Message from @GeneralLee
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I see
satan is actually just a term of position to reference an adversary which is always a human being if you read the scripture closely.
satan isn't capitalized either in the greek
common term in hebrew thought actually. Never meant to be a name of a person. Same with devil just means traducer.
Heaven and Earth is a reference to the Temple and old covenant Israel. The world did come to an end according the revelation which would be the old covenant world.
I'm not a big religious person myself, you seem to be very religiously-informed. Dedicated I guess
Jesus tells Peter to Get behind me satan
Peter was the adversary
Very simple
Whatever you say
also jesus being tempted by satan in the wilderness is clearly about the pharisees tempting him with the messianic test of messiahship by asking him to turn stones into bread. The chapter before you see the common theme of the pharisees following jesus everyone he went.
Unfortunately people don't read the Bible from a first century Jewish context so they make up tons of shit
I don't read the Bible at all lol
Well I've spent probably 10,000 hours studying the book and the culture
Christ, that's more than a year of pure study. You must have a lot of spare time
I sometimes will just speak entire books of the Bible by memory. It's crazy
It's my job and my major
Oh so you're still in college
yep
What year
Why go to college instead of seminary?
It is a seminary
Well then
I also study Greek and Hebrew
have minors in both.
Hope you do well as a Priest
I will try lol
I just want people to be taught the truth and that's it
You don't have to believe it but I'm at least going to present it correctly
So why are you becoming a priest then?
If you wish to teach the truth that is
It's an interesting perspective but idk if that alone will be enough to convince me
Well I probably should go into being a professor.
Well I at least want to present the Bible the way it should be understood.
I mean when the Trump Republic gets like enough members, you can always talk about it in ideology politics
right now I don't think you will get much of an audience lol
At least people cold then make informed decisions about whether they wish to believe the Bible
Genesis is also not about physical creation
Genesis and the rest of the Old Testament should be discarded
So there is a big issue solved that most complain about