contradictions: supposed contradictions in God's word
04/28/01
iwillgonow: http://www.godlovesgays.com/bibcont.htm
iwillgonow: Look at the one that says “Terah’s lifespan.”
iwillgonow: You reading that/
psycho314t: i’m looking up all the verses its talking about..
iwillgonow: Well?
psycho314t: i’m stumped
iwillgonow: I’m finding explanations.
psycho314t: thats good..
iwillgonow: http://www.bibleinsight.com/crn1p3.html
iwillgonow: What do you think about this?
psycho314t: still comprehending, hang on
iwillgonow: .00000000000000000000000000000000000000000
iwillgonow: Uh, me thinking.
psycho314t: o_O
psycho314t: looks like when chewy walks on my keyboard
psycho314t: but ok, according to the longevity chart in the back of the creation book, abraham was 58 when noah died... and according to genesis was 75 when he left haran... so that would work... but... noah seems like a pretty distant ancestor to call ‘father’...
iwillgonow: How can the numbers be kept and it all work out?
psycho314t: what do u mean?
psycho314t: acts says after his ‘father’ died he left haran.. it doesnt say how long after
iwillgonow: How can the “born when 70, died 205" work out with Abraham’s age when he left Haran?
psycho314t: ok, i just got lost again
psycho314t: hang on
psycho314t: the last page u showed me says it wasnt terah acts 7:4 is talking about, right?
psycho314t: The father in Acts 7:4, was not Terah! The term ‘father’ in Hebrew has a wider meaning than it does in English. In Hebrew the term can also be applied to ones grandfather or great grandfather etc, etc. Due to the longer life spans of Abraham’s ancestors there are a number of possibilities. However, only the death of one of these ancestors is a significant enough event to warrant determining when Abraham would be called to enter the Promised Land.
iwillgonow: That’s what it claims; That the “father” referred to by Stephen is actually Noah, and not the biological father Terah.
08/04/01
jello13091: Actually, the Bible speaks of three heavens, II Corinthians 12:2. The first heaven is where the atmosphere and clouds are, from whence the rain comes, e.g., Genesis 7:11. The second heaven is outer space, home of the planets and stars, e.g., Psalms 8:3. And the third Heaven is where God's throne is located, e.g., Psalms 11:4.
jello13091: huh.....remember that?!
iwillgonow: Hm...it does say they all died in faith, yet it says Enoch did not see death.
psycho314t: yeah.. and yeah
iwillgonow: Blueletterbible on see death
psycho314t: AV - know 281, cannot tell + 3756 8, know how 7, wist 6, misc 19, see 314, behold 17, look 5, perceive 5, vr see 3, vr know 1; 666
1) to see
1a) to perceive with the eyes
1b) to perceive by any of the senses
1c) to perceive, notice, discern, discover
1d) to see
1d1) i.e. to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything
1d2) to pay attention, observe
psycho314t: 1d3) to see about something
1d31) i.e. to ascertain what must be done about it
1d4) to inspect, examine
1d5) to look at, behold
1e) to experience any state or condition
1f) to see i.e. have an interview with, to visit
2) to know
2a) to know of anything
2b) to know, i.e. get knowledge of, understand, perceive
2b1) of any fact
2b2) the force and meaning of something which has definite meaning
2b3) to know how, to be skilled in
2c) to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to (1Th. 5:12)
psycho314t: AV - death 117, deadly 2; 119
1) the death of the body
1a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
1b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1b1) the power of death
1c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest
darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
iwillgonow: He died but he did not know death?
psycho314t: 2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
2a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
psycho314t: but we dont "know" death either, do we? its just an instance of sleep and then its over..?
iwillgonow: ...................................................
iwillgonow: How can you die and not know death?
psycho314t: i mean we dont know we're dead
iwillgonow: What's the meaning.
iwillgonow: No.
jello13091: when you die, your thoughts stop
iwillgonow: That's incorrect.
jello13091: so you don't know anything
iwillgonow: That's true for anybody that when you die you're dead and you don't know anything.
iwillgonow: But Enoch was special.
