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    Anyone who has faithfully studied the scriptures to see if what is taught about them is true has realized that there is a vanishingly minute amount of information regarding the alleged "Feast of Trumpets". It is apparent that Lev 23 and Num 29 offer no theological, historic, or other discernible purpose, and that contrasts it with the other Feasts. It appears to occupy its place in the annual feast continuum as a means to its own end. So desiring that all things serve the purpose of a transcendent message, a larger context for this Feast is sought, sometimes in scriptures about other things, and sometimes in histories outside of the Bible.

    That's not good, but I find a further problem with the status quo that is foundational. In Leviticus 23 and in Numbers 29 there is no mention of "trumpet" in the Hebrew. The translations add it, so it is quite understandable that the average, conscientious Bible reader might think it should be there, but it is quite another thing for teachers of scripture to be unaware of the problem.

    The word תרועה (transliterated as "Teruah" above) does not mean trumpets; neither does it mean blowing of trumpets. Type תרועה into eSword and check it.

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    Activism makes one a tool of the group.
    Lorelei, I think you put your finger on the beautiful, humble way that we let ourselves be tools in Jesus' hands. One is scripturally advocated; the other is not.
    Nice

  • SBushert

    An interesting aspect of the counterfeit phenomenon is that it is a two way street. When we come across an unfamiliar currency, or even an updated and improved version of our familiar currency, our counterfeit sensors go off and we falsely accuse the legitimate, valuable stuff.

    That reminds me of the churches we find in the introduction to the book Revelation. Several of them are easily misidentified as false churches. It's intersting that a couple are described as having a doctrine Jesus hates, but the doctrine is not clarified and we really do not know what that doctrine teaches. It's a real mystery.

    Perhaps that is related to Jesus' instruction to his angels in the Wheat and Tares Parable not to pull up tares in the world, because he does not want his valuable wheat pulled up which is entangled.

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    Nice stuff Lorelei.

    We need to recognize we have real citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven, and act accordingly. Paul took claim once regarding his Roman citizenship... was it for political activism? Nope. He sought a way to expedite getting to Rome as he was told by the Spirit that he would indeed go there. Paul never once acted in a politically active way, nor did he ever speak a word toward so-called civic duty. Same with our Lord Jesus. Excellent examples, as are you Lorelei.
    For those who believe they are doing sometihing useful by "getting infvolved", either you will learn better as time goes on, or I will. Either way, that's good stuff that our Lord will do.

  • SBushert

    Jesus told the wise leaders of היהודים that they were greatly mistaken, not understanding the scriptures. Even those intimately acquainted with the scriptures can get it wrong. Mistake 1) Angels are the harvesters in this context, and they appear to be able to discern the tares from the wheat. Mistake 2) There is no hint of mistaken identity causing loss of wheat, but rather an uprooting due to removal of the tares. I have a garden, too, and I know those are two completely different things. Mistake 3) Failure to note that the tares are sown by the Enemy, and the way He has done this in the past to great effect is by providing false prophets and teachers who speak for God, but eroneously. Mistake 4) Is to shift the focus of this parable to the flock/wheat, when the history in scripture, including the gospels, is that the leadership has God's finger pointted at it, not the sheep/wheat. It seems that the greatest danger is to pluck up poor/compromised leaders, and thus harm the innocent's faith in the Lord that is mistakenly focused on the pontificating, and typically imperious leaders.

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    Please consider that the arrogance might be yours. We should not apply time as a limitation to the Creator. He made time. A day and a thousand years are interchangeable to Him. It is not so for us, and so we need to be careful about applying our limitations to Him.

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    I know this is an old conversation, but I believe in resurrection.

    Y'all might be familiar with some of this verse found in Exodus 20: "... For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day."

    So, the bones we find in rock layers which are now identified as dinosaur bones, but before 1842 were called dragon bones, are they included by God in the apparently expansive wording: "heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is"?

    I am not discerning another way to take His words, even if afforded the dubious liberty of taking them out of context.

    If we use this information given by the Creator in Exodus 20 to define the Genesis chapter one account, there can be no confusion.

    It does not matter what any man said or thought to the contrary, because the One who was there wrote it in stone with His finger. "Let God be true but every man a liar."