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NASB | Genesis 22:12 He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:12 The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]." |
Subject: Who was the one to be sacrificed? |
Bible Note: This is the second message, read after the first. “But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel! Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? (Matt. 23:13-33)” When you show a Christian what the majority of Muslims believe (even though some may not truly abide by it), that Islam was not born on Sep 11TH. But a whole nation shouted for its wounds to be seen, while the world closed its eyes on them, if only you knew what you did! You feel like you have done something. When I translate from the Koran to Christians they become furious, because they no longer look at the meanings, but look at the source. But don’t you know noble meanings sprout from a noble source? For no man of impure heart can write words of purity. No man of wickedness sprouts wisdom. If you fail to see this, then you never knew God. But what is it that counts, the word’s meanings, or the word’s source? When I translate from the bible to Muslims, they feel furious, but what is it that matters, the cup’s glimmer, or the cup’s drink? If you live for the glimmer, then don’t hope for pure drink. And if you live for the drink, then don’t care for the glimmer (which is dimmed by the hands of liars). When you have the power to seal your faith, you carry an unbiased opinion, and as awkward as it may sound, you gain the trust (with quite a bit of dislike lol) of everyone. When you leave no chance for a Muslim to utter blasphemy against Christians (which bothers the Muslim), and leave no chance for Christians to do likewise (which bothers the Christian), you can then feel good about yourself. When everyone reaches a level when he’s out of the darkness long enough to see the other’s beliefs flat on the table, then choose the truth they can no longer refuse, throwing uncaringly the lies they had convinced themselves of and hid behind, then will my beliefs unveil. Mist |