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On page 45 of How to read the bible book by book, it says that the Israelites were to “maintain a holy awe and obedience toward him” The book then goes on to say that because of this, the Bible says “I am Yahweh or I am Yahweh your God” I love how many times the bible repeats those phrases but I don’t understand what the book is expaining here.
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What is the “divine presence” that was lost in Eden? (Pg. 36)
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Since it is believed that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, how was his death recorded? pp. 21. Could there have been another writer who maybe wrote what Moses told him to write and then he added some stuff?
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Page 39 of How To Read the Bible Book by Book says that after Israel’s deliverance, there were three episodes in the desert in which the people grumbled against Moses and thus tested God. How did this “test God?”
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Im not entirely sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes. On page 26 it talks about the difference between how a christian should interpret the Old Testament, and how as a christian i should interperet it. Im not entriely sure i follow what he means in his anwser, i agree that each person should have their own sort of flavor but shouldnt the general concept stay the same? shouldnt the meaning of the text in its origional setting and the effect the resurrection of Christ has on our understanding of that meaning be the main focal point? I dont really understand the difference that he is trying to make and if you could expand on this it would be helpful!
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I thought is was real interesting when it said that maybe the reason why the Bible is relatively mute on the question of human authorship is to remind us of who the ultimate author is. (just an observation). NIV application comentary
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It has just been blowing my mind with all that we’ve read in our text book and “How to Read the Bible Book by Book.” …everything about how the Law is not simply a set-up to show Jesus to be the eternal sacrifice/priest or to show the depravity of man without God, but it set apart God’s people and purified them to be like our God is. It is much more sacred than an impossible list of things to do, it was a covenant between God and man…amazing, I love it!
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I have a few questions that this reading brought up. the first concerns the fact that God spoke directly to the people. on page 40, why did He speak directly to them? also, why did they plead for indirect communication with God? I’ve heard that if one were to actually hear the voice of God, its power would make your head explode haha. is there any validity to that? did He actually verbally communicate, or was it on more of a spiritual, supernatural level?
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I thought it was great how they said that when people read Exodus, they read it as a history book and not how it should be read. That it shows how the world should be,and not waiting for it to enter into our world and applying to our lives.(pg. 31, NIV application commentary)
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On page 36 it says that divine presence was restored in exodus. what I am wondering is what that meant for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s relationship with God when He spoke to them did they not feel His presence or was it like a telephone call - you know that the other person is there and real, but their presence can’t be felt.
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page 40 How to read the Bilbe book by book.This is more of an observation than a question….It is discussed that the reason for the many and very precise details about how the tabernacle should be made and furnished is that the tabernacle will be the place of God’s presence among them. When i read this i immediately thought about how we treat our time with God whether it be in church or alone. God gave all these specific rules because He knew how big of a deal it was to be in His presence. In the present day culture do we really recognize how important it is to be in the presence of God? I think alot of the times we aren’t as reverant as we ought to be and don’t realize how serious it is to be in the presence of the Holy Spirit. I know that this was a good reminder to me and made me think about how i treat my time with God.
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In the NIV Application Commentary(pg 23)Is knowing who the author of the text is that important to interpreting the meaning of the text?
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While reading The NIV Application commentary the realization that while trying to understand the Bible all christians base their knowledge on the fact the CHRIST rose from the dead, but what hit me was that maybe im spreading the truth wrong in the fact that unbelivers first need to believe that CHRIST did rise form the dead, causing the new beginning for all of God’s people,m instead of trying to get them to understand the story as a whole do it into parts then put it together. I would really appreciate knowing what you think about that.(pgs 26-27)
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On page 40, the text indicates that the Israelites have direct communication with God, but on page 41 it says that the priests approach God on behalf of the people. Is this like “well you can do something up to a certain extremety and then someone else, someone more qualified, has to do it for you” or a different manner of approach altogether?
