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And such an interpretation is ridiculous. There is no indication that neither Jesus nor the disciples would have been thinking about that when he said those words or when they heard those words. Context is key. Why read more into the passage then what is there?

No, not at all. The Bible speaks of such things elsewhere. There is no reason to think that he would be speaking of it here.

A poisonous lie??
How about a deceptive lie, or a snarky lie? or (as in the case of Eve) a subtle lie, a white lie, a mortal lie, a venial lie, a little lie, a cancerous lie, etc. Why do you choose "poisonous lie"? Only because it fits a warped Charismatic theology! There are many adjectives one could put in front of lie, all making sense.

The Bible doesn't have to record every single event of the disciple just to prove what happened to the disciples. Yes, they probably did. Timothy either drank something that they would consider poisonous at that day, or we would consider contaminated. It gave him "an ailment in his stomach and "oft infirmities" or "many other infirmities." They didn't always have the safest drinking water nor the quickest remedies. Sometimes things like that were downright poisonous. Water can get poisoned very quickly. In Moses time the water was poisoned. It was called "bitter" or Mara. Not until Moses had a certain tree cast into the water did was the poison neutralized. This was all according to the hand of God. And so it is according to the hand of Christ in the NT with the apostles.

 

But didn't you see jesus as being the brazen serpent in the wilderness, and so was he crushing his own head here then?

 

That is not an observation that comes from the OP and has nothing to do with the OP. Why all the red herrings? Read Luke 10 and address the context!

 

The OP (Opening Post) says this:

This thread obviously is not about Jesus crushing the serpent's head. Stick to the OP, and not all your red herrings.

 

the problem though is that when you get 'deeper' into the meaning of the text, the results are NOT what the HS would show you, but some other meaning never intended by God!

 

But we are not looking for spiritual applications. We are looking at what the text says. The text does not give spiritual applications. The text gives only one meaning. If the text says they shall pick up serpents and they shall not harm them, then that is what it means. Spiritual applications can be made by others, but an application is not what the text says.

There is one and only one interpretation; but many applications.
We must find the one interpretation.
You can make your personal applications later.

 

That is not true.
There is only one interpretation of that text.
The context gives us the interpretation of that text, not other stories in the Bible. That is why you are so confused. In fact you come up with downright heresy comparing Christ to a Pharisee, to sin, and so much the more by your method of allegorical interpretation. It is wrong. You have even denied salvation by doing so.

 

The devil used this line of reasoning when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness. "Jump.. the scripture says the angels will bear you up....." Still being used to tempt God today. "Pick up the snake... drink some poison.." etc. Using the devil's craftiness.

 

Yes, It was a very spiritual book to this woman also who used the same method of interpretation as you do as she flipped through her Bible turning from one verse to another. Here is what her Bible told her in reference to the will of God:

Judas went out and hung himself.
Go and do thou likewise.
What thou doest do quickly.
He that loves me keeps my commandments.

Yes, a spiritual book with spiritual applications. She was looking for the will of God. Do you think she found it? Is it the right spiritual application? This is your method of Bible study and application!!

 

True, bu the HS is not into giving us exotic interprtations from it!

take the intended plainand literal truth written for us to receive, unless the genre and context allows us to have another meaningas to what was intended by God it meaning!

 

What same old tactics.
That is your method of interpretation.
Pull Scripture together from other contexts and put them together.
I just gave you an example of how it is done.
Why do you reject it. It is exactly what you do.