What is Jeremiah 13:12 about (The broken wineflask)?
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Here is the answer....\n\nCall to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).  (Jer 3:33 AMP)\n\nSOme thing, brother, are shown us by God.  Seek out Him for what it means.  The you will have the treasure.\n\nI cannot understand it either...but there has been many things in scripture I did not understand that He revealed to me as I sought Him.  Just be patient. Maybe do a little digging.
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1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable.\n    2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.\n    3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.\n    4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.\n    5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.\n    6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.\n    7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.\n    8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.\n    9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.\n    10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.\n    11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.\n    12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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Greetings.  First, it doesn't say that the "forbidden fruit" was an apple.  Second, it doesn't say that the "forbidden fruit" had anything to do with sex, intercourse or reproduction.  It was the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" that they were not to eat from (Genesis 3:1-8).  I think there is some symbolism in this passage and shouldn't be taken too literally.  Whatever the case, it was the ONLY fruit they were forbidden to eat.  The essence of the story is that it was disobedience and thus sin, a sin that brought separation between God and man.  The beautiful thing about the passage is that God gives a promise in Genesis 3:15 of a coming Deliverer (the "Emnity" he is called).  This Deliverer, whom both Jews and Christians believe to be a Messiah will deliver mankind from the spell of sin and the evil one and restore the world to it's original order.  As a side note, that is why genealogies become so important in the Bible.  Hope that helps.
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THE TWELVE STEPS\nOF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS\n\n1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.\n\n2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.\n\n3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.\n\n4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.\n\n5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.\n\n6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.\n\n7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.\n\n8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.\n\n9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.\n\n10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.\n\n11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.\n\n12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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yes I do.  Not because of any novel out there.  I have believed this for years.  I base this on the Bible itself.\n\n1) In John chapter 2 Mary (Mother) goes to Jesus and tells him that the wine is gone.  According to Jewish tradition only the Groom is responsible for the wedding feast.  Unless he was the groom why would Mary care about the wine being gone and why would Christ risk offending the Groom and his family by interviening by turning the water to wine and therefore making more wine for the feast.\n\n2) Under Jewish tradition only a married man could be a Rabbi.  So unless he had married he could not have been called Rabbi. \n\n3) Mary M. helped dress his body for burrial. Unless she was a wife, sister, mother or aunt dressng a body (seeing a man nude, even dead) was not allowed.  It would have been an obseane act on her part.  Since we know she was not sister, mother or aunt that would leave wife.\n\n4) The very first person he appeared to after his reserection was Mary M. That would be an act I accociate with a spouse other wise it would have been an aposle or other family member.\n\n5) Now why was it not spelled out clearer in the Bible?  Maybe it was a given and the writers of the Gospels included in the Bible didn't think it was important enough to mention beyond what they did. Or may be it was discussed clearer in books that were not included in the Bible. Or maybe out of respect for Mary M and to avoid her being disparraged as Jesus as been they choose not to be clear about her relationship with Christ. \n\nNow did they have any children?  I have no idea, I don't think this is important to go into further. But I do think we should acknowledge what Christ taught us and follow him as he is our Savior and Messiah, that he died for us.  This is what is important not these other things.
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How could that possibly be?  The bible is replete with examples of worshipers of God drinking wine.  Psalms reports that wine is a gift from God.  Then there is the well-known account of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast.  The only time it would probably be disadvantageous is if the person had an inclination toward alcoholism.  For him it would be dangerous and foolish.
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Daniel ws delivered from the lion's den, Isaiah was not killed and the three hebrew boys were delivered from fire.\n\nEsther said: "If I perish I perish". \nWith faith in God we can face fearful situations knowing and trusting that God will do the best - and if He does not deliver us, then so be it: better in Heaven than here on Earth.
