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Since the Bible defines itself as "allegory" in both "covenants", and as "mystery" to solve; I spend time on biblical allegory, and on connecting the biblical dots to solve the biblical mystery. Eg: Galatians 4: what saith the script-u-are? It saith: "cast out the bondwoman and her son". It's allegory for cast out law and result of law: sin and death.

  • If law is both natural and spiritual, would these phrases describe it?

    - natural disaster

    - spiritual wickedness

    - dung, to be flushed

    1 AnswerReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Questions regarding the human "race"?

    If Paul The Apostle notes this: in a human "race"

    they/we both "run", but only one of such gets the prize:

    - they who run it to obtain corruptible law get the surprise.

    - we who run it to obtain incorruptible grace get the prize.

    Then why would anyone run it to obtain corruptible law?

    Surprise, which law has for it's runners? 1Thessalonian 5:3.

    When they shall say "Peace and safety" in 'rule of law', then

    sudden destruction comes upon them, and as if by surprise.

    What then? They shall not escape the consequential shame.

    So why would anyone wanna play this blame game, which

    ends up being ouched & numbered with the transgressors?

    If first "finished" a "race" = "win", and

    second "finished" a race = "place", and if told what

    "it is finished" gives place unto is death: James 1:15,

    then why do many flock to the 2nd "finished" in John 19:30,

    instead of the first "finished" in John 17:4 before the cross?

    Doesn't will of God say: "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice"?

    Why would anyone take the sacrifice batton and run with it,

    if sacrifice is offered by the law: Hebrews 10:8, and

    no man is justified by the law: Galatians 3:11,

    which included Jesus = division, not peace?

    If grace is said to be "much more" abounding

    than law, why would any run on the side of law?

    Perhaps that's why Paul The Apostle cleverly

    turned CJ around to JC in Philippians 3,

    to turn a suffering loss into a gainful win.

    So why do any still say CJ instead of JC,

    especially if the law of CJ is against us

    and the grace of JC is with you all?

    Doesn't Hebrews 12 say lay aside beseting laws

    in order to do the end run the race with patience?

    And if the end of the race has no mention of law,

    only of grace, why would anyone run the law race?

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Anyone notice God is not the LORD in Noah's Ark allegory. They're 2 different Commanders?

    God says two will do, to keep seed alive.

    LORD says clean by 7s, unclean by 2s.

    Clever Noah did both:

    all God commanded + all the LORD commanded.

    But it got Noah into to a hall of shame, not fame.

    Eg: He's listed in Hebrews 11, which notes this:

    these all died...and...received not the promise,

    so God hath provided some better thing for us.

    Galatians 1:8 says it this way:

    blessed + cursed = accursed

    Galatians 5:4 says it this way:

    grace + law = fallen from grace,

    then Christ is of no effect to you

    Jude 1:5 says it this way:

    saved + destroyed ends badly

    Which things are an allegory,

    and also a mystery to solve

    4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why a life with an expiry date doesn't have peace, but if talk of decease were to cease, then we'd have peace?

    Perhaps the 2011 movie clevery called 'In Time' has

    a biblical moral to it, contained in this clever movie quote:

    'No one should be immortal if even one person has to die.'

    ~ Justin Timberlake.

    It seems to echo many biblical themes in one clever quote.

    - eg: Romans 2:11 says there is no partiality with God,

    which is a constant biblical theme throughout the Bible.

    - eg: the biblical mention of "in time" occurs in Heb 4:16,

    which talks of "find grace", and to "obtain mercy"; And if

    Romans 2 is applied, said mercy is for all, else not you.

    - eg: 2Cor 5:14 clarifies that if even one died for all,

    the result is accounted as if "all dead", not all alive.

    - eg: Mt 22:32 clarifies he is not the God of the dead,

    but is the God of the living, which is to allegory say

    he is not Law = all perish, but is Grace = none perish.

    So perhaps talk of decease should cease to have peace.

    Perhaps crucifixion is not what God will have, if

    the will of God is: "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice",

    which is to allegory say I will have grace, and not law,

    which is to also allegory say I will have life, not death.

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why does BC have condemnation, but AD no condemnation?

    Eg: Romans 4:15

    where no law, there no transgression

    Eg: Romans 5:13

    when no law, then no sin is imputed

    Eg: Romans 8:1

    there is therefore now no condemnation

    not even to CJ folk who think

    law makes them free of law;

    which is as absurd as thinking

    death makes you free of death

    Hint: John 3:17

    God did not send his Son to condemn

    but Jesus condemned: Mt 23:14 & Mt 25:46,

    and Christ would not condemn: John 8:11

    so BC means Before Christ,

    when even Jesus condemned

    so Jesus had to go away for comfort to come

    5 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • What do these seven "gnashing of teeth" verses portray?

