For those who believe in the literal Noah's flood . .?

Question

1. How much faith does a mustard seed have?

2. Know any Christian supply stores where I can get a needle with an eye big enough for a camel to fit through? Links?

Thanks!

Word: Thanks for the toasty warm Christian love! I'm sure you got a lot of Jesus points for that one; he's reserved a spot for you right next to me.

Wow you guys don't understand humor. This isn't a serious question, do I have to explain the obvious?

Keep the Christian love coming!

Answer 1

Thou shalt burn in hell dot dot dot, even though the first person doesn't even know HOW to spell thou...funny....anyway, gotta love humor, one thing it seems most Christians do NOT believe in...just my own personal experience....
-EDIT- Guess he changed it...

Answer 2

I pray that someday you will have an understanding of the Bible. First of all " A mustard Seed" Matt: 13:22 "Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree" A little faith can grow... Second Matt:19:24 "Again I tell you, it i easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." This is what God says. A man came to Jesus and ask what he must do to get eternal life and Jesus said to obey the commandments .. He ask Jesus which ones and Jesus answered "Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother and love your neighbor as yourself. The man Goes all these i have kept. Jesus said if you want to be perfect sell all your belonging and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me. The man became sad and walked away because he was very rich and could not part. His wealth was more important. So this is a way of God showing man that earthly possessions will not get you to heaven. We must set our sight on Heaven.

Answer 3

1. because it is written in old english (king james) that is why you have misinterpreted it, in modern english it actually means faith as small as a mustard seed

Matthew 17:20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."[

2. when he was talking abouy the eye of a needle he wasnt talking about a literal eye of a needle. in Jerusalem the eye of the needle was a small hole where camels had to pass through

God bless

Answer 4

Those were what is called hyberpoles. Or exagerations for emphasis. Like I told you a million times.
Like a neetle in a haystack. If you had an once of common sense. does sense weight anything?
These are expressions people use and it was used in his day and time also.
Like when he told the evil doer on the stake next to him.
I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise.
He didn't go to heaven that day? He meant I am telling you today.
Did they literally eat his flesh and drink his blood? NO!
But it caused many to turn away. It was the symbol of his flesh by the bread, and the symbol of his blood by the wine.
There was many stories that were not actual true stories.
But they were lessons to teach people. Such as the one about the wicked pharisees of his day. Rich spiritual leaders who he knew was seeking a way to kill him.
Luke 16: about lazerus. Was Abraham in heaven?
NO! so this poor man couldn't be in his bossom.
Colossians 1:18 says that Jesus was the first to be resurrected to heaven. Some had been resurrected to live again on the earth but not to heaven.
John 5:28 says that all men rest in the grave awaiting a resurrection. So neither was the other two in heaven or hell either.
Could someone see into heaven from hell? No.
These are all stories to teach us stuff.
for the pharisees it meant that the poor would go to heaven before they would. And they got the point. Because they were mad and went away trying to find a way to kill him.
Don't try to take the bible literally because it is written in signs and symbols.

Answer 5

1- you need to quote the passage correctly first- it does not say a mustard seed has faith- it says our faith only has to be the size of the mustard seed to be effective

2- what it means is that it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle, then it is for someone to get to into the kingdom of God. Why- because very few chose to believe-

Thanks!!

Answer 6

The needle thing is a saying, not taken literally (at least by me). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven. He isn't being hated on because he's rich, God doesn't care if you're rich as long as you share your wealth with those that need it more.

Answer 7

Mustard seed.....More than most people do apparently...

With God all things are possible. Even rich people can make it thru the eye. Rich or poor all must confess Jesus as Lord to make it.

Do you know Jesus? I hope so. By the way , why are there seashells on Mt. Everest?

Answer 8

Look up what the eye of the needle actually was. It is not a literal needle! And the point is a mustard seed is really small..

Answer 9

Actually, many cultures have had an oral tradition of a great flood. Also, there may be an alternate explanation of how such a "flood" could happen: read some of Michael Tsarian's writings. He is NOT a Biblical scholar type.

Why would you come on here and try to ridicule something you obviously have never read? Or maybe simile is just too hard for you to understand.

Answer 10

How much faith does a mustard seed have?
This of course would be from Jesus response to His disciples’ question. The disciples asked Jesus to “Increase our faith” Jesus responded, “If you had faith as a mustard seed you can say to this mulberry tree to be plucked up by the roots and be cast in the sea and it would obey you”

So, how do we take this literally? “Literally” means ‘according to the literature’. You read parables as stories with a point. You read history as events that have happened. You read similes, parables and allegories according to the literature that they are. To take them literally is to read them according to what kind of literature it is.

That being said, If you are saying that a literal meaning of Jesus statement is, ‘you need to have the same faith a mustard seed has’ This is neither correct in context nor according to the literature. The disciples are asking for increased faith. Jesus points out that “If” they had faith as (the size of) a mustard seed… It may even be taken literally as saying both size and nature of i.e. if it is planted it then grows. This seems to be the meaning here since Jesus says elsewhere that the Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that a man planted and it grew and produced many branches that the birds could nest on. This seems to be speaking about Jesus Himself who was crucified, died and was buried (Planted) and rose again for our justification, producing many branches (believers according to the literature).

The next cynical statement you interjected was about a Camel going through an eye of a needle. How is this to be taken literally? Interestingly enough, this too is taken from Jesus response to one of His disciples’ question. The disciples witnessed a rich young ruler come to Jesus trying to show, essentially, just how good he was but after Jesus made demands on this man, the man went away grieved. The question then that the disciples had after seeing the person who seemed to have it all together then be disqualified with Jesus’ statement to him ,“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” was, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus interprets His own statement about the “eye of the needle” by saying, “With man this is impossible but with God all things are possible” . So, to the question of how possible is it to fit a Camel through the eye of a needle? It is impossible. That is, It is impossible for man to save himself. God, with whom all things are possible, must be the one who brings all who shall be saved to the Father, through Him.

Now, how do we take the Genesis account? It is not allegory, nor parable; it is history. This is how Jesus taught it and this is how the Apostles taught them, including the Apostle Paul. “Just as in Adam all died so in Christ the many are made alive.

Answer 11

1) Faith "like" a mustard seed, you see - in other words a very small amount! (you see Jesus was using simile here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile

2) This is a case of hyperbole
"Hyperbole is used to create emphasis. It is often used in poetry and is a literary device"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

There are no such literary devices being used to describe Noah's flood - it is described as an actual historical event unlike the sayings of Jesus in these 2 cases.