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I am extremely curious to understand the following story in the Bible in (1 Kings 20:35-36 NLT)

Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Strike me!"  But the man refused to strike the prophet.  Then the prophet told him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me."  And sure enough, when he had gone, a lion attacked and killed him. 

Now, i read the entire story in the Bible... i couldnt believe it.
A few questions now:

a) WHY? Why?! Just why?? I am speechless...

A man refused to strike a prophet and was killed for that? And then why on earth did the prophet asked to be struck for??? What did the man do wrong exactly to deserve to be killed like that.

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5825/is-this-right Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:49:15 +0000 5825@/community/discussions

Jephthah Burns His Daughter



    "At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and led an army against the Ammonites.  And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, "If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the LORD the first thing coming out of my house to greet me when I return in triumph.  I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."

    "So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory.  He thoroughly defeated the Ammonites from Aroer to an area near Minnith – twenty towns – and as far away as Abel-keramim. Thus Israel subdued the Ammonites.  When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter – his only child – ran out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy.  When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish.  "My daughter!" he cried out.  "My heart is breaking!  What a tragedy that you came out to greet me. For I have made a vow to the LORD and cannot take it back."  And she said, "Father, you have made a promise to the LORD.  You must do to me what you have promised, for the LORD has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.  But first let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin."  "You may go," Jephthah said. And he let her go away for two months.  She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.  When she returned home, her father kept his vow, and she died a virgin.  So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah's daughter."  (Judges 11:29-40 NLT)

Questions


1) How could he offer his daughter as a sacrifice?
2) OK, she agreed to be used as a sacrifice, but that's because she was really easy going; but does it make it right?
3) Why couldnt the father go back on his word? He could have said :"The first thing that comes out of my house (A cow, Ox, sheep, dog, cat, anything - NOT DAUGHTER!!).

]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5823/killing-in-the-bible Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:55:34 +0000 5823@/community/discussions Here's a chapter from the Bible:

Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Strike me!"  But the man refused to strike the prophet.  Then the prophet told him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me."  And sure enough, when he had gone, a lion attacked and killed him.  (1 Kings 20:35-36 NLT)

Why would the LORD want this man to die for?

THere are also other examples of killing... loads more, but how is it God can command killing of innocent people like this? I mean, what's going on?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5826/human-sacrifices Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:09:38 +0000 5826@/community/discussions
Can someone explain this verse for me:

"Consecrate to me every first-born that opens the womb among Israelites, both man and beast, for it belongs to me." Exodus 13:2

Does that mean that God wanted the 1st born to be sacrificed?? (Human Sacrifice) - burnt offering?

What did the LORD want with the 1st born exactly?? ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5814/discrepancies-in-the-bible Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:02:30 +0000 5814@/community/discussions
I came across something strange here.

Please check out 1 KINGS 9:26 to 28

1Ki 9:26  And King Solomon built a navy in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the lip of the Sea of Reeds, in the land of Edom.
1Ki 9:27  And Hiram sent his servants in the navy, shipmen who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon;
1Ki 9:28  and they came to Ophir and took gold from there, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it in to King Solomon.

And now look at 2 CHRON 8:16 to 19

2Ch 8:16  And all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until its completion. The house of Jehovah was finished.
2Ch 8:17  And Solomon went to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth on the seacoast, in the land of Edom.
2Ch 8:18  And Hiram sent ships to him by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.

The amount of gold given to Solomon does not appear to be the same. There is a difference between 420 talents and 450 talents. For the same story.

What happened? How there be differences if they are the same story!?

Please help.

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5810/the-body-and-blood Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:42:05 +0000 andrew8345 5810@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1841/bible-saint-trivia Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:02:10 +0000 PrincessMary 1841@/community/discussions
----so if you have any questions about saints or people in the bible feel free to post it ----

-which saint has a lion by her in her picture?

-which saint, after his death, when people visited his monastary he would get his hand out of the box and say hi/wave to people?

-which saint is drawn carrying a bag of sand on his shoulders/back and what does it symbolize?

