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NASB | Jeremiah 7:18 "The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 7:18 "The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods that they may offend and provoke Me to anger. |
Subject: shekina glory |
Bible Note: The Spirit HIMSELF NASB Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God; the LORD is one." There is no such thing as a "Christian godess." Nonsense! gbennett76: You allege: 'Many theologians and scholars realize that the Holy Spirit written as, "Pneuma" in Greek everytime it appears in the New Testament, is a feminine being.' Many theologians and scholars? Name one. Even if you can, the mere fact that many theologians and scholars realize or believe something to be true doesn't make it true. You allege: 'Note that Pneuma is a feminine word in Greek.' No, it isn't. 'The noun "pneuma" (Strong's #4151) is neuter in Greek' (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W.E. Vine, Nelson, 1984). You write: 'The dove has long been a symbol of the Goddess in the Ancient Near East, and was never used to symbolize a god.' What the dove has been a symbol of in the Ancient Near East is irrelevant in this discussion. We are concerned only with what the dove is a symbol of in the Bible, which is God's only inspired revelation to man. God's complete revelation to man is the 66 books of which the Bible consists. We have no need or desire to consult books of mythology and idolatry found in the writings of ancient mystics or apochryphal writings to determine God's truth. Rather we turn to Scripture only. We don't go scavenging among garbage cans looking for a scrap of food when God has prepared for us a feast in His Word -- the Bible. The Kabbalah is not the inspired Word of God -- period. Who the goddess Sophia is or what her name means proves nothing. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- the God of the Bible -- does not have a wife. Neither Proverbs nor the Song of Solomon give any indication that God ever had a wife. That idolators worshipped Asherah alongside YHWH proves nothing. To identify YHWH as the lover/husband of Asherah is nothing less than blasphemy. God is spirit (John 4:24 NIV). You allege: "They agree to create, and so here we are." The notion that God needed the agreement of His "wife" before He could create is utter nonsense. Neither the term nor the concept of "God-the-Mother" appears anywhere in the Bible. To allege that Moses and Aaron carried Asherah "poles" is ludicrous. "Rabid Yahwists" is a derogatory and blasphemous term, one that, in the context of your post, shows obvious hostility to the Bible and anyone who does not believe that God is a "she." |