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I have no doubt that Balaam had some gift from God, but I guess like many today he failed to use what was God given for the purpose God intended. All of us can misuse what God has given us and some [prosperity preachers?] seem to prosper [at least in a material sense] and because people also want to prosper that way they latch onto the preacher's lies staying close behind...
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I have no problem with them. Whoever Jehovah is, whoever the Lord or LORD is, is it not ultimately God who is our Savior? Is it not all in line with God's plan whether we understand every detail or not?
Yes, there are several Maori words for "stuck-up" or vain, each with a different nuance. Such as whakahihi which means arrogant or officious, while whakapehapeha has the connotation of boasting and bragging. Whakataupe leans more towards narcissism, while wairangi goes to the extreme of madness, albeit temporary as in ecstasy. So I guess the folk who translated the Bible (They used the KJV) into Maori considered those words not to quite have the same inflections as the meaning of the English word 'vain' which Strongs suggests an emptiness or perhaps extreme shallowness and a false witness. A lie. By translating it the way they have, "removing the sacredness from the name', I believe they have retained the original intent of the commandment...to maintain the sacred respect and holiness due the Creator, which in the KJV is not so evident.
It is essential that we follow Him wherever He leads us. He will show to each one that which He knows is necessary. Not every part of the Body has the same function. We should not presume to know the function of all the rest. We simply must fit properly in the body ourselves and be in submission to the Head. He will not misdirect us or leave out any necessary thing.
Yes He even hated Esau, but who is Esau for us? Is he not the 'old man' within each of us?
that is the cover story, yes, but when you dig into it it will not hold up, ok, you got promises to Abraham being violated now, all kinds of other problems, God is love, etc. Imo careful about chiselling this characterization of Esau in stone at least, ok
What I see apparently you do not. Who is it that God hates? Those who are unredeemable because of where they are and what they are willing or unwilling to do. As to inheriting from Adam, that was simply death. Adam and Eve were dead when they had children so all of their children were dead. Life did not come to anyone until Jesus brought it. Even then many did not take hold of it. Some who did take hold of it at first made the same choice that Adam and Eve did. They chose to return to death...
Lots of tracks, seemingly, various types or shadows of the one reality helping us understand if our hearts are open to hear His voice. an see His face. Jesus is the real truth, but there many types of him to be seen throughout the scriptures which can help us fill in all of the empty places and to move from seeing as through a glass darkly to that "face to face" vision.