iwillgonow: He did not "know" death.
iwillgonow: That's not said of anyone else.
psycho314t: Luk 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Luk 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
psycho314t: thats the only other time "see death" is even used regarding a specific person
iwillgonow: ?
iwillgonow: WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!!
iwillgonow: I don't get it.
psycho314t: nor do i
iwillgonow: tg"Not see death," what is it!
jello13091: Maybe not to see death of others who were close to him
jello13091: i dont know
psycho314t: i was sorta thinking that too
psycho314t: We know from Jude 14-15 that Enoch preached powerful sermons in a wicked and perverse time just before the Flood.
psycho314t: Jude:1:14: And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude:1:15: To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
psycho314t: why would that have to be in the time just before the flood?
iwillgonow: Doesn't.
psycho314t: thats what i thought
iwillgonow: Cept Enoch lived b4 the flood, that's their reasoning.
psycho314t: yeah... he lived 600+ years b4 the flood...
psycho314t: they were saying he couldnt have been taken to heaven then, cuz he was preaching right b4 the flood
iwillgonow: flabergasted
iwillgonow: dieseedeathno
iwillgonow: ?
jello13091: what
iwillgonow: lksafiojweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefoijfoiwjeefffffffffjjjjjjjjjjjjjj;
iwillgonow: awefffoi;hgj;
jello13091: oh ok
jello13091: of course
iwillgonow: idunooowwwwhatitmeans
iwillgonow: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
jello13091: JUDE 9 Michael contended with Satan for the body of Moses. Why would Satan want the body of Moses if his spirit had already gone to heaven? Why? Because Jesus wanted to resurrect Moses, and Satan wanted Moses to stay dead.
jello13091: ECCLESIASTES 9:5,6,10 “For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing. Their love, their hate, their envy, is perished. JOB 7:9,10 “He who goes down to the grave, does not come up. He will not return again to his house.” PSALM 146:4 “His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
jello13091: 8. CAN THE DEAD COMMUNICATE AT ALL? ISAIAH 38:18 “For the dead cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for (to be helped) thy truth.” [Prayers or baptism for the dead are useless.] PSALM 115:17 “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.”
jello13091: 11. AREN’T THERE HUMAN BEINGS ALIVE IN HEAVEN NOW? YES! First: Christ (Rev. 2:8, LUKE 24:26-39). Second: Enoch was translated without seeing death (Gen. 5:24, Heb. 11:5). Third: Moses was resurrected by Christ just after he died, and taken to heaven (JUDE 9). Fourth: Elijah was translated without seeing death (II KINGS 2:11). Fifth: Many Saints - a representative group from all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, were resurrected by Christ, after He was resurrected by His Father. These people ascended with Christ from the Mount of Olives (Matt. 27:51-53, Eph. 4:8). [These were many saints, but not all of them.]
jello13091: hmmmm....didn;t we just say that they weren't in heaven?
jello13091: hello???? Is anybody out there?
psycho314t: yeah, im still here..
jello13091: ok
jello13091: I thought that i was disconnected again or something!
psycho314t: where'd those last couple things come from?
jello13091: http://www.aggelia.com/htdocs/death.shtml
08/10/01
iwillgonow: I read something toward the end of last Sabbath on Biblestudy.org and it caught my attention; you remember what it was?
psycho314t: temporary brain freeze as to the name, but translated vs. died
iwillgonow: Yeah, that was it.
iwillgonow: It was over...all of them.
iwillgonow: Enoch, Elijah..
iwillgonow: See, there's hardcore problems with nobody every going to Heaven but Jesus.
psycho314t: yeah, i know
iwillgonow: First, it's said He personally came down to take Moses to Heaven after he died. Satan disputed dominion, but He just rebuked him and took him, and said that Moses opened the gates for Jesus when He came back to Heaven after the resurrection.
psycho314t: i remember
iwillgonow: Also, where did the dead that rose from the graves when Jesus was resurrected go, after they were witnesses to His ressurection???
iwillgonow: Back to the grave?
psycho314t: i was wondering about that one, too
iwillgonow: Comon...
