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"The Talk" is | "The Talk" is our "Hello World" of theology. We use a First Century interpretive method that we believe was used by Jesus and the New Testament authors. It is unfamiliar to churches descended from the Greek Nicolaitan church since they decided that the Septuagint, a Greek translation, was more authoritative than the original Hebrew texts. | ||
This is a conversational introduction to some conclusions which have been derived using the method. I hope you are blessed by them, encouraged to look at the Bible fresh, and see God in a new light. | |||
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Before the universe sprang into existence at the sound of God's voice <ref>[[Ten commandments of creation]]</ref>, there was only God. | Before the universe sprang into existence at the sound of God's voice <ref>[[Ten commandments of creation]]</ref>, there was only God. | ||
There was nothing outside of God, because there was nothing bigger than God <ref> | There was nothing outside of God, because there was nothing bigger than God <ref>{{bgw| 1Ki 8:27 }} But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?</ref> <ref>{{bgw|2Ch 2:6 }} But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?</ref> <ref>{{bgw| 2Ch 6:18 }} But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!</ref>; no void, and no vacuum of space. <ref>If God is everywhere, then there is no place which is totally empty. {{bgw| Ps 139:8}} If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].</ref> | ||
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'''In darkness''' | '''In darkness''' | ||
He dwelt in darkness. The word 'darkness' ''khaw-sak'' | He dwelt in darkness. The word 'darkness' ''khaw-sak'' חשך means 'restrained, reserved, hide, obscure, conceal'. It is a symbol of love. If you are in sin, and not getting hit by lightning, you are receiving the grace, love, patience, long-suffering of God. He is restraining himself from destroying you; covering your sin. Jesus said to stop presuming upon the grace of God and be Holy. <ref>{{bgw| Joh 8:12 }} ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.</ref> | ||
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His name was something like 'ee-oo-ee'. Spelled yod-vav-yod. It is hidden in the aleph | His name was something like 'ee-oo-ee'. Spelled yod-vav-yod. It is hidden in the aleph א. It is the name of God which cannot be pronounced (this is a riddle). The aleph is a silent letter, so his hidden name is also silent. | ||
The idea that one takes dominion over something by naming it is Biblical in it's source. Adam was given dominion over the animals and named them. <ref>Ge 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.</ref> God's name is hidden because no one can have dominion over him. The name Yaweh | The idea that one takes dominion over something by naming it is Biblical in it's source. Adam was given dominion over the animals and named them. <ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:19 }} And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.</ref> God's name is hidden because no one can have dominion over him. The name Yaweh יהוה is not a name that he has forbidden us to speak. It is the name he gave Moses and told him to use it.<ref>{{bgw| Ex 3:14 }} And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.</ref> The two names sound similar. | ||
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"The Talk" is our "Hello World" of theology. We use a First Century interpretive method that we believe was used by Jesus and the New Testament authors. It is unfamiliar to churches descended from the Greek Nicolaitan church since they decided that the Septuagint, a Greek translation, was more authoritative than the original Hebrew texts. This is a conversational introduction to some conclusions which have been derived using the method. I hope you are blessed by them, encouraged to look at the Bible fresh, and see God in a new light.
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Only God Before the universe sprang into existence at the sound of God's voice [1], there was only God. There was nothing outside of God, because there was nothing bigger than God [2] [3] [4]; no void, and no vacuum of space. [5] |
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In darkness He dwelt in darkness. The word 'darkness' khaw-sak חשך means 'restrained, reserved, hide, obscure, conceal'. It is a symbol of love. If you are in sin, and not getting hit by lightning, you are receiving the grace, love, patience, long-suffering of God. He is restraining himself from destroying you; covering your sin. Jesus said to stop presuming upon the grace of God and be Holy. [1] |
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God created language Before God could say, "Let there be light" he had to have an alphabet and words. He made a language unlike any other. [1] Words get their meaning from the meaning of the letters, and letters get their meaning from the strokes within the letters. The meaning cannot be fully discerned until after the revelation of Christ 4000 years later. The Hebrew alphabet is a message of Christ created 4000 years before Christ. Each jot (yod י) and tittle or horn (vav ו) speaks of Christ. Many mock the idea without having examined it. This alone is a proof of God. If a book purported to be written in 2000 B.C. and it said that a man had "met his Waterloo", it would be discarded as a fraud. The phase had no meaning until it became a metaphor for Napolean's great loss many years later. Yet the defining events for the metaphor of the Hebrew letters happened 4000 years after the language was invented, and we know that there is no fraud since they are accurately preserved. [2] Wicked men observe that God expressed his power in words, but attribute the power to the words rather than to God. They claim that if you learn the word with it's power, you can control the thing. In novels concerning magic, the wizard learns the ancient word for fire in order to control fire. The Rabbis teach that by learning the words of creation one can nullify the works of God. [3] The words do not have power. God does. The enemies of God would deceive many with the promise of power which they can never have. |
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His unspeakable name His name was something like 'ee-oo-ee'. Spelled yod-vav-yod. It is hidden in the aleph א. It is the name of God which cannot be pronounced (this is a riddle). The aleph is a silent letter, so his hidden name is also silent. The idea that one takes dominion over something by naming it is Biblical in it's source. Adam was given dominion over the animals and named them. [1] God's name is hidden because no one can have dominion over him. The name Yaweh יהוה is not a name that he has forbidden us to speak. It is the name he gave Moses and told him to use it.[2] The two names sound similar.
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