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NASB | 2 Chronicles 7:14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Chronicles 7:14 and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land. |
Subject: God's people's land? |
Bible Note: Church. Somehow that word keeps cropping up. OK, let's look at this another way. Question 1: Would you fellowship with Abraham in glory and profit from it? Is Abraham's faith fundamentally different from yours (Rom. 4)? Question 2: Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament (Mal. 3:6)? Does the immutability of God operate only in context? Context is determinative of word meaning. But I submit that you do not use the "rules" of language in everyday conversation in the way you are trying to apply it to your Bible. For example, when you talk about "praying" you do not attempt to distinguish between its meaning today and prayer 3 millennia ago. Question 3: Does Old Testament inspiration equal New Testament inspiration? The Mind that authored our Bible assures us that it is profitable (2 Tim. 3:16). Tell me, what profit does this passage offer to you? How do you read it? John |