You're still throwing out chaff and haven't answered my question.
Do you understand the difference between discerning which definition to use of a word with multiple meanings and understanding a symbolic or idiomatic use of the word?
The former is determined by the use of the word in the sentence and the latter needs historical background to understand plus the use of the word in the sentence.
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right, so God will only be dealing with one specific nation of people. Ok well so much for Jesus direction to spread christianity around the whole earth to people of all nations and so much for Gods promise that people of ALL nations will benefit from Abrahams seed.
I told you not to flip on me.
Message 90
Peg writes:
Message 89Remember that 'ge' means 'land/earth/soil' It doesnt mean planet as you keep repeating. I agree with that.
I knew you would flip when it suited your purpose. The words translated as world and earth do not imply planet wide or all humanity. Even the symbolism we discovered does not imply planet wide or all humanity.
Genesis 18:18
For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Erets does not encompass the planet. All the nations of the earth refers to all the nations of the land. It is a limited scope.
Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."
Same with kosmos. It doesn't encompass the planet. It usually refers to the Roman Empire.
If you disagree with that, you need to go to the appropriate thread.
Not The Planet
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You just cant change the theme of the bible to suit your idea of how you want to read the text and what rules of grammar you want to apply.
I haven't changed the theme of the writings in the Bible. It says what it says. Looking at what the writers were really saying may conflict with doctrinal themes, but there isn't much I can do about that.
If you can't be trusted to follow standard rules of grammar and language, how can anyone trust the message you present?
Luke 16:10-12
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?"
Scripture is like Newton’s third law of motionfor every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In other words, for every biblical directive that exists, there is another scriptural mandate challenging it.
-- Carlene Cross in The Bible and Newton’s Third Law of Motion