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41 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Rainbow Maker | 39256 | ||
1 Corinthians 7:15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. First of all little one I am not a Catholic I merely stated what is believed by millions of those who are. Secondly if I was a Catholic rather than merely an anglocatholic I would have considerable more inspired scripture than most of the other members of this forum. Thirdly and this time is the exception to my rule, I do not believe in criticizing the beliefs of other Christians because I believe that we are called to believe as we do by the Holy Spirit because there is something we need to learn by going that way. So I would ask you to keep that in mind. " You write: THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN." I congratulate you in your perception of this but do not forget that many who approach scripture for answers are formed in the image of their own sociohistorical period rather than that of the times when the Scriptures were written. Your brother in Christ. |
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42 | What if God did not join them together? | Not Specified | Rainbow Maker | 39168 | ||
Matt 19:6 Matt 19:6 NSAB Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate3." AMPLIFIED Matt 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate). And 4 Mark 10:9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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43 | What if God did not join them together? | Bible general Archive 1 | Rainbow Maker | 39170 | ||
Matt 19:6 Matt 19:6 NSAB Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate3." AMPLIFIED Matt 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate). And 4 Mark 10:9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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44 | What if God did not join them tohether? | Not Specified | Rainbow Maker | 39167 | ||
NSAB Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate3." AMPLIFIED Matt 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate). And 4 Mark 10:9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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45 | What if God did not join them tohether? | Bible general Archive 1 | Rainbow Maker | 39172 | ||
NSAB Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate3." AMPLIFIED Matt 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate). And 4 Mark 10:9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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46 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Rainbow Maker | 39166 | ||
"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; 15 Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 16 Matt 19:3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" 17 Matt 19:7 They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" 18 Matt 19:8 He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 19 Matt 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." Concerning divorce this is one of the very definitive teaching of Christ on the matter. There is only one reason a man can divorce his wife and that is if she has been unfaithful, only on this occasion can the husband remarry without committing bigamy, though I suspect that the wife cannot. The Old Testament says different things about dicorce, such as: Deut. 24 :1 says "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, AND Mal 2:16 "For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." If we take our Lord's words as we read them then divorce is no more than a legal separation and does not carry the right to remarry. This is the view held by the catholic church. Christians of other denominations believe that divorce is final and does carry the right of remarriage with it. Teachers have told me that what our Lord did was to raise the status of women when he forbade their husbands just to divorce them three times as they were wont to do. I have heard another say that it is not what God wants when we condemn those who divorce. 1./Divorce however has always been a civil thing for us and 2./there are those who believe that unless a marriage is solemnized in church that it is no marriage at all. 3./What God has joined together let not man put assaunder. My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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47 | Under pressure?? | Ps 4:1 | Rainbow Maker | 39165 | ||
"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 2 Matt 6:27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 3 Matt 6:28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, Tremendous pressure often brings worry and our Lord Jesus tells us that this is boith futile and unnecessary. He alone can answer all our needs. If we are anxious because of our worry and pressure then Jesus tells us to be anxious for nothing: Phil 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. If we would have peace then just ask Jesus for it. |
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48 | Who is "Lilith" in Isaiah 34:13-15? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38800 | ||
Greetings Tim, Gen 5:5 says So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. The Hebrew word for Adam here is from the same as 120; meaning the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley:Adam 12 I always like to check the etymology and translation of Words because it helps me to understand what was being said in the first place. It appears that one of two Hebrew words are used to refer to Adam and may be singular or plural. So that sometimes the Bible refers to a man called Adam and sometimes to mankind collectively. So in this case it is a man called Adam whom is referred to and it is he who lived for 930 years. Naturally it was he who fathered Seth since many men cannot father a single individual. Note that in the first story of creation in Genesis chapter one that no name is given for the man and the woman furthermore that it the term man which translates as humanity because what follows is plural because God says let them. Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Gen 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." It is not until chapter 2 that we have the name Adam for the man and not until verse 20 and note that firstly here it is just the man and then it is Adam;Gen 2:20 says The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. Rom 5:14 says Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Here note that Paul is refering to Adam as a Type of Christ, so it is legitimate to do so. Paul also says that sin reigned over everyone even over those who did not sin in the manner of Adam. So whether Adam and Eve were our first parents or merely typify them this has no effect whatsoever on our status today. Also it seems not to matter whether we are directly related to Adam because due to his sin we are all under the penalty of the Law see Rom 3:23 which tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Yours in Christ Rainbow Maker |
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49 | Who else besides Cain, Adam, and Eve? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38605 | ||
