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No Turning Back Now

Somewhere rooted in my older memories is the crux of a short story I once read. Earth scientists had been trying to make sense of transmissions between several star systems. In previous years, they were able to understand some of … Continue reading →

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The Evil Eye

Re: Naked Bible 162: The Evil Eye The notion that one can bring about harm to something or someone through a nasty expression on the face while gazing at the object is perhaps the most universal superstition across every human … Continue reading →

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JASA Threat

It’s called “state-sponsored religious persecution”. In case it wasn’t obvious to you, Zionism is our federal government’s state-sponsored religion. The Trump administration has been edging closer to this steadily. Now it’s about to be officially legislated: New Bipartisan Bill Seeks … Continue reading →

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Still Seeking False Approval

It’s not a secret: Jews were the first to persecute Christians. It started with the Crucifixion, and reached an early crescendo with Paul. He was a member of the Sanhedrin staff willing to get his hands dirty. At first the … Continue reading →

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Three Small Issues

Re: Naked Bible 158: The Fate of the Ark of the Covenant The Ark of the Covenant required ritually prepared priests to move it. Anyone else who touched it risked dying. It didn’t happen 100% of the time, but close … Continue reading →

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It Just Is

My understanding of the Hebrew language is not that of a translator. It wasn’t my calling from God to take that path. Instead, I was led to understand Hebrew as the expression of how Hebrew minds operated. I studied the … Continue reading →

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Insufficient Change

The Enlightenment brought to life a fervor to remake the systems that had been around for hundreds of years. That philosophy included a hope for some humility in seeking to build new systems to guard against our own flaws. Sounds … Continue reading →

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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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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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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 →

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