I lead with Proverbs 3:5 and say that I think I don't understand everything and that as I learn more, my understanding changes, so take my opinion for what it's worth.
My understanding is that the second one is covered all He said in that same paragraph and prior. He already covered it, so He moved on.
For what it's worth, the people that I thought would be most interested in this material were the very ones who seemingly are the most horrified by the idea of God speaking to us this way, in our time, in our own current language, to undo centuries of confusion.
Wow, did I get that wrong! That was one of the most surprising things to me, but I better understand why now, after reading so many posts here on the religious forum.
On the other hand, she, herself, had a lot of trouble with all of it, too, in the beginning, which was something that started to drive me crazy once it became fairly obvious (to me as a reader) what was happening.
I've had some doubts of my own along the way, and I still haven't finished reading it, but I have no personal reason to not accept it at face value and many reasons it's easy for me to accept it as is.
Thanks for the help and feedback!
Thanks for the reply, GBA.
“My understanding is that the second one is covered all He said in that same paragraph and prior. He already covered it, so He moved on.”
I don’t understand. Where was the second one covered?