So I realized something interesting, or something came to a thought.

So in the #oldtestament everyone that #sinned essentially had died, within that timeline in the #bible.

Why or how Is it that #Satan seems to had survived those times, practically being one of the biggest #sinners of all known in the #bible. Not only committing the worse of sins, but also the larger number of sins over time, continuing even to this day.

How is it that Satan is left roaming even to this day, and seemingly left unpunished by #god .

Is it because Satan became an #angel that went #rogue, and had more protection due to being an angel that had their own will?

I don't know what it could be or could had been. But Satan is still up to their old tricks to this day.

Fellowship with Jesus Christ #god #christ #christianity #JesusChrist #Bible #Jesus #christians #catholics #orthodox #protestants

Energetic worship teams create an engaging space for the next generation to connect with their faith, fulfilling the timeless call to "serve the Lord with gladness" (Psalm 100:2 NKJV).

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#Christian #Bible
#Scripture #Gospel

The structural variety of the Bible proves that divine truth uses multiple literary styles to guide believers, reminding us that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV) to fulfill different instructional needs.

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#Christian #Bible
#Scripture #Gospel

Athaliah’s attempt to eradicate the royal lineage failed because divine providence shielded the rightful heir, proving that "the counsel of the Lord" (Proverbs 19:21 NKJV) cannot be overturned by human corruption.

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#Christian #Bible
#Scripture #Gospel

The experiences of Elijah and Jeremiah prove that human exhaustion cannot cancel a divine calling, demonstrating that even when a leader tries to stay quiet, God's message remains "like a burning fire… in [me]" (Jeremiah 20:9 NKJV).

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#Christian #Bible
#Scripture #Gospel

Bowyer Bible print 0066 Creation The Earth Genesis 1:14-15 Füssli engraved by Frederich. Robert Bowyer (d1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 different prints. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museum. For these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst's photo-collection.
#BoltonMuseum #bible #extraillustration #grangerisation #MacklinBible #interleaved #print #engraving #etching #Bibleillustration

Bowyer Bible print 0410 Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19. Luyken. Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 prints. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museum. For these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst's photo-collection.
#BoltonMuseum #bible #extraillustration #grangerisation #MacklinBible #interleaved #print #engraving #etching #Bibleillustration #Bibleart #Christianart

"On hearing this, Jesus said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. But go and learn what this means: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'"

Matthew 9: 12-13 #Bible #JesusChrist #mercy

#^https://forthright.net/articles/faithfulness-good-news-jesus/

#faithfulness #gospel #Bible

Devotional: June 12th - The Bent-Knee Time — www.studylight.org/daily-devotionals/eng/bkt.html

#Bible #love #devotionals

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
#bible
1/

“‘All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
#bible #pentecost

“Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
#bible

“and he (Jesus) began to teach them. He said:
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
‭‭Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy...”
Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭2‬-‭7 NIVUK‬‬
#bible #beatitudes

“But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭7‬:‭55‬-‭56‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
#bible

Psalms 7:17 NLT
I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

#Bible #Jesus

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Psalms 7:17 NLT I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Paul warned about giving heed to ‘Jewish fables.’ The fables about supernatural hybrid nephilim are bunk.

The governing institutions of Christendom are the 'nephilim' or 'fallen angels.'

The 'giants' of Genesis are empires and tyrants created by Christianity.

Read more ...
https://blog.nightbulb.net/nephilim-as-giant-monsters-and-other-jewish-fables-that-turn-from-the-truth/

#Bible #Christ #Christian #Church #Genesis #Theology

From Genesis to Malachi the Bible is very poetic. The Psalms are top-shelf poetry.

Much of the New Testament uses the same poetic emblems of the Old Testament.

God the Father is the master of poetry.

#christian #christianity #godsword #jesus #christ #god #poetry #bible #Jesus

The irony ...

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

Artemis (Diana) is Apollo's twin sister. Together the two are 'Lucifer'.

They are chief deities of the solar worship cult.

#NASA #AprilFools #Moon #Artemis #Apollo #Bible #Babylon #Lucifer #Gods #Demons #Worship #Religion #Space

Does the #bible reccomend against reading #manmade #poems that might motivate ones self to do well in this world not writen by god?

serious #question

#christian #christianity #godsword #jesus #christ #god

Down with the religious patriarchy.

