There are other Hebrew words associated with the names of Cain and Abel that I didn’t mention earlier. “Qana,” can mean zealous, jealous, or envious. Cain wouldn’t have liked the idea of his brother getting the better of him in anything. He probably felt like he was a better man than his brother. Maybe he [...]
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the Script (Wandering Away)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Death, Freewill, God, God's will, Intelligent Design, Life, Love, Messianic, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree, tagged Atheism, Christianity, Culture, God, Intelligent Design, Life on March 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
the Script (Qayin and Hebel)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Evolution, Freewill, God, God's will, Intelligent Design, Life, Love, Messianic, Truth, Word Tree, tagged Atheism, Christianity, Evolution, God, Intelligent Design, Life, Mystery on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Hebrew names of Cain and Abel tell a story. When Cain was born Eve said, “I have gotten (qanah) a man with the help of the Lord.” She may have been thinking that her first child was the “Seed” who would crush the serpent’s head (Genesis 3:15). “Cain,” (Qayin) is phonetically similar to qanah, [...]
the Script (Creation of Man)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Evolution, Freewill, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Science, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Elohim said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” It would be impossible to communicate the full meaning of that sentence. There are so many shades of meaning that books could be written about it. The meaning must be sensed in ways that seem beyond words. The Hebrew word translated as image [...]
the Script (Kinds of Life)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Evolution, Freewill, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Science, The Peaceful Kingdom, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on October 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes words are defined and redefined to the point of meaninglessness. “Species,” is one such word. It wouldn’t matter much except that it’s used to deceive people into thinking new “species” are evolving. Much of the argument over evolution is really about semantics. All scientists are actually seeing is variety within the “kinds” of things [...]
the Script (Heaven and Earth)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Evolution, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Science, Tree of Knowledge, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is not the Script itself, but a view of it from an overlook where you may not have been before. In the beginning Elohim created Shamayim (Shamayin) and Erets. Our word terrestrial (see note on terra below) comes from the Hebrew word “Erets.” The Hebrew language was written from right to left. When some [...]
the White Linen (part 1)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Death, Freewill, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never liked to wear white because it shows dirt so bad. It’s kind of like the church. Behavior that is often celebrated outside the church looks much worse on the church. It’s understandable that we would want to hold people in certain professions to a higher standard. More is expected of law officers, politicians, [...]
Hallucinations (part 2)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Death, Dreams, Drugs, Freewill, God, Hallucinations, Hell, Life, Love, Messianic, Science, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hallucinations are probably a lot more common than we might think, and there are all kinds of them. Not all hallucinations are unpleasant, but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless. According to the Bible, there are also such things as visions, which I would classify as extremely rare. Then there are dreams, most are which make [...]
Freewill and Jonah (part 2)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Death, Freewill, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not just retelling the story of Jonah that you’ve heard many times. Where the Bible is concerned, there is always more to the story. Inside the fish, Jonah was quoting bits and pieces of Psalms as he prayed. We don’t know how God enabled Jonah to survive there for three days. There have been [...]
Dawn of the Rising Son (part 1)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, God, God's Glory, Life, Love, Messianic, The Peaceful Kingdom, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The origin of the name Easter is probably the morning star; the east star. In Revelation 22:16, Jesus calls himself “…the bright and morning star.” The Greek word for “star” in that verse, is “Aster.” A kindred word, “Stauros,” is the Greek word for cross. Jesus is the promise of a brighter day. Some people [...]
Sacrifice (part 1)
Posted in Atheist, Christianity, Church, Death, Freewill, God, God's will, Life, Love, Messianic, Science, Tree of Knowledge, Truth, Uncategorized, Word Tree on April 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I sacrifice a little of my time to write this sort of thing, but it’s for something I believe in. Some people, both religious and non-religious, wish I wouldn’t bother. There is law number one regarding sacrifice; it will be meaningless to some people, and worse than worthless to others. People want what they want, [...]
