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