2 Timothy 3 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

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garee

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What do you mean, "as a will"?
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Hands and fingers are used to represent the will in the bible. Laying on of hands is a form of prayer, a work we perform to show our desire. Some pray in the closet . . God does not save by human hands, as a will

God has neither hands or fingers .He is not a man

Where does it say that Jonah was strengthened three times?
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For three days not three times. Sorry .It was three times for the first part of demonstration of the Son of man in the garden of Gethemenane . Three is used through the Bible to represent the end of a matter.

Where does it say that God vomited Jonah?
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Jonah 2:10
"Leprously"? Do you mean "leprosy"? Do you know what leprosy is and how it affects the body?
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Yes "leprosy" And yes I know how it affects the body .Do you know how or why it is used in a spiritual application ?
 
Dino246

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garee said:
God has neither hands or fingers .
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Scripture disagrees with you...

Exodus 8:19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.”
Exodus 31:18 When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.
Luke 11:20 But if I cast out demons by the finger of God,

1 Samuel 5:11 For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
2 Chronicles 30:12 The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
Job 19:21 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,

I suggest you do your homework instead of making ignorant pronouncements.

garee said:
Jonah 2:10
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Jonah 2:10 says that God caused the fish to vomit Jonah. God didn't do the vomiting.
 
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garee said:
Hands and fingers are used to represent the will in the bible. Laying on of hands is a form of prayer, a work we perform to show our desire. Some pray in the closet . . God does not save by human hands, as a will
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This is another case where your habit of using "as" only obfuscates the sentence. You could simply say, "God does not save by human hands" and the meaning is perfectly clear. Add the words, "as a will" and it's bafflegab.

Of course, if you took a class in basic English, you would learn such things.

By the way, the Bible never states that hands and fingers represent the will, so use that idea cautiously rather than dogmatically.
 
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Dino246 said:
This is another case where your habit of using "as" only obfuscates the sentence. You could simply say, "God does not save by human hands" and the meaning is perfectly clear. Add the words, "as a will" and it's bafflegab.

Of course, if you took a class in basic English, you would learn such things.

By the way, the Bible never states that hands and fingers represent the will, so use that idea cautiously rather than dogmatically.
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As a will makes it clear .As a hand would not. The metaphor would lose its value by those who literalize the signified understanding "his" in the parable (prophecy )

God is not a man . You need to get over that idea as a abomination of desolation.

Scripture is full of references that reveal God is not served by human hands as a will .
 
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As a will makes it clear .As a hand would not. The metaphor would lose its value by those who literalize the signified understanding "his" in the parable (prophecy )
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There is no need for either addition. "As a will" might make it clear to you, but it makes it unclear to people who actually understand English syntax. You have admitted that you hated English in school; why are you so profoundly resistant to correction now?

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God is not a man . You need to get over that idea as a abomination of desolation.
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I have nothing to "get over" because I have never claimed and never believed that God is a man. If you think otherwise, present the evidence; your assertions are not evidence. Your second sentence again uses the unnecessary (and factually wrong) "as" clause.

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Scripture is full of references that reveal God is not served by human hands as a will .
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No, Scripture has references that God is not served by human hands. It says nothing about "as a will"; that's your addition.
 
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