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Deborah-Leigh:

--- Quote ---so am i correct in thinking that it is not the physical act of humans being burned that is the abomination to God, but the purpose of the burning that
brings the abomination?
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Rev 19:12 …………the dead were judged (sentenced ) by what they had done [their whole WAY OF FEELING, and acting, their aims and endeavors] in accordance with what was recorded in the books. 13. …….the dead….were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their MOTIVES, aims and works] Amplified Translation

Ray has written an excellent example of the stout heart of King Nebuchadnezzar that was cause to bring upon him the demise of His Kingdom. The fact that God gave him the command to pillage kill and destroy was not the reason for his chastisement.  It was the arrogance of Nebuchadnezzar and the assumption that he himself had been responsible for his wealth and success, that brought him down. Pride went before his fall.

Pride is the guide of free will.

Arc

mharrell08:

--- Quote from: lauriellen on March 12, 2010, 11:29:17 AM ---so am i correct in thinking that it is not the physical act of humans being burned that is the abomination to God, but the purpose of the burning that brings the abomination?
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Not sure where you got that from, but the entire ritual, from conception to acting out, is an abomination to the Lord.

The statement from the Lord that this pagan ritual 'never entered his mind' (which is better translated 'heart') means it was not a heartfelt desire. Similar to this pronouncement from the Lord:

Ezek 33:11  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked...

The Lord takes no pleasure in death but, as it is written, 'there is a time there for every purpose and for every work' (Ecc 3:17) under the heavens.


Hope this helps,

Marques

Deborah-Leigh:

It is as Marques expresses lauriellen.

God appointed a time to suffer great distress and loss to the King of Babylon. God also knew that by purging the King of his arrogance through the deep suffering God made him endure, the consequence is beautifully illustrated in the following Scripture that shows us the nature of our Great and Wise Loving God.

Dan 4:37  Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Arc

lauriellen:
BINGO!   ;D     LIGHTBULB MOMENT!   :o

I got it! thank you SOOOO MUCH! . . . . .this has really been weighing on me.
just the way you worded it:


--- Quote from: mharrell08 on March 12, 2010, 02:18:14 PM ---
Not sure where you got that from, but the entire ritual, from conception to acting out, is an abomination to the Lord.

The statement from the Lord that this pagan ritual 'never entered his mind' (which is better translated 'heart') means it was not a heartfelt desire. Similar to this pronouncement from the Lord:

Ezek 33:11  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked...

The Lord takes no pleasure in death but, as it is written, 'there is a time there for every purpose and for every work' (Ecc 3:17) under the heavens.


Hope this helps,

Marques

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really opened it up for me..........i feel like now i understand Gods heart
alittle better.....i just kept getting stuck on the physical act itself...i
know that the verse in jer 32 is always used as a proof that God never
intended an eternal hell, i just wanted to make sure i knew WHY this verse prooves it....
thanks again,
lauriellen

mharrell08:
You're most welcome...all Glory to God  :)

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