Was the blood moon experience a disappointment?

[visionary]

Are you fluent in ancient Hebrew? visionary

With Lexicon I don't have to be... the hard work has already been done for me.

 

[MoreCoffee]

With Lexicon I don't have to be... the hard work has already been done for me.

You typed a lot of words in the last two posts do they amount to "no, I am not fluent in ancient Hebrew"?

 

[Hammster]

we are not mockers and scoffers...though thier presence is itself...a sign

Paul mocked false teachers.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Paul mocked false teachers.

The trouble with a reply like yours is that there's always a convenient phrase or passage in the holy scriptures to back up one's actions even if they are sinful. Didn't Satan quote the holy scriptures for his temptations of the Lord Jesus Christ in the wilderness?

 

[Hammster]

The trouble with a reply like yours is that there's always a convenient phrase or passage in the holy scriptures to back up one's actions even if they are sinful. Didn't Satan quote the holy scriptures for his temptations of the Lord Jesus Christ in the wilderness?

Considering the veiled accusation, I'll take the chance.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Considering the veiled accusation, I'll take the chance.

Well, some things deserve mockery I admit. Psalm two says that the Lord has wicked people in derision and surely that is mockery of a sort, holy mockery without doubt.

He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them. (Psalms 2:4)

 

[TurtleHare]

Paul mocked false teachers.

True indeed that Paul mocked false teachers and weren't they abundant in the scriptures during his travels when he wrote letters trying to put people back on the right track and focus on our Lord Jesus Christ?

 

[MoreCoffee]

True indeed that Paul mocked false teachers and weren't they abundant in the scriptures during his travels when he wrote letters trying to put people back on the right track and focus on our Lord Jesus Christ?

False teachings and those who advocate the false teachings are quite numerous now, perhaps even more so than in saint Paul's time.

 

[psalms 91]

Or are those convienient to use and I am not suggesting you are but it would seem that some have a propensity for mocking and I am sure that not all of it is because of false teachers

 

[tango]

Or are those convienient to use and I am not suggesting you are but it would seem that some have a propensity for mocking and I am sure that not all of it is because of false teachers

When something is presented as "a sign" but nobody can say what this alleged sign points to, what response is appropriate? A sign isn't much of a sign unless it points to something.

If it is presented as an omen, a harbinger, a sign, whatever, but nobody can say anything specific about what it portends, what use is the claim? When the best that backs up the claim of being a sign is a general observation that things in the world seem to be getting worse, that doesn't prove anything. You might as well say that each of your successive birthdays is a sign that things will continue to get worse.

Put another way it's one thing to demonstrate a correlation (although as far as I can tell nobody has even correlated the blood moons with anything relevant) but to demonstrate causation requires a higher level of proof. And given the examples from the Old Testament where a prophet essentially says "Thus saith the Lord .... (event) will happen .... then you will know that I am the Lord", we can see a pattern. God warns that something specific will happen, and when it does people will know that he is the Lord. With the blood moons all we have is an allegation that something will happen but nobody can say what will happen or when it will happen. It's not even clear whether this mysterious future event is good or bad.

 

[Alithis]

True indeed that Paul mocked false teachers and weren't they abundant in the scriptures during his travels when he wrote letters trying to put people back on the right track and focus on our Lord Jesus Christ?

yes .. and away from those who encourage idolatry ..

 

[MoreCoffee]

Or are those convenient to use and I am not suggesting you are but it would seem that some have a propensity for mocking and I am sure that not all of it is because of false teachers

Mocking fellow Christians is troubling to me, pointing out absurdity in beliefs or claims about the meaning of the holy scriptures is right and proper. Some confuse the two. For example, pointing out that John Hagee's theories have failed and that they have no significant biblical basis for defining "blood moon" to mean something like three lunar eclipses in succession with a solar eclipse visible from Jerusalem between and each lunar eclipse spaced no more than one year apart does not mock any Christian and it is not intended to.