The Warning Notice: Midrash Bible Studies, #1

By Raymond Creed

This study uses a Peshar Midrash to explore the question 'Does God Reveal His Future Plans to His People and if so how?' It carefully examines the differences between the prophecies of Scripture and the type of prophetic gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14. The notion of global revival in which the Church will triumphantly emerge to rule the nations is refuted on the grounds that it is unbiblical and damaging because it creates unrealistic expectations that when frustrated can lead people to abandon the faith altogether. Helpful definition lists, summaries and study questions for individual and group reflection are included.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raymond Creed
• Release date: Jan 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393643623

Raymond Creed

Published Under the Pen Name of Raymond Creed On Lulu Publications Facing the Unthinkable (2010) (What the Jewish People May Feel When They Find their True Messiah) The 52 Attributes of God (2011) (A Bible-Based Analysis of the Attributes of God – With Particular Reference to the Relationship between Divine Holiness and Divine Love) The Leeds Liturgy (2010) (A Prayer Book enabling Christians to ‘Worship God in Spirit and in Truth’) The Phantom Conflict (2010) (Bible teaching on the relationship between divine holiness and divine love in connection with Christian idolatry and the need for a balanced Christian life) Reaching Across the Chasm (2019) (An Unlikely Dialogue between a Male Religious Conservative and a Christian Lesbian Writer) Ancient Passions (2020) (Exploring the Spiritual Crisis of our Time) How I Became  Christian Regarding becoming Christian I was: - 1. Led by the Revd Richard Bolt to ask Jesus Christ into my life at a boys’ camp in Croyde North Devon, during August 1968 (and in late August 1969 and 1970 because I lacked assurance) 2. Finally re-born through receiving a direct vision of Christ at a Student Christian Union meeting (held in a student flat in Newcastle upon Tyne) on Saturday, 18th October 1975 (around 8.00p.m) 3. Baptized in the Holy Spirit at a prayer meeting on Thursday, 27th November 1975 (began to pray with tongues the following Monday evening) 4. Given a full immersion (Trinitarian) water baptism on the evening of Sunday, 5th September 1976.

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THE WARNING NOTICE

(A Peshar Midrash Exposition of Amos 3:7 showing how God can reveal His Future Plans to Faithful Christians)

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Contents

Key Concepts

Section 1: A Peshar Midrash Exposition of Amos 3.7

Section 2: Two Pictures of the future

Summary

Questions

One Final Thing

Key Concepts

Peshar Midrash: A complex form of Midrash comprising of: -

a. A main, (sometimes lengthy or paraphrased) Bible quotation.

b. An exegesis (simple exposition) usually including: -

Smaller re-quotes from the main passage.

Quotations from other Scriptural passages used to apply Deuteronomy 19:15 and to reinforce the main line of argument.

A practical application that may also include re-quotations and other Biblical material.

Throughout the main quotations the use of paraphrasing may denote the use of remez, (‘hinting’). Here, only a few words, (sometimes the opening and closing words) of a passage are taken to encompass everything contained within that passage. The cry of dereliction in Matthew 27:46 is one example. Here Christ quotes the opening words of Psalm 22, thereby implying that the whole of Psalm 22 was applicable to Him. Similarly, the paraphrase of Genesis 14:17-20