Just thinking tonight, why wasn't I one of the ones who fell for the BS shot? My whole family are Christians, but every single one of them fell for it.
Why did God give me discernment and not them? Is there some sort of purpose behind this?
Wondering if anyone has some sort of commentary towards this, because I definitely do not feel worthy or special in any way. In fact, they are way better people than I am.
Who knows. This war is fascinating and all I can do is trust in God. Because I sure as hell do not trust anything else anymore.
Been at it for the first time in my life with the Bible.
Looked everywhere and did everything to find purpose and fulfillment. Little did I know, it was sitting in this book the whole damn time.
God bless.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
You say look at your heart.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
If you haven't written the commandments on your heart, how can you trust what it's telling you?
You say Yahweh doesn't need prophets.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
He begs to differ.
Yahweh issued the following challenge through the prophet Isaiah-
Isaiah 46:9-11
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am YHWH, and there is none else; I am YHWH, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
The prophecies "some dudes wrote a few thousand years ago" and which, according to you, "all contradict each other" were provided to man so that we could verify the existence of Yahweh.
There is a prophecy stating the city of Tyre (Tyrus in the KJV) would be destroyed.
To be fair, predicting the destruction of an ancient city isn't impressive on its own, but predicting the entire city would be thrown into the ocean and fishermen would cast nets from its remains until the end of time IS fairly impressive.
Ezekiel 26:2-5
2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did destroy the city of Tyre. Some of the inhabitants fled to an island off the coast and built a new city which they also named Tyre.
For over 200 years, the remnants of the city of Tyre remained. They hadn't been cast into the ocean. It wasn't until Alexander the Great came along that this prophecy was fulfilled.
Here's what happened, according to a completely secular source-
https://youtu.be/-WkWy47ighY
Genesis 17:9-13
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Regardless of your feelings about it, there is most definitely a visible difference between those who are circumcised and who are not. This was a physical sign of the covenant between YHWH and Abraham.
1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
As far as shellfish goes, here's the statue-
Leviticus 11:9-12
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
The promise for following the dietary statutes of YHWH is as follows-
Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Shellfish Toxicity
Many toxins can accumulate in shellfish and cause disease in humans. The four shellfish poisoning syndromes are paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP), diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), and neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP). The most well-known paralytic shellfish toxin is saxitoxin. Domoic acid causes amnesic shellfish poisoning. Okadaic acid causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. Brevetoxins are the cause of neurotoxic shellfish poisoning.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29262048/
Eat shellfish if you'd like, but to act like there's no reason to advise against eating them to prevent diseases is simply dishonest.
In fact, many scholars argued the prophecy about Tyre was written after Alexander the Great threw the remains of the ancient city into the sea as part of its attack on New Tyre.
It wasn't until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls that those scholars were proven wrong.
Old Testament vs. New Covenant. Legal vs. Grace. Wise people of faith know to heed the New Covenant words of Jesus. Christians locked into the Old Testament Law seem to be more inclined to bend to authoritarian plandemic compliance. Just my observation. I hate to mention, but, as we know, MEN removed books of the Bible and The Vatican made sure they still remain hidden. This is huge! We do not even have full access to The Bible.
Devil's advocate are ya? Always assisting slashing faith? Does it make you feel better? First off, its none of your damn business how anyone finds God. Your questions are not designed to help, they are designed to create doubt. Put a hoola hoop around you...everything inside it is your responsibility. Stay out of other people's hoola hoops. 👹👹👹Remember THE DEVILS ADVOCATE WORKS FOR THE DEVIL👹👹👹👹
I have a 28 year old son just like you. Whatever you need to tell yourself. The fact is no one appointed you to be their savior and your obviously have big big boundary issues. You absolutely are the Devils Advocate, and if you don't like that moniker, I suggest you research personal boundaries and then when you're all perfect, come tell us, because until then, YOU are just some man talking shit. Words if thousands of years have more weight. Pride leadeth before the fall.
Q & Q+ have both clearly pointed us towards Christianity. How do you learn about Christianity if not through the Bible and the other writings of the early church?
How do you know what is good?
This is a problem, if each does whatever is right in their own eyes, that’s how we got here in this mess. Please stop trying to hasten Gods wrath.
God gave us the Bible, so we know with surety what he wants from us. If it’s by emotions or whatever else, our sinful natures will taint what “good” we think we have. And we will give ourselves over to sin and death.
