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Melchizedek Part 4

Posted on August 15, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 170: Melchizedek Part 3 Heiser rehashes some of the material leading up to this final lesson. Then he gets into the New Testament. Where Melchizedek shows up in the New Testament is Hebrews 6:13-7:4. Here we see … Continue reading →

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Melchizedek Part 2

Posted on August 1, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 167: Melchizedek Part 1b To a Hebrew mind, the nature of something – the ontology – is of little consequence. What really matters is the role a thing plays. What can we do with it? More to … Continue reading →

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Melchizedek Part 1

Posted on July 25, 2026 by ehurst

For once, I’m not walking with Heiser very closely. I’ll be paralleling his podcast series on Melchizedek, but relying on studies from other authors. The difficulty I have here is that, if you really need footnotes and references, I no … Continue reading →

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Violating the Boundaries

Posted on May 17, 2026 by ehurst

Ezekiel mentions how the final end of the Dark Army of Gog will be in the Valley of Travelers (Ezekiel 39:11-16). Given the context, we know that this location is somewhere east of the Transjordan Ridge above the Dead Sea. … Continue reading →

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Latter Day Idolatry

Posted on March 7, 2026 by ehurst

I’m not dead; I’ve just been busy. My biking blog will eventually explain in detail. In the Bible, the crux of sin was not in the actions you took. The matter of disobedience was itself secondary. The central core issue … Continue reading →

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Poking God in the Eye

Posted on December 13, 2025 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 115: Ezekiel 6; supplementary papers on High Places and Idols Basic principle: God will get what He wants. He made it painfully obvious from the very start that He would have a human family to represent Him … Continue reading →

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Humiliation Has Its Place

Posted on December 7, 2025 by ehurst

We are encouraged to approach every task with humility and open dependence on God. The Lord gets what He wants and no one has standing to object to His wishes. He doesn’t always tell us His plans because our foreknowledge … 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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The Law of Kings

Posted on April 5, 2025 by ehurst

We are pretty sure David studied the Torah on a regular basis. It’s hard to imagine he would not have kept the law, in particular the passage in Deuteronomy 17:14-20. When you come to the land the LORD your God … Continue reading →

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Eschatology Notes 01

Posted on July 8, 2024 by ehurst

I was watching the Heiser videos a second time, taking notes. He said something about a document on his website so I went searching for it. Turns out he had a set of questions he had proposed way back in … Continue reading →

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