tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post4953545902146988300..comments2024-03-28T08:37:16.470-07:00Comments on Banned by HWA! News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Only the Church of God Has The Right To Call It Passover, The Jews Have No RightNO2HWAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018654662518613623noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-977296419858192422016-04-28T01:01:03.495-07:002016-04-28T01:01:03.495-07:00from April 27, 2016 at 11:11 PM
ps. Do you read G...from April 27, 2016 at 11:11 PM<br /><br />ps. Do you read Greek? I don't. Nor, as a matter of fact, do I read Kiswahili but I understand there are many that do.<br /><br />Cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-50817631100900720692016-04-27T23:11:40.536-07:002016-04-27T23:11:40.536-07:00on April 27, 2016 at 9:39 PM
Anonymous wrote:-
&q...on April 27, 2016 at 9:39 PM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"Hebrew NT? Ridiculous."<br /><br />Why so?<br /><br />also:-<br />" It was written in Greek and for a reason."<br /><br />Can you mention what the reason was/is. Did you know that apart from being translated into English (and Hebrew), it has also been translated into <a href="http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/bible-versions/kiswahili-swahili-bible/" rel="nofollow">"Kiswahili"</a><br /><br />also:-<br />"Yeshua is NOT common in Jewish circles and never was and I know whereof I speak on that."<br /><br />How is it you know whereof you speak on that?<br />Is it along the lines of:- "Self importance, ego, 'I have cool knowledge that you don't have",<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-85196302535282134252016-04-27T22:39:04.207-07:002016-04-27T22:39:04.207-07:00on April 27, 2016 at 9:36 PM
Retrired Prof wrote:-...on April 27, 2016 at 9:36 PM<br />Retrired Prof wrote:-<br /><br />"....whenever I meet somebody who believes his name is Roger, I call him Hrothgar, the original name in Old English and therefore the correct one."<br /><br />Have any one complained so far? LOL.<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-4302905360494390032016-04-27T21:39:48.615-07:002016-04-27T21:39:48.615-07:00Hebrew NT? Ridiculous. It was written in Greek an...Hebrew NT? Ridiculous. It was written in Greek and for a reason.<br />Yeshua is NOT common in Jewish circles and never was and I know whereof I speak on that. Yehoshua, which is Joshua,is found but not common even today but not yeshua which is a word .<br />Yeshu is a dismissive name (really an acronym) used by Orthodox today to refer to Christ.<br />You have no clue what his Hebrew name is. The only Hebrew name given for him is Emanuel. The name Jesus in Greek is specifically given in the NT.<br />The sacred name movement is a weirdness that separates Christians, like the silly calendar debates.<br />What kind of agenda? Self importance, ego, 'I have cool knowledge that you don't have", "Hey, look at me! I know a word in Ivrit! (there's another Hebrew word for you Ralph)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-16168601709949219382016-04-27T21:36:31.988-07:002016-04-27T21:36:31.988-07:00Good choice on the naming, Ralph.
For the same re...Good choice on the naming, Ralph.<br /><br />For the same reason, whenever I meet somebody who believes his name is Roger, I call him Hrothgar, the original name in Old English and therefore the correct one.Retired Profnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-14096790086393263782016-04-27T15:36:13.063-07:002016-04-27T15:36:13.063-07:00on April 27, 2016 at 9:15 AM
Anonymous said:-
&qu...on April 27, 2016 at 9:15 AM<br />Anonymous said:-<br /><br />"Maybe Ralph just dislikes saying "Jesus" because he thinks it sounds "evangelical", or even common."<br /><br />I don't dislike saying "Jesus". I just prefer using His original Hebrew name and, in Hebrew, it is <a href="http://www.jesus.org/is-jesus-god/names-of-jesus/jesus-an-ordinary-name.html" rel="nofollow">a common name.</a><br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-83648506076993233512016-04-27T09:15:46.863-07:002016-04-27T09:15:46.863-07:00Maybe Ralph just dislikes saying "Jesus"...Maybe Ralph just dislikes saying "Jesus" because he thinks it sounds "evangelical", or even common. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-42914195356456099692016-04-27T09:13:41.113-07:002016-04-27T09:13:41.113-07:00By that point, was the Judean populace even speaki...By that point, was the Judean populace even speaking Hebrew, or was that mostly a writtem language used by scribes of the upper-crust?RSKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-59751532999016533182016-04-27T08:58:04.913-07:002016-04-27T08:58:04.913-07:00on April 27, 2016 at 12:53 AM