You have a really depraved view, the Bible is written by men inspired by God, therefore it is written by God. People use the Bible in the wrong ways for many years, so an example of someone appropriating things from the Bible does not dictate its meaning, rather their interpretation. To understand that you are not of your own abilities, able to be made right with God is key. Jesus Christ pays that penalty, but that’s not all, he also imputes his righteousness unto those whom he saves. It is not enough for someone to give you a clean slate, it must be a perfect slate. Job was used by God for the very purpose of his example in that book. It gives insight into the power of Satan, the power of God, and how to respond in trial and tribulation. We are not to speak to God as though he asked us our opinion when making humans, his ways are above our ways. Consider this, if your parents gave you everything you wanted, would that make you a spoiled brat or a well behaved child who becomes useful in society. God is a father, not a grandfather. He puts us in different places in life for our own potential benefit. If you choose evil over good in times of difficulty, then you have turned your back on God, why should he save you then? If he does, that is much great mercy, if he doesn’t, his perfect justice does what is required, so either way, God is glorified and his name is magnified in either justly condemning or unjustly, saving people from wrath.
Job is a great book. One of my favorites.
The Bible is a tool of control for man …. The Truth is, God is ‘everyone’ and in ‘everyone’ / our 5 senses are the light to our true spiritual awakenings, for we have only just begun this journey… God is the universe! God is the stars! God is the cosmic awakening we are all about to experience…. No book written by men could possibly compare!
Show me something better than God then
You can have God without the Bible.
Actually, no you can’t. Unless, it’s a different god ur talking about.
Lol! This is funny! If you have ever studied the Bible, you would understand the correlation between the Old Testament & the New Testament. One one hand, I have God’s Word. On the other hand, I have ThinkAboutlt5’s opinion. Hmmmm…hard choice.
We do scrutinize the thing m8, why do you say we don't? And where does it say you can sacrifice humans to absolve sins?
It is precisely after scrutiny that you realize what is expected of mankind on an individual level. There is no document remotely like it.
Hey brother just saw your username and dropping by to say hello, I love you and I hope your doing well. God bless
Hey brother
Doing awesome man, I love seeing your comments around here, thanks for reaching out!
God bless you o7
God is infinite. That is why He did it. Christ is on nearly every page of the bible. Our human means of rationalization can never reach the depths of His infinite wisdom.
Think of it this we broke the moral law, the ten commandments, and Jesus paid the fine. Through this payment we are set free. All we need to do is turn from our wicked ways and trust in Jesus like we would a parachute as we jump out of an airplane.
Jesus was and is the creator. He was the one who was calling for Adam in the garden after he ate the fruit. He was the Angel of the Lord who spoke to Moses. He was the rock Moses struck and produced water. Jesus is the door to the Father, no man has heard the Father speak or has seen His face. It was always Jesus they heard and saw.
A day of torture and ridicule plus six hours on the cross, and two days in hell conquering the devil, is but a blink of the eye for an infinite being. A fraction of the blink of an eye at that.
Matthew 5:44-46
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
The compilation itself (which as a Catholic, it is the one that matters most) could be considered it's own "document".
Test/Punishment in that context I guess would mean that in their eyes you deserve or not what is happening to you.
Original Sin, is the sin of Adam and Eve, the sin that made us mortal. Which was direct, decisive and full on acknowledged disobedience of God after being tricked by the angel that doesn't serve.
If you damage both of your kidneys, you will need someone to sacrifice their GOOD kidney because of your negligence. Or you die. That's how it works with your heart/soul. They "die" too but it doesn't disappear, and maybe you have noticed that your soul/energy/consciousness feels kinda separate from your physical flesh. When this sinful flesh dies, your soul will carry on and you are going to want flesh again. Without a bellybutton this time.
God had to sacrifice His only son, there are no free kidneys here, God wants reality to keep it real 100%. And he puts 10% extra for us because we suck that bad. So now our bodies can live after we die if we so choose.
Everyone has a ticket to be punched. Getting a disease is part of life. This was brought onto us by the fallen nature of man. There is no perfect man who is sinless on earth. We will all face trials.
Let me ask you this. Where does the moral law come from. Who decides what is good, what is just? Is it only through man that we have discovered these things?
66 books because in a sense, the Bible IS incomplete. We will know more when we are in heaven. We aren’t meant for that knowledge now, hence the number of incompletion, twice.
Human sacrifice is not what saves humanity, but rather God offered Himself as the sacrifice for mankind. Learn to read the Bible before spewing stupidity on a public forum.
Would you sacrifice yourself for your children? For we are His children.
He is the perfect Father.
Keep in mind that evil has had thousands of years to change the words of God to suit their own needs. We have all been deceived. God bless you.
It's deep in your conscience, which translates to the heart. Each person's experience with faith(keyword) is different, just as God created it to be.
What do you care?
You think we're all going to be dust anyway.
What do you care what people do in the meantime? You say NONE OF IT FUCKING MATTERS!