I, unlike Baha, do not profess to be a prophet.
Hosea 5:15 -6:2 "I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt... He will revive us after two days"
After leaving, he will return after two days, which is 2000 years, with respect to a day being as a thousand years...
If you don't know the hour or the day then it's unfair to criticize others for not knowing it.
It's Hosea 6:2, not 3:2, and it's about being healed, not the return.
The builder symbolism of Matthew 7:24 contrasts with that of Habakkuk2:12, which follows from a description of Paul as the proud...
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live.
Ezekiel 16:6
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk2:12
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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Paul quotes Habakkuk, and there are connections between the proud man and the Pauline communion (blood & wine):
Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at...
You think you're more righteous that him? More vanity.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 53:11
Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but...
It's not unusual for people to think that Abel's offering was a blood sacrifice, since the Pauline doctrine of salvation is built on the idea that Jesus died as a sacrifice. The idea of building crops up in the Bible as well:
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye...
Well in that case I would argue that torture is not really "evil". The person's blood is on their own head because they refuse to tell you where the bomb is. They brought it on themselves.
But I also think that my argument is not really about individual, isolated events. Of course you can bring...