2 KINGS 2:23-25\nAnd he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.  \n\n\n 2Ki 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.  \n\n\n 2Ki 2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
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Oh wow, is that in the bible?  Some little kids get eaten by a bear for callng some old dude bald?  Wow, now that goes beyond abuse..it's murder.
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Thank you for the article- it had some interesting insights!\n\nI have long thought that there was something odd in the part of Genesis 2:1 and the phrasing Genesis 1 used. I've been looking for things that explained it and your article did just that.\n\nIt simply makes no sense that the God who sent His people to the wilderness for 40 years would have (or needed to) rush the planet in 6 days, then fake various items to make it seem much older. He does not work that way at any other time, so why then?\n\nI have said for years that when the Bible and science or reality conflict, our understanding of one or the other is flawed- and I think we've really messed up our understanding of the Bible!
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According to Jacob’s deathbed prophecy, the tribe of Judah was to produce the permanent royal heir, Shiloh (meaning “He Whose It Is; He To Whom It Belongs”). (Genesis 49:10) Appropriately, therefore, before the overthrow of the kingdom of Judah, Jehovah, through Ezekiel, directed these words to Zedekiah: “Remove the turban, and lift off the crown. This will not be the same. Put on high even what is low, and bring low even the high one. A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I shall make it. As for this also, it will certainly become no one’s until he comes who has the legal right, and I must give it to him.” (Ezekiel 21:26, 27) The one having the legal right, as indicated by the angel Gabriel’s announcement to the virgin Jewess Mary some 600 years later, is none other than Jesus, the Son of God. (Luke 1:31-33) It is, therefore, fitting that Jesus Christ bears the title “the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah.”—Revelation 5:5.\n\nAlso, if you refer to Matther chapter 1, you will find the geneology of Jesus. Verse 2 speaks of the line of Judah and the following verses go on with the line wherein you will be able to see where Jesus comes into it.
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That's complete crap.\n\nYou won't find any such information in the Bible.\n\nSeriously.  Ask your friend to show it to you.
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Making fun of a bald prophet...\n\nHey, it's in the book...\n\nIsn't it interesting that a Buddhist can recognize a Biblical allusion while several Christians cannot?
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Matthew 24:1-2 Destruction of the temple\nLuke 19:43 Surrounded by fortification of pointed stakes\n                   children not spared\nLuke 21: 20 Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies\nLuke 21:21 Christians flee to the mountains\nLuke 21:23 Large scale slaughter\nLuke 21:24 Jerusalem trampled by nations until end of gentile times
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Mark 10:14 Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. \n\nMt 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  \n\nMt 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.  \n\nMt 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. \n\nMr 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.  \n\nLu 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.  \n\n"Suffer the little children..." does not mean they are to suffer. It means nothing should get in the way of them coming to Him. \n\nBlame the faulty translation on King James English. \n\n.\n\n.
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A sermon i gave this last Yom Kippur:::\n\nI learned the hard way that Ecclesiastes is Right!\nLet me explain.\n\nMost people wrongly believe that the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes is a downer, a cynical, depressing book, and i have never never felt that way! I always thought that the book was one of the most uplifting books of the Bible, and i guess i need to explain that, as well, first.\n\nThe Book of Ecclesiastes is known for verses like, \n\n'to everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heavens, a time to be born and a time to die...' and:\n\n'there is nothing new under the sun.'  and:\n\n'vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' (horrible translation!)  and:\n\n'the sun also rises.'\n\nThe basic idea to Ecclesiastes is quite simply put, 'a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference.' And most people stop trying to understand the book after this. But they miss the point when they stop! The best way to say this is, 'a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference, AND SO WHAT??' \n\nIn other words, yes, its true, a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference, and so the successes you have now in your life, you must do for your sake, because they are meaningful to You, because they give your life meaning, and not because they will make any difference down the road. \n\nMy wife died 4 and half years ago. She was bright and funny, and clever, and raised two young daughters as best she could from the depth of all her illnesses. And a hundred years from now, no one will know it, but so what? She did it because it gave her pleasure and pride to see her daughters, my children, OUR kids, grow up, full of life and love and self-assured. It gave her life, no matter how short, meaning, and that is the only person it had to be meaningful to, not those who will live in 100 years. \n\nMy brother died almost two years ago. He started the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, yes, that M.I.T. at the age of 15! He was brilliant and he had a deep-seated passion for Justice, and he worked for Justice until he got sick. A hundred years from now, no one will know or care that he was brilliant and passionate, and so what? He did what he did because HE felt it to be important, because that is what gave his life meaning, and that is all, in the scheme of things, that mattered!