um, I have to admit, I didn't go through all those quotes. I picked one at random:
Isaiah 45
1. So said the Lord to His anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I held, to flatten nations before him, and the loins of kings I will loosen, to open portals before him, and gates shall not be closed.
2. I will go before you, and I will straighten out crooked paths; I will break portals of copper and cut off bars of iron.
3. And I will give you treasures of darkness, and riches hidden in secret places, in order that you know that I am the Lord Who calls [you] by your name-the Holy One of Israel.
I don't get it.
2006-07-18 12:15:30
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answered by rosends 7
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Okay let's look at these verses:
Daniel 2 is about Daniel revealing Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.
here is an exerpt:
20 Daniel answered and said:
“ Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
21 And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
Daniel 7 is about Daniel's vision of the four beasts in Heaven.
Excerpt: 9 “ I watched till thrones were put in place,
And the Ancient of Days was seated;
His garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
Its wheels a burning fire;
Daniel 8 is the vision of the ram and the goat. Gabriel interprets it for Daniel...the kingdoms and Media and Persia and Greece as are to rule.
I don't see anything in these 3 chapters hinting that the Lord is a woman.
Isaiah 45: 1 - 3
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
1 “Thus says the LORD to His anointed,
To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2 ‘ I will go before you
And make the crooked places[a] straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the LORD,
Who call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
Here the Lord God promises to make the army of Isreal strong...to defeat enemies, to take plunder and riches of nations that will fall in battle before them. I don't see any kind of sexual inuendo, if that is what you are seeing. Nor do I see God refered to as anything but strong and powerful, and a help in battle.
Isaiah 13:19
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
Babylon is one of Israel's enemies...a beautiful and dangerous place of sin. God promises to overcome and defeat Babylon, which held captive the Israelites for quite some time. I see no reference to God as a "she".
Jeremiah 51:37
37 Babylon shall become a heap,!
A dwelling place for jackals,
An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
God here promises to help Israel and put Israel's enemies to shame. I see no reference to God as a "she".
Ezekiel 29:14, 15; 30:12, 13
14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.
30:12 I will make the rivers dry,
And sell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, the LORD, have spoken.”
13 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:
“ I will also destroy the idols,
And cause the images to cease from Noph;[a]
There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt;
I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
This talks about the Lord's faithfulness to Israel by him subdueing their enemies. I see no reference to God as a "she".
Here God is a strong protector.
Luke 21:25-26
25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
This talks about the coming of Christ (probably second coming). Don't see a reference to God as a "she" here.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
This says stay away from godless people. I see no reference to God as a woman.
I am wondering where you got these verses, and how you think they show God as being a "she" without some elaboration from you. I personally do not agree, and I don't see where you could get that God is a "she" once you read through these!
2006-07-18 19:38:41
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answered by Thespia_2000 2
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God is a spirit creature and doesn't have a flesh and blood body.
1 corinthians 15:50 Flesh and blood cannot inherit gods kingdom.
So he has no gender but he is spoken of as being male.
2006-07-18 19:15:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Taking symbolism literally is dangerous. Theistic and non-theistic symbols aren't It. God is not It, not tao, not the Void, not the Father, not the Mother. Words and symbols are tools in a dualistic world to try and explain something that is non-dual -- impossible. To take the symbols and representations as reality is to miss the point.
2006-07-18 19:15:58
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answered by Anonymous
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God is Male -
The only begotten son of God the Father (Jn.1:14, Re.1:6, Col.2:9 below), Jesus (the Word - Jn.1:1, Jn.1:14 below), His beloved Son (Matt.3:17), was conceived of the Holy Ghost (Matt.1:20 below).
Jn.1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (Matt.1:20, Matt.3:17 below)) full of grace and truth.
Jn.1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Re.1:6, Lk.1:47 below).
Matt.3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son (Matt.1:20 below), in whom I am well pleased.
Matt.1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost (Jn.1:14, Matt.3:17 above).
Re.1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God AND his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Col.2:9 For in him dwelleth ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Re.1:6 above)
Pat (ndbpsa ©)
2006-07-18 20:35:28
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answered by BibleProphecyOnTheWeb 5
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I believe that God is a "He". Besides, I suggest you be very careful about taking things and making them the way you think they are, for it says whoever adds to what is written in the scriptures, or takes away from what is in the scriptures will not let in heaven. I will be seriously praying for you.
2006-07-18 21:28:53
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answered by robin rmsclvr25 4
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What about those passages leads you to believe that God is a woman? The only 'she' mentioned in any of them is when the city of Babylon is referred to as a she. Not all of them even describe God at all.
2006-07-18 19:19:43
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answered by strausseman 2
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God is spirit, but is refered to as a he in the holy bible.
2006-07-18 19:15:15
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answered by ? 7
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U seem dense. You seem to purposefully take the Bible out of context .
2006-07-18 19:28:58
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answered by resilience 6
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No. But I am going to flip through some other versions to see if I can catch just what you are talking about.
2006-07-18 19:16:04
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answered by rangedog 7
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