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I’m trying to understand the “Watchman” passage in Ezekiel 3:16-21 (largely repeated in 33:1-9). Excerpting from 3:18-19 (ESV):
If….you give him no warning….in order to save his life (ləḥayyōtô), that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand (dāmô mîyyādəkā ʾăbaqqēš).
But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness….he shall die (yāmût) for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul (ʾet–napšəkā hiṣṣaltā).
I’m trying to determine whether “deliver your soul” means anything different from “save [your] life”. For some reason, each time the wicked man turns from his wickedness he “saves his life”, but the watchman, by his obedience, “delivers [his] soul”.
In the logic of the contingencies, these two don’t seem to be exactly interchangeable. They have different opposites:
The last I understand (mostly from looking at the more dynamic translations) to mean “I will hold you responsible for his death”. This makes me wonder whether “deliver his soul” actually means “not be held responsible [for another’s death]”.
Does “deliver your soul” mean anything different from “save your life”?
Varnel Watson
Let’s compare Lucifer’s Flood to Noah’s Flood
Gen. 1:1-12 & 20-23, Gen. 6:1-13, Gen. 8:1-14, Isa. 14:12-14, Ezek. 28:11-17, Jer. 4:23-26, Ps. 104:7, Luke 10:18, and 2 Peter 3:6
After Lucifer’s Flood After Noah’s Flood
Earth made waste Not made waste
Earth made empty Not made empty
Earth made totally dark Not made dark
All vegetation destroyed Vegetation not destroyed
God rebuked the waters Waters gradually receded
they hastened away away over a period of months
All fish destroyed Fish were not destroyed
No foul were left Foul did not disappear
No animals left Animals were saved
No men left on earth Men were saved (8 eighth day men and allot of sixth day men)
No social system left Social system was preserved
Caused by fall of Satan Caused by fall of man
Became necessary to re-create All things preserved
Shane Bellamy
Troy Day I don’t believe in evolution or millions of years.
Varnel Watson
Shane Bellamy follow the leads this is SOLID BIBLE proof only Not simple negation like you do Basic thinking like yours – I dont think this way so others are wrong – leads multitude to hell every day Just look at the cross-gender church who denies GAP theory too http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/the-pre-adamite-world/
Shane Bellamy
Troy Day not solid.
Varnel Watson
Shane Bellamy over 30 references countering 0 from you YES I call it solid and Biblical Just a simple denial on your part dont work anymore If you can pick them apart one by one go ahead … then we can do the comparison of lucifers vs noahs flood http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/the-pre-adamite-world/
Shane Bellamy
Troy Day your opinion a lot of those references you gave are a far stretch!! Many commentaries explain them without gap theory
Varnel Watson
Shane Bellamy likewise many more commentaries use Gap Theory Sorry you dont know the answer …