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Moses' Tablets of Stone?
By: A nonny mouse Date: December 22, 2014, 1:24 am
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It suits my belief that 'the mortal fallibility of man pervaded
in the writing of the various books of the bible' if I conclude
that Moses' tablets of stone/burning bush accounts were not
literal and never existed.
However
HTML http://www.beforeus.com/commandments_iraq.html
suggest
that the tablets of stone really did exist having been
discovered in Iraq.
But that leaves me to wonder whether what was discovered might
have been an ancient attempt to 're-create' what never really
existed.
I see no problem with attributing the capability to 'burn' the
inscriptions with laser like permanence, to those who were
capable of building the Pyramids, if to do so also suited their
deep religious inclinations.
Whadya reckon Danger Mouse (the question seems 'up your street',
as we say in the UK)
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Re: Moses' Tablets of Stone?
By: Kerry Date: December 22, 2014, 6:26 am
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[quote author=A nonny mouse link=topic=46.msg556#msg556
date=1419233084]
It suits my belief that 'the mortal fallibility of man pervaded
in the writing of the various books of the bible' if I conclude
that Moses' tablets of stone/burning bush accounts were not
literal and never existed.
However
HTML http://www.beforeus.com/commandments_iraq.html
suggest
that the tablets of stone really did exist having been
discovered in Iraq.
But that leaves me to wonder whether what was discovered might
have been an ancient attempt to 're-create' what never really
existed.
I see no problem with attributing the capability to 'burn' the
inscriptions with laser like permanence, to those who were
capable of building the Pyramids, if to do so also suited their
deep religious inclinations.
Whadya reckon Danger Mouse (the question seems 'up your street',
as we say in the UK)
[/quote]The article looked fabricated to me. I googled several
of the names to see if they were real people. I got so many
hits duplicating that article, I had to resort to including
"-commandments" to my searches. I dildn't find any evidence
any of those people were real people.
The original real "Ten Sayings" were "written on the heart,"
Mike. Moses went to Eden -- to God's Holy Hill -- up the
mountain just as Jesus and the three went "up the mountain."
Moses like Jesus was transfigured. Oh yes, they were at the
physical mountain Sinai; but do not be deceived by that. The
real mountain was God's Holy Hill; and Israel was "under" it.
That's right. They were "under" the mountain. So says the
Torah in its "foolish" way to tell us not to read these things
in a literal physical way.
Some Rabbis say -- I don't -- that God threatened Israel to drop
the mountain on them if they didn't take the vow. They say all
the Gentile nations were offered the Torah first and they all
declined it. That I will agree with. But then they go on to
say God was desperate to have someone accept it and threatened
to drop the mountain on them.
It may be worth it to go into more detail. When God spoke,
Moses alone heard everything sensibly. That was because he had
no preconceptions, no biases, no dogmas. His mind was humble
and nonassuming. Thus he was able to hear properly. Israel
had their preconceptions and biases, and thus the Voice of God
was not heard sensibly and intelligently by them in full. It
is said the "trumpet" began to wax loud and strong." In other
words, the Voice of God was like a radio set that isn't tuned
properly to its channel that makes loud whistles and whines.
But Israel could and hear the "ten sayings," and those could
have been written on their hearts. But they resorted to
idolatry almost at once.
The "real ark" is the person. The "real tablets" of the Law are
to be inside the person.
If the human heart of flesh is not there with the Eternal Law
written on it, then God permits His servants to "write in stone"
and put them in an "ark" made by human hands. But the stone
tablets Moses made should never have existed. They were given
as an act of Mercy to remind Israel of the need to soften their
hearts so they might come to hear the Voice of God and have His
Words written on their hearts.
So far as I know the tables that had been in the Ark
disappeared. I wouldn't expect them to be found.
But then someone is always finding something or other or saying
he found it; and people are always running after such signs and
wonders. It's like the foreskin of Jesus. Just how many of
those were there? At least five or six, maybe more!
This also reminds me of "St." Helena who went on so many
expeditions to find this and that. What an inspired person!
Whatever she looked for, she always seemed to find!
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Re: Moses' Tablets of Stone?
By: clark thompson Date: December 23, 2014, 9:01 am
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I believe what the scriptures say about this as I do everything
scripture says. Moses first was given tablets by God those he
broke and then he made and brought some to God which were the
ones put inside the ark.
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Re: Moses' Tablets of Stone?
By: Helen Date: December 23, 2014, 10:24 am
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" And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone
like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the
words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest."
Laser like writing that remains forever is easy when God writes
it!
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