> [Original Message]
> From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/9/2006 3:07:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Rightousness (jd 2 cd)
>
> Bill wrote:
> >> In Deuteronomy 4.15-16 God tells his people what
> >> he thinks of them creating him in their image:
> >> "Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no
> >> form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out
> >> of the midst of the fire, lest you act corruptly and
> >> make for yourselves a carved image in the form
> >> of any figure: the likeness of male or female."
> >> We need to be careful, too, lest in our language
> >> for God we make of him something he is not..
>
> Nice passage for this discussion, Bill.
>
> cd:
> > True, God did not appear in these forms and we aren't
> > to make images of those forms but if what you say is
> > true why isn't there a "she" in the Bible for usage to God
> > if all thing are equal?
>
> Hey Dean, have you ever considered Jeremiah 33:16 on this?
>
> Jeremiah 33:14-16
> (14) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good
> thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of
> Judah.
> (15) In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of
> righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and
> righteousness in the land.
> (16) In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell
safely:
> and this is the name wherewith SHE shall be called, The LORD our
> righteousness.
>
> Compare this with:
>
> Jeremiah 23:5-6
> (5) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
> righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
> judgment and justice in the earth.
> (6) In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
> this is his name whereby HE shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
>
> There are other ways to read the passage, but some might make the
argument
> that Jer. 33:16 is an example of the kind of passage that you suggest
does
> not exist.
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cd: I still suggest that David-Look within the clause where "she" is placed
and notice the word "Jerusalem"-This is referring to God as a "she" but it
is speaking of Jerusalem being a she.Here is another passage to support my
point David.
Isa 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her
warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath
received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Same with the next passage (Jer, 23:5-6) Israel is refered to as a
"He"-this is within the clause also.
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