tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post7291555165241406110..comments2024-03-16T02:12:38.325-07:00Comments on God cannot be contained!: God's Law (Part 8)Miller Jones/Lonnie C Hendrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865316200703641028noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-84289948760650142142014-10-15T15:18:23.566-07:002014-10-15T15:18:23.566-07:00Yes, Christ strongly implied that some of it was h...Yes, Christ strongly implied that some of it was home-brewed, and I share this view of the Mosaic Law.Miller Jones/Lonnie C Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865316200703641028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-46457774415948040142014-10-15T08:02:23.103-07:002014-10-15T08:02:23.103-07:00" I guess it's possible that God used the..." I guess it's possible that God used the practice as a sign of "His" covenant with Abraham and his descendants;.."<br /><br />.As a Christian, you can't be this fuzzy about God's Law - the legal basis of your salvation!<br /><br />"..but it is also clear that many things were attributed to God that "He" didn't have any part in - as Christ clearly implied in his teachings."<br /><br />So parts of "God's Law", the legal basis of your salvation, might have been Home-Brewed by the HeBREWs? (no pun intended)Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-15540448324872428622014-10-14T08:20:42.257-07:002014-10-14T08:20:42.257-07:00Not meaning to hedge on your question, I'm not...Not meaning to hedge on your question, I'm not sure. However, I don't believe that the answer to that question is even relevant to the larger question. Christ's parents apparently complied with the provision - whatever its origins. I guess it's possible that God used the practice as a sign of "His" covenant with Abraham and his descendants; but it is also clear that many things were attributed to God that "He" didn't have any part in - as Christ clearly implied in his teachings.Miller Jones/Lonnie C Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865316200703641028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-8511728739259445982014-10-14T04:15:37.852-07:002014-10-14T04:15:37.852-07:00So your take on circumcision? Divine or human in o...So your take on circumcision? Divine or human in origin?Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-29759252472214031812014-10-13T04:35:12.569-07:002014-10-13T04:35:12.569-07:00As you know, an important component of my thesis i...As you know, an important component of my thesis is that the bible should not be regarded as a history textbook. Jesus was not schooling them in history here. He was teaching them about the Law of Moses. In that spirit, he pointed out that they believed that the practice of circumcision had predated the giving of the Law to Moses (which obviously had implications for their assertion that the basis for the practice was that it was part of the Mosaic covenant). The Jews accepted the book of Genesis, and that book clearly states that circumcision began with Abraham.Miller Jones/Lonnie C Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865316200703641028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771481682224413552.post-14903440836905745422014-10-12T23:09:08.169-07:002014-10-12T23:09:08.169-07:00"Actually, this tradition of circumcision beg..."Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses."<br /><br />Not so, it goes back as far as 15,000 years, proving once again that the Bible is not Theocratic in origin but Democratic - only by understanding this can you resolve its contradictions.Minimalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394978086891772878noreply@blogger.com