The Whole Bible in a Few Words

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soleil10

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I am trying to summerize the bible in a few words. I came up with 5 small paragraphs

1) Out of love, God created the whole cosmos for his children to be born on earth where they can learn to love and prepare themselves to enter the spiritual world where they can be with Him for eternity

2) Unfortunately, Adam and Eve, the first ancestors of humanity, did not follow God's commandment during their growth period and united with Lucifer against God, creating, starting from their family a sinful lineage and hell on earth.

3) From that moment, God grieving to bring back his children to Him worked to prepare a new foundation of faith to receive a new sinless Adam and Eve in order to establish a new lineage completely separated from Satan and through which humanity could be grafted and Heaven on Earth finally established.

4) 2000 years ago, Jesus was born after a long period of preparation as the second Adam in the chosen nation of Israel but he was rejected and crucified before he could create and establish God's sinless family. Satan killed his body with his precious seed but could not take his spirit. Jesus'total obedience and victory on the cross brought spiritual salvation for all humanity.

5) God once again is preparing with Jesus and the Holy Spirit a new foundation of faith to receive a third Adam and establish His lineage on earth separated from the original sin of the first ancestors.

"I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed and I will do it" Isaiah 46:11
 
The readers digest version of the christian cults creedo.
(Not a derogatory comment, just a factual observation given in a neutral fashion)
 
Namaste bobx,

Sol has asked not to be called a moonie, but a unificationist. I would think you of all people could respect something like that.

And Sol, bob is correct the teachings you are receiving are obviously engrained in your words. If you take any lines of your 'summation' the top hits are all moon or unification pages.

Of course if I were to do the same, Unity thought would come out, if Thomas were, Catholic thought would be seen...so it is expected.

My two thoughts on the topic are...

a. my short version would be decidedly different

b. I prefer the whole book
 
wil said:
Namaste bobx, Sol has asked not to be called a moonie, but a unificationist. I would think you of all people could respect something like that.
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Thank you Wil
wil said:
And Sol, bob is correct the teachings you are receiving are obviously engrained in your words. If you take any lines of your 'summation' the top hits are all moon or unification pages.
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It is the first time, I tried to make such summary of what I think the message of the bible is.

wil said:
Of course if I were to do the same, Unity thought would come out, if Thomas were, Catholic thought would be seen...so it is expected.
My two thoughts on the topic are...
a. my short version would be decidedly different
b. I prefer the whole book
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I welcome anyone doing the same. Summarize their understanding of the bible in a few words and open it for discussion.
I am really beyond denomination and individual religion
 
God created the heavens and the earth, the beasts, the plants, and a man and woman, and he said that all of these things were good. The man and woman, advised by a serpent, broke a rule that God had given them, for this they were made to have a finite life, and banished from Eden to live their short time full of hard work and toil.

The first man, Adam, was the first of the Israelite nation. This nation has many trials, and is guided by God through them as his chosen people.

Jesus, son of God, and also descendant of David, comes to earth. He grows to adulthood, travels from town to town performing miracles and teaching the people of Israel who have strayed from the path. His chief lesson is the lesson of love. He is killed, as he knew he would be, by the "wicked generation," by the leaders of the temple at the time, and by the Romans, though they are not chiefly behind his death.

He rises from his tomb, as he said he would.

His disciples struggle to preach his word as he has instructed. The Christian church is born.

Did I do alright, as far as non biased assessment goes? That's how I see it...
 
wil said:
Of course if I were to do the same, Unity thought would come out, if Thomas were, Catholic thought would be seen...so it is expected.

My two thoughts on the topic are...

a. my short version would be decidedly different

b. I prefer the whole book
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I (for one) would like to hear a short take from the Unity point of view.
Myself, I have read that from the Bible for years (allegorical view), but actually knew nothing about the Unity church until recently.
 
Now one could say....

There was a large void....and the void began to rumble...a sound some say aum, some say I am was heard...and the sound rumbled gathered the seen from the unseen in the void....

But that would simply be an answer to your child shaking your pant leg "Why are we here, How did we get here, Where do we go?" Questions that went on for ages questions which the text attempted to provide answers for...answers since 'given by G!d' were beyond questioning by proxy.

But in a few short sentences what is the bible to me, may not be completely Unity thinking, but it is my current level of thinking.

I've not a lot of time but I thought I'd slip a few ideas down before they slipped away...

