Yahweh had a wife, Asherah, but got edited out of the script:
"God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar"
Asherah's connection to Yahweh, according to Stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in both the Bible and an 8th century B.C. inscription on pottery found in the Sinai desert at a site called [bleep] Ajrud.
The inscription is a petition for a blessing," she shares. "Crucially, the inscription asks for a blessing from 'Yahweh and his Asherah."
I often wondered who took Adams rib was he layed up for a while after
Read the story the way it was intended. God, Who is Infinite, took a rib from Adam and closed up the wound and created Eve with it. This was on the sixth day. There was no time needed, just like when Jesus made the wine to keep a party going. It was His first miracle.
Honest question here. Why did people in the biblical times get to see miracles and magic but we are all left with no tangible proof of all the Bible entails but are held to the same standard of faith as everyone throughout history?
Honest question here. Why did people in the biblical times get to see miracles and magic but we are all left with no tangible proof of all the Bible entails but are held to the same standard of faith as everyone throughout history?
I have seen many. In fact about twenty-five years ago I wrote a book with at least twenty. The title is And These Signs Will Follow. Also, I have heard missionaries tell some fun stories.
That’s a legitimate question. But God’s creation…likely His first known miracle (and a BIG one)…has never been hidden in any way. At all. Ever. God’s creation has been, and is, the primary evidence of His existence. He even exhibits many of His attributes…like sovereignty and omnipotence and being eternal…from what was made, and can clearly be seen by man.
Maybe sometimes people miss evidence of God because of their refusal to believe ~ it’s kinda hard to see when people refuse to open their eyes.
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
How 'bout if someone is prayed for who has cancer and is blind and bald and bed ridden from it and the very next day is walking around healed and seeing? How 'bout broken bone healed instantly? And again how 'bout seeing the rain stop and the clouds disappear in all direction clear over the horizon within about ten second? All these happened in front of witnesses.
I am quite sure the amount of energy to make the clouds disappear over the horizon required similar energy as parting the Red Sea. God can and does miracles today. Here's the problem: My brother's pastor told him miracles stopped with the last apostle, therefore they never asked. This is typical of the churches today. When I was looking for a new church I called one and happened to get the pastor's wife. I asked her if they have miracles and signs and wonders at her church. Her ridiculous answer was, "No. We are a New Testament church.
If these things really were happening around the world, we'd know about it. It would be world news, proof of prayer and miracles, but sadly, such is not the case. Prayer doesn't do much more than bring comfort and hope for both parties.
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
How 'bout if someone is prayed for who has cancer and is blind and bald and bed ridden from it and the very next day is walking around healed and seeing?
How about the children in the cancer ward who die anyway?
If these things really were happening around the world, we'd know about it. It would be world news, proof of prayer and miracles, but sadly, such is not the case. Prayer doesn't do much more than bring comfort and hope for both parties.
Yeah, like we've known about neutrons and bacteria and viruses and DNA and quarks and antibiotics and Hydroxychloroquine for like thousands of years, huh?
If these things really were happening around the world, we'd know about it. It would be world news, proof of prayer and miracles, but sadly, such is not the case. Prayer doesn't do much more than bring comfort and hope for both parties.
World News sure tole usuns bout who kilt JFK and who won tha lection.
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
For the most part Scripture was yet to be written during the time of the burning bush and Sodom/Gomorrah. Now we have all of the scripture, understanding, witnesses, prophecy fulfillment, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The scripture/cannon was closed with the writing of Revelation. The old covenant was different from the new in that it was greatly symbolic and used shadows such as the temple and sacrificial systems. Now that Christ has come and fulfilled these shadows there is no more a need for them Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 1:1-2 NKJV [1] God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, [2] has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds...Hebrews has all of your answers.
If anyone says that they have the "gift" of healing or miracles they are being deceived.
If someone were to claim this gift doctors, hospitals, dentists etc would all be out of business but instead people like Benny Hinn and many others are gainfully employed and deceiving many. Men who God would deem unfit to have this gift if it were a possibility.
If these things really were happening around the world, we'd know about it. It would be world news, proof of prayer and miracles, but sadly, such is not the case. Prayer doesn't do much more than bring comfort and hope for both parties.
Yeah, like we've known about neutrons and bacteria and viruses and DNA and quarks and antibiotics and Hydroxychloroquine for like thousands of years, huh?
Happy Camper and victoro make Hydroxychloroquine in their bathtub with Bon Ami and orange peels. They got the recioe from Briteon
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
How 'bout if someone is prayed for who has cancer and is blind and bald and bed ridden from it and the very next day is walking around healed and seeing?
How about the children in the cancer ward who die anyway?
