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61 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134246 | ||
Kalos, When I refer to Jewish legal credentials, I am specifically referring to the authority granted to John under the Law of Moses. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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62 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134247 | ||
Angel, I'm sorry if you feel that your particular points had eluded me altogether. I had actually opened this thread as a question to gain clarification for myself on a few points of doctrine. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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63 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134249 | ||
EdB, You quoted from the Holman Bible Dictionary as follows: "At some point close to the time of Jesus, Judaism began a heavy emphasis on ritual washings to cleanse from impurity. This goes back to priestly baths prior to offering sacrifices (Lev. 16:4,24). Probably shortly prior to the time of Jesus or contemporary with Him, Jews began baptizing Gentile converts, though circumcision still remained the primary entrance rite into Judaism." In this light, wouldn't circumcision be on an equivalent level as baptism? The early Jewish church seems to have thought so. How would circumcision and baptism really differ, if at all? Acts 15 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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64 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134656 | ||
Angel, Thanks much. :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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65 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134657 | ||
Kalos, You stated: "In the Torah (Law) God very clearly and plainly COMMANDS circumcision. Leviticus 12:1,3 (ESV) The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives and bears a male child...on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.'"" So are believers under the law of circumcision today, as in OT times? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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66 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134658 | ||
Emmaus, Thanks for these quite appropriate verses. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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67 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134659 | ||
EdB, Thanks for the differentiation. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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68 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | Reighnskye | 134688 | ||
Kalos, Thanks for the verses. :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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69 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Reighnskye | 132677 | ||
If I'm not otherwise mistaken, the NT name of "Jesus" was actually a derivative of the OT name of "Joshua". "Joshua" likewise had originated from the name of "Yeshua", which had itself also come from the name of "YHWH". A rumor that I heard from a scholarly friend many years ago, if I even remember it correctly. Hence, the unknowable name of "YHWH" had evolved through many stages to become the personalized name of "Jesus", with the names "Yeshua" and "Joshua" as the midlinks of the name. Perhaps someone more scholarly than myself can correct me on this. - John 1 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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70 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Reighnskye | 132704 | ||
Thanks, Tim. I thought that there was some interrelation there, but I'm not sure how far it went. Another similar name would be Elijah. When Jesus uttered the phrase "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", the bystanders nearby thought that He was uttering the name of Elijah and calling for him. - Reighnskye |
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71 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | NT general Archive 1 | Reighnskye | 134245 | ||
Emmaus, I greatly appreciate all of the fine verse references. I took the time to look all of them up and read them individually. It lays a nice framework for the answer to my question. Very enlightening. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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72 | Does God curse people with sickness? | Exodus | Reighnskye | 133969 | ||
EdB, Thanks much for the many fine Old Testament verses. I also found a verse from the New Testament here, wherein God casts sickness upon a person. - Acts 13 8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, 10 and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? 11 "Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. (NAS95) - This leads me to another question. Does God still cast sickness on people, even now when we are in New Testament times? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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73 | Does God curse people with sickness? | Exodus | Reighnskye | 134237 | ||
EdB, You stated: "I think this pasage tells us if we take communion in an unworthy manner we may get sick or even die." Perhaps it is better for one to refrain from taking communion altogether, if there is a remote chance that they shall be bound by a tragic curse beforehand. - 1 Corinthians 11 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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74 | Does God curse people with sickness? | Exodus | Reighnskye | 134652 | ||
EdB, Very true. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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75 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132768 | ||
I guess that I don't see the basis for this assumption, insofar as the Father and the Son are two separate entities, as per the time when Jesus was baptized with the Holy Spirit and water. Here we see two different entities represented. The entity speaking from the sky was not Christ himself in the New Testament and therefore was not likely Christ in the Old Testament. - Matthew 3 16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (NAS95) - Here also in the book of Daniel, the Son is differentiated from the Father. Please particularly note verse 13. Daniel 7 9 "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. 10 "A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. 13 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. (NAS95) - It is my personal impression that the Father was worshipped through Michael the archangel (or angels) just as we worship the Father through Jesus Christ. We have a new mediator in Christ. - Reighnskye |
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76 | Was the OT God of Moses merely an angel? | Ex 3:2 | Reighnskye | 132781 | ||
Srbaegon, My question here would be as to why Gideon would identify a mere angel as God. God does not possess a body, as far as I'm aware. Further, I apologize if I have offended you by stating my personal impression or belief. It would be my hope that if I say something that you feel is not in accord with scripture, that I would still have the freedom to bring it up, so that others could provide a more biblical input. If I reference something as being my personal impression, I hope that people would take it as such, and perhaps even offer an alternate view if they disagree. I have not at this point canonized my personal impressions of the scriptures that I have indeed provided. Nonetheless I have indeed presented some scriptures at the beginning of this thread as to why I believe that the God of the Old Testament is actually an intermediary angel. You are welcome to reference the original verses that I provided, if you wish. - Reighnskye |
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77 | Anarchy or pacifism? What's biblical? | Ex 3:9 | Reighnskye | 133380 | ||
Batunde, Thanks much :) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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78 | Will the time of the judges be restored? | Ruth 1:1 | Reighnskye | 131158 | ||
Searcher, Here is the verse that you referenced where the twelve apostle will judge the twelve tribes of Israel in the millennial kingdom. And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:28 NAS95) ---- And here is the mention of the saints judging angels. The contrast that I believe is made here is the differentiation between this world and the coming kingdom. Another idea being that angelic beings are inferior to regenerate and immortal human beings, even if the angels exceed us for now. I view that none of God's angels are free from the blemish of sin and a number of them even fell through their own free volition. Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? (1 Corinthians 6:2-3 NAS95) ---- And here is the mention of the cutting off of the tribe of Benjamin at the hands of the other tribes, although this can be interpreted any number of ways. Your Rev 7:8 reference is clear indication of the restoration of this cut off tribe. And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel today. (Judges 21:6 NAS95) So all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,000 men who draw the sword; all these were valiant warriors. But 600 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon four months. The men of Israel then turned back against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities which they found. (Judges 20:46-48 NAS95) Reighnskye |
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79 | Why does God impart familial bitterness? | Ruth 1:20 | Reighnskye | 131028 | ||
Doc, So can people who are born into bad families find a better family in the Church? I'm just afraid that I haven't found this. ---- Then Peter said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. (Matthew 19:27-29 NAS95) |
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80 | Why does God impart familial bitterness? | Ruth 1:20 | Reighnskye | 131161 | ||
Searcher, I am particularly referencing Naomi's statement in Ruth 1:20, wherein she accredits God as dealing bitterly with her in the destruction of her family. Job himself issued similar accreditation to God when his children were destroyed through the handiwork of the devil, albeit with God ultimately sovereign over all things. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you." Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. (Job 1:18-22 NAS95) ---- And here God further confesses to committing evil (adversity) on the earth, (albeit commonly through intermediate forces). "I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. (Isaiah 45:5-7 NAS95) Please compare the NASB with the King James rendering. I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:5-7 KJV) ---- And to top it all off, here's a vision of Micaiah the prophet, wherein God actually both calls and sends a demon to politically decieve an earthly king. Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left. "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' "The LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.' (1 Kings 22:19-22 NAS95) Herein I believe lies evidence that God is truly sovereign over all the ministries of both greater and lesser angels, whether divine or demonic. All serve a purpose in the growth and sanctification of God's people. Reighnskye |
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