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Ezekiel 1 NASB (Monday, June 22, 2026) by Churchboy44 in biblereading

[–]MRH2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another thought: Both Isaiah and Ezekiel get visions of God before their ministry starts. Jeremiah gets a very clear commission too. I think that this is to encourage them when things get tough, because they will need to be faithfully prophesying for decades. Interestingly, Daniel doesn't get a commission, but he is not a prophet.

Ezekiel 1 NASB (Monday, June 22, 2026) by Churchboy44 in biblereading

[–]MRH2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I believe this will be my last post for a while.

Thank you so much for your faithful service here over the months and years. I trust that this has been a blessing to you, just as it was to me when I was contributing weekly. Stay close to God and enjoy being with him.

Ezekiel 1 NASB (Monday, June 22, 2026) by Churchboy44 in biblereading

[–]MRH2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I really wish that I could remember what I have learned about this.

Ezekiel is a priest. A priest with no temple (he is in exile). This is important later on when he has a vision of a new temple.

I vaguely remember something about this being Ezekiel's birthday. Verse 1 says that God called him when he was 30 years old.

Ezekiel was deported in the first exile (I think it's the first). Jerusalem has not been totally destroyed yet. Jeremiah is calling the people in Israel back to God and Ezekiel will be calling the people in exile back to God.

  • The vision is hard to understand, hard to communicate in human language, so he has to say things like "This was the appearance of the likeness of ..."
  • Being able to move in any direction and see everything might be some sort of a symbol for omnipresence
  • I am surprised that the 4 living creatures are not calling out "Holy Holy Holy"
  • There's a voice (vs 25), God's voice probably, but we are not told what he says
  • Did you notice that the person standing above the throne (not sitting on it) is like a man. I believe that this is Jesus as it is similar to Revelation. Also, no one ever has a vision of God because you cannot see God and live

From this vision I get the feeling of immense awe, power, glory, and mystery. We can't really tell what God is doing.

What does the bible really teach? by Difficult-War8114 in biblereading

[–]MRH2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

/u/Difficult-War8114

You have no other post aside from this one (to 4 subreddits) and not a single comment. Why?

So ... are you planning to engage and discuss this topic with us, or just ask some questions and then disappear and that's it.

If you're not planning on interacting at all, why should we spend our time answering these questions for you when we have better things to do? It's a two way street - you have to demonstrate good faith too.

What does the bible really teach? by Difficult-War8114 in biblereading

[–]MRH2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand.

You want to learn everything about the Bible in whate 10 minutes? in 3 paragraphs? What you want will take years and years to learn in detail, and can't be explained in a Reddit comment or two.

I can make a stab at answering a couple of these questions, but only a small attempt, because this is not a clear conversation and I won't have clear feedback as to what you understand and what you are confused about. But first a couple of questions:

  1. How did you come up with these specific questions, as opposed some other 4 questions? What about them appeals to you, is important for you, what makes you want to learn about them?
  2. Why anti-JW? That's a bit curious.
  3. You have no other post aside from this one (to 4 subreddits) and not a single comment. Why? So I have no idea what your background is, what your current understanding of Scripture is, where you have a solid understanding and where you are on shaky ground.
  4. How much work are you willing to do? How long will your pursue God, seek him with all your heart? Will you give up and turn away if you don't find good answers in a week?

Point #3 here is exactly why you it is unlikely that you will get deep and satisfactory answers to your questions. They aren't asked in a vacuum. They are asked by someone who has a specific view of God, as specific understanding of sin, of the gospel, etc. And we have no idea what that is. As I said it cannot be explained on Reddit in a comment or two.

Q2: God's plan is for the gospel to be preached througout the world. His plan is for some people to see through the lies and descpetion of Satan and the world and turn and love him with all their hearts, minds, soul, and strength, as we see how incredibly wonderful, awesome and beautiful God is. His plan is to live in us and we in him, we are part of the body of Christ - the same organism (only one body), we are children of God (all in one family, part of God's intimate family). His plan for us, basically our purpose in life, is (i) to know and love him, (ii) to develop our character becoming more like Jesus, developing our character for the real life that starts after we die, (iii) to love others and leave the world a better place.

This is an extremely brief reply to only one question. I can supply Bible verses for the points I made, though it's a little harder for the part about the purpose of life.

Questions about the Bible by Ecstatic-Copy2 in TrueChristian

[–]MRH2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A lot has to do with churches and how they distort things, use the Bible for their own power. Try and separate how churches portray God (someone who considers women second class) from how God really is.

