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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Bill Richardson Ordered by Verse |
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61 | faith, hope | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231248 | ||
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62 | origination name yahwey and GOD | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231249 | ||
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63 | What is the root word of love | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231250 | ||
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64 | What does the bible say? | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231251 | ||
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65 | How were farms set up at this time? | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231252 | ||
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66 | who sold what they and gave money to the | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231253 | ||
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67 | What did james and john want from jesus? | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231254 | ||
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68 | need reference for relationship w/Jesus | Bible general Archive 4 | Bill Richardson | 231255 | ||
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69 | what is a major and minor prophet? | OT general | Bill Richardson | 230883 | ||
The disignation "major and minor" prophet was assigned to the writings of God's prophets long ago and really doesn't mean anything like that as we would use those terms today. They really apply more to the size of their respective books and certainly doesn't mean anything like superiority of one over the other. The books of the Minor Prophets are the last 12 books of the OT: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. Whereas the books of the Major Prophets are known as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel. The focus of the minor prophets was usually pretty narrow. For example, in Hosea, God is telling His Beloved Jewish nation how much He hates their unfaithfulness just as Hosea hates his prostitute wife's unfaithfulness. In the books of the Major Prophets, God covers many more characters in the story with many more details. In all 17 of these books, God is expressing His Displeasure with Israel's constant going back and forth between God and their false idols. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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70 | Do sinners have at least some guilt. | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231028 | ||
From http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/417253/jewish/Jewish-Guilt.htm "Jewish guilt" entered American literature half a century ago, and dozens of Woody Allen movies and Bernard Malamud novels later, the idea evokes a caricature of neurotic self-absorption: the Jewish father who, sixty years later, still blames all his son's failings on the fact that he couldn't afford the bicycle his kid wanted for his seventh birthday; the Jewish mother who's convinced that her failure to impress the shul president's wife marked her family as social outcasts for all generations; the Jewish rabbi who believes that all the world's troubles are caused by his own sins. Quite a self-centered, dismal and pessimistic view of the universe. In truth, it is a self-centered view, but in the most positive sense of the word. And rather than dismal and pessimistic, it is the most encouraging and optimistic perspective of reality in the history of human thought. Think about it: the notion that we, as creatures of choice, are responsible for all that occurs within our domain also implies that we do have control over what happens there, that our choices and actions do make a difference. The notion that even though my choices and actions overlap only a miniscule area of another person's life, and an even smaller area of human history, what I choose and do will profoundly influence the fate of the guy dancing on my roof, the achievements of the community of which I am a part, and the course of humanity's progress through time. What I choose and do will even make the difference between death and life, between failure and success. Of course this is the modern view from this website. But from God's Word, I would go to one of the best examples, King David in his prayer of repentance... Ps 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. We can always go to the least of anyone in a given race of people and their way of reacting to God and His Word. But don't you agree, we need to visualize the best in our world as was recognized about David in... Acts 13: 22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ All human beings need to have a contrite heart as did David after sinning, indicating their repentance. There's good and bad in all people throughout all time. But we do need to be understanding and compassionate toward those who are a little slow about responding to God as they should. Our job is to be responsible for our own behavior. Now there's a few other major characters of whom I can think, in the OT indicating their desire to repent: Samson, Josiah, Ezra and Nehemiah. You can look up their stories and see for yourself. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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71 | Prophecies in Isaiah | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231031 | ||
In my mind, the most powerful purpopse of some of the prophecies was to show the coming of Christ, God's Son. But of course, to the Israelite people some of these prophecies were somewhat an enigma. Here Jesus used this OT prophecy, from Psalm 110 to confound the Pharisees... Matt 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’? 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. Then some few prophecies are plain and simple like... Mic 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” and fulfilled in Matt 2:6. I believe there are over 300 prophecies in the OT foretelling the coming of Christ and ALL of them are fulfilled in the NT, thus proving the Bible to be what it claims to be, the Word of God. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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72 | number of prophet the O.T. | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231033 | ||
In support of Doc's answer, I can think of at least one prophet that is overlooked quite often. He is found in 1 Kings 13. Interesting story with a powerful message. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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73 | Are all Pharaohs the same in Genesos? | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231080 | ||
Have you really checked into this subject? You don't even provide any Bible scripture to start any real dialouge. I think there are specific answers if you could give a few more details on the question(s) you have submitted. Please elaborate; what motivated you to ask? Also Search Engines are very helpful, like the one to the right of your screen. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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74 | Are Pharaohs of the bible different one? | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231088 | ||