Anonymous wrote:-
&...on April 27, 2016 at 12:53 AM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"Christ's name is not given in Hebrew at all any place in the bible except for the name Emanuel."<br /><br />I guess that depends on what bible you use. Yeshua is certainly not found in the AKJ nor the Amplified, both of which I have in my e-Sword program. However, I also have a book copy of the "Jewish New Testament", translation by David H. Stern, and in that, the only name for Jesus is spelled Yeshua. So, would you think that the name 'Yeshua' is only reserved for the Jews and not to be spoken by anyone else?<br /><br />From the above mentioned translation:-<br />Mark 1.1 "The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God<br />Acts 4:10-12, "then let it be known you, and to all the people of Israel that it is in the name of the Messiah, Yeshua from Natzeret,whom you had executed on a stake as a criminal but whom God has raised from the dead,that this man stands before you perfectly healed.<br />This Yeshua is the <b>stone rejected by</b> you builders which <b>has become the cornerstone.</b><br />There is salvation in no one else! For there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by whom we must be saved."<br /><br />also:<br />"For people to say that Jesus' real name is Yashua or Yahusha or Yahushua, etc.,...."<br /><br />I'm simply saying that Yeshua is another of his names, as real as any.<br /><br />also:<br />"....just a statement of pushing an agenda...."<br /><br />What kind of "agenda"? <br />I understand that all who contribute to this blog are free to express their inoffensive thoughts and opinions without trying to "convert" anyone.<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-22329541266260544502016-04-27T00:53:33.846-07:002016-04-27T00:53:33.846-07:00The fact is Ralph, Christ's name is not given ...The fact is Ralph, Christ's name is not given in Hebrew at all any place in the bible except for the name Emanuel.<br />His name is given in the Greek and written out in English as Jesus.<br />Frankly none of his apostles ever addressed him to his face by his first name, only as Lord, Master, etc.<br />The word yeshua used as a name is a guess. <br />One article says it better than I can:<br />The entire New Testament was written in Greek, and the word Jesus is the word that is used. It is not the Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ which is Yeshua. So, it is simple. Jesus is properly called Jesus.<br /><br /> Matt. 1:21, "And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins."<br /> Mark 1:1, "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."<br /> Acts 4:10-12, "let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by this name this man stands here before you in good health. 11 “He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the very corner stone. 12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved."<br /> Rom. 1:1, "Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God."<br /> Heb. 2:9, "But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone."<br /> Rev. 1:1, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must shortly take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John."<br /><br />As you can see, the New Testament uses "Jesus" as the name and not a Hebrew name. For people to say that Jesus' real name is Yashua or Yahusha or Yahushua, etc., is Jesus' real name is just a statement of pushing an agenda and not believing the New Testament text.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-15482984235707319632016-04-26T19:51:14.210-07:002016-04-26T19:51:14.210-07:00on April 26, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Anonymous wrote:-
&q...on April 26, 2016 at 5:17 PM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"Ohhhh.. Wikipedia, that be all and end all of information and godly knowledge!!<br />Ralph you sure do like to twist things."<br /><br />How about Merriam-Webster then? Is this more acceptable?<br />"Main Entry:Je-sus<br />Pronunciation:*j*-z*s, -z*z also -*z*s and -*z*z<br />Function:noun <br />Etymology:<b>Late Latin, from Greek Iesous, from Hebrew Yeshua*</b><br />1 : the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation — called also Jesus Christ<br />2 Christian Science : the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality"<br /><br />also:<br />"....secret gnostic info."<br /><br />What's that?<br /><br />also:<br />"....if Wikipedia says Jesus Christ's real name is Yeshua I guess we all must bow down and accept it."