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Why is it significant that God delivers Israel “on eagles wings?” (pg 40)
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In how to read the bible (p. 46) it says a portion of sacrafice was burnt on the altar as God’s part and the rest eaten by the worshipers and priests as a fellowship meal. I just wondered why they ate it.. just for fellowship? And if it was b/c it was their “duty” then why was it so wrong for them to get their own food instead of the people bringing sacrafices to them? And what happened if the priest didn’t eat it? Would it be considered “not forgiven” or something? (or did the priests just always eat it? haha) and what is the significance of burning the food after so many days or the next morning or whenever they were supposed to burn it?
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Why is it significant that Yahweh adopts Israel as his firstborn son and then sets them free? (pg. 36)
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On page 27 of The NIV Application Commentary there is an example of how Paul has quoted a verse from Isaiah as meaning something other than its original meaning. Does this mean that we’re supposed to do the same thing? If so, is it to be done for every verse in the OT? How do we know if our interpretation is correct?
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Why are we so concerned about the true writer of the Pentateuch when we know that God is the ultimate writer and Moses, or whoever it may be, is just the middle man? Why does it matter?
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how was the “devine presance” lost in eden? didnt God appear to abraham and the other patriarchs?
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On Page 28 and 29 of “How to Read” I like how it explains why reading the old testaments is still important, how Jesus isn’t just the “Magic Key.” We are still trying to get to know the God of the Old Testament, and that is sacred.
Also, on Page the book talks about the people hearing the voice of God, and goes on to the people asking of ran indirect way to speak to God…what’s this all about?
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Pages 46,47 of “how to Read the Bible Book by Book” discuss the regulations and guidelines for sacrifice. If the exact guidelines were not followed, would the offering be displeasing to God? WOuld it have been possible to think one’s sins had been atoned for, when they actually had not?
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On page 36 of “How to Read…” the third paragraph said “the divine presence, lost in eden.” How can a divine presence that is everywhere at once and a presence that cannot not be somewhere lost?!
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On page 20 of “The NIV Application Commentary” as to the topic of authorship of the pentateuch, especially exodus. They disupte that Moses probably couldn’t be the author because there is no strong evidence and that it seems difficult for Moses to account his own death (pg 21) or refer to himself as “more humble than anyone on the face of this earth.” This i feel contradicts itself, because later in the New Testament it states in 2Timothy 3:16 that-”All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” which brings me to my question-Since all scripture is God-breathed, isn’t moses just the writer, and listener to God not exactly the “author” in a sense, so he just wrote down everything the Lord told him; including his death etc.?
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On page 22 of “The NIV Application Commentary” it says that “for a Christian it seems that the ‘meaning’ of an Old Testament text cannot simply be equated with what was intended by its human author and what it meant to its original audience.” They then went on to say that “the question turns to the connection between the meaning of a text in its original setting and the effect the resurrection of Christ has on our understanding of that meaning.” Does this mean that when we read scripture it has a double meaning every time? How do we know when we go to far in our quest for meaning behind the words?
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I’m Confused about page 40 of How to Read the Bible Book by Book. It talks about the awful distance between the holy and living God and in the very next paragraph it says that God spoke the Ten Commandments directly to the people. Then it talks about how Yahweh is going to dwell on earth in the midst of his people in the tabernacle, but the preists have to approach Yahweh on behalf of the people. I’m just confused on the distance of the relationship between God and His people.
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On pages 20 and 21 of “The NIV Application Commentary” it discusses authorship of the Pentateuch. Moses is considered to be the human author of Exodus. If that’s the case, who wrote about his death and burial?
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When approaching the Old Testament, should the connection of Christ and His story in the New Testament to the text be a foremost thought in interpreting? And if so how would you do it in a way as to get a true connection and not distort the actual intent? (28, 31)
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(pg. 27) I’m not totally sure I understood what they were saying here. They commented on how it is bad to take a verse out of context for the purpose at hand but then they made it sound like Paul and the disciples, ect. were exempt from this. I just reread it and I’m still missing something.