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PHall | May 13, 2025
Lot’s Daughters, Why? Why is the disgusting actions of Lot’s daughters recorded in the Bible? 1. It teaches the Moabites and Ammonites were related to Israel. Could they become idolatrous like their “cousins”? Extended families can show an unwanted future. Stay devoted. 2. It warns fathers who are righteous (2 Peter 2), that what they […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
Was Noah Sinning? In Genesis 9, Noah gets drunk. Ham’s actions follow, leading to a curse. Noah was not cursed. Was drunkenness therefore not a sin? This is a good example of allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture, specifically showing how Genesis Narratives help explain other Genesis Narratives. The Bible keeps telling the same stories, just […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
A Flood and Famine? One man was chosen. One, to preserve life. He gathered before the bad time came which would cover the earth. There are two narratives I had not considered before as connected. Maybe they are, but in some ways exactly the opposite. 1. The two narratives include a forewarning. 2. The two […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
Each morning when I leave for work, I guard my family by locking the front door. Those inside are worth protecting. The first three times the word “guardian” occurs, it might not appear the same word, depending on the translation. The first three guardians – not of the galaxy – were Adam, the Cherubim, and […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
This makes reading more fun! There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
God’s Promises, Presence, and Shoes? There is very little more down to earth, than shoes. Literally, because shoes are literally down on the earth! The three promises made to Abraham are connected by shoes! After telling Abraham to “go” (literally, “walk”) God makes three promises: land, nation, and seed: Land – Genesis 12:1 “To the […]
PHall | May 13, 2025
We’re the first century Jewish believers in Jesus monotheistic? Yes. Did they believe Jesus to be Divine? Yes. How did they reconcile that God is one, and yet both the Father and Son are God? First, if you look at the Shema in the LXX, which is the Old Testament version quoted in the New […]
PHall | May 9, 2025
Two Beginnings There is the command to be fruitful and multiply. Then there is the reality they were fruitful and multiplied. There is a new ruler who acts cunningly. And there is a new ruler who acts shrewdly. The end resort was their labor became cursed. And their end result was their labor became bitter […]
PHall | April 1, 2025
What Did Moses Mean When He Gave His Excuses? What I am about to present as an explanation for two idiomatic statements by Moses concerning his speech is based upon an presumption that I believe is reasonable. That is, when Moses spoke to the Hebrews and to Pharaoh, Moses spoke Hebrew and not Egyptian. Therefore, […]
PHall | March 14, 2025
Gender Roles within the Sacrificial System Within the Mosaical sacrificial system, gender requirements were specified. How this is important to our topic of gender roles within the church, will be revealed. Before that, let’s notice the gender specifications. The priesthood and the Levitical ministers were all males. This is undisputed, and must be meaningful since […]