Wednesday, October 26, 2005

How to understand (interpret) the Bible

The Bible comes from a spiritual being, God.
(II Ti. 3:16;II Peter 1:20-21).
Because spiritual realities are invisible to human eyes, God uses
earthly and human material to teach about heavenly and spiritual realities.
Under this viewpoint, the Bible is a spiritual book that uses earthly
belongings to explain invisible realities.
This orientation explains the ultimate plan of God:
to bring humanity to divinity, to move the mankind from mortality to immortality, from death to eternal life.

4 comments:

Map Maker said...

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

21 And after the brother of Jared had beheld the finger of the Lord, because of the promise which the brother of Jared had obtained by faith, the Lord could not withhold anything from his sight; wherefore he showed him all things, for he could no longer be kept without the veil.

22 And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these things should come unto their brethren through the Gentiles; therefore the Lord hath commanded me, yea, even Jesus Christ.

23 And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

24 And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them.

25 Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.

26 And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness;

27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

28 Behold, I will show unto the Gentiles their weakness, and I will show unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me—the fountain of all righteousness.

Map Maker said...

You said once that you would go throught the Book of Mormon and give me some explaination as to why you think it is wrong. I would still like to hear what you have to say about that.

Unknown said...

God chose Abraham and his natural Children(Israel or Jews) to be a blessing to the other people of the earth called the Gentiles.

The 12 Apostles of Jesus(israelites or jews) are the spiritual parents of the true Church.

Joseph Smith and his twelve apostles are Gentiles; they do not meet the Biblical prophetic requirements.

Their children, meaning the church born of their lies(LDS), are not born of God's will. They are like bastards born of a cheating wife and will not be heirs of the Kingdom of heaven.

Map Maker said...

Actually, they are probably mostly of the tribe of Ephraim as am I.

Brother_Julianwm said...

Who are from the tribe of Ephraim?
joseph Smith or the apostles chosen by him or the children born from them?
Revelation 2:
"2...I know you don't tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are Apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.
9... They say they are Jews but they really aren't because theirs is a synagogue of satan".

Does the Bible say that they will be another prophet or a group of prophets, apart from jesus and his twelve Apostles, that will come and Set up a different church with a different book?
jesus is not the cornerstone anymore?
(Ephesians 2:20-22):
"We are his house, built on the foundation of the Apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ himself. We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple in the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit".

The Bible says Jesus is priest forever in the line of Melchisedek.
Who gave to joseph Smith the right to pick Apostles?

In your answer you are not even sure of your apostles tribes.

Do you know the difference between the Levites and Jesus(Juda), between Aaron and Jesus?

What parallels can you trace between Joseph Smith and Aaron and jesus?

The message of the Bible came from a chosen setting, it compares two different worships inside the same people born of the same ancestors.

The twelve tribes of Israel will be born of the twelve patriarchs(sons of Jacob), while the Church will be born of the twelve Apostles of the lamb.
Both groups are linked to Abraham:
The first group is born in a human way while the second group is born of a divine way, the Holy Spirit sent from heaven to testify that Jesus was the Messiah.

All who pretend to be Apostles apart from those shown in the Bible are fraud.(Revelation 2:2,9)
Their followers or children have a counterfeit faith that will not stand on the day of the judgment.

May the Lord mercy be on all those who have been fooled.

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