"Live4Him" <brothers_bisp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3be437aa$0$57616$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk...
> Jeg tror det handler om Israel's genoprettelse, og det er en god ide at
> medtage Ez 37,1-14 om de tørre knogler der får liv. En profeti om Israel
der
> ikke er gået i fuld opfyldelse endnu, men opfyldes når det nuværende
Israel
> bliver frelst ved Helligåndens værk.
Her et indslag fra din WWW,adresse
http://www.exmormon.org/
USE OF THE BIBLE FOR PROOF OF MORMONISM
Mormons use Ezekiel 37:16-17 to prove the Book of Mormon is written about in
the Bible. They say the stick for Joseph is the Book of Mormon; however,
they ignore the next 5 verses, which is an explanation of 16 & 17. Ezekiel
37:16-22 reads. "Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write
upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take
another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for
all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another into
one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. And when the children of
thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou
meanest by these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of
Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of
Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand."
"And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their
eyes. And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will
make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king
shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither
shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: . . . " When the 12
tribes left Egypt each had its own territory. After Solomon's death they
split into two nations. The southern portion consisted of Judah and
Benjamin, the northern was the sons of Joseph (Ephraim & Manasseh). The
stick for Joseph represented the northern kingdom. The stick for Judah
represented the southern kingdom. God had Ezekiel join the two sticks
together to visually demonstrate his promise to make them one nation.
Another scripture used is Rev. 14:6 "And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people." If we continue reading the next verses the angel says to fear God
for his hour of judgment has come. Which is then followed by another angel
which says Babylon has fallen and by the third angel that talks about
worshipping the beast (anti-christ). This verse is not only taken out of
context within the chapter but is taken out of context of what is written in
the entire book of Revelation. At this point in the book, over half the
population of the world has been killed. There has been mass devastation of
the earth. The temple in Jerusalem has been rebuilt and the anti-christ has
entered the temple declaring himself as God. This is a prophecy yet to
happen, not the occurrence of the angel Moroni appearing to Joseph Smith.
John 10:16--"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I
must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
one shepherd." Mormons claim the other sheep are the Nephites in America.
Traditional Christian interpretation of this verse is that the other sheep
are the Gentiles. This view is backed up by Matthew 12:18 & 21, Acts 9:15,
28:28. We understand the Mormon view on this verse, because this verse is
copied word for word in III Nephi 15:17, 21 and is discussed in chapters 15
and 16 of III Nephi. We find it interesting that Greek and Reformed Egyptian
would translate out word for word into 16th Century English. It would be
interesting to know the odds of that happening. There are many other Bible
scriptures taken out of context or strange interpretations added which the
Mormons use as proof text. We would be happy to look at any of these with
you.
The LDS use Isaiah 2:2 and say this is a prophecy of the Salt Lake Temple.
However, in Isaiah 2:1 we read "The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem." This prophecy about a temple in the
mountains is clearly about the Jews in Jerusalem, not the Mormons in Salt
Lake. (Note this Chapter and following chapters of Isaiah are copied in the
Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 12 and following.)
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Erik Larsen
erik-larsen@get2net.dk
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bibel
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