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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:13 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:31 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:40 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:53 am
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real eyes realize Numbers 22, YHWH's angel attempts to smite Balaam, but his donkey evades the attacks thus saving Balaam's life. Balaam was a prophet (gentile, not israelite) who whored out his prophetic gifts to the king of Moab named Balak. Balak wanted to curse the Israelites and the second time he asked Balaam to help him do so, instead of listening to YHWH's first advice, Balaam asks YHWH again if he can go. This time YHWH lets him as long as he speaks only what YHWH tells him to speak. Balaam went off like "okay, it's all good; we can go curse the Israelites yay", however, that wasn't YHWH's will/heart at all; hence, the angel sent to smite Balaam. I always really liked this story because of how it corroborated that animals can see supernatural beings that we humans can't perceive with our eyes. razz Yes it is. Thank you for your very informed and clever answer. ^_^ The donkey talking is often something people who do not want to believe the Bible is the word of God cite as a reason not to believe. Weird I feel, since we know God can do anything, and making a donkey talk would be a small task compared to for example creating the universe, or a human being out of the dust of the ground.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:55 pm
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