Of Moses and America (Great Read)

boblonsberry.com ^ | 1/30/03 | Bob Lonsberry

[the_doc]

A small proportion of converts per generation can eventually have a huge impact.

Thanks, you're right.

[the_doc]

...your point being that Israel is now revealed to be a spiritual body which includes the Church itself.

(That's a good way to state the amillennial position, I think. Membership in Israel is a matter of election.)

[Delbert]

This was a very cool read!!!!BUMP BUMP!!!!

[Delbert]

You're wrong. It was because of Moses' disobedience by the waters of Meribah. <--Thanks Shiek..I knew that was incorrect.

[CCWoody]

Egads! A lab lover & a saint. I am formerly Episcopalian so I break ranks with ya' there.

[CCWoody]

Oh, before I forget and since I haven't seen it posted yet, there is something interesting about Moses "striking" the rock which caused the water to flow.

Does anybody know why this is EXTREMELY significant? (Diamond and the_doc and Jerry, no telling... let the others chew on it first)

I'll give a hint, the answer is in one of the Corinthian letters.

[CCWoody]

Bump to my #46

[RnMomof7]

Are you talking about this??

1Cr 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

??? that I assume is a given

[CCWoody]

that Rock was Christ.

Yes, that is it. Moses' disobedience was a symbolic striking of Christ.

Woody.

[Ancesthntr]

Speech impediment? I take it you haven't listened to his speeches, eh? Typical leftist bash - since they can't think of anything else. Loser.

1. Try to avoid personal attacks, out of respect for everyone else on this board and, especially, Jim Robinson.

2. I was being facetious. Humor, get it? Oh, and by the way, I proudly voted for GWB and look forward to doing so again in 2004 - I'm no leftist.

3. Bush does have a bit of a speech impediment. He does mispronounce many words and phrases. It is not a physical thing, but a mental thing (IMHO he is either nervous or thinking ahead of where his speech is at the moment - neither implies any mental deficiency). However, I don't care - as with Moses, it isn't the beauty of the sound that comes out of the mouth that matters, it is the substance of the thing and, even more importantly, the character of the person saying it. The prior occupant of the White House could make flawless speeches (from the standpoint of pronunciation only), but I didn't like what I heard.

4) I don't pretend that I could make a speech in front of hundreds or thousands of people, let alone millions, without botching it completely. I admire anyone that has developed this skill, the few mistakes they make notwithstanding. Poking a little fun at them for those mistakes doesn't say a thing about one's political viewpoint.

Before you jump the gun and accuse other people of assorted bad things or character traits, please ASK for clarification. And you didn't even have to ask - if you had bothered to check my prior posts on a variety of subjects, you'd have clearly seen that I'm no DU troll.

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks for the post....It is indeed a good read.

Red