by admin | Dec 22, 2023 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Six
In another essay I began to consider the substance or body which cast the shadow of the scape-goat (English Elpenor) or the [goat] to be sent off (NETS) in Leviticus 16:8 (Septuagint [Table]). It led me to Paul’s continuing discussion of the death of those who...
by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Section Six, Wonders and False Wonders
Peter described Jesus to the crowd gathered at Pentecost as a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed (ἐποίησεν, a form of ποιέω) among you through him, just as you yourselves know…1 The Greek word...
by admin | May 25, 2023 | Section Six, The Day of the Lord, The Lost Son of Perdition
In another essay I quoted Paul: For [the day of the Lord] will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας).1 Now I have to consider whether my assumption that Jesus called Judas Iscariot ὁ...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Section Six, The Lost Son of Perdition
Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.[1] And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”[2] Jesus’ command here—do quickly (ποίησον τάχιον)—fills me...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent (Leviticus 1:1-4 NET): “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When someone among you presents an offering to the Lord, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the...