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Title: Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem
Source: LA Times
URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw ... 9aug09,1,1584700.story#Scene_1
Published: Aug 9, 2005
Author: Thomas H. Maugh II
Post Date: 2005-08-09 12:07:39 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: Uncovered, Jerusalem, Biblical
Views: 1202
Comments: 87

Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem

The reservoir served as a gathering place for Jews making pilgrimages and is said in the Gospel of John to be the site where Jesus cured a blind man.

By Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writer
August 9, 2005

Workers repairing a sewage pipe in the Old City of Jerusalem have discovered the biblical Pool of Siloam, a freshwater reservoir that was a major gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages to the city and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from birth, according to the Gospel of John.

The pool was fed by the now famous Hezekiah's Tunnel and is "a much grander affair" than archeologists previously believed, with three tiers of stone stairs allowing easy access to the water, said Hershel Shanks, editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review, which reported the find Monday.

"Scholars have said that there wasn't a Pool of Siloam and that John was using a religious conceit" to illustrate a point, said New Testament scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological Seminary. "Now we have found the Pool of Siloam … exactly where John said it was."

A gospel that was thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be grounded in history," he said.

Religious law required ancient Jews to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem at least once a year, said archeologist Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa, who excavated the pool. "Jesus was just another pilgrim coming to Jerusalem," he said. "It would be natural to find him there."

The newly discovered pool is less than 200 yards from another Pool of Siloam, this one a reconstruction built between AD 400 and 460 by the Empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who oversaw the rebuilding of several biblical sites.

The site of yet another Pool of Siloam, which predated the version reputedly visited by Jesus, is still unknown.

That first pool was constructed in the 8th century BC by Judean King Hezekiah, who foresaw the likelihood that the Assyrians would lay siege to Jerusalem and knew a safe water supply would be required to survive the attack.

He ordered workers to build a 1,750-foot-long tunnel under the ridge where the City of David was located. The tunnel connected Gihon Spring in the adjacent Kidron Valley to the side of Jerusalem less vulnerable to an attack.

The first Pool of Siloam was the reservoir holding the water brought into the city. It was presumably destroyed in 586 BC when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar razed the city.

The pool of Jesus' time was built early in the 1st century BC and was destroyed by the future Roman Emperor Titus about AD 70.

The pool was discovered by a repair team excavating a damaged sewer line last fall under the supervision of Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority. As soon as Shukron saw two steps uncovered, he stopped the work and called in Reich, who was excavating at the Gihon Spring.

When they saw the steps, Shukron said, "we were 100% sure it was the Siloam Pool."

With winter approaching, the two men had to hurry their excavation so the sewer could be repaired before the rainy season.

As they began digging they uncovered three groups of five stairs each separated by narrow landings. The pool was about 225 feet long, and they unearthed steps on three sides.

They do not yet know how wide and how deep the pool was because they have not finished the excavation. The fourth side lies under a lush garden — filled with figs, pomegranates, cabbages and other fruits — behind a Greek Orthodox Church, and the team has not yet received permission to cut a trench through the garden.

"We need to know how big it is," Charlesworth said. "This may be the most significant and largest miqveh [ritual bath] ever found."

The excavators have been able to date the pool fairly precisely because of two fortunate occurrences that implanted unique artifacts in the pool area.

When ancient workmen were plastering the steps before facing them with stones, they either accidentally or deliberately buried four coins in the plaster. All four are coins of Alexander Jannaeus, a Jewish king who ruled Jerusalem from 103 to 76 BC. That provides the earliest date at which the pool could have been constructed.

Similarly, in the soil in one corner of the pool, they found about a dozen coins dating from the period of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome, which lasted from AD 66 to 70. That indicates the pool had begun to be filled in by that time.

Because the pool sits at one of the lowest spots in Jerusalem, rains flowing down the valley deposited mud into it each winter. It was no longer being cleaned out, so the pool quickly filled with dirt and disappeared, Shanks said.

