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NASB | Luke 24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 24:31 Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. |
Subject: ever neccessary/permissable to deceit? |
Bible Note: Have'n been on a few such trips, as Taleb mentioned, I agree with Taleb's anology. I can think of many such places in Scripture where the Lord blessed those who “deceived the enemy”. You might have a whole different viewpoint on “deception” than Scripture does, because it "sounds bad". One reason the U.S. so easily “won” the Persian Gulf war was we deceived the enemy. One reason Israel so easily won the 6-day war was they used O.T. strategy that the Lord had spelled out, to “deceive” the enemy. Had the midwives followed Pharaoh’s order, as Scriptures say we are “suppose to”, who would have led the Israelites out of Egypt? Exodus 1:15f - The king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, if it’s a boy – kill him. If it’s a girl, let her live. The midwives, however FEARED GOD, to they let the boys live. What did Pharaoh say? “Why have you allowed the boys to live?” What did the midwives say? “The Hebrew women are robust and give birth before the midwife arrives.” In plain and simple to understand English – they deceived Pharaoh. What did God do about these midwives’ DECEPTION? Verse 20 : “THEREFORE God dealt well with the midwives.” Sounds to me like their deception was “inspired” by HIM. How many OT battle’s were won merely because the Lord had the Israelites DECEIVE the enemy? Even during the too many wars of my lifetime – God allowed us to deceive the enemy to gain us the victory. Those verses you gave Taleb, like Ps 34:15 – where was the guile in any example Taleb gave? Like the answers to the communist guards were true, so Samuel’s would be, had Saul asked him why he wanted to go to Bethlehem. Samuel could have honestly, and without guile, said, “To offer a sacrifice to the Lord.” Because that is what he did do - anoint David king. He wouldn't begin the sacrifice UNTIL David (the real reason Samuel went) was there. Don't neglect to notice that the Lord spoke about the sacrifice AFTER Samuel showed concern about Saul. |