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NASB | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it happened at the lodging place, that the LORD met Moses and sought to kill him [making him deathly ill because he had not circumcised one of his sons]. [Gen 17:9-14] |
Subject: God sought Moses to kill him |
Bible Note: Hello Doc, Thank you for your answer. I had to smile when I read what you had written about secondary causes. This is a concept that I understand very well since my profession is in Insurance. Some of the terms I use daily came to my mind while reading your post such as "direct loss", "proximate cause" and "indirect loss". A direct loss is a loss caused by an insured peril caused by an unbroken chain of events called a proximate cause. For example, the electricity goes out so a woman lights a candle for light, she sets the candle too close to the draperies, they catch fire and the home is damaged. The proximate cause would be the chain of events leading to the damage in the home. The direct cause of the loss would be the fire. This loss could lead to a secondary or indirect loss such as the need for another place to live until the home is repaired which would mean money spent out of pocket, or an indirect loss. I think you did a bang up job of explaining secondary causes and I will check out the website on theodicy. You said that you don't believe any scripture attributes God as the cause of evil. What is your interpretaion of Is. 45:7? (That's the verse I couldn't locate.) I think I understand what you're saying about the domino theory but even if this is the case then isn't God still responsible for the first domino, thereby making him responsible for all the others that fell? This verse also brings to my mind the age-old discussion as to whether there can be light without darkness or good without evil. Would we know light without darkness? Would we recognize good if we didn't have something to compare it with? I do not mean to say that God is the author of sin, merely that I don't have a problem recognizing that He is the creator of all (even that first domino) and I keep going back to Isa 55:8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. In light of that scripture I would whole heartedly agree with your last paragraph. Those who do not believe a just God could allow Hell are simply not considering the definition of true justice meted out by a righteous God. And when you touch on mercy, grace cannot be far behind! God bless and keep you, budderfligh |