The story of Jesus and the blind man, as told in John, is well known. Jesus was fleeing the Temple to escape either the priests or an angry crowd when he encountered the man. His disciples asked Jesus who had sinned, the man or his parents, to cause him to be born blind.

Jesus said that neither had sinned, but that the man had been born blind so that God's work might be revealed in him. With that, he spat in the dust to make mud, which he rubbed in the man's eyes before telling him to wash it off in the Pool of Siloam. When the man did so, he was able to see.


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Holy water network

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient water system outside Jerusalem. Two months of digging at Kibbutz Tzuba ended this week when the rock-hewn conduction network, dating to the time of King Hezekiah in the 8th century B.C.E., was unearthed. Last year the site received world-wide attention with the discovery of a cave said to have been used by John the Baptist and his followers for baptism. It was a monumental enterprise with a vertical shaft, an open horizontal corridor, a flight of stone steps above a tunnel and three external plastered pools, all of which was on a slope above an underground reservoir.

Archaeologists say the new discoveries shed light on why this cave would have been chosen, out of the many thousands in the hills of Judah, for bathing rituals. “What baptizers wanted was a place, distant from nearby villages, large enough to contain groups of people coming to be immersed, and ancient enough so that the cultic side of the rituals was put into a context linking them to the time of the Israelite prophets,” said the dig’s leader, Shimon Gibson.

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#36. To: Starwind (#34)

Those who choose to disbelieve the rapture choose to ignore Paul's clear teaching on it

Now I understand.

You're right and everybody else is wrong; including some Orthodox Churches with well over 1500 years of history and study.

They didn't figure it out after studying the Bible for 1500 years but you and the Schofield/Moody crowd did in an afternoon.

It makes perfect sense.


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   0:36:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Flintlock (#35)

A few more?

Nazarenes, Wesleyan Church, Salvation Army, Russian Orthodox...

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   0:42:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Flintlock (#36)

You're right and everybody else is wrong; including some Orthodox Churches with well over 1500 years of history and study.

I believe the bible is right as written, and I don't know what everybody else thinks.

They didn't figure it out after studying the Bible for 1500 years but you and the Schofield/Moody crowd did in an afternoon.

I'm not with the Scofield/Moody crowd (though I recognize how utterly dependent you are upon labels and hyperbole to defend your viewpoint).

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   0:46:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Zipporah (#37)

A few more?

They're all wrong, they're all going to:

HELL!


Hey, Meester,wanna meet my seester?

Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   0:47:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Starwind (#38)

I believe the bible is right as written, and I don't know what everybody else thinks.

Cop out


Hey, Meester,wanna meet my seester?

Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   0:48:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: Flintlock (#39)

ROFL!! Gosh 1500 years of the hellbound.. poor lost souls. :P

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   0:48:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: Flintlock (#40)

Cop out

Simple truth.

2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   0:49:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: Flintlock, Starwind (#28)

You're right Flintlock that it is standard christian approach to insist that any idea in the bible, before it is accepted, be found more than once in the bible. To be mentioned only once is not important. It must be mentioned more than once. Well, the so-called 'rapture' ideas are mentioned more than once. Somebody once showed me a place in the bible where it is described just as the rapture proponents say, but it says the coming of the lord will be 'as if' and then it describes a great separation of the people, but it says 'as if' some are just plucked right up and out of the company of the others, and the others are left behind. Sorry, I couldn't find that part that describes it best. But I always focus on the 'as if' part. I think they just described it that way to focus our minds that there will be a great separation of the people at the time when jesus returns and judgement occurs. So, I don't really believe the 'rapture' is the way people describe it, that some will be just plucked up and the rest will still live here. But there will be a great separation of the people.

Below are only two sets of verses I did find that do support this rapture idea somewhat, but I remember reading one that supported it much better as I said.

Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Jhn 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Jhn 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

I wish I could find that section where the 'rapture' is described clearly. There was a fellow who showed me several sets of verses that support it better than any of these.

