Recent content by KevinT

I'm 90% in agreement with what you wrote. I think this is amazing, and I'm happy. Best wishes, Kevin

I just did a quick search for the word "wrath," specifically God's wrath, and I found 175 matches in the Bible. I'll include a few sample ones below. Comments below. Numbers 16:46 -- Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar...

Clare, I fully agree with what you have written. I think that is something we should celebrate, since we have seemed to approach these topics from different perspectives on prior posts! To think about this further, I'm going to consider the woman caught in adultery and brought to Jesus. By...

I think you missed the point of my original post. It is NOT about how to deal with blessing and curses from God, but rather when to HUMANS get to issue blessings and curses? Best wishes, Kevin

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Deut 29:29 29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, ... If I take the various facts presented in the OT as data...

I agree with your point, but I will mention that your argument is a bit circular. Its inspired by God because it's scripture, and its scripture because of God too. As I am sure you know, there are apocryphal and deuterocanonical books that are included in Catholic Bibles that are excluded from...

What is your understanding of the role God plays in the lives of people today in the world? Isn't the world an interesting place! I have a well-meaning friend who assures me that the ONLY books I should read in the Bible are the works of Paul. His justification for this was that neither he...

I wasn't sure what I was going to find at that link, but I found it to be very helpful. It addresses the issues I am trying to explore here, namely what is being meant by the term "salvation". And also, "saved from what?" The article seems to focus on Romans, but I think it is a good...

Jesus said that "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." OK. That's all there is to it then, right? Just believe and there is nothing more for God's servants to do. But then there is Christ's...

Salvation is a gift. I fully agree. But at Christmas time, a necktie, a chainsaw, and perfume can all be said to be "a gift." But calling it a gift doesn't clarify any underlying meaning. Jonah was thrown overboard, and the Lord saved him by having a large fish swallow him. Or, instead...

I think this definition agrees with the 3 flavors of interpretation I mentioned. SALVATION Forgiveness of an offense. <------- avoidance of the wrath of God would go here. Protection against consequences. <--- and perhaps here. Personal improvement. Thanks for your feeback.

I agree that often salvation in the Bible is referring to physical salvation instead of Eternal Life salvation. But isn't there perhaps an overlap of these two concepts? The Israelites were "saved" from starvation by God's manna from heaven, and Christians today will be "saved" by God's...

The point of the original post was HUMAN GENERATED curses, and if/when God honors them. I don't feel that you addressed my questions, but I do appreciate you taking time to answer. KT

So we have examples of Isaac and Jacob giving blessings. We can agree that God backed this up. What about Peter calling down curses? How did God react to that? I'm not doubting or limiting the power of God. I'm trying to see if there is any sense of rules about WHO gets to make...

Yes I do. But I think that God's perfectness gets imperfectly recorded at times. I think He has been blamed for things He did not do. And His motivation is, in my opinion, inferred by Bible writers, at times incorrectly. For example, in the case of Uzzah 2 Sam 6:7: The Lord’s anger burned...