Just because God never explained why he considers 1000 years of our time to be one of his days doesn't make what I said not true. God said that in the day they ate the fruit they would die, a day in his time is 1000 years, and Adam and Eve both suffered death within a day of God's time - 1000...
I disagree completely. There was wickedness going on in the house of Job. His sons were having drunken parties with their sisters, and hanky panky was going on. Job knew it and thought he could just cover it up by slaughtering an innocent animal. Remember the lesson of Eli and his sons?
That was...
The scriptures tell you how long Adam and Eve lived, and they both were less than 1000 years old in our time - a year being one trip around the sun. Before they ate the fruit there was no plan for them to die. Gos daid they would die in the day they ate the fruit and we know that a day in God's...
God said "in the day" that they ate the fruit they would die.
In God;s time, a day is a thousand years. And they both died in less than 1000 years. That same day!
I think the message of Job is simple. Job would regularly take a lamb and slay it and offer it as a sacrifice to God "just in case" his wicked sons were committing sins against God, therefore cover up his wicked son's sins.
I think that God was appalled that Job thought is was so easy to cover...
I have enjoyed reading this thread, and I would like to throw something out that hasn't been touched on yet.
Jesus never said the words "I am the Messiah or Christ".
There were three occasions where he could have, but chose not to.
Once is when he asked his disciples "who do you all say that I...