Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:23:33 0500
To: Rob Weinberg
From: Frank Grose
Subject: Re: Bible Study
I'm not as literate as I'd like to be. I'm one of those lawyers that can quote scripture when necessary, but I've never read it cover to cover.
Shame on you! The Bible is the foundation on which our laws were based. There is some exciting stuff in there.
Consider this. If there is a God who created us, then surely he could get a message to us. But how does He authenticate his message? He does it by telling history in advance. We call it prophecy. The Bible is a supernaturally engineered, integrated message system. Every word, every number, ever name, every place name, were put there by design. All is significant. There is no filler; no boiler plate! For example, study Genesis Chapter 5. It is the genealogy from Adam to Noah. Look up the meaning of the Hebrew names. When read as a sentence, you'll find a hidden message.
Who was it who said, "come let us reason together"? I look forward to further dialog.
It was the prophet Isaiah, but put the phrase in context.
Isa 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: Isa 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
"But remember, you are God's 'chosen' people!"
Not sure I ever really understood that one. If we were his chosen people I'd hate to be one of the peoples he didn't like. ; )
God wants his chosen people, especially, to love Him, honor Him, and obey Him. Otherwise the consequences are very great. The last 2000 years of history of the Jewish people bears that out.
You made reference in an earlier message about "separation of church and state." Do you know where that phrase came from and what it meant?
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