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Jesus Was Not White

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Lee — 10 Comments

Jesus was not White. He wasn’t Black, either. Jesus was Middle Eastern. Biblically, he was descended, not from Japheth, nor from Ham, but from Shem. Historically, he lived, not in Europe, nor in Africa (though he did spend some time…

Tagged with: Christianity, Historical Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph, Mary, race relations, Shem Ham and Japeth, the birth of Jesus Christ
Posted in All About God

Is God a Spirit Being?

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Lee — 26 Comments

In a comment here, a reader named leeannemeredith wrote: Do you think God is a Spirit Being? I get tied up in these questions regarding the nature of God. Where or how God came into being. Sometimes I think of…

Tagged with: God, Jesus Christ, materialism, monotheism, pantheism, polytheism, the Divine Humanity, the material world, the spiritual world
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Desert Warfare

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Lee — 27 Comments

Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1) Among the various terrains in which wars can be fought, the desert is one of the most severe and unforgiving. Intense heat;…

Tagged with: Abraham, Babylon, desert, ego, glorification, Jesus Christ, Lot, spiritual rebirth, temptation, the Bible, war
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed

Water and Spirit

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Lee — Leave a comment

“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Matthew 3:11)…

And Jesus Grew in Wisdom

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Lee — Leave a comment

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Luke 2:46–47) The story of Jesus as…

Tagged with: Abraham, Egypt, famine, fruitfulness, gender roles, Jesus Christ, Pharaoh, Sarah, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth

A Child of Revelation

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Lee — 8 Comments

This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. (Luke 2:34–35) “The thoughts of many…

Tagged with: Bethel, Canaan, Holy Land, Jesus Christ, land of Canaan, Moreh, Shechem, south, the Bible
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed

The Infant Lord

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Lee — 9 Comments

Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory…

Tagged with: glorification, Haran, inner life of Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, Simeon, The Call of Abram, The Fertile Crescent, Ur of the Chaldeans
Posted in All About God

The Divine Birth

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Lee — 4 Comments

For the day of vengeance was in my mind, and the year for my redeeming work had come. I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm worked…

Tagged with: divine love, Jesus Christ, Son, the Incarnation, the nativity, the Trinity, The Virgin Mary, Trinity of Persons
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What Child Is This?

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Lee — 11 Comments

All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.” (Matthew 1:22–23) “What child…

Tagged with: baby Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Jesus Christ, the nativity, The Virgin Mary
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According to Emanuel Swedenborg, who is the man Jesus, born of a woman, who died and then was resurrected?

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Lee — 46 Comments

The title is a question recently asked on the website Christianity StackExchange, here. After several quotations from Swedenborgian sources, the questioner asks: Did the Lord (God Almighty) incarnate as a human in the body of Jesus of Nazareth? Does this…

Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Jesus Christ, redemption, salvation, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Incarnation, The Virgin Mary
Posted in All About God

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