Hi Sevena. Yes, “xylon” means “timber” and “stauros” primary meaning is “stake” or upright pale.“Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after. . . . I have declared, and I have saved, and I have s…[Read more]

Quote David have you started downloading all your google searches on this topic now that Towshab has said farewell?-stueIf you'll do half a minute of research, you'll see that I had conversations with Tow about this for quite some time. But he was on here about 10 times as much as me and just plowed over what was said with 15 different topics all…[Read more]

Quote Oh, and the fact Yahshua raised Lazarus from the dead may have spread a rumor that Lazarus would never die (since he died once already). This (somewhat, but not quite) matches Jhn 21:23 Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I…[Read more]

Quote I read earlier on another site where someone tried to make the case that Lazarus wrote the Gospel of John. The simplest reason they had was the following verses Jhn 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Jhn 19:26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His…[Read more]

Quote david……..> i would have to bothe agree and disagree with you, I would agree that the author of John is not that important, but the author of the gospel does not seem to be John. I believe it might have been Lazarus because He was refured to as the deciple whom Jesus loved. The spritual value is still there no matter who wrote it.peace to…[Read more]

Just for fun, some more thinking on this scripture:JOHN 13:23,24“There was reclining in front of Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, and Jesus loved him. Therefore Simon Peter nodded to this one and said to him: “Tell who it is about whom he is saying .” ”At banquets or large feasts in the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, couches were placed arou…[Read more]

The Bible

Ok, it seems to me that John when writing of himself, has a tendancy to humbly omitt himself.JOHN 21:20“Upon turning about Peter saw the disciple whom Jesus used to love following, the one who at the evening meal had also leaned back upon his breast and said: “Lord, who is the one betraying you?””JOHN 21:24“This is the disciple that bears wit…[Read more]

Ok, some basics:MESSIAH (Christ)From the Hebrew root verb ma·shach́, meaning “smear,” and so “anoint.” (Ex 29:2, 7) Messiah (ma·shíach) means “anointed” or “anointed one.” The Greek equivalent is Khri·stoś, or Christ.—Mt 2:4, ftn.In the Hebrew Scriptures the verbal adjective form ma·shíach is applied to many men. David was officially appointed…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Jan. 22 2008,23:55)Quote (david @ Jan. 21 2008,23:47)Quote To the people of Jesus' day, Paul was mixing some elements with paganism in with the message of Judaism. –kejonnI've heard you say this before. What were the “elements with paganism”?1Co 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 17 2007,03:32)Many scholars believed that Peter did not write the epistles that were attributed to him, but that they were written by Mark as a type of “secretary”. This is because the believe through various clues in scripture that Peter was a fisherman by trade, and most fisherman in that time were mostly illiterate.…[Read more]

Quote Does it matter who penned the words of John or Peter or Paul?It matters in that if some are trying to tear apart the Bible, they can make all kind of claims that the Bible is a lie, or in this case, that those who penned it weren't who they claimed to be. Looking at the book of John: Though the book does not name its writer, it has been…[Read more]

Quote What I'm getting at is there has to be a reason there are so many different beliefs within Christianity, and many more outside of it as well. Everyone thinks their interpretation is the correct one, yet we all say we are lead by the same unifying spirit.What's going on? MATTHEW 13:24-30 (c. 41 C.E.)“The kingdom of the heavens has become l…[Read more]

I realize this would fit more in the “evolution” thread, but his name has been mentioned on here. Carl Sagan, in his book “Cosmos,” acknowledged: “The fossil evidence could be consistent with the idea of a Great Designer.”(New York, 1980), p. 29

Either way, including # 5 makes no sense at all. Any future messiah or past messiah would have to be a descendant of David.Any future descendant of David, it seems would have no way of really even making this claim. It seems that the messiah was in the past, when such records still existed.Tow eventually said, none of this really mattered. But…[Read more]

If we're speaking of the universe, we have to consider the anthropic principle.I'm not sure if it's been discussed on this thread or not.For some reason, it turns out that the universe is full of examples where the very nature of a physical law, or the very value of some crucial physical constant (such as the proton to electron ratio) seems to be…[Read more]

Seekingtruth, you're one of the wisest people on this thread.

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Jan. 21 2008,18:53)Quote (Towshab @ Dec. 29 2007,12:53)What will the King Messiah accomplish and fulfill?(1) Build the 3rd Temple (Eze 37:26-28, Mic 4:1).(2) Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isa 43:5-6, Isa 27:12-13 & 11:12).(3) Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. (Isa…[Read more]

OK, so here are the scriptures that are in question. I thought I'd list them, so at the very least, we have somewhere to begin.Born of the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10) Matt. 1:2-16; Luke 3:23-33; Heb. 7:14From the family of David, son of Jesse (Ps. 132:11; Isa. 9:7; 11:1,10)Matt. 1:1, 6-16; 9:27; 15:22; 20:30, 31; 21:9, 15; 22:42; Mark…[Read more]

Quote but in the OT there is NO talk of a “second coming” for the Messsiah.There are precisely two kinds of prophecies in referring to the Messiah–those that speak of his triumphant second coming and those that speak of his humble coming (which preceeded the second).Quote Messiah’s resurrection would also resolve the seeming contradiction b…[Read more]