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Melchizedek Part 3
Re: Naked Bible 168: Melchizedek Part 2 During the Second Temple Period (AKA, Intertestamental Period), the messianic expectations began to arise. Along with this was a lot of speculation about the role of Melchizedek in light of passages like Psalm … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Council Worldview, Elohim Council, Josephus, Jubilee, Melchizedek, Michael, Michael S. Heiser, Philo, Qumran Community, Second Temple, the Devil, Watchers
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Few Men Left
This piece is very insightful, but way too long. Let me summarize. When people grow up without a highly specialized society, when they are obliged to spend more of their time in hunting, gathering or agrarian pursuits, everyone has pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, communism, government policy, oppression, resistance, shepherd role, social conditioning, socialism, tribulation, Zionism
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Salvation and Election
(This continues the previous post.) Creation is obliged to glorify the Lord. It does that automatically. What differentiates humans from the rest of the natural world is the moral responsibility of doing it by choice. ontology — The branch of … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, divine election, Garden of Eden, human capabilities, mortality, ontology, parable of simulation, Unseen Realm
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Cain’s Wife and Election
People keep asking: Where did Cain’s wife come from? The answer is not direct. We have to go back to were Cain stood, in the sense of what Scripture tells us. We must restore to our minds the biblical outlook … Continue reading
Melchizedek Part 2
Re: Naked Bible 167: Melchizedek Part 1b To a Hebrew mind, the nature of something – the ontology – is of little consequence. What really matters is the role a thing plays. What can we do with it? More to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ark of Covenant, Canaan, Jesus the Messiah, King David, Kings of Israel, Melchizedek, pagan mythology, priesthood, Two Witnesses
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Covering: Having and Sharing
A question that comes up from time to time: What’s the deal with ghosts? This is a mystery only because western mythology is so bad in general and just awful on this question. Context: The created natural world is alive, … Continue reading
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Tagged Church Admin, eldercraft, eldership, independence, Nephilim, pastoral ministry, self-reliance, shepherd role, teaching, Watchers
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Melchizedek Part 1
For once, I’m not walking with Heiser very closely. I’ll be paralleling his podcast series on Melchizedek, but relying on studies from other authors. The difficulty I have here is that, if you really need footnotes and references, I no … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Bible History, Canaan, Conquest, Dale Moreau, geography, Jebusites, Jerusalem, Joshua, King David, Melchizedek, Michael S. Heiser, Mount Zion, Nephilim, OT History, pagan religions
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The Damage Is Done
We were discussing offline the magnitude of the action in the Bab-el-Mandeb Straight. The Houthis struck the Saudi oil tanker Encelia in the southern Red Sea. There’s no confirmation of a second ship. So far as I can determine, that … Continue reading
Posted in tribulation
Tagged economic troubles, Iran, petroleum market, Saudi Arabia, transportation, US, war, Yemen
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They Don’t Belong Anymore
The fundamental Hebrew thinking about sin is all about communion. If you scroll through Leviticus, you notice that blood sacrifice does not cleanse the sinner. Rather, a ritual sacrifice is necessary to decontaminate the sacred space where God comes to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible History, communion, covenant community of faith, fellowship, feudalism, personal loyalty, sacrificial love, sin, spiritual family
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The Ascent of Abraham
Re: Naked Bible 164: Paul’s Ascent and Angelic Torment with David Burnett In 2 Corinthians 11-12, Paul mocks the boasting of those who call themselves “apostles”. Among other things, he said that he was a Hebrew (ethnic identity), an Israelite … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Apostle Paul, Heaven, mortality, prophecy, Second Temple, the Cross
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