yadda yadda yadda David loves the Lord...
45 was strange as it appears it is written for a King, I am assuming David? But around vs.9 it sorta gets a little creepy...
love 49, its light, airy, and talks bad of the greedy. It basically says "you can't take it with you". Live life to the fullest is what I think of. Whether or not you believe in an after life, we all end the life here on Earth the same way. I think this one, so far, is my favorite. I feel bad for people who don't really "live", the drones of the world. As Abe Lincoln said "Its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years."
Chronicles 3-5
more genealogy starting with David
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We all know that David is not perfect, as none of us are, but he knows that his heart for serving and obeying God is sincere, and he is ok with God judging him based on that. He knows that he'll be vindicated.
This is a great example of a man talking with God. Just flat out rambling some times. Let there be no mistake, God loves this. David tells God his fears and his hopes. This kind of intimate, personal relationship really is why God originally created man. Why people think that just because God is God, that he is not in any need/want of companionship I don't know. What does being God have to do with that? Is he supposed to satisfy his desire for companionship supernaturally...by befriending himself? I don't get that. We are made in His image, and we get lonely. Becaue God is all powerful, He doesn't get lonely? That makes no sense. What is love if you have no one to share it with? So, I guess cause God is an all powerful God He's just supposed to sit there in Heaven by himself, with all that love, and what?...entertain himself? talk to himself? love himself? I don't get it.
Most of the times in the Bible when yo see a reference to a bridegroom and bride, it is talking about God and the church. That's probably what chp 45 is about. If you remember some of our earlier readings when men went to seek out a bride for someone, they were always instructed to make sure she was willing (i.e. Abraham, Jacob, etc.). God wants His bride (the church (us)) to be willing. To exercise our free will and come to Him. To trust in Him that our greatest reward will be in Heaven and not on Earth.
Love Ps. 84:11,12, 85:7-13
I Chron. 4:10 "...And God granted his request." God does answer prayer. God does perform miracles, great and small, even today. If we discounted that because we didn't get everything we want or didn't understand everything, that would be foolish. We don't discount the principles that allow us to fly on airplanes everyday because those same principles cannot explain why bumble bees can fly, do we? Of course not, because to dwell and worry and focus on what we don't understand, and let that inability to understand interfere with enjoying the rest of what is good and in front of us would be silly. If God performed crazy, outrageous, magician-like miracles like in the days of old, what would that do to free will? Or faith? It would virtually kill them. They would become almost unnecessary. It's easy to believe in something or someone when you can go up and talk to them like you talk to another person. Or they just continually give you whatever you ask. Or perform these outlandish-type miracles.
Jamie Wrote: What does being God have to do with that? Is he supposed to satisfy his desire for companionship supernaturally...by befriending himself?
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First off you're defining god on your terms, to meet your needs. This is what every Christian does.
It's consistent with the anthromorphic observations that human beings seek out patterns to derive at logical conclusions. We see order and assign answers to the order. god/religion is an example of that.
god is described as being omnipotent and perfect and without anything missing. alpha/omega. god,by your very definition does not need companionship or fellowship, and would have no more use, desire, or need for a relationship with you than the Sun does. It's projection of human needs and desires onto your man-made creation, god.
Secondly, the fucking bumblebee thing is a myth. I don't expect you to know that, since you're really into retarding and stunting scientific knowledge, but there is absolutely no truth to it, so quit using that as an explanation.
It is believed that the calculations which purported to show that bumblebees cannot fly are based upon a simplified linear treatment of oscillating aerofoils.
The method assumes small amplitude oscillations without flow separation.
This ignores the effect of dynamic stall, an airflow separation inducing a large vortex above the wing, which briefly produces several times the lift of the aerofoil in regular flight. More sophisticated aerodynamic analysis shows that the bumblebee can fly because its wings encounter dynamic stall in every oscillation cycle.
Another description of a bee's wing function is that the wings work similarly to helicopter blades, "reverse-pitch semirotary helicopter blades".
Bees beat their wings approximately 200 times a second, which is 10–20 times as fast as nerve impulses can fire. They achieve this because their thorax muscles do not expand and contract on each nerve firing, but rather vibrate like a plucked rubber band.
So, stop it Jamie.
In addition, God-Jesus performing miracles both BEFORE and AFTER his death, per the Bible and nobody lost faith, died, or lost their free will did they?
They still had free will DID THEY NOT?
Answer this one question with a yes or a no....
Did ANY of the men or women who allegedly saw Jesus perform miracles either BEFORE or AFTER his alleged resurrection lose their ability to have free-will, or to have faith in god?
G, Sorry, but I've seen and read plenty on this and you're wrong. Your theory is just that a theory. FACT is, they don't know how a bumble bee flys. Nice try with all the big words. You know, that's what's really disrespectful (besides the fact that you just absolutely refuse to participate in the way you were asked), how you think that either Crystal or I or anyone else for that matter is so dumb that you can just use a few big words and we'd all be so impressed we'd assume this theory you copied after googling it is correct.
I define God how the Bible defines Him. Remember that's what we're doing reading/studying the Bible? Did you see anywhere in the backstory about anyone asking what your opinions on God, Chrisitanity, life, or anything else were? No. The only the you were asked is to give your opinion on what you thought the text meant. Not your judgements of its truthfulness or accuracy. And certainly not whatever your ideas of theology, etc. are. And the next time you use that kind of profanity or are disrespectful to my God by belittling Him (passively or directly) or give me your forgiveness as though you are God, you will be blocked from commenting on here altogether. Got it. <----no question mark.
Tomorrow, Ps. 73, 77-78; 1 Chron. 6
I want to clear something up. I didn't say if God performed large obvious miracles today and/or showed Himself in a way that we could touch and observe Him so that there were no doubt to anyone that He existed, that would make people LOSE their faith. I said it would almost make faith unnecessary. You don't really have to have faith in something that is proven. Faith is for things unseen, unproven by "measuring" it.
People's faith wasn't made unnecessary in times of old by the performance of miracles no more than it is now. What I mean by that is that we sometimes presume that in the times of the Old Testament everyone believed in God, and that simply is untrue. Faith in God was still required. Just like now, many people attempted to write off miracles as chance or happenstance. God uses many methods to accomplish things. I'm sure many of the Israelites discounted the parting of the Red Sea and Jordan as mere storms or natural occurences, just like skeptics do today. In Jesus' time it was different because He was changing things, that was His purpose. He was trying to convince people He was the Messiah. But it was still by faith/belief that He was the Son of God through which they were healed. Jesus said that many times. So faith was necessary at that time for people to believe Jesus was who He said He was, and to believe His miracles where from God. But now, in 2009, many believe those things have already been established, so if God appeared before/among us in such an obvious way, and with the mass communication technology we have today, it would definitely be a game changer as far as faith and worship and the influence of free will.
The other funny things is people try to apply today's motives for religion to ancient people. Ancient people had no, ZERO, idea of how easily we'd be able to communicate today, or of how everything would play out with any religion, much less Judaism or Christianity. They hadn't even seen Christ come yet. So all these consipiracy theories of why Moses, etc. wrote things a certain way and "made up" things are such nonsense. These people had no idea the world would be the way it is today.
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