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NASB | Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, "The Lord rebuke you!" [Deut 34:5, 6; Zech 3:2] |
Bible Question:
EdB, You are right about the danger of them idolizing his tomb. They had, after all, idolized the bronze serpent that God had Moses to set up. By the way, could this scripture be related? Zechariah 3 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?" It just sounds very simular to Jude 1:9. Pastor Glenn |
Bible Answer: pastor glenn, with all due respect, I know this note of your is not for me but I would like to clarify some things that you mentioned. You write"You are right about the danger of them idolizing his tomb. They had, after all, idolized the bronze serpent that God had Moses to set up." I would like to strike on "idolized the bronze serpent" I dont think they idolize the bronze serpent. As we all know that "idolatry: is everything you put higher than God. It is God commanded moses to make that bronze serpent, moses make it not for himself but from the authority from God, I dont think we call that Idolatry. I would like to put here the commandments against I dolatry: Ex 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Ex 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; God specify how idolatry is"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:" thou shall not bow them nor serve them" I dont think israelites serve that "serpent" aside from the fact that God commanded moses to do those things, if you are moses I know you will do the same thing follow God word, and I dont think we call that idolatry. That is my clarification, I think if we call that idolatry, it is the same thing that we say God contradict himself by tolerated and commanded such a thing as "idolatry" God bless, Johnny Nu 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. |