Gen 4:17 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. Gen 4:18 Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. We may believe one of two things about the other people. That they were the un-named sisters and other brothers of Cain. That when God created humankind that there where more that one set of our first parents. The Bible doesn't give us their names it just infers that there were other people over in the land of Nod where Cain found his wife. Rainbow Maker |
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50 | "Be ye in the world but not of it."? | Rom 12:2 | Rainbow Maker | 38580 | ||
Thankyou, these are what I keep finding too so I think that what I remember is a corruption or abridgement of the verse in Romans I began with. | ||||||
51 | "Be ye in the world but not of it."? | Rom 12:2 | Rainbow Maker | 38576 | ||
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." These are the words of Paul. Can someone tell me whether Jesus also said something akin to this? For example I recall a verse from the AV which reads " Be ye in the world but not of it." Yet I have put it into several search engines without finding it and there are no cross refferences from Romans to it in my Bible. Where does it come from? Rainbow Maker |
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52 | How did Noah know about clean animals? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38538 | ||
"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Gen 6:20 "Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. Gen 6:21 "As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them." Gen 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. NASB neither in the Jerusalem nor the above are the words clean and unclean animals mentioned. What is to be inferred by the notion of animals going two by two into the Ark is that unless Noah took them into the they would cease to exist. That is why God says And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark. This particular part of Genesis is of the Priestly Tradition which was written during the Babylonian exile so the Law had well and truly been given to Moses when this was written. The book of Genesis was given its final editing in the sixth century B.C. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary,study edition,Chapman,Prentice Hall, 2000,page 15 |
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53 | Who is "Lilith" in Isaiah 34:13-15? | Genesis | Rainbow Maker | 38534 | ||
Is 34:13 says Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches. Is 34:14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place. Is 34:15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind. Perhaps you might quote the verse for us. I have done a person search and no Lilith is recorded in the Bible, furthermore she is not mentioned anywhere in the text you have quoted. Read Genisis 1:26 through to 3: 24. As for Adam and Eve. In Hebrew Adam is a collective noun meaning mankind, see information note in notes beside the verse here in the search engine, a word also having to do with the Hebrew word for clay adama. The word Eve is Chavvah also from the information search engine here, from an unused word, life, the first woman. Adam and Eve or the Man and the woman as more modern translations refer are meant to be examples out of many of our first parents. As individuals an actual Adam and Eve may not have existed as people with those names. However there were once upon a time the first of all people whom our God created and the Genisis story is that story. The story of mankind's rebellion and falling from grace. The first man of all men may have had numerous wives but this reality is not known to us. What is important for us from these stories of creation is that we absorb the theological truth and that is that our God is creator of all that is. That God created humankind and set them in a perfect world in which they lacked for nothing. Our God also gave them free will and this they chose to use to their and our detriment. Thjough if they had not our Lord Jesus would never have been incarnated and died to set us free. Notes taken from The Jerusalem Bible, Darton, Longman and Todd,and Doubleday London 1966, 1967 and 1968 Rainbow Maker |
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54 | why Mt.8:28 talks about 2 men and Mk.5:2 | Matthew | Rainbow Maker | 38435 | ||
In a theology and scripture study course I did back in 1986 we were told that the Gospel of Matthew was written to a community which was half jewish christian and half Syrian christian or in other words christians of jewish and gentile extract. This is the reason that Matthew often uses two instead of one such as the two blind men, see Matt 9:27 "As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" compare Mark 6: 46 "a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road." By the use of two Matthew shows his community that the Good News belongs both to the jewish and Gentile christians in his community. Rainbow Maker |
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55 | Horns of the Altar | Jer 17:1 | Rainbow Maker | 38426 | ||
And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. The Horns of the Altar are the four corners of the altar of burnt sacrifices or holocausts. According to the New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentis Hall,1968,1990 page 163 inorder for Adonijah to claim assylum he actually needed to lay hold of the Horns of the Altar, it was not sufficient just to be inside the Temple. Binding the Festival sacrifice to the Horns of the Altar is symbolic of Jesus Christ only when the sacrifice is a perfect Lamb without blemish for such was the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The sacrifice of Jesus, the perfect Lamb was to replace all further blood sacrifices and so when we read of the altar of holocausts we look forward to the time of that perfect sacrifice which brought an end, for those who accept it, claim it, to death for sin. Rainbow Maker |
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56 | Are the wheat and tare in the church | Matt 13:24 | Rainbow Maker | 38423 | ||
The parable of the wheat and the tares follows the parable of the sower who went out to sow see Matthew 13:14-24. In this parable we hear of the different responses to the word of salvation and the results thereof. The parable of the wheat and Tares follows this and refers to the Reign of God, New American Catholic Bible, or to the Kingdom of God which is among us and who it is inhabits the Kingdom and how and when we know the difference. In other words Jesus is refering to the world now that God is incarnate and dwelling here among us. The next stage of the Kingdom of God is the one in which we live now that Jesus has sent the Spirit to be with us following the Resurrection. This world contains both good,wheat and evil Tares people all living together, indistinguishable from each other until the harvest when they will be known by their fruits for who they are. Since the Church is in the World and not the other way around then these verses tell us that there are also Tares in the Church as well as in the world. Furthermore they teach us the importance of discernment in the Christian life since we cannot possibly really know the difference between these two groups of people; only God does who looks upon the heart rather than on the outward appearence. Rainbow Maker |
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