Re: [TruthTalk] Lord of the Sabbath

2003-03-16 Thread David Miller
Slade wrote:
> The book of Hebrews tells us, "So there remains
> a Sabbath rest for the people of God." Why can't
> we just believe that the Sabbath still exists for
> us?

Understand clearly that the people he spoke to here observed the seventh day
sabbath.  Therefore, the sabbath he speaks about that remains is not
Saturday observance.

Slade wrote:
> Can you tell me where in Scripture man is called
> the Lord of the Sabbath? It seems to me the end
> of Mark tells us that Messiah is the Lord of the
> Shabbat.

Read it carefully.  Sabbath was made for man; therefore, who is Lord of the
sabbath?  Why is Jesus Lord of Sabbath?  Is it because he is the son of God
or is it because he is the son of man?

Mar 2:27  And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man
for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28  Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Slade wrote:
> I am slightly confused because it's been my
> belief that the "true intent" of the Law was
> always the Letter of the Law

2Co 3:6  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of
the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth
life.
2Co 3:7  But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,
was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold
the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be
done away:
2Co 3:8  How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
2Co 3:9  For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth
the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

Peace be with you.
David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida  USA

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Re: [TruthTalk] differences

2003-03-16 Thread David Miller
Terry wrote:
> The Jerusalem Christians met on temple grounds,
> but never inside the temple.

I'm not sure what you mean by "never inside the temple."  Wasn't Jesus "in
the Temple" when he cast out the money changers?  When the angel of the Lord
freed the apostles from prison, didn't he tell them to go speak "in the
temple" (Acts 5:20)?

Terry wrote:
> As I understand it, they met in an area
> that had a roof but no walls.

I think you mean "walls but no roof"?  It would be rather interesting to see
a building with a roof but no walls, wouldn't it.  :-)

Yes, the bulk of the Temple were courts, meaning, walled areas without a
roof.  I'm not sure what distinction this makes in your mind.  It was still
a building that demarcated an area for religious worship.  Jesus certainly
considered it as such when he cast out the money changers, and the New
Testament indicates that the early Christians used the Temple for this
purpose, to praise and worship God, to pray, and to read and teach God's
Word.  One day, perhaps after I retire, I hope to write a book about the way
the first century Christians participated in the religious institutions of
their society and its implication for believers who meet in home churches
today.

Terry wrote:
> I would assume that the Christians stayed away
> from the temple proper in order not to incur
> the wrath of the Priests and Pharisees.

I think you underestimate the early Christians.  They were not wimpy sissies
like so many Christians in our society.  They went into the Temple and
preached, and yes, they did incur the wrath of priests and Pharisees.  See
Acts 5, Luke 24:53, Acts 2:46, etc.  Also see how they followed the example
of Jesus from John 7:28, Luke 21:37-38, Luke 22:53, Mat. 21:14-15.

Terry wrote:
> As to synagogues, I was under the impression that
> they could only be such if they had ten Jewish men
> meeting, and it was the group, not the building,
> that bore the title in that time.

Most of the apostles were Jewish men, and there were thousands upon
thousands of Jewish men who believed in the Lord.  The term synagogue is
much like the word "church," which first has application to the assembly
(and still does), then comes to refer also to the place where the assembly
meets.  We have excavated religious buildings that go back to the 3rd
century B.C. and believe that they existed even before that time.

Terry wrote:
> The new KJV uses the word "assembly" rather
> than Synagogue

The old KJV translates it as "assembly" also, but look at the Greek and you
will see that the word is synagogue.  The synagogues were established
hundreds of years before Christ.

Terry wrote:
> ... and that could well imply a group too large
> for our dining room, but I doubt that it was
> anything near what you find assembled in church
> buildings today, but I thank you for the input.

How then do you explain thousands being added to the church when Peter
preached in the Temple?  Many of these synagogues have been excavated and I
have visited them in Israel.  They were very much like our church buildings
today, some of them with mikvahs (baptismal bathtubs).

Terry wrote:
> We just aren't in total agreement on this one.

Why not?  Is it because Frank Viola wrote that the first church building
started with Constantine?  Or is it because your view of first century
Christianity is one where believers huddled secretly in homes for fear of
persecution from unbelieving Jews?

Peace be with you.
David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida  USA

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Re: [TruthTalk] The Sabbath Breaker of Numbers

2003-03-16 Thread David Miller
Slade wrote:
> The death penalty was stayed because David did not REBEL
> and hide his sin.

Is this something you find in the law of God?  Where in the Torah does it
say that if a man commits murder and does not rebel and hide what he did,
then his death penalty will be stayed?

Peace be with you.
David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida  USA

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Re: [TruthTalk] Lord of the Sabbath

2003-03-16 Thread Slade Henson



I have yet to know ANYONE who has done that 
since Exodus 12
 
-- slade

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 " I don’t observe Passover (putting blood over 
my doorposts) because Christ’s Blood is over my 
soul. "  
Izzy
 
Wow Izzy! 
 Iv'e never heard it put that powerfully in so few words.  You 
just said a whole bunch of stuff in one sentence.  I have to think 
about that for a while just to rejoice in all that it 
means.
Thanks a sack 
full.
 
Terry
 

  

  
  


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RE: [TruthTalk] Lord of the Sabbath

2003-03-16 Thread Terry Clifton








 
 " I don’t observe Passover (putting blood over my doorposts) because Christ’s Blood is over my soul. "  Izzy
 
Wow Izzy!  Iv'e never heard it put that powerfully in so few words.  You just said a whole bunch of stuff in one sentence.  I have to think about that for a while just to rejoice in all that it means.
Thanks a sack full.
 
Terry
 







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Re: [TruthTalk] End Time Warning from Talking Fish!

2003-03-16 Thread Terry Clifton



I could believe a bass maybe, but a carp?
Terry

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  Can you believe it—a fish that speaks Hebrew!!! http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5398309.htm
   
   
   


[TruthTalk] End Time Warning from Talking Fish!

2003-03-16 Thread ShieldsFamily








    Can
you believe it—a fish that speaks Hebrew!!! http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5398309.htm