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4761 | several "Marys" in the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 129121 | ||
Off the top of my head, I can think of four: Mare (formerly Naiomi), Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, and Mary the sister of Martha. Yes, Jesus had brothers, but we only know the name of one: James. I'll let a Roman Catholic answer the worship question. Scripturally, the Lord alone is worthy of worship. There is no second resurrection... well, except for Lazarus and a couple other folks in scripture. The second coming is the return of Jesus Christ to this world as Judge. |
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4762 | God's 7 I wills to Abraham and the scrip | Genesis | DocTrinsograce | 129119 | ||
Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Gen 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Gen 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. Gen 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Gen 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. |
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4763 | Which line ofJacab's sons came Christ ? | Gen 49:8 | DocTrinsograce | 129117 | ||
Judah. | ||||||
4764 | What does the word Babel mean. | Gen 11:9 | DocTrinsograce | 129108 | ||
Confusion. | ||||||
4765 | Many different trees in one forest? | Is 41:19 | DocTrinsograce | 129106 | ||
Like most of Isaiah, this chapter has a contextual meaning and a prophetic meaning. Prophetically, it is talking about converted persons in the Gentile world. God as Creator changes briars and thorns and weeds in the dessert, to beautiful trees. |
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4766 | ? regarding the Levites | Josh 21:2 | DocTrinsograce | 129105 | ||
They did have an inheritence... in two special ways... first, they got the tithe... Num 18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Second, they got an inheritence that was far better: They got the Lord Himself! Deu 10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. |
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4767 | Discovering the will of God | Eph 2:10 | DocTrinsograce | 129104 | ||
Not at all, 1949. Don't let that kind of thing bother you. People say all kinds of things, and our day is full of folks who want -- or claim to have -- mysterious and supernatural things in their lives. (Frankly, the most incredible supernatural event ever is the saving of my soul. I don't understand why people aren't just blown away by that. If He never did anything else, why would I ever complain?) I, personally, doubt that God is concerned with my putting on a blue shirt versus a green shirt in the morning. He gave me a mind and even a sense of style. (Although I'm certain He gifted a lot of other people with a better sense of style than He gave me!) Simply focus on doing the things that He has shown you that you should do. And, frankly, I do very seriously mean that the scripture is specifically for you. It is far more personal than any experience you will ever have, even if you were to hear a voice thundering from heaven or something! God prepared His Word with you in mind. Think about it. The scripture says that man lives by every word of God. Now, if He were off talking to people all over the world, we'd need those words! We'd be running around gathering them together, because we live by EVERY word of God. But He hasn't done that. He's given us His every word right there in the canon of scripture. Now, I'm not talking about people who say, "God showed me..." or "God told me..." and by that they mean that something from scripture became clear to them. I'm talking about the folks that want us to believe they have an intimacy that is superior to what other people have, such that God gives special orders to them. Christ was very clear on this point. We're all in the same boat. No one has a corner on the "Godliness Market." We don't have gurus, masters, guides, priests, holy men, etc. etc. Christ is all these things to us! We are all sinners saved by grace. If we look for supernatural stuff, there is one that will happily provide it for us, but it won't be godly in any way! Day by day pray to the Lord and spend time in His word. He'll become sweeter and sweeter. The sense of His presence will grow and grow. But it will be far greater than anything that these other folks talk about. It will be a deeper closeness than something as simple as hearing or feeling stuff. With regard to specific direction, remember that God is in control. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. God does not miss one single situation or one single circumstance but that He uses it to conform us to the image of His son. So relax, 1949, He is the author and finisher of our faith. He started a good work in you and He will bring it conclusion. He didn't spare His own son, so be assured He'll give you everything else you need! He's too smart to make a mistake. He's too powerful to be thwarted by anything. He's too good to intend anything but goodness for you. Just trust and obey. |
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4768 | Why did the animals have to suffer? | Jon 3:7 | DocTrinsograce | 129100 | ||
I like Hank's answer! :-) Semitic peoples do not think like Westerners. They do not see the world as we do. They do not mourn as we do. Even today we misunderstand them continually. I have heard it taught that it was thought by the Ninevites that the crying of the animals in their suffering would add ot the volume of their own cries, possibly disuading God from His intended purpose. Too bad that 100 years later they were worse than ever. :-( |
