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461 | Numbers in Hebrew letters/words? | Judg 12:14 | MJH | 140406 | ||
Does anyone see any value in the “numbering” in the scripture? Or more specifically, with the numbers associated with the Hebrew letters? For example: The word “truth” in Hebrew is Aleph Mem Tav (First, middle, last letter of Hebrew). Aleph equals 1, Mem equals 40 and Tav equals 400. “I am the Aleph and the Tav; I am the Alpha and Omega” 40 is always associated in the Bible as a time of testing. 400 is the time the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. 1 is the Messiah. (this one is far to long to express completely here any further) Another I’ve heard lately is that the word covenant in Hebrew equals 612. That is 1 less than the 613 laws in the Torah. When the Messiah came, he completed the Torah by being the one law that was lacking. That being, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.” John 13:34 Not that the Torah was missing this law (see Lev. 19:18), but that it was not elevated to its proper place, at the top both in theology and actions. Ultimately Jesus was “love” in the flesh, and loved us so much to be the end (purpose) of the Law. Any way, I have never bought into the numbering game, but some things I’ve read recently are quite interesting at the least. Also, this was done even before the time of Jesus. (not that this adds credence.) Anyone study this more in depth, enough to answer? MJH |
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462 | Good study guide for Exodus? | Exodus | MJH | 140374 | ||
The following is a Jewish commentary on the book of Exodus, but shows many of the types of things taught during the time of Jesus, thus things He would have been aware. Also, comments by latter Jewish sages. I find it very interesting, but it is not a sole source since it is not written by those who accept Jesus as the Messiah. JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus: Shemot: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation Sarna, Nahum M. (Author) ISBN: 0827603274 It is 65 dollars retail, but at www.karis.spreadtheword.com it is 45.00 MJH |
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463 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140171 | ||
It isn't poor taste to ask someone to sidebar. You are right to have causion. I don't "sidebar" by self. |
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464 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140170 | ||
You are mistaken about the Jewish view of Repentance. The Hebrew "shooba" or "ta-shooba" means to "turn back." It was seen by the first century Jewish people of returning back to the Torah. Certainly "seeking the face of God" was a part of this, because that was a part of the Torah. Another way to explain their Eastern way of seeing repentance was to return to God and to "take up the yoke of the Kingdom of God." This was done twice a day in Jesus time by reciting the "Shema." which is, "Hear 'O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord Alone. . ." This is a short note about, but I found long posts often don't get read. :-( You are right; however, that looking at the scriptures through the eyes of the original authors would help a lot. MJH |
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465 | Wise Christian spending? | Lev 19:18 | MJH | 140168 | ||
I am not the best person to speak to on these things. But if in China, 50 cents can buy you food for a day, then 50 cents an hour is a lot. If 50 cents can't buy you a gum ball, then it is slave labbor. I am not familur with the economy in China. Simply comparing with American Dollars in a seperate culture and economy doesn't work. For example. My mother-in-law has a home worth about 40,000 dollars in a small town in Upper Penisulla Michigan. The same home in the Chicago Suburbs would cost some 250,000 dollars. (And she has a natural waterfall in her back yard.) She makes less than people in Chicago, but the economy in Upper Michigan is far different. I do not think you will find scriptures to make a political point about Walmart, or any other company in the USA that is successful. MJH |
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466 | How close are we to end times | NT general Archive 1 | MJH | 140119 | ||
Personally I think Jesus' return will be at least 500 years from now. Show me a generation since the 300's AD that has not thought it was living in the days right before Jesus' return. I figure if I choose 500 or more years, I have a better chance of being right. :-) MJH |
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467 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140066 | ||
