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541 | Has the church replaced Israel? | Rom 11:25 | MJH | 139101 | ||
Has the church replaced Israel? | ||||||
542 | Still looking for an answer. | Is 14:12 | MJH | 139075 | ||
Your answer seems some what confusing. The question in the thread is about whether Satan was cast out of heaven with other angels. I can look up commentaries myself. What do you personally think? Is this passage a direct answer to “Can you find a New Testament passage that claims Satan was cast out of heaven?” |
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543 | Satan fall? Luke 10:18? | Is 14:12 | MJH | 139032 | ||
What about Luke 10:18? And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. . ." Do you understand this reference Jesus makes? It is in the NT. |
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544 | Why did Jesus speak these words? | Luke 23:31 | MJH | 138956 | ||
Check out a book entitled: "Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus" by David Bivin, Roy Blizzard. This verse and many others explained. |
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545 | legal rights re: copyrights | Luke 6:31 | MJH | 138955 | ||
You only are allowed to make a copy for back-up purposes for yourself only. You can give your original away, but then must destroy or give the back up away to the same owner as well. Or, you can ask the owner of the material for permission to copy. The copyrite owner must provide this in writting. Even copying songs from live radio is technically illegal. I would suggest that you simply buy what you want. In the past, I have copied something with the purpose of learning if I wanted to purchase or not and then erased the copy; but this too is not technically not legal. To be sure yourself, check out the actual law at http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html God bless, MJH |
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546 | Friend lost a close friend in a accident | Bible general Archive 2 | MJH | 138742 | ||
You have my prayers! What a very difficult time. To answer your question; first I'd say that no scripture is the best scripture right now. I have seen and heard too many people quote scripture to someone hurting only for it to be received in a negative way, particularly that Romans 8 passage that all things work out for good. That is the LAST thing someone needs to hear when nothing seems to be working out right. The fact is that evil and bad things happen. Hurt with them. Feel with them. Even smile with them (it is okay to smile at a wake). When the time is right, some good scriptures are ones that show Godly people mourning such as when David lost his son and his attendants thought he might be suicidal. Or Psalms that are heart wrenchingly honest before God. Even Jesus who wept (but that verse is too easily passed over -- Jesus WEPT was more than that word conveys. He really really wept.) I am sure others will have great ideas. I did want to get the point across that quoting scripture can often be done at times when silence may be the best course. She may not need nor want to be “cheered up.” Some cultures say that a person who shows little emotion is “handling it” well, and the person crying and weeping are not. I think the opposite. Pithy sayings can’t help at these times, not even if they are scripture meant to reveal the “good” side of every situation. I hope this is helpful. You might check out a book at a Christian Book Store. They have several on helping friends through these times. May God be with you and your friends! MJH |
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547 | Who was God going to kill? | Ex 4:24 | MJH | 138573 | ||
Who was God going to kill? Had anyone else seen this verse translated differently? That God sought to kill Gershom (Moses first born son.) and that Zipporah touched Gershom’s feet with the foreskin, and that she said, "Surly you are a bride groom of blood to me" to the LORD God (as apposed to Moses)? The Hebrew is not specific. Just curious if anyone else has seen anything similar. I am still studying this one. MJH |
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548 | Enoch's prophesy in OT? | Jude 1:14 | MJH | 138510 | ||
Thanks for the commentary notes. It is always interesting to see what others have had to say about a text. Here is another: David Stern's Commentary: "Jude quotes 1 Enoch 1:9 . 1 Enoch, a compilation of writings by several authors who lived in the last two centuries BC, is one of the Pseudepigrapha, Jewish books attributed to famous biblical figures, such as Enoch. Such attributation was not deceptive but either hororific or a means of identifying the message of the actual author with the character and activity of the supposed one; compare the writer of an historical novel or documentary who puts words in the mouth of George Washington. Jude's quoting a non-canonical book does not make 1 Enoch inspired Scripture, nore does it disqualify Jude's letter. Paul quated pagan authors at Ac 17:28-29 and Ti 1:12, and no one supposes that their words should be included in Holy writ or Paul's excluded." An interesting study would be to find out how first century Jews and Jewsih believers felt about the Oral Teachings (Oral Torah), and books like Enoch. It's quite interesting, but beyond the scope of this text discussion. It's been nice discussing with you. MJH |
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549 | Enoch's prophesy in OT? | Jude 1:14 | MJH | 138462 | ||
