Why?
Why?
Translation is not a precise science. (Trust me, I've been doing it long enough.)
I would encourage you to find all the verses that speak of the Word of God (rhema) to know what the Word of God is. Just telling somebody about it is truly an act of unkindness. Rather like telling little kids about bike riding but never letting them experience riding a bicycle because the parent fears it. Paul aledges to have heard the voice of Jesus on the road to Damascus. That was a direct experience of the Word of God. THAT was the Word of God. Itself. That event. Written accounts of that event are NOT the event. A written account about the Word of God is Not the Word of God. The written accounts are edification and encouragement for others to seek the Word of God (Rhema) by which God speaks to you directly. Fall into the hands of the living God, if you can handle the fear. It is a Pearl of Great Price. Most Christians never experience God, but only experience stories about God.
I am reluctantly Pentecostal in this matter. I have laid hands on the sick and they have recovered. When the Spirit of the Lord overtakes my voice and speaks through it ... THAT is the Rhema Word of God. In Ephesians, the Koine describes the Rhema/Word of God as prayer, specifically praying in tongues. It's a transcendent state where God prays through you. That God speaks though you. But this is not some metaphorical slight of hand whereby one's testimony for the Lord is considered "God speaking through you." No. That's you speaking through you about God. But when the Spirit comes to speak Rhema through you, you will know it. It's a glory of the Lord, and a power beyond measure that actually transforms the world. But be careful, one can release faith against the things of God and the suffering God would have abated through his disciple remains, and the world stays in its darkness. Consider Luke 6:12.
(Luk 6:12 KJV) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
No, He did not continue in prayer to God. Rather, και ην διανυκτερευων εν τη προσευχη του θεου ... "in prayer of God."
Zenn
PS: Not sure if this answers your question.
PPS: John defines the logos as Jesus Himself. Jesus is the Word of God(Logos) not the Bible.
the Holy Spirit is the Word of God(Rhema) not the Bible. The Bible speaks about these things as a testimony to them, but it ISN'T itself these things.
PPPS:No. the text isn't you at all. It is a representation of you - your thoughts, but it isn't YOU.
PPPPS: Tell me the best way to destroy faith. Or the best way to destroy the Word of God.
And yet, you being so quick to believe of yourself that you would (mention or give credit to God), haven't raised anyone from the dead.Oopsy daisy, you said that you raised someone from the dead and did not even think to mention God or give Him the credit. :shut: :chuckle:
I wasn't aware that I had asked a question, and I'm quite sure I haven't made a mistake. But perhaps it would be worthwhile for you to start a new thread?I can answer this one highlighted but it is a big study for the uninitiated and most fall at the first hurdle.
I wasn't aware that I had asked a question, and I'm quite sure I haven't made a mistake. But perhaps it would be worthwhile for you to start a new thread?
If you do, please let me know. However, I'm fairly sure the Jews know what day of the week their sabbath falls upon and rather don't give a dreidel about Julian or Gregorian.
Zenn
Would you prefer the phrase, "expressive writing" instead of "poetry"? How about "linguistic style"? Or the Hebrew way to emphasize a point?It does not matter that you choose to call Zechariah "poetry", (he is a PROPHET for goodness sakes), it is still the same thing: spiritualizing the words of the Prophet under the more palatable label of "Hebrew poetry".
I'm not sure you understand what "spiritualizing" comprises. Furthermore why are you having a hissy fit with me about what Cobra said to you? :AMR:And with the Matthew passage we have three witnesses that are all in agreement:
Thank you, I'm sure you put a lot of work into this. However...Certain Karaite Jews do but most do not. I did post the links to three threads I have on the subject which all come at the issue from different angles. Here they are again:
This seems to imply that Jews forgot how to correctly count to seven. I saw nothing in your OP to address this obvious problem upfront and unfortunately my time is limited. You do imply that there is some branch of Judaism that holds to a different counting. But again, delving into certain esoterics of Judaism, which would include the Kabbala, would take up time I just do not have at this point.
It would be a bit difficult for him to eat the Passover meal with his disciples as attested to in Matthew, Mark, and Luke if he was dead at the time the Passover meal was eaten.http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...3-nights-in-the-Heart-of-the-Earth&highlight=
Jesus died at about 3pm on the 14th Aviv (Preparation day).
I find this reasoning to be a bit of a stretch, as there is a better and more simple reason to understand why the Romans incorrectly selected Friday.However the term 'Heart of the Earth' that Jesus spoke of was not the tomb. The Bible interprets the Bible and elsewhere we can find what Jesus meant by this phrase:
There are certain difficulties with regards to the book of Esther being used as a foundation for argument.