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“it is better to spill your seed in the belly of a whore, than to spill it on the ground.” \n\nThat is NOT a Bibically quoted, rather It was a 19th century mis-interpretation of the story of Onan in Genesis that was commonly cited in the 19th and early 20th century: \n“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up see to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”\n--The Bible, Genesis 38:8-10 \n\nNote: even the LDS/Mormons used this same application to interpret this act as something define in the Bible. That  fact is far from the truth. \n\n“But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.”- The Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:23\n\nAccording to Ancient Near Eastern culture, it would have been the responsibility of Onan to impregnate his dead brother's wife that his brother's line might continue. Selfishly, Onan did not wish any of his offspring to bear any name other than his own; and so while he did, in fact, take up the responsibility of sexual relations with his brother's wife, he would not ejaculate inside her but instead practiced the withdrawal method of birth control. God punished Onan for his wickedness and greed by putting him to death (and not, as is popularly believed, for masturbating). The rest of the narrative features the wife, Tamar, posing as a prostitute and seducing Onan's father, Judah. By him, she conceives and bears a son from whom Christ would descend. And God does not strike Judah or punish him in any way in the narrative.\nSo it appears that some cynic had taken the veneer of the tale and crafted a wry commentary that has come to be known as actual Scripture (unfortunately).
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Jeremiah is an Old testament book and really written for Judah.  But, everyone can learn from the OT.  And, there is some background to that text.  jeremiah is praying for correction.- translation of verse- pastors have become dull-hearted.  they aren't "on fire for the Lord".  They've lost their zeal and excitement for serving God.  pastors are also known as shepherds, which is why it says their flocks shall be scattered.  In today's society, their "flocks can be scattered" in different ways.  Maybe the Christians are only church Christians and act as if they "lost" their religion during the week.  pastors have to give an account to God for their stewardship of Christians.  Some pastors are not doing what they are suppose to be doing.  Like you said, some pastors are in it for the money.  Some are trying to be politically correct and therefore not teaching the whole word of God.  They'll talk about how much God loves you, but don't want to talk about God's wrath.
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For those who did not have a Methodist Sunday school teacher for a mother, here it is:  "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."\n\nLike any other Bible passage, it needs to be read in context.  So starting from verse 1, we find that the jews were captives in Babylon.  Jeremiah was a prophet sent to console them in their captivity, so far away from their homeland.  He says go ahead and live your lives here, marry and have children.  Pay no attention to false prophets.  After 70 years in Babylon, God will visit you and if you are faithful, He will remove the burden of captivity and take you all out of Babylon.  If it had not happened roughly like that, Jeremiah would not be one of the books of the Bible.\n\nP.S.  I'm not a Christian myself, but well educated.  My momma gave me a Bible without demanding I make any promises.  I have always respected that.
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The difference between Yachid (singularity) and Echad (compound unity) has been discussed here before.\n\nLook at Numbers 13:23 where the spies carried grapes back that were so big they had to use a pole to carry them.  The word is Echad. But it wasn't "one grape" that was being carried, it was one cluster.\n\nSimilarly in Genesis 2:24 man and woman become Echad flesh "one flesh". Are man and wife more than one?
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The references I found were in Jeremiah (7:18, 44:17-25)  Seems to be a false god(dess) or idol the Israelites were worshipping.\n\nAnd there is no Daniel 14:12.