Opps, I left 2 posts to the same question. One to you, and one to the original poster. My answer to the question was in post 140036, and since it is short, I will re-post below. Sorry for the confussion. In short: Salvation is a free gift of forgiveness since we can never pay the price for our sin. Jesus freely paid that price and we have total forgiveness in Him. Yet, we must accept Him and repent of our sin. This is where I disagreed with you. "Nothing" would mean just that, "nothing" which would mean, no belief, no repentance, no acceptance, nothing. post 140036 . . . Act 2:37-38 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the emissaries, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Peter said to them, "Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (HNT) The term, shubh (Hebrew), is most generally employed to express the Scriptural idea of genuine repentance. It is used extensively by the prophets, and makes prominent the idea of a radical change in one's attitude toward sin and God. It implies a conscious, moral separation, and a personal decision to forsake sin and to enter into fellowship with God. TO TURN BACK – implies to turn back to something. This is most likely the word John the Baptist used in the desert when immersing people. (Or the Greek or Arabic equivalent). The same for Acts when Peter says the people need to repent and be immersed. (Baptism was a very common practice in those days and they would have all known what it was a picture of in relation to repentance.) So what is required for Salvation? Simple answer, “Repentance.” Although repenting implies the following: 1. you believe in the One true God; 2. you believe you have fallen short of what God requires. 3) Jesus is the Messiah; 4) His death and resurrection are sufficient to redeem you. Since you are “turning back” it might also be helpful to know to what you are turning back to. MJH |
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468 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140065 | ||
Wait a minute. You said that "if hiltler asked." But that is not what you said in your first post. Your first post made it clear that hitler wouldn't NEED to ask or desire a relationship. You said "nothing" was required. I agree, one can never "pay" for salvation as my post stated. Your original post said you need to do "nothing" (which includes not needing to "seek" nor "ask" for salvation.) I responded that one must "repent" and that doing so required a trusting belief. Note: I did not say "pay" for your sins or anything else. Now your post is restating what I said. So in the end, we seem to agree. After all, if Hitler repented and asked, then yup, saved! MJH |
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469 | fishing for comments, on these scripture | John 2:1 | MJH | 140053 | ||
Hank. I'm wondering if this diasperio guy, and the other guy a couple of days ago who swore and is now gone, isn't a double for one of the regular new posters to the Forum. This guy, who is undoubtably the same guy/gal who posted rude statements earlier, seems to follow an interesting pattern. Maybe you or others see similarities, or maybe not. Post 139997 made me wonder. MJH |
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470 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140052 | ||
Your answer is misleading. Under your answer Hitler is saved. Or, those who flew planes into the World Trade center are saved. They after all did nothing. It is said, “Salvation is a free gift.” But that implies that we can not “pay” the price required for the forgiveness of our own sins. It does not imply that we can live intentionally apart from God, neither believing in Him, nor accepting His forgiveness through Jesus’ sacrifice. And, welcome to the forum. It's fun and challenging. MJH |
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471 | Wise Christian spending? | Lev 19:18 | MJH | 140051 | ||
Lev 19:18 ". . .you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD." I think this is the best verse that applies. They could be child laborers in sweat shops. OR they could be making a good living wage in their culture. Often companies actually bring economic renewal and help to area of the world by setting up shop. Not all companies are greedy money grubbers out to harm the little guy. I mention this because I have friends on a board of a non-profit mercy organization that tries to find companies that will set up in poor nations to help them. So by not buying you may be “loving your neighbor.” But then you may be “loving your neighbor” by buying the products. It’s not always so clear. Also you said, “. . .countries that are against Christianity.” I don’t think that applies, since you may be hurting the wrong people. If we do something against a country specifically, and not just a company or product, the best way would be for the United States to impose sanctions. MJH |
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472 | fishing for comments, on these scripture | John 2:1 | MJH | 140049 | ||
In retrospect, on this thread, He-man might actually have gotten it right all along. :-) | ||||||
473 | Where's rapture - zeal of the revolution | John 2:1 | MJH | 140048 | ||
Okay people, we have got to learn that when someone joins simply to cause problems, the best thing to do is to not respond to their posts anymore. We look foolish falling into these set-ups. | ||||||
474 | Where's rapture - zeal of the revolution | John 2:1 | MJH | 140047 | ||
Okay people, we have got to learn that when someone joins simply to cause problems, the best thing to do is to not respond to their posts anymore. We look foolish falling into these set-ups. | ||||||
