Interpreting Scripture Chapter 14 Summary

The beginning of Revelation chapter 12 states that a great sign or wonder appeared in heaven. This sign was the image of woman clothed with sun, the moon was under her feet and she had twelve stars on her head. Over the many years since the Apostle John described this sign there has been many false teachings about who this woman is. One of the erroneous teachings is that the woman is the Church. Matthew Poole in his commentary on Revelation chapter 12 stated “I find all valuable interpreters agreeing, that this woman represented the church, well enough compared to a woman.” This interpretation neglects that further down in the chapter that the woman is described as pregnant and at the point of giving birth. The church is described in 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 2 as the chaste virgin beginning presented to Christ not as one who is giving birth to Christ. Another example of false interpretation is applying it to be symbolic of all goddesses in multiple cultural contexts. Tina Pippin proposes such an interpretation in her work Revelation/Apocalypse of John where she states “She has been interpreted as many things: the image of Israel, of Mary, of Ishtar, of Inanna, of Isis, and more recently of Our Lady of Guadalupe (a merger of Mary with the Aztec goddess Coatlaxopeuh). The diversity of this goddess images fits easily into a variety of culture contexts as a symbol of power” One final example of false interpretation of this passage is that the woman is

The verse I picked is Mathew 5:43-48, which says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect”. (The new Oxford Annotated Bible)

In Chapter 2 of Encountering the New Testament the author talks about a few of the different practices that unified the Jews as well the different religious groups that had different beliefs. Judaism was unified in the beliefs that they had been chosen by God, they were waiting for the messiah to come, they respect the synagogues, they shared the same laws and traditions of elder. Although these beliefs were unifying there were seperate religious groups and leaders that held different beliefs. Probably the most well known group of religious leaders were the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a small group of religious leaders that believed in God, and the coming messiah. Although many of the Pharisees did live good lives many of them were

Chapter four examines the methods Jesus used to teach and spread his messages about the Kingdom of God. Jesus’s primary audience was the common people of first-century Galilee, so he had to adopt creative techniques to teach uneducated people about an unknown “fantastic” topic, the Kingdom of God. His strategy was successful; amassing a great amount of followers and started the foundation of modern Christianity. The methods he utilized, includes teaching through parables, debates and including examples with miracles and enacted parables.

We are currently revising the scripture of Romans. I was assigned Romans 15: 1- 13. The whole assignment was meant for us to get a deeper understanding of this passage. Our teacher, Mr.Handle gave us 5 sources to look into to get as much information needed. The first assignment was to create an outline that would guide us through the essay. The next assignment was to copy and paste a word for word copy of our passage and a thought for thought copy and read over it and notice the difference in scripture. After we put the word for word passage into Google Drawings and picked it apart, trying to obtain as much information as we could. Right there he gave us at least 4 sources. Our last

What is more fragile, glass or trust? While it is true in the sense that glass is extremely fragile, trust is the clear winner here. It can take months, or even years for some people to earn other people’s trust in them, but only a few seconds to break it. In 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, the San Francisco Police Department is on edge after learning that they may or may not be sheltering exactly what they are trying to prevent: a couple of criminals that are hellbent on getting rich in the easiest ways possible. Will the San Francisco police force be able to figure out who the corrupt individuals within the department are, or will they find out that they are up against an evil that is bigger than them? There are three

Although it seems that Acts 15 and Galatians 2 record the same event, that is not the case. In the book of Acts, specifically Acts 15, Peter is in Jerusalem at the Jerusalem council. In Galatians 2, Paul speaks about his second journey to Jerusalem. The events that occurred in Galatians also relates to the events in Acts. The main question while analyzing both chapters is: Does it record the same event? There has been speculation that it is the same event told in both chapters, but it is evident that in Acts and Galatians, it tells the stories of different events. Both of these chapters detail similar happenings, but it is not the same event.

Philippians 4:13 states, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”(KJV). This verse is what I base my whole life around; sports, academics, and everyday life can be traced back to this quote. Without this promise from God, I would not be as honorable, athletic, or smart as I am today.

Countries have gone to war with each other since the beginning of time. But what if your side could know all the plans of the enemy? What if your side could know the enemy's movements, supply lines, and number of troops they have? Interestingly, that's exactly what happened in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 6.

The passage of Scripture being discussed in the following paper is Daniel 7:1-14. This chapter consists of three literary sections, first, chaos by the sea (7:1-8) followed by the heavenly courtroom (7:9-14), concluding with the visions divine victory and interpretation (7:15-28) which will not be addressed in this paper. The Christian canon locates the book of Daniel within its prophetic writings, however, the Jewish canon includes it within, “the Writings.” The book of Daniel doesn’t necessarily fit in either category, as it is widely considered within the literary category of apocalyptic literature which the subsequent sections of this paper will explore further. Daniel can be divided into three sections, based on language: a Hebrew introduction (Ch. 1); an Aramaic section (Ch. 2-7); and a Hebrew section (Ch. 8-12). Within these three language divisions exist two literary sections, first, the Tales (Ch. 1-6) followed by the Visions (Ch. 7-12). These two sections, though existing within the language divisions appear to have no corresponding connection.

What is the appropriate understanding of verse 12? Is the metaphor saying a destruction but a small part of it will be rescued to indicate there is still hope for just the remaining? The commentary helps me to understand it clearly. It says that it signifies a new oracle whose image offer a macabre sense of hope (p.294). It means rescue may be part of God's intension but this rescue provides little confidence to those who pause to hear what is genuinely saying. It means the remnant of Samaria will only remain. Here Amos does not say who is like the lion and the commentary has no further comment. I believe the lion is probably refers to God as in verse 3:8. The image used here is very powerful to speak of the total destruction of Samaria by enemy.

Diana I must agree with you that the reference to Satan in Isaiah 14 can be attributed to the acknowledgement of individuals as gods whose prideful ways will be curtailed by the Master (God). It is important that you also mentioned God’s omnipotence as the ultimate power in the scheme of things. There are no doubt the individuals that were regarded as being powerful became elevated with pride thus equating them with God. As we look at Ezekiel 28 it is more poignant that the king of Tyre would be lifted up in such pride and arrogance to think that he was a god. The prophet Ezekiel expounds on the condemnation of the city and its prideful ways and God’s omnipotence. In many ways the word of God teaches that pride comes before destruction (Proverb

Although we as man know the course concepts of temptation and how we can fall the ownership of many ideas are taken into consideration for better understanding which each implication can be summarize by using the introduction topic fall of man and temptation. We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have The disobedience of Adam and Eve and their consequent loss of God's grace and the peace and happiness of the Garden of Eden. When they ate the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God punished them by drivingthem out of the garden and into the world,where they would be subject to sickness, pain,and eventual death.

Great faith in contrast is; trust over an extended period of time. What does that look like? Another story comes to mind where the main proclamation of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke chapter seven is about great faith. Jesus defines it as he declares it “Not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” It’s rare but it’s possible to have great faith. If we briefly browse through this account we meet up with a military commander, a Roman Centurion who was eager to accept and trust the word of Christ. Since faith comes by hearing and hearing the words of Christ, this soldier demonstrated that great faith comes by believing and continue believing in the words of Christ. If Jesus says it, I’m going to trust it. No matter how long it takes I will

In my passage Ephesian 1:15-23, this is Pauls prayer to Jesus of giving thanks, God has given us so much, and when God gives us a lot our perception can be changed based on how much we get from God, but we are blind because we can never be satisfied so we ask for more. We can build a wall of ungratefulness and never see the “light of God”.