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To: unlearner

I’ve given you the evidence. You just don’t seem to be willing to be swayed by Scripture. There is no question that the Scriptures speaking of bowing before the Ark, and people prayed before it. It’s in the Bible.


57 posted on 01/02/2016 11:24:40 PM PST by crumudgeonous
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To: crumudgeonous

I have already answered this. You keep repeating the same things I have answered and ignoring what I said. Yes, they bowed in the direction of the ark which typically was in the tabernacle or temple when they did so. This is also where God’s glory rested. So they were praying toward God Himself, not the temple or ark. As I also showed, God’s glory departed due to idolatry, and ultimately the temple has been destroyed twice. So no one bows toward it today.

The apostles did not leave such instructions because God did not direct them to as He did direct Moses. You have added to His words.

The apostles delivered God-ordained instructions for the church orally while they were still alive. God directed them what to write so that we would have all of the essential instructions available to us in the written word.

The apostles had specific instructions just as Moses was told to take heed to make the tabernacle according to the pattern God had showed Him. The apostles taught the “pattern” and established the church, a temple not made with hands. Believers do not pray toward a temple because believers are the temple. There is no need to look for God in buildings and relics. Wherever believers gather in Christ’s name, He is in their midst. They can gather in a building, a house, the woods, or anywhere else God provides.


64 posted on 01/03/2016 9:03:33 AM PST by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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