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NASB | Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Are those drawn 2 Christ raised to life? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, ::sniff::sniff:: I smell a copout ;-) j.k. Well, if you want to go by tradition, then it is also a well known fact of Jewish tradition that they held that Moses was "ressurected" a few days after he died,( I think it was three) hence the Jewish New Testament writer Jude talking about Moses and the devil contending over that ressurection. I used this text before to prove that Moses wasn't dead remember? Do you still want to use a well known practice among 1st Century Jews to explain something that to a bible student like you or myself can clearly see is an error? You can't string together a Messianic prophecy with something completely unrelated. I feel as if now you are having a hard time accepting this because it is new to you. (or have I presumed too much?) Like I said Tim, I was just as shocked to learn this fact. All throughout bible history, God has used men to spread his word. Because everything that is human is imperfect we must accept the idea of imperfections and mistakes in the bible. This doesn't change the message! Nor should it bring about any controversy. I believe there are many things that were verbally inspired in the bible like the ten commandments for example but the vessel in which the message was carried is imperfect. God chose imperfect man with his imperfect language to spread his message, not perfect angels. They used the vernacular and examples or sayings of the times that don't make sense today. Your Brother in Christ, Phil |