\n\nMy mom now has lost her memories. She at one time, ran 5 businesses, got Broadway shows to come through Springfield Missouri, raised three sons, appeared on stage with actors now gone, too, and if a hundred years from now no one will know the difference, then so what? She did what was meaningful to her, and that is what is important. \n\nSo long as we remain within the boundaries of right, and what is just, and fair, in accordance with what Gd wants from us, we are free to make our lives as meaningful as we can. That is why i love the book of Ecclesiastes, because it frees us to make our own lives as meaningful as we can, in whatever ways we want, so long as we stay within the boudaries that Gd has set up for us. And that can be scary, because it means it is up to us, and us alone, even as we are free to do whatever we want as we live out our very short life on this earth! Life has no meaning whatsoever outside of whatever meaning WE put into it. It is therefore up to us, and only up to us, alone, to make our lives meaningful to ourselves, and there is, in the final analysis, no one else to blame but ourselves, if we dont put 60 seconds of life into each minute we live!\n\nThat is what i knew a long time ago, when i first read Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Scriptures, but that is what i Realized with so many recent losses in my life. \n\nLife is what we make of it, and if 100 years from now, no one else knows the difference, SO WHAT, WE know the difference, so does Gd, and in the end, that is all who need to know.\n\n                Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 7 Go thy way, eat
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! SOMEBODY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT IN TRUTH! You are 100% CORRECT! ALL of the so-called "holidays"(holydays) were NEVER commanded in the Bible-EVER!!! Jeremiah Chapter 10 directly mentions a "christmas tree" as an IDOL! Astarte (Easter) is mentioned many times in the Old Testament as an ABOMINATION TO GOD!!! Tammuz is also in the Old Testament! And not in a good way! People simply follow what the "crowd" says to follow! DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT??? Borrowing Pagan traditions and somehow transforming them into "holy days" is unacceptable worship to GOD! DON'T BELIEVE A NOBODY LIKE ME--READ YOUR BIBLE!!! Please see for yourself! Then you will know what God REALLY feels about man-made traditions.....
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I found this quote, from Genesis; I think it is the one that people use to discourage masturbation., judge for yourself.\n\n38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.\n38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.\n38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.  \n38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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''Keep in mind that there is NOTHING in this passage to suggest that the children were at any fault of anything.''\n\nactually, if you read before it, it's talking about the ''children of Jezebel''  but wait mike, didn't Jezebel like...die in the old testament?  that is correct.  well then how are THESE her children?  well, it's like ''the children of God'' or ''the children of satan.'' children in this context does not mean little ones, what it means is ''those who are following in the same teachings of'' Jezebel, who called herself a prophetess, but ate foods sacrificed to idols and enticed some of God's servants to commit adultery with her.  the church was about 40 years old now, and if you read after the verse quoted here, it talks about ''knowing the depths of satan.'' this is a pre-gnostic belief that one was free to engage  and explore the rituals/activities of satan, and participate in evil with the body without harming the spirit.
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"funny" King Saul did the same with the Witch of Endor\n\nto answer: \nJohn 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. \n\nMen rather seek man, then God for light. God is truth, and the truth hurts
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Read the book of Revelations with a concordance. There's mentions of "the dragon of the East". And there's referrences of Assyrian armies attacking Israel. All in all, it's not a pretty picture for the future of our world.
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Can ya stick with me for a bit? This is really cool stuff, and I love studying it. Daniel is my favorite book in the Bible - it makes so much sense!\n\nOk, here we go.\n\nThe 2300 day prophecy is found in Daniel 8:14. This prophecy given in Daniel 8 was so overwhelming to Daniel that at the end of it he actually fainted and was sick for days! Later, in chapter 9, we find Daniel praying and being very concerned for the deliverance of his people back to Jerusalem. The angel Gabriel was sent to help him understand the vision (Daniel 9:20-23). What vision? Well, there's been no vision since the one in Daniel 8, so we're obviously going to get an explanation on that.\n\nVerse 24 says that 70 weeks are determined for the Jewish people. Determined from what? Well, the only other time period we've heard about is the 2300 days. So, we can say that the 70 weeks come from the 2300 days. 70 weeks = 490 days (70x7).\n\nNow, verse 25 gives us a start date. It says that from the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince would be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks. A score is 20, so we can see it's 7+60+2. That equals 69, right? So, 69 weeks, or 483 days, from the time of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, Messiah the prince would come.\n\nVerse 26 says that sometime after 62 weeks (the 62 weeks that come after the 7 weeks, see verse 25) the Messiah would be cut off, but not for himself (a prediction of Jesus' death). Verse 27 says that he would confirm the covenant with many for one week, and during the middle of the week he would cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. If you add all this up, you see that we have a 70 week time prophecy in verse 24 that is broken up into 7 weeks, 62 weeks, and 1 week. It would only make sense for these weeks to be consecutive.\n\nBefore going any farther, we have to establish something: in Bible prophecy, a day equals a year. See Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6. So, we are actually talking about 2300 literal years here.