-which saint till this day, her hand still did not deteriorate?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5801/saint-mary-matthew-1-24-25 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:18:41 +0000 Paulh 5801@/community/discussions
24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, 25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.

I came upon this verse and had some problems digesting it.  Would anybody be kind enough to explain it to me, with the most emphasis on verse 25?

Paul]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5800/models Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:31:14 +0000 Meena_Ameen 5800@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5788/eo Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:49:55 +0000 PopeKyrillos 5788@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5522/jacob Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:22:57 +0000 stgeorgebrooklyn23 5522@/community/discussions
and my question is, why did Jesus hit Jacob and break his rib? to me that is kinda scary... what do you guys think?...]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5771/garden-of-eden Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:40:27 +0000 stgeorgebrooklyn23 5771@/community/discussions
Pray For Me!]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5770/do-we-believe-in-this Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:34:41 +0000 gregorytheSinner 5770@/community/discussions http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.png


I found this interesting because this is what Most Western Churches believe
do we agree with this? Because from what i know the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all one???]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5754/galatians-3-13 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:37:19 +0000 5754@/community/discussions
GALATIANS 3:

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."

WHy does it say Christ became a curse for us???

What kind of thing to say is that!!!!!!!!
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5775/our-lord-jesus-christ-the-logos Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:32:31 +0000 5775@/community/discussions
in the Gospel of Saint John, chapter 1, he starts by saying "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... "

But where in the Bible does it state that Jesus Christ IS the Word??

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5755/why-did-christ-come-to-save-for-us Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:29:46 +0000 5755@/community/discussions
Where in the Bible does it say that Christ came to die for the sin of Adam and Eve?
What was the big deal about the tree of knowledge : Good and bad?


Why did Christ have to die for Adam's sin? Why is it we inherit Adam's sin
If the Jews believe the same as us, that Adam and Eve sinned, then why don't they accept that Christ came to pay for all this??]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5731/please-explain-urgent Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:26:58 +0000 5731@/community/discussions
I was chatting with some muslims who asked me the following questions:

Can you help answer:

If EACH person (hypostases) in the Trinity is Equal with one another, then why did Christ say :"My Father is greater than I" ?

Does EACH hypostases (person) in the Holy Trinity have HIS OWN mind and Intellect??

Thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5761/interesting-question-about-matthew-12-40 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:37:19 +0000 mrcoptic 5761@/community/discussions www.biblegateway.com



    Matthew 12:40 (New King James Version)
    New King James Version (NKJV)
    Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

    40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,
    so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.



We know that this is referring to Christ's descending into Hades after being crucified.  But the words:

          "the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

seem to imply that Christ was physically residing at the earth's core where we know (from geothermal studdies) is full of molten lava and so forth.



It should also be mentioned (I may be wrong) that this statement was written/uttered before conclusions concerning what resides beneath the earth's crust were made.

But Hell is a spiritual place as opposed to a physical place;  Is there a more spiritual or symbolic reference being made by this verse?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5751/the-7-spirits-of-god Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:56:24 +0000 5751@/community/discussions
Please explain?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5740/fun-pleasure Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:49:36 +0000 karas7 5740@/community/discussions
1 Doubt
has anyone come across matters where word from the bible, commandments, are not enough. sheer knowledge is not enough for the renewal of mind. it is not enough to perfect the faith. and in some cases it can reach a point where words are casting big doubts. lik in my case.

2 almost everything we do that can be defined as fun pleasureable is against God or has nothing to do with the coming life and is a waste of time or it is an opportunity to commit sin anything that is to come cannot be described by us for it beyond us and that which we call sin and its punishment hell while has many imaginations quite often is not enough to cause a complete renwal of the mind heart soul body and spirit to flee sin. we may still toil with the particular sins commit to them or be lax about our spiritual life. why? waht is the solution?

