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Submission Is Power
Suppose you are asked to enter a decrepit property to help in reclamation. On a structure you encounter a painted pentagram with the goat’s head symbol. Does it spook you? Aside from the possibility that such a symbol might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Mysticism, heart-led, occult, Satanism, spiritual activity, spiritual authority, symbolic references, the Devil, Unseen Realm
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Watchmen, Not Watchers Part 1
It’s a two way dependency: The only way to understand the New Testament is to fully embrace the Hebrew mind, the Old Testament imagery and promises of God. The only way to fully understand those promises is to match them … Continue reading
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Tagged hebrew prophets, Hebrew Scripture, Jesus the Messiah, John the Baptist, messianic prophecy, New Testament, old testament, poetic imagery, Prophet Ezekiel, prophet isaiah, prophet jeremiah, symbolic references, the Covenant of Moses, watchmen
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Symbols and Icons
Re: Naked Bible 130: Conference Interviews Part 3 Heiser interviews David Burnett regarding his paper, “Death, Resurrection, and Transformation in Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15”. This has to do mostly with how the Septuagint and New Testament documents interplay via … Continue reading
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Tagged elohim, eternal nature, idolatry, Michael S. Heiser, mortality, NT, OT, resurrection, symbolic references, Unseen Realm
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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
Going Down to a High Place
Ref: Naked Bible 110: Q&A 15 One of the questions addressed in this podcast episode is worth our attention. It addresses the narrative in 2 Kings 2:23-24 where Elisha encounters some boys who insult him and, after he curses them, … Continue reading
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Tagged Elijah, Elisha, feudalism, geography, Hebrew expression, numerology, OT History, prophecy, symbolic references
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Moses as Scholar
Re: Naked Bible 103: Moses and the Bronze Serpent I’m a little irritated by this podcast; the reason will seem obscure to some folks. Bear with me. Lots of believers today appear to find the fiery serpent narrative in Numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Babylon, Bronze Serpent, Egypt, Hebrew epistemology, Jethro, King Hezekiah, Michael S. Heiser, Moses, scholarship, serpent, symbolic references, sympathetic magic, western bias
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Of New Wine and Old Skins
We talk a great deal about the mindset and worldview of the Hebrew people, because that’s the only way to understand the Bible. But not everything about that outlook is admirable, especially in light of the very real changes brought … Continue reading
Distinctions in Leviticus 1-3
I previously referenced the idea that there were two kinds of sin in the Old Testament, particularly if you are looking in the Book of Leviticus. Unintentional or inadvertent sins were not precisely what those words imply in English. The … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, Leviticus, offerings, religious rituals, sacrifices, salt, symbolic references
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Numerology versus Gematria
Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon. He exercised all the ruling authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible translation, gematria, Kabbalism, numerology, symbolic references
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NT Doctrine — 1 Corinthians 10
The fleshly nature is an inveterate enemy of the Spirit. The flesh must be captured, humbled and kept enslaved. Once we are spiritually born, it must be made to surrender sight unseen to whatever the Spirit will direct through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Corinthians, difference between religion and spirituality, fleshly nature, parable, symbolic references
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