It may seem as though we Calvarians harp on this topic alot (and if it comes across as overbearing we’ll apologize for that perception) but we honestly believe its importance can not be overstated.
(We also leave it alone in general in post and conversation when folks of our or similar persuasion [Messianic, Hebrew-Roots, etc.] speak with the Christian replacement titles of “Lord” and “God”. But when the use of the familiar substitutions arise in post, comment, or conversation about love of the truth or forsaking man-made traditions etc. the irony becomes too much not to warrant being pointed out.)
When folks posts are about a love of the Truth (which based on their testimony thus far, we would say they truly hold) but their quotes of such passages of Scripture don’t reflect the Truth but rather reflect the British Christian replacement traditions of substituting LORD for YHWH and utilizing the old pagan Anglo-Saxon term for divinity “God” to replace Elohim, it warrants a word or two.
The Most High often sites His reason for His declarations. The reason being “I am YHWH your Elohim.” But by British tradition, jumping off Jewish (rabbinic) tradition the church in all the British empire and subsequently all the Western world replaced YHWH with LORD and Elohim with their own heathen epithet for divinity, “God”. They domesticated the Text in translation instead of foreignizing it as is required of proper scribal work. In other words they didn’t use English to explain Hebrew, but instead made it an English story adapted to British culture…and then exported the replacement around the world. Labeled as a translation.
(Are we bashing fellow believers, not hardly, no, as almost nobody knows to call attention to the issue of alterations in the text that the scribes masquerade as translations, most Messianic teachers are highly unqualified ultracrepidarians, and few bother with the indispensable study of philology… so it’s not most folks’ fault for not knowing. And again, we Calvarians don’t bother mentioning it directly to others unless it’s in this setting where it becomes ironic in a call to reject man-made traditions,or a call to cling to a love of the Truth even when it’s uncomfortable and countercultural.)
It’s an important point to ponder on.
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Elisha told the prophet's widow to shut the door of her house so only she and her sons would witness the miracle of the oil in 2 Kings 4:1-7. When he arrived at the Shunnamite woman's home in v32, he went into the room with the dead boy and shut the door behind him. Why did he want these miracles to be done in private instead of in the open where more people would see and glorify God?
Maybe because he knew the miracles God worked through him prefigured those of the Messiah, and he didn't want anyone mistaking him for the greater One who was yet to come.
Or maybe it was for the same reason Yeshua told the doubters to leave when he healed Jarius' daughter. Even he couldn't work many miracles in the midst of doubters.
Whether you are a loner, introvert, or extravert, you weren't created to be alone. You need family and community to be healthy and to fully meet your purpose in the Kingdom of Heaven.
#proverbs 18:1
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When we figure out the meaning of life, then we'll be content. Or is it the other way around?
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../10/26/grasping-the-
When we figure out the meaning of life, then we'll be content. Or is it the other way around?
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../10/26/grasping-the-
The question asked was, “Can Jesus really live in my heart?” The only place in the Bible where this could be implied is Ephesians 3:17, “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,” The problem is with the way we understand the words are being used and we miss the context. No, Jesus can’t live in your heart. What Paul is asking in his prayer is for our Creator to strengthen our soul so we are able to establish a greater faith.