Yes. Israel and Ephraim are often interchangeable...
The prophets used the terms "Ephraim", "Joseph", and "Israel" interchangeably, speaking of the same entity, the Northern Kingdom of Israel, the House of Israel, or the House of Joseph.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_and_Judah...
This whole thing of imputed righteousness is a wrong headed notion and IMHO a very dangerous idea because it leads to moral complacency. Righteousness is when you aspire to keep God's commandments, when you love God and your neighbor as yourself. That's the only kind of righteousness that's real.
That is true but in the context of Christianity and a Covenant where our righteousness is given graciously by God because of our faith in what He has done in sending Jesus to die for us there is a problem in us then turning around and trying to establish our own righteousness by our keeping of...
The word of God is where we get most of our knowledge about God. The New Covenant then offers knowledge about God and offers a personal knowing of God from our experience of Him and from His Spirit in us. His word also tells us that we will know what He wants and cause us to walk in His...
Hosea 11:1 is about Israel not Jesus. Keep in mind the rivalry between Judea and Israel. Israel (Ephraim) was more prosperous and Judea despised them as Hellenized half breeds.. Judea is always bad mouthing Israel in scripture.
Jesus = Gods master worker of Proverbs 8--It is him speaking. He explains that it was difficult for God to create him DIRECT. He wasn't named Jesus at Prov 8. It is not YHWH speaking at Prov 8.
What does "firstborn" mean if it doesn't mean "first created"?
[12-A] Firstborn?
The WTS [Watch Tower & Tract Society, the Jehovah's Witness's organization] will often quote Colossians 1:15, and ask. “How can Jesus be God, since Jesus is called the 'firstborn of every creature'?” They...
Good, I want to look at this word "tree" a bit, ok, and show that it too in the natural, and in scripture shows the "cross":
The “tree”, as a whole itself, is made up of “sticks” [Hebrew: H6086, same as the word “tree” in Deuteronomy 21:22,23], see Numbers 15:32,33:
Numbers 15:32 - And while...
Your rejection of the clear teaching of the scriptures is noted by the absurd amount of pretzel-twisting you employ with that nonsense. God's Word says Jesus was the first of God's creative works. You say otherwise, ergo you reject God's Word, the Bible.
Let's deal with the "firstborn" stuff:
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
[12-A] Firstborn?
The WTS [Watch Tower & Tract Society, the Jehovah's Witness's organization] will often quote Colossians 1:15, and ask. “How can Jesus be God, since Jesus is called the 'firstborn of every creature'?” They...
1. Why not? There are many instances where indefinite articles are inserted for clarity. No one complains about those because they are supported by the immediate and broader context of scripture. No different with Joh 1:1.
2. Yes. Jesus in His preincarnate state was "a" God as in one of the...
Hi James,
Why put an “a” for God? So you did not agree that the Word was God?
It is accepted that Eve is the mother of all human race since she is created by God as the first woman.
It says she is the mother of all living, and yet you forced to change the meaning to become a mother of...
You are just plain wrong. We have a lot of info on this subject - which is why I included Christian articles, Jewish teachings, and books on the subject - as well as the actual verses.
Leviticus 27:29 is NOT talking about criminals.
How you think you can turn someone DEVOTED - a sacrifice -...
" Ritual Murder " ? where did they get the idea of ritual murder.
Ezekiel chapter 20 is a history of Israel's ( Not God's ) rebellion. They polluted ' themselves ' -> Ezekiel 20:31-33
Israel's first born sons were given in service to God as Levites to serve at the temple. -> Numbers 8:14-16...
Of the two, morality and sacrifice, morality is the more valuable. That is not to say, sacrifice is valueless. That was the message of the prophets over and over. If God did not want sacrifice from the Jews then much of Jewish scripture would not be in agreement. God is not the author of confusion.
Micah6:7-8 "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly...