@jb55 chances you hit me up with a Sora invite code?
Make a website / app you would use. I would have loved this when I lived full time in an RV.
“But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!” Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’?”
Luke 5:21-23 NLT
“Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!””
Mark 1:23-24 NLT
The Great Isaiah Scroll, found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, was dated to around100 BC (at least 100 years before the birth of Jesus). Considered the oldest, and best preserved manuscript of the Book of Isaiah, it contained all 66 chapters.
Knowing this context, it’s difficult to not see the significance of the prophecies.
“Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.”
Isaiah 53:1-12 NLT
I would love to have some discussion on the Book of Enoch.
Biblically, the idea of hell changed drastically from the Old Testament to the New Testament. While there were some vague ideas of a punishment of the angels (Isaiah 24:21), and a mention of a resurrection of the dead to ever lasting life or everlasting disgrace (Daniel 12:2), most concepts of Hell -- The Lake of Fire, The Pit, Outer Darkness -- weren't described in detail until Jesus's time and after.
This is where the Book of Enoch is strange to me. It talks about many of these "new" concepts in depth and is dated at least 100 years before Jesus. Many of the teachings of Hell and punishment of the angels in the New Testament (Jude 1:6, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 9:1–2; 19:20, 20:1–3, 20:10, 20:14–15) are paralleled in Enoch.
How do you all think about this stuff?