Re: Proverbs 30, and Jesus' pre-incarnate "sonship"
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:08 pm
Hi Singalphile,
Hope you don't think I am trying to slap a female gender onto the Spirit of God, since we do have Christ telling the disciples that when the Holy Spirit would be given to them that HE would guide them into all truth. Lots of male pronouns going on there in John 16:7-15 describing the Spirit of truth, the Comforter. All I was trying to express (maybe awkwardly) is that there are qualities within the Trinity that both male and female humanity can relate to and appreciate across the spectrum of the way the two genders think, feel, operate, and communicate. We are a pale reflection of God's image, but even in our fallen state, we can recognize some of the similarities to God's image, planted within us at creation.
I do confess to a slight obsession for numbers; particularly dates for events in scripture. Bishop Ussher's Annals of the World is one of my special dog-eared favorites by now, though he isn't perfect, of course. That's because, unlike Josephus, Ussher gave dates for every entry he made in his book. For example, he absolutely nailed the no-gap 70-week prophecy to the very year, which intersects perfectly with a fulfilled millennium of a literal thousand years ending in AD 33. And don't get me started with the number 7. God loves that number, too.
Sure wish I was retired already, and didn't have to sew drapes for a living. I'd sit on the computer and pester people with my writing all day long, I'm afraid.
Wish me luck on this week's set of green velvet fringed draperies with Italian stringing that are going in the library of a 4.5 million mansion for sale....
Hope you don't think I am trying to slap a female gender onto the Spirit of God, since we do have Christ telling the disciples that when the Holy Spirit would be given to them that HE would guide them into all truth. Lots of male pronouns going on there in John 16:7-15 describing the Spirit of truth, the Comforter. All I was trying to express (maybe awkwardly) is that there are qualities within the Trinity that both male and female humanity can relate to and appreciate across the spectrum of the way the two genders think, feel, operate, and communicate. We are a pale reflection of God's image, but even in our fallen state, we can recognize some of the similarities to God's image, planted within us at creation.
I do confess to a slight obsession for numbers; particularly dates for events in scripture. Bishop Ussher's Annals of the World is one of my special dog-eared favorites by now, though he isn't perfect, of course. That's because, unlike Josephus, Ussher gave dates for every entry he made in his book. For example, he absolutely nailed the no-gap 70-week prophecy to the very year, which intersects perfectly with a fulfilled millennium of a literal thousand years ending in AD 33. And don't get me started with the number 7. God loves that number, too.
Sure wish I was retired already, and didn't have to sew drapes for a living. I'd sit on the computer and pester people with my writing all day long, I'm afraid.
Wish me luck on this week's set of green velvet fringed draperies with Italian stringing that are going in the library of a 4.5 million mansion for sale....