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Jesus the Hebrew Mystic

Posted on December 21, 2025 by ehurst

Nobody has to tell me that my previous post stirred up a hornets’ nest. The challenge here is shifting your expectations and mental reflexes over to a genuine Hebrew outlook. What did the Hebrews prior to the introduction of Hellenism … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged atonement, covenant, divine election, fleshly nature, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew Mysticism, innocence, law, old testament, sin, spiritual birth, systematic theology, the Fall | Comments Off

No Original Sin

Posted on December 20, 2025 by ehurst

Re: Paul, Original Sin, and Rabbinic Theology It’s not as if the Hebrew people were poor, benighted bumpkins who never really understood God, and that somehow only after the church embraced western rationalism did the truth finally come out. If … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged Adam, covenant, crime, false guilt, fleshly nature, Leviticus, offerings, original sin, peace with god, rituals, the Cross, the Fall | 1 Comment

Our God Provides

Posted on December 18, 2025 by ehurst

I’m always looking for really good explanations that I can share with others, and today I found one: “America’s Weimar Moment: What DoorDash Culture Says about Economic Decline“. Let me encourage you to read this analysis of culture and economics … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Reality

Posted on December 16, 2025 by ehurst

Apparently this warrants further explanation: Factual accuracy is a peculiar obsession with western culture. It is by no means a biblical emphasis. It seems I’m often reminding folks that this world is a deception in the first place. Our “reality” … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged compassion, data storage, honesty, moral truth, propositional truth, sacrificial love | Comments Off

Moses Died; Christ Lives

Posted on December 15, 2025 by ehurst

We had a good discussion on our weekly conference call with the Kiln of the Soul faith community (we use MS Teams). One of the things that came up yesterday was regarding the Decalogue (Ten Commandments). They are the soul … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged civility, covenant community of faith, Gentiles, Law of Noah, pearls before swine, teaching, Ten Commandments, the Covenant of Moses, tribalism | 1 Comment

Poking God in the Eye

Posted on December 13, 2025 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 115: Ezekiel 6; supplementary papers on High Places and Idols Basic principle: God will get what He wants. He made it painfully obvious from the very start that He would have a human family to represent Him … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged Bible History, Hebrew language, high places, idolatry, King David, King Josiah, King Manasseh, Michael S. Heiser, OT History, Prophet Ezekiel | Comments Off

The One Thing They Don’t Have

Posted on December 10, 2025 by ehurst

It has been tough for me; I have no doubt it’s tough for a lot of others. Perhaps the hardest thing for a believer from a western background is to embrace the primacy of peace with God over everything else … Continue reading →

Posted in sanity | Tagged Conquest, Exodus, Jesus, messianic expectations, mortality, shalom, sorrow, temptation, testing | 1 Comment

Humiliation Has Its Place

Posted on December 7, 2025 by ehurst

We are encouraged to approach every task with humility and open dependence on God. The Lord gets what He wants and no one has standing to object to His wishes. He doesn’t always tell us His plans because our foreknowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged Bible History, biblical values, CIA, crime, Humility, John Kiriakou, King David, politics, torture, tribalism | 2 Comments

Uniquely Wrong

Posted on December 6, 2025 by ehurst

I’ve been asked to provide a broader scriptural background for my teaching about Jews. I’ll try to summarize critical parts of the Bible for this. You may recall the story of King Josiah. He succeeded to the throne after Manasseh’s … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged Bible History, Covenant of Christ, Jews, Judaism, King Josiah, King Manasseh, Pharisee, Prophet Ezekiel, prophet jeremiah, Sanhedrin, Stephen, Talmud, the Covenant of Moses | Comments Off

Not Flying Saucers

Posted on November 29, 2025 by ehurst

Ref: Naked Bible 112: Ezekiel 1 & Ezekiel 1 PDF I assure you that this really does require the companion PDF from Heiser. This is an academic study on the imagery of the Ancient Near East (ANE) in general and … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged antiquities, archeology, babylonian exile, covenant, dreams and visions, Hebrew epistemology, prophecy, Prophet Ezekiel, symbolic communication, Temple, Three Rebellions | Comments Off

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