psycho314t: that wouldnt make sense
iwillgonow: But the point of Elijah going to Heaven, then many years later ELIJAH wrote a letter to a king??? I don't know.
iwillgonow: That's really what caught my eye.
psycho314t: and the fact that it says he died
iwillgonow: And that New Testament section that says they all died.
iwillgonow: Man...stumping.
iwillgonow: Good facts both ways.
psycho314t: the thing about moses was in the NT, also
iwillgonow: It is?
iwillgonow: WELL THEN HOW DISPUTE THAT?
psycho314t: in jude
psycho314t: i think
iwillgonow: It says He took him to Heaven?
psycho314t: it says.. Jesus & satan fought over the body
iwillgonow: Well we know Satan didn't win.
psycho314t: Jude:1:9: Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
iwillgonow: Took him to HEAven.
iwillgonow: But how the letter after going to Heaven?
psycho314t: are we positive it was after?
iwillgonow: Elijah was taken into heaven during the reign of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah. Yet years later, a letter from Elijah came to Jehoshaphat's evil son, King Jehoram, warning him of a horrible death because he had not walked in the ways of his father Jehoshaphat, II Chronicles 21:12-15.
08/10/01
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psycho314t: hey montaro, what do u know about elijah?
montaro86: um
montaro86: not a great deal..
jello13091: Is this about how he ascended but couldnt really since no one has ascended except for Jesus?
psycho314t: well, u get to have a lot thrown at u, tonight. we seem to have a biblical 'contradiction' regarding him
montaro86: ok
iwillgonow: Yah, that's the problem.
psycho314t: yeah, and about him being taken to heaven but a) seemingly wrote a letter several years later,
iwillgonow: We read a article from a hardcore believer in the "no one has ascended to Heaven cept Jesus" person.
psycho314t: and b) being listed among those who 'died', despite the fact that it said he was taken so that he didnt see death
jello13091: Did we rule out the posibility that he was in a different Heaven?
iwillgonow: Wha?
iwillgonow: Died or no is the issue.
jello13091: ok
psycho314t: it said he was taken by a whirlwind into heaven tho
psycho314t: and their argument was about which 'heaven' it meant
jello13091: I thought that was brought up last week
psycho314t: yeah, it was
jello13091: ah ok
iwillgonow: Well somebody get the exact verse so we can read it to make sure.
psycho314t: heavens being sky/outer space/Heaven
jello13091: 2nd heaven
jello13091: i think
psycho314t: II Kings 2:11 describes a fiery chariot which came and took Elijah in a whirlwind into heaven. Some suppose that this is the "heaven" where God's throne is located. Actually, the Bible speaks of three heavens, II Corinthians 12:2. The first heaven is where the atmosphere and clouds are, from whence the rain comes, e.g., Genesis 7:11. The second heaven is outer space, home of the planets and stars, e.g., Psalms 8:3. And the third Heaven is where God's throne is located, e.g., Psalms 11:4. A whirlwind took Elijah into heaven, according to God's direction. Obviously it was the first heaven, for only in the atmosphere can a whirlwind be operative.
psycho314t: oh, http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/heaven1.html <= we're here, montaro
iwillgonow: 2Kin:2:11: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
psycho314t: AV - heaven 398, air 21, astrologers + 01895 1; 420
1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)
jello13091: the other verse saying no one has ascended is somewhere in John i think
iwillgonow: Post it.
jello13091: I don;t know where it is
psycho314t: John:3:13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
iwillgonow: Houston we have problem.
jello13091: No man had ascended into Heaven heaven, the 3rd Heaven
jello13091: Does that say that no man ascended into ANY Heaven?
iwillgonow: Julie, the ISSUE here is whether he went to Heaven Heaven Heaven or whether he stayed on earth and died.
psycho314t: if he ascended into one of the first 2 heavens, he would have to come back to earth and died
jello13091: But we know he was taken
psycho314t: yet it says he didnt see death
jello13091: Are there two different meanings of die and deatH?
psycho314t: we looked at that last week, i dont think we came up w/ anything
iwillgonow: Jennifer found another person who "didn't see death," but what, did they die, I can't remember.
