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The Coming Shock: Coda
Yesterday’s Bible lesson was already a bit long, but I need to add something that may not be obvious. In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul quotes from Daniel’s description of a type of Antichrist. Daniel does the same thing we saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Antichrist, Antiochus IV, apostasy, covenant, Divided Kingdom, divine election, Elijah, eschatology, faith community, Gentiles, Law of Moses, letters to the thessalonians, Maccabees, Romans, the Devil
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The Coming Shock
(I’m drawing here from both Heiser and Moreau, and they don’t precisely agree.) In Romans 11, Paul says “all Israel” will be saved. We’ve established in a past lesson that this had a specific meaning in Paul’s day, referring not … Continue reading
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Tagged Antichrist, covenant of abraham, eschatology, evangelism, faith, Gentiles, Israel, Jews
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Hidden Church History
Here’s a little church history you won’t learn from any books or courses. John was the last of the original Twelve Apostles. We believe he wrote his Revelation while in his 90s, right at the end of the First Century … Continue reading
Posted in tribulation
Tagged Covenant of Christ, Divine Council Worldview, fleshly nature, Garden of Eden, Judaizers, Kingdom of Darkness, kingdom of heaven, mortality, Nephilim, Satan, the Devil, the Fall, Tower of Babel, Unseen Realm, Watchers
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Ezekiel’s Final Vision
Re: Naked Bible 156: Ezekiel 40-48 Part 1 and Naked Bible 157: Ezekiel 40-48 Part 2 If you think of Ezekiel’s vision in chapters 40-48 as something more or less literal, you will miss the point entirely. Heiser punches another … Continue reading
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Tagged Dispensationalism, eschatology, Garden of Eden, literalism, millennium, parable, Prophet Ezekiel, revelation, symbolic references
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So That’s What It Was!
Over the years I’ve often felt a strong move of the Spirit. In my youth, it was often quite confusing; no one around me could give a reliable answer. Frankly, most adults dismissed it as my own emotions. In the … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged convictions, Dale Moreau, Lucifer, move of the spirit, the Devil, Unseen Realm
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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
Posted in sanity
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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