I am getting ready to go to (some say well-deserved) vacation and I decided to share with you my personal reading plan for the next several weeks. I’ve been reading an excellent book by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and I hope to finish it as I travel. Here is the link to his site, perhaps, you too would […]
3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. As we begin considering the vision that John wrote down for the benefit of others who would read his apocalypse, we must go to the text that […]
Who wrote the Book of Revelation? (Rev.4:1-2) 1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” 2 Immediately I […]
15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. The city of Laodicea was located between the cities of Hierapolis and Colossae. Both of these cities were […]
TL;DR: Revelation 3:9’s ‘synagogue of Satan’ is widely misunderstood; the traditional interpretation that Jews are spiritually replaced by Christians is challenged as an oversimplification of the verse’s meaning. 9 Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know […]
14 “To the messenger of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: As we can see in the last message of Jesus to the key congregations in Asia Minor, Jesus is being described in terms of something believable (Amen), but also loyal […]
7 “And to the messenger of the Assembly in Philadelphia write: Philadelphia stood on a low and yet easily defended hill at the foot of Mt. Tmolus, commanding the extensive and fertile territory of the Hermus River. The city was located roughly 45 kms east of Smyrna, 15 kms southwest of Sardis and 20 kms northwest of […]
Tel Aviv University’s Egyptian Valedictorian: ‘We Must Always Question Our Assumptions’ Haisam Hassanein grew up surrounded by anti-Israeli stereotypes but found a very different reality when he experienced the country for himself. Full story HERE.
4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. The book of Revelation and its author seem to be positively preoccupied with the central ideas of Israelite purity. We will repeatedly see this commitment to purity throughout. If […]
By Mark D. Nanos Shema Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.” The Shema Israel has arguably been the most important ideological claim of Judaism since early Israelite history. This call to listen to God is followed by the injunction to love God, that is, […]
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