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Well said, and I concur.This board is full of misfit toys. How can I not?
Where is the Swahili you offered?So, Saint Steven, anything else you want to get off your chest?-just to let you know, I don't have anything against Catholics, I have fine, upstanding Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, our great God and Savior.
My, my--
You don't know Swahili, so what's the point? Anyway, I am selective with whom I'm dealing with, seeking to be edified and grow in Christ, I don't find it with you [edification]-but ekpeiradzo-in a negative connotation.Where is the Swahili you offered?
The English term is derived from the Saxon spring festival Ēostre;[20] Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by its name (Hebrew: פֶּסַח pesach, Aramaic: פָּסחָא pascha are the basis of the term Pascha), by its origin (according to the synoptic Gospels, both the crucifixion and the resurrection took place during the week of Passover)[21][22] and by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In most European languages, both the Christian Easter and the Jewish Passover are called by the same name; and in the older English versions of the Bible, as well, the term Easter was used to translate Passover.[23]Most in the Textual Critic camp attack the King James Bible in Acts 12:4 because of the use of the word “Easter” instead of Passover.
Acts 12:4 (KJB)
“And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.”
Acts 12:4 (NIV)
”After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.”
So is it Passover or Easter?
Here are some snapshots (in the Kindle E-book) from the book called, “Don’t Passover Easter:”
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The book also takes a look at the various Textus Receptus Bibles that came before the King James and it translates the word Passover (from the KJB) in other places as Easter at times.
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The Kindle Version (E-Book) at amazon is like 3 US dollars. Really cheap, and it is worth the money spent for the information you get.
Side Note:
I will leave these images up until you see it, and I will later take them down. The book is a quick 20-25 minute read but it is jam packed with a lot of good information.
Basically the word “Easter” is a synonym (or just another word) for the “Jewish Passover.”
In other words, both translations in this case are correct. Easter means the Jewish Passover. It’s just another way of saying Jewish Passover.
Side Note 2:
I highlighted the important text in the book.
In Kindle Ebook reader, you can highlight the texts of E-books (Which is cool).
I hope this helps, and may God bless you and your family this fine day He has made.
My bad. I thought you were a man of your word.You don't know Swahili, so what's the point?
It's they who do not abide in Christ Jesus that bring everything upon themselves.It would seem you fire random questions and are a lighthearted kinda fella--what's the matter, don't believe in what stands written?
Joh_3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Rom_1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom_2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Rom_9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
A death blow against universalism-the above Scriptures, in fact, all the Scriptures-in context--
Rom_13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Eph_5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Col_3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Jas_1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Rev_14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Rev_14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Rev_15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
Rev_15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
Rev_16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Rev_16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Rev_19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Just at a glance, reading these Scriptures-can you honestly tell me the WHOLE world will be saved?
Exactly.This question, What did Jesus die to save us from? forms part of a couplet. The other part is 'what is God really like?'......a question the whole Universe is curious about.
Agree.Yes again, God is not a killer contrary to the many twisted opinions held. God is the life giver and life sustainer whose reality is Life and Love and Joy.
What greater lengths could God have possibly gone to than the incarnation and the attendant sojourn?
Agreed.Reconciliation with God is impossible with the evangelical eternal conscious torment view of hell as well as with the other popular belief in annihilationism as in both of these views, those in the lake of fire are never reconciled to God in direct contradiction to the Colossians and Philippian passages.
God is all love-of course He is-what about the "other-sidedness" of YHVH?Great post, thanks.
Agreed.
God is in the business of reconciliation.
If you recall, which passages in Colossians and Philippians are you referring to?
Do you view prison as punishment, or correction?I think the torment is the consequence of our sin. If I rob a bank, I go to prison.
Are you peddling a two-faced god?God is all love-of course He is-what about the "other-sidedness" of YHVH?
To answer the question about the afterlife, we need to understand the afterlife, it seems to me.Do you view prison as punishment, or correction?
What is the purpose?
We could ask the same question about the afterlife.
Punishment, or correction?
Reconciliation with God is impossible with the evangelical eternal conscious torment view of hell as well as with the other popular belief in annihilationism as in both of these views, those in the lake of fire are never reconciled to God in direct contradiction to the Colossians and Philippian passages.
God is all love-of course He is-what about the "other-sidedness" of YHVH?Great post, thanks.
Agreed.
God is in the business of reconciliation.
If you recall, which passages in Colossians and Philippians are you referring to?
You'll be out in 10-20 yrs, then what?As for going to prison, it keeps me off the streets so I don't rob another bank.
I can rob another bank and go back to prison, or not.You'll be out in 10-20 yrs, then what?
The choice before us is life or no life (death; that's what the word means) and it is connected to whom allegiance is paid.Great post, thanks.
Agreed.
God is in the business of reconciliation.
If you recall, which passages in Colossians and Philippians are you referring to?
One of my working theories is that the torments of Hades/Sheol described by Jesus in the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man is intended be rehabilitative. Sort of like Catholic Purgatory. God's final attempt to get our attention. Nothing like pain to drive a man to repentance - or deeper into resentment. For the hard-cases who will not repent, all that's left is the burning garbage pit of Gehenna at the final judgement at the End of the Age. Whether or not there will be hard-cases at the End of the Age is an open question.Do you view prison as punishment, or correction?
What is the purpose?
We could ask the same question about the afterlife.
Punishment, or correction?
The Deceiver is apparently immortal and will be tormented "into an Age of Ages"