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I am a Canadian, married with kid, and working in Hong Kong. I usually answer posts from a reformed / protestant / evangelical perspective.
People I have encountered on this site seem to be a ‘whole bunch of good people’. Even those who sharply disagree with my own point of view.
I am a huge sinner but am happy knowing God's grace will keep me in his grip.
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Aug 31 |
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Was 'σκύβαλον' (skubalon) profanity? @swasheck - yes I agree. |
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Aug 29 |
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Does Jesus's change in attitude about drinking wine on the cross relate to his statement ‘It is finished’? @MonicaCellio - I think I understand the question. bones - stretching out of his body on the cross, his bones were made prominent and so bare that People could see them and count them in his agony. bitter food - the hyssop is a bitter herb that they lifted to his mouth, along with the vinegar wine. The sponge transmitted a bit of both, for food and drink, or just symbolically given as it was raised to his mouth in contrast to what he needed and deserved. |
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Aug 29 |
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Does Jesus's change in attitude about drinking wine on the cross relate to his statement ‘It is finished’? @RoLaAus - I understand the objection but these things all occur moments apart, so are basically the same event. What I argue in the answer is that this absorbing contradiction in the Lord's behaviour indicates the main point. His death was primarily NOT physical but when he had died for sin, in its deeper sense...then his body also died phyically. Both deaths go tegether with this momentray pause for us to distinguish them. Thre seems to be no other explanation for the contradictary behaviour. |
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Aug 25 |
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What is the sign of the Son of Man? @MonikaMichael - Yes I agree. Certainly it could be physical. I am taking the verse as a transitional step from the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem, to the future when the Jews sincerely say,'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord', then ... leading up to the final judgment, which introduces 'mourning'. If skipping the transition and holing it right up against the final judgment, it would seem a physical heavenly sign in the sky, which many good theologians take it to be. |
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Aug 24 |
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Was 'σκύβαλον' (skubalon) profanity? I generally do not vote down unless a person has a huge unwaranted bias, or is irrational. To see a thougjtful answer in the negative is contrary to the value of this sight so I must (+1) even if i am pushing your answer ahead of mine ;) To many armchair critics around who are not willing to lift a thoughtful finger themselves. |
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Aug 23 |
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Was 'σκύβαλον' (skubalon) profanity? @Eric - people who are offended by cussing do not think it adds force to an argument it just seems to indicate a bitter and angry spirit. If Paul seemed bitter nobody would listen to him. The LXX fully support my post and I doubt you will find any better objective reference than that. |
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Aug 22 |
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Did Moses need a human guide in the wilderness? I just was reading this portion of scripture today. I don't recall if the cloud was supposed to be right above, or a little elevated,which would allow some manual positioning at settlement based on the layout of the land and advice of a scout. What do you think? Your answers sort of lead me to this question. |
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Aug 21 |
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Why do many chinese Bibles translate “Logos” in John 1:1 as 道 (dao)? @user1539 - yes it seems very fitting. Actually living in Hong Kong I see this character everywhere as it also is used as a 'way' or 'path' so that it is the same as the english 'road'. Its on almost every street sign. Reminds me of 'I am the way, the truth.' Cheers. |
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Aug 11 |
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What is “the gift of God” in Eph 2:8 @swasheck - Sure, I added a longer version to more fully explain the deeper reasoning that I originally summarized. Cheers. |
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Aug 8 |
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What is the meaning of “poor in spirit” in Matthew 5:3 @libertas - By the way you took my words a little too literally - in a court of law I would probably say 'a core' not 'the core', 'or approaching the core' - Of course Christ himself is 'the core' and all our happines depends on his glory in it, and our faith in him - but recognizing this is being 'poor in spirit'. Cheers. |
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Aug 8 |
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Does the New Testament predict Jesus' return on Rosh Hashanah? @JonEricson - I found the link and did some fimat improvements. I also made it clearer that the text need not distinguish between what kind of trumpet, they all carry the same Greek word. I had to look it up, good advice. If you see futher formating improvements please go ahead. Cheers. |
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Aug 7 |
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Are the Rabbinic rules of hand washing before eating bread related to their ruling that the scriptures were unclean? @JonEricson - sure I don't mind. |
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Aug 6 |
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Are the Rabbinic rules of hand washing before eating bread related to their ruling that the scriptures were unclean? thanks for a full explanation! |
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Jul 29 |
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What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? Sorry I do not know how to attempt an answer because the question seems to presuppose a modern dispensation type of 'messianic age' assumed in the expected answer. This ideas was not imagined in any sense by the first hearers of the verses you quote. I prefer to identify what the meaning was with the first hearers before trying to understand anything beyond that, so I can't start anywhere. If you choose a New Testament verse that might have been understood as indicating a future 'Messiahnic Age' different from the 'messianic age' we currently live in and different from what the Jews expected? |
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Jul 19 |
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1 Corinthians 13:12: “For now we see through a glass, darkly” @Brilliant - Oh I guess if you have never been to a 'house of mirrors' at a circus or carnival you might not get it. One mirror makes you look short and fat, anothre mirror makes you look tall and thin, another makes you head fat and big fat lips, etc. Its juts a crazy warped mirror thing at carnivals in the US and other places where you get cotton candy, popcorn etc. |
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Jul 19 |
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Are there intra-textual supports for a politicized reading of Revelation? I do not know if you are still around but I finally posted an answer. Thanks for leading me to this book it was very good. |
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Jul 18 |
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How is it that Jesus could be “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”? @MonicaCellio - Actually I appreciated your comments Monica, it pried into where my view really stads, so I re-wroded my answer with less reliance on just the Hebraism. Thanks for keeping me honest with myself :) |
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Jul 17 |
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How is it that Jesus could be “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”? @MonicaCellio - If it of any help this link also tries to explain it but it only makes me dizzy. Cheers :) campuschristians.info/articles/3days3nights.html |
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Jul 17 |
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How is it that Jesus could be “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”? @MonicaCellio - I do not totally base my thinking from the article, its just a sample. The fact that 26 hours can properly mean three days is enough for me to realize that idiomatic usage is going on. Even when I say ‘I saw you two days ago’ what does that actually mean? I think this might be a proverbial red herring. I do not even know if people used to ask about it this in the past. Besides my trusty Jewish historian, Alfred Edersheim does not even bother to notice the issue. If a professor of Hebrew history isn’t bothered, neither am I. Sorry if I don’t have a better answer, no motivation. |
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Jul 17 |
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How is it that Jesus could be “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”? @MonicaCellio - The guy refers to Midrash Rabbah, search for this phrase in the article ---> drink three days, night or day |
