-Where did Cain.(Adam
and Eve's first child).get
his wife?
Either his sister or a relative
or the devil.(Genesis
4:1).from
where Eve got Cain?.Genesis
5:4.
If a sister or relative,
this was before the advice in Leviticus
18:1-20.
Adam had many sons and daughters
during his lifetime:.Genesis
5:4
-Genesis
19:30-38 Wasn't this incest?
God had not yet given the
laws that He later did in the
Old Testament against this:.Leviticus
18:1-20;
20th chapter;
Deuteronomy
27:20-23. Note also the Old Testament law is now
defunct. Though it was a good law to follow, there just were too many
things in the Mosaic Law, so much so the people just gave up on it:.Deuteronomy
5:29. So God took a hand in it:.Exekiel
11:19.
-What are.(or
represent).the
seven Spirits mentioned in Revelation
1:4 and the seven angels?
The seven Spirits are represented
at the Throne of God, a description of which is in Chapter
4; Revelation 1:20.
These have authority over
all the Earth, directed by Christ:.Revelation
5:6. These great and no doubt incredibly powerful spirit beings assist
Christ. He is the
Lamb.
-Revelation
2:26 What are the works
we are enjoined
to keep as mentioned here?
Notice in the scripture above
that it says it's His works. What were His works? What was the work Emmanuel
finished?.Luke
19:10; John 4:34;
6:28,29;
9:4;
17:4;
19:30;
Hebrews
1:2,3; 3:6; 4:3.
When
Timothy
was aged and ready to die he said:.2Timothy
4:7.
-Exodus
34:6,7.Here
the verses say God is mercy and then proceeds with an example of no mercy
by stating that the sins of the fathers carry on to the third and forth
generation of his children? Huh?
Sounds like the Creator is
saying He is able to be merciful to people and that He forgives all sin
and that really doesn't clear anyone in his sight at all, so like, why
then forgive? Like hello! What? It's like the second statement in verse
7 of the scripture negates the first, isn't it?
Then the third statement
adds to the second statement, saying He'll make sure that up to and including
the fourth generation will suffer. Well, such as some of the ancient religious
translators thought.
Verse 7 as translated in
the.King
James Version:."Keeping
mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin and that
will by no means clear the guilty.(because
under the ancient, now done
away Mosaic Law, it was required to offer a sin offering and then offerings
of thanks such as a burnt offering and a peace offering, these offerings
done after one had sinned, thus puttng
forth to the forgiveness which was to come with Christ when all sin
for all time would be looked after);
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon the children's
children, unto the third and to the fourth generation."
The law, being still in effect
meant that this was for a people who had agreed.(Exodus
24:3).to
be under the government of it.
Also.Jeremiah
32:18 "You show lovingkindness unto thousands and recompense the iniquity
of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The Great,
the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name."
Jeremiah 32:18 word for
word from the original:."Thou.(word
'thou' not in original but implied
from previous verse).shewest.(original
'fashion', 'accomplish', 'make', 'bring about').
lovingkindness.(original
'show yourself kind', 'merciful').unto
thousands.(corroborates
with original).and
recompensest.(means
'to be in a covenant of
peace', 'make peace with', 'be finished', 'be ended', 'to be repaid', 'requited',
'to make an end of', 'complete', 'perform', 'pay' {made provision for paying
it forward to the time of Christ and His sacrifice for all sin for all
time}).the
(word 'the' not in original).iniquity.(corroborates
with original).of
the.(words
'of the' not in original).fathers.('families',
'chief').into
the.(words
'into the' not in original).bosom.(corroborates
with original).of
their.(words
'of their' not in original).children.(corroborates
with original).after.(corroborates
with original).them.(word
'them' not in original). The Great,
the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name.(last
line corroborates with original except for the 'the's' and the words 'of'
and 'is his')."
And so, word for word from
the original of.Exodus
34:7."Keeping
mercy for thousands.(original
is."keeping mercy
thousand{s}"),
forgiving.("bearing,
carrying, taking away, lifting up").iniquity
and transgression
and sin.(words."iniquity,
transgression, sin".corroborate
with original) and that will by no
means clear.(means."to
be cleaned out, purged, to be empty, to be free, acquit, unpunished, guiltless,
innocent").the.(word."the".not
in the original, but
implied).guilty.(word
'guilty' not in the original); visiting.(means
to."commit for
care, deposited, to be sought, be needed, be lacking, number, visit, pay
attention to, observe, punish, appoint, commit, miss").the
iniquity.(corroborates
with original).of
the fathers.(or
the."families,
chief").upon
the.(words."upon
the".not in original).children.(corroborates
with original).and
upon the.(words."and
upon the".not
in original).children's.(corroborates
with original and can also be plural).children,
unto the.(words."children,
unto the".not
in original).third.(corroborates
with original).and
to the.(words."and
to the".not in
original).fourth.(corroborates
with original).generation.(word."generation".not
in original)."
So, to put
it as close to the original as I think it should be:."Keeping
mercy, thousands forgiven iniquity, transgression, sin, free, unpunished,
guiltless, paying attention in this regard especially to the iniquity of
family heads with children and their children's children.".That
is, the Creator is very concerned with showing mercy and kindness to grandfathers
and grandmothers as they for the most part have moved on from the sins
of youth and need not any longer be burdened with guilt for sins they would
not now likely do:.Psalms
25:7. Are we as forgiving as that? So, then, the children and children's
children we thought were to be under some sort of a curse, were also covered
by the love and forgiveness of Creator-God.
This previous verse sets
the tone for the one we just dissected:.Exodus
34:6 "And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, The Lord, The
Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant
in goodness and truth."
And this all fits with the
Creator being kind to the unthankful
and to the evil:.Luke
6:35; 9:54-56; Psalms
145:9. It's not kindness to curse your children and in turn their children,
for sins one has committed. The scripture in Exodus 34:7 as translated
makes the Creator out to be a being looking to impose retributive judgment
on sinners' children and even their children. The verse contradicts the
loving nature of the Creator shown toward all who want forgiveness for
sin. In the Old Testament people showed this by sacrifices and offerings.
In the New Testament, Emmanuel was our sacrifice and His offering was once
for all.
Creator-God's nature is one
of justice, requiring something to pay for sin and He made provision for
that in ancient times by sin, burnt and peace offerings which put those
sins away from the men and women committing
them, putting them instead toward the future sacrifice
of Emmanuel to get rid of all sin
for all time for everyone. Shame
on the translators for allowing such gross.improprieties
to be in the Holy Bible.
Psalms
86:15 "But thou O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious,
longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth."
Psalms
66:20 "Blessed be God, which has not turned away my prayer, nor his
mercy from me."
Romans
4:8 "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin." (*)
1Samuel
12:22 "For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's
sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you his people."
Ok, but what
about God's directions to be cruel as in the Old Testament writings?