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Hi Bright Raven. I think you are pretty clear on what Jesus is saying there. But He made it more clear with other passages. Here are a couple verses we studied this past Sunday: [Jhn 17:3 KJV] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou...

I'm not sure I understand your statement. Are you saying "I" (Derf) cannot make such a statement? Or nobody can make such a statement? I agree with the first, but disagree with the second, as Jesus made that statement. The reason He can make such a statement is what we're trying to figure out...

It wasn't just whether they did or didn't recommend its use. They prohibited its use in many states (including mine) for Covid19 treatment, firing those doctors who thought it ok to prescribe. They gen'd up excess hysteria over its dangers when it has been used safely for 70 years. They removed...

Greatest good for Him or for us? For Him, it would be hard to say, but it is His pleasure to create, being a creative person. For us, as He is the definition of good, it is for us to understand that and act accordingly. The greatest good would be for us to be in complete submission to Him at...

Always lots of good thoughts from you, Clete. He didn't have to create them in His image, either, but once He did, it seems like He saddled Himself with some responsibility to honor His own image, yet also to be just. This kind of goes back to the rules for justice and mercy, which I don't know...

Point to what?

I've been thinking through this idea of what God had planned and what He didn't. I think there was a purpose in so innocuous a test--that the first couple would fail, though there could have been other tests if they had not on the first one. Remember that Jesus endured 3 temptations in the...

That's a way of looking at it. But it shows that we most often look at it from how it affects us, which is the kind of thinking that got us in trouble in the first place. That's the kind of thinking that imho is going to be eliminated in order for "everything to be put right." If we are...

I'm having trouble trusting any group that disagrees with itself. That includes WHO, CDC, and most of the US governors and politicians who mandate masks and shutdowns, but don't follow their own restrictions.

This is all good info. That's not to say that the Sixth day rest pattern wasn't offered to the rest of the world, since that pattern was established with Adam--but we have no record of it. So all we can say is that the covenant associated with the Sabbath made with Israel is the only one we know...

From your own post you know that the change, if it can be called a change, occurred before the disciples of the apostles had died. I think where you get confused is when you believe the RCC when they presume that the RCC is the same as the catholic (universal) church.

How is this related?

I don't know. Do you? Maybe God has greater things to create in the future.

I don't get the palehorse references. Is that just an insult, or does it serve a valid purpose? For comparison: Acts 20:7 "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until...

Or one where a minority can trample the rights of any other group it chooses. This is where the monarchy received its greatest criticism from Samuel, as the people demanded to be moved from the judge-archy to a monarchy. This was a rejection of God, so I fail to see why it is the best system, at...

He would be the supreme builder and the lowest builder, the unsurpassed gardner because there is no one to surpass Him, the best and the worst farmer. Now He can be the best of everything! But the best father teaches his children to be like himself--they start out in his image, and become more...

That actually might be preferable to the current schedule, where it's every work day.

Great episode! Just one thing, about the "half tribe of Manasseh". Since Ephraim was never called a "half tribe", and since both Ephraimand Manasseh each received a full tribe inheritance of land, and since half of Manasseh was on the east side of Jordan, and half was on the west side of Jordan...

I think this says just about everything that needs to be said. I quoted from the thread, with the link to it. If you don't know which thread, it's because you didn't read your comments that I was answering. If you didn't read your comments before reading my answers, my answers have no context...

Ok. I was wrong. But still...