<br /><br />Can I rephrase your comment and say:- "....if Wikipedia says Jesus Christ's <b>HEBREW</b> name is Yeshua I guess we all must bow down and accept it" <br /><br />and ask, is that what YOU would want to do? <br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-90259612650667170212016-04-26T17:20:18.863-07:002016-04-26T17:20:18.863-07:00The US and Britain beliefs are interesting but the...The US and Britain beliefs are interesting but they cannot be proven so it is a bad thing to use for doctrine.<br />Besides as Paul said, avoid endless geneaology and God has made of one blood all mankind.<br />Salvation is open to anyone who believes that Jesus Christ is Lord and that God has raised him from the dead.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-51137306383006731882016-04-26T17:17:26.897-07:002016-04-26T17:17:26.897-07:00Ohhhh.. Wikipedia, that be all and end all of info...Ohhhh.. Wikipedia, that be all and end all of information and godly knowledge!!<br />Ralph you sure do like to twist things.<br />Your Yeshua and Yaway stuff is showing off what you believe to be secret gnostic info.<br />Well Ralph, if Wikipedia says Jesus Christ's real name is Yeshua I guess we all must bow down and accept it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-37204546594278599952016-04-26T11:03:53.022-07:002016-04-26T11:03:53.022-07:00on April 26, 2016 at 9:46 AM
Anonymous wrote:-
&q...on April 26, 2016 at 9:46 AM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"Jesus Christ is the name God had placed in the NT."<br /><br />With your following words are you suggesting that Jesus is NOT a sacred name?<br /><br />"Don't you just love these <b>sacred names</b> people and their <b>self important secret knowledge?</b>"<br /><br />Secret knowledge! I don't think so. It is very much public knowledge "The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous, from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus" as found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshua_%28name%29" rel="nofollow">"here in Wikipedia".</a><br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-44590145077917412282016-04-26T10:50:48.715-07:002016-04-26T10:50:48.715-07:00Of course, the account of the "penitent thief...Of course, the account of the "penitent thief" (or Dismas, if you prefer to attach a name for convenience) occurs only in Luke. Matthew and Mark both depict the two criminals insulting Jesus together. John calls them "two others" but records no conversation. Either Luke managed to be present at Golgotha, got the story of Dismas from someone who was present to hear the conversation, or the story was invented for some reason. Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-33980159750506434312016-04-26T10:34:02.709-07:002016-04-26T10:34:02.709-07:00OMG!
I looked at Ralph's touted link to the l...OMG!<br /><br />I looked at Ralph's touted link to the location of "The Garden of Eden", and it was one of the most stupid things I've ever come across!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-61225056223354635012016-04-26T09:55:06.417-07:002016-04-26T09:55:06.417-07:00on April 25, 2016 at 4:28 PM
Anonymous wrote:-
&q...on April 25, 2016 at 4:28 PM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"On January 28, 2016 at 3:31 PM you said:<br /><br />"I see BI as a very narrow term. I do believe that the US, Britain, Ireland, France. Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and others are descendants of the ten northern tribes of Israel, headed by Ephraim and Manasseh. There are just too many coincidental matters over time for me to think otherwise. Like everybody else, I believe what I want to believe. Hopefully, from my perspective, this is not a racial matter. There is only one race. Anonymous of January 28, 2016 at 8:58 AM made mention of evidence. Here is another use of that word:-'Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.'"<br /><br />So what is my error?<br />also:<br /><br />"And not only that, you proceeded to double-down on your wrongness on January 30, 2016 at 5:42 AM:<br /><br />"I just simply do not grasp the DNA "rejection" of so called 'British-Israelism' and am content to continue with my long held belief."<br /><br />So, where is my 'wrongness'?<br />also:<br /><br />"And not only that, you tripled-down on it on February 6, 2016 at 9:26 PM:<br /><br />"...it is my right to accept [British Israelism] regardless of what others say and/or publish."<br /><br />So, once again, where or what is my error?<br /><br />We are all at liberty to express opinions. Can you <b>prove anything</b> I have posted is in error. Just saying that it is doesn't prove it.<br /><br />BTW you seem to keep a pretty good record of peoples words. Are you the scribe for 'The Book of Life'? <b>LOL x 2</b><br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-7013316595176019222016-04-26T09:46:57.234-07:002016-04-26T09:46:57.234-07:00Who is Yeshua?
