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aron · 01-29-2024, 02:57 AM

Psalm 29:7 (kjv) says that the voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. To me, that hearkens to Moses and the seventy elders eating before God, seeing Him as recorded in Exodus 24. Then, in Exodus 25, God told Moses to build everything according to the pattern seen on the holy mountain, and he built a candlestick with seven flames.

God "divides the flames of fire" according to His good pleasure. We were conditioned to see "division" according to negative cant, but in this case the division is according to divine fiat.

So I think "One Spirit, sevenfold intensified" is not a necessary leap of logic. Second, there are seven Angel's, seven churches... does one imply one angel sevenfold, or seven Angel's? Likewise, churches? Why have one interpretation in one verse, then abandon that method in the next? The only consistency here is inconsistency.

Back to my first point - even if one took "One Spirit sevenfold" on face value, where does any NT usage indicate this was taught as God's NT economy? Rather, it looks like a late 20th- century creation, passed off as though it was formulated in the 1st century. Even if it were, it's doubtful that Paul taught it. There's simply no scripture.

"All Asia has abandoned me" doesn't mean that Paul taught intensification. It just means Witness Lee taught it.

01-29-2024, 02:57 AM	#476
aron Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Natal Transvaal Posts: 5,631	More on Intensification Psalm 29:7 (kjv) says that the voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. To me, that hearkens to Moses and the seventy elders eating before God, seeing Him as recorded in Exodus 24. Then, in Exodus 25, God told Moses to build everything according to the pattern seen on the holy mountain, and he built a candlestick with seven flames. God "divides the flames of fire" according to His good pleasure. We were conditioned to see "division" according to negative cant, but in this case the division is according to divine fiat. So I think "One Spirit, sevenfold intensified" is not a necessary leap of logic. Second, there are seven Angel's, seven churches... does one imply one angel sevenfold, or seven Angel's? Likewise, churches? Why have one interpretation in one verse, then abandon that method in the next? The only consistency here is inconsistency. Back to my first point - even if one took "One Spirit sevenfold" on face value, where does any NT usage indicate this was taught as God's NT economy? Rather, it looks like a late 20th- century creation, passed off as though it was formulated in the 1st century. Even if it were, it's doubtful that Paul taught it. There's simply no scripture. "All Asia has abandoned me" doesn't mean that Paul taught intensification. It just means Witness Lee taught it. __________________ "Freedom is free. It's slavery that's so horribly expensive" - Colonel Templeton, ret., of the 12th Scottish Highlanders, the 'Black Fusiliers' Last edited by aron; 01-29-2024 at 10:16 AM.