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NASB | Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). |
Subject: Can you tell me where was jesus for thos |
Bible Note: No passage of Scripture ever says two opposing things. When Mr. A interprets a passage of Scripture to mean thus-and-so to him and Mr. B interprets it to mean the opposite, one may be right and the other wrong, or both may be wrong, but both cannot be right. It is of supreme importance to seek for truth relentlessly and objectively, to search and keep on searching for what what Scripture really means by what it says. We should all do well to cast from our thought and from our speech the phrase, _Scripture says so-and-so to me_, for that is merely another way of expressing our opinion, not of diligently exegeting Scripture or digging deeply enough for objectivity. Scripture always means what it means no matter what it may or may not say to me. What certain passages "said to me" when I was a child are not necessarily what they "say to me" now, yet Scripture said exactly the same then as now. Scripture has not changed. I have. My ability to understand has. Until I reach the plateau of perfect understanding -- and in 70 years I am not even close -- I should continue to search for God's absolute truth and, in searching, cast away the thought of seeking for what a passage of Scripture means to me and seek simply for what it means. False teaching flourishes because various groups have promoted bad doctrines and bad theological systems based on subjective feelings and faulty reasoning, the inevitable products of "what Scripture says to them." --Hank |