Thoughts on questions on Exodus 21:7-11

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Thanks for this, Jim! It’s easy to see how these Verses can be misunderstood.

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A later post than usual! This took some time to research and plus I fell asleep on the keyboards after a long weekend of ministry! So here it is.

Last week I wrote a post on Exodus 21:1-6 concerning the passage as a way of addressing questions people might have.  It was quite well received I thought I have another post on the next passage: Exodus 21:7-11.

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Here’s the passage:

Now if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do. 8 If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people, because of his unfairness to her. 9 And if he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the…

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Do believers need to fear judgment?

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Jesus Quotes and God Thoughts

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Jesus distinguishes between two different resurrections in 5:28–29, just as Revelation 20:4–6, 11–15 does. But 5:24 shows that his talk about making certain people alive refers not only to bodily resurrection in the future. It refers also to the possession of eternal life even before bodily resurrection: “has eternal life” (present tense), “has transferred out of death into life.”

The body may die, but eternal life remains, so that the resurrection will be a resurrection of life, not a resurrection of judgment: “isn’t going into judgment” (5:24).

To whom do these words apply? To the person who hears Jesus’ word and believes the one who sent him.

It is Jesus himself. In John’s Gospel Jesus is constantly talking about himself, presenting himself in his words. God sent me, he says. I am his one-and-only Son. I am the Son of Man, who came from heaven. I’m the…

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Last Two Comics I read for 2022

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Another great comic review by SlimJim!

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Here are the last two comic books I read for 2022.  Why Comics for this blog? Because sometimes Pastors also need a break from heavy theological reading.

Batman Elseworlds

Doug Moench, Byron Preiss, etc.  Elseworlds: Batman Volume One. Burbank, CA: DC Comics, April 26th 2016. 523 pp.

4 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

If you are a Batman fan, you might be interested in reading Batman in different time period both the historical past and far future.  And if this describes you then this volume would be something you might want to get since it collects various stories from DC Comic’s Elseworlds which presents various stories that takes place in alternative worlds.  I really think this is such a cool idea and allows writers and illustrators to exercise more creativity artistically and with story-telling.

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Swiss Sunday

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A wonderful article!

A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent.

It just seems appropriate to recount this one small tale from a wonderful country called Switzerland.

I think it was back in 2010 and we find ourselves on a quite busy train heading to Geneva Airport, after a family holiday in alpine heaven. The Guard appeared and went along the carriage checking tickets. I’m always amazed at how effortlessly they switch speaking between German, French and Italian. When he got to us, I remember him looking quite sternly at us, then saying ‘oh from England, sorry my English isn’t what it should be. I will come back.” Sounded like we were in trouble for some reason, did we have the wrong tickets…..

After several nervous minutes waiting to be hauled off the train, he returned with an English Translation book in hand. He sat down in the spare seat next to me and with a smile said ‘The rest of…

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