tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post6083135747049537708..comments2023-04-22T12:31:37.714-07:00Comments on Blogging the Bible: March 11Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063678082377147197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-49033945154306888452012-03-16T05:04:21.828-07:002012-03-16T05:04:21.828-07:002012 Thoughts:
Again, I found the whole incident ...2012 Thoughts:<br /><br />Again, I found the whole incident in the OT to be extremely unsettling, but this time, my "death talk" did not really alleviate the tension. One thing I failed to mention in 2010 was that God also burned alive 250 men, even though Moses had begged Him not to. AND a guy got STONED for gathering wood on the Sabbath. Good. Lands.<br /><br />It is funny b/c I have no answers right now. But the NT reading did really help me. It is interesting that with the layout of our Bible, we jumped right from the scene of all that death in the wilderness to Jesus' crucifixion. If nothing else, the juxtaposition reminded me that God was willing to suffer even more than He had made His people suffer. I still don't understand it, really, but today, I'm clinging to the story of the cross.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377026220543309858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-8502785784489880162010-03-11T21:39:14.022-08:002010-03-11T21:39:14.022-08:00Thanks for the "death talk"...I think yo...Thanks for the "death talk"...I think you are right about a soul being more important than a physical life. That's a hard statement for a lot of people. Hmmm...I'll think about this more. I always did wonder about Uzzah and some others; it honestly didn't make sense that God would be so harsh in the OT and so kind in the NT, knowing that he's the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. What you've said has made it much clearer to me now about how He really is a loving, compassionate God and He always was and will be. Thanks.caryndaughterofthepromisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558519205690449087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112439593032667008.post-6502030535009225352010-03-11T12:29:26.667-08:002010-03-11T12:29:26.667-08:00Numbers:
Wow. I just went back and read your ori...Numbers:<br /><br />Wow. I just went back and read your original "death talk" and your whole interchange with Larry. (That must have been one of the posts I missed.) When I saw the beginning of this post, I started getting all geared up to write a novel, but after reading everything, all I can say is that I think I agree with you. Life is a gift, not a right, except that WE don't have the right to take away another's gift of life, unless their actions cause their gift to be forfeit. I also agree that God probably kills certain people at certain times to save them from eternal destruction (unborn babies included). This physical life is not what's important; spiritual life is. Also, God can do whatever He wants. Though I do believe He wants us to get to know Him as well as we can, He doesn't have to explain Himself to us. Really, any of us who are still alive should thank Him every day for that life... because it IS a gift, not a right.<br /><br />Mark:<br /><br />The whole thing with Pilate unsettles me. He does seem bothered (moreso in a different gospel, I think, though I can't remember which one) by the fact that the crowd wants to kill an innocent man. But, he is not bothered enough to do something about it. I shudder to think how many times I was concerned about something or other, but I chose to ignore it anyway.<br /><br />Psalms:<br /><br />You are right, one would think that David would be afraid to make such requests of God. It is interesting to think that certain people (David, Moses, Abraham, etc.) were sort of "in" with God and could talk to Him how they wanted (being honest about their concerns), but then when other people tried to say, "Hey, I'm close to God too!"... He killed them. I guess it must have had to do with what was going on in these people's hearts.<br /><br />Proverbs:<br /><br />I don't have a thought about the passage we read, but I just noticed that the word "proverbs" can be broken down into "pro," meaning "positive," opposite of "con," and "verbs," meaning "action words," as opposed to "nouns" or "adjectives." So, proverbs are positive action words, statements that tell us good things to do. (Okay, I sort of feel like I should have seen that before. Anyway, it's interesting.) :)beksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724637942561747185noreply@blogger.com