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Genesis – TP #4.1 – God Visits Abraham, part 1

Posted on October 17, 2021 | Comments Off on Genesis – TP #4.1 – God Visits Abraham, part 1

Three men visit Abraham in the middle of the day. Abraham immediately recognizes one of them as Lord. Does Abraham believe that God is standing before him? Either way, Abraham ran to bow down to the one he called Lord and called himself a servant.

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Genesis – TP #2.4 – The Genesis 9:3 Controversy

Posted on October 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Genesis – TP #2.4 – The Genesis 9:3 Controversy

Genesis 9:3 “And every moving thing that is living will be yours for food; like grassy vegetables, I give you all things.”

That sounds self-explanatory. Where’s the controversy?

There are no contradictions or errors in the Torah. If there were, then God made a mistake, and He is not perfect. If our understanding of some Scripture causes contradictions with other Scripture, Scripture is not the problem; our comprehension is.

The Torah provides a list of animals for food and animals we are not to eat, otherwise known as clean and unclean animals. Genesis 9:3 makes it sound like all animals are for food. And therein lies the controversy. Is it a contradiction, or can it be reconciled?

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