psycho314t: uh... dont remember
jello13091: How can you not see death and die?
psycho314t: lemme find it again
iwillgonow: Got me.
psycho314t: .. that is the problem
jello13091: Could it be spiritual and pyhsical or something like that
jello13091: Like body and soul
iwillgonow: If one dies the other dies.
iwillgonow: You get run over by train, you dead soul-wise.
iwillgonow: And body-wise of course.
jello13091: Could he have died and had his body be resting in another heaven
psycho314t: what, u think his body is floating around in space?
iwillgonow: Like a floating corpse, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING WOMAN.
jello13091: I dont know!
jello13091: Just giving possibilities
psycho314t: oh. the other "not see death" was talking about simeon
iwillgonow: Look, we got some basics to build on here.
psycho314t: it said he was promised that he wouldnt see death until he saw Jesus
iwillgonow: Well he died.
iwillgonow: See death=die.
psycho314t: yeah
iwillgonow: WE KNOW that when you're dead, you are dead.
iwillgonow: Dead as a door nail.
iwillgonow: So these ppl who don't "see death," do they die or not?
montaro86: WHAT!? does that mean my door nail is dead? :*(
iwillgonow: Pretty much.
montaro86: Oh.
psycho314t: simeon's not see death was conditional tho
psycho314t: i didnt see any conditions with elijah's
iwillgonow: But we know for sure that Simeon died, right?
psycho314t: i'll check
psycho314t: oh. i remembered that passage wrong. after he saw baby Jesus, he says, "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word:
iwillgonow: Well this is something.
iwillgonow: Didn't have to have a "Bible contradictions" webpage to find this one.
iwillgonow: So I doubt we'll find a rebuttal online either.
psycho314t: Luke:2:26: And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
psycho314t: i thought julie did find a rebuttal of sorts
iwillgonow: And then he died.
iwillgonow: see death
iwillgonow: diediedie
psycho314t: right
jello13091: if you wait, i'll give whatevber i know
psycho314t: it doesnt say he died, but it doenst say "he should not see death at all", either
psycho314t: The Bible Account of Risen and Translated Saints Helps to Clarify This Concept.
JUDE 9 Michael contended with Satan for the body of Moses. Why would Satan want the body of Moses if his spirit had already gone to heaven? Why? Because Jesus wanted to resurrect Moses, and Satan wanted Moses to stay dead.
II KINGS 2:11,12,16,7 Elijah went up in the chariot to heaven. The empty shell of his body didn’t fall back to earth. His body was changed “in a moment” (I Cor. 15:52) as he was taken up into heaven.
NOTE: [Moses was a type of those who will be resurrected when Christ returns. Elijah is a type of those who will be living to see Christ come, and will be translated without seeing death. On the Mount of Transfiguration Christ stood with Moses and Elijah. This was a miniature representati
psycho314t: This was a miniature representation of His coming kingdom. MARK 9:2-4 ]
psycho314t: http://www.aggelia.com/htdocs/death.shtml the link julie pasted last week
iwillgonow: Ah! The transfiguration on the mount!
iwillgonow: I forgot about that!
iwillgonow: That was no vision, Jesus did not be with dead ppl's spirits, that was REAL.
psycho314t: i was just looking it up.. i dont remember it
iwillgonow: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
iwillgonow: How'd he be with them if they were dead?
iwillgonow: Or not resurrected?
iwillgonow: Ghosts?
iwillgonow: Nah.
iwillgonow: See why didn't the punk who wrote this article state the opposition's points so we could see what he says about that?
iwillgonow: Most ppl who've talked against the mount thing say it was a vision.
jello13091: oy, willyall give me a couple of minutes to catch up?
jello13091: Will someone please sned me this convo. I have to go.
psycho314t: sure
jello13091: thanks, hopefully i'll be on in an hour or two
jello13091: see yall later
Yahoo! Messenger: jello13091 has left the conference.
iwillgonow: Yall do some talking, my mind is blown.
psycho314t: im still trying to piece it all together
psycho314t: when Jesus said no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. He was on earth.. and He hadnt ascended yet...?