Red Jones  posted on  2005-08-10   0:53:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: Starwind (#42)

Simple truth.

Now, lets talk about Muslims.

Devil worshipers, Si' or no?


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   0:57:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: Red Jones (#43)

ohn 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Jhn 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Jhn 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

How do these verses have anything to do with a rapture as the premillennialists view it? Yes this has to do with the return of Christ but He promises heaven to those who are called by His name. And just because the lost arent mentioned that doesnt mean that He then will set up a kingdom on thie earth but rather the END and the judgement.

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   0:58:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: Red Jones (#43)

it is standard christian approach to insist that any idea in the bible, before it is accepted, be found more than once in the bible. To be mentioned only once is not important.

Details, details


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   0:58:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: Red Jones (#43)

but I remember reading one that supported it much better as I said.

I think you're looking for 1Thess 4:16-17 and 1Cor 15:51-51.

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   1:05:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: Flintlock, Red Jones (#46)

t is standard christian approach to insist that any idea in the bible, before it is accepted, be found more than once in the bible. To be mentioned only once is not important.

On this I beg to differ. To build a doctrine on one passage is very flawed and as Flint pointed out ..two or more witnesses.

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:06:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: Zipporah, Flintlock, Red Jones (#48)

On this I beg to differ. To build a doctrine on one passage is very flawed and as Flint pointed out ..two or more witnesses.

Red Jones specifically said before it is accepted, be found more than once in the bible. You misread his statement.

Further the passages about two or more witness are about people giving testimony. Whereas the bible states in 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;, or do you argue that some passages are not inspired by God, and if so, which ones please?

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   1:12:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: Red Jones (#43)

There was a fellow who showed me several sets of verses that support it better than any of these.

Has anyone shown you Luke 9:27? But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Jesus himself seemed to believe the second coming was imminent, and mislead his students thusly.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   1:12:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: Zipporah (#45)

well, it doesn't really support the idea that there will be a day when a whole bunch of people will just disappear andt he others carry on. But it speaks how we will go somewhere else. so, it is weak in its support of the way the rapture proponents describe it.

Red Jones  posted on  2005-08-10   1:12:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Starwind (#47)

No, I had already looked at that verse when I was figuring out what I could put here.

Red Jones  posted on  2005-08-10   1:13:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Dude Lebowski (#50)

Where that is because you are believing that Jesus was speaking of something which He was NOT .. what He spoke of was not an earthly kingdom. He was speaking of His death and resurrection and the scripture says the kingdom is WITHIN you. He was speaking of the new covenant purchased with His blood.

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:15:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: Dude Lebowski (#50)

Jesus himself seemed to believe the second coming was imminent

IIRC Hey-sus said "before this generation shall pass" a whole bunch of times.

Well, the generations passed.


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   1:16:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: Red Jones (#51)

Right. And the other scripture in Corinthians is taken out of the context of the sentence.. the rest of which reads and is speaking of the end when Jesus comes again and the end will come not the end of the age which was spoken of BEFORE His death.. which was of course speaking of the fullment of the old covenant, the new beginning so to speak, the New covenant:

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. 55 "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:20:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: Zipporah (#55)

Well, I don't even care about this 'rapture' stuff. But I don't know why Flintlock attacks Starwind as he does. So, I was just trying to defend this 'rapture' as well as I could.

But I am an end-timer type of guy as you have correctly perceived. And I do think that the end of this era will come, and that god will come down to earth and build his kingdom here on earth. You probably feel different, but that is OK with me. I certainly do appreciate your feedback regardless.

Red Jones  posted on  2005-08-10   1:28:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: Zipporah (#53)

I was just browsing around the forum and this looks like one of those interesting religion threads. I'll have to start reading it from the beginning though. I just clicked on latest posts and saw this. These kinds of threads are slower reading than other threads because you have to stop every now and then to ponder on something you've just read a more than usual. It's also interesting to see how people interpret scriptures so differently.

