tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28022406879270974542024-09-04T17:17:55.481-05:00Examining & Defending The Historical Authenticity Of God's Word - From The Very First BookSeth Trotmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16878198311381609994noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802240687927097454.post-23400461530960722582010-04-22T11:32:00.001-05:002010-04-22T11:35:04.510-05:00

“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”Proverbs 11:29 The Word of God contains many examples of Hebrew poetry and poetic language, but no book contains better examples of the nature and character of this poetry than the book of Proverbs. When modern Americans take the time to think of poetry, the vast majority of us think of

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“Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” (Heb 13:13) In the book of Numbers chapter 19, the sacrifice of the unblemished red heifer is detailed for the children of Israel. This sacrifice was to be made outside the camp, and the body was to be completely immolated, including even the dung (Num 19:5). This differed from the other sacrifices in that, in those

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"And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake" (Heb 12:21) The author of the book of Hebrews goes to great lengths to prove to his readers the superiority of Christ to every aspect of Judaism they had heretofore known. In the culmination of his argument, the author hammers home this point very graphically. Judaism was about law keeping. In chapter 10

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“seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses … let us run with patience the race set before us” (Heb 12:1) In our text above, the author of Hebrews seems to be indicating that we, as Christians, are surrounded by all those who have gone before us, watching us as we persevere through this world towards our “expected end” (Jer 29:11). Is this the true sense of this word

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“…neither the first testament was dedicated without blood” (Heb 9:18) The writer of Hebrews makes the case that Christ is superior to virtually every aspect of Temple-oriented Judaism, progressing first from the angelic realm (chapters 1 & 2) to Moses (chapters 3 & 4) to Aaron and the Levitical priesthood itself. In chapter 8, the author quotes the prophet Jeremiah: “For this is the

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“And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the LORD has set a king over you” (1 Sam 12:13) As Samuel chastised the people of Israel for their desire to have a human king to rule over them when God Himself was functioning in that role, he tells them that things will go well with them if they follow Him. But this comes with a warning, as well: “But if ye will

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“It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6) Jesus Christ “was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of [us] who, through him,

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“And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron” (Heb 5:4) Jesus Christ fulfilled the role of our high priest perfectly. The book of Hebrews lays out two prerequisites for this role. First he must “…have compassion on the ignorant…for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity” (Heb 5:2). In order to function as a high priest for humanity, one must

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“My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1a) The 22nd psalm is a remarkable prophecy of the suffering servant, further detailed in Isaiah chapter 53. Its fulfillment came when Jesus Christ hung on Calvary’s cross, suffering the outpouring of wrath from God which was rightfully owed to you and me. The apostle Paul tells us that “the whole creation groaneth

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“that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death…and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb 2:14-15) Our “walk” with Christ will take each of us through various trials and tribulations. The promise of God in Scripture is to use these trials to strengthen us: “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers

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"I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee...Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." (Ps. 2:7,9) The book of Psalms consists of individual works revolving around particular aspects of Jewish culture, life and worship. The psalms of ascent, or degrees (120-134), for example, were

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“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…” (Hebrews 1:1-2a) Throughout Old Testament history, God’s interactions with mankind had been through those specially gifted individuals known as prophets. What they revealed about God through their ministrations paled in comparison with the

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Go! Check this out!Logos Bible Software is celebrating the launch of their new online Bible by giving away 72 ultra-premium print Bibles at a rate of 12 per month for six months. The Bible giveaway is being held at Bible.Logos.com and you can get up to five different entries each month! After you enter, be sure to check out Logos and see how it can revolutionize your Bible study.

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Sorry for the long delay in posting -- I'm sure everyone missed me. :-)I was recently asked about my ideas about the fact that the majority of humanity's ills seem to stem from the uneven distribution of wealth, and that, therefore, socialism is surely the closest economic system to Biblical principles. My response follows:While the Bible does, at times, seem to preach a socialistic economic

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The presuppositions that "science" imposes on itself while insisting that no such presuppositions exist is just laughable. Read the following article from the Institute for Creation Research:http://www.icr.org/article/4102I love this quote: "[They]...spend their time and resources in trying to create life, based merely on the unsubstantiated belief that “it must have arisen naturally,” rather

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NY Times EditorialOk, so, wow. This is a pretty slanted editorial."Evolution...is a theory rigorously supported by abundant evidence."We all share the same evidence. The difference is not in the clarity of the evidence, but the clarity of the glasses through which one views the evidence. The foundational truths of Genesis can give us 20/20 vision in interpreting the evidence."The religious

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In his recent post, Values and Moral Truth are Not the Same, Albert Mohler discusses the transition in our society from one of morals to one of "values". Quoting Mohler: "Values reflect only a subjective dimention with no objective moral truth. A generation raised in the incubator of moral relativism is groping for enduring truth in the moral wilderness."Now, I agree completely with Dr. Mohler

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And the first animal on Earth was a... from PhysOrg.comA new study mapping the evolutionary history of animals indicates that Earth's first animal--a mysterious creature whose characteristics can only be inferred from fossils and studies of living animals--was probably significantly more complex than previously believed.[...]I think the first sentence of the attached article says it well. "

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A few days ago, my twin sons were preparing a project for their Awana Truth & Training club. The project involved making a "model of the solar system" and was to include Psalms 19:1:"The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims his handiwork"Once they had completed their own projects, I thought it would be fun to do a kind of "family" version. So, I identified a section

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It is the height of irony that so many Christians have succumbed to the attacks by the secular-humanist society around us when their game plan has been "clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world....So [we] are without excuse." Romans 1:20 (ESV, paraphrased, used out of context for a point)What do I mean by that, exactly? Well, from the very beginning, the

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A recent comment on my "Why Genesis?" article read:Ok, so what if God (assuming He exists and is, in fact, the Creator) kicked everything off with the Big Bang and just let it all simmer until conditions on Earth were ready to support homo Sapiens. What if He then created the Biblical Adam and Eve and placed them here in a special event. The rest would then be Bible history. Kind of.This would

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Pre-Clovis BreakthroughOk, so this archaeologist has discovered human feces that radiocarbon dating has pinpointed as being 14,300 years old. Hrm.That doesn't seem to square with a literal interpretation of the book of Genesis, does it? Radiocarbon dating has long been used to determine the age of organic materials recovered by archaeologists.Now, not to get too technical, but Radiocarbon

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National Geographic News Photo Gallery: Rare "Prehistoric" Shark Photographed AliveFascinating. Another "living fossil." Tell me, at what point is a creature evolved enough that it is no longer beneficial for point mutations to survive natural selection? I mean, we have the coelacanth, once thought to be an intermediate form of fish which had an actual, primitive, though non-functioning "lung.

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Why is Genesis so important? Why do I believe it's necessary to take it so seriously?Let's get one thing straight and out in the open first thing:For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)...at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and

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Genesis [jen-uh-sis] - the first book of the BibleHistoricity [his-tuh-ris-i-tee] - historical authenticityGenesistoricity [jen-uh-sis-tuh-ris-i-tee] - The historical authenticty of the Word of God from the very beginningSo. I've always thought about blogging. I read a few blogs with some regularity -- you can find those to the right of this post, I believe. But, I've not really stumbled upon

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