Post by The Resister on Aug 16, 2022 3:14:51 GMT
Unfortunately in a world dominated by people that want a ONE RACE / ONE RELIGION / ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT we are saddled with misinformed, miseducated, and misled people falsely believing they are following the moral dictates of the Bible by buying into the false doctrine of false worship known as a universal equality of man being peddled as "Christianity." It is time to begin a discussion as to what the Bible is about so that people who want to study the Bible can understand what it's about and what the future holds for believers.
Having said that, the first false presupposition that I want to address is the misconception that Adam is the first "man" (as we've come to know the word.) I have engaged in phony "debates" by the scores wherein liars posing as Christians pretend we're debating and then have the thread locked and /or those challenging the status quo banned. Most of them realize they are lying. In order to control the narrative, they pretend to ask the innocent question of whether the biblical account of creation and Adam is figurative or literal.
The reality is the Holy Bible contains figurative and literal language as well as parables, analogies, and other such wording so that only the elect can discern what the true meaning is. Modern Christians have made a mockery of God's Word. So, I'm not hesitant in saying that Eve never talked to a snake, ate a literal apple, and God never punished her for eating a piece of fruit. Backing up a bit further, the Bible doesn't support the myth that Adam was the first "man." To make sure you understand that there is both figurative and literal truths in the Bible, let me quote this:
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." II Timothy 2: 15
Dishonest people want the debate to be about a figurative truth versus a literal one. The Bible uses both and many times in the same chapter of a given account in the Bible. Are you seeing a literal or figurative truth in this Scripture? “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." Matthew 7: 6 Swine don't have feet. So, do you see that part of the Bible referring to animals or people that you can waste time on and then they tear you to pieces for proclaiming the Gospel? And that brings us to the creation of Adam.
The opening words of the Bible are "In the beginning." WHEN in the beginning was is not told to us and the best we can do is hypothesize and speculate. Surely, if it were that important, it would have been spelled out. But, let's run with what we have:
"3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." Genesis 1: 3 - 5
While the Bible calls that first time span a "day," there is nothing to suggest that it is a 24 hour day. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (in the Hebrew Dictionary) defines the word day (yome in Hebrew) as:
"From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially): - age, + always, + chronicles, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (. . . live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger. Total KJV occurrences: 2295"
It is painfully obvious to even the most ardent literalist that the word "day" can be almost any space of time. And, to give this word "day" an even more figurative context, check this out:
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." II Peter 3 : 8
Even that wording there is figurative as there is nowhere in the Bible where a day equals a literal thousand years. But, there will be more to the story. Take that in and pray on it until I return with more.
Having said that, the first false presupposition that I want to address is the misconception that Adam is the first "man" (as we've come to know the word.) I have engaged in phony "debates" by the scores wherein liars posing as Christians pretend we're debating and then have the thread locked and /or those challenging the status quo banned. Most of them realize they are lying. In order to control the narrative, they pretend to ask the innocent question of whether the biblical account of creation and Adam is figurative or literal.
The reality is the Holy Bible contains figurative and literal language as well as parables, analogies, and other such wording so that only the elect can discern what the true meaning is. Modern Christians have made a mockery of God's Word. So, I'm not hesitant in saying that Eve never talked to a snake, ate a literal apple, and God never punished her for eating a piece of fruit. Backing up a bit further, the Bible doesn't support the myth that Adam was the first "man." To make sure you understand that there is both figurative and literal truths in the Bible, let me quote this:
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." II Timothy 2: 15
Dishonest people want the debate to be about a figurative truth versus a literal one. The Bible uses both and many times in the same chapter of a given account in the Bible. Are you seeing a literal or figurative truth in this Scripture? “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." Matthew 7: 6 Swine don't have feet. So, do you see that part of the Bible referring to animals or people that you can waste time on and then they tear you to pieces for proclaiming the Gospel? And that brings us to the creation of Adam.
The opening words of the Bible are "In the beginning." WHEN in the beginning was is not told to us and the best we can do is hypothesize and speculate. Surely, if it were that important, it would have been spelled out. But, let's run with what we have:
"3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." Genesis 1: 3 - 5
While the Bible calls that first time span a "day," there is nothing to suggest that it is a 24 hour day. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (in the Hebrew Dictionary) defines the word day (yome in Hebrew) as:
"From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially): - age, + always, + chronicles, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (. . . live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger. Total KJV occurrences: 2295"
It is painfully obvious to even the most ardent literalist that the word "day" can be almost any space of time. And, to give this word "day" an even more figurative context, check this out:
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." II Peter 3 : 8
Even that wording there is figurative as there is nowhere in the Bible where a day equals a literal thousand years. But, there will be more to the story. Take that in and pray on it until I return with more.