LAIR
#1729 patrick jane; "The serpent has been thoroughly spanked by Lon, john w, AMR, daqq, steko, Tam and glory."
#1746 Watchman; "Where was the altar of incense; in the Holy of Holies or the Holy place in the temple?"
#1762 Glorydaze; "Where is your head? Above your shoulders or on your neck? Same thing."
05:13 AM
#1777 daqq; "Incorrectly worded. Try the actual word itself, which is θυμιατηριον, and then go check for that word and how it is used and where it is located in 2Chr 26:19, (you may just find it located in the hand of an angry king who carried it into the sanctuary to burn incense in the temple by the altar of incense, (του θυσιαστηριου των θυμιαματων), lol).PS ~ After that go to Ezekiel 8:11."
You then thanked daqq for that post so you did see it! I then asked you the same question while I researched daqq's answer:
05:14 AM
#1778 Watchman; "Was the altar of incense in the Holy of Holies or the Holy place in the temple?"
05:29 AM
#1780; "It depends on when you're talking about. It was kept just without and brought in once a year. Lev. 16:12-13 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:"
That gave you 15/16 mins to look at daqq's answer and to find the Lev 16:12 quote. Inorder to make it look like you knew.
IF you did know then it is even worse because rather than be nice and helpful and tell me the answer, you instead say something quite nasty; "Where is your head? Above your shoulders or on your neck? Same thing."
Either you're a liar or nasty. Not good either way.
Certain Karaite Jews do but most do not. I did post the links to three threads I have on the subject which all come at the issue from different angles. Here they are again:
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?127270-When-is-the-Sabbath&highlight=
http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...3-nights-in-the-Heart-of-the-Earth&highlight=
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?123680-Jesus-Fasted-The-Fast-Of-Esther&highlight=
And as John the baptist did not have any Children and Jesus was the Eldest in His family and was related to John's family it is possible Jesus was the next in line after John, and was another reason why John also prophetically said:
John 3:30
He must become greater; I must become less."
And Paul added:
Hebrews 4
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
And if you remove daqq's thank you I've screen shot it!
Again with the assumptions, it's morning here and I'm not on any medication?
You make up your reality as you go along rather than finding out the truth. This is exactly how you study the Bible as well as has been shown here on the thread. A fundaMENTAL flaw you have.
I was just thinking that the author of Hebrews is speaking of the Tabernacle so I may have been wrong about it not being kept behind the veil: we simply have no way of knowing as far as I know. Moreover there are some who object to what has been presented because of other reasons, which we need not bring up here, for either way, saying that Heb 9:4 is erroneous is entirely off the table, and that was really the overall point brought up here by the accusers to begin with. The Septuagint clearly uses the same word from Heb 9:4 to describe a censer in at least two places, (two witnesses), even if there may be other places where the same word might have been used for the altar of incense.
Yep, and then to quibble over the word "had" as if the golden censer was never in the Holy of Holies. The sign in front of a drug store is the property of the drug store....not the street, although it can be seen from the street. The point of the censer was to carry incense into the presence of the Lord...which would indeed be the Holy of Holies.
I'd like to have you talk about the Mercy Seat, and this thread of denial would be the perfect place to do so.
And he calls himself WatchmanOnTheWall. opcorn:
Never send a child to do that job. They always end up getting their knickers in knot, and forget what they were supposed to be watching. :chuckle:
Watchman,
I tried to send you a pm, but your mailbox is full.
So I will just post in the clear, as we used to say in the Army:
People who don’t want to deal with facts and have their fantasies challenged will often attack those using facts to challenge their fantasies. It is good advice for everyone to stick with the issues and stay calm.
In the South, we have a saying: Never rassle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Don’t respond to the insults, just move back to the facts. Take the high ground and follow 1 Cor 13:
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends.
The ones doing the insults are the ones showing they aren’t reflecting the nature of Jesus.
Daqq already said as much.Here:
And yet another interesting idea. Since I've never posted a thing like scientology, it was and is just a little too detached, even if 'immediate.'
I suppose if an L.Ron Hubbard jab, it would also be a bit out there for it.
So for me: the humor of a random mind.
I can appreciate that, I'm a bit random at times and such allowed for a meandering of connections and a bit of humor in a thread a bit too tight for its proverbial britches.
No. It didn't matter. Again "I'm" not the one caught in assumptions. I intimated and THEN suggested two things 1) You started a LOT better in this thread than this particular bout of responses and 2) You 'might' want to wait and respond when you are in better humor.Again with the assumptions, it's morning here and I'm not on any medication?
You make up your reality as you go along rather than finding out the truth. This is exactly how you study the Bible as well as has been shown here on the thread. A fundaMENTAL flaw you have.