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"Editor of EvilBible.com" |
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10 Oct 2003 06:57:52 AM |
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Evil Bible Quote of the Day for Oct. 10 (The Exodus) |
Evil Bible Quote of the Day for Oct. 10, 2003 from www.EvilBible.com:
The Exodus (Psalms 78:44-55 NLT)
"For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the
streams. He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs
to ruin them. He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was
consumed by locusts. He destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered
their sycamores with sleet. He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their
livestock to bolts of lightning. He loosed on them his fierce anger - all
his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of
destroying angels. He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the
Egyptians' lives but handed them over to the plague. He killed the oldest
son in each Egyptian family, the flower of youth throughout the land of
Egypt. But he led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely
through the wilderness. He kept them safe so they were not afraid; but the
sea closed in upon their enemies. He brought them to the border of his holy
land, to this land of hills he had won for them. He drove out the nations
before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes
of Israel into their homes."
What kind of person would get their moral guidance from an ancient book of
myths and magic that says it is OK to murder, rape, pillage, and plunder?
Read more about the evils of the Bible at www.EvilBible.com.
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| User: "Melchizedek" |
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| Title: Re: Evil Bible Quote of the Day for Oct. 10 (The Exodus) |
10 Oct 2003 07:40:46 AM |
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"Editor of EvilBible.com" <Dont_Reply@Here.com> wrote in message
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Evil Bible Quote of the Day for Oct. 10, 2003 from www.EvilBible.com:
The Exodus (Psalms 78:44-55 NLT)
"For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the
streams. He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs
to ruin them. He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was
consumed by locusts. He destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered
their sycamores with sleet. He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their
livestock to bolts of lightning. He loosed on them his fierce anger - all
his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of
destroying angels. He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the
Egyptians' lives but handed them over to the plague. He killed the oldest
son in each Egyptian family, the flower of youth throughout the land of
Egypt. But he led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely
through the wilderness. He kept them safe so they were not afraid; but the
sea closed in upon their enemies. He brought them to the border of his holy
land, to this land of hills he had won for them. He drove out the nations
before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes
of Israel into their homes."
---------- Commentary:
E. Israel in Egypt and in the Wilderness (Psalm 78:40-55)
40-41 Israel's history of frequent rebellion stands in stark contrast to all the
evidences of God's goodness. Humanly speaking, the Israelites as his children
caused great grief to their heavenly Father in the desert. They "rebelled,"
tried his patience, and "vexed the Holy One of Israel."
42-51 The Lord had shown his fatherly care in Egypt and in the desert. In turn
he had expected his people to sanctify his holy name by remembering him (Ex
3:15). But "they did not remember" all the evidences of his power, such as his
turning the rivers of Egypt into blood and troubling the Egyptians with the ten
plagues. Death in Egypt was an expression of God's "hot anger, his wrath,
indignation and hostility." He was sovereign over Egypt's adversities by sending
the messengers ("angels") of adversity, resulting in the death of the
"firstborn" of all the males in Egypt.
52-55 Instead of adversity, God brought great blessings to his own people like
"a flock" /"like sheep," a metaphor for Israel. He drowned the Egyptians in the
Red Sea, while guiding his own people so they needed not be afraid; he brought
them safely to the Promised Land; he drove out the Canaanites; and he gave each
tribe its allotted patrimony.
also: http://bibleweb.info/
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