Tag Archives: Garden of Eden

Tired, Too

We have a trio of items for this week’s Bible lesson. First, review Genesis 3:21 where God clothed Adam and Eve with skins. These days, everyone assumes this is an obscure reference to shedding blood as forerunner to the sacrificial … Continue reading

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How It Works

Okay folks, one more time: The biblical doctrine of divine election is not how it is, but simply how it works. We cannot possibly know how it actually is in Eternity. Scripture makes that clear. We can only know what … Continue reading

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Salvation and Election

(This continues the previous post.) Creation is obliged to glorify the Lord. It does that automatically. What differentiates humans from the rest of the natural world is the moral responsibility of doing it by choice. ontology — The branch of … Continue reading

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Cain’s Wife and Election

People keep asking: Where did Cain’s wife come from? The answer is not direct. We have to go back to were Cain stood, in the sense of what Scripture tells us. We must restore to our minds the biblical outlook … 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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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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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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Watchmen, Not Watchers Part 2

While it’s unlikely that the 144,000 of Revelation 14 are solely responsible as watchmen over the slumbering ruins of spiritual Jerusalem, they are part of the team God addresses in the plural call in Isaiah 40:1-2. With the historical Restoration … Continue reading

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The Omphalos

Re: Naked Bible 124: Ezekiel 17 You can quickly discern who is a fake scholar of ancient religions by how they take the ANE mythology literally. Fake scholars (the kind typically hired for TV shows about ancient history) will talk … Continue reading

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No “One True Church”

I’ve covered this before, but some questions came up pointing out a need for clarifications. The natural world is pretty much an extension of the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in the garden, but not a part of … Continue reading

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