Bible Study I Am Extremely Confused Right Now

[reba]

Alright, so I just finished reading a Bible story that I never read before. It was back in the book of Genesis where God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son and then an angel tells him not too. Many questions come to mind here but I will ask the ones that I feel are the most important.

Was that really God telling him that I mean why would He? I sort of think that it was Satan disguising himself as God trying to decide him.

Gen 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
The Scriptures plainly say God said to him... it was not satan.. Much of Scriptures we are to accept on faith... Not all Scripture will make sense to our human minds/hearts

And also, if it was really God telling him this then why would an angel suddenly tell him not to go through with it? Or could it be that God was just testing him? .

Exactly ..Abraham had passed the test ... God in His mercy relieved Abraham.

Could I please have some help with clearing all of this up? Again, sort of new at this

You understood more then ya might think ya did..

This story is also a picture of God sending His Son to the Cross. Unlike Abraham God was not spared the pain...

 

[eddif]

Romans 8:38 KJV
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Abraham was convinced there was nothing to seperate him from the promises made to him by God.

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[eddif]

I Peter 1:10 kjv
Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

If the prophets searched for understanding, then our search is not unusual. We have the advantage of statements by Jesus and later writers to help us understand.

Grace - suffering - timing - glory are all wound up in the study.

eddif

 

[ezra]

Uh yeah, apparently I fall underneath that category. (Of thinking that's what Bible study is) I'm just glad that I had questions about it now and not when I was growing up. For I was a Girl Scout and we liked to go on a lot of hikes, I would probably be paranoid if I had read and questioned that story back then and not so eager to go LOL!

it would help you so much if you would learn to use Bible commentaries or at least bought you a good study Bible

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

it would help you some much if you would learn to use Bible commentaries or at least bought you a good study Bible

Well, if I did that then what would I do with all my time on here? Lol, besides, I don't like to do an awful lot of studying when it comes to the Bible. I try to read a little bit of it each night and I feel that that's enough for me so I don't overload my brain with too much information at once.

 

[eddif]

Revelation 2:8
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

When we look at the Abraham story most of the information is about the first death. The Revelation passage is about the second death.

With the day of Pentecost came the ability to see the ultimate second death (of the lake of fire and eternal seperation from God).

Physical human death is but a shadow / type of eternal seperation from God.

Abraham was not put beyond what he was able to bear. Under the new covenant we are in a stronger position to face some things, but every church did not get that letter. If we face physical death we have an example.

eddif

 

[jasonc]

Well, if I did that then what would I do with all my time on here? Lol, besides, I don't like to do an awful lot of studying when it comes to the Bible. I try to read a little bit of it each night and I feel that that's enough for me so I don't overload my brain with too much information at once.

make the time. not that I need to heed that too,

studylight.org. I prefer commentaries prior 1900. adam Clarke, matthew henry, Clarke uses a lot of jewish views and often will say what rambam said though those two never met each other( 9 centuries apart). Clarke did know of rambam and said well for a jew he is better of the sorry lot which at the time was a compliment and that's a paraphrase

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Yeah sorry, it's just not something that I am interested in. The commentaries I mean, not the Bible.

 

[jasonc]

Yeah sorry, it's just not something that I am interested in. The commentaries I mean, not the Bible.

I suggest you should. it doesn't mean you will know it all but its start. being a jew this particular question was where God lead me to see that I am a jew and told me. I am not to read John until I finished the old testament. I had to know my origins. mt.moriah that is exactly where Jerusalem is. it doesn't get any more symbolic then that. Jesus dying on the mount.

for God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son. the word begat is important as that in the Hebrew culture meant something. it meant one who was born but also one who received the status of firstborn which also should be talked about in another thread.

YOU will not fully understand the bible until you look at the tanach from a jewish view.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

If it works for you that's great, just not my thing. Like I said before, I read a bit of the Bible (or try to anyway) every night and that's about it for me. I don't like a whole lot of reading and studying. That's all I'm going to say about it. I love you don't get me wrong, but please don't get me to do something I really don't want to do and have absolutely no interest in. (with the commentaries)

 

[jasonc]

If it works for you that's great, just not my thing. Like I said before, I read a bit of the Bible (or try to anyway) every night and that's about it for me. I don't like a whole lot of reading and studying. That's all I'm going to say about it.

Then ,bluntly,remain ignorant .

Clarke isn't a hard read,he simply has a page or two one chapter at the most .

He uses vocabulary of the tanach or the nt to make a point where he saw something.He doesn't have it right in all cases but is a great resource,as is Barnes, Henry and any respected one.some like the above others dont.

I eschew scholfied,darby,and futurist

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Then ,bluntly,remain ignorant .

Clarke isn't a hard read,he simply has a page or two one chapter at the most .

He uses vocabulary of the tanach or the nt to make a point where he saw something.He doesn't have it right in all cases but is a great resource,as is Barnes, Henry and any respected one.some like the above others dont.

I eschew scholfied,darby,and futurist

Maybe I will consider looking him up then if he really is only one page or so later on. But yeah, nothing against you, you know I love you but I will only look at it if it really isn't that long.

 

[jasonc]

Maybe I will consider looking him up then if he really is only one page or so later on. But yeah, nothing against you, you know I love you but I will only look at it if it really isn't that long.

Discupline,something I need abd we both. Those hours we are on here or wherever surely can be used for this.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

No seriously, if it's really only a page or two I plan on looking it up at some point before I go to bed. I just don't want to spend hours upon hours studying the Bible. A little reading every day is just fine for me.

 

[jasonc]

Ok,I will open into what drives my bad emotional days.

Feeding junk.i have found ,aND I'm not saying that media ,secular music is a sin,but trash in,garbage, dirt mind. Much of my negative thinking is negated when I don't listen to the junk.you can't just tell yourself to not think bad but must replace it with the proper stuff.

I'm not saying how much you should but any time that is spent in some type of study will reap fruit.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

That part I can definitely agree with.

 

[ezra]

Well, if I did that then what would I do with all my time on here? Lol, besides, I don't like to do an awful lot of studying when it comes to the Bible. I try to read a little bit of it each night and I feel that that's enough for me so I don't overload my brain with too much information at once.

my advice is dig in and study there are plenty free Online Bible commentaries.. watch this video

.not trying to be bossy or mean spirited your cheating your self by not trying to Dig. this forum is good. but serious Bible commentaries can help you understand then if you have questions get on here and ask. honestly it sounds like someone has told you you can,t learn .the Holy Spirit will help you

 

[ezra]

Yeah sorry, it's just not something that I am interested in. The commentaries I mean, not the Bible.

commentaries you need why you think you dont need them is beyond me .. no they are the word of God but men comments if you was interested. i would link up with jay Vernon McGee .. he makes it easy to understand

 

[reba]

com·men·tar·y
ˈkämənˌterē/
noun
plural noun: commentaries

1. an expression of opinions or offering of explanations explanations about an event or situation.
   "an editorial commentary"
   • a descriptive spoken account (especially on a broadcast) of an event or performance as it happens.
     synonyms:narration, description, account, report, review
     "the soccer commentary"
   • a set of explanatory or critical notes on a text.
     "a commentary on the Old Testament"
     synonyms:explanation, elucidation, interpretation, exegesis, analysis;

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   • Most commentaries are stuffy high brow... I would like a simplistic commentary
     
     

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Just so everybody knows I am asking Jason about his commentary because it wasn't very long. One or two pages I can handle.