To: Terry L Smith
BTW, belief in miracles and honor given to God for His marvelous deeds, is not idolatry. In the OT, the Hebrew people venerated miraculous objects, for instance those which they preserved in the Ark of the Covenant. And in the NT it’s recorded that people used towels and napkins which had been touched by Apostles, to cure the sick.
8 posted on
03/27/2016 1:24:40 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
In the OT, the Hebrew people venerated miraculous objects, for instance those which they preserved in the Ark of the Covenant. The items in the Ark of the Covenant preserved the evidence of the Covenant God made with the Nation and they were not there to be venerated.
The two stone tablets, on which God wrote the Law for His people.
The staff of Aaron, as a testimony of rebelliousness of that broken Law, but which had sprouted leaves and fruit, as a testimony to the continuance.
Manna, a symbol of God's grace to a rebellious people.
The LORD said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die." Numbers 17:10
The Israelis did not venerate the staff. They place it into the Ark, before the presence of God, as a sign of the rebelliousness of the people. When a priest fulfilled the command to place blood on the top of the Ark, it covered up their sin.
9 posted on
03/27/2016 2:26:00 PM PDT by
aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Mrs. Don-o
And in the NT it’s recorded that people used towels and napkins which had been touched by Apostles, to cure the sick. Yet it does not say they venerated the objects, nor saved them.
"so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. Acts 19:12
10 posted on
03/27/2016 2:27:59 PM PDT by
aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Dear mrs don-o,
The miracles at length in the legends are all catalogued and cross referenced in any printed version of Strong’s Concordances, in any translatable language, for one
to read.
The ‘Elijah Wonderments’ are of the severity necessary, in
today’s world.
To: Mrs. Don-o
, the Hebrew people venerated miraculous objectsOh?
42 posted on
03/29/2016 2:21:49 AM PDT by
Elsie
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