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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 8

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

The name of the devil is Lucifer.

Isaiah 14:12a –  Revelation 22:16

Fact of the Day 

No!  Lucifer is Latin for the Hebrew word meaning “light bearer”, sometimes also called “morning star”.

If the name,  Lucifer, is Satan’s name, then the Bible said Jesus was Satan in Revelation 22:16.

Actually, there were two Catholic bishops by the name of Lucifer – “light bearer”.

  • In 270, Lucifer of Cagliari was made a  bishop.
  • In 306, Lucifer of Siena was made a bishop.

In 382, Jerome, a Catholic priest, was hired by the pope to translate the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, into Latin.   Jerome capitalized the noun “light bearer”  and turned it into a proper name – Lucifer – in Isaiah 14:12.  But…

  • Tertullian (AD 160-225) never called Satan Lucifer & never said he fell..
  • Augustine of Hippo (354-430) never called Satan Lucifer and never said he fell.
  • Martin Luther (1483-1546) wrote that it was a “gross error” to claim Isaiah 14:12 referfed to Satan.
  • John Calvin (1509-1564) wrote that using Isaiah 14:12 to prove Satan’s name was Lucifer “arose from ignorance”

Regardless, in 1611, the King James Version failed to translate the Latin word, lucifer, into English, but kept the word untranslated, thus “officially” leading readers to believe Satan’s name was Lucifer.

The popularity of using this scripture to declare Satan’s name as Lucifer seems to have grown during  medieval literature, intermingling European folklore with Jerome’s Lucifer.

  • Around 1000, Beowulf and Lucifer intermingle as the same person.
  • In 1540, Faust referred to Satan as Lucifer.
  • In 1667 John Milton, in his Paradise Lost, named Satan Lucifer.

Also, during the Middle ages, in Islam, Lucifer was an archangel assisted by the Jinn Iblis who had rebelled against Allah.   

More tomorrow….

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 2

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Oops of the Day

Satan was thrown down from heaven once for all time.

Isaiah 14:12b  –  Job 1:6-7  –  Zechariah 32:1-3  –  Luke 10:17  –  Revelation 12:9-11

Fact of the Day 

No! Satan periodically goes to heaven.  See Job.  See Zechariah.  Check out where Jesus was watching (present tense) Satan fall from heaven as the 72 were preaching. Finally, look at Revelation, where Satan was thrown down to earth. When?  At the time of Jesus’ crucifixion.  “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb.”

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 1

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Oops of the Day

The ten tribes that made up the Northern Kingdom called Israel were all captured and taken to Assyria forever.  They became known as the “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel”.

II Kings 17:21-23  –  II Chronicles 30:1,6, 10-11

Fact of the Day 

No!  The term “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel” is not in the Bible. Nor is it a fact by insinuation.  When King Hezekiah of the Southern Kingdom restored the Passover decades after the Assyrian invasion, he sent couriers to the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Zebulun, and Asher – all part of the former northern kingdom.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY ~ October 31

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Question of the Day

When the Syrian/Aramaean army surrounded a city to destroy it, Elisha saw chariots of fire covering the mountain to defend them.

II Kings 6:8 – II Kings 6:14-17  –  II Kings 2:11

Fact of the Day 

All we know is that Elijah, who had mentored Elisha, had just gone to heaven in a chariot of fire.  So, that is a curiosity.  Were the chariots of fire defending that city led by Elijah in his chariot of fire?  Hmmm…

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OOP OF THE DAY ~ October 30

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In the Aaronic Blessing – “The Lord bless you and keep you,” – it means “may God  provide you with many blessings and keep you by his side.”

Numbers 6:24

Fact of the Day 

No!  The word “bless” in Hebrew is not to provide things for someone.  It means to bow down or kneel down. 

So, this blessing is saying, “MAY THE LORD KNEEL DOWN TO YOU!”  You may object that we kneel down to God, he does not kneel down to us.  But think again.  Our loving Father in heaven sometimes kneels down to be eye level with his child – as any good parent would do- and promises to protect that child.  That child is us!  

