Monday, April 15, 2019

Jeremiah 19:7 in the Permissive Sense




Jeremiah 19:7

How the King James Version translated it:
“And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.”

How it should have been translated:
“‘In this place I will ruin the plans of you people who live in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah. I will allow your enemies who want to kill you to kill many of you with their swords. Then I will allow your corpses to remain on the ground to be food for vultures and wild animals.” (Unlocked Dynamic Bible)


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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Exodus 4:11


EXODUS 4:11

“And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?” (Exodus 4:11; kjv)
 How it should have been translated:“The Lord said to him, ‘Who made man’s mouth? Who can restore his ability to speak when he’s dumb or his hearing when he’s deaf? Who can restore his sight when he’s blind? Only I, the Lord.’” (Exodus 4:11; The Clear Word: A Paraphrase by Dr. Jack Blanco)

Commentary: 
“Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?” (Matt. 12:22-23; see also v. 28; Matt. 9:32-35; Mk 9:17, 25)

The New Testament shows that these handicaps were  satanic. God is not partnering with Satan. He came to destroy Satan’s works (1 John 3:8). Ex. 4:11 should be read in a permissive and not a causative sense.

“In the deterministic idiom of the culture, actions that were simply permitted by God …. creating handicapped babies (Exod. 4:11) …. are an accommodation to the mindset of the culture ….his involvement may be more indirect than the language of the text suggests. The situations described may reflect His permissive will, rather than his ideal or his moral will.’” Howard, David M.; Grisante, Michael A. Giving the Sense: Understanding and Using Old Testament Historical Texts, p. 58


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Saturday, April 6, 2019

John 9 and the Man Born Blind


John 9 and the Man Born Blind

Men have used Scripture such as John 9:1-5 to teach that God has predestined people to be born with sickness, disease, and handicaps. They claim that God does this to be glorified through it. Therefore, the negative circumstances in your life must be accepted as God’s will for you. But is this what the passage is teaching?

In this teaching video we will show you how men have absolutely misunderstood John 9:1-5 and will give you the proper interpretation by which God's character is completely vindicated.

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