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I suppose the interval of time would be for the "badness" to wear off or something. For a eunuch, it looks like that would be their lifetime.

I see that eunuchs are given hand and name in the house of the Lord. I don't know that that means that they can then enter the Assembly of the Lord. It sounds to me more like they won't be forgotten because they don't have descendants. Kind of like Daniel, who was probably a eunuch. We remember his name up through today.

And the bastards? Is there a prophecy related to them?
 
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I agree those verses are sobering.

Are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented didn't need to sacrifice?
 
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That's a good observation. I know a lot of people like to say that it means that we are not under the condemnation of the law, but we still have to keep it.

Galatians also says that Jesus was born under the law. I don't think he was born under condemnation, he never sinned. Being born under the law means obligated to keep the law imo.
 
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That is very different from "teach them to ignore all that I commanded you since my ministry on Earth was before the cross - and you are supposed to ignore all of that scripture and teaching."

Ok I see your point.
 
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I agree those verses are sobering.

Are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented didn't need to sacrifice?

So then Dan 9 - has Daniel praying to God confessing his sins and the sins of Israel. No priest, no temple, no animal sacrifice.

In fact the temple was wiped out at that time.
 
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Wouldn't the Galatians have tended to use the Greek meaning of the word Faith?

I'm sure there were many Jews in that church, and many of the gentiles probably had synagogue experience. Were the synagogues at that time and place reading the scriptures in hebrew or Greek? Wouldn't most of the new people coming in have been Greek / gentile?

How does the Hebrew notion of faith differ from the Greek?
 
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It appears that, in the face of such compelling evidence, all the naysayers can do is effectively to insist that all Biblical texts are to be taken literally. Let the reader judge how tenable that is.

I have never met anyone who claims that Jesus is a literal wooden door in John 10, or that Satan is literally an animal-dragon in Rev 12.

Where are these "people" that some folks say they are finding?? They apparently don't post on any forums I have seen, nor have I met them in churches.
 
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So then Dan 9 - has Daniel praying to God confessing his sins and the sins of Israel. No priest, no temple, no animal sacrifice.

In fact the temple was wiped out at that time.
Does the scripture say that all of their sins were forgiven based on Daniel's confession?

And... are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented didn't need to sacrifice?
 
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Does the scripture say that all of their sins were forgiven based on Daniel's confession?

The scripture says that Daniel prayed for forgiveness of his sins and confessed also the sins of his people in Dan 9 without a priest, or sacrifice or even a temple in existence. Which is the answer to your question about prayers directly to God in the OT for forgiveness without any animal sacrifice. Also Samson prays and is given strength to overcome his enemies in the OT - without priest or sacrifice. All the prayers of Joseph during his years in prison would most certainly be without any animal sacrifice, and the Jews would not have been offering animal sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins during their 70 years of captivity in Babylon.

Heb 10:4 says that the animal sacrifices themselves forgave no sins -- not even one. So when Moses and Elijah stand in glory with Christ - before the cross even happens (in Matt 17 for example) that is full and complete forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ - realized in full for them - before Christ had even died.

Your argument amounts to "Father forgive them" prayer of Christ being of no value since He had not died yet... which is not accurate. The fact that Salvation ... the gospel ... has always worked the same way in all of time is what the Bible says.

Gal 1:6-9 only one Gospel
Gal 3:8 that Gospel was preached to Abraham
Heb 4:1-2 "Gospel preached to us just as it was to them"
 
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Do the scriptures actually say that the sins of those people were forgiven? There is something in the scripture is about God overlooking sins, that's different from forgiving imo.

One person who comes to mind is Abraham. It does say that he was counted as righteous apart from any works.
 
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As of now we are to be IN Yahshua. Is there any sin IN Yahshua? Do you think that one can be in iN sin, while simultaneously being IN Yahshua? Sin is transgression of the Torah.
 
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I agree those verses are sobering.

Are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented didn't need to sacrifice?

That depends on how you define sacrifice. There is much confusion about that word; as in many translations, numerous Hebrew words, with different meanings, are al translated as "sacrerifice." We need to specify specifically what we are talking about, in order to properly study this out.

I've started a comprehensive study on this subject here. However, it is still a work in progress.:

YHWH's Table (Part 1)
 
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Galatians also says that Jesus was born under the law. I don't think he was born under condemnation, he never sinned. Being born under the law means obligated to keep the law imo.

What is the meaning of the law for separation, and ritual purification after childbirth?
 
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As of now we are to be IN Yahshua. Is there any sin IN Yahshua? Do you think that one can be in iN sin, while simultaneously being IN Yahshua? Sin is transgression of the Torah.
No, there is no sin in Jesus.

Can we sin and be in Jesus? Sure, James says we all stumble in many ways. It's what you do about the stumbling that counts imo.

I think a better translation is Sin is lawlessness or Sin is rebellion.

I'm certainly not advocating lawlessness or rebellion.
 
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That's cool, I'll ask a slightly different question:

Are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented wasn't obligated by the law of Moses to kill any animals?
 
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What is the meaning of the law for separation, and ritual purification after childbirth?
What is the meaning of it? Probably some kind of cleanliness ritual.

Why are there cleanliness rituals in the law? I don't know. Sometimes they seem to have health benefits we can identify today, sometimes they just seem to be about keeping the Israelites separate from other nations.
 
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Do the scriptures actually say that the sins of those people were forgiven? There is something in the scripture is about God overlooking sins, that's different from forgiving imo.

There is no such thing as being glorified in the presence of God still having sin -- God tells Moses he would die if He sees God. yet Moses and Elijah are now in glorified form in Matt 17 - with Christ in HIS glorified form as well. They were at that point sinless beings, sent from heaven to speak to Christ.

I don't know of any other humans who have been "so fully forgiven" where the fact of it is more blatantly obvious than in the case of those two - before the cross.
 
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Are you saying that prior to the cross, an Israelite who truly repented wasn't obligated by the law of Moses to kill any animals?

A very different issue than "salvation by works".

And we see in the case of Daniel, Samson, Joseph, Israel for 70 years in Babylon... that such was not the case. Heb 10:4 confirms it.
 
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Well... James says we all stumble in many ways. How can that be true if we are in Christ?

Were Moses and Elijah obligated by the law of Moses to kill any animals? I think so. Are you disagreeing with that?
 
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A very different issue than "salvation by works".

And we see in the case of Daniel, Samson, Joseph, Israel for 70 years in Babylon... that such was not the case. Heb 10:4 confirms it.
I don't think we're talking about salvation by works. I think we're talking about whether any part of the law has ended.

Are you saying that no one in the Old Testament was obligated by the law of Moses to kill any animals related to sin? I know you don't believe we are to sacrifice animals today, so I think you would say that those laws have ended.
 
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