I do not know what you are talking about.
Your opening post, specifically the part I quoted of it in my first response to you. My words in that post.
I do not know what you are talking about.
By the ancient world I mean ancient Palestine, the area of the world currently under unreasonable occupation by Israel, but at the time it was under occupation by Rome, as well as ancient Greece and Rome, the Classical civilisations that existed at the same time. They all knew about bitter-tasting alkaloids that induce abortion.I believe that facts exist. But this is not contextualized to your statement.
I accept the TaNaK and Matthew through Revelation. Scripture. God's Word. The Bible. History. Truth.
I do not even know what you mean by the ancient world.
Shalom.
Jacob
Your opening post, specifically the part I quoted of it in my first response to you. My words in that post.
This situation would only arise in a case of adultery, and I would not condone it.
By the ancient world I mean ancient Palestine, the area of the world currently under unreasonable occupation by Israel, but at the time it was under occupation by Rome, as well as ancient Greece and Rome, the Classical civilisations that existed at the same time. They all knew about bitter-tasting alkaloids that induce abortion.
Are you OK with the facts of all of that?
Stuart
Skip the meta-questions; just have the conversation.
I do not know what conversation ... you are referring to.
I'm not sure how any kind of discussion is going to be worthwhile if one party denies the events and practices of well-established history. Would you find any value in a discussion in which I denied that Jesus existed, or that the Roman rule of ancient Judea was a fantasy invented by the religious right?No. I do not have your or this perspective. Is this what you believe?
Suit yourself.
I'm not sure how any kind of discussion is going to be worthwhile if one party denies the events and practices of well-established history. Would you find any value in a discussion in which I denied that Jesus existed, or that the Roman rule of ancient Judea was a fantasy invented by the religious right?
But I guess this is the new reality of US politics: facts are not realities, they are what we would wish was true.
Stuart
I see. No point in discussion. All I can do then is recommend that you read more widely, and I hope the rest of your day is pleasant.I do not know about what you are talking about. I do know about the TaNaK and the Bible, the Word of God.
I see. No point in discussion. All I can do then is recommend that you read more widely, and I hope the rest of your day is pleasant.
Stuart
You obviously are uninformed about the Book of Acts and the vast references in the Tanakh concerning the Earthly Kingdom of Messiah. You have no "messianic hope", which leads me to believe that you are an adherent of modern-day secular "Judaism".Shalom.
Today is Sheni, 11-6.
I believe you are saying that the kingdom would be at His return. Do you believe that this is the kingdom of heaven that He taught about? Because the kingdom was near, nearby, at hand, in your (their) midst. He sent them out two by two. Were they teaching about the future or a present reality that people could partake of or in, that could be partook of, in which people could partake?
Jacob
You obviously are uninformed about the Book of Acts and the vast references in the Tanakh concerning the Earthly Kingdom of Messiah. You have no "messianic hope", which leads me to believe that you are an adherent of modern-day secular "Judaism".
A Jew is a Jew due to his DNA. You are not a Jew.Shalom.
A Secular Jew is still a Jew.
Jacob
Shalom.A Jew is a Jew due to his DNA. You are not a Jew.
A proselyte to Judaism is the accurate term.
Of course, there are several "branches" of Judaism.
Grace believers among Protestants (MAD) are well
educated in scripture, having the gift of "rightly dividing".
As such, they understand the concept of Dispensations correctly.
Galatians clearly addresses those who were saved by grace and then
fell-back (backslided) into Judaism and Legalism. This heresy
results in anathema according to Paul. In the first century,
you would be ostracized from the Christian community.