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OOP OF THE DAY ~ October 29

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Oops of the Day

God is good.  And I never did anything really, really bad.  So he’ll forgive me for everything I ever did and let me into heaven.

Proverbs 1:18  –  Proverbs 1:27-33  –  Proverbs 3:20-34  –  Proverbs 8:36  –   Matthew 7:2 – and many more

Fact of the Day 

No!  Don’t forget the boomerang effect.  What we do to others backfires on us.  It’s throughout the Bible.

  • Proverbs 1:18 – commit armed robbery
  • Proverbs 1:27ff – Find excuses to not read God’s advice — the Bible
  • Proverbs 3:27-28- Too busy to help someone needing you
  • Proverbs 3:30-34 – Lie about someone
  • Proverbs 8:36 – Hate God
  • Matthew 7:2 – Are judgmental of others.

….and many more.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 28

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Surprise of the Day

 A WARNING TO FIVE GENERATIONS IN ONE PSALM

Psalm 78

Fact of the Day 

  • Generation 1: “our fathers have told us” –our grandparents (v. 3)
    Generation 2: “not conceal from their children” – our brothers and sisters. (v. 4a)
    Generation 3: “tell to the generation to come” – our children (v. 4b )
    Generation 4: “the children yet to he born”- our grandchildren (v. 6a)
    Generation 5: “to their children” – our great grandchildren (v, 6b)

This is a warning that our inheritance could be taken away.  So, stand fast.  God had freed the Jewish slaves from Egypt, but…

1 – They kept the mentality of complaining slaves until, over 40 years wandering in the wilderness as nomads, they all died. (Generation 1)
2- They kept the mentality of children of slaves until, after God gave them a land to settle in, they complained again and the generation of the slave children all died. (Generation 2-3)
3- – Therefore, God takes away the throne of Jacob’s oldest son by his favorite wife – Joseph & Ephriam — and gives it to Judah, the oldest responsible son of Jacob’s hated wife.  (Generation 4-5)

Hmmmm.    

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ October 27

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Oops of the Day

 Jesus was made a little lower than angels.

Psalm 8:4-6  –   Malachi 3:1  –  Hebrews 2:6

Fact of the Day 

No.  The original Hebrew of the Old Testament and original Greek of the New Testament both say “messenger,” often translated into English as angel.   

But there are other kinds of messengers besides angels.   Malachi predicted there were going to be two messengers – (1) a first messenger to introduce the second messenger, and (2) the second messenger.

Psalm 8:6 says this second messenger created the world, and all things were put under his feet.  Angels do not create and will never have all things under their feet.  The translation should be that God made him a little lower than God. 

Malachi was prophecying about John the Baptist and Jesus.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 25

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Surprise of the Day

  • Jesus never asked a question he did not know the answer to. 
  • So what about “My God!  My God!  Why have you forsaken me?”?

Psalm 22:1-23  –  Psalm 22:24 & 26  –  Psalm 23

Fact of the Day 

 He was quoting Psalm 22: 1.   What follows are detailed prophecies of what Jesus would go through 1000 years after this psalm was written.

In verse 24 is his answer:  “He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of his afflicted, nor has he hidden his face from him.  For when he cried to him for help, he heard.”

And verse 26 is the conclusion:  “Let your heart live forever.” 

In fact, the very next chapter – 23 – is all about our shepherd Lord who walks with people through the shadow of death.

And the very next chapter after that – 24 – is the magnificent anthem, “Raise your gates that the King of Glory may come in. Who is the King of glory?  The Lord strong and mighty!”

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 22

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Surprise of the Day

In one of his psalms, David debated with himself whether there really was a God. 

Psalm 42

Fact of the Day 

He asked himself: 

“Where is your God?” 

“Why are you in despair?”

“Why have you forgotten me?”

“Why are you in despair?”

He also answered himself: 

“Hope, for I shall yet praise him.”

“I remember.”

“Hope in God.”

“His song will be with me for I shall yet praise him.”

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