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2nd Isaiah 49:6
by peacefulpete in6 and he said, it is too small a thing that thou shouldest be servant to me to raise up the sons of jacob, and to bring back the netzurei yisroel (preserved of israel,); i will also give thee for ohr goyim, that thou mayest be my yeshuah unto the ketzeh ha’aretz.. 2nd isaiah, actually an anonymous prophet at the time of cyrus, did his best to inspire and hearten his fellow countrymen.
many judahites had lost hope and even lost faith.
the explanations offered by previous prophets, namely that their own sins had resulted in their situation, were not adequate nor convincing.
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Art Lessons
by peacefulpete inlast night's jeopardy match made reference to sandro botticelli the famous italian renaissance painter and his painting the birth of venus.
it led me to read more about his story.
you can follow the links to wiki to learn more, but in short, i wanted to focus on one of his later paintings, the mystical nativity.
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Another Messiah in the News
by peacefulpete ina news item making rounds today regards the famous chabad-lubavitch synagogue in brooklyn.
in short, the leader of the movement/sect was world famous rabbi menachem mendel schneerson.
schneerson passed away in 1994.....or did he?
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What If?
by peacefulpete inrecent news about beards is getting lots of attention.
it made me wonder if any guys will return to the church under the impression that 'so much has changed'.
back when, i knew a couple guys who were outspoken about beards, seeing it as an issue, and was never terribly moved by their viewpoint.
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Female Angels
by peacefulpete infor some reason i never noticed this before: .
5 then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “look up and see what this is that is coming out.” 6 i said, “what is it?” he said, “this is a basket[b] coming out.” and he said, “this is their iniquity[c] in all the land.” 7 then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!
[d] 8 and he said, “this is wickedness.” so he thrust her back into the basket,[e] and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.
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Santa?
by peacefulpete inthis rare phenomenon occurring above storm clouds 40-70 miles above the earth has only been observed scientifically a few times previously.
the link above is the first real time video of it occurring.
now some science obsessed people might try to dismiss this as some boring physics display, but we know don't we......... it only stands to reason that his magic sleigh would require periodic maintenance and practice runs.
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Bathwater
by peacefulpete inmany who have become disillusioned by some particular recent wt offence, separate from the church physically but retain the indoctrination the wt installed in their brains.
a familiar trope is often used,.
"don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!".
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Fancy Dancer....JTB's Death
by peacefulpete init might surprise some to find that john the baptizer's (jtb) death is described a number of ways in the traditions of the gospels, josephus and the mandeans (jewish gnostic sect that followed jtb).
first g.mark says john was reluctantly killed soon after he baptizes jesus by "herod".
this herod is described mark 6:.
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Lots of Conditioner
by peacefulpete inezekiel 8:3 he stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head.
then the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of god to jerusalem,.
dan:14:36 then the angel of the lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in babylon over the den.. gospel of the hebrews in reference to jesus:.
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Gods on Paper and Stage
by peacefulpete inwere the works of homer, aeschylus, sophocles, etc.
acting blasphemously when creating their works of fiction because they included the gods in the stories?
when homer placed dialog into athena's mouth, was he wrong to use his creativity to make her come alive for an audience?