$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings)
Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:11:26 -0800 (PST) (00889661486, v03007800b12c1006840b@[129.101.112.32])
>> RALPH (March 10)
>> Here is my version:
>>
>> $4,000 REWARD!
>>
>> Tell us exactly what happened on the first Easter and win $4,000!
>>
>> Read:
>>
>> Matthew 28
>> Mark 16
>> Luke 24
>> John 20 & 21
>> Acts 1:3-12
>> 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
>>
>> Then, without omitting a single detail from the accounts, write one
>> consistent narrative - with scriptural citations - of the events from the
>> Resurrection to the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
>>
>> Then mail your claim for $4,000 REWARD to:
>>
>> RESURRECTION REWARD
>> PO Box 3127
>> Moscow ID 83843-1906
>>
>> (Four Bible believers have offered $1,000 each for this reward.)
>>
>> RALPH
>> Add the last sentence in parentheses if you wish. It can't do any harm.
>By
>> "Bible believer" I mean someone who believes that the Bible says exactly
>> what it says.
>
>IAN
>I feel the new wording of the last sentence is inappropriate and would
>give a negative impression of all you gentlemen.
>
>Acts 1:3 - 12 has not been in the reward up to now so I would like all of
>you gentlemen to vote on it. I'm not an expert on the NT but I understand
>it isn't needed.
>
>EDWARDS
>I'm not sure Acts 1:3-12 makes it tougher. Acts 13:29, though, should
>*definitely* be included (IMO), because it states that those who were
>responsible for Jesus' crucifixion (the people of Jerusalem and their
>rulers) were the ones who also buried him. This is, of course, slightly
>problematic when one compares this verse to the gospels versions of who
>buried Jesus (Joseph of Aramathea in the synoptics, Joseph and Nicodemus in
>John).
RALPH
OK, Ian, I agree with your remark. Actually, I was trying to reword your
sentence to make it sound less ambiguous. You had written: "This reward is
offered by four $1,000.00 contributors." One could ask, what is a "$1,000
contributor"? How about, "Four Bible readers have offered $1,000 each for
this reward."? (Fancy punctuation, eh?)
I found some reward offers printed some years ago. They contain the Acts
reference (Acts 1:3-12) to the Ascension. I would not include the Acts
13:29 reference because the challenge begins at Easter morning. The
crucifixion and burial acounts don't agree, either, but that could be
another reward offer. (I do have another $1,000 reward offer on the
Genealogy and Nativity of Jesus Christ. I spread it before Xmas.)
I await your further comments.
Thanks,
Ralph