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METHUSAEL - MICAIAH

consider sexist views of women.” She claimed that Paul Congregationals, and Evangelical United Brethren in
was a man of his time and that he never meant his 1968 to form the United Church of Canada. All of these
statements about women to become the basis for the bodies are radically modernistic and ecumenical. Similar
teaching of the entire church. Smith estimated that by ecumenical accords have happened in other lands. [See
the year 2000 half of the ordained clergy in California Adultery, Baptism, Charismatic, Church, Divorce,
would be women. Ecumenism, Gospel, Modernism, Modesty, Nakedness,
United Methodists participated in the production of New Evangelicalism, Pacifism, Roman Catholic Church,
the National Council of Churches inclusive lectionary, Sanctification, Separation, Sodomy, Tares, World
which removed masculine references to God; addressed Council of Churches.]
God as “Father and Mother”; deleted passages which METHUSAEL (infirmity). Ge. 4:18.
instruct the wife to submit to the husband; changed METHUSELAH (sending forth of death). Enoch’s
many words, such as “son” to “child,” “king” to “ruler,” son; Noah’s grandfather. He lived longer than any other
“kingdom” to “realm”; and added the names of wives to person recorded in the Bible (Ge. 5:21-27). He died the
the O.T. genealogies. NCC lectionary committee member year of the Flood. Compare Ge. 5:21-29 and Ge. 7:6.
Sharon Ringe of the Methodist Theological School in From Methuselah to the birth of Noah was 369 years
Delaware, Ohio, said, “Much hurt is caused by (Ge. 5:25-28). Noah was 600 years old when the flood
oppressive speech.” In 1984 the UMC Women’s Division came (Ge. 7:6). That totals the exact number of years
issued an alternative to the Lord’s Prayer: “Our Mother/ that Methuselah lived—969. Thus he died the year the
Father, who is everywhere, Holy be your names. May flood came, either just before the Flood or by the Flood.
your new age come, May your will be done. In this and We don’t know if Methuselah believed the testimony of
in every time and place. Meet our needs each day and his father, Enoch, who walked with God and was taken
Forgive our failure to love, As we forgive this same to heaven without dying (Ge. 5:22-24), or the preaching
failure in others. Save us in hard times, and Lead us into of his grandson, Noah. [See Enoch, Flood, Old Age.]
your ways of love. For yours is the wholeness and the MEUNIM (habitations). Ne. 7:52.
power, And the loving forever. Amen.” This was released
in Women and Worship by Harper & Row Publishers. MEZAHAB (water of gold). Ge. 36:39).
Evangelical Resurgence? Though some claim to see an MIAMIN (the right hand). Ne. 12:5.
evangelical resurgence within the UMC in recent years, MIBHAR (most select). 1 Ch. 11:38.
they are deceiving themselves. In concluding his MIBSAM (delight). Ge. 25:13.
remarks on an eyewitness report of the 1980 UMC MIBZAR (defended). Ge. 36:42.
Quadrennial General Conference, Editor M.H. Reynolds MICAH (who is as Jehovah?). (1) An apostate priest
remarks, “In dozens of other actions taken, it was made (Ju. 17- 18). (2) One of the prophets and the writer of
clear that liberals are in control of the Methodist ship! the book of Micah (Je. 26:18; Mi. 1:1).
Conservatives who remain on board are desperately MICAIAH (poor, who is like God). This O.T. prophet
trying to bail water out of a sinking ship—a ship which appears only one time in Scripture, but what a man of
is moving into the storm of ecumenical and political God he was! He ministered in the apostate northern
revolution” (M.H. Reynolds, Jr., “The United Methodist kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (1 Ki.
Church: Pluralism in Full Bloom,” Foundation, May-June 22:7-28). Judah’s godly king Jehoshaphat foolishly
1980). joined forces with wicked Ahab to fight against the king
METHODISTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. of Syria. When Jehoshaphat wanted to inquire about
While there are small Methodist groups throughout the how the battle would go, Ahab’s 400 false prophets all
world that have not followed the liberal path, such as chimed in with their positive-only, feel-good message
the Free Methodists in Canada and the Evangelical and said that everything would come out fine. “Go up;
Methodists in Mexico and Boliva, the major Methodist for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king” (v.
denominations have departed from the evangelical faith 6). The problem with this fine-sounding message was
of their forefathers. Many of the Methodist that it was a bald-faced lie! God was not going to bless
denominations outside the U.S.A. are being absorbed this adventure. The truth was that it was Ahab’s day to
into larger ecumenical bodies. The Methodists in India die (vv. 34-35), and God was very displeased with
united with Presbyterians, Anglicans and others to form Jehoshaphat for joining forces with this evil man. When
the Church of South India in 1947 and the Church of Jehoshaphat returned to Jerusalem, God sent the
North India in 1970. The Methodists in Australia united prophet Hanani to meet him with the message,
with the Presbyterians and Congregationalists in 1977 “Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that
to form the Uniting Church of Australia. Most hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before
Methodists in Canada merged with the Presbyterians, the Lord” (2 Ch. 19:2). To return to the point in time

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