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Jul 25

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  eressea added a text contribution Re: Is this a prophesy?

  I am taught that a prophesy often is two-sided :) At first, the prophesy is relevant for the person, this is called in my language "obvious/upper layer", and there is often a second layer, that is universal and for the future. For example the prophesy of the virgin birth, which is originally for the Jewish king back then, but also a sign of Jesus birth. This is quite common. So, I think David didn't... Read more »

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  eressea liked a text contribution Is this a prophesy?? by tristonday

  I'm quite interested in knowing if David is prophesying out of his own hardship of what is to come or if he is claiming that these are happening to himself, (which I don't think is the case)… Read more »

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Jul 23

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  eressea added a text contribution Background on Matthew

  A few notes from a few lectures on my seminary school on Matthew. I'm Dutch, so please excuse any spelling errors: Matthew is the only that speaks about "the kingsdom of heaven". The other gospels all speak about "the kingdom of God". This gospel is written especially for the Jews, you can see that for example Jewish rituals aren't explained. The learnings are in thematical order. The central theme... Read more »

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