Got any deep bible mysteries?
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Yea not something that really stands out, quite interesting how some basic verses in the bible can have deeper understandings, a lot of these less known meanings/mysteries requires the reader to do some leg work per say, some leaping of faith, but those really to me is what can build faith as well along with many others things of coarse.
Here is one that I marvel at:
Mark 8
22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell itto any in the town.
Men as trees walking?
Mark 8
22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell itto any in the town.
Men as trees walking?
I'll look at my notes and post another mystery on what I call the brass man, a represention per say at least what I believe that Jesus did make appearances in the OT
if someone would like to post some of the verses, I can remember the verses off the top of my head.
but two that come to mind,
is the that one when a man with a measuring rod and reed and He showed someone the measurements of the temple while standing at a gate.
The fourth man in the furnace fire, with the other three men,
Though this one isn't OT but a fitting representation.
and the rev verse I think is rev 1:15, the man in white robe, with feet like brass that look bronzed over hardened in a furnace.
if someone would like to post some of the verses, I can remember the verses off the top of my head.
but two that come to mind,
is the that one when a man with a measuring rod and reed and He showed someone the measurements of the temple while standing at a gate.
The fourth man in the furnace fire, with the other three men,
Though this one isn't OT but a fitting representation.
and the rev verse I think is rev 1:15, the man in white robe, with feet like brass that look bronzed over hardened in a furnace.
Hmm, deep Bible mysteries... I have a few.
What did Jesus write on the ground that made them put down their rocks and go away? Some guess it may have been a list of sins, and everybody there found one that they had committed. Some guess it might have been verses about forgiveness.
I think it might have been a question - "Where is the man?" The sin that woman did takes two, you know, and they only brought the woman. Somebody's being a little unfair if they weren't trying to stone the man too. That's just my guess though, I'm not going to make doctrine over it.
What did Jesus write on the ground that made them put down their rocks and go away? Some guess it may have been a list of sins, and everybody there found one that they had committed. Some guess it might have been verses about forgiveness.
I think it might have been a question - "Where is the man?" The sin that woman did takes two, you know, and they only brought the woman. Somebody's being a little unfair if they weren't trying to stone the man too. That's just my guess though, I'm not going to make doctrine over it.
I would offer because we are informed to compare the spiritual understanding hid in parables to the spiritual .(faith to faith) And the not letter of the law as that seen to the letter it kills..
If we are looking for healing seeing the letter kills we can look for similarity in each case. The linen which I think is the focus point as to its spiritual application can be seen in John and Mark. But does not appear in Luke 7. And also when looking at those parables our aid in finding out the meaning , 2 Corinthians 4:18 must be applied if we are to discover the spiritual truths hid like the pearl of great price (the gospel) .
To be clothed with that seen, the temporal, again using the rightly dividing principle 2 Corinthians 4:18 it represents that not seen , the hidden glory of God . To be found naked is to be found without Christ. To be clothed in his righteousness would mean a person does have the Spirit of Christ not seen.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1Co 2:11
The man in Mark left the garment that represented the righteousness of Christ as a witness against them that walked by sight. The wrong manner of faith.(no faith) Not mixing faith in what they did hear or see. . .
Linen is used to represent the righteousness of Christ by which all believers are clothed as with the Sun a representative glory of His unseen glory. Sort of like when Moses wore a veil to represent the unseen glory of God.
When the Son of man was changed into his new body Christ left the linen and I don't think he had a extra set along.
Like any other work it was not attributed to the hands of men or the Satan enticed crowd Christ performed it alone..
When Lazarus was raised as a preview of the last resurrection the disciples where to remove the grave clothes .
Many parables use linen in that way .In Jeremiah 13 he uses linen underwear as a witness against those who did not mix faith in what they did hear or see.
If we are looking for healing seeing the letter kills we can look for similarity in each case. The linen which I think is the focus point as to its spiritual application can be seen in John and Mark. But does not appear in Luke 7. And also when looking at those parables our aid in finding out the meaning , 2 Corinthians 4:18 must be applied if we are to discover the spiritual truths hid like the pearl of great price (the gospel) .
To be clothed with that seen, the temporal, again using the rightly dividing principle 2 Corinthians 4:18 it represents that not seen , the hidden glory of God . To be found naked is to be found without Christ. To be clothed in his righteousness would mean a person does have the Spirit of Christ not seen.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1Co 2:11
The man in Mark left the garment that represented the righteousness of Christ as a witness against them that walked by sight. The wrong manner of faith.(no faith) Not mixing faith in what they did hear or see. . .
Linen is used to represent the righteousness of Christ by which all believers are clothed as with the Sun a representative glory of His unseen glory. Sort of like when Moses wore a veil to represent the unseen glory of God.
When the Son of man was changed into his new body Christ left the linen and I don't think he had a extra set along.
Like any other work it was not attributed to the hands of men or the Satan enticed crowd Christ performed it alone..
When Lazarus was raised as a preview of the last resurrection the disciples where to remove the grave clothes .
Many parables use linen in that way .In Jeremiah 13 he uses linen underwear as a witness against those who did not mix faith in what they did hear or see.
Another question I have, one that is not quite as serious:
Eve sold all humanity into sin for one piece of fruit. What do you think SHE would have done for a klondike bar?
Eve sold all humanity into sin for one piece of fruit. What do you think SHE would have done for a klondike bar?
Yet through Adam sin entered the world... Adam had been told not to and yet did.. then blaming Eve.. instead of fessing up and taking responsibility for what he did. They both disobeyed and did not Trust and believe GOD. Yet we come to learn this though life here....
Good question, and surely the sky has no limits to what was written in sand, it's not mentioned, and I think that alone is a example from Jesus to look deep within scripture and other connection can be of understanding, the shear fact of that not everything is written out plainly, there's value in taking leaps of faith and connecting information with other information.
I wrote this in another thread about just that, of coarse this is only my view, of what Jesus wrote in the sand.
First stoop
Hosea 4:14
"I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes-- a people without understanding will come to ruin!
second stoop
Jeremiah 17:13
"Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water."
I wrote this in another thread about just that, of coarse this is only my view, of what Jesus wrote in the sand.
First stoop
Hosea 4:14
"I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes-- a people without understanding will come to ruin!
second stoop
Jeremiah 17:13
"Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water."
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The deepest Bible mystery, is that if God created everything, then who created God? It leads me personally to think not of God as a person or entity, but as a container and part of everything, or in sci-fi terms the fabric of the universe. All the other ideas people have about God seem too poetic or romantic to me.
The Gnostics for example, regarded God as The All which I think is a nice way to put 'The Ineffable'. God is ineffable, and trying to make God an identity takes away that kind of, ineffable wonder, I think. Most often it leads to creating a concept of God in your own image, God hates what I hate, God loves what I love. And in that, people use God to justify their actions, God becomes an advocate.
The Gnostics for example, regarded God as The All which I think is a nice way to put 'The Ineffable'. God is ineffable, and trying to make God an identity takes away that kind of, ineffable wonder, I think. Most often it leads to creating a concept of God in your own image, God hates what I hate, God loves what I love. And in that, people use God to justify their actions, God becomes an advocate.