"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

#patriarchy #religion #bible #church #haha

Discovered a fun (?) #Bible translation mystery today:

Chapter 4 of Matthew's gospel quotes Isaiah 9:1-2, saying "the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light." Matthew, of course, was written in Greek. The Greek word translated as "sitting" is καθήμενος. But here's the thing: Matthew's gospel would be quoting from the Greek version of Isaiah, which reads: the people walking in darkness..." Instead of καθήμενος, Greek Isaiah has the word πορευόμενος. 🧵 /1

To 'see the face' of an authority figure or ruler is a turn of phrase, or idiom. It is not necessarily literal. In the ancient near east, Orient, and Mesopotamia, 'the face' of a ruler meant his representative or authorized agent. If you see the king's ambassador, you are seeing the king's 'face'. Jesus even said,

"He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."

Jesus was not claiming to be the Father. He was claiming to be his 'face' or representative.

'Jacob' means 'supplanter'. He supplanted Esau in the birthright of the older brother, in the same way that Christ and the Apostles supplanted Judea with the new body of Christ. Paul the Apostle explains this:

"For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."

The story of Jacob versus Esau and Isaac and Ishmael are prophecy of the struggle between fleshly Israel and Christ, who supplants the kingdom of Judea with the new body of Christ, the people of the new covenant. Thus Paul said:

"Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. [note: The Jews who persecuted the Nazarenes are Ishmael.] Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."

Judea was cast out and supplanted by the new covenant believers. This is Jacob, or Israel, taking Esau's birthright, as prophesied in Genesis. The New Covenant people supplanted the Old Covenant people. This is Jacob supplanting Esau and becoming Israel. Paul directly identifies the ancient Judeans as the Hagar or Ishmael of the Old Testament, contiguous to the Esau of Genesis:

"For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children."

Thus the ancient Jews were not Israel:

"Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."

In this same vein Paul elaborates that the Jews of his day are actually Esau rather than Jacob:

"It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

The flesh is Esau. The spirit is Israel. The spiritual are counted for the seed, while the flesh is counted for the elder who is rejected and supplanted by the younger Jacob / supplanter.

'Israel' means he that rules with God or as God, and means that Israel is God's new 'face'.

Jesus is the head of Israel. The believers are the body of Christ or Israel.

Anyone who sees a true Nazarene minister who knows and speaks the truth of Christ's gospel without lies or hypocrisy, is 'seeing the face of Christ.'

#Bible #Christ #Christian #Israel #Church #Theology #Gospel

"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."

"For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."

"Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:"

God is orders of magnitude beyond genius. But sadly Christians don't seem to think God can save on account of man's "omnipotent" free will thwarting God's plan.

The problem with the Christian religion is that their religious leaders think God needs their help to 'spread the gospel' and 'save souls'. In truth, God has been spreading the gospel in spite of the Christian religion perverting it for sixteen plus centuries.

#Bible #Christ #Christian #Jesus #Church #Universalism #Hellfire #Religion #Gospel

In the linked paper, Carl D. Franklin digs deep into the history of the tetragrammaton and debunks some of the myths commonly accepted as fact. The paper is part of a series and well worth the read for anyone interested in textual criticism or translation.

PDF: https://www.cbcg.org/franklin/debunking2.pdf

"Is it true that the name Jehovah borrowed its vowels from Adonai?"

A lot of religious and textual myths have resulting in mass misconceptions about biblical textual history and meaning. Some of the myths misrepresent the tetragrammaton, or the name of God. This eventually led to the creation of the artificial name, Yahweh, which is not a Hebrew word, and is in fact a cleverly disguised classical Latin name for Jove. The author defrocks the Galatinus origin myth, proving the name JEHOVAH was in use long before Galatinus.

The sacred name mythos is popular in some Christian and Jewish sects as well as among the Hebrew Roots movement. This paper exposes some of the false history and baseless assertions about the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton. As it turns out, the early Masoretes and the Reformers as well as some early Catholics had gotten it right - JEHOVAH is the correctly preserved pronunciation of the name of God. The name was never 'lost' and it has been known all through recorded history, if even only by a few.

#Bible #MasoreticText #Translation #Theology #History #Philology #Myths #SacredNames #NominaSacra #Judaism #Christianity #Hebrew #TiberianHebrew

I am doing some research on the nativity of Jesus of Nazareth. I am looking into the many sectarian traditions and scholarly opinions on this subject.

I would like to get hermeneutic opinions and off the cuff opinions on some groundwork questions.

1. What actual year do you think Jesus was born?

2. How old was Mary when she was married?

3. How did Mary conceive?

4. What is the significance of his birthplace?

5. What is the significance of the Magi who sought him after his birth?

6. Why was it necessary or significant for an angel to tell Mary she was going to conceive?

Where possible, links or citations would be useful for particular opinions or traditional explanations.

