May 27, 2009 13:55
15 yrs ago
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is of purer eyes than to behold evil
English
Art/Literary
Religion
Genesis 3
Man has broken away from God, but God will not leave him to his lost condition. [...] Had God stricken the man and the woman with instant physical and eternal death, no cry could have been raised against Him. It would be what man deserved, for God ***is of purer eyes than to behold evil***. There is nothing that compels God to save man; He does so out of His own good pleasure...
Talking about Adam and Eve
Talking about Adam and Eve
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| 5 | Habakkuk 1:13 |
Peter Nicholson (X)
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| 4 +1 | is pure and should not have to look at evil |
kmtext
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| 4 -1 | His soul is pure and through this he would not look at you with an evil thought. |
Gary D
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References
| nothing to do with Adam and Eve |
Mirra_
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Habakkuk 1:13
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His soul is pure and through this he would not look at you with an evil thought.
It matters not where the phrase was born, or who said it, the meaning is of far more importance than quoting lines out of bibles and google searches.
If you have pure eyes, the eyes are the pathway to your soul and reflect who you are and how you think. If I was thinking evil thoughts you would see it in my eyes first, long before any actions were realized.
If my thoughts were pure and without condemnation (An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone) my eyes would show that I was caring and willing to help, listen, care, console, share, show kindness etc. There would be no indication in my eyes that they behold evil (have an evil thought behind them).
If you are of purer eyes than to behold evil, you are an absolute "christian" and I would say you are the most civilized person.
A quote of mine "When no man, woman or child looses a life by another then we will be truly civilized." GD.
A poem I wrote also..
Life is visual
You may not see but you see your future
You may not hear,but you see words spoken
You may not feel but you see love being felt
You may not walk, but your eyes walk you home
You may not taste, but your eyes see what is nice
You may not smell, but you can see the attraction of beautiful flowers
You may be blind, but you see everything in your mind
You may look to see the thoughts of someone looking at you
You may be pure of thought only when your eyes show pure love
Gary Duffy2009
I Hope this helps..
If you have pure eyes, the eyes are the pathway to your soul and reflect who you are and how you think. If I was thinking evil thoughts you would see it in my eyes first, long before any actions were realized.
If my thoughts were pure and without condemnation (An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone) my eyes would show that I was caring and willing to help, listen, care, console, share, show kindness etc. There would be no indication in my eyes that they behold evil (have an evil thought behind them).
If you are of purer eyes than to behold evil, you are an absolute "christian" and I would say you are the most civilized person.
A quote of mine "When no man, woman or child looses a life by another then we will be truly civilized." GD.
A poem I wrote also..
Life is visual
You may not see but you see your future
You may not hear,but you see words spoken
You may not feel but you see love being felt
You may not walk, but your eyes walk you home
You may not taste, but your eyes see what is nice
You may not smell, but you can see the attraction of beautiful flowers
You may be blind, but you see everything in your mind
You may look to see the thoughts of someone looking at you
You may be pure of thought only when your eyes show pure love
Gary Duffy2009
I Hope this helps..
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Mirra_
: Sorry, I completely disagree with everything you wrote. Your analysys just mirrors *your* thoughts but has nothing to do with the proposed text, its semantical meaning, and its phylosophical/theologica/religious message.
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Reference:
nothing to do with Adam and Eve
Habakkuk 1 (New International Version)
Habakkuk 1
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk's Complaint
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.
The Lord 's Answer
5 "Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
6 I am raising up the Babylonians, [a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwelling places not their own.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
9 they all come bent on violence.
Their hordes [b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They deride kings
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
they build earthen ramps and capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
guilty men, whose own strength is their god."
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
12 O LORD, are you not from everlasting?
My God, my Holy One, we will not die.
O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment;
O Rock, you have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrong.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
14 You have made men like fish in the sea,
like sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=42&chapter=1&ve...
Habakkuk 1
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk's Complaint
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.
The Lord 's Answer
5 "Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
6 I am raising up the Babylonians, [a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwelling places not their own.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
9 they all come bent on violence.
Their hordes [b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They deride kings
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
they build earthen ramps and capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
guilty men, whose own strength is their god."
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
12 O LORD, are you not from everlasting?
My God, my Holy One, we will not die.
O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment;
O Rock, you have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrong.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
14 You have made men like fish in the sea,
like sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=42&chapter=1&ve...
Discussion
the referral to man and woman stricken by God's anger is Genesis 3, as you indeed initially stated. If the phrase was a mere quotation, it would have included its reference (Habakkuk 1:13). Moreover, the "spirit" of Genesis 3 has very little to share with the message brought by the book of Habakkuk .
So... Did He spare our lives just to hear us crying and moaning??
Moreover, also the expression "behold evil" makes me think of a God that 'is not able ot stand the view of the evil".
And this sounds very strange to me.
May I ask what is the context (and purpose) of this text ?
thank you :)