"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."  What does Malachi 3:3 mean?
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If you ever do any study on silver purification it will help you to understand this scripture. It is a maticulous process where the refiner has to sit and watch the silver for the perfect amt of time, making sure to pull it out of the fire at the right time so the precious metal will not be destroyed. We are the precious metal, God is the refiner.
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the scripture reads:\n\nJoel 2:24 \n\nThe threshing floors will be filled with grain; \n       the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. \n\nGod is telling Joel that he will take care of he and his families needs
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God was speaking to the Trinity. The word God in the Hebrew language implies plural yet still singular (kinda like saying one family). There is only one God, but He is 3 distinct beings - Father, Son (Word), and Holy Spirit
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Deut 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.\nHebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. \nHebrews 7:3: Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually
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To the best of my understanding, it means that a man who deliberately, and consistently causes chaos within his family would not have any family or inheritance for his old age. The second part talks about people who act like there are no consequences for their actions(the fool says in his heart, 'there is no God'). They would be made servants to people who are wise in heart.
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Hebrews 12:27\nNow this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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2Th 2:4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. \n- a future ref. to a future temple.
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I'm taking a stab at it without reading the context in which it was used.\n \nPeople use their devotion to god as a justification for their own motives and actions.  By claiming--especially if ostentaciously so--to be doing the work of god, people often mask their own motives, perhaps even unbeknownst to themselves.  Moreover, their claims of doing god's work insulate themselves against critics of their actions.  "If you oppose my actions, then you oppose god's will."   Unfortunately, the motives of the self-righteous when stripped of their piousness often appear patently contradictory to the values the "devoted" supposedly are attempting to espouse.   \n\nReligion can easily be used as a rationalization for an individual's action, regardless of whether the action is agreement with the principles of the religion or contradictory to them.  \n\nInterestingly, this can be seen in the action of a certain president and a certain leader of a group he opposes.   Each individual act in their own self-interests while blanketing himself in a cloak of religion.\n\n------------\nThe bible warns of devotion's visage and pious acts†:\nBook of Matthew (Chapter 6):\n2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n3: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: \n4: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. \n5: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n6: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. \n7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Jesus Would (DID) Say\n\n"Render Unto Ceasar What Is Ceasars\nRender Unto God What Is Gods"\n\nDo You Understand What That Means??
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The words in Hebrew are Nephesh Chayah which could be translated as "living soul".  However, due to Christian misidentification of the Nephesh ('soul') as being something eternal, many Christian translations don't put this word into English.  This is just a question of sloppy theology and translation on the part of Christianity.\n\nIn Judaism the word Nephesh is considered to be more like the "operating system" of the animal (or human), where the body is the "hardware".  As long as the "operating system" is functional, the hardware has "life".  The Nephesh is in charge of survival, the desire for reproduction, etc. - the basic animal desires.\n\nHumans are more than just the hardware and the software.  Man was created Tzelem Elokim "In the Image of G-d".  This is often compared to the embers that fly off of a log that is burning.  Man has a divine spirit, that is wrapped in the animal "soul" which is wrapped in the body of flesh.  It was only when Elokim breathed into man's nostrils the "breath of life" (Nesomah Chayah) that man became a Nephesh Chayah (living soul).\n\nStudy Hebrew and you will begin to catch the differences in concepts here.\n\nAs to your question about Moses burning his tongue as a child in Pharoah's court, you will find this recorded in Midrash Sefer HaYashar ("the book of Jasher").  Look it up, and you will find a number of sites that have the entire book online from Samuel's 1840 English translation.\n\nSefer HaYasher is a highly respected Midrashic source.  But that doesn't make it Torah.  The rabbis at the Council of Yavneh determined which works would be included in the Tanakh and Jasher just isn't one of them.  There are many good stories recorded in this work and it would appear that even early Christians believed it to some extent (see Paul's words about Jannes and Jambres in 2 Timothy).