iwillgonow: Jesus said that?
psycho314t: and perhaps the difference is between ascended and taken
psycho314t: yeah, He said it to nicodemus i think
iwillgonow: I don't think Jesus said He was in Heaven when He was on earth, that'd be weird.
psycho314t: thats what i thought
psycho314t: John:3:10: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
John:3:11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John:3:12: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
John:3:13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
psycho314t: thats what caught my attention. it was in john 3, He had to have been still on earth
iwillgonow: blueletterbible on Son of man there
psycho314t: its split... Son / of man
iwillgonow: Both results.
psycho314t: AV - son(s) 85, Son of Man + 444 87 {TDNT 8:400, 1210},
Son of God + 2316 49, child(ren) 49, Son 42, his Son + 848 21,
Son of David + 1138 15 {TDNT 8:478, 1210},
my beloved Son + 27 + 3350 7, thy Son + 4575 5,
only begotten Son + 3339 3, his (David's) son + 846 3,
firstborn son + 4316 2, misc 14; 382
1) a son
1a) rarely used for the young of animals
1b) generally used of the offspring of men
1c) in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)
1d) in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,
1d1) the children of Israel
1d2) sons of Abraham
psycho314t: 1e)) used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower
1e1) a pupil
2) son of man
2a) term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality
2b) son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts. In the book of Enoch (2nd Century) it is used of Christ.
psycho314t: 2c) used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that He might intimate his Messiahship and also that He might designate himself as the head of the human family, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind. Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour.
3) son of God
3a) used to describe Adam (Lk. 3:38)
3b) used to describe those who are born again (Lk. 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ
psycho314t: 3c) of those whom God esteems as sons, whom He loves, protects and benefits above others
3c1) in the OT used of the Jews
3c2) in the NT of Christians
3c3) those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Heb. 12:5-8)
3d) those who revere God as their father, the pious worshippers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God which children do in their parents (Rom. 8:14, Gal. 3:26), and hereafter in the blessedness and glory of the life eternal will openly wear this dignity of the sons of God.
psycho314t: Term used preeminently of Jesus Christ, as enjoying the supreme love of God, united to him in affectionate intimacy, privy to his saving councils, obedient to the Father's will in all his acts
psycho314t: AV - man 552, not tr 4, misc 3; 559
1) a human being, whether male or female
1a) generically, to include all human individuals
1b) to distinguish man from beings of a different order
1b1) of animals and plants
1b2) of from God and Christ
1b3) of the angels
1c) with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin
1d) with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
psycho314t: 1e) with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
1f) with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God 1g) with reference to sex, a male 2) indefinitely, someone, a man, one 3) in the plural, people 4) joined with other words, merchantman
iwillgonow: Well that helped not.
psycho314t: i know.. i figured you'd tell me to paste it anyway, so i didnt bother saying so
psycho314t: ehh.. we've got 2 different people mixed up, i think. altho that doenst really change anything
iwillgonow: ?
psycho314t: enoch was the one that didnt see death, but died
iwillgonow: Right.
psycho314t: elijah was the one that was taken to heaven, but wrote a letter
iwillgonow: Right.
psycho314t: ok
08/11/01
jello13091: Maybe he was taken to the second heaven or something and he either came back and died or when the end comes, he will come back and die on earth but be resurrected again
psycho314t: the enoch/elijah thing had me confused. i had forgotten that we were talking about 2 different people
psycho314t: the only problem against elijah's being taken to heaven was that supposedly he wrote a letter several years later
jello13091: yeah
psycho314t: the didnt see death, but died person was enoch
jello13091: But wasnt Enoch just taken?
psycho314t: yeah
psycho314t: no whirlwind or anything to argue over
jello13091: yeah, he was just taken, but we dont know to where
psycho314t: yeah. and hebrews says he didnt see death
psycho314t: but hebrews also says he died
psycho314t: that contradiction i dont have a clue about
jello13091: 2 different deaths
jello13091: meanings
psycho314t: the letter from elijah is less of a problem tho, to me... no, we didnt really find much difference in the meanings of death
jello13091: We have to remember that GOd led all of these....anything could'v e happened
jello13091: This is getting weird. And i'll have to get off at some point. My stepmom is waiting for a call from someone.
