Tag: #Oldtestament
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Is the ten Sefirot Christian or Messianic or is it occult?
What are the ten Sefirot ( סְפִירוֹת) ? Sefirot is a plural word meaning emanations or that source or origin.The Ten Sefirot are one of the most important aspects of Kabbalah which is Jewish mysticism and make up the aspects of the Tree of Life and in some ways out line the personality attributes of the…
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Is Psalm 83 happening now?
Just to let you know the verse numbers are different in the Hebrew text than in the King James or ESV or most English translations,so do not be confused.In the original Bible actually there was not chapter or verse,I think the RCC put them in in the 4th century,so don’t worry if it may be…
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Books left out of the Bible part II
What about extra Biblical Rabbinical literature like the Talmud or the Zohar or the Alpha-Bet of Ben Sirach. So that is very nuanced and so lets start with the Talmud.So what is the Talmud?Is the Talmud a commentary on the Torah? That is the Midrash that is a commentary on the Torah,the Talmud came from…
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What about reading books excluded from the Bible?
Then you are asking the wrong question,you want to ask ,”which books excluded from the Bible are ok to read”? Although the Jewish cannon with the exception of smaller traditions ,the mainline Orthodox Jewish canon is uniform.The Christian Canon varies a bit more.The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have book in the old Testament…
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Was the King James Bible written in Old English
People often say the KJV was written in old English and in a sense yes was written in an archaic form of English (Jacobian English would be the technical term) but not old English.The King James version of the Bible or KJV for short was written in 1611 and that version went out of print…
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Who were the wives of Shem,Yefet (Japheth) and Cham (Ham)
This will be a discussion on the daughters in law of Noah and who they were and most information on them comes from the Ge’ez Ethiopic text of Book of Jubilees. If you own that please have it handy. Lets start with the wife of Yefet (Japheth) who according to Genesis is the oldest (Gen…
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Are we to live by law or faith
The basic word in the Torah for commandment is mitzvah מצוה ,but what does mitzvah really mean? What does mitzvah mean? (From Chabad.org) “In common usage, a mitzvah often means “a good deed”—as in “Do a mitzvah and help Mrs. Goldstein with her packages.” This usage is quite old—the Jerusalem Talmud commonly refers to any charitable act…
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Is Yeshayahu/Isaiah 52-53 about Jesus?
Tree of Life Version (TLV) Isaiah 52 (Tree of Life Version) Ma Navu: The Song of Salvation 52 Awake, awake!Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion!Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city,for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never invade you again.2 Shake off the dust and arise!Be enthroned, Jerusalem.Loose the bonds off your neck, captive Daughter of Zion.…
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בראשית B’reishit/Genesis 1 and what is true and what false!
How should Genesis 1 be understood and I will argue that it should be viewed a literally as possible.Let us start with the basics and the Greek word Genesis which means beginings as does the Hebrew word b’reishit mean literally “from the head” but in practical terms also means beginnings as well.Now let us look…
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Ezekiel 38 part II
In the first part we have identified the movers and shakers of a multi nation confederacy led most likely by Russia and Iran with other nation working together.And that they will make war with Israel in a war of great devastation and although it hints at Saudi Arabia and Yemen and England it does not…
