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Originally Posted by thephnxman
Problem is that man mixes their imagination in with scripture
(1) In naming his son Enos, Seth (Enos’ father) was professing that
ALL men since Adam are mortal (subject to dying). In effect, he was
also confessing that he believed the curse placed upon Adam: "...on
the day that you eat thereof, dying, you shall surely die."
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still, undeniably representing
ha Adam, as opposed to
ha Elohim.
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Originally Posted by thephnxman
(2) In that scripture, the definition for calling is: “to ask for; to invite;
to seek (after)”. WHY? Because until then, no one knew God’s NAME! We
must Remember that His NAME was not revealed to Moses until Ex. 6:3. Til
then, the NAME of God remained hidden!
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Well, we have
Why do you ask My Name? For it is secret (wonderful, unpronouceable) so i don't know; i was just repeating how a Jew would translate that verse. One must ask how they began calling on the Name of the Lord there, if it wasn't revealed until the Exodus?
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Originally Posted by thephnxman
Seth (Abel’s substitute) was a righteous man, and he influenced other
men to follow after him: and so after Enos was born, they “…began to
call upon
the NAME of the Lord.” In other words, they began to ask God for God’s
NAME!
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began, like just then?
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Originally Posted by thephnxman
(3) Seth and those men who followed after him DID NOT call upon
inanimate objects: Seth, et al, still had the testimony of Adam and Eve.,,
and Abel!
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making "began" there kind of incongruous?
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If anyone called upon inanimate objects, it was the lineage of Cain.
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boy, you'd think his line would
really be calling upon God though, huh? I think we'd like to believe this, but we have plenty of evidence of idolatry among the chosen, so the Jewish interpretation of
men (ha Adam) began calling upon the Lord is at least interesting. But i really haven't dug there at all.