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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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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

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We Reject Calvinism

But we are predestinarians. I need to go back to fundamentals to explain the difference, because I’ve been asked about this again. If we don’t embrace the Hebrew assumptions about reality, we cannot understand the Bible. Most theologians and preachers … Continue reading

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Not Yet Revealed

During our community online meeting yesterday, we came to the consensus that God has been holding us “in the cleft of the rock” with His hand to protect us from some of the worst effects of the Nephilim rampage here … Continue reading

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Moses Died; Christ Lives

We had a good discussion on our weekly conference call with the Kiln of the Soul faith community (we use MS Teams). One of the things that came up yesterday was regarding the Decalogue (Ten Commandments). They are the soul … Continue reading

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Jesus on the Tribulation

If you have a broad and clear grasp of Old Testament history, then you should be able to dive right into Heiser’s stuff and be able to stay afloat. Most people lose track because all they know about such history … Continue reading

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The Sure Path

While we might have been surprised by the audacity and scale of vote counting fraud in the last presidential election, the fact that it was fraudulent was no surprise. Many of us saw it coming. If I thought voting mattered, … Continue reading

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War Soon

On the one hand, I’m not all that sure what humans could actually pull off. On the other hand, I’m quite confident I understand their various ambitions. Starting from the top level, we already know that the neocons, and to … Continue reading

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God Is Waiting on Us

We are called to speak the truth about what’s going on in this world. The Lord has revealed what is true: This world is fallen and sinners will sin. Nothing good will ever come of human ambition. Human ambition itself … Continue reading

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