    - Matthew 8:12

    - Matthew 13:42

    - Matthew 13:50

    - Matthew 22:13

    - Matthew 24:51

    - Matthew 25:30

    - Luke 13:28

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Which is correct, of these contradicting things: as in heaven, so in earth -or- as in earth, so in heaven?

    Matthew 6 (Luke 11):

    Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

    Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as in heaven.

    Matthew 16:19 (18:18)

    whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth

    shall be bound in heaven: and

    whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth

    shall be loosed in heaven.

    Should heaven be like earth,

    where law gets loosed

    or

    should earth be like heaven

    where law gets flushed

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Which "converted" is correct, of two mentioned by Jesus?

    Matthew 13:15 = epistrepho "converted"

    Matthew 18:3 = strepho "converted"

    one seems to be child-->man, as if law-->grace

    one seems to be child<--man, as if law<--grace

    Clarity: Luke 22:32 notes Peter was prayed for

    to be epistrepho converted, so he

    would strengthen brethren, which

    he wasn't doing while strepho,

    for when strepho he

    dissimulated, so

    Paul withstood him

    to the face at Antioch

    Hint: Genesis 1:26

    God said: let us make man (not child).

    Hint: Psalms 32:2 (Romans 4:8)

    Blessed the man to whom no sin imputed

    Hint: Matthew 8:12

    Child-ren of the kingdom get cast out

    Hint: 1Corinthians 11:3

    Christ is the head of every man (not child)

    Hint: 1Corinthians 14:20

    be not children

    Hint: Ephesians 4:14

    be no more children

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • If first finished called win, second finished called place, how does such apply to John 17:4 and John 19:30?

    John 17:4 = first "finished" (before the cross)

    John 19:30 = 2nd "finished" (at the cross)

    Lo, I come to do thy will, O God

    But which will of which God?

    seems like

    - God is one: Grace: will have mercy, and not sacrifice

    - one God: Law: will have sacrifice, and not mercy

    Come on, people, it is a mystery to solve in time

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why do <>< swim from right to left?

    Are they Hebrew, which is read right to left?

    Isn't that kinda back-ward <--BC, especially

    if it's now AD--> only goes one way: for-ward?

    Could it have something to do with

    Jesus<--Christ isn't Jesus-->Christ?

    6 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • How does the God of Jacob differ from the God of Israel?

    Matthew 22:27-32;

    Mark 12:24-27;

    Luke 20:34-38

    Hint: one is God of the living,

    and one is God of the dead.

    Which things are an allegory,

    and a mystery to solve in time.

    6 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Is the concept of an angry God kinda like the concept of a flat earth, now so old it's ready to vanish away?

    Yet there seems to be some still hell bent on

    keeping this angry God: Law: worketh wrath,

    even though the Bible says, in 1Thess 5:9,

    that "God hath not appointed us to wrath";

    which is like saying not appointed us to law,

    since law worketh wrath, grace worketh mercy,

    and it's been the age of grace for 2000 years

    as noted in places like Luke 16:16 which says

    the law and the prophets were until John; (but)

    since that time the kingdom of God is preached.

    So the kingdom of God

    is about grace and truth,

    not about law and prophets.

    And it's also notably global,

    not flat earth you can fall off.

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why don't worst occur in New Testament where even a worse case scenario ends well for you all begins with you?

    The word worst doesn't occur in the NT

    where plural God provides better for us

    so we may compare worse/better of

    such old/new time past/last days;

    And even when such worse/better

    gets reversed to better/worse (new/old) by

    them saying "the old is better", by saying

    'rule of law', peace and safety in the law,

    even a last state worse case scenario

    ends well in the end already written

    where its only JC grace with you all

    and also the you all begins with you

    applying what you learned with all

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Is God at war with science, or science so earthy it can't see God isn't author of confusion, but of peace?

    Seems to me God is one has neither any sides to take,

    nor does Grace-->Mercy-->Peace have any war to fight.

    War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

    Perhaps: science without religion is lame, and

    religion without science is blind. ~Albert Einstein

    So perhaps: there's a flaw to both sides of

    this war: atheist (science) vs theist (religion).

    Perhaps: Peace is the absence of war, and

    neither of science (lame) vs religion (blind);

    like man is neither of children vs children; So

    God said let us make man (not children), and

    blessed the man to whom no sin is imputed.

    Man-kind, to whom no sin imputed;

    What an interesting concept, having

    neither ills to cure nor any blindness.

    11 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • What sort of changed: transformed is described by phrases "from faith to faith" & "from glory to glory"?

    Are two faiths and two glories mentioned

    like being changed from the law to grace?

    Law: blind faith, no questions, just obedience

    Grace: seeing faith, as "born again" is to "see"

    Law: was glory them

    Grace: is "much more" glory us

    Is that why it's 'amazing grace'?

    (no song called amazing law)

    Is that why a renewing of the mind, also

    results in a change, transformation of the heart;

    Or is it a change of heart that renews the mind?

