Hi 2ndTimothygroup,
It wasn't an instruction it was a suggestion, because if you had read some commentaries you would have already seen the answers Gideon gave you, and you would have realized scripture does NOT contradict scripture. Secondly, I may have a bit of fun in other threads but I don't play games when it comes to God's Holy word!
As for the shekels where you think there might be another contradiction - Somedisciple has answered that for you as well. Note well what the verses actually say and not maybe what we think.
Samuel tells us what David paid for the threshing floor and oxen:-
---“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Chronicles report what David paid for the whole place/site:
----So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.…
Careful reading usually helps.
As I said to your earlier, you may want to look at what the bible says about the providence of God. Of course you may not that's your choice.
Isaiah 10 may help you to understand slightly, I say slightly as none of us can fully understand how God operates between His sovereign will and the choices of man, except that God decree's and ordains whatever may pass and man is still responsible for his own actions. Again Read Isaiah 10.. God decreed that the King of Assyria would be used to punish Israel, yet the King of Assyria arrogantly and proudly boasted of his great plan (N.B. He said it was his great plan)to crush the Israelites. Who was doing what? And yet the King was held responsible for his evil intentions and actions.
Lets press this point even further.. Who planned, decreed and ordained the death of our Lord on the cross? The answer should be resoundingly God! Yet evil men took it upon themselves to crucify our Lord. and will justly be held accountable for their actions. How does that work?
Saying that scripture contradicts itself means you have a very low view of God's self revelation of Himself, what he has done, what he is doing and what he will do.
If scripture contradicts itself then it is not trustworthy, or at best it is only trustworthy when someone decides which parts suit them. Private interpretation can be a dangerous thing.. which we see time and time again .
It wasn't an instruction it was a suggestion, because if you had read some commentaries you would have already seen the answers Gideon gave you, and you would have realized scripture does NOT contradict scripture. Secondly, I may have a bit of fun in other threads but I don't play games when it comes to God's Holy word!
As for the shekels where you think there might be another contradiction - Somedisciple has answered that for you as well. Note well what the verses actually say and not maybe what we think.
Samuel tells us what David paid for the threshing floor and oxen:-
---“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Chronicles report what David paid for the whole place/site:
----So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.…
Careful reading usually helps.
As I said to your earlier, you may want to look at what the bible says about the providence of God. Of course you may not that's your choice.
Isaiah 10 may help you to understand slightly, I say slightly as none of us can fully understand how God operates between His sovereign will and the choices of man, except that God decree's and ordains whatever may pass and man is still responsible for his own actions. Again Read Isaiah 10.. God decreed that the King of Assyria would be used to punish Israel, yet the King of Assyria arrogantly and proudly boasted of his great plan (N.B. He said it was his great plan)to crush the Israelites. Who was doing what? And yet the King was held responsible for his evil intentions and actions.
Lets press this point even further.. Who planned, decreed and ordained the death of our Lord on the cross? The answer should be resoundingly God! Yet evil men took it upon themselves to crucify our Lord. and will justly be held accountable for their actions. How does that work?
Saying that scripture contradicts itself means you have a very low view of God's self revelation of Himself, what he has done, what he is doing and what he will do.
If scripture contradicts itself then it is not trustworthy, or at best it is only trustworthy when someone decides which parts suit them. Private interpretation can be a dangerous thing.. which we see time and time again .
We don't know all things, we miss small details, nuances, and subtleties in the text.
The Bible often does not go into great detail to explain all things. Even major events can be glossed over with little more explanation than what is worthy of a footnote.
I believe the OP of this thread is one of those many examples. Clearly there is a major difference between purchasing a threshing floor for a vastly smaller sum than the price of a piece of land.
These studies are important, though, but jumping off the starting line with charges of God contradicting Himself seems like a perfect example of which attitude we shouldn't have toward God and His holy words.
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