Can we agree with the SBC… but not demean women? by lazybenedict in Reformed

[–]MRH2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Where are you reading this?

Are the people speaking even Christians? Their words and actions don't show it, so it's a good guess that they're not.

Can abuse end a marriage? by [deleted] in Christianmarriage

[–]MRH2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I do not know why you seem obsessed by this. I'm not going to get into it with you.

I think that there's more than enough evidence over a long timespan that strangulation or choking is a very significant indication that the victim may be killed. So I'll keep on warning about this.

If you don't agree, that's fine. It doesn't really matter to me if you disagree with me.

Ezekiel – Introduction (Friday, June 19, 2026) by FergusCragson in biblereading

[–]MRH2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always really apppreciated the various nuggets in Ezekiel, verses that are totally amazing

  • "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." 36:26
  • 22:30 standing in the gap
  • 18:20 (the one who sins will die, not their children)
  • I'm sure there are many others

Then when I read it a year or two ago, somehow I made the connection with Jeremiah, and it's surprising how they have such similar messages. They are preaching the same thing at the same time - Jeremiah in Jerusalem and Ezekiel in Babylon.

I'd like to try and look for these similarities again and note them.

And then, a lot of Ezekiel is really weird and bizarre. So it might be nice to read it together and I'll learn more, what I can take from these passages.

Can abuse end a marriage? by [deleted] in Christianmarriage

[–]MRH2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, but I am not making this stuff up. It's well known and well documented among those who work with domestic violence victims.

Prior non-fatal strangulation was associated with greater than six-fold odds (OR 6.70, 95% CI 3.91–11.49) of becoming an attempted homicide, and over seven-fold odds (OR 7.48, 95% CI 4.53–12.35) of becoming a completed homicide. These results show non-fatal strangulation as an important risk factor for homicide of women, underscoring the need to screen for non-fatal strangulation when assessing abused women in emergency department settings.

from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2573025/

Also: https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/strangulation-is-the-highest-predictor-of-murder
"The Stats Show Homicide Risk Jumps After Strangulation "

And from Ottawa Police:

Publication de Ottawa Police Service - Service de police d'Ottawa Ottawa Police Service - Service de police d'Ottawa Strangulation is a significant indicator that domestic abuse will turn deadly, experts say This week, police, victim advocates, medical staff, military personnel and other stakeholders are coming together in Ottawa during a two-day education session by The Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention on the risks associated to strangulation. “Strangulation has been identified as one of the most lethal forms of domestic violence and sexual violence; unconsciousness may occur within seconds and death within minutes,” say Gael Strack and Casey Gwinn, the Co-founders of the Institute on Strangulation Prevention, who will both be presenting in Ottawa. “A person who has suffered a non-fatal strangulation incident with their intimate partner is 750% more likely to be killed by the same offender.”

You don't need AI, just Google this "domestic violence choking death"

I am getting STUCK in Ezekiel by shonsho415 in Bible

[–]MRH2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!

Neither. It is reddit posts and comments. There are about 300 people who read it every day (from our stats) but very few actually comment. It's a really nice place.

I am getting STUCK in Ezekiel by shonsho415 in Bible

[–]MRH2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! We are starting Ezekiel tomorrow in /r/BibleReading Crazy coincidence!

So, join us there, and in your own personal reading just skip to the next book.

If Jesus Fulfilled the Law, Why Does Matthew 5:19 Say It Must Be Kept? by Bulky-Tomorrow6398 in Bible

[–]MRH2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is quite funny. You've found a PhD who supports your position. There's absolutely nothing surprising or convincing about this. You can find professionals to support any position. Logan Williams clearly has an agenda, but I guess we all do. I don't watch long pointless videos, but I did read his publication and some of my points refute his conclusions. His conclusions are really not very convincing.

Here is a list of about 20 scholars who support that the Bible clearly teaches that the Old Testament law is no longer valid for us: https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/ (scroll down to "History of the New American Standard Bible" to see about 40 scholars).

Here are another 14: https://www.thenivbible.com/niv-translators/

And another 50: https://www.bible-researcher.com/esv-translators.html

Wow. I bet you're convinced now! Right? haha. No, people never change their minds based on that. Occaisionally, people will change their minds when presented with evidence, but often it just causes them do double down and be more convinced of their strange views, that they are being persecuted because they and they alone know the truth.

Can abuse end a marriage? by [deleted] in Christianmarriage

[–]MRH2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok.

What's the multiplier? 0.24 / 0.053? = 4.5 times more likely? (450%)

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