#bible #jesus #theology #mary #miriam #virginbirth #nativity #incarnation #christ #christianity

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The Genesis Abraham is the Future, not the Antique, Primordial Past. Abimelech and Pharaoh are the Christian Church. The Seed of Abraham is in the World Today but not of the Christian World Order. The Deeper Meaning of Abimelech and Sarah in Genesis.

The Book of Genesis is a prophecy about the Christian age. It uses emblems to tell a deeper spiritual story, which is wrongly interpreted by many Christians and Jews to be totally literal history. But Genesis is not literal history--Genesis is the prophetic future!

https://blog.nightbulb.net/the-genesis-abraham-is-the-future-not-the-antique-primordial-past-abimelech-and-pharaoh-are-the-christian-church-the-seed-of-abraham-is-in-the-world-today-but-not-of-the-christian-world-order-the/

#bible #genesis #church #christian #prophecy #faith #theology #jesus

My latest #BibleStudy notes on #Genesis20: https://notes.laniecarmelo.tech/shares/puLBoEJCgyPwKalkRc2WFg
#Bible #Christian #Christians #Christianity #Faith #Genesis @christians
Need to get a few things done but might try and do #Genesis21 here in a little while.

He said, "Of course I may be wrong,
But I wouldn’t be surprised
If this were the greatest Christian church
That ever man devised.

Our organ is the very best
Our choir stays on key.
Our stained glass windows — priceless
Our pulpit — the best you’ll see."

But only the wealthy were welcome there,
I heard slanderous gossip galore,
And from that pulpit so highly prized
The preacher glorified war.

"Is there anything more you could want in a church?"
In pride, he said to me.
"Just one thing," I made reply —

"Christianity!"

-- Peace Pilgrim --

#christian #church #religion #christianity #bible #christ #faith #prayer

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A black and white photo of a woman known by the moniker, "Peace Pilgrim" with the words, "Peace Pilgrim" printed on her shirt.

Some #theological hills I am willing to die on:
1) The plenary inspiration of #scripture
2) At bare minimum, adherence to the #doctrines proclaimed by the first four Councils of the undivided #church must be upheld.
3) The #eucharist / #lordssupper ought to be celebrated *weekly*.
4) The #eucharist / #lordssupper , while symbolic, is not merely symbolic but also a true/real encounter/communion with Jesus.
5) #Baptism *must* be done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
6) Baptism is #regenerative
7) #Liturgical #worship is essential because the #bible itself reveals the Church’s worship as liturgical.
8) The #unity of the Church is not merely a spiritual reality (i.e. invisible), but a reality that ought to be visible for all the world to see.
9) Except in the cases of #heresy or wholesale unrepentant #sin within a portion of the Church, rending the Church’s unity is sinful. (So, disagreements over adiaphora are not worthy of division -- no matter how much one love's their pet theological theory)
10) All #christians must pray for and actively work towards and for the reunification of the Church.

#Bible #Christian #Christianity

#theViewFromMudsockHeights: “Do all families have a deep corporate interest in #genealogy? I hope so, because it is fascinating and satisfying. The subject swoops in unannounced and occupies my days every few years.“ #bible #history https://ofb.biz/sa1288

#Bible #Thought of the day: When #Christians discuss “divine inspiration” we tend to not really consider “genre.” Like, saying Job is a work of fiction will upset a number of biblical literalists. But this assumes that God can’t “breathe” through a work of fiction?

The book of #Revelation is likely to be a kind of ancient drama, written in symbolic poetic prose. It’s not a step-by-step guide for the future. To deny its genre is to risk denying God the full breadth of His inspirational work.

#bible #god #exvangelical #meme #memes

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MOSES. Why not a commandment against rape or slavery? GOD: Sorry, had to be ten. MOSES: Literally three of them just say that you're God.

ARTICLE: https://x.com/TovRose/article/1844473294503989605

SYNOPSIS

There is no historical or textual evidence that the tetragrammaton was pointed as a 'qere' in the ancient biblical manuscripts. The claim that JHWH is a qere for Adonai is ahistorical and there are only conjectures and not proofs for the qere claim.

Moreover, the structure of the Hebrew grammar proves the tetragrammaton cannot be two syllables, as in the modern neologism, 'yahweh'. The tetragrammaton has to be three syllables, JE-HO-VAH and its shortened form is two syllables: JEHO. Its poetic form is one syllable: YAH and JAH. And there is no support for YAHWEH.

Today we are told that the tetragrammaton or 'sacred name of God' was not pronounced out of 'reverence' for the divine name. This is a Hellenist myth and wasn't even started by Hebrew-speaking people. The tetragrammaton was spoken often inside and outside of the temple, with certain rules about when and where and why it was to be spoken. But there was no actual rule or custom against speaking it--Just rules about making sure to not speak it amiss.