Prayer has been proven not to work by the way.
It does not help when you have people actively hiding natural cures for diseases so they can make money off of the treatment
Natural Cures would not fall under Miracles just Nature.
Miracles are all around us if you can open your eyes enough to see them. Most people have been blinded to them for generations.
There was a time when everything was still. All the spirits of the earth were asleep - or almost all. The great Father of All Spirits was the only one awake. Gently he awoke the Sun Mother. As she opened her eyes a warm ray of light spread out towards the sleeping earth. The Father of All Spirits said to the Sun Mother, "Mother, I have work for you. Go down to the Earth and awake the sleeping spirits. Give them forms."
The Sun Mother glided down to Earth, which was bare at the time and began to walk in all directions and everywhere she walked plants grew. After returning to the field where she had begun her work the Mother rested, well pleased with herself. The Father of All Spirits came and saw her work, but instructed her to go into the caves and wake the spirits.
This time she ventured into the dark caves on the mountainsides. The bright light that radiated from her awoke the spirits and after she left insects of all kinds flew out of the caves. The Sun Mother sat down and watched the glorious sight of her insects mingling with her flowers. However once again the Father urged her on.
The Mother ventured into a very deep cave, spreading her light around her. Her heat melted the ice and the rivers and streams of the world were created. Then she created fish and small snakes, lizards and frogs. Next she awoke the spirits of the birds and animals and they burst into the sunshine in a glorious array of colors. Seeing this the Father of All Spirits was pleased with the Sun Mother's work.
She called all her creatures to her and instructed them to enjoy the wealth of the earth and to live peacefully with one another. Then she rose into the sky and became the sun.
The living creatures watched the Sun in awe as she crept across the sky, towards the west. However when she finally sunk beneath the horizon they were panic-stricken, thinking she had deserted them. All night they stood frozen in their places, thinking that the end of time had come. After what seemed to them like a lifetime the Sun Mother peeked her head above the horizon in the East. The earth's children learned to expect her coming and going and were no longer afraid.
At first the children lived together peacefully, but eventually envy crept into their hearts. They began to argue. The Sun Mother was forced to come down from her home in the sky to mediate their bickering. She gave each creature the power to change their form to whatever they chose. However she was not pleased with the end result. The rats she had made had changed into bats; there were giant lizards and fish with blue tongues and feet. However the oddest of the new animals was an animal with a bill like a duck, teeth for chewing, a tail like a beavers and the ability to lay egg. It was called the platypus.
The Sun Mother looked down upon the Earth and thought to herself that she must create new creatures less the Father of All Spirits be angered by what she now saw. She gave birth to two children. The god was the Morning Star and the goddess was the moon. Two children were born to them and these she sent to Earth. They became our ancestors. She made them superior to the animals because they had part of her mind and would never want to change their shape.
Of course. Adam's last name was "Bronsteinowitz" and Eve's last name was "Persephonicski." When they got married, Eve's name became "Eve Persephonicski Bronsteinowitz." Because the person who wrote Genesis wasn't the greatest speller in the world he just called them "Adam and Eve."
Quite a simple solution if you think about it. That's why no one in the Bible, O.T. or N. T. has a last name. The men who wrote the Bible could not figure out how to spell their last names ... so they just ignored them.
"Yahweh had a wife, Asherah, but got edited out of the script: God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar" - - -"
I'm not talking about what some people call miracles. I'm talking about parting the sea, water to wine, soddom and ghemorrah, Moses staff turning into a serpent, burning bush not consumed, etc.... We get none of that.
How 'bout if someone is prayed for who has cancer and is blind and bald and bed ridden from it and the very next day is walking around healed and seeing?
How about the children in the cancer ward who die anyway?
Prayer has been proven not to work by the way.
It does not help when you have people actively hiding natural cures for diseases so they can make money off of the treatment
Natural Cures would not fall under Miracles just Nature.
Miracles are all around us if you can open your eyes enough to see them. Most people have been blinded to them for generations.
If miracles are all around us in the form of mundane events, the word 'miracle' has no real signifcance. A mother may consider it a miracle her son passed his math exam. It was a miracle the drunk got across the road without being killed, it's a miracle the local cricket team won against the odds....
Miracles are all around us if you can open your eyes enough to see them. Most people have been blinded to them for generations.
People set the "miracle bar" at different levels. This "face of Jesus" slice of toast is deemed a miracle by some:
But it would need to look more like the image below to even be coming close to what others might be considering as a miracle:
People seem to ascribe both low probability and "impossible" events as miracles. Low probability events are just that. If an "impossible" event happens then it was never actually impossible in the first place - just need to figure out and understand why it happened. Miracles are just another form of superstition.