Berean replied to the topic Daily Devotions in the forum Inspirational writings & sermons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Berean replied to the topic Daily Devotions in the forum Inspirational writings & sermons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi all
Militarizing the Faith: When the Lord’s Prayer Becomes a Weapon
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth holds one of the most powerful positions in the federal government. As head of the War Department, he serves as the nation’s chief military strategist and principal advisor to the President on matters of war and national defense. His decisions inf…[Read more]Lightenup replied to the topic Is “evening and morning” proof of 24-hour days in Genesis? in the forum Truth or Tradition 6 months, 3 weeks ago
You wrote:
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
It was all there before Day 1.
I read the beginning of Genesis as a title or overview of what is to come in the verses that come after the first part of chapter one. For instance, we are told that the expanse called heaven was not made till day two, so the…[Read more]
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Regarding Jesus’ qualifications for the eternal throne:
Jewish Messianic Criteria
Must be a descendant of David through Solomon (based on 2 Samuel 7 and 1 Chronicles 22).
Must be biologically descended from David, not just legally adopted.Christian Resolution
Matthew’s genealogy affirms Jesus’ legal right to David’s throne throu…Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Messianic Jews can be ethnically Jewish. Jews who have accepted the complex unity of the Godhead which includes Jesus.
Regarding Genesis 1:26 Read this about who God is talking to:
Messianic Jews typically interpret Genesis 1:26 (“Let us make man in our image”) as a reference to the plurality within God’s nature—often understood a…
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
You never know when your own critical thought is going to bite you in the backside, do ya?
You said:
“When are people going to verify what they have been told is truth and stop smashing the “I Believe Button”?”
It seems that what appears to be in present tense, or past tense, can have special nuances. See here:
Isaiah 9:6 is a fas…[Read more]
DesireTruth replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Not speaking of “messianic” Jews – that’s “christianity” with Jewish customs thrown in; I’m speaking of Orthodox Judaism.
Yeshua (Jesus) as the divine Messiah and Son of God
The Jesus can’t be the true Messiah as he wasn’t born of the seed of David and Solomon (he did have a biological daddy), he was conceived of the spirit. Do you…[Read more]
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Messianic Jews generally recognize YHWH (the Tetragrammaton) as the name of the God of Israel, whom they worship as the one true God. They affirm His unity while also embracing the divinity of Yeshua (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit within a framework that parallels the Christian understanding of the Godhead.
Here’s how this plays out i…
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Messianic Jews generally recognize YHWH (the Tetragrammaton) as the name of the God of Israel, whom they worship as the one true God. They affirm His unity while also embracing the divinity of Yeshua (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit within a framework that parallels the Christian understanding of the Godhead.
Here’s how this plays out i…[Read more]
DesireTruth replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Memra means “word,” in the sense of “the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter or mind”; a term used in the Targum as a substitute for “Lord” when an anthropomorphic expression is to be avoided.” Basically it is a substitution for YHWH and its derivatives.
Outside of the Targums, whe…[Read more]
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Justin Martyr said:
And I replied, “Not two Gods, but one God in two persons.
I would have said “Not two separate Gods, but two divine eternal persons in unity. In some contexts, they are separately represented by the name “YHWH” and in other contexts they are together represented by the name “YHWH.”
My concern is bigger than who is ca…[Read more]
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Maybe this can help, the translation of the Hebrew into Aramaic before Jesus incarnation shows the substituting of the name YHWH or the pronoun for YHWH, or the word “God”, with “Memra”.
Key Substitutions of Memra for YHWH in Targum Onkelos
Genesis 28:21Hebrew: “YHWH shall be my God.”
Targum Onkelos: “The Memra of YHWH shall…DesireTruth replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Once again we aren’t on the same page; you aren’t quoting from the Targum (click here for your Targums – Onkelos and Jonathan are the most used), you’re quoting Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho. It’s no wonder there’s mass amounts of confusion; you aren’t quoting scripture; you’re quoting the musings of man.
If this is what your…[Read more]
Berean replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
@ LU
You
5. And I replied, “Not two Gods, but one God in two persons.
Me
The truth is that there are two “divine persons,” not “one God in two persons.” It’s not the same thing.
The only true God is the Father (1 Corinthians 8:6).Jesus is God in infinity(essence )but not in PERSONALITY.
God bless
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Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Targum is what I meant. Read this to see that the Targum’s use of “memra” was the Son of God according to Justin Martyr.
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter 61
(Roberts-Donaldson Translation – Full Text with Memra Highlighted)Below is the complete text of Chapter 61 from Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho (c. 150–160 C…
Lightenup replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Reposted because it has seemed to have been overlooked.
You Wrote:
Yes, the proper name of God and Lord in Deut 10:17 is YHWH.
You wrote:Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Let’s see several other things in Hebrews 1 alone that God identified Jesus a…[Read more]DesireTruth replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
At least you now know that the belief of two powers in Heaven, held by enough people as a legitimate interpretive framework drawn from biblical texts as early as 560 BCE, is not a modern interpretation.
Have you heard of the Targums?
Did Moses, Joshua, the Judges, or the prophets teach G-d as a “bi-unity” or more importantly, did G-d…[Read more]
DesireTruth replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The trinity explained at last. LOL
The trinity teaches God sent himself to go to earth to save mankind.Then he agreed with himself and volunteered himself to himself to offer himself.
Then God Impregnated a woman as himself with himself.
God Prayed to himself and glorified himself repeatedly.
God strengthened himself and prayed to…[Read more]
Proclaimer replied to the topic One God and One Lord in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 6 months, 4 weeks ago
When you understand that YHWH is a name for the fullness of God as well as the name of each presence of God, i.e. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, many things in the Bible become easier to understand. Give it a try, ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate this and open your heart and mind.
When God is understood as more than one person, that is, two…[Read more]
Proclaimer replied to the topic Is “evening and morning” proof of 24-hour days in Genesis? in the forum Truth or Tradition 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Proclaimer, verse 16 tells us that God made the two great lights in the context of day four. Throughout out Genesis 1 “God made” is repeated over and over.
Read it properly.
“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.”
The subject…[Read more]
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