You need to go back and re-read the first chapter of Exodus and you'll have your answer. Now is there really something significant about which we can carry on a conversation? Did you have some special reason for starting this thread? Hoping for real dialouge; Go with God in all things, Bill |
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75 | why was queen of Sheba allowed in the Pa | OT general | Bill Richardson | 231091 | ||
I assume you're referring to the palace of Solomon, the wisest human of all time, except for Jesus. Solomon was enlighten, if you remember with a special Godly installed dose of His wisdom, as he asked for at a very young age. 1 Kings 3:7 Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. 9 Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” 10 The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. BUT also the Israelite nation had a great heritage because their Laws came from God. His Laws were far more humane and fair to women than almost all the surrounding nations. So it's really not all that unusual for a Queen from a neighboring country to come for a visit. Also don't forget, Solomon had a weakness for foreign women which was his undoing but that's another story. Welcome to the Forum amd Go with God in all things, my friend. Bill |
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76 | Exodus 12:14-20 | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230615 | ||
There would be nothing wrong in your participating and observing the Passover as a Jew as long as you're not putting your faith in that observance. There's two distinctions you must make: Your Jewish heritage from your human ancestry and your Christian heritage from your Spritual Father. All peoples are allowed to celebrate their human heritage as long as it doesn't come into conflict with that of God's. This is made very by Peter and John in... Acts 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” 29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.” Go with God in all things, Bill |
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77 | Church and addiction | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230617 | ||
That's a tough question to answer. In my humble opinion, I would have to say, it really depends on your attitude, your intent deep in your heart. IF you're willing to commit your whole being to the Lord, then you should be willing to give up your addiction as soon as humanly possible. This could be compared to other people with a smoking addiction or drinking of using profanity. There are many such addictions like pornorgraphy and many others. All of us come to the Lord at various stages of our lives. Some at a young age before starting these kinds of addictions and other come afterwards. The apostles found people addicted to being Jewish and welding much power. Some of those Judaziers couldn't give up that power as they insisted on promoting an unGodly doctine of circumcizing christians with no such authority from God. BUT the apostles made it very clear that repentance and forgiveness AFTER becoming a christian is most certainly available. The most inportant feature in all this is our intent in our heart. We may be able to fool our fellow man or even our fellow christians but on Judgment Day, we'll all be facing God Almighty and He will know every little word, every action and every intent in our hearts. So the final question is: Who will be controlling your life? God Almighty or your drug(s). Will you slip and fall in your future? Quite possibly but you'll have your family of christians around you along with the Most Powerful Being in the whole universe helping you. Go with God my friend, Bill |
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78 | Acts 17:6 Who is Jason? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230640 | ||
We need to remember that people of this period didn't have additional names as we do in this century. So Jason was just another character in God's story about the spread of His Son's Gospel to the world. Sometimes God's Word mentions a person just one time like Melchizedek which is really surprising since our Lord is compared to him, Ps 110. Then there's others like Lydia and Philemon, mentioned briefly for a specific purpose and the narrative moves on. God's Word is basically a Love Letter from God to all mankind, reminding us He wants us to come back home to Him. The details like our names and those others in the Bible is not really all that important from an eternal perspective. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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79 | Can women be bishops? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230683 | ||
I'm afraid the answer is No, at least for those ladies who wish to obey and please the Lord. Also, it needs to be said that bishops, elders, shepards, overseers and pastors are all in reference to the same function or person in the first century when the church was established. And of course the qualifications are quite clear throughout the NT... 1 Tim 3:1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. (My emphasis with all caps above.) BUT don't let this dishearten you. This is just God's Order of things like the earth circling the sun and our putting the horse in front of the cart. We all have our assigned roles from God in this world. Elders are to be stewards of God's Word enforcing His Provisions and Patterns like that done in 1 Cor 5 with the incestuous relationship, corrected with repentance in II Cor 2. When we follow God's Perfect Pattern that it reduces our chances for making mistakes as we humans are inclined to do. Tit 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, AS A STEWARD OF GOD, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, 1 Cor 4:1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. Also women do serve a great and important function in the Lord's church in training the young women as provided in... Tit 2:3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. So we all have our assigned duties and should rejoice in that we don't have nearly the burden like the Jews in the OT, with at least 633 rules and regulations from the Law of Moses. I hope this helps. Go with God IN all things. Bill |
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80 | Mt. of Transfiguration? | NT general | Bill Richardson | 230705 | ||
Quoted from Matt 17... Matt 17:2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. From Clarke's Commentary... Verse 2. Was transfigured That fulness of the Godhead, which dwelt bodily in Christ, now shone forth through the human nature, and manifested to his disciples not only that Divinity which Peter had before confessed, Matthew 16:16, but also the glorious resurrection body, in which they should exist in the presence of God to eternity. Clarke gives us a comment on Jesus' being or appearance but he doesn't proffer one on that of Moses or Elijah. It seems curious that the passage in Jude doesn't include that of Elijah. The most curious item is the fact that this passage in Jude is the single instance of mention (with no further details) and there is no other ocassion of Satan's fighting over anyone else's body. Therefore it would be, in my humble opinion, dangerous to speculate about the passage in Jude. The only other comment about Moses' appearance is from... Lk 9:30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. What does "appeared in glory" mean? Who could know; Clarke doesn't comment on it. Is it safe to speculate any further? I would choose not to do so. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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