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Eschatology: Daniel 9
I’m going to plunge right into the passage Heiser considers most difficult: Daniel 9:24-27. He doesn’t even mention the approach I used in my published commentary. You can look it up, but I didn’t try to nail down too many … Continue reading
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Tagged eschatology, history israel, prophecy, Prophet Daniel, Seventy Weeks
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NT Doctrine — 2 Timothy 3
I’m convinced that Paul foresaw the West in some sense. I believe he and other apostles could discern the dark plans of Satan and his allies to create a culture that would pervert the gospel and mask his evil work. … Continue reading
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Tagged Elohim Council, NT History, OT History, Satan, Second Temple, Timothy, western civilization
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NT Doctrine — 2 Timothy 2
Again, Paul is preparing Timothy to carry on without him. This is more of a pep-talk than actual instruction in something Timothy might not understand clearly. There’s a lot of work to do to make Ephesus ready to absorb the … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, literalism, self denial, the Devil, Timothy, tribulation
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Jesus on the Clouds
This is worth your time, not quite eleven minutes: I’ll give you a quick summary. During the Second Temple Period of Judaism, there arose a standard doctrine called Two Powers in Heaven. It was developed prior to the conquest of … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator, Jesus the Messiah, Judaism, Prophet Daniel, Two Powers Doctrine
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NT Doctrine — 2 Timothy 1
Reminder: This is probably the last of Paul’s writings chronologically. Again, Timothy is in Ephesus as the resident Apostle. Any day now a large number of folks from Jerusalem will come streaming into the area, fleeing a Jewish rebellion in … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, divine election, human existence, Timothy, Unseen Realm
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NT Doctrine — 1 Timothy 6
Again, Paul wrote this letter to Timothy while the latter was serving in Ephesus, helping to establish the presence of Christian faith as no threat, contrary to false claims of Demetrius the silversmith some years before. The city would soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Ephesus, human government, material wealth, otherworldly, Roman Law, Timothy
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Nuns and Legalism
It’s very easy to twist things into legalism. This weekend’s community Bible lesson in 1 Timothy 5 is a passage that gets twisted that way quite often. Read between the lines, folks. Paul is writing a rather private message to … Continue reading
NT Doctrine — 1 Timothy 5
The basic theme here is not obvious to western Christians. The first generation of churches were expected to act like synagogues. A primary feature of synagogues was to implement and enforce the Hebrew customs for extended family households; the people … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant family, eldership, head of household
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Conviction versus Doctrine
Following the Bible Lesson passage in 1 Timothy 4, some good questions came up. In the early chapters of Genesis we have the story of Noah. One detail has confused people. On the one hand, Noah had to take seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Covenant of Noah, fleshly nature, health, holiness, Jesus Christ, kosher, offerings, Timothy
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NT Doctrine — 1 Timothy 4
There is a unifying theme in this chapter: We do not accomplish a spiritual mission by worldly means. Holiness is not a quality of this world, but something beyond this level of existence that can only be indicated, symbolized, and … Continue reading