475 | Where's rapture - zeal of the revolution | John 2:1 | MJH | 140046 | ||
Okay people, we have got to learn that when someone joins simply to cause problems, the best thing to do is to not respond to their posts anymore. We look foolish falling into these set-ups. | ||||||
476 | Why ordain pastors? How do you do it? | Bible general Archive 2 | MJH | 140037 | ||
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477 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140036 | ||
Act 2:37-38 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the emissaries, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Peter said to them, "Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (HNT) The term, shubh (Hebrew), is most generally employed to express the Scriptural idea of genuine repentance. It is used extensively by the prophets, and makes prominent the idea of a radical change in one's attitude toward sin and God. It implies a conscious, moral separation, and a personal decision to forsake sin and to enter into fellowship with God. TO TURN BACK – implies to turn back to something. This is most likely the word John the Baptist used in the desert when immersing people. (Or the Greek or Arabic equivalent). The same for Acts when Peter says the people need to repent and be immersed. (Baptism was a very common practice in those days and they would have all known what it was a picture of in relation to repentance.) So what is required for Salvation? Simple answer, “Repentance.” Although repenting implies the following: 1. you believe in the One true God; 2. you believe you have fallen short of what God requires. 3) Jesus is the Messiah; 4) His death and resurrection are sufficient to redeem you. Since you are “turning back” it might also be helpful to know to what you are turning back to. MJH |
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478 | Why ordain pastors? How do you do it? | Bible general Archive 2 | MJH | 140032 | ||
This brings up a good issue that I haven't thought of in some long time. Why do we "ordain" pastors? How did this practice start? I do know the scriptures, but I wonder how closely tied to them many denominations are. The one I grew up in required Greek to be learned and 4 years of seminary to get ordained (except it rare cases.) Then there is the difference between licensed and ordained. Any insightful thoughts on this? |
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479 | Zealous for the law? Sacraficed? Noah? | Acts 21:24 | MJH | 139998 | ||
I apologize for not tracking down the primary source, so this secondary source will have to do. This is in regards to what the sages during Jesus time and during the times of Paul were teaching concerning non-Jewish believers who did not get circumcised; also known as “God Fearers.” ----------- From “Fruits of Zion” Torah Club Year One pages 39-40 “After God makes some promises to Noah, He then delineates to Noah … and the future generations which will come from him…some responsibilities. In fact, the rabbis see a total of seven stipulations from these verses. They call these torahs [ “teachings”, “laws”], the ‘Seven Commandments given to the descendants of Noah. They constitute what we might call Natural Religion, as they are vital to the existence of human society.’ (1) The Torah of Moses, the rabbis assert, was given to rule Israel; obedience to these seven commandments alone was, in ancient times, also required of non-Jews living among Israelites, or attaching themselves to the Jewish community. The seven are: 1. establishment of courts of justice. 2. prohibition of blasphemy 3. prohibition of idolatry 4. prohibition of incest 5. prohibition of murder 6. prohibition of robbery 7. prohibition of the eating flesh cut from a living animal (eating blood.) It is important to note the similarity between these seven laws and the four requirements of the Jewish believers placed upon the non-Jewish believers who were coming into the believing community in Acts 15:20. The non-Jews were, in essence, being asked to follow all the traditional guidelines of any Jewish community should have asked of its non-Jewish members.” ----------- Also note that after giving these commandments, the next verse says, “[Moses] is read every Sabbath in the synagogues." In other words, these are the minimal requirement to be members of the Jesus community, if you want to learn more, the leaders from Jerusalem were saying, they just had to go to the synagogue where they would learn.” There was no separation of synagogue and community of believers at this point, and even latter in Acts, the separation was among Jews and Jews, not among Gentiles and Jews. (I can not find the 7 items in the Noah covenant, but this is what they taught during first century.) (1) Hertz, op. cit., pg 33. |
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480 | Zealous for the law? Sacraficed? Noah? | Acts 21:24 | MJH | 139913 | ||
I'm a bit busy. I will fill you in on this today or in the near future. kalos's post you showed me was very good. MJH |
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