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Aired: 09-11-16
Bob comments on a Christian minister who insisted that Jesus would have no
problem with the gay lifestyle. Bob claims this is an impossible position to
obtain from Scripture. One of Bob’s listeners challenges Bob’s view through
Facebook. Bob reads the comment out loud and responds over the air. Bob’s
response leads to a discussion about Scripture interpretation in its own
rite. Later in the show, Tim, (who wrote the Facebook challenge) calls in and
continues the debate with Bob in real time.
NOTE FROM BOB SIEGEL:
Toward the end of the program, an interesting passage was brought up and we ran
out of time for full elaboration. My point was in fact made but I would have
preferred to offer more detail. Tim was referring to some words of Jesus:
“This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have
happened (Matt 24:34).
His contention was that the generation Jesus spoke to has in fact passed away
and His second coming (the event Jesus was referencing) had not yet taken
place.
I explained that the Greek word for “generation” (genos or genea) can sometimes
be translated as “race” or “nation.” And so, Jesus may have been saying that
Israel as a nation, the Jews as a race, will not pass away until His return.
When a word in Greek can be translated one of two possible ways, it is certainly
fair to say that we aren’t sure which meaning is correct. But this is still an
OBJECTIVE rather than SUBJECTIVE approach to Scripture. In this case, we may
simply have to admit that there is not enough information to know what Jesus was
talking about, although we can certainly offer some reasonable speculation
inasmuch as Jesus makes it very clear in other places (as well as this very same
chapter) that “no one knows the day or the hour” of His return. Therefore, the
“nation” translation fits the context of Scripture better.
On another note: Occasionally, I get a phone call on the air minutes after
changing subjects. That happened this week right after I began a discussion of
suffering. That subject will be continued on a future program.
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