BradK It isn't a question of IF Jude is quoting Enoch, but why. It is a direct quote from Enoch 1:9. Obviously we do not consider the Book of Enoch to be authoritative, nor written by Enoch; but Jude does quote from it none-the-less. See: http://www.heaven.net.nz/writings/thebookofenoch.htm for an on-line translation of the Book of Enoch. Below is a copy of Book of Enoch 1:9 "And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." Book of Enoch 1:9 MJH |
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550 | Enoch's prophesy in OT? | Jude 1:14 | MJH | 138387 | ||
Jude does quote Enoch (the book of): "See the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone and convict the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done" (Book of Enoch 1:9) "Enoch the Seventh from Adam prophesied ... 'See the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone and convict the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done'." (Jude 14-15) I do not believe this means that Jude held the book up as authoritative, but I understand that most educated Jews, including Jesus, would have been quite familiar with the book. I am unable to comment any more than this as I have just begun to study the subject, thus bringing be to this forum. God Bless. |
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551 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137901 | ||
Doc, please see my post in this thread under the heading "sources?" My post begins, "I've spent several hours...." and was posted on 11/20/04 at 11:53pm I mention this to you because you seemed interested in the discussion and I didn't want you to miss what will hopefully be my final post on the matter regardless of whether my point is accepted. Hope all is well with you and your illness. God Bless, Marvin |
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552 | Hebrew culture;a help or not? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137900 | ||
Steve, please see my post in this thread under the heading "sources?" My post begins, "I've spent several hours...." and was posted on 11/20/04 at 11:53pm The meaning may be changed, but it fits the context perfectly and the traditional meaning is made in other places in scripture, just not here. |
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553 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137899 | ||
Hank, please see my post in this thread under the heading "sources?" My post begins, "I've spent several hours...." and was posted on 11/20/04 at 11:53pm | ||||||
554 | Sources? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137898 | ||
I’ve spent several hours digging this up, and have yet to complete my task, but I hope that this will be adequate at least for right now. The Sources are at the end of this post. The reason I’m digging into this source and taking time to follow this thread is so that some can appreciate the value of knowing the language, culture, and contemporary teachings of Jesus time. When Jesus is placed back in His Jewish roots, the scriptures come alive in ways they do not when Jesus is taken out of His original Jewish culture. Case in point: A denominational Sunday school curriculum had a picture of a young boy walking up stairs into a building and the words with the picture said, “Jesus was a good Christian boy who went to church every Sunday.” Three things are wrong with this: 1) Jesus was not Christian but Jewish; 2) Jesus went to Synagogue, not Church; and 3) Jesus went on the Sabbath, not on Sunday. I suppose when children are taught such things, it is no wonder that there is such an uphill battle to help adults place Jesus back into His true setting. Why do I harp on this stuff? Several of you asked what this has to do with Salvation. First and foremost, when I began to study along these lines my life changed dramatically. It is not uncommon for a newly saved person to try and convert all his friends because of the Joy they have found. I too, feel this way in a sense and want everyone to experience the exhilaration of meeting Jesus in a fresh and real way, as He was and is. My goal is to know God and Jesus more and more to enjoy Him and live in the fullness of His Kingdom. Second; I do not believe that God’s only purpose in the story of the Bible was to simply get people saved and out of hell. We too often have the attitude that our job is to “get people in” when Jesus’ life and ministry was far more than just that. He practiced a first century discipleship that was not only common to His day, but ended up changing the Roman world in ways the Zealots of His time couldn’t have imagined. Jesus did this by studying immense amounts of information from the Old Testament to Oral Law and many other extra-Biblical teachings. Jesus debated with other respected Rabbis (not just those “white washed tombs” he chastised.) There were eight great debates in Jesus time and Jesus addresses all eight of them. (7 times he sides with Hillel and 1 time with Shammi, the leading Rabbinic schools of the day.) Jesus discussed the most minute law of the day as well as the greatest. I feel that when we ask, “What does this have to do with Salvation.” we devalue much of what God wants for us and from us. We cheapen the scriptures and what they can do in our lives. We forget that God is more interested IN us than in what we can do for Him. That being said, I am not one to participate in polemic divinity. I feel I