jello13091: Ok i think i'm going to go so that I can be on for longer later. I'll talk to you later. Cya
psycho314t: The king of Judah was not permitted to continue his terrible apostasy unreproved. The prophet Elijah had not yet been translated, and he could not remain silent while the kingdom of Judah was pursuing the same course that had brought the northern kingdom to the verge of ruin. The prophet sent to Jehoram of Judah a written communication, in which the wicked king read the awful words: {PK 213.1}
psycho314t: we still dunno about enoch tho
08/11/01
psycho314t: The king of Judah was not permitted to continue his terrible apostasy unreproved. The prophet Elijah had not yet been translated, and he could not remain silent while the kingdom of Judah was pursuing the same course that had brought the northern kingdom to the verge of ruin. The prophet sent to Jehoram of Judah a written communication, in which the wicked king read the awful words: {PK 213.1}
iwillgonow: I stayed up to watch a couple of evangelist shows on cbn and tbn.......WOW.
iwillgonow: That dude's most poweful point is untrue?
psycho314t: i was already thinking that last night
iwillgonow: Letter came before he was taken?
psycho314t: i went off and read the chapters in kings/chronicles about it
psycho314t: and there is NOTHING saying when elijah was taken
psycho314t: it just says 'when time came for him to be taken'
iwillgonow: Wack.
psycho314t: and he was definitely alive at the beginning of jehoram's reign
psycho314t: and it was at the end that the letter came
iwillgonow: Now is he a part of that list that says "these all died having not received of the promise..."
psycho314t: like... 6 yrs later or something
psycho314t: no
psycho314t: thats enoch
psycho314t: all it says about enoch in genesis is that "he was not, for God took him"
psycho314t: and hebrews says he didnt see death, but died ; \
iwillgonow: ?
iwillgonow: Good grief.
iwillgonow: Least we got Elijah straightened out.
psycho314t: yeah, thats what i thought
psycho314t: one down, one to go
iwillgonow: And see, Moses DID die, but was taken immediately by Jesus personally.
psycho314t: yeah
iwillgonow: Othwise why contend about the body of the dead, if they will just be remaining dead?
psycho314t: hey, i had a thought the other day.. what happens for ppl who were cremated or something like that? do the ashes just come back together and form the body?
psycho314t: or if they died in a fire or explosion or something
iwillgonow: The new body is the old one transformed, in the "twinkling of an eye," so yes, the ashes would just become a new body.
psycho314t: ok
iwillgonow: Ppl who've been dead for years have no bones or remains, just an empty coffin; It matters not how you die.
iwillgonow: They are litterally soil again.
psycho314t: oh ya
iwillgonow: What dust was you will be made anew.
iwillgonow: Somebody who died at Hiroshima from the atom bomb has hardly any particles left, if any at all.
iwillgonow: Their bodies were converted to energy.
iwillgonow: Yet they can be remade.
psycho314t: the arc of the covenant vid said somatids were unaffected by nuclear energy
psycho314t: the minute indestructible particles of the blood
iwillgonow: Then that is all that remains, the rest is not matter but energy now.
psycho314t: yeah
iwillgonow: Science can tell you a law, that matter cannot be destroyed or created, only it can change form.
iwillgonow: So if not physical, it becomes energy.
iwillgonow: Only God can create.
iwillgonow: And destroy, I suppose.
iwillgonow: Man just changes.
psycho314t: from dust unto life unto dust
iwillgonow: The soul which IS your character and mind and consciousness and the individual entity you are, once dead, is taken back to God from whence it came, to be dormant until the right time.
iwillgonow: Because death is a domancy, a state of "deep sleep without dreams," like being crygenically frozen.
iwillgonow: No thoughts, no idea of time.
iwillgonow: Which is why the dead feel they've only been alseep for a moment.
iwillgonow: The instant you die, is the instant you awake to the trumpet of Jesus!