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4769 | Does Islam fit here? | 2 John 1:7 | DocTrinsograce | 129099 | ||
The apostle John in his epistles is the only NT author that uses the term antichrist. In fact, the word antichrist is a transliteration of the Greek. It means, literally, "against Christ." Notice in 1 John 2:18 John writes, "even now there are many antichrists." In this post I am not addressing the eschatalogical viewpoint that a person will arise to dominate the earth, etc. etc. I'm just pointing out that this term can have broader meaning. In essence, you are right, though. 1 John 2:22 says that anyone that denies that Jesus is Christ (the messiah, the monogeneis) is an antichrist. |
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4770 | is this not what we call tithing? | Ex 23:16 | DocTrinsograce | 129098 | ||
No, these are celebrations. | ||||||
4771 | Explain 3 days from Cruc to Resur | Matt 12:40 | DocTrinsograce | 129093 | ||
There's much ado about all of this, especially by skeptics and some apostate groups. Most of the time, they simply do not understand the various cultures from the scriptures or the scriptures themselves. So don't let them get you shaken up. See, we have Hebrews, Galilean Jews, and Greeks (Romans) represented in scripture. Each of the Gospels tends to emphasize one of these cultures over the other. Luke, for example, was written for a Greek audience. Matthew was written for a Hebrew audience. Etc. The Romans and Greeks counted time the way we do, from midnight to midnight. Hebrews counted time from sunset to sunset. Galileans counted it from sunrise to sunrise. (I like their method best.) Furthermore, when Hebrews counted days, they counted the current day as one day. So, tomorrow was always "two days hence." You know, I think John Gill explains this all a lot better than I do. So I'll insert his comments on this verse (I've excluded the Greek because it won't post): ..the prediction here made agreeable to the type: for it was on the sixth day of the week, we commonly call "Friday", towards the close, on the day of the preparation for the sabbath, and when the sabbath drew on, that the body of Christ was laid in the sepulcher; where it lay all the next day, which was the sabbath of the Jews, and what we commonly call "Saturday"; and early on the first of the week, usually called "Sunday", or the Lord's day, he rose from the dead; so that he was but one whole day, and part of two, in the grave. To solve this difficulty, and set the matter in a clear light, let it be observed, that the three days and three nights, mean three natural days, consisting of day and night, or twenty four hours, and are what the Greeks call "night days"; but the Jews have no other way of expressing them, but as here; and with them it is a well known rule, and used on all occasions, as in the computation of their feasts and times of mourning, in the observance of the Passover, circumcision, and divers purifications, that "a part of a day is as the whole": and so, whatever was done before sun setting, or after, if but an hour, or ever so small a time, before or after it, it was reckoned as the whole preceding, or following day; and whether this was in the night part, or day part of the night day, or natural day, it mattered not, it was accounted as the whole night day: by this rule, the case here is easily adjusted; Christ was laid in the grave towards the close of the sixth day, a little before sun setting, and this being a part of the night day preceding, is reckoned as the whole; he continued there the whole night day following, being the seventh day; and rose again early on the first day, which being after sun setting, though it might be even before sun rising, yet being a part of the night day following, is to be esteemed as the whole; and thus the son of man was to be, and was three days and three nights in the grave; and which was very easy to be understood by the Jews; and it is a question whether Jonas was longer in the belly of the fish. |
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4772 | Were Tax Collectors Jewish? | Mark 2:14 | DocTrinsograce | 129092 | ||
Good answers, Angel and Ed. One thing that might help to understand the resentment towards tax collectors is that they were not paid a salary or a fee. They had specific amounts they were expected to collect. In exchange, they could keep whatever amount they collected over and above the minimum given to Rome. Although Rome did invest some taxes in local regions in ways that might increase revenues (like roads and other infrastructure improvements), it wasn't quite what we think of as taxes. It helped Rome cover some of the expenses of its army, etc. but it was primarily a means of enriching the empire. I sort of think of it like what mobsters call "fire insurance" (i.e., "Pay us the premium or your house will burn down.") In addition, the Roman currency had the image of Caesar on it. Any image was an offense to the Jews, but especially the image of someone who claimed to be god. Since taxes could only be paid in Roman currency, this chafed on the Jews even more. Furthermore, for a "small fee," tax collectors would change your money from local currency to Roman currency. By the way, you couldn't use Roman currency to donate money in the temple because of this image business. This afforded another opportunity to profit by changing money from Roman currency to local Judaic currency. Hence all the "money changers" in the temple. |
