To Christians concerning Bible Studies, The 70000 men?
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Okay I'm just trying to get this straight...so 2 Samuel 10:18- But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.\n\n1 Chronicles 19:18 - But they  fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand of their food soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army. \n\nThis is what my bible says, it could just be a translation error, I have New International Version. Many Latin words mean different things in English, like the work "week" - means seven, yet we think of it as seven days
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You have it all wrong.  The Bible is the cookbook.  You forget the saying about teaching a man to fish.  Jesus worshipping missionaries are taking it one step further.  If you teach a man to feed 1000 with 1 fish and turn saltwater to wine, you will never have food shortages.  They are doing wonderful work out there in the third world.
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66 books from Gen. to Reve.\n39 books are the Hebrew Scriptures (OT)\n\nGod is the author/ and it shows about 40 different human secretaries or scribes. God's finger began the writing by craving out the ten commandments on stone tablets.\n All types of men were used -shepherd, farmer,tent maker,fisherman,tax collector,physician,priest,prophet,king and so on.\n it has one basic theme from beginning to end and very connected even though written \nages apart.\n Copyists have preserved it for centuries. On finding the Dead Sea Scrolls other than some wording little has been changed the meaning was still correct.\n\nThe so called lost books (book of Judah and such) are not part of cannon as all the other books harmonized with each other from beginning to end-these did not. Remember even in Jesus day others wrote to dispute his teachings.
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About two million.\n\n(600,000 males above 18 plus women and children.)
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I don't say it; but the majority(Matt.7:13) does! As for the 144,000; it never says that they will be going to heaven---this is a misunderstanding on people. It says they stood on the mount of Sion (Rev.14:1). Do you know where Mt. Sion is located? The Bible tells us in: Isaiah 10:12; 24:23; 31:4; 40:9; 59:20; 62:6-12;  Zechariah 8:1-8: that it's on the earth.\n\nNow the "little flock" (Matt.7:14)knows all about God's Word--I happen to be one of them. I was called by God(2Tim.1:9) into his church(Eph.4:4; 5:27; Acts 20:28).But anyway the saints will reign on earth(Rev.5:10; Dan.7:27); teaching and preaching to the one's about the true gospel message & will be reigning over cities(Isaiah 66:19; Matt.25:21-23,34).\n\nMostly the majority thinks they know; they can give you verses, but they don't understand. For instance: people site John 14:2-3; they think this is talking about heaven, but it's actually talking about the kindom of heaven on earth. If you really take a closer look  at John 14:3: "I will come again, and receive you unto myself..." When Jesus comes back; he is going to Jerusalem on the Mt. of Olives(Zech.14:1-4). Now finish John 14:3 "...that where I am, there ye may be also." Look what Rev.20:9; the beloved city is Jerusalem. After the 1,000 yr. reign on earth; there's going to be a new heaven and new earth (2nd kingdom of heaven); the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven (Rev.21:1-4; Isaiah 65:17-19; 66:1,22).\n\nIf you really want to know more about this and other truth's---I really hope you see these sites down below. There's a False Christianity & a True Christianity.
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I am a Christian.  However the bible was written by MAN not GOD.  I do not think God wants us to be slaves to our husbands, thats just what man wanted from women.
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God promised to preserve his Word, not the English language. He knew about the translations, and the annomalies that may arise.\n\nYou can bet the translations (not all of them), but a few of them, potray the message in a clear and concise manner.\n\nWhile the enemy may taint some avenues of the Gospel, the Lord will not allow them all to be corrupted.\n\nI posted this in another thread:\n\nThe Bible is made up of 66 books, written by 40 authors on 3 continents, using 3 languages, and penned over a 1600 year span of time, yet it uniquely fits together without contradiction, making up one volume we call, “The Bible”.\n\nCharles Spurgeon said, "This Bible is the anvil on which many a hammer of critics has been worn out." It has truly withstood every test and trial while remaining the undisputed bestseller of all time! Over 1/2 billion Bibles were printed in1997 alone!\n\nWhat makes the Bible so different from all other books? It's incredible accuracy both historically, scientifically, geographically, and prophetically.\n\nArcheological findings, have proven the Bible’s literal accuracy. The Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947, substantiate the accuracy of the Old Testament scriptures written 2,500 to 3,500 years ago!\n\nThe Bible revealed many truths thousands of years ago long before they were discovered. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica; Volume 4 page 937 "Columbus discovered America by Bible prophecy rather than by astronomy." Columbus believed the Bible and convinced the Queen after reading to her the following scriptures:\n\nIsaiah 40:22 (about 800 B.C.)\n\n"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth..."\n\nJob 26:7 (Almost certainly over 1,000 B.C.)\n\n"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."\n\nMan thought the earth was flat and perhaps sat on the back of a turtle, just 500 years ago, yet God revealed the earth's true Geography over 3,500 years ago, a circle that hangs on nothing.\n\nIncredible as it may sound, we probably killed our first president, George Washington, by bleeding him to death. A practice called blood letting, the cutting of ones wrist and removing life giving blood. If we had only read and believed God's word:\n\nLeviticus 17:11\n\n"For the life of the flesh is in the blood..."\n\nThere are hosts of incredible proofs like these throughout the Bible. The water cycle and evaporation process is revealed in Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 and Psalms 135. \n\nThe Bible is the only book that foretells the future with 100% accuracy. It foretold the birthplace of Jesus 700 years before He was born! (Micah 5:2), That He would be crucified over 500 years before this inhumane practice ever began! Details about Jesus’ crucifixion such as: His hands and feet would be pierced, His beard would be torn out, His garments would be gambled for, and that He would die between two thieves, and be buried in a rich mans tomb (Isaiah 53, Psalms 22). Jesus fulfilled 30 different prophecies in just one day. There were about 300 prophecies that foretold His first coming and over 500 that tell of His second coming.\n\nOne such prophecy was fulfilled and witnessed by millions of people alive today! On May 14th, 1948, three million Jews from all over the world speaking 85 different languages returned to a tiny piece of desolate desert land, that most had never seen. God foretold of this incredible event through His word over 2,500 years ago.\n\nJeremiah 30:3\n\n"For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it."\n\nEzekiel 36:24\n\n"For I will take you (Jews) from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land."\n\nZechariah 8:8\n\n"And I will bring them, and they shall dwe
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I think it is bad business: My guess is that less than one per Million of this bibles brought anyone to Christianity. \nA good quality bible like these cost at least 10. \nSo instead of wasting 10 Million on Million bibles to convert one person, they could use this money to convert 100 people by bribing each of them with $100,000! \nThat 100 times better return on their investment!
