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Well now. We have a delima. Do I take your interpretation of God's
Word or what has been preached from our Pastors Pulpit.
Here is fine case of a Day is it 24 hours or a 1000 years? A year is
it 365 days or something else? I know what it is in my life today. I
can't say beyond a doubt what it was 4000 years ago. I do believe God's
word is infallible but man's interpretation of it...well it is less than
perfect.
God Bless you my brother.
Mark Jones
In a message dated 9/13/03 2:33:51 PM
Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The coals where placed in a metal bucket then placed near the
feet and edges of the bed to ward off the cold. If you read it in
context with this understanding of it it makes sense.
Mark
Jones
I know what a bedwarmer is. It is no heaping burning
coals on a person's head. There is nothing in the text to suggest a
bedwarmer or anything to do with a bed or sleep.
I do agree that it
isn't literally heaping burning coals on the person's head, but it is a
metaphor, like most of Proverbs.
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:23:46 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 9/13/03 9:59:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Good post Mike.
Kind of like piling coals on top of
your enemy. It doesn't sound kind to us but in those days it was a
kind thing to do to keep them warm. I have heard it used wrong
most of the time instead of the right interpretation of what this
actually meant.
Mark
Jones
Proverbs 25
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him
food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 In
doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will
reward you.
Romans 12
19Do not take revenge, my friends,
but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge;
I will repay,"[1] says the Lord. 20On the contrary:
"If
your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing
this, you will heap burning coals on his head."
" It doesn't
sound kind to us but in those days it was a kind thing to do to keep them
warm. "
Is this your interpretation?
I do not agree that it
is refering to keeping your enemy warm, or giving him a warm feeling
inside. Nobody heaps burning coals on his own head to keep
warm. They would burn his face.
Lucas Hoffmann
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