by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In another essay I presented his Jewish and Roman trials as a kind of ultimate tempting of the flesh of Adam and an ultimate proving of the Holy Spirit which descended…in bodily form like a dove[1] upon Jesus the Christ or Messiah. I characterized those trials as a...
by admin | Aug 19, 2017 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing,[1] Jesus prayed from the cross. It isn’t found in some early manuscripts so it’s in single brackets in the NET (note 81) translation. I don’t intend to argue the Is it really true that God said[2] aspect...
by admin | Aug 5, 2017 | My Deeds, Section Four
In another essay I contrasted 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and Revelation 2:26-29. I’ve wanted to return to the latter for a while. Here is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of its clauses in English. Revelation 2:26-29 (NET) And to the one who...
by admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Section Four, Sexual Immorality
Though I’m eager to dive into the word study, I’m compelled to spend some time keeping my promise to reveal my own position and velocity. It will make this essay considerably, but necessarily, longer than I like. The Greek words translated sexual immorality in the...
by admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Section Four, To Make Holy
I’ll continue to look at the New Testament occurrences of forms of ἁγιάζω starting with ἁγιάσας and ἁγιάζον translated sanctifieth (KJV) and that makes sacred (NET). Jesus turned his attention to the experts in the law and you Pharisees who were part (Matthew...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, Moses said to Israel, to reveal to you the message of the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה), because you were afraid (yârêʼ, יראתם) of the fire and would not go up the mountain.[1] Then he recounted the ten commandments. ...