NOTES

Upon reading this article some things stand out to me.

Many claim that the divine name was not spoken and was substituted with 'qere' to avoid speaking it out of reverence for the name. And this is a lie.

Anyone who reveres a name actually wants to speak it and does so with respect and pride, rather than substituting a nickname. It is when we hate someone that we refuse to speak their name or prohibit others from speaking it. For example, most of the world hates the mustache man, and invoking his name is discouraged in polite conversation.

The Hebrew bible text itself repeatedly commands Israel to proclaim the divine name, not to hide it behind nicknames. Any reverence for God and his commandments would prohibit the use of 'qere' substitutions. Thus those who invented these customs were not revering God--they were dishonoring him deceitfully.

So the claim that the name was not to be spoken is nonsensical religious dogma of certain mystical sects, and not historical practice of either the temple priests or the Christians who inherited the Levitical tradition after the destruction of the temple. We must remember true history: When the temple was destroyed, the surviving Jews in Jerusalem were carried off into captivity into other parts of the world by Rome. The Jews who had converted to following Jesus before the destruction of the temple had already escaped Jerusalem before the Roman siege, and carried the traditions with them, and preserved them in early Christianity. These first Christians, most of whom were Jews, had no such custom or injunction against saying the divine name, and it shows in their writings, and in their predecessors copious transliteration of the name. Their tradition was the foundation of European Christianity, which joined forces with the Sephardim to preserve the Old Testament and Hebrew language for over a millennium of years. The Masoretes properly pointed all the words, including the divine name, to preserve their pronunciations.

The entire purpose of the Masoretic vowel pointings was specifically to preserve the correct pronunciation of every Hebrew word in the text, not to hide the pronunciation. There would have been a worldwide uproar in the scholarly community over such a practice as wrongly writing the divine name or mispronouncing it. The historical record is silent on such a thing ever occurring.

The name Jehovah with the 'J' sound is correct ancient Hebrew pronunciation of the divine name. Just as the Sephardim scribes have preserved it all these centuries, the Christian scribes took over their tradition and continued to preserve it from the time of the reformation onward. When Tyndale rendered the name as IEHOUA, he was using the pronunciation taught by the Masoretic scribes and their Christian cohorts. It was not an 'invention' but rather a transliteration into English characters of the day.

We are now at a new crossroads in history where many occultists, kabbalists, pagans, and sectarians are once again attacking the divine name and trying to cloud it with confusion and false myths. This is what liars have always done--invent stories to support their delusions. Perhaps in the coming centuries we should expect another vanguard to come and take of the tradition of preserving the name against this army of confusion.

#Bible #MasoreticText #Translation #Theology #History #Philology #Myths #SacredNames #NominaSacra #Judaism #Christianity #Hebrew #TiberianHebrew

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In the linked paper, Carl D. Franklin digs deep into the history of the tetragrammaton and debunks some of the myths commonly accepted as fact. The paper is part of a series and well worth the read for anyone interested in textual criticism or translation.

PDF: https://www.cbcg.org/franklin/debunking2.pdf

SYNOPSIS

"Is it true that the name Jehovah borrowed its vowels from Adonai?"

Spoiler: No, it is not true. It is a fabrication of a false history. The pronunciation, JEHOVAH was used centuries before Galatinus, so it is impossible for him to have invented it. Moreover, there is a lack of historical evidence that medieval scholars before Galatinus accepted any pronunciation other than JEHOVAH. They all appear to have unanimously supported this one widely known pronunciation of the tetragrammaton.

A lot of religious and textual myths have resulting in mass misconceptions about biblical textual history and meaning. Some of the myths misrepresent the tetragrammaton, or the name of God. This eventually led to the creation of the artificial name, Yahweh, which is not a Hebrew word, and is in fact a cleverly disguised classical Latin name for Jove. The author defrocks the Galatinus origin myth, proving the name JEHOVAH was in use long before Galatinus.

The sacred name mythos is popular in some Christian and Jewish sects as well as among the Hebrew Roots movement. This paper exposes some of the false history and baseless assertions about the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton. As it turns out, the early Masoretes and some early Catholics and the later Reformers had gotten it right - JEHOVAH is the correctly preserved pronunciation of the name of God. The name was never 'lost' and it has been known all through recorded history, if even only by a few.

#Bible #MasoreticText #Translation #Theology #History #Philology #Myths #SacredNames #NominaSacra #Judaism #Christianity #Hebrew #TiberianHebrew #Language #Linguistics

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