Jesus Christ is the name God had pl...Who is Yeshua?<br />Jesus Christ is the name God had placed in the NT.<br />No Yeshua anywhere.<br /><br />Don't you just love these sacred names people and their self important secret knowledge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-87514284278632650292016-04-26T09:31:20.704-07:002016-04-26T09:31:20.704-07:00errors for starters;
oops! On April 25, 2016 at 7...errors for starters;<br /><br /><b>oops!</b> On April 25, 2016 at 7:26 PM<br />I wrote:-<br />"Yeshua wasn't in "Paradise" until some 40 days later."<br />and claim impulsive thinking followed by impulsive writing for this error. Yeshua WAS NOT in Paradise 40 days later, He was in heaven at the right hand of His Father. On THAT DAY, the day of His death and the first of three, He was buried in a tomb before sunset. Who knows where the thief in question was later on that day.<br />"Paradise" is on this earth and some say it may (might) be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raO44UXXcg4" rel="nofollow">"Under the waters of the Persian Gulf"</a><br /><br />My mistake, sorry.<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-40395379042504645192016-04-26T09:18:37.330-07:002016-04-26T09:18:37.330-07:00He is where he is as Jesus intended, by virtue of ...He is where he is as Jesus intended, by virtue of his confession of guilt and recognition of Jesus' lack thereof. Even with having to fight for every exhalation due to crucifixion. Who are we to sit here and pass judgement on exactly where he is with finality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-41868694637272617832016-04-26T08:57:11.703-07:002016-04-26T08:57:11.703-07:00Ed (April 24, 2016 at 8:22 AM)On the larger questi...Ed (April 24, 2016 at 8:22 AM)On the larger question of "does God exist?"...said:<br />"... You would think that if God exists and it was so important for our salvation to believe he exists and sent his son as a sacrifice so we could have salvation, that he would make it totally clear that he is real so that half the world that doesn't believe he exists would be won over by undeniable proof that he exists. Why is the existence of God so hard for many to see if he actually exists? Can you fault people for having doubts?..."<br /><br />Salvation is not dependent upon one believing that God exists and sent His Son as a sacrifice, but your question was specifically: "Why is the existence of God so hard for many to see if he actually exists?"<br /><br />Here is one reason:<br /><br />"Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive..." John 14:17<br /><br />Jesus Christ knew it was not the time for the world (including both thieves hanging/dying beside Him at His crucifixion) to receive God's Spirit, which later will after that 2nd resurrection be poured out upon the world.<br /><br />God's Spirit in one's life is very important. Thankfully, God is not a respecter of persons. He will yet deal with every man (e.g. Romans 12:3) before all is said and done.<br /><br />Why is God's Spirit so important? So many reasons! Here's one reason: belief!<br /><br />"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power," Ephesians 1:19<br /><br />No Spirit: no believe. The world follows another spirit (Eph 2:2; James 4:5; I John 3:8, etc.)<br /><br />So no, we can't fault people, our brothers and sisters, for having doubts!<br /><br />The thief mentioned in this thread will be in Paradise, here on earth, later. He died. Penalty (wages of sins) paid! Anyone for double jeopardy in that thief's life...in our own lives?<br /><br />God intends to save all human beings, each man/woman in his/her own order, via only 2 resurrections (no need for a man-made, Satan-inspired, 3rd resurrection), and subsequently take/destroy Satan and his angels.<br /><br />And time will tell...<br /><br />John<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-16183455145386590302016-04-25T22:23:27.316-07:002016-04-25T22:23:27.316-07:00on April 24, 2016 at 11:02 PM
Anonymous wrote:-
&...on April 24, 2016 at 11:02 PM<br />Anonymous wrote:-<br /><br />"ummm, paradise is the second resurrection...the thief will be in the second resurrection...."<br /><br />How do you figure that?<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-23453415445973616872016-04-25T21:25:43.557-07:002016-04-25T21:25:43.557-07:00Ok, I will not object to the objectionable Ralph a...Ok, I will not object to the objectionable Ralph any longer.<br />Thankfully, I know he will provide laughs in the future with his "serious" armstrongist "insights"<br />Oops, I just found a leaveny crumb in my couch cushion! I think it's Ralph's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-45415598578821634602016-04-25T21:08:52.318-07:002016-04-25T21:08:52.318-07:00Please, please, please, Ralph, point out instances...Please, please, please, Ralph, point out instances where you have been wrong in what you've written on this blog. The more the better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-91286136241932994602016-04-25T19:33:00.049-07:002016-04-25T19:33:00.049-07:00to Retired Prof
Many thanks for your moral suppor...to Retired Prof<br /><br />Many thanks for your moral support.<br /><br />cheers<br />ralph.fRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094056276430807523noreply@blogger.com