\n\nNow, verse 25 says that this time period begins with the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. At the time that Daniel is seeing this vision, the Jewish nation is in captivity in Babylon and Jerusalem and the temple are in ruins. However, shortly thereafter, the Persian king decreed that the Jews could go back to Jerusalem. There are actually 3 decrees giving them permission to return to Jerusalem, but it was only the last one, given in 457 BC, that commanded that they could rebuild the wall. \n\nSo, this is where it gets cool. Begin in 457 BC and add 483 years (remember, 7 weeks plus 60 weeks plus 2 weeks = 69 weeks = 483 days = 483 years) and you end up exactly at 27 AD. (Actually, using raw math, you end up at 26 AD, but there was no zero year between BC and AD, so it jumps up to 27 AD. What happened in 27 AD? That is precisely when Jesus was baptized in the river by John the Baptist and began his public ministry (see Luke 2:1-3 and then check any history records if you have any doubt about this year). The word "Messiah" means "anointed one", and Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit at his baptism. This came right on time, to the very year.\n\nThen, verse 27 says that he would confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the midst of the week he would cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. Well, if one week = 7 days, then half a week would equal 3 1/2 days, right? And remember, days are actually years... Jesus' ministry was exactly 3 1/2 years (he was baptized in the fall of AD 27 and was crucified in the spring of AD 31). At this time, the temple services stopped. In fact, at his death, the curtain in the temple was torn from top to bottom (Matthew 27:50,51), signifying the end of the need of sacrifices and services pointing to Jesus' death. Amazing, isn't it?\n\nNow, remember that all of this time is taken from those original 70 weeks, or 490 years, in verse 24. It says t
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The Bible says:\n\nEzekiel 1:15-16 - \n"Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one WHEEL upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. \n\nThe appearance of the WHEELS and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a WHEEL in the middle of a WHEEL. "\n\nEzekiel 1: 19-20\n"And when the living creatures went, the WHEELS went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. \n\nWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the WHEELS."\n\nAlso, several verses in the 10th chapter of Ezekiel. Like:\nEzekiel 10:12-13\n\n"And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the WHEELS, were full of eyes round about, even the WHEELS that they four had.\n\nAs for the WHEELS, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O WHEEL."\n\nLM
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An exact figure I have yet to find; perhaps this insight can help.\n\nThe Lord, the God of Israel, made a Covenant with the fathers of old in the day that God brought them forth out of the land of Egypt (Jer.34:13 below).  Thy time was the time of love (Eze.16:8 below).\n\nALL the fathers of old were under the cloud, and ALL passed through the sea and ALL were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea and ALL ate the same spiritual meat and ALL drank the same spiritual drink (1 Cor.10:1-4 below).\n\nI believe that it was these spiritual acts and the passing through the sea at the Exodus that married Israel to their Maker (Isa.54:5, Jer.3:14, Eze.16:8 below).\n\n\nJer.34:13Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel:  I made a covenant (Eze.16:8 below) with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,  \n\nEze.16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee (Jer.34:13 above, Jer.31:32 below), saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine (Isa.54:5 below).\n\n1 Cor.10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that ALL our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea (Ex.14:22 below);\n\n1 Cor.10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;\n\n1 Cor.10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;\n\n1 Cor.10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them (Ex.14:19 below): and that Rock was Christ.\n\nIsa.54:5For thy Maker is thine husband (Jer.3:14 below); the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.\n\nJer.3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you (Isa.54:5 above): and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:\n\n\nDivorcement -\n\nIsa.50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? (Jer.3:8 below) or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. \n\nJer.3:8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce (Isa.50:1 above); yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. \n\nJer.3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. \n\nJer.3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. \n\nJer.3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel (Jer.3:12 below) hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. \n\nJer.3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever (Isa.43:25 above).\n \nJer.3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God (Isa.54:5 above), and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice (Heb.12:25 below), saith the LORD.\n\nJer.31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake (Eze.16:8 above), although I WAS an husband unto them (Isa.54:5, Jer.3:14 above), saith the Lord:\n\nHeb.12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.  For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth (Jesus), much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him (God the Father - Col.1:3) THAT SPE
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There's a passage I got memorized,\n                       seems appropriate for this\n                       situation: Ezekiel 25:17. "The path\n                       of the righteous man is beset on\n                       all sides by the inequities of the\n                       selfish and the tyranny of evil\n                       men.  Blessed is he who, in the\n                       name of charity and good will,\n                       shepherds the weak through the\n                       valley of darkness, for he is truly\n                       his brother's keeper and the finder\n                       of lost children.  And I will\n                       strike down upon thee with great\n                       vengeance and furious anger those\n                       who attempt to poison and destroy\n                       my brothers.  And you will know my\n                       name is the Lord when I lay my\n                       vengeance upon you."\n\nAlthough its a very inaccurate quote if you actually check that passage in a bible.