It is truly shameful that you do not realize that God Almighty was referred to as Lord over and over and over in the Old Testament. OMG, children understand that!
Honest question: What do you know about figures of speech? How many in the Bible can you identify? Do you know when you are reading them? Anthropomorphism? Metaphor? Hypocatastasis? Asyndeton? Polysyndeton?
If one doesn't understand when one is reading a figure of speech, and they don't all appear in the English, then one won't know when one is reading something that is not literal but figurative in order to emphasize something.
For instance, do the clouds literally cry? Does the ground literally drink water? Do trees literally clap? Does God, who is spirit, have literal hands? Is the word literally seeds?
Do each of my questions require an individual answer? No, they are illustrative.
FIGURE OF SPEECH
That's how you deal with it???? That's the best you've got?
That's not deceived, EE, that's just plain ignoring the evidence before your very eyes....IGNORING THE EVIDENCE = IGNORANCE.
I admittedly don’t get the flow here. What is your point about “Lord”? Odd you make a point about that, then use OMG, which is an acronym for a common violation of the third commandment.
Have you read Hebrew long? I’ve been reading it for about 35 years. Narrative style and poetic style are far from impossible to distinguish. What in the Hebrew text of Genesis 18 do you find as markers that it is other than a narrative? I’ve found none.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Rev 1:8)
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Rev 1:11)
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;I am the first and the last,: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Rev 1:12-18)
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Rev 21:6-7)
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Rev 22:12-13)
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Rev 22:20)
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And that is why it is called "The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ"!!!