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Fall Backward
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: OBrenda on September 03, 2008, 08:18:21 PM ---Ah Yes, ;)
The church I was in called it "Slain in the Spirit" :P
Being slain in the Spirit is a term related to the Charismatic movement and Pentecostalism which describes a religious phenomenon in which a person enters a state with loss of all motor control over their body and falls to the floor during an event perceived as a personal encounter with God's glory and power, usually associated with occasions of public prayer ministry when the laying on of hands is practiced.
If it was losing all motor control, how is it that they are stiff, no knees bent, arms right at their sides ?
Like the children's book the "Emperors New Clothes" it was only the special people that the Spirit engulfed!
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Hi Brenda,
Were you ever "slain?" :D
This stuff always seemed bizarre and even rather spooky to me, I really did not spend a lot of time in churches, checked a few out through the years but never felt "at home" in any of them.
I thought I was just too far gone to relate to them.....
Peace,
Joe
OBrenda:
I have to say No, whenever I went up to be prayed for, I was usually the one left standing. I went back once but, it was from the preacher pushing my head back, and I allowed my self to fall back. Keep in mind people are usually praying for something in desperation, and have their eyes closed! If I sensed that I allowed it, then it was my flesh, and not being overcome by the Spirit of God.
I do think that what Krista experienced is more Scriptural, as they use scriptures like when Saul was transformed into Paul on the road to Damascus, or When John fell as one Dead in the book of Revelations! If one "died" standing up I see one crumpling to the ground like a rag doll, like Krista.
I think it goes against the law of gravity & physics to fall backwards, without bending your knees? If your eyes are closed and you stiffen your body, you can loose your balance, and someone who pushes your forhead back can make it happen. Looks like the "Nestea Plunge" to me! :-\
People just really, really want to believe they have been touched by God...
Just my thoughts,
Brenda
Samson:
--- Quote from: musicman on September 04, 2008, 07:49:15 AM ---Well they say Mike Tyson found god so that's why he done ended so many fights knocked out on his behind.
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The MusicMan strikes again; ;D ;D ;D; too bad Mike Tyson didn't fall and hit his head more often, maybe it would have helped, then again, maybe not; ;D ::) :o
Samson.
hillsbororiver:
Hi Brenda,
I find it fascinating that you and Krista did not do the 'fall backward' thing, not that everyone who ever has is cursed through the age but is it more than coincidence that you two did not?
Earlier in the original post here I quoted 2 OT verses, here is something from the NT;
Joh 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Joh 18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
Joh 18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
Joh 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward and fell to the ground.
Perhaps I am making too much of an issue here but from what I am gathering it does not appear that falling backward has a positive connotation, here we have the men who are following the betrayer at the behest of the chief priests falling backward when attempting to snatch the Lord for the selfish gain of all involved in this arrest.
Anyway, I find this kind of stuff very interesting!
Appreciate the responses.
Peace,
Joe
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: Samson on September 04, 2008, 09:16:25 AM ---
--- Quote from: musicman on September 04, 2008, 07:49:15 AM ---Well they say Mike Tyson found god so that's why he done ended so many fights knocked out on his behind.
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The MusicMan strikes again; ;D ;D ;D; too bad Mike Tyson didn't fall and hit his head more often, maybe it would have helped, then again, maybe not; ;D ::) :o
Samson.
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:D
Ah yes,
The musicman strikes again!
Hey Sampson I tend to think old Mike is one who will need more than a couple knocks on the head to open his eyes, what a sad waste of talent.
Peace,
Joe
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