Diana  posted on  2005-08-10   1:33:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: Starwind (#49)

or do you argue that some passages are not inspired by God, and if so, which ones please?

It's already established that you believe in a fringe, minority doctrine.

Are we going to talk about Muslims or not?

I've asked you at least 4 other times and you haven't answered a simple question.

Are Muslims devil worshipers, yes or no?


Hey, Meester,wanna meet my seester?

Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   1:34:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: Zipporah (#53)

"But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God."

Where that is because you are believing that Jesus was speaking of something which He was NOT .. what He spoke of was not an earthly kingdom. He was speaking of His death and resurrection and the scripture says the kingdom is WITHIN you. He was speaking of the new covenant purchased with His blood.

Huh? That's a stretch.

He specified "some standing here" which means third parties assembled.

"which shall not taste of death" this part means his death and resurrection? Not sure how you read that, but it has to mean physical human death of the assembled persons. The allegorical death sometimes referred to, ie. damnation wouldn't be conducive to seeing (read entering) the kingdom of God. Would it?

"which shall not tase of death" shows no reference to himself. No indeed, he clearly meant what was plainly written.

the kingdom is WITHIN you.

Maybe, but there won't be much space in here for the angel chorus, the house with many rooms and 144,000 individuals.

He was speaking of the new covenant purchased with His blood.

Point out where, I think that's the interjection of someone eager to explain away his shortcomings. Like the cursing of a fig tree which wouldn't bear fruit out of season.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   1:35:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: Red Jones (#56)

And I do think that the end of this era will come, and that god will come down to earth and build his kingdom here on earth. You probably feel different, but that is OK with me. I certainly do appreciate your feedback regardless.

On this issue we do disagree but we can 'reason together' without there being animosity and on that we do agree ;)

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:36:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: Dude Lebowski (#59)

Okay let me attempt to explain without a huge drawn out post.

I didnt mean he was speaking of himself when he said 'which shall taste of death' what I meant was He was referring to those he was speaking to THEY would live to see the kingdom come into being.. that kingdom which the scripture plainly says is within you, within those who are believers. Now the references you are making have nothing to do with an earthly kingdom. Those are allegory and in Revelation. Which has nothing to do with the kingdom.

Not sure what you mean.. are you saying why did he do it? or?

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:40:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: Diana (#57)

Right it is a complex subject and it does take some pondering. Sometimes in an attempt to discuss although I try to be clear I fail LOL

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   1:42:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: Flintlock (#58)

Are we going to talk about Muslims or not? I've asked you at least 4 other times and you haven't answered a simple question.

lol - you're on a roll, don't stop now... just go ahead and tell me what I think.

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   1:43:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: Starwind (#63)

.. just go ahead and tell me what I think.

Look, I'll go first.

I don't believe Muslims worship satan.

What do you think?


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   1:47:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: Flintlock (#64)

Look, I'll go first.

Ok, so now it's my turn to be told by you what I think.

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   1:49:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: Starwind (#65)

so now it's my turn to be told by you what I think.

Yeah, right

You've already answered the question by avoiding it.


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Flintlock  posted on  2005-08-10   1:56:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: Flintlock (#66)

You've already answered the question by avoiding it.

There see now! Ya didn't really need an answer from me anyway. You knew it all along without my saying anything.

I've gotta hand it to ya Flintlock, you are good, really good.

(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)

Starwind  posted on  2005-08-10   2:05:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: Flintlock (#54)

IIRC Hey-sus said "before this generation shall pass" a whole bunch of times.

Well, the generations passed.

Yep. It makes sense in the context of a Hebrew eccentric attempting to garner a following by issuing hopes and threats. It makes no sense in the context of an educated 21st century world with ample scientific evidence showing that the biblical scribes frame of reference was laughably inaccurate.

Do you think John knew the molecular structure of gold and precious gems is no more spectacular and elaborate than the molecular structure of pine wood? Yet he sees the kingdom of Heaven laden with, guess which? God knows the fundamentals of what he made, yet he has an eye for what is useless in an afterlife where there is no barter. Maybe it's the Oriental sensibilities he was patterned after. Or maybe he did it to please us, which is ass-backwards.

