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Yeah that's what happens when a person lies "under oath" , that's also shown in the curse of the flying scroll for those who "swear" or "swear falsely".....
Zechariah 5:3[SUP]3 [/SUP]Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Zechariah 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Zechariah 5:3[SUP]3 [/SUP]Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Zechariah 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
I just collected all the verses and color coded them and put em away
(cause you know I am nutty)
This one right here acknowledges what they heard before as far as these
Mat 5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, (past oaths***)
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Mat 5:34
( ****) But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
becausethou canst not make one hair white or black.
I think you laid that out well, so that which was of old is acknowledged and a butI say unto you.
These folks had a real problem with swearing by things, I got an eye full while looking at this lol Man,
One of Elin's has got me thinking.
I could easily justfy scratching off the LORD swearing (as the promise by Christ come in by the same and the oath as it relates to His priesthood). And because there is none greater then Him and he can swear by himself whenever he would like, who am I to say otherwise right? And I wouldnt see that "but I say unto you" as applicable to him either.
The older priesthood would have continued doing so given it rejected Jesus (so that would be neither here nor there) because it speaks of a priest charging (adjuring) another by an oath in Numbers. That seems to be what they could do (or were instructed to do) and an example Numbers 5:21, charge there is adjure. and we see that there with the woman even as Elin points out that Jesus was adjured by the Living God (by the high priest) and answered when he had done so. That would fall ouside of what Jesus was speaking of (in relation to ourselves).
Elin brings up a good point in Paul though. His vow.
I keep thinking of the one Jesus said about not swearing by your head (in relation to making one hair on your head black or white). But he did say not to swear by any other oaths so is there a way to recconcile the vow Paul had? I mean its nothing like the kind of vow (or oath) those who swore they would not eat or drink till they killed Paul and could be understood to be no more then a harmless hair cut (?). Or no? Because it still shows a vow. I cant get around that one. My intent wouldnt be to pit the scripture because I really think you laid that out nice. I was looking at how to recconcile that loose end (if it even is one, because for me its tight with that smallest little thing.
I thought, okay maybe in his becoming all things to all men (in the vowing a vow) that was working before this lol But Im not all the familar with the vow stuff, or swearing its mentioned alot. I think what he did in respects "to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law" could work.
I have been up for two days with no sleep so I am not all there. Its just a hang nail really (but it would drive me nuts till I figured out how to remove that from the equation) I guess.
Talk to you tommorrow Bro (Lord willing)
God bless you