    1 AnswerReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why is there two of everything to sort out in the Holy Bible containing Old and New until the end is only one?

    - two gardens

    - two trees

    - two Adams

    - two testaments

    - two Enochs

    - two Antiochs

    - two worlds: this world and that world

    - two kinds of gospel: one and another

    - two kinds of time: time past and last days

    - two kinds of faith: from faith to faith

    - two kinds of glory: from glory to glory

    - two kinds of "converted": epistrepho & strepho

    - two kinds of "blessed": Ps 32:1,2 (Rom 4:7,8)

    - two kinds of "Lamb": amnos and arnion

    etc etc etc

    Yet in plural God mode it's worse/better, and

    better is not yet best, nor yet true rest; So

    there's also what's best to go on unto

    by leaving worse/better mode, since

    it can reverse to better/worse when

    people say the old is better, and

    start saying 'rule of law' again

    instead of grace and peace

    So beyond the plural God mode,

    which only provides better things;

    beyond both time past and last days;

    like the third day now is neither such;

    there still seems to be two choices yet:

    - God is one: Grace void of law: no mediation

    or

    - One God: Law void of grace: mediation of law

    So, iff Jesus returned, 2nd time as 'arnion' Lamb,

    Revelation 1:7 notes the result would be ww "wail",

    notably "because of him" also having "greater damnation"

    by uncovering sins that didn't get taken away, just covered up.

    It kinda sounds like Mt 18's forgiven + unforgiven = tormented,

    where Jesus' Father isn't merciful like your Father in Luke 6:36.

    So then, two Fathers to sort out, in a Bible containing Old & New.

    Go figure.

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Two Religions: Vain Religion and Pure Religion: James 1:26,27. Is James allegorically talking Law and Grace?

    James 1:26,27

    If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.

    It seems Solomon said, about the Law:

    It's all vanity and vexation of Spirit x7

    It seems the Law

    - criminalizes everyone

    - is the accuser of the brethren

    - is the ministration of condemnation

    - eventually the ministration of death

    - being the strength of sin's death sting

    So law is the root source of sin and death.

    Where no law, there [is] no transgression.

    When no law, then sin is not even imputed.

    Therefore there is now no condemnation.

    For Christ is the end of the law.

    Grace does not criminalize anyone,

    and does not accuse any: John 5:45,

    and does not condemn: John 3:17; 8:11,

    and does not talk of decease: John 10:10,

    and does not impute sin: 2Corinthians 5:19.

    Pure Wisdom, from above: James 3:17

    Allegorically Grace unto you, and peace,

    from God, our Father, and the Lord JC:

    - is peaceable

    - is gentle

    - is easily intreated

    - is full of mercy

    - is full of good fruit

    - is without partiality

    - is without hypocrisy

    So why do people still say 'rule of law',

    instead of Grace unto you, and peace?

    4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • What is God's will that's to be done in earth as in heaven?

    I will have mercy, and not sacrifice

    - Psalms 40:6

    - Psalms 51:16

    - Hosea 6:6

    - Matthew 9:13

    - Matthew 12:7

    - Hebrews 10

    The Allegory:

    I will have grace, and not law.

    I will have life, and not death.

    Matthew 6

    Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

    Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.

    Luke 11

    Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

    Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

    Luke 22:42

    not my will, but thine, be done.

    10 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Has saying 'rule of law' moved the doomsday clock away from or closer to midnight?

    Queen: 'rule of law'

    Prime Ministers: 'rule of law'

    Vladimar Putin: 'rule of law'

    Obama: 'rule of law'

    Obama's Clinton: 'rule of law'

    News: January 2012

    Doomsday clock moves 1 minute closer

    2 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago
  • Why are there five different kinds of "master" in NT?

    master: didaskalos: teachers of babes, doctors of law

    master: oikodespotēs: householder, master of house having servants

    master: rhabbi: who love to be called "Rabbi, Rabbi": double minded

    master: kyrios: a possessor: mingled mixture of God and mammon

    Master: kathēgētēs: your true spiritual guide, the Christ: one-ness

    No man can serve more than one master,

    but children tend to serve more than one.

    So Christ is called the head of every man,

    but children tend to have several heads,

    tudors and governors they're under.

    mastery: agōnizomai: strives, fights adversaires, contends: battle mode.

    But Christ, y(our) master, is our peace, above and beyond battle modes.

    In Christ mode there's no battle to fight,

    for the adversary: the law: is abolished;

    so it's more like awaring then like fighting,

    not now as a servant, but above a servant.

    Servants are know nots in John 15:15, and

    children differ nothing from servants: Gal 4.

    So a man should put away childish things

    like striving, and fighting, and contending,

    as it's left vs right divisional, not peaceful.

    Harmless: is above of under/above,

    not just right to make others wrong.

    4 AnswersReligion & Spirituality9 years ago