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biblepreacher2,\n\nJesus was called a drunkard because He drank, and He also associated with drunkards. He was called a friend of sinners because He chose to hang out with sinners and tax collectors. \n\nThe Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." Matthew 11:19\n\nI have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Matthew 9:13\n\nWith your professed belief, I don’t suppose that you will “hear” me, but anything is possible. Jesus died for your sin and someone must have associated with you and prayed for you or you would be like those that you shun. It is not Christian to circle the wagons or assemble inside the “fortress” of church and refuse to venture into the world to love those Jesus died to save.\n\nAs Christians, we must get out in our world. We are the light of the world. If all of the light is inside the church, why are we surprised that there is great, growing darkness outside? The book of James says that faith without works is dead. I would say that love without works is dead, too. Are we not violating the second commandment, “… love your neighbor as yourself.” and the Great Commission, when we stay inside the walls of the church? Jesus said that He can separate those who are going to heaven and those who are not by whether they demonstrate love for their neighbor. God looks at our heart, but as He looks at our heart if there is love for our neighbor, then it must find expression, or it isn’t love at all, is it?\n\nWhen the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.\n\nThen the King will say to those on His right, “Come, you who are blessed by My Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited Me in, I needed clothes and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you came to visit Me.”\n\nThen the righteous will answer Him, “Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? When did we see You a stranger and invite You in, or needing clothes and clothe You? When did we see You sick or in prison and go to visit You?”\n\nThe King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.”\n\nThen He will say to those on His left, “Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite Me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.”\n\nThey also will answer, “Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help You?”\n\nHe will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.” Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. Matthew 25:31-46\n\nIt is not about you and me.\n\nWe’re already saved. We know Jesus. It’s all about introducing as many people as possible to Jesus. It’s all about ministering to the lost and the dying – for they will surely die without our witness.\n\nTwo Moravian missionaries felt that God wanted them to reach hundreds of slaves on a remote island with the gospel; however, the slave owner wouldn’t allow any Christian witness on his island. The two young men sold themselves to the slave owner, and
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Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup. (Psalms 11:6)\nYou will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them. (Psalms 21:9)\nFor behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. (Isaiah 66:15)\nFor the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many. (Isaiah 66:16)\n"And His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Matthew 3:12)\n"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (Matthew 7:19)\n"Therefore just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. (Matthew 13:40)\n"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire; in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:41-42)\n"So it will be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:49-50)\n"And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the eternal fire. (Matthew 18:8)\n"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; (Matthew 25:41)\n"And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, (Mark 9:43)\n"And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell, where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. (Mark 9:47-48)\n"And His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Luke 3:17)\n"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:6)\nAnd the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. (James 3:6)\nJust as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example, in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 1:7)\nhe also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:10-11)\nAnd the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)\nAnd the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and t
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Alcohol dulls your senses and causes you to be less sensitive to hearing that "still small voice" of the Spirit of God.  Several verses in the Bible specifically prohibit the consumption of strong drinks.  There are instances, however, where some verses indicate that drinking wine is OK.  Critics of the Bible may use this as an example in saying that the Bible contradicts itself, while others may say that the key factor is whether the wine is fermented (alcoholic), or non-fermented (like grape juice).  Honestly, I myself do not know if ancient Christians drank alcohol or not.\n\nNevertheless, a simple guide in making this decision would be to ask yourself if drinking alcohol will bring you closer to God, or if it will make you more susceptible to falling into Satan's temptations.  \n\nAlcohol is often a primary cause of deadly car accidents, ungodly behavior, fornication, adultery, domestic abuse, murders, and birth defects or miscarriages.\n\nMany will say that it's OK to drink when you just want to have a good time, but that you should never get drunk.  Where do you draw the line?  Satan always tries to blur the lines between sin and morality.  Some people can get addicted to alcohol after just one drink, and having that first drink with a group of friends can potentially lead to a life of alcoholism and misery.  It is always better to stay on the side of caution.  It is not necessary to have alcohol in order to have fun, either.\n\nAn old saying I read many years ago comes to mind:  "What is right is not always popular.  What is popular is not always right."
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The breastplate was worn by Aaron the priest. When he took it off he dropped dead. The breastplate has twelve stones in it four rows of stones and three across. The twelve stones were for the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. exodus 39:7 and Exodus 28:12 Jesus said I come not for the lost sheep of the house "family" of Israel. So if I were preaching on the breastplate I would tell the world that Jesus has saved that which was lost. Those that had made a vow to the law and which fell short. If righteousness had been by the law,then Jesus died in vain. Again God delivers, What an awesome God!!!! Our righteousness is like filthy rags. Seek Gods righteousness and all things will be added to you. His yoke is light. Return to your first love. God Bless
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having alchoholic beverages isn't bad. but having it fill you, that's the bad thing thing. christians are not advised to it due to our human nature having things that is too much for us. it is advised in the Ephesians to "..be filled of the Holy Spirit instead of wine." Timothy was a disciple of Paul yet Paul advised Him to take a LITLLE wine to improve his health. 'drinking" isn't prohibited in christianity, it is BEING DRUNK that is being abominated.