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NASB | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! |
Subject: Using the word Lucifer |
Bible Note: Hi, Alex... Luther was, in a nutshell, saying that Erasmus wrote well, but was teaching false doctrine. Very briefly we might say it like this: "Erasmus, your writing is like fine gold-trimmed china and expensive silverware... but you serve up manure on it." All great men of the faith have flaws. I remember Professor Calhoun of Covenant Seminary saying, "When we look at Oliver Cromwell, we should not ignore the wart on his nose... but neither should we study it to the exclusion of all else." We should look at historical figures in the light of the culture and period of history within which they lived. May the future be as gracious to us! Interesting that you chose those particular issues concerning Luther. There are at least three others that I find much less excusable from the vantage point of five centuries later. :-) Textual criticism is the particular specialty of Bible scholars. The canonicity of specific books will never cease, until the Lord returns. Actually, there is much value in that study. We have far greater confidence in the canon now then ever before. (Ephesians 4:11-17) As to His "antisemitism" this is a brushing of paint that applies to all believers, especially those who base their authority on Scripture alone. As a Jew, this is something that I have carefully considered, especially after the Lord graciously saved me. I do not find Luther saying anything more scathing than what we find in the Scriptures themselves. I think that Stephen sums it up very well as he finishes his exposition of Jewish History up to and including the tribunal that was sentencing him to death. "You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it." (Acts 7:51-53 NASB) From the largely Gentile perspective of modern Bible readers, these words lose their acidity. Believe me, they are harsh and denunciatory. Much more so by a people who held themselves in such high esteem. See their reaction in verse 54. In a world that confuses respect for beliefs with respect for people, we will be continually criticized, condemned, and censured for saying the same things that the Holy Spirit has said in the Word. In Him, Doc |