3 i am having doubts with issues related with fun i know waht Gods commandments are but i doint follow just becuase of the instructions i want to  know more  more than just words or knowldge if it says do not sin be chaste i wanna know what do i gain by following that and waht i lose by not following that more than the words for words alone are not causing me to have a purified faith
has anyone ever had any experience of the sought or know of monks who did? and God intervened.
i fear i will catch my self in grave sin if i do not rectfy this doubt soon?
cheers pray for me ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5749/how-could-this-be Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:13:12 +0000 5749@/community/discussions
How is it that God did not say it was wrong for any of His followers to have multiple wives in the OT, yet in the new Testament only allowed and blessed 1 man to 1 woman? If more than 1 man to 1 woman is wrong, then why did God allow David, Abrahm, Jacob etc to have more than 1 wife? How can He have allowed them to have MORE than 1 wife and then ban that afterwards (in the NT).
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5635/why-do-we-get-cross-tattoos Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:10:26 +0000 jsangel_23 5635@/community/discussions btw, wheres the best place to get one around bayonne or jersey city
GOD BLESS ALL]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5750/bible-says-murder-is-ok Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:19:06 +0000 KrazyLion 5750@/community/discussions
ok In Judges Chapter 3, and 4 the bible shows how two people, if i understood correctly both were women, have killed two kings in order to release Israel from Captivity. These actions are portrayed as good Murder can someone explain to me what im supposed to be learned from those two chapters??

- sorry i didn't recap the WHOLE STORY correctly so do go back and read it... its only two chapters.... ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5742/salvation Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:38:38 +0000 5742@/community/discussions What does someone have to do to be saved?

I was having a chat with this protestant guy, who didnt care that i was Orthodox. He only cared that I wasnt saved. I said i was baptised. He said it wasnt baptism that saves me. I said I repented and confessed ALL my sins. He said it wasnt my repentance that saved me. I said I believed in Christ is my saviour. He said i still wasnt saved.

I didnt know what to do to make this guy happy.

I told him perhaps it would be better to leave me alone as an Orthodox?

Anyway, he said he was worried for my salvation as I wasn;t "BORN AGAIN"

I said :"No. I was born again, when I was baptised".
He said "No. But that's your own act. We are not saved by acts, but by God's grace. The fact that your salvation depends on your own action, u are not saved, as we are only saved by God's grace alone".

I said :"Sure..we are saved by God's grace, but we have also a contribution: We should have Holy Communion, repent and confess our sins, have faith etc... our acts".

Nothing I said seemed to make him happy. Nothing.

I told him we were Orthodox and we had the spiritual traditions of our CHurch Fathers. He didnt care much and said :"Its all wrong".

What can I do?
What can I say?
For him to go away
And come back Another day?
I can't speak Spanish, but I want to say "OLAY!"
OK?
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5726/the-holy-trinity Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:37:42 +0000 5726@/community/discussions If the Trinity are the THREE persons of the One God, then why do we worship ALL three persons. Why not only the Father?
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5717/missing-books Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:10:27 +0000 5717@/community/discussions i believe the #is seven.  there are seven missing books in the bible.  who were they rittern bi?
what r the names of all the books?i no tobia is one or tobeet.  i  had a lesson on it in sunday school!!
bi the way wat is the exact reason they took them out!!?
well thank u for ur help

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mahareel
plzz p4m sister in Christ ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5714/free-will Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:10:13 +0000 5714@/community/discussions in mi bible study class in mi church, wenever we have open disussion, mi frend always brings up this topic:

y does God give us free will?
y does he give us free will even if he nos wat we r gonna do?even if we dont use it wisely. 

and mi answer was alwasy becuz he wnats to test us and.. so on....

but is there more to it.  is there a big explanation.  i juss wanted to no

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mahareel
plzz p4m sister in Christ ]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5703/video Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:14:42 +0000 PopeKyrillos 5703@/community/discussions
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5696/girls Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:36:18 +0000 abosefien 5696@/community/discussions
In Christ,
abosefien]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/5673/the-bible-for-beginners Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:51:52 +0000 copt4eva 5673@/community/discussions im in my mid-teens and i still do not know how to read the bible, i want to read the bible on a regular basis but i cant cause i dont know how to read it (i mean i can read but i dont know how to approach it). Does anyone have any advice and plz pray for me.]]>