Category Archives: bible

Sin and Covenant

Posted on September 6, 2025 by ehurst

Once again, I’m going to ask you to think about the Bible as a whole as we look at some problems we face in getting our message across. I’ve said this before: the biblical concept of covenant is not the … Continue reading →

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The Book of Life

Posted on August 30, 2025 by ehurst

Ref: Naked Bible Podcast #89 The concept of “books” in Heaven is borrowed from Sumer and Mesopotamia. The more ancient concept is “tablets of destinies”. Heiser approaches the question of just how much of our existence is predestined under the … Continue reading →

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No Comparison

Posted on August 9, 2025 by ehurst

The whole letter of Hebrews is focused on the New Covenant in contrast to the Old. Many of us recall how Chapter 11 reviews the host of faithful from the Old who are now watching us from Heaven. The New … Continue reading →

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Sins of the Heart

Posted on July 26, 2025 by ehurst

Scripture refers to a hardening of the heart. It need not be wholesale; you can be hardened against the Holy Spirit in specific issues or areas of your life. An important lesson we should review often is found in Galatians … Continue reading →

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Sabbath: Celebrating Freedom

Posted on July 19, 2025 by ehurst

Leviticus 23:3 — “Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all … Continue reading →

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Reprising John’s Revelation

Posted on July 10, 2025 by ehurst

Jack asked: You’ve mentioned that a significant part of John’s Revelation laments the fading of Hebrew influence in church doctrine. Can you please recommend some of the more important sections in Revelations for further study? In some ways, the Harlot … Continue reading →

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Submission Is Freedom

Posted on July 5, 2025 by ehurst

This is one of those Bible lessons where you must think of the message of the Word as a whole. Reviewing what we have seen in Leviticus, we get an image. In the Covenant of Moses, there is no distinction … Continue reading →

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Leviticus 19

Posted on June 28, 2025 by ehurst

While I do take some of this from Heiser’s podcast, this is not an echo of his material. We begin with noting that the Lord commands Moses to review and summarize the Covenant Law with the nation. Previous chapters of … Continue reading →

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It’s the Rituals

Posted on June 21, 2025 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 79: Leviticus 17-18 We aren’t through with Leviticus. Already we’ve discovered some details that most readers never catch because the Hebraic and ANE background are missing. Starting in Leviticus 17 through 26, we are looking at what … Continue reading →

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Leviticus and Sacrifices

Posted on June 14, 2025 by ehurst

It’s not just Heiser, though I believe he leads the way in clarifying the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, but a lot of obscure scholarship attempts to dig into something that most Christians just do not understand. Naturally, a … Continue reading →

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