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Christian Post - A recent post appearing on the Joel Osteen Ministries Facebook page suggests that a Bible passage commonly interpreted as God's invitation to the Messianic King was also applicable to believers. Amid an overwhelming number of "amens," however, there were a handful of people who insisted that the popular passage had been taken wildly out of context.
The post that ruffled the feathers of a few Osteen Facebook supporters was centered on Psalm 2:8, part of a fuller passage that theologians interpret as applying specifically to the Davidic king, in this case, Jesus Christ: "Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession."
According to the JOM Facebook page, which has more than 7.7 million followers: "God is saying, 'Ask Me for those hidden dreams that I've planted in your heart. Ask Me for those unborn promises that may seem unlikely to happen in the natural.'"
One JOM Facebook follower, so taken aback at the use of the verse, went so far as to suggest that its appropriation was "blasphemous scripture twisting."
"It needs to be read in context and the context is not us getting what we want," the commenter added.
According to Twitter, some Christians have used the messianic passage to mean:
"The nations shall be our inheritance if we could just ask!!"
"God will give you nations as a present and continents as a prize."
"When you ask BIGGER God will act BIGGER."
As for British pastor the Rev. Colin Dye, "We need the audacity to ask God for big things — as in Psalm 2:8. We should not be intimidated or limited by the suggestions of the enemy in how often we approach God's throne, or what we ask when we get there."
Minister Doug Addison, a self-described "Prophetic dream interpreter" and "Tattoo Prophet," even suggested in a 2013 tweet that a magnitude-2.8 earthquake was a "huge sign" and that "something shifted." He added, "Psalm 2.8 God is opening something new."
Psalm 2 is just one among a slew of Biblical passages that Christians tend to quote as personal affirmations and reminders that God is for them. The trouble is, these powerful passages are oftentimes taken so out of context, that readers tend to forget that in actuality, these scriptures are rarely (if ever) about them.
Read the original news story here:
Is Psalm 2:8 About God's Promise to Christ, or About 'Your Hidden Dreams' and 'Unborn Promises?'
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