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I agree that God has to rearrange things for the purpose if what's best for us - I was just making the point that He couldn't organize something He had not yet created which is how I take the author's meaning. Thanks for responding and sharing!Alison Alissa wrote: ↑13 Aug 2019, 09:03 Since there is this phenomenon called Judgement day,I take all views while I am looking forward to meeting the Creator and clear my doubts.I believe since the first Day of creation God has been rearranging the world.Imagine the prayers we say,God has to rearrange according to what God sees is best to one`s interest.I am somehow in agreement with Greenwood`s view.
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Yes, this bugged me too! Especially since it clearly says in Genesis 1 that the earth was "without form, and void" which literally means EMPTY NOTHINGNESSB Creech wrote: ↑13 Aug 2019, 08:16 I am so glad you asked this question! I fervently disagree with the author's statement on the first page in regards to creation, and I quote: " it Is certainly more correct to say that the earth was organized than to say it was created, for it was not created out of nothing." The author goes on to state "it was created from materials that were available in the universe..." It is my belief, based on Scripture I have read all my life that God "created" everything. And I believe that includes the universe as well! So my opinion of creation is very different than the authors. The rest of the book is excellent and I enjoyed reading it, however, I just disagree with his thoughts on creation.
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I honestly can't answer these questions. Greenwood stated that he used the King James version for his book because it was directly translated from the Hebrew language. However, any translation between languages automatically sets up errors because of human interpretation and the possibility of no word availability of the language being translated to. As a result, the word picked is the one closest in meaning, but even this can skew the original interpretation. So, Greenwood could be both right and wrong.ab2020 wrote: ↑12 Aug 2019, 20:41 Several discussion threads on I Will Make of Thee a Great Nation have touched on the author's opinions and choice of what to include or not include in the book. In what ways do you most fervently agree or disagree with the author's interpretation? Is there any place in which you think (or know) that the author's interpretation is downright wrong?
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I agree with you. Whenever I have read the creation story, I took the passage literally and believe that God really did create the world from nothing.Thehorselover wrote: ↑13 Aug 2019, 15:12Yes, this bugged me too! Especially since it clearly says in Genesis 1 that the earth was "without form, and void" which literally means EMPTY NOTHINGNESSB Creech wrote: ↑13 Aug 2019, 08:16 I am so glad you asked this question! I fervently disagree with the author's statement on the first page in regards to creation, and I quote: " it Is certainly more correct to say that the earth was organized than to say it was created, for it was not created out of nothing." The author goes on to state "it was created from materials that were available in the universe..." It is my belief, based on Scripture I have read all my life that God "created" everything. And I believe that includes the universe as well! So my opinion of creation is very different than the authors. The rest of the book is excellent and I enjoyed reading it, however, I just disagree with his thoughts on creation.
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Vickie Noel wrote: ↑01 Sep 2019, 15:29 I have a problem with some of the author's interpretations and this is why I generally tend to avoid books that share personal opinions as to the meanings of the scriptures. One of such errors was whdn the author said that Cain's offering was not accepted because it was not inspired by faith and it wasn't a blood sacrifice. While the former is true, the latter is certainly not. The Bible does not say that God rejected his gift because it was vegetation, in fact, Numbers 15:9 showed that God accepted grain offerings as sacrifice. Also, at that point in history, humans ate only vegetation. (Gen. 1:29) And because the ground outside of Eden was cursed by God, Cain had toiled to produce his offering. (Gen. 3:17-19) Therefore, he offered hard-won, life-sustaining food!
However, the fact remained that fhe scriptures never anything about the quality of his gift as being the reason he was rejected, rather it was his heart condition and motive not being pure that resulted in his sacrifice getting rejected.
I totally agree with you on this! I would like to know how the author came to the conclusion about why Cain's offering was rejected.
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