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4773 | What are firstfruits | Ex 23:16 | DocTrinsograce | 129089 | ||
Firstfruits are are the portion of a crop harvested at the beginning. It is to be taken out of the harvest before anything else. Those of us who are not farmers harvest an income. So the firstfruits of your income would be taken out ahead of any other disbursment of funds. | ||||||
4774 | OT importance for todays Christians | Luke 24:44 | DocTrinsograce | 128961 | ||
The theme of the scriptures is the redeeming power of God. Think of it as the Kingdom of God (KOG, which was the message of Christ and the apostles). So, the Bible can be broken down as follows: KOG Pattern - Adam and Eve in the Garden KOG Perished - Fall of Man KOG Promised - Gen 3:15 and to Abraham KOG Partial Return - Israel KOG Prophesied - OT Prophets, Psalms, etc. KOG Present - Christ's Ministry KOG Proclaimed - Church Age KOG Perfected - Future (Note that this outline originated, so far as I know, with Joseph Braden) We interpret the OT in the light of the NT. |
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4775 | is divorce a sin? | Mal 2:16 | DocTrinsograce | 128945 | ||
Hi, Star... welcome to the forum! When Moses provided the means by which a man could divorce his wife, the "writ of divorcement" was intended as a protection for her. It stated that she was faultless, not having been adulterous. This allowed her to marry again. Marriage was the only hope for any kind of future for a woman at that time. I find two situations in which divorce is "allowed." First in the event of adultery (Mat 5:32). Second in the event of an unbeliever choosing to end the marriage (1 Cor 7:15). People have to push God out and His law out of their minds in order to do what they want to do. The more successful they are at divesting themselves of the awareness of God and His holiness, the more they do as they please. Romans 1:31 states that breaking covenant is a common practice among such people. We shouldn't be surprised to see it on the increase. Most of the modern "church" simply adapts to the world's thinking. It doesn't surprise me to see such sin in the world. What surprises me more and more is that it isn't a whole lot worse! |
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4776 | primitive church? | NT general Archive 1 | DocTrinsograce | 128920 | ||
This term is used to describe the early period of church history from the time of the apostles. Early church fathers were the elders and pastors who were leaders in that period and later. The time frame we are talking about would be up through about the fifth or sixth century. | ||||||
4777 | The New Birth - A Survey | NT general Archive 1 | DocTrinsograce | 128870 | ||
Regeneration is an act of God whereby a sinner is justified by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. So actively mark me in the "passive" column. | ||||||
4778 | exegetical tradition | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128869 | ||
There is a long tradition of debate in Judaism. Even today they gather weekly to deliberate over some point of the law or another. (Perhaps a Jew in our midst could expain this better.) At the time of the Reformation, new Christians, turned to the Word with new zeal. The practice of exegesis was revived then. The ideas is that careful study, observation, and rhetoric, deeper meaning can be pulled from any given text. | ||||||
4779 | theological ideas of Augustine, Paul | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 128867 | ||
Hi, Geof... you sure ask good questions. However entire libraries are filled up with the answers. In VERY short -- and probably inadequate terms -- I'll give it a shot. Augustine defended Pauline theology a few centuries after Paul had died. Luther raised the same issues more than a millenia later, also basing his thinking on Paul and Augustine. Calvin came on the scene a bit later and drew it al into sharp focus. In another post to you I mentioned the five solas. Each of these men would have whole-heartedly affirmed these truths. Okay... now I have to put a quote in here. "Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth." --Charles Spurgeon |
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4780 | Special meaning centered with fig tree | Matt 21:19 | DocTrinsograce | 128865 | ||
Actually, the first reference to "fig tree" is in Judges. Christ mentioned them so frequently because they were all over the place in Palestine. In fact, that's why it was called "Bethphage," which means, "fig house." I suppose that if there had been apple trees all over the place, that those would have been talked about frequently. Christ always used the things around Him as object lessons. In the case of the fig tree in Matthew 21, Christ is teaching about hypocrasy. God expects fruit... having no fruit is bad enough, but God hates it when we "dress up" to look like we are fruitful and still don't have fruit. That's how the chief religious leaders behaved. At a distance, they looked like they were fruitful, but when you got up close, it was all a sham. This must have really stuck with disciples after seeing that tree withered! We are not saved by our fruit, but we are saved to bear fruit. God's judgement comes upon those who bear no fruit. |
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