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Re: Does God Have A Name For God?
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Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:09:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler
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For that matter, doesn’t one of the Gospels (or several of them) indicate
that Christ departed for other lands to spread the Word? Why must
these “lands” mean nations?
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Anyway, I think I’ve found that passage you were talking about. Feast your
eyes on John, Chapter 10:
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the
Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I
have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They
too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
Granted, it doesn’t explicity say “aliens,” but it clearly talks about sheep
“not of this sheep pen.” Sort of resonates with “not of this Earth,” don’t
you think?
Dave!
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Well, I am a newcomer apparently to this conversation, not knowing what was
before and being too lazy to look it up, I was intrigued by the John 10 verse
and I did look that up. First of all, I am not sure what version of the Bible
you got this from, but when I am looking for authentic, as close to the original
as possible, I go for the original Greek translation. This particular Bible was
hard to find, very expensive, and the lifes work of many Biblical scholars. Its
translations are more accurate than the King James, which is my usual reading
source. Anyhow, the greek word is for ‘fold’, not ‘pen’ or ‘sheep-pen’. For
non-agricultural people, fold is the same as flock which is a group of sheep.
Metaphorically speaking, He was referring to the gentiles as his first ‘fold’
were the Jews. In hearing His voice, that would be His calling unto them through
prophets (Paul, for example), the Holy Spirit, His written word, and of course
uniting them with no distinction.
Although, I must admit to wondering what is God’s purpose to creating all those
other stars and planets and stuff. Not that I believe in other sentient life
forms, but I wonder what our destiny is? Speculation that is.
Avery
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| (...) Yikes! I know just enough Greek to order a Caesar Salad and to know that Pluto's moon is pronounced "Ka-ron" and not "Sha-ron." I grabbed that passage from somewhere online, but the one on my shelf is the KJV, if only because I like the sound (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler (URL) wrote:> (...) Hi Dave! Glad to see that your prose is as eloquent now as it was five long years ago. You should get paid by the word, if you ask me. And how did you get to be such exquisite fashion (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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