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NASB | Ezekiel 28:13 "You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 28:13 "You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and your sockets, Was in you. They were prepared On the day that you were created. [Gen 3:14, 15; Is 14:12-15; Matt 16:23] |
Subject: origin of the devil |
Bible Note: Greetings Jonp! Redirecting me to another post which you feel answers my questions is fine. Also, let's not consider our discussion of the word of God to be an attempt to "alter an entrenched position". Hopefully it is two brothers in Christ seeking to understand God's word and help others to do so as well. I think it is obvious even the brethren or still seeking to understand all that God has revealed to us through His word. Having said that, I think it’s important to establish my beliefs of God’s word a bit to you as you are new to the forum and we don’t know much about each other. To sum it up, I’m a Sola scriptura kind of guy and in my efforts to understand scripture look to scripture to interpret scripture. As such, one of the rules of thumb that I use when seeking God’s truth is to try and always be mindful that if at any time the interpreted presentation by myself or someone else appears to be pointing to mankind and not God I have to reject it as I no longer have any trust in the corrupted nature of mankind. Moving on, I will again point to the context and maintain I find nothing in the context that would indicate 3:22 refers to an "angelic court" just as I do not believe the text / context of Genesis 1:26-27 refers to an "angelic court”. Neither do I find in this post or your previous on the matter scriptural validation of your teaching. I guess at this time we will just have to agree to disagree. Perhaps the discussion should end as it appears a great risk to me when we start attributing the things we (mankind) do as validation of what God would do and/or as acceptable practice of interpreting His word rather then focusing on scripture. I say this with respect but to me the risk of misleading others when this is done is great! God Bless, Steve |