Articles
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The Legacy of Isaac
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: Genesis 25:19 (KJV) Generations of Isaac – When someone begins to tell you about the generations of a person, they normally begin with that person’s children. I’m expecting this verse to end with and Isaac begat Jacob, but instead the verse jumps to Abraham.…
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Duality or Triune?
Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 (JPS) Breath of life – What is man made up of? That is the question here. Jewish traditions imply that humans are dual in nature made…
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Mankind and Life
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 (KJV) Adam & Eve – Do you recognize the importance of names in the Bible? They mean something… And this something becomes a moment of teaching about character, about the story, or about a lesson. God Himself will change…
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The Devil is in the Details
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (KJV) Devil – Raised in a western Christian community, I imagine a red figure with horns and a long tail when reading the word, “devil.” I might even think of a dragon or serpent as symbolic representations of this…
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A Chiasm in Genesis
A chiasm is a literary technique I’ve wrote about before. This particular one is found in Genesis 17:3-17.
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Contradictory Interpretations
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 (KJV) Believed – What happens when two Biblical authors use the same verse from Genesis to support two contradictory messages? For the most of us, we just brush it under the rug or fiddle with the wording until it…
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A Thorn in the Side
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 2 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV) Thorn in the flesh – How many of us think we know what…
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Drinking Blood
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. Revelation 16:6 (KJV) Blood to drink – Is this right? God, the same God that instructed all men to never drink blood, turns around and gives these evil men blood to drink. Something…
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The “other” god
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Deuteronomy 11:28 (KJV) To go after other gods, which ye have not known – In order to…
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God’s Oral Commandments
If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy…