(September 4, 2013 at 8:01 am)Brakeman Wrote: So the unchanging god had to change?UnChanging God refers to God's Nature, and Law.
Quote: In order that the new testament people would not get fried in his presence, god had to learn to control his brilliant essence, in other words?No. Again God did not Change, God simply 'fried' Christ instead of the NT believer.
Quote:This is pretty much conjecture, as no where in the bible does it say to discard the Ark of the Covenant, besides it was "blessed" and "Sacred", just like things priests and pastors bless things today. Should not all blessed objects now be discarded? Is the junk man going to make a killing at the vatican this week?In order for your brand conjecture to work you must first biblically establish that objects are indeed 'blessed' in the Biblical Christianity.'
Otherwise one can simply discard the whole idea of blessed/sacred objects. 'sacred' objects are a carry over from idol worship. When the R/C church set out to coonvert the pagan world alot of compromise too place. Pagan holy-days and pagan practices like 'idol worship' were incorperated into Christianity. The first century Chruch didn't bless things because most of the people who worshiped had nothing to bless. Collecting and 'blessing' crap is an extra biblical 'religious' activity.
One of the most prevelant reoccuring themes in the bible is that in the OT objects were the focous of God's blessings. In the NT people received God's blessing themselves.