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    Two Kinds of Salvation

    Two Kinds of Salvation. 1. Personal salvation and; 2. Universal salvation. Only universal salvation is free; personal salvation is as expensive as the kind of transgression committed against the Law. Universal salvation is the one promised to Noah through the Noahide Covenant which the...
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    Were There Two Different Jesuses?

    Were There Two Different Jesuses? When Luke wrote Acts of the Apostles to Theophilus, he guaranteed him that he had dealt with ALL that Jesus did and taught until the end of his life on earth. (Acts 1:1,2) If Luke is someone worthy believing, there must be something wrong with Matthew. 1 - I...
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    The Serpent in the Wilderness

    The Serpent in the Wilderness Numbers 21:9 (JPS) "Then Moses made a copper serpent and mounted it on a standard; and when any one was bitten by a serpent, he would look at the copper serpent and recover." Christians love to read this text and to find in it a reference to Jesus. Christian...
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    History Repeats Itself - Genesis 33:1,2

    History Repeats Itself - Genesis 33:1,2 When Jacob was returning from Paddan Aram, where he had spent about 20 years working for his uncle Laban, and was approaching Canaan, he was told that his brother Esau was on his way with 400 men to meet him. Jacob got so desperately anxious for his life...
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    Was Mary M. the Same as Mary B?

    Was Mary M. the Same as Mary B.? We are talking about Mary of Magdala and Mary of Bethany, who were known respectively as Mary Magdalene and Mary, the sister of Martha. After the wedding in Cana of Galilee, Jesus had become much more than just a guest in Bethany. According to John 12, when...
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    Jesus Will Never Return

    Jesus will never return. A poster once told me that, in his opinion, the Second Coming of Jesus would happen only when--through entirely natural causes--our planet be on the verge of destruction, and not before. Well, I said, I am glad to hear that because, in that case, Jesus will never...
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    Woman, Behold Thy Son! - John 19:25-27

    WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON! John 19:25-27. There stood by the cross of Jesus Mary his mother and Mary Magdalene his wife also known as the disciple whom Jesus loved. Then addressing first to his mother he said: "Woman, behold thy son!" As in, look at the condition he has come to! I am so sorry to...
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    Mitzvah to Cure on the Sabbath

    Mitzvah to Cure on the Sabbath And the woman conceived and bore a son at the same season the following year that Elisha had assured her she would. The child grew up and one day, a very hot day, he went out to his father among the reapers and suddenly he cried to his father; Oh my head! My head...
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    The Wedding of Jesus

    The Wedding of Jesus No, please, hold unto the stones, and no throwing until you hear what I have to say. Besides, that's not my final word. I am still researching the matter. That's a partial submission for some second thoughts on the matter. Jesus was a Rabbi and here are the proofs: Matthew...
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    The Double Allegory of Creation

    The Double Allegory of Creation There are three stages for the account of Creation in Genesis: Two allegories and the Reality which the allegories point to: Man as the theme of Creation. The first allegory in the Genesis account of Creation is in the letter of the account, and here abide the...
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    The Seventy Week/Years of Daniel 9:24-27

    The Seventy Week/Years of Daniel 9:24-27 This prophetic frame of Daniel 9:24-27 ought to be interepreted on a double manner. Both ways starting on the same point in History: The destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. Both facets of the frame belong to two different visions...
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    The Absolute Oneness of God

    The Absolute Oneness of God Isaiah says that, absolutely, God cannot be compared with anyone or anything, as we read Isaiah 46:5. "To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal to , or compare Me with, that we may be alike?" Therefore, more than one God would have been unable to produce the...
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    And The Sun Stood Still

    AND THE SUN STOOD STILL It is amazing to see how religious Scholars from almost all quarters of religious life struggle so hard to prove that a day is missing in the history of the universe which can be explained only by the "miracle" that the sun stood still so that the Israelites could win a...
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    The Collective Messiah - Isaiah 53

    The Collective Messiah - Isaiah 53 We all know that the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 is the Messiah. So, no argument about it. But then whom did Isaiah have in mind when he wrote chapter 53? In fact, who was in his mind when he wrote the whole book? That's in Isaiah 1:1: "A vision about...
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    Messiah Ben Joseph versus Messiah Ben David

    Messiah ben Joseph versus Messiah ben David The whole chapter 53 of Isaiah is about the dramatic epic of two Messiahs: Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David. The drama that culminated in the "death" of Messiah ben Joseph for the sins of Messiah ben David. Properly speaking, Messiah ben...
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    A Proof that God Exists

    A PROOF THAT GOD EXISTS. According to Moses Maimonides, a Philosopher, Theologian and Medical Doctor in his book "The Guide for the Perplexed," there would be no need for a Creator if the universe was eternal, without beginning or end. In other words, God would not exist. However, if the...
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    The Concept of a Coming Messiah

    The Concept of a Coming Messiah The concept of a Messiah to come was in the hearts of the peasant Jews who were left behind after the high and middle classes were removed by the Assyrias first and later by the Babylonians. Then, the Jews who remained behind were expected to cultivate the Land...
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    The Collective Concept of Messiah

    The Collective Messiah - Isaiah 53 We all know that the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 is the Messiah. So, no argument about it. But then whom did Isaiah have in mind when he wrote chapter 53? In fact, who was in his mind when he wrote the whole book? That's in Isaiah 1:1: "A vision about...
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    Messiah Ben Joseph versus Messiah Ben David

    Messiah ben Joseph versus Messiah ben David The whole chapter 53 of Isaiah is about the dramatic epic of two Messiahs: Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David. The drama that culminated in the "death" of Messiah ben Joseph for the sins of Messiah ben David. Properly speaking, Messiah ben...
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    The Two Faces of the Sabbath

    The Two Faces of the Sabbath 1 - Sabbath by definition covers two concepts: The first as a commandment and the second as a ritual. 2 - The Sabbath as a commandment has been from the beginning meant to all Mankind, Jews and Gentiles alike. 3 - The Sabbath as a ritual is for the Jews only...
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