by Enyalie » January 11th, 2006, 10:35 am
'"My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name is great among the nations," Says the Lord Almighty'
Malachi 1:11, NIV
For those of you who were curious. No claws here ;)
Of course, the context here seems to have something to do with telling some priests about their faithlessness, (basically the whole chapter is something to the effect of Where's the respect? "My name is great among the nations' but you priests profane it by... bunch of naughty things priests were doing like sacrificing blind or diseased animals and generally being contemptuous) rather than commanding anybody regarding the specific use of incense or lack thereof, so I fail to see the relevancy...
I may be misunderstanding the intention of the original post, but I don't think I'm the only one. If you must preach to us about how God supposedly said things should be done... well, don't, actually. But it helps if your reference actually WORKS.
(Okay, just a teensy bit of a glimpse of maybe potential claw...)
Sigh... I just got involved in an off-topic religious arugment. Tsk, tsk, me. But I think CS Lewis would have disapproved of the use of invalid biblical arguments, out of place or not...
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart”
-C.S. Lewis