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Originally Posted by nroberts
Question: is this to be done with one single source, the Bible, or with multiple sources? You see...I've seen historical accounts that utterly disagree with the accounts laid forth in the Bible and raise some very important questions about others. In other words, the Bible as a historical document seems rather without much credibility to me.
Here's one for example: The Bible states that the whole world was covered in darkness for three hours after Christ's death. Why did none of the contemporary historians at the time record this event while having recorded less phenominal events by a great number? You'd think someone would have noticed.
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I will allow other sources of study material to be balanced in discussion but in the intrist of the sure volume of material we could cover I would ask that the external source material would apply to the specified scripture in question and that it not just be a quote but a full frame reference in it's entirety anotherwords the full idea of the external author that pertains to the biblical recorded account to a chosen scritpure.
And I will also take in scriptures of intrist to you as well for the next topic to study I know their are many questions regarding evidence of factual accounts that many people have devoted their lives to finding the truth and we can certainly put those ideas on the table and to the test for discussion.
But looking at Simeon and his importance from a faith stand point becomes important to me and others now non believers and believers alike in the fact that the way he waited for the arrivial of Christ is considered a model for how we should wait for the second coming of Jesus Christ .
And non believers wounder were we get that from why do we wait for someone who died a vary long time ago and the reason I'm bringing this thought into play is so a non believer can have a full understanding of are logic as pertains to the account's that happed as we know them to be from wrighten word of the gospel.
So that a person can see from example from the perspective of the author which often times reflects present time ideas in the way we precieve are lives and decisions we make based on the events that shape and mold are lives.
For example moving on to the next scripture (Luke 2:27) the actual text speaks to you in a vary ordinary way .
Quote And he came by the spirit into the temple:and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law.
So the author makes a curios statement "Promted by the spirit he came to the temple.'Simeon apparently had no planes to go to the temple.God,however ,thought otherwise.but what is unclear is wether Simeon understood or not,we don't know.
And what we don't know was how the prompting happend how did the spirit work ? through a neighbor,an invitation from his wife,a nudging within the hart.
How is that behavior any different than today ?
How many times has an event happened that has changed your course of action are your planes that you made for that day.
Well that is what happened with him something changed to make him go to the Tabernacle because he had no planes to go at first so in one way of putting it God led him in a direction.
And that wasn't the first time God spoke to him (Luke 2:26) God told him the future through the holly Spirit.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holly Ghost,that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Again how that was reviled is unclear but what is clear is that in later scripture he was vary aware of the coming of Jesus Christ and even looked for him and set aside a day to find him ahead of time.
He was "constantly expecting the Messiah" Luke 2:25 He was living in expectation of the salvation of Israel.
And what would make a person back then wait just as faithfully as a person in modern times if not for some (Promting) someware in are lives that might give validity maby by some unkown outside influance.
How human is that for a person living back then and a person living now my point being that we still behave vary much the same way and that is vary interesting to me.
What are your thought's ?