side with Benjamin Franklin on this account. SOURCES: First the English ones: “Jesus the Jewish Theologian”, by Brad H. Young page 264-265 of ISBN 1565630602 “Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus”, by David Bivin and Roy Blizzard, Jr. page 111-115 of ISBN 156043550X “Our Father Abraham”, by Marvin R Wilson, page 117 of ISBN 0802804233 En-Gedi web site: http://www.en-gedi.org/articles/rtb/rtb2002apr.html “Heavenly Torah”, by Abraham J. Heschel page unknown (I do not have this book yet) ISBN 0826408028 Non English Sources: W. Bacher, Die exegetische Terminologie der judischer Traditionsliteratur (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1905; Hebrew translation by A Rabinovitz; Erche Midrash, Jerusalem: Carmiel, 1970) Rabbis of today! This is a current common saying in the schools of Jewish theology found throughout the world, particularly in Israel. Also, I do have notes from an article by Bivin that come from the earliest sources (Mishnah written in the 200’s AD and is the Oral Traditions that were common during Jesus time.) These notes are all but meaningless if you do not know Hebrew and since the article they are attached to is copy protected, I can only post the notes. I am not posting the notes because they are long, but should you want them, I can post them in a separate response. And finally, the following was emailed to me by a wonderful man who helped me track some of this down: “David Bivin and the other Jerusalem School Scholars are experts in Koine Greek (even conversing in that ancient language on occasion), Mishnaic Hebrew, Aramaic, Biblical and Modern Hebrew, Syriac, and other languages used in Biblical scholarship like German, Latin, and French. I have not found the equal of their scholarship and linguistic capabilities among other Biblical scholars.” I hope that this helps in our walk with God, not just in some stupid disagreement about interpretation. Anyway, the most common interpretation of this text, even though wrong when used in Matt. 5:17, is a correct belief and teaching of the Bible, but that point is made elsewhere in the New Testament. |
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555 | Hebrew culture;a help or not? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137791 | ||
Steve and John (and others?), Once I re-track down the apparently elusive source for this interpretation, I will get back to this thread and see if anything makes more sense. I think the fear is that if my interpretation is correct, that it therefore diminishes a Christian teaching or possibly a Doctrine. But I would not fear this (in case anyone has been) because the common interpretations for Matt 5:17—that Messiah Jesus was the "end of" the Law [Torah], meaning the purpose of and what the Prophets were pointing to—is made in many other places within the New Testament, not just here. But, like I said, we should get back to this once I find the source and shed some more light on the topic. Marvin |
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556 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137745 | ||
John chapter 21 the word Love is used in its various Greek forms. YES! I like that. Hebrew, amazingly, also has 3 words for love. Ahava, Ryah, and Dod (possibly more) but these match the Greek and are all in the Song of Solomon. Jesus would have used Ahava, and Peter use Ryah. Again, when John told this part of the story he could translate the subtleties into Greek from Hebrew. -It's neat to see how John was following Peter and Jesus. I picture Jesus taking Peter off alone to have this discussion, and then John tails behind just close enough to hear. Read it with this in mind and see if you get that feeling. - I also agree that God most definitely arranged the languages that way. I see that over and over again in studying Hebrew, and I imagine the same with Greek. God after all does plan well. :) In Him, Marvin |
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557 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137733 | ||
I like your answer and agree (My other comments on this not withstanding.) On our other thread I think I just got sarcastic and a bit upset with your comments, so in this thread I will appologize and I have noted that you certainly understand more of what I am saying than your posts to me have led on. (I read your Bio.) God bless, Marvin |
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558 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137732 | ||
Your comments on Jesus speaking Greek were fascinating and I am thankful for the chance to read them. They educated me. I often said that in Jerusalem, Jesus would have had to speak another language other than Hebrew because of the vast numbers of people from outside the region. Greek was my third guess, but with your posts, maybe it will become my first. This does not explain how he spoke to His disciples and those in Galilee. I still firmly believe that He spoke Hebrew (you even make that point to some degree.) I am not the best source for this argument and making it would plagiarize, so see the book, “Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus: New Insights From a Hebraic Perspective.” by Bivin and Blizzard. I even have an extra copy I could send you. Since you are interested in languages, then this is a MUST READ. Believe the book or not, it still provides a treasure of information and would be useful. On other notes: I was taught that Jesus built in