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Wanda:
Psalm 104:

7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 They flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

lareli:
Does this story have to be accepted as literal?

indianabob:
Lareli,

I don't believe that we are on safe footing in our bible study if we can pick and choose what to believe.

If we accept that some statements are spiritual and others literal so be it, but we should evaluate how to decide based upon a set of principles rather than upon our feelings or what someone has shared with us.
Even the extensive training Ray Smith has shared with us will be understood differently by each individual. That is why the forum is so valuable as it allows us to examine one another.

My experience over about 50 years of Bible study is that I learned to correct what I once accepted out of ignorance.
When my wife and I were striving to raise four kids and tithe and make ends meet in our home, I didn't have the time or the resources to actually study correctly or to double check the meaning of every single word in a questionable scripture.
That was when I bought a Strong's Concordance and learned to use it.
Later when the kids were grown and bible study resources became available on the internet, I came to understand a lot that had been hidden from me previously.

In much counsel there is wisdom! So we need to believe that learning truth is HARD even when God's spirit is with us.
God wants it to be hard, so that we learn most importantly that without God's spirit we cannot grow in grace and knowledge. It is part of the lesson, to come to believe, that we are weak and simple and need the leading of God's spirit in everything we do.
There must be a valid reason for every word in the original scripture or God would not have provided it.
So it is most helpful to carefully compare scripture with scripture in the original meaning before translation has confused it for many.

Hope that my comments help a little. Indiana Bob

Dennis Vogel:

--- Quote ---Does this story have to be accepted as literal?
--- End quote ---

Properly translated, yes. Noah and the food are mentioned many times throughout the bible.

Luk 8:10  And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

As Ray puts it, you can shine the sun on it but they will never be able to see because they are blinded.

Joh 12:40  He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

https://youtu.be/DALXJvHxMjs

lareli:
What is the value of believing this story as a literal and historical fact as opposed to believing that the story was written by divine inspiration to teach spiritual principles?

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