iwillgonow: Because time has passed and you've known it not.
psycho314t: i was thinking about that earlier
iwillgonow: The Bible says it. You die and for just a moment to you, there is nothing, and then like it was just a short period of time, you awake to the end, and it could have taken a 1,000 years.
psycho314t: yeah.. ppl who think they die and go straight to heaven will practically not know any different..
iwillgonow: Tho that's not a true doctrine, and all errors are to be avoided, even if to the human eye they do no damage; we have our commandment.
iwillgonow: Right?
psycho314t: yeah, i know. im just saying that they might not even realize they were wrong.. altho i guess at the resurrection, the mind will be strong enough to discern that mistake..
iwillgonow: Who knows how that may misrepresent God, and we may not perceive it.
iwillgonow: But, ppl have died without knowing all truth, and been holy.
iwillgonow: It's according to what you know that you are judged by.
psycho314t: yeah
iwillgonow: Because God decides who knows what, and the more you know, the more responsible you are for it.
iwillgonow: Possibly the best thing about death is that it is so short.
psycho314t: yeah
iwillgonow: From Adam's death millenia ago, to his ressurection, the entire earth's history has passed, yet he will feel like it was so quick.
iwillgonow: Unless he's in Heaven already.
iwillgonow: Resurrected with the chosen at Jesus' resurrection.
iwillgonow: And we don't know who was picked, except that they were renowned men, that all of Israel would go "WHHHHHAAAATT@@!!!!!! YOU'RE ALIVE?!?!? BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT..."
psycho314t: yeah.. somethin like that
iwillgonow: Would Israel not recognize David, or Solomon, or someone great in their nation's history?
psycho314t: i dunno, them maybe.. cuz of their stature or something. but its not like they had photographs of all their historical heros
iwillgonow: Paintings, drawings.
iwillgonow: If Adam was resurrected there would be NO question who it was.
iwillgonow: He'd be 3 feet taller than Goliath at least.
psycho314t: how tall was goliath?
iwillgonow: 12.
psycho314t: ah
08/11/01
Yahoo! Messenger: jello13091 has joined the conference.
jello13091: Ok now what's the problem with Enoch?
psycho314t: he didnt see death, but he died
jello13091: It says both of those things in the BIble?
psycho314t: yes
jello13091: Maybe he didn't see death=actually die on earth, have others see him die, but he died=elsewhere in peace?
psycho314t: Hebr:11:5: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
iwillgonow: Julie, what happens to somebody who got killed by a bomb or creamated at the ressurrection?
jello13091: They come back whole, and perfect?
psycho314t: and thats part of a list of ppl. it mentions abel, enoch, noah, abraham, isaac, jacob, sara, and says.. Hebr:11:13: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
iwillgonow: A problem that is.
jello13091: what's included in "die" though....? Translated, taken?
jello13091: Brb
iwillgonow: Do you got blueletterbible on those words, Jennifer?
psycho314t: thats what im doing
psycho314t: ) the death of the body
1a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
1b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1b1) the power of death
1c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
psycho314t: 2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
2a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
psycho314t: that is the 'death' in "should not see death"
jello13091: kinda back
psycho314t: this is the 'die' from "these all died in faith"
psycho314t: AV - die 98, be dead 29, be at the point of death + 3195 1, perish 1, lie a dying 1, be slain + 5408 1, vr dead 1; 112
1) to die
1a) of the natural death of man
1b) of the violent death of man or animals
1c) to perish by means of something
1d) of trees which dry up, of seeds which rot when planted
1e) of eternal death, to be subject to eternal misery in hell
jello13091: 1c) to perish by means of something
iwillgonow: Well die means die, that's great.
jello13091: I wish I could think of how to explain this
jello13091: enoch did not see death on earth
iwillgonow: What other place could you see death???
jello13091: he was taken in faith
psycho314t: once you're translated, you're "clothed in immortality", arent you?
jello13091: he died as he was translated
iwillgonow: What?
iwillgonow: Where you getting this from
iwillgonow: ?
iwillgonow: Don't just speculate.
iwillgonow: Back this stuff up.
