The maxim that "righteousness exalts a nation" is true. There have been moments in human history where this has been demonstrated. But the general theme of things is that humans are incapable of managing their own affairs. And that's why Jesus, after addressing and acknowledging the […]
May 2025 (8)
Saturday, May 17 2025
"our struggle is not against flesh and blood"
Saturday, May 17 2025.
"When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God." - Deut 32:8 This verse gets overlooked a lot. Some translations get it wrong when they interpret that last statement […]
Friday, May 16 2025
Jesus the Elect One - in the Book of Enoch
Friday, May 16 2025.
Why did Pharisaic and Rabbinic Judaism seek to marginalize the influence of the Book of Enoch during the first century of the Common Era? Well here are just a few excerpts taken from Chapters 48 thru to 51 in the Book of Enoch that might help to explain why. And at that hour that Son of Man was […]
Thursday, May 15 2025
The Midrash and the Book of Enoch
Thursday, May 15 2025.
The Midrash is a form of early Jewish literature that consists of rabbinic commentaries, interpretations, and expansions on the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). It plays a crucial role in Jewish tradition by explaining, elaborating, and deriving legal, ethical, and theological teachings from Scripture. Many […]
Wednesday, May 14 2025
Enoch Suppressed
Wednesday, May 14 2025.
The Book of Enoch fell out of favor during first few centuries of the Common Era (C.E). This wasn't a Divine course correction. It was a concerted effort to suppress something that had influenced Jewish thought from the very beginning. This suppression started in the 1st Century CE when Pharisaic […]
"sola scriptura" - which one?
Wednesday, May 14 2025.
Sola scriptura (Latin for 'by scripture alone') is a fairly modern Christian theological doctrine that came out of the Reformation period. It was a response to papal authority and abuses that crept into the church through traditions. It's a doctrine that's held by most Protestant Christian […]
Sunday, May 11 2025
My dear Wormwood
Sunday, May 11 2025.
A modern snippet and adaptation in the theme of C.S. Lewis' - The Screwtape Letters Screwtape: My dear Wormwood, I see you’ve been observing the delightful chaos in the mortal conflict they call “Ukraine.” How amusing it is to watch the humans flounder! The Russian strategists—though they do not […]
Saturday, May 3 2025
The Septuagint and the Masoretic Text
Saturday, May 3 2025.
There is a common assumption that the Masoretic Text (MT), because it is preserved in Hebrew, is therefore older or more reliable than the Septuagint (LXX). That assumption, is simply not true. While the medieval Masoretic manuscripts themselves are later than the Greek Septuagint, the MT preserves […]
