08-25-2020, 04:34 PM
(08-25-2020, 11:38 AM)ImAHebrew Wrote: Shalom Jason, isn't it all a matter of opinion? Like the example I gave concerning the counting of the omer, one side has misrepresented or distorted which day the counting starts on, as each side believes their interpretation is 100% correct (but one side is wrong). The missionaries are 100% in error in how they follow the substitutional view of sacrifice that Judaism endorsed, and they have little to no understanding of what Paul wrote concerning sacrifice. It all starts with grasping how the Ashes of the Red Heifer can BOTH defile and cleanse. When that is understood, there will be no doubt concerning how sinners are separated FROM their sin...believing that "god" had to die in their stead, or believing that they murdered a totally innocent righteous man.
I'm the type of person that just doesn't care about how to count the omer. When it's time to count the omer, it's marked on my calendar and I just do the counting. I don't need to figure out when it starts. It's not my place. I'm not a leader of the people. These topics don't interest me. If I were a leader of the generation, I would take an interest and add an opinion. I'm more interested in the language and the text.
(08-25-2020, 11:38 AM)ImAHebrew Wrote: P.S. What is your response to the missionaries doctrine or teaching about Grace? How do you undermine that teaching they have developed? Or do you even go into that kind of depth with them.
No, I don't tend to go into things very deeply with them. I don't see any sense in "grace" as a principle. It doesn't seem very gracious when you require that someone believe something that they don't think is either true or convincing.