Sepphoris, a city being built when he was a child and closer to Nazareth (building with stone.) Caesarea was a long way off, but of course we really can only speculate. You mentioned Pilot and not knowing much about him. Check out Paul Meier’s book about the man. Very fascinating and explains why he might have acted the way he did when Jesus was condemned (something that “The Passion” got right – or close). On your explanation of Jesus quoting Deut. 6:5 and adding “mind”; you are of course right in knowing that the Greek had to add “mind” to get the full meaning, but couldn’t the Gospel writers have made the change, and Jesus still teach it in Hebrew? Thanks for the lively discussion, and for not calling me names because I study Hebrew culture, language and 1st century rabbinic teachings to more fully grasp who Jesus is. (I’m sorry, did that sound sarcastic?) |
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559 | Is the Law abolished? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137729 | ||
See my reply to kalos below in the thread. He responded to you and I responded to both in that post titled: "Hebrew culture; a help of not". I also look forward to answering you on Mark 7, but one thread at a time. This one has surprised me as is evident in my post stated above. Thanks, Marvin |
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560 | Hebrew culture;a help or not? | Matt 5:17 | MJH | 137728 | ||
You can understand the Bible on its face in any language. Obviously the Holy Spirit has been able to guide many in the Church for centuries. Your argument suggests that I (and apparently others) are saying you cannot understand God’s revelation in His revealed Word unless you have a complete and total grasp of Jewish History, culture and language. Nothing could be further from the truth. HOWEVER; learning such things and knowing such things adds greatly to ones understanding, grasp and ability to live out the truths found in the Bible. I have been amazed and blown away by many clearer understandings of both testaments simply by understanding the culture. Imagine with me if you will: How could we view Jesus and His teachings more fully if we knew what His contemporaries were teaching? What other Pharisees were saying? The fact that there are more than one type of Pharisee? Maybe if one understood the Maccabean revolt , they would better understand what Jesus said and did at the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. I actually heard a pastor say that the only reason Jews picked up Palm branches was because that was what was available. He totally botched the sermon because he did not know what the Palm branch meant to the Jew in the 1st Century! Or why did Jesus say certain things during the festival of Hanukah (festival of lights in the NIV). Then there is the little know fact that the disciples were (almost undoubtedly) teenagers, not middle aged men. And why did they drop their nets and follow Jesus as if in a trance? (If you understand Rabbi’s and their disciples and how they typically came together, you’d realize that they probably ran to follow Jesus with great excitement. The fact that they were even fishing tells the reader something about them and their schooling, but you need to know the culture to know this.) Or what about the 10 virgins? Why are these women waiting for “the groom” and who is this guy (I mean in the Parable, not who he represented)? Did the original readers know something about this parable that we don’t? Yes, and it’s quite fun to know. Or how about the lady who bleed for 12 years and touched Jesus’ cloak? Any meaning in that? Actually this one you do not need to know Hebrew culture for, but you do need to know the Hebrew language (This one, should you learn it, is awesome….) Or what about Zacchaeus? Did you ever wonder why he didn’t just go to the front of the crowd instead of climbing a tree? Does knowing Hebrew culture get you more saved? Is it required? Of course not! BUT WHY, and I really need to know this, why do people resist so much the desire to know the culture, history, and language of Jesus? Why don’t people eagerly seek out to know what Jesus’ contemporaries thought? I hear this argument that God wouldn’t require people to know this and how does this help a Chinese man who has no hope of such in depth study? “You don’t need to know all this stuff!”, the say. Well you don’t need to know Greek either. And you don’t even need to know how to read (ever met a downs syndrome person who loves God and lives for him better than you could ever wish to? I have.) But just because you don’t need to do in depth hard study to have a richer understanding and better grasp of Jesus and His teachings, does NOT mean that you shouldn’t do it. In fact, and I will end here, if you DID know the schooling that Jesus went through to get to where He was, you would be ashamed of the “girlie men” students of the Bible we all are. And it wasn’t just Jesus; it was every Pharisee that He chastised as well. Want a hint? Have you memorized the first 5 books of the Bible? How about before you were 12? Or the whole Old Testament? Then there is the really hard learning – the Oral law. You can understand Matt 5:17 without agreeing with my interpretation and be a great Christian. In fact, there is a chance I am even wrong. But why not look into Jesus’ world some and see what you find before labeling someone else who has done it. |
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