I know, the flock here will say it's a metaphor. Bullfeathers.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   2:07:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#69. To: Zipporah (#61)

He was referring to those he was speaking to THEY would live to see the kingdom come into being.. that kingdom which the scripture plainly says is within you, within those who are believers.

Those standing there at the time most certainly died physically, unless they, like several biblical players lives hundreds upon hundreds of years and are still alive now. Doubtful. So, grant that they have tasted death contrary to what Jesus promised them.

If they were believers then they would never taste of death, eternal death the way you are interpreting it. Yet he said specifically "which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God."

So with this qualifier they (all assembled, believers included) at some point will taste of death, even the believers. That's messed up.

Without fabricating a meaning that suits a believer, this clearly refers to physical mortal death.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   2:21:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: Dude Lebowski (#69)

I guess I still wasnt clear. I agree he WAS talking about physical death to those who he was talking to, the third parties. What I am saying is this. He was telling those people that in their lifetimes and soon the kingdom of God would come to them when He, Jesus died and resurrected. The kingdom was not a futurist thing not an earthly kindom with someone sitting on a physical throne but rather it was a spiritual kingdom that would be within them as believers and all those that followed. I'm not trying to fabricate. I guess I wasnt clear enough unless you are presupposing I believe in a futuristic kingdom a physical one as the premilliennalists/furturists do.

We can work it out

Zipporah  posted on  2005-08-10   2:31:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: Zipporah (#70)

He was telling those people that in their lifetimes and soon the kingdom of God would come to them when He, Jesus died and resurrected.

Well, according to Luke 13:29 the Kingdom of God seems to be a physical place:

"And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God."

Unless, I grant it may be a metaphorical sit down :)

However, moving along to Luke

21:9: But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

21:26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Okay, Zip. The kingdom of God won't be nigh until these things come to pass. Plain as day. Did these things come to pass in Jesus' time? famines, pestilences, wars? Yes they happen all the time. But the implication is they would be earth-shattering, unmistakable signs from heaven, the son of man coming in a cloud with great power and glory. Not leaving, mind you but coming. Returning. The second coming. Not sure how that can be interpreted any other way.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   20:08:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: Diana (#57)

It's also interesting to see how people interpret scriptures so differently.

Isn't it though? And which Bible written by whom does one believe is the infallible word of God and not that of someone(s) with their own political or some other agenda?

"American Woman"

christine  posted on  2005-08-10   20:27:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: Dude Lebowski (#71)

It's going to suck, just having bought a house, I guess I won't be on this planet long enough to really enjoy it.

Guess I can go max out my credit cards and all that stuff too while I'm at it.

Pastor John Hagee was going on about how in 2007, we'll see the return of Jesus Christ, and the rapture.

Boy... If he's wrong, he's got some 'splainin' to do.

So many morons, so few bullets.

TommyTheMadArtist  posted on  2005-08-10   20:29:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#74. To: christine, Diana (#72)

His boy Elroy....Jane, his wife....

Sorry. :)

We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...

Dakmar  posted on  2005-08-10   20:30:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#75. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#73)

It's going to suck, just having bought a house, I guess I won't be on this planet long enough to really enjoy it.

Guess I can go max out my credit cards and all that stuff too while I'm at it.

Pastor John Hagee was going on about how in 2007, we'll see the return of Jesus Christ, and the rapture.

Boy... If he's wrong, he's got some 'splainin' to do.

Yeah, the things people believe. As far as fairy tales go, I much prefer the Grimm brothers to scripture.

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-10   21:14:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#76. To: Zipporah (#71)

21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Not to beat this to death, but how does Luke 21:31 reconcile with your belief that the kingdom of God has already arrived when the glorious fanfare, afaik, hasn't taken place yet?

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Dude Lebowski  posted on  2005-08-11   19:15:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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