tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:18:20 +0000SabbathAmishFather's wordsJourney of Faithcommandmentsmiraclesobediencerestorationismsinspeech acts000144AbrahamAnabaptistBabylonBaptismBaptistsBook of the LawConrad GrebelDay of SalvationDeuteronomyElohimEvangelical ChristianityFriendsGeorg BlaurockGod's restGraceHoly spiritIsraelIssacJacobJacob AmenJesusJewsKingdom of GodKnowledge of Good and EvilLawlessnessLutheransMartin LutherMenno SimonMennonitesMethodistsMosesPhariseesPneuma 'AgionPrince of PersiaRadical ReformersReformersSadduceesSecond CovenantSecond PassoverThe RadicalsTheosUnleavened BreadWave SheafYHWHYHWH ElohimZeit Geistbeefborn-of-spiritcircumcisiondaily sacrificedesires of the heartdispensationalismendtimeexodusgrammatico-hsitorical exegesisgreat falling awayhealingheavenimmortal souljudgmentjustificationliberation from sin and deathman of perditionmetaphorsmilkparablesplace of safetypsucheresurrectionrighteousnessseparationsomasupersessionismthoughts of the mindtimelessnesstribulationturn the world upside downtypological exegesis… Radical Reformers journeying back to early 1st Century Christianity …http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-5912351759852649041Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:18:00 +00002007-05-14T13:48:21.615-05:00The Bible is spiritually understood through typology, through the night/day, darkness/light metaphor, which has death preceding life. With life comes judgment, which is today upon the household of God (1 Pet 4:17 — baptism is into the death of the old self, crucified with Christ Jesus). Sin or lawlessness (1 John 3:4) requires death. The man Jesus of Nazareth was sacrificed at Calvary as the http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/04/death-precedes-life-and-with-life-comes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-5626319072100805232Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:29:00 +00002007-05-14T13:42:40.012-05:00The Apostle Paul wrote to the saints at Philippi, "Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things" (3:http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/04/observing-sabbath.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-3715155621311943597Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:32:00 +00002007-04-03T08:37:26.307-05:00AmishBaptistsbeefFriendsJacob AmenKingdom of GodLutheransMartin LutherMenno SimonMennonitesMethodistsmilkrestorationismThe Apostle Paul could not address the saints at Corinth, even after he had been among them for two years, as spiritual people (3:1) … if Paul could not address the saints at Corinth as spiritual people, and if the writer of Hebrews could not address these Jewish converts as spiritual people (Heb 5:11-14), and if all who were in Asia had left Paul while he was in Rome (2 Tim 1:15), where are http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/04/spiritual-food-wheres-beef.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-3642625830683078117Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:04:00 +00002007-04-03T08:40:03.219-05:00Abrahamborn-of-spiritcommandmentsIssacJacobJesusjudgmentobedienceTheosUnderstand this! When a person is born-of-Spirit, there is no condemnation of the “new self,” the infant son of God (Rom 8:2), for God does through spiritual birth what the law could never do (v. 3). This new self is born free. This new self, unlike the “old man,” is not born consigned to disobedience, but is free to keep the commandments of God. The “old man” was, from birth, consigned to http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/03/free-to-keep-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-5982327577690858297Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:17:00 +00002007-03-03T13:04:38.966-05:00heavenresurrectionA comma, a late addition to the Greek text, introduced by a medieval scribe in an obscure scriptorium provides half of the scriptural support for endtime disciples believing that they will immediately go to heaven upon death. But the textual logic imbedded throughout Scripture will not have a thief preceding Jesus into heaven. So a popular passage must be read without the punctuation that was http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-did-jesus-promise-thief.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-3620178895234416522Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:08:00 +00002007-03-03T15:12:33.766-05:00AmishBabylonPrince of PersiaRadical Reformersturn the world upside downLeaving Babylon occurred in the 16th-Century when reformers sought to rebuild the Church that produced the Borgias. But leaving spiritual Babylon requires leaving civil governance to the spiritual king of Persia. The followers of Martin Luther used civil government to wage war against the Holy Roman Emperor. The Swiss Reform Movement also used civil government to enforce its reforms, leaving onlyhttp://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/02/leaving-babylon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-6565022583725961206Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:00:00 +00002007-02-07T17:08:13.892-05:00AnabaptistBaptismConrad GrebelGeorg Blaurockgrammatico-hsitorical exegesisHoly spiritPneuma 'AgionpsucheSabbathsomatypological exegesisZeit GeistAlthough meaning has traditionally been taken from Scripture through the study of how early theologians understood the Greek and Hebrew texts (grammatico-historical exegesis), the Apostle Paul wrote that the visible things of this world reveal the invisible things of God (Rom 1:20), and that the physical things of this world precede the spiritual