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Man,you have a good point.I was told by a  preacher years ago that the names on the list of the lamb had been chosen and that there were only 144.000 names.I forget what church I was at but I was young and never returned.
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100? There's a LOT more than that- don't you use the Skeptic's Bible list?\n\nSo- of those listed, how many affect doctrine or the central lessons of the Bible? No denomination I know of bases any doctrine on the age of the varius kings, or the numbers of soldiers.\n\nYeah, you can make the arguement that it somehow destroys the integrity of the Bible... but it really doesn't when two different authors over a period of time disagree on relatively minor issues, especially when the oral history element is facotred in.\n\nThe only REAL issue is that it invalidates the idea of inerrancy of the Bible... but for that to be an issue, you have to believe in a pretty 'stiff' and formal definition of inerrancy- the idea that God's hand moved the pen and protected each translation... which is so obviously untrue that it amazes me anyone believes it.
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Don't worry your little head over it, they said the same thing about 6/6/66. It ain't gonna happen, all date setting is useless. The Father Only, had this information, during the Incarnation of Jesus. He kept it in His Own Power & Devine Knowledge till Jesus returned to Heaven & once again took His Seat as God. The Bible says, "He willingly laid aside His Godhood, not thinking It to be something to hold on to. So He could taste Death for every man. Having done so He returned to Heaven, and we know Him no more after the flesh." He took up His Godhood, and now when He returns, He comes back as God Almighty. No man will be able to hurt Him as they did 2,000 years ago. He will slay 200,000,000 with the Sword of His Mouth (His Word) and split the Mount of Olives in two when He arrives at Jerusalem, after Armageddon is finished. Then the Jews will recognize Him as Messiah,  "When they look upon Him Whom they pierced." The nimber 666 is the numerical value of the name of a man who will become the anti-christ. There are 3 things that will be used in the anti-christ kingdom for people that wish to buy or sell. 1. His Mark (currently unknown) 2. His name (currently unknown) 3. The number of his name (666 currently all we know of the anti-christ) The Scriptures call him "the king of the North" "the Assyrian, the oppressor of God's People." This points to modern day Syria, it is due North of Jerusalem. Keep your eyes on Syria, I think the anti-christ will prove the Scriptures Right once again. By the way, God's Name adds up to 777 & Jesus adds up to 888. God's being Perfect Completeness & Jesus' being the number of New Beginnings. 6,000 yrs from Adam, 1,000 yrs for the Millinium equals 7,000 years. Eternity begins at the end of Jesus' 1,000 year Reign. God Bless, Pastor "B"
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Yes it is true there were many more 'books' in the bible centuries ago. And an equmenical council was organised to detirmine what should be removed because it didn't stick to bible principals that they  had  agreed on at that time.\nMany scriptures refer to others to form a common thread.\nGod  choose certain men to write his materials over thousands of years, and that was the guiding principal for continueity.
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Not very likely, he was around in about 600AD, 500 years after the bible was written
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No, not god. \nI forget who it was exactly, but there was a committee that determined which of the over 100 books that were in use around 100-200AD would go into the new testament, and which ones would be omitted. They tried to pick ones that continued the power of the church, and tried also only to pick ones that didn't seem to contradict each other. Had they used all of them, there would be many contradictions, even though they are all supposedly divinely inspired.
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the bible was written by man. keep that in mind.
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144,000 are the number of priesthood leaders that will meet\nwith Jesus Christ\n\nIt has nothing to do with who will be 'saved'\n\nWe ALL (no matter what you believe) have the chance-or will have the chance- to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again.
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at least 400, for some odd reason.\nKJV\nNKJV\nNIV\nNew NIV\nESV\nCSV\nNLT\nthe message\nGod's word\nLiving Bible\nthose are the main argumentives\nNothing compares to the KJV  \nBleive it or not, they have a 100 minute Bible and the "Jesus loves Porn Stars" Bible.\n\nWHAT NEXT?