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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2014 23:22:08 GMT -5
CHAPTER 12 |
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2014 23:23:20 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2014 23:48:05 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2014 23:50:03 GMT -5
Notice you have moved the word " everlasting" to a position that supports an alternative reading. Is Daniel 12:2 suggesting immoratlity for the wicked so they can feel shame forever?Daniel 12:2 reads "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." Firstly as I stated above, it is intellectually honest not to misquote or change the text in question just to support a personal view. Looking at the scripture as is, the latter group are faced with two duel eventualities 1) shame and 2) contempt. However the adjective "everlasting" it NOT attributed to the shame (felt by the antagonist but ONLY to "contempt" felt by their opponents. In other words wicked experence shame and they are eternally the object of contempt. To convey the idea that BOTH shame and contempt were everlasting, the logical order in English would be to place the adjective BEFORE the word being modified "shame" ie "to everlasting shame and contempt". You will see from the link below this is NOT what English translators do, rather unanimously they maintain a syntax that reflects the orginal Hebrew and emphasises distinction between the "shame" (the duration of which is not stated) and "the contempt" which is modified to be everlasting. biblehub.com/daniel/12-2.htmThus Pulpits Commentary refers to the rendering of the Peshitta as being "And many of those that sleep in the dust shall awake, some to life everlasting, and some to destruction and contempt of their friends for ever." Barnes Notes on the bible explains, regarding the everlasting contempt " in this respect expresses the emotion with which the wicked will be viewed on the final trial. The word everlasting completes the image, meaning that this feeling of loathing and abhorrence would continue forever." CONCLUSION: Grammatically it is inaccurate to conclude that Daniel 12:2 is suggesting that the shame felt by the wicked will be everlasting, in the sense they will be immortal, and in a position to feel shame without end since an accurate reading of the texts clearly indicates that it is the contempt (felt by the just for those that hate God) that will be everlasting. The wicked will eventually being annialated and no longer able to feel anything at all. (see Ecc 9:5)[/quote] |
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Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2014 0:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:21:03 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:22:56 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:23:20 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:29:24 GMT -5
"“I am sending an angel ahead of you
to guard you on the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared" - Exodus 23:20
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:29:58 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2016 12:33:26 GMT -5
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