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To: WhatNot

OK, no continuity. If you don’t want to read what I wrote - rather than what you want to believe I wrote - then we’re done.

As far as the sword of the Spirit, was that back in Job’s time? Did the Holy Spirit live and dwell with man? Was it the same sword of God? References to back that up?

Talk about getting your timelines all akimbo!


131 posted on 03/08/2010 10:42:59 PM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

God is eternal and does not change, the point of the Job verses is that this is a creature so massive and so fearful, that none but God dare approach it. The mention of God using His sword, is for man to understand just how powerful this beast is, not that God needs an actual sword to approch it. The sword in this verse is symbolic, just like when Jesus says He is the bread of life, that doesn’t mean He’s a loaf of bread. When Jesus says I am the door, that doesn’t mean He has hinges and a door knob, or when the Bible talks about under His wings we shall have refuge, it’s doesn’t mean that God is a big chicken, it’s symbolic wording to give us a better understanding of God using things we mere mortals are familar with.


142 posted on 03/09/2010 7:29:09 AM PST by WhatNot (Obama Economic Plan - Hang on to the pennies, let the dollars fly out the window!)
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