | ||
Thanks, I knew there were more lists. I just couldn't remember where. No further tribes are listed, so this still makes a total of thirteen. My way had them clearly listed together. Machir is not another tribe, but the son of Manassah, so correctly identified as the tribe of Manassah, just an alternate name. Thanks again Douglas |
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47 | Hear Thou...heaven. Hear Thy people | 2 Chr 6:24 | greentwiga | 140623 | ||
In researching the Gospel, it was evident that there were several components of both salvation and renewal. When God convicts you, you must turn. You must turn from you wicked way, and you must turn, not to some other god, but to the only true God. Confession of sins does no good if one confesses to Krishna. When we repent (turn) and confess to God through Jesus, does he forgive us and restore us. Greentwiga |
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48 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | greentwiga | 141788 | ||
We do know that Adam knew about evil, which had a specific meaning. Noah saw that his generation was condemned for evil, wickedness, corruption and violence.There were some other pieces of information, such as one man one woman marriage, and the man was the head of the house. Noah knew about clean and unclean animals. I am sure one can find more in Genesis. The other cultures that you refer to such as the laws of Hamurabi and laws before him can add to this picture. Greentwiga. |
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49 | Oldest Book of the Bible Job? | Job | greentwiga | 141808 | ||
True, I missed that totally. It is easy to just say God and let it go. So much of the law seems something people would develop logically. Thou shalt not murder seems like something that all societies would develop. In Romans, Paul talks about the facets that are obvious for all to see. this indicates that man would acquire some by logic and experience. Greentwiga |
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50 | Is there danger of guessing what He did? | Job | greentwiga | 141809 | ||
Rom 1:20, 1:32, 2:14-15 Greentwiga |
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51 | When was the Book of Job first published | Job | greentwiga | 142367 | ||
I was only going by evidence in the Bible. (except for the known history of writing) Moses is a logical guess, but just a human guess. Moses (or the writer)did not have to meet Job directly, but he could have heard the story. Therefore, It could have been earlier. Most date the Exodus to 1446, and the entrance into the promised land in 1406 ( I date it about 1390) This puts the earliest possible date to 1546 (1530 by my reckoning.) By this dating, my statement of about 1500 is about right, but a statement of about 1600 would be just as valid. If we agree on the statement of about 1600, I would be content. One thing to note is that all the translators from the earliest (eg septuagint, syriac, and aramiac) to the most recent have trouble translating because of the many unusual words. This argues against being composed by Moses (though he could have written down the story told him) because writers tend to use the same words and style. Thus the only real evidence that we have is what is in the Bible, and by that evidence, we have a wide range of possibilities. Greentwiga |
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52 | ten percent once every three years? | Prov 3:9 | greentwiga | 142546 | ||
Interesting. The average giving is 3.33 percent (10 percent once every three years.) and maybe 2 percent goes to the church. Hmmm. Thanks | ||||||
53 | do we eat our own tithe 2 years of 3? | Prov 3:9 | greentwiga | 142570 | ||
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54 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | greentwiga | 142299 | ||
Mark; Various concepts have caught the attention of Christians in different locals and at different times. In the 1920s, prohibition was the big thing. Christians crusaded to ban alcohol. In the 1850s, in England more than America, Christians crusaded to ban slavery. Homosexuality and abortion seem to be the Hot topics today. When I search through the Old Testament, oppression of the poor and the cry of people against oppressors seems to be the dominate theme. Homosexuality is clearly mentioned as sin, but no more than almost any other sin. My point about oppression is that sins that hurt other people seem to have greater importance. Intriguingly enough, the condemnation of Sodom and Gomorrah (and the Jerusalem acting like Sodom) in Isa 1:9-17 mentions oppression and bloodshed but not Homosexuality. This must have been the cry God heard and mentioned to Abraham. Douglas |
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55 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | greentwiga | 142303 | ||
Gen 19 is a description of events, but Ezek goes along with the Isa 1 quote in focusing on the poor and needy. Isa 1 and Ezek 16 are the specific condemnations. This is not to make light of Homosexuality in any way. If we were to hate homosexuality but promote the oppression of the poor worldwide, where would that put us in God's eyes? Thanks for the Ezek quote, I had forgotten that. Greentwiga |
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56 | I chose Israel and lifted up My hand? | Ezek 20:5 | greentwiga | 141582 | ||
A great resource I found is biblegateway.com use it to look up young's literal translation and many others. vs 20:8 And -- they rebel against Me, And have not been willing to hearken to Me, Each, the detestable things of their eyes, They have not cast away, And the idols of Egypt have not forsaken, And I say -- to pour out My fury on them, To complete Mine anger against them, In the midst of the land of Egypt. God bless you Greentwiga |
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57 | greentwiga, did you check the refs? | Ezek 20:5 | greentwiga | 141677 | ||
Yes, I try to go to the original Hebrew when I can. For example, I think that the original Hebrew indicates that Israel visited Petra before it was Petra, during the 40 years in the wilderness. I also think that scripture indicates that Noah's ark was a giant reed boat. It is amazing what you can find if you doubt the experts. Greentwiga |
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58 | provoked Me? | Ezek 20:5 | greentwiga | 141715 | ||
In http://www.bible.org/netbible/index.htm has this version: 20:28 I brought them to the land which I promised43 to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offering that provokes me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings. and theis note: 43tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.” This site: http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.html Lets you download; Literal Translation of the Holy Bible and Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament plus many others. It even includes a Jewish translation of the old testament. Two of the downloads have the strongs numbers with each word. Though I don't know Hebrew, I still look at the hebrew in strongs. Strongs will point to related words that help me understand. At the depth you are looking, you need a way to look at the Hebrew. greentwiga |
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59 | leave when violent..? | Mal 2:16 | greentwiga | 143946 | ||
See my response to her. | ||||||
60 | what does the bible say about divorce | Mal 2:16 | greentwiga | 143947 | ||
This is a loving response from your heart. I have heard people use this logic to say abusive and drug addicted people have broken the marriage, so the spouse is free to remarry. I understand your and their motives, but I limit myself to exactly what scripture says. Therefore I stick with 7:11 for freedom to leave but not remarry. | ||||||
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