{"id":14812,"date":"2024-06-23T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=14812"},"modified":"2024-06-24T08:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T13:41:54","slug":"old-testament-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/14812\/old-testament-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Testament Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hey!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I&#8217;m taking the Old Testament class with John David&#8217;s group and have a couple of questions from the homework this week.<\/span> (<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goingtojesus.com\/gtj_otcourse-1010.html\">Old Testament Course (Pt. 1) &#8211; Going to Jesus.com<\/a><\/span> )<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In our maps, which Mahanaim is the correct\/preferred location?\u00a0 Page 57 and 63 have it in two different spots.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Different map books will have that ancient site, and others as well, in different places, depending on the latest\u00a0theories of archaeologists and historians.\u00a0\u00a0If you have it close to where the Bible says it was, you are doing OK.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genesis 49:10.\u00a0 It says the scepter shall not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes.\u00a0 What does this mean?\u00a0 \u00a0(I&#8217;m remembering back to previous Old Testament class where we learned about Shiloh, and this seems out of order for it to be talking about what happened there.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>That prophecy had nothing to do with the ancient holy site of Shiloh.\u00a0 It is a prophecy of the Messiah.\u00a0 Some translate it as &#8220;&#8230;until he comes to whom it belongs.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Also, Genesis 27:46 seems to have a typo.\u00a0 \u00a0It says &#8220;&#8230;if Jacob takes a wife from that daughters&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 Should this be &#8220;the daughters&#8221;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thank you.\u00a0 I have fixed that.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I&#8217;m enjoying reading your translation for this course instead of the King James version.\u00a0(<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goingtojesus.com\/gtj_translation.html\">Going to Jesus.com &#8211; Bible Translations<\/a><\/span> ) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">I like it!\u00a0\u00a0Seems clearer and has been a little easier to read so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lyn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tell us what you think:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WitnessofSpirit\/status\/1805234671371842031\">https:\/\/x.com\/WitnessofSpirit\/status\/1805234671371842031<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I&#8217;m taking the Old Testament class with John David&#8217;s group and have a couple of questions from the homework this week. (Old Testament Course (Pt. 1) &#8211; Going to Jesus.com ) &nbsp; In our maps, which Mahanaim is the correct\/preferred location?\u00a0 Page 57 and 63 have it in two different spots. 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