tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034398534949114566.post5728710697317684148..comments2023-12-02T03:36:06.287-05:00Comments on Facts, Not Fantasy!: Scientific American: OriginsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12565621013251370015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034398534949114566.post-58058233625260262242009-08-18T22:36:02.340-04:002009-08-18T22:36:02.340-04:00Oh. I thought this was Ivan's blog. Anyway, I...Oh. I thought this was Ivan's blog. Anyway, I thought you (or him) would be sucking my toes given that I even blogged here at all. It's not like we're disturbing all of the other commenters. The movie <i>Logan's Run</i> had more fun and jollies among the Sandmen than this place.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034398534949114566.post-3461341903885230322009-08-18T17:07:54.727-04:002009-08-18T17:07:54.727-04:00JD,
Wrong blog. Please keep the discussion here ...JD,<br /><br />Wrong blog. Please keep the discussion here to specifically the issues covered by this particular web page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565621013251370015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034398534949114566.post-40701501046104906712009-08-18T08:50:04.823-04:002009-08-18T08:50:04.823-04:00Hey Ivan baby, I took your question about the must...Hey Ivan baby, I took your question about the mustard seed parable to a prof. of NT and he just got back to me yesterday. I wrote...<br /><br />"Had a question (online) from one of the atheists that I interact with, this time on Matthew 13:31-32.<br />From the KJV<br />"Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."<br /> <br />When the words "mustard seed" are translated, what is the consensus among scholars such as yourself as to the variety of plant He is mentioning?"<br /><br />He replied.....<br /><br />"There was nothing about the type in commentaries but Zondervan’s Pictoral Encyclopedia of the Bible , lists it as the “black mustard” or Brassica nigra used for the normal production of mustard in modern times but prized for its oil in ancient times. Since the issue in the parable is the smallness of the beginning (tiny seed often referred to in ancient Jewish writings) and the largeness of the final plant (Nigra can grow to 15 ft.), this would seem to be the proper interpretation. Expositor’s Bible Commentary says that the emphasis is not on the greatness of the mature plant or the extraordinary growth (I question this part) but on the smallness of the kingdom efforts Christ exhibited in his earthly ministry. It looked very small then but would become the glorious thing that the Jews all expected in the end times. In that sense, growth is the secondary issue, but small beginnings is the primary one.<br /><br />I hope this helps,"<br /><br />There ya go sweetheart. Hope this helps.<br />JDCJ Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.com