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Lot was one of Gods "righteous" followers, which was why he was spared from Sodom and Gomorrah. His family was chosen because he was considered to be the only righteous man in those two cities. The Bible is pretty vague about why Lot was a righteous man though.\n\nActually, the phrase "clear as mud" comes to mind. \n\nThe only evidence that is offered about his character is that he offered his virgin daughters as substitutes to a mob of would-be angel-rapers, and that he was a drunk who didn't bother teaching any morality to his daughters. \n\nApparently, that is all it takes to be "righteous" in Gods eyes and get into Heaven.\n-SD-
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God, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate beings with different roles, one in purpose. They make the Godhead or the Trinity. You can read this understand it clearly:\n\n... I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people.\n \n2 And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the Son of God, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son—\n\n3 The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son—\n\n4 And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth.\n\n5 And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.\n\n6 And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.\n\n7 Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.\n\n8 And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men—\n\n9 Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.\n\nThe Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.\n\n23 A man may receive the Holy Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not tarry with him.
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III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory\n\n1030 All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.\n\n1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. the tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:\n\nAs for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.\n\n1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin." From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God. The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:\n\nLet us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.\n\nThis is an excellent link about Purgatory:\nhttp://www.catholic.com/library/purgatory.asp
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Dan 3:13  Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.\n\nIsa 43:2  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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The real basis for this is from the Apostle's Creed. "He descended into hell".\n\nIt is a reading understood by some from 1 Peter 3:19.  The translations of this verse by Moffat and Goodspeed both say it was Enoch, but that is by running the Greek characters together. None of the other English translations render this as Enoch.
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"God spoke all these words, saying: I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of Egypt, from the place of slavery. Do not have any other gods before Me. Do not represent [such] gods by any carved statue or picture of anything in the heaven above, on the earth below, or in the water below the land. Do not bow down to [such gods] or worship them. I am God your Lord, a God who demands exclusive worship. Where My enemies are concerned, I keep in mind the sin of the fathers for [their] descendants, to the third and fourth [generation]. But for those who love Me and keep My commandments, I show love for thousands [of generations]. Do not take the name of God your Lord in vain. God will not allow the one who takes His name in vain to go unpunished. Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. You can work during the six weekdays and do all your tasks. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God your Lord. Do not do anything that constitutes work. [This includes] you, your son, your daughter, your slave, your maid, your animal, and the foreigner in your gates. It was during the six weekdays that God made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. God therefore blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Honor your father and mother. You will then live long on the land that God your Lord is giving you. Do not commit murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify as a false witness against your neighbor. Do not be envious of your neighbor's house. Do not be envious of your neighbor's wife, his slave, his maid, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that is your neighbor's." (Exodus 20)\n\nWhat does it mean?\n\n"I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery..." \nThis commandment is to believe in the existence of God and His influence on events in the world, and that the goal of the redemption from Egypt was to become His servants (Rashi). \n\n"Thou shall have no other gods besides Me... Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..." \nThis prohibits belief in or worship of any additional deities or fashioning them. \n\n"Thou shall not swear falsely by the name of the LORD..." \nThis commandment is to never take the name of God in a vain, pointless or insincere oath (Rashi). This includes four types of prohibited oaths: an oath affirming as true a matter one knows to be false, an oath that affirms the patently obvious, an oath denying the truth of a matter one knows to be true, and an oath to perform an act that is beyond one's capabilities.\n\n"Remember [zachor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (the version in Deuteronomy reads shamor, "observe") \nThe seventh day of the week is termed Shabbat and is holy, just as God ceased creative activity during Creation. The aspect of zachor (remember) is performed by declaring the greatness of the day (kiddush), by having three festive meals and by engaging in Torah study and pleasurable activities. The aspect of shamor is performed by abstaining from the 39 melachot (forbidden categories of activity) on the Shabbat.\n\n"Thou shall honour your father and your mother..." \nThe obligation to honor one's parents is an obligation that one owes to God and fulfills this obligation through one's actions towards one's parents. \n\n"Thou shall not murder" \nKilling an innocent human being is a capital sin. \n\n"Thou shall not commit adultery." \nAdultery is defined as cohabitation with a married woman (Rashi). \n\n"Thou shall not steal." \nThis is not understood as stealing in the conventional sense, since theft of property is forbidden elsewhere and is not a capital offense. In this context it is to be taken as "do not kidnap" (Rashi). \n\n"Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" \nOne must not bear false witness in a
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I have no idea of the context, but this is the translation:\n"you, la Bruyère and Tori cannot judge me. Leave the table of multification to God"\nThat last part does not make sense to me. May be the "table of multification" is a french expression for something like "final judgement". \nGreetings from Holland!