http://www.geocreationism.com/2006/11/22/jesus-on-mount-sinai/ Geocreationism - Showing harmony between mainstream science and scripture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.geocreationism.com/2006/11/22/jesus-on-mount-sinai/#comment-178 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:40:08 +0000 http://www.geocreationism.com/2006/11/22/jesus-on-mount-sinai/#comment-178 [...] Now, how does this inform us on whether the earth is young or old?  Well, it doesn’t.  In fact, what it does say is that Genesis isn’t as easy to understand as one would think.  Now I am not saying the Children of Israel felt clueless about this, because they did not.  In fact, the Children of Israel were certain that Moses was simply referring to God’s majesty with the word Elohim, elevating Him to a place that only He can hold.  Well, it is true that God holds a position elevated above all kings, but that was not Moses’ point.  Do you know how I know?  Because Moses knew Jesus.  I cover this in detail in, “Jesus on Mount Sinai“, but basically Jesus visited Moses in His tent, and then transfigured before Moses two times: once on Mount Sinai showing Moses His back, and once on the Mount of Transfiguration showing Moses His face (Matthew 17).  Given Moses’ knowledge of God’s triune nature, it makes sense that he would call God Elohim. [...] […] Now, how does this inform us on whether the earth is young or old?  Well, it doesn’t.  In fact, what it does say is that Genesis isn’t as easy to understand as one would think.  Now I am not saying the Children of Israel felt clueless about this, because they did not.  In fact, the Children of Israel were certain that Moses was simply referring to God’s majesty with the word Elohim, elevating Him to a place that only He can hold.  Well, it is true that God holds a position elevated above all kings, but that was not Moses’ point.  Do you know how I know?  Because Moses knew Jesus.  I cover this in detail in, “Jesus on Mount Sinai“, but basically Jesus visited Moses in His tent, and then transfigured before Moses two times: once on Mount Sinai showing Moses His back, and once on the Mount of Transfiguration showing Moses His face (Matthew 17).  Given Moses’ knowledge of God’s triune nature, it makes sense that he would call God Elohim. […]

]]> http://www.geocreationism.com/2006/11/22/jesus-on-mount-sinai/#comment-54 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:22:24 +0000 http://www.geocreationism.com/2006/11/22/jesus-on-mount-sinai/#comment-54 [...] Notice that in both the Old and New Testaments, the Holy Spirit’s presence is marked by the apparent physical manifestation of a cloud.  In “Jesus on Mount Sinai“, I make the case that the member of the Godhead who talked to Moses in his tent, “face to face, as a man speaks to a friend,” (Exodus 33:11) was a preincarnate Jesus.  This implies Jesus used the Holy Spirit, in the form of a cloud (Ex: 33:9), as His transport.  If He did this with Moses, He could have done this at Creation. [...] […] Notice that in both the Old and New Testaments, the Holy Spirit’s presence is marked by the apparent physical manifestation of a cloud.  In “Jesus on Mount Sinai“, I make the case that the member of the Godhead who talked to Moses in his tent, “face to face, as a man speaks to a friend,” (Exodus 33:11) was a preincarnate Jesus.  This implies Jesus used the Holy Spirit, in the form of a cloud (Ex: 33:9), as His transport.  If He did this with Moses, He could have done this at Creation. […]

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