The bible is a compilation of books which describe man's encounters and struggles with man, within and without, and man's stuggles with spirit, within and without. It provides insights to lifes pitfalls and the blessings they contain, it provides stories of each of our internal moral, ethical debates and exposes the negative aspects of ego and how they can be overcome by focusing on positive thought. It teaches not only is all the material connected with each other, but there is an invisible, an unknown connection as well, and that you truly cannot harm another without harming yourself.
 
immortalitylost said:
God created the heavens and the earth, the beasts, the plants, and a man and woman, and he said that all of these things were good. The man and woman, advised by a serpent, broke a rule that God had given them, for this they were made to have a finite life, and banished from Eden to live their short time full of hard work and toil.
The first man, Adam, was the first of the Israelite nation. This nation has many trials, and is guided by God through them as his chosen people.
Jesus, son of God, and also descendant of David, comes to earth. He grows to adulthood, travels from town to town performing miracles and teaching the people of Israel who have strayed from the path. His chief lesson is the lesson of love. He is killed, as he knew he would be, by the "wicked generation," by the leaders of the temple at the time, and by the Romans, though they are not chiefly behind his death.
He rises from his tomb, as he said he would.
His disciples struggle to preach his word as he has instructed. The Christian church is born.
Did I do alright, as far as non biased assessment goes? That's how I see it...
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Immortality, Thanks for sharing your understanding of the bible. Can I ask you what is the end goal of the message in the bible and how will it be accomplish physically on earth ?
 
wil said:
Sol has asked not to be called a moonie, but a unificationist. I would think you of all people could respect something like that.
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He won't even address me by my name. I do not feel like giving him any respect whatsoever.
 
Creation, Communion, Separation, Retribution, Restoration, Resurrection, Perpetuation.

All we are saying...is give peace a chance....(everybody now)
 
Sol, I don't try to get an end goal out of it, because if you look at the bible as a whole it's impossible to do in a non biased fashion. I mean, it's such a big collection of very different writings, trying to accomplish very different things, that I don't think you can really get an end goal out of it, unless you make an educated guess. But then, everyone's educated guess will come up with something different.

And when I wrote my summary, I wrote what the bible says, like straightforward, because that is how I read it. I just try to read it from the perspective of the people it was meant for, and not my own. You see, I don't get spiritual bolstering from the bible any more than I do from watching a thunderstorm roll in, or seeing dew drops shining in the sun off of a spider web. It's all good spiritually to me. But the bible is man's book. I don't believe that it's the direct word of God. And so I treat it as an interesting book, a book full of good advice and good examples and good inspiring stories that may be factually true, or mostly historically true.

So that's where I'm comin from. And those are my thoughts.
 
bob x said:
He won't even address me by my name. I do not feel like giving him any respect whatsoever.
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I just see you ranting as an oppressed member of a particular group that is ostracized by portions of society...and no consideration for others in the same boat? Interesting.
Faithfulservant said:
Jesus is Truth
Jesus is Righteousness
Jesus is Peace
Jesus is Salvation


sums it all up for me. ;)
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Sums it all up...don't even need that crusty old testament eh?;)
 
wil said:
The bible is a compilation of books which describe man's encounters and struggles with man, within and without, and man's stuggles with spirit, within and without. It provides insights to lifes pitfalls and the blessings they contain, it provides stories of each of our internal moral, ethical debates and exposes the negative aspects of ego and how they can be overcome by focusing on positive thought. It teaches not only is all the material connected with each other, but there is an invisible, an unknown connection as well, and that you truly cannot harm another without harming yourself.
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I wanted to rep you for this. Just so you know... :)
 
bob x said:
He won't even address me by my name. I do not feel like giving him any respect whatsoever.
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Bob X, that is so immature !!! 99% of the time , my username is mispelled or cut as for many others.

What is the real reason ?
 
17th Angel said:
The bible, in a few(3) words?

Prepare, for, dissapointment.
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All a matter of perspective and expectation I suppose....some added contemplation below.
Dondi said:
Creation, Communion, Separation, Retribution, Restoration, Resurrection, Perpetuation.

All we are saying...is give peace a chance....(everybody now)
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(waves hand in air) All we are saying...is give peace a chance....
soleil10 said:
Can I ask you what is the end goal of the message in the bible and how will it be accomplish physically on earth ?
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End goal message...66 books selected out of hundreds...2/3 Judaic thought...a number of letters from Paul trying to keep his churches in line... I'm wondering if the how many of the many authors would agree with their editors and of all those editors if they would agree with the compilers...
immortalitylost said:
I wanted to rep you for this. Just so you know... :)
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why thanx...(grins sheepishly). It was off the cuff as I headed out the door. Thought I'd edit it later but it is rather growing on me.

But now for something completely different (inpired by 17ths tune)
So we got this all powerful entity who does some creation, and then molds some mud individuals who get into beastiality, disobeyen, incest and all sorts and their offspring add murder, sodomy and all sorts of atrocites. So the all powerful tries his best to control the masses with 613 rules for his admiration and starts smiting, smoting, plagueing, tossing down floods, locusts, lightning bolts and red tides...he wavers with favors and furor for millenia.

Then one day seems to realize all this ain't workin so well so goes down under the guise of his son and other than gettin pissed at church one day, is pretty much preachin love and forgiveness, no more smiting (well that is until the end of the book and then watch out) but he backs the rules down to two...funny thing is from then on out the folks that claim to be his most ardent supporters have a hard time with just those two.

Many people find the story lacking and are awaiting the sequel.
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Yup tis a matter of perspective.
 
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