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The Role of Satan
The word “Satan” comes directly from Hebrew. However, it never appears by itself. The word is always prefixed to indicate it is a title — ha-satan, “the Satan”. The word is typically used to indicate a role, a position in … Continue reading
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Tagged feudalism, Hebrew language, hebrew literature, Job, Satan, the Devil, Unseen Realm
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Racism and Context
A cosmopolitan human population is not a society. It is multiple societies forced into a single geographic area. The division into tribes is automatic. People are social creatures but with limitations. If the peculiar hopes and needs for any one … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Gentiles, Law of Moses, Law of Noah, Nephilim, racism, scripture, tribalism
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Imaging Eden
Not only does the common perception of Hell fail the biblical test, but so does the western mythology of Heaven. As previously noted, the Hebrew imagery of a transcendent realm was based on the common Ancient Near Eastern concept of … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden of Eden, Heaven, hebrew literature, imago dei, paradise, Second Coming, Second Temple, the Devil
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Not the Center
I’ve pressed people on this. When I first began to explain my understanding of the thesis of the Unseen Realm, people objected. While they might be able to offer reasoned objections based on mainstream theology, only a few could pin … Continue reading
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Tagged elohim, fallen nature, Holy Spirit, Humility, sin, temptation, Three Rebellions, Two Realms, Unseen Realm
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Burning in Hell?
Re: Heiser Lake of Fire It has become trendy among American evangelicals to question whether Hell actually exists. Some go so far as to slip into universalism, but most just kind of edge away from historical evangelical theology about Hell, … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, death and destruction, elohim, Enoch, Eusebius, Hell, Michael S. Heiser, Sheol, sin, the Devil, Unseen Realm, Valley of Hinnom
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We Hold It Forth
This conversation continues, and I’m hoping you can wrap your head around this. It’s not a question of what God does behind the scenes in Heaven. We cannot possibly know about that until we are there with Him. What really … Continue reading
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Tagged american churches, Decision Theology, divine election, heart-led, Holy Spirit, human institutions, peace with god, propositional truth, Western Church History
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For Jesus’ Name
Upon some offline discussions about Divine Election, it seems I need to add some clarifications. Start with the foundation: We cannot know eternal things the way we know about our lives here in the Fallen Realm. From ancient times, our … Continue reading
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Tagged Arminianism, Calvinism, divine election, doctrine, Edom, Elohim Council, history israel, predestination, systematic theology, Three Rebellions, TULIP
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Heart-led Necessity
After giving it a couple of days to germinate in your souls, we still have more to say about evangelism. Only a minority of the human race is Elect. Spiritual birth is limited. We can learn indicators of spiritual birth, … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, evangelism, heart-led, Hebrew epistemology
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