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781 | Psalm Refers to Jesus Calming the Sea? | Ps 107:26 | Beja | 206602 | ||
Are the two connected? Absolutely. But let me respond with this question. Was it a prophecy that Jesus had to fulfill? Or was Jesus simply intentionally doing this to connect Himself to that psalm in the mind of His disciples in order to make a statement about who He was. Side note: Fulfillment of passages in the OT within the new is a tricky topic. Becaues so many instances such as the one you just brought up are obviously connected to the life of Christ or the early church, but we must never forget the passage had very real meaning in the time of the Old Testament also. A Jew reading this Psalm in the year 10 BC would not have been confused by it but certain it was a glorifying story of Yahweh delivering sailors in the midst of a storm. So we find ourselves with the situation that nobody probably ever suspected this to be a prophecy until the moment Jesus did what he did. So we must ask ourselves, was it one? Or did Jesus just decide to pain a picture with His actions in an attempt to essentially say, "I AM this God who calms the storms in Psalm 107." I leave you to decide. God bless |
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782 | Verse 14 About Judas or Israel and Judah | Zech 11:14 | Beja | 206601 | ||
Personally I understand the whole passage to be referring to the current situation. I just don't think the reference to the thirty pieces of silver in verse 13 merits understanding the whole passage as speaking about Judas. Far more likely it is talking about the very near judgement of God on this nation and later thinkers has the infamous 30 pieces of silver in mind when reading it. | ||||||
783 | Contrast Exodus 20:5 and Ezekiel 18:20? | Ezek 18:20 | Beja | 206600 | ||
I would ask three questions of myself to guide my decision on how to understand these two passages in relation to one another. 1. What is the difference between "visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children" found in Exodus 20:5, and the "bear the punishment for the father's iniquity" in Ezekiel 18:20. Do you beieve that is a different way of saying the same thing? Or do you think perhaps Exodus is referring to the fact that the sins of the fathers have cascading consequences affecting future generations and the Ezekiel is talking about actual moral guilt in God's eyes. 2. In Exodus 20:5 it says "on the third and fourth generations of those who hate me." Who do you think "of those who hate me" is referring to? It could be referring to future generations who hate him. But I find that doubtful to be honest. 3. In Ezekiel God seems to be explicitly explaining how he accounts sin upon people while in Exodus He seems to be more so making a statement about who he is rather than trying to give an explicit account of his book keeping techniques. Because this statement is remarkably similiar to the statement God makes in Exodus 34:6,7 where God reveals himself to Moses in the form of a key statement of his character. A statement that went on to be a central defining description of who he was. I'm not so much giving you an answer but telling you that how I resolved the previous three questions in my head would very likely determine how I personally understand the two passages. Think about it, pray about it and see what you think. |
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784 | Questions about being Saved | Ps 22:1 | Beja | 206566 | ||
Question 1: Most believe that God can not look upon sin and therefore had to turn His face from Christ while Christ carried our sin on the cross. As you have already mentioned there is no way we can comprehend what implications such a statement would have within the trinity. Combine that with the fact that this answer is nowhere found in scripture I have to personally reject this idea. Another less popular theory, which I think is correct, is that Christ was drawing upon the 22nd Psalm. What he cried out is the first line of Psalm 22. In doing so the point was to bring to mind the entirety of the Psalm. Psalm 22 begins in utter dispair over the apparent situation of God forsaking the Psalmist and ends in a triumpant cry of God's faithfulness. I believe the cry was meant to bring to mind the entire psalm including the ultimate assurance that even in this God is faithful and will deliver. We do this often actually when we state some short phrase of an inside joke and intend for the person to recall to mind the punch line and see how it applies to the current situation. We do this with a variety of things, a brief song lyric, a movie quote, etc. Christ was simply doing this with a Psalm. Question2: For time reason I can't currently give you the full picture to answer this. You are touching upon a very large topic. But here is a tiny bit to help with what you specifically asked. We were "chosen" before the foundation of the world. The actually saving was yet to be done. The payment at the cross and our receiving the gospel for salvation was yet to be completed. |
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