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Dethroning the Imperial god of Constantine and Calvin
Tagged with: Allan Boesak, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, Constantine the Great, Council of Nicaea, Emanuel Swedenborg, imperialism, John Calvin, Liberation Theology, Michael Servetus, the Bible, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Does “Us” in Genesis 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7 Refer to the Trinity of Persons?
Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the…
Tagged with: Abraham, angels, Christianity, Jacob wrestles with the angel, Plural of Majesty, polytheism, Royal We, Satan, the Bible, The book of Job, Trinity of Persons, wrestling with angels
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Did Swedenborg See Himself as a Prophet?
A recent question on Christianity StackExchange asked: The Wikipedia article on Emanuel Swedenborg mentions his revelations, but doesn’t use the term “prophet” even once. Did Swedenborg not see himself as a prophet? What is a prophet, according to Swedenborg, other…
Tagged with: correspondences, doctrine, Emanuel Swedenborg, exegesis, inspiration, prophecy, prophets, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Desert Warfare
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
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Water and Spirit
“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)…
Tagged with: Abraham, baptism, baptism with the Holy Spirit, baptism with water, Bethel, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Lot, spiritual rebirth, the Bible, wealth
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
And Jesus Grew in Wisdom
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
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
A Child of Revelation
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
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
According to Emanuel Swedenborg, who is the man Jesus, born of a woman, who died and then was resurrected?
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
Posted in All About God
The Eternal Word
Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. (Psalm 119:89) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things…
Tagged with: clouds of heaven, Jesus Christ, literal meaning, parables, Psalms, spiritual meaning, the Bible, The Word of God
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
The Right and Left Agree: The Bible Oughta Be Banned!
Recently seen on Yahoo!Life: Viral photo of near-empty library shelves sends powerful message: ‘We removed every book with content that could offend someone’ The article begins: Efforts to ban books at school libraries — particularly those telling the stories of…
Tagged with: book-banning, censorship, LGBTQ, libraries, Pflugerville Texas, right vs. left, sex and violence, the Bible
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
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