things of God (1 Cor 15:46). Paul advocated http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/02/question-of-baptism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-3024399624614744940Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:51:00 +00002007-02-01T19:59:35.219-05:00commandmentsdesires of the heartGod's restliberation from sin and deathSabbathSecond Passoversinthoughts of the mindSin is, simply, the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). The person who breaks the law in one point breaks the law (James 2:10), and is a sinner, having presented him or herself as a willing or unwilling servant to sin. Before a disciple is born of Spirit, the person was consigned to sin (Rom 11:32) as a son of disobedience (Eph 2:2-3). The person had no choice, but was condemned to http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-is-sin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-4923919911512991043Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:02:00 +00002007-02-01T19:25:11.298-05:00Father's wordshealingmiraclesSabbathspeech actstimelessnessYHWH ElohimThe hidden things of God are not to be revealed to human beings who have not been born of Spirit; for without being born of Spirit, no person can begin to understand these hidden things of God. Circular reasoning certainly, but the logic for why those who are not born of Spirit remain skeptics. They are unable to attach sufficient meaning to the earthly examples [i.e., metaphors] of heavenly http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/fathers-confirmation-of-sabbaths-of-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-757229225821474510Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:56:00 +00002007-02-01T19:02:00.221-05:00Father's wordsmetaphorsmiraclesparablesspeech actsAt the time of the Feast of Dedication, Jesus, in the temple, was asked by the Jews, ‘“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly’” (John 10:24). But Jesus did not then even speak to His own disciples plainly. On the Preparation Day, the day of His crucifixion, Jesus said to His disciples, ‘“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/speaking-fathers-words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-1698596943716860457Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:01:00 +00002007-02-01T18:16:53.061-05:00000144daily sacrificeGracegreat falling awayimmortal soulman of perditionrighteousnesssinThe Apostle Paul wrote, “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under the law but under grace” (Rom 6:14), but what did he mean by using the Greek word (in Roman characters) “charin/charis,” translated as grace? And how did he perceive the modern tension that has developed between the concepts that grace is sufficient to cover any sin, and that grace does not free disciples http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-meant-by-grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-3396039062940516843Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:15:00 +00002007-01-25T16:48:14.653-05:00Day of SalvationJourney of FaithKnowledge of Good and EvilLawlessness1 Peter 3:11 Let him eschew [ to shun; to avoid] evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.What is seen in the temptation account is how the anointed cherub (Ezek 28:14-15) drew a third of the angels into lawlessness, and how he did it without being immediately detected. He begins by making possessing the knowledge of good and evil a desirable thing. In essence, he appeals to vanity, http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-evil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-6560382293544867538Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:14:00 +00002007-01-31T17:23:12.299-05:00circumcisiondispensationalismendtimeEvangelical ChristianityexodusIsraelJewsPhariseesrestorationismSabbathSadduceessupersessionismUnleavened BreadWave SheafIn theological discussions, the term "supersessionism" (also called Replacement Theology) refers to the belief that the ancient nation of Israel is not endtime Israel; the Christian Church is. "Dispensationalism" rejects supersessionism and believes, instead, in "restorationism," the theological position underpinned by the argumentative assumption that God is a respecter of persons, offering one http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/who-is-endtime-israel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-839237026065555498Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:25:00 +00002007-01-31T17:33:27.249-05:00Book of the LawDeuteronomyElohimJourney of FaithjustificationMosesobedienceSecond CovenantYHWHThe writer of Hebrews says, "Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For he finds fault with them when he says, 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/second-covenant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538698937494990283.post-1513925888665721910Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:05:00 +00002007-01-31T17:14:05.844-05:00place of safetyReformersseparationThe Radicalstribulation"The Reformers aimed to reform the old Church by the Bible; the Radicals attempted to build a new Church from the Bible. The former maintained the historic continuity; the latter went directly to the apostolic age, and ignored the intervening centuries as an apostasy." (History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: "Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation")"The first and chief aim of the [http://sabbatarian-anabaptists.blogspot.com/2007/01/radical-anabaptists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (T, L & F …)0