You said — Jo, regarding your tag line, what translation are you using for Gen. 12.3? The word “Israel” isn’t there. God was speaking to Abram, and promised him: ...
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Well, I have some experience in trying to fit something into a tagline, so I can comment (from experience, doncha know). On my tagline, I had to cut some words out and I could not quote Ann Coulter exactly as she said it... :-) ...). But, I tried...
Anyway..., it’s kinda hard to put a “commentary” into a “tagline”....
The God that is speaking to Abraham, is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (who was renamed “Israel”), and not the false god, “Allah”. And the blessings that were first spoken to Abraham were reaffirmed to Isaac and Jacob (the line of the promise), and they were not confirmed to Abraham and Ishmael...
I could go on from there, but, that’s sufficient. But, even that much — I’ll be darned if I can get that into a tagline...
Well, time to change my tagline back again... :-)
Yes... I remember trying to fit that Scripture
into my tagline and came up with what exists
today. It’s been there a long time and has
carried its weight. This makes me happy.
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The god of Islam is not my God.
The Mormon jesus is not my Jesus.