Monthly Archives: August 2024

NT Doctrine — Hebrews 4

Israel as a nation did not enter into God’s rest (in Hebrew related to the word “Sabbath”). Never mind the Talmudic perversion, the Law of Moses itself could not grant that divine rest; it could only point out that such … Continue reading

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Telling the Story Again, Part 5

As a sort of coda, I need to add one more warning: Libertarian theory is heavily influenced by Jews, as well. Bits and pieces of it work okay, but the current teaching is deeply Jewish. That is, it’s what Jews … Continue reading

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Telling the Story Again, Part 4

Political confusion is part of the wider deception of Satan. It’s very easy to get confused about how the competing agendas of the globalists, Zionists, neocon, revisionists, and other Jewish political groups serve the broader Jewish agenda while arguing over … Continue reading

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Telling the Story Again, Part 3

The first two parts summarize the foundation of how I understand what Jews are doing today, and the wider political currents. It’s very easy to miss the point that Israel did have a mandate from God as declared in the … Continue reading

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Telling the Story Again, Part 2

Let’s review what we gain from Heiser’s thesis. As always, it’s not simply his thesis; he brought together a vast body of scholarly work and presented it to church folks who rarely hear anything about it. The huge gulf in … Continue reading

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Telling the Story Again, Part 1

As always, I can only declare what I see. I know for certain there are things I don’t see, but it’s my instinct to make the most of what I do see. The problem is that I can see a … Continue reading

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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 3

I’ll share here my previous commentary on this chapter. The Exodus was the very foundation, the defining event of Israel. If the Exodus was a myth, so was Israel as a nation. While they pointed with some smugness to their … Continue reading

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Mission for the Apocalypse

Human conflict will increasingly consume everything in sight. The nightmare has just begun. Let’s review the knowns: Netanyahu is determined to provoke an apocalypse. It is plainly obvious from his actions and words that he desires deeply a global war … Continue reading

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How Will You?

We are not in the First Century Roman Empire, nor are any of us Mediterranean subjects of Rome. This is a different world, different culture, different times, etc. Like many of you, I feel a deep sorrow over the evil … Continue reading

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Kubuntu 24.04 on Dell Latitude 3540

Everything works out of the box, though it does require some effort to configure a couple of things. The biggest item: I got my laptop to hibernate on Kubuntu 24.04. A few years ago I wrote a long blog post … Continue reading

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