jello13091: What did translated mean?
psycho314t: AV - translate 2, carry over 1, remove 1, change 1, turn 1; 6
1) to transpose (two things, one of which is put in place of the other)
1a) to transfer
1b) to change
1c) to transfer one's self or suffer one's self to be transferred
1c1) to go or pass over
1c2) to fall away or desert from one person or thing to another
jello13091: To CHANGE!!!
jello13091: TO CAHNGE, TO DIE
iwillgonow: No.
jello13091: TO DIE IS BEING CHANGED
iwillgonow: To transfer.
iwillgonow: To transfer to Heaven.
psycho314t: and change, from old body to new
iwillgonow: Julie, you heathen.
jello13091: What?
iwillgonow: Trying to make up false stuff.
jello13091: I'm just pulling out what I can to see if it works.
psycho314t: one of the definitions for 'die' is perish
psycho314t: and one defn. for perish is To pass from existence; disappear gradually:
psycho314t: another is pass from physical life
jello13091: Well there we go
jello13091: sort of
psycho314t: maybe
jello13091: But would that then mean that all the other people perished and maybe didn't die, but gradually disappeared?
jello13091: Or could they all have different meanings>
jello13091: Cause Abel definitely died
psycho314t: other definitions for perish include plain ol' death
jello13091: Ok so they could all be referring to different meanings
jello13091: Jacob, any input?!
psycho314t: i suppose its possible...
iwillgonow: Death is death is death is to die die die.
jello13091: No, because a meaning just said differently
psycho314t: we're talking about perish
psycho314t: pay attention
jello13091: yeah come on jacob, get with the game
iwillgonow: If you perish you die.
psycho314t: if you perish, you cease to exist physically
jello13091: well, apparently not
iwillgonow: Perish is not life.
psycho314t: or pass from existance
iwillgonow: IF YOU DIE, DO YOU EXIST PHYSICALLY?
psycho314t: which coincide with PASSING to heaven
jello13091: did you see anything Jen pasted before?
psycho314t: which could* coincide
iwillgonow: U 2 are confused.
jello13091: And you dont know either....this cant be good then!
psycho314t: i still dont get why you dont think the perish thing could work
iwillgonow: Perish=to die.
iwillgonow: That's why.
iwillgonow: Perish has no good value whatsoever.
psycho314t: perish: to die; be destroyed; pass from existence; disappear; pass from physical life
iwillgonow: None of those say "going to Heaven" to me.
psycho314t: why not pass from existence on the earth to existence in heaven?
psycho314t: translated says passed over
iwillgonow: Yah.
psycho314t: die says perish
psycho314t: perish says pass
psycho314t: so y not?
iwillgonow: Perish says pass from physical life...to DEATH.
iwillgonow: Who hears somebody saying "I can't wait to perish," instead of "I can't wait to go to Heaven?"
psycho314t: pass from existence... enoch no longer existed on the earth, but he didnt see death
iwillgonow: Existence as a whole is the state of being.
iwillgonow: Death is a state of NOT being.
psycho314t: ...
iwillgonow: To go to Heaven, do you have to die?
iwillgonow: No.
iwillgonow: Therefore it's not a good assumption to say that he "died," meaning he was changed in the air.
psycho314t: wha? u lost me w/ that last sentence
psycho314t: the bible says he died
psycho314t: the bible says he was translated
psycho314t: the bible says he didnt see death
iwillgonow: Ya, tat's the problem.
psycho314t: and we have to make those work somehow
psycho314t: the bible also says he "was not, for God took him" <= that sounds like he ceased to exist
iwillgonow: Sounds like he went to Heaven.
iwillgonow: If you're "NOT," you're sounding like you're dead, but if "GOD TOOK YOU," you sound like you went to Heaven.
psycho314t: oh.. separate from any particular problem w/ enoch or elijah, is the verse that says no one ascended except Jesus
iwillgonow: That's pretty not separate.
psycho314t: it sorta is. cuz w/o that verse, we had elijah figured out
iwillgonow: Which is why it's not separate.
iwillgonow: Cause that verse exists.