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Bible Algebra as Seen Thru the Rapture
At times the collected books of the Bible are written plainly, but people interpret them metaphorically or allegorically. Other times, they’re written allegorically, and people take them literally—or miss the meaning altogether. And some parts are algebraic: like...
Explain it to me like I’m five.
Years ago I knew a wealthy executive that would always ask an important decision option to be explained to him like he was five. Some people thought it was a test, if you couldn't boil it down you really didn't have a grasp of what you were talking about. Others...
Six ages for going in and coming out, for war and peace. The seventh age is entirely Shabbat and rest for life everlasting
-Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 18.12
It is better to be King Herod’s pig than son.
-Emperor Augustus commenting on the Herod the Great’s habit of killing competition even in his own family, and only a pig is safe in that region (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 2:4:11)
Mark Calls Jesus Yahweh More than John Does
A common scholarly assertion is that the Gospel of Mark presents a "low" Christology compared to the Gospel of John, where Jesus is explicitly identified as divine from the very first verse: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was...
The voice of one calling out, Clear the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a path for our Elohim.
-Isaiah 40:3
And in saying that ‘three horns’ (Daniel 7:8) were ‘plucked up by the roots’ by this one, he indicates the three kings of Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia, whom this one will slay in the array of war
-Hippolytus “In Danielem Commentarius”
When the Temple is rebuilt, the gates of wisdom will open, and Elijah will descend to teach the hidden Torah of the Messiah.
– Zohar, Terumah 174b
The sound of the great shofar will awaken the souls of the righteous, and they will rise from their graves to greet the Messiah.
-Zohar, Pinchas 239b