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Bob Utley · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Utley summarizes the proposed explanations of the camel/eye of a needle hyperbole - There have been several theories to describe this statement: (1) the term “needle’s eye” refers to a small gate in the wall of Jerusalem only a pedestrian could walk through; (2) the term “camel” (kamēlon) has been mistranslated and is really the term “rope” (kamilon); (3) this is Oriental exaggeration to make a point (cf. Lk 6:41); or (4) this was a common proverb for the impossible. I believe either # 3 or #4 is correct. Number 1 has no historical corroboration and #2 is first found in one late uncial Greek manuscript and a few minuscule manuscripts Our Lord Jesus used another metaphor, contrasting 2 gates, to describe the way that leads to life, the road that enters into the Kingdom of God... “Enter (a command - aorist imperative = Speaks of necessity and even urgency and only possible by a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit) through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 “For (term of explanation) the gate is small and the way is narrow (Jn 10:9, Jn 14:6) that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Mt 7:13-14+) Camel (2574)(kamelos) means camel and was used to refer to John's clothing (Mt 3:4, Mk 1:6). Kamelos is used by Jesus in Mt 23:24 rebuking the scribes and Pharisees as '“blind guides, who strain out a gnat (smallest ceremonially unclean insect) and swallow a camel (largest unclean animal, both unclean and prohibited for food)" which means they were over zealous regarding small matters and careless in important matters.
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Utley adds "In Greek there are three terms for life (bios and psuchē - earthly life and zoē - spiritual life). This is not chronological life, but life in fellowship with God, life as it was meant to be!"
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Utley comments that "Many of Jesus’ teachings did not make sense to the Apostles until after the resurrection and the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost (cf. John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13–15). They could not yet see the fullness of the gospel message because it was so different from what they had been taught and were expecting." Rod Mattoon - Theologian Louis Lapides states that when you look at the life of Jesus, you will find that He fulfilled 48 Old Testament prophecies including His birth by a virgin in Bethlehem, His betrayal, His bloody suffering and crucifixion. The odds that Jesus would fulfill all these predictions are astronomical. Statistical calculations by mathematician Peter Stoner confirm this. He found that the probability of any one person fulfilling forty-eight messianic prophesies is one chance in a trillion,81 trillion, trillion... and seven more trillions! If you will not accept the Bible at face value, then accept the statistical calculations of mathematics which confirm that Jesus is the Messiah. Don't go through life with clueless sight. Realize what Jesus said is true. (Treasures from the Scriptures)