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   From: .robert@mu.way   
      
   What many do not know the reality of is that the koine Greek is *not* a   
   religious language. Just like the Kings English is likewise not a religious   
   language and in fact the usage of it differed from the use of English today.   
   Like “evil” does not always signify satanic actions in the Bible, of any   
   version.   
      
   There is no true well defined dictionary of Greek words that I know of, And   
   if anyone bothered to take the time to look up any word they will find the   
   word used many times to mean many things. The why’s of that is explained   
   quit well with a good lexicon, and even that is not sufficient for the best   
   understanding.’   
      
   So how is one to know?   
      
   First off, if a person does not have a working relationship with God the   
   Father through Jesus the Messiah, and with the second comforter, the Holy   
   Spirit. Their chances for understanding is nil. Even if they spent 30 years   
   in studying the greek langauge, when it comes to the things of God. They are   
   just as ignorant as any theologian who studied the Bible for 30 years without   
   being led by the Holy Spirit.   
      
   Don’t believe me? Then look up the word *ekklesia* but in the koine Greek   
   language. Try and describe what it actually meant to the Greek and then post   
   it here.   
      
   Tomorrow I will post it to another NG so that you will know I did not take   
   any of your definitions into account for my understands, as it will have a   
   time stamp on when I posted it.   
      
   If what you come up with is something you gleaned from the WWW of Usenet   
   after reading this, please be honest enough to say so. Just the Greek   
   definition void of any religious connotation. We can get into that a few days   
   later, so as to give any repliers time to write it out.   
      
   If any of you read AI Rosies stuff and see him or her comment on this please   
   post it as AI R is kf’d in my reader. No matter where she or he posts.   
      
   I am curious what you all understand in regards to that word.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)