Doc D wrote
God bless you all, Oro, Maruis, Señor Don Jose………with all due respect, reason and truth seem to have no role in Ed T's posts…….it is a ever changing target of craziness……..I gave up…..
Bless you in return amigo, and I too did try to give up on our amigo Ed; for some reason he decided to derail my thread on Tayopa so perhaps he needs to discuss these religious topics. I am only trying to oblige. Perhaps Ed does not wish to discuss it however.
Ed T wrote
Ah quoting Popeye! It is a most appropriate statement for many of us, myself included.
Ed T also wrote
All mankind is descended from Adam...
Is that the case? Why then are there TWO descriptions in Genesis, where God creates mankind? See Genesis 1:27 <Sixth "day"> , and then Genesis 2:1-2:8 - special humans are created on the SEVENTH "day". This is supported also later in Genesis, when Seth and Cain, and their sons are able to go out and "take wives" - yet these women are not described as daughters of Adam and Eve, clearly they are women from those "first" humans created on the Sixth Day.
Ed T also wrote
So if Adam was a Hebrew...I guess that I am...I do eat pork on occasion Oro though I prefer red bloody meat and chicken...I don't eat pork in Mexico due to the fear of those little pests pork may carry...I don't eat much seafood though...As for a lot of the other questions you ask...I made a deal with My Father when we conversed together that I would do my best to help him complete his great work...Which includes touching myself while watching backdoor babes and such while my wife and I are separated due to me choking for my lionesses...I wonder if this may have anything to do with the drought in CA and other eventsTrying to keep it clean here Oro...Maybe I am jest a perv...I am only human...
Was Adam a Hebrew? A very good argument could be made that Hebrews were not Hebrews until Abram became Abraham, and the covenant was formed between Abraham and his progeny, with the Lord. Science has now found that humanity has gone through several genetic "choke points" where we as a species nearly died out, supporting the ideas we find in the bible; we could state that we are all sons of Noah though we may not all be sons of Adam.
As to your personal habits I did not ask about them, nor is that a part of Judaism which you describe. In fact Matthew 5:28 tells us that what you describe is technically (in a spiritual sense) the same as if you had physically been with the females. Remember 1 John 2:16
Ed T also wrote
Oh...And I am strictly a King James Version type of guy...Though I have read many other versions...Book of Mormon as well...Even The Jehovah Witness version...
You are aware that the King James Version has some errors in it, and some points of translation that are debatable, right? An example in the term "Holy Ghost" - the Greek in the Septuagint (source of most of the Old Testament) has "pneuma" that got translated as "ghost" when it more accurately means "spirit" or "breath of life". The word "ghost" has spooky connotations to English speakers, which are not intended in the Greek original, and may affect our interpretation of the KJV. Just an example, we might run into some points of contention on the KJV. What do you think of the Darby translation?
Ed T also wrote
And I have read the complete New Testament...For some silly reason My Father has been trying to convince me that it is nothing more than a silly frog...The Book of Mormon too...He is even trying to convince me that The Song Of Solomon was written for Solomon's gay lover...I find it hard to believe that last one...hehehe
Are you claiming that king Solomon had a gay lover? What need would he have had for his many wives and concubines then? The Song of Solomon describes a male and female, not a male and a male. Where does it state that Solomon had a gay lover?
Not sure the Book of Mormon has anything to do with the Judeo-Christian bible. There is reason to not accept any other books written
after Revelations was written, see Revelations 22:18-21, the very end of the New Testament, and remember that in the Apocryphon of James, Jesus stated that the "head" of prophecy was "cut off" in John the Baptist, even made that point clear he added, "When you come to know what ‘head’ is, and that prophesy issues from the head, then understand what is the meaning of ‘Its head was removed.’" So John the Baptist was quite probably the last Prophet sent by the Lord. (This raises issues with the claims of Mohammed of course, which I will not address here) Anyway the Book of Mormon was written in the 19th century, well after the date of Revelation, so by rights should not be added to the bible, right?
Ed T also wrote
I don't mean to mock My Father in any way...I am jest stating the facts as he presents them too me...Go figure...hahaha
Well you have stated that Solomon had a gay lover, that Jesus may not be the Son of God, among other statements showing you have considerable doubts about the Christian religion; these type statements could very well be taken as mocking the Lord; I get the impression you are still learning, no?
You have repeatedly stated your question about whether you are "the" Chosen One, or the Elect so to speak, among others, there is a very simple way to find out for sure. Most of the Prophets of Christianity and Judaism were able, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to heal the sick and incurable. If you have been chosen to be a Prophet, then by simply laying on your hands to a sick person, and calling on the power of the Lord, you should be able to heal just as they did. Even to the point of raising the dead! If you find that you are not able to perform this type of miracle, then either your faith is not strong enough (by your statements it certainly appears that this could be true) or you are not a Prophet or Chosen One. Moses performed many miracles in the sight of huge crowds (including his enemies) and Jesus performed so many that they were used against him in court to try to prove he was possessed of the devil.
Ed T also wrote
Though I do come unto mankind bearing the Law of My Father as Moses did
Do you consider a treasure hunting forum, "mankind"? Wouldn't other venues be far better, for reaching FAR more people, than a handful of people on a treasure hunting forum, which you have stated you consider "silly" and how we are all gullible dupes? I can think of many other places and methods for reaching many people than just a treasure hunting forum. In fact this might be one of the worst for reaching a lot of people
There is an old joke, that if you go around carrying the message of Jesus, then you must be prepared to get the
same reception He did.

Moses was a prophet of the Hebrew people, do you consider yourself a prophet? If you wish to make believers of people, would it not be a good idea to perform some miracles? Just saying.
As you have some of your ideas about the End of Days via Revelation, I would suggest some reading, for a strong case can be made that all of the prophecies in Revelation have already occurred, in the lifetimes of the people whom were with Jesus just as he stated.
His disciples said to him, "When will the repose of the dead come about, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."
<Thomas Gospel, 51>
This site has many interesting articles, though the AD 70 fulfillment date I do not agree with (personally) the AD 30 date is a much better set of conditions;
PreteristArchive.com, The Internet's Only Balanced Look at Preterism and Preterist Eschatology
Translation errors in the King James version affect interpretation of prophecy:
TRANSLATION ERRORS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION
The Apocryphon of James, mentioned earlier:
http://gnosis.org/naghamm/jam.html
The Gospel of Thomas: <I do not count this as Gnostic, but many do, so that makes me a Gnostic even though I do not hold with many Gnostic concepts>
Gospel of Thomas (Lambdin Translation) -- The Nag Hammadi Library
Good luck and good hunting to you all, my apologies for this very
OFF TOPIC post, just trying to oblige our amigo Ed.
Oroblanco
PS while I was writing this, Ed T posted a new message:
Ed T wrote
I am jest trying to prove a point doc...The point being...Some people will buy into anything...At any price...
What makes you think you have fooled people here?
Ed T also wrote
I have bought many things in my lifetime...But I ain't buying into Tayopa...
I don't recall Don Jose offering to sell any share(s) of Tayopa?
Ed T also wrote
Just like some people are not buying into me being whom I am claiming to be...Or are they
hehehe
Ed it is starting to look like
you are fooling yourself.