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Tish’a B’av Reading: Day 1

  Vision of the New Temple 40  In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the  Lord  was upon me, and he brought me to the city. [ a ]   2  In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.   3  When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.   4  And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.” The East Gate to the Outer ...
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Tackling Tradition 89: Yeshua, A Life-Giving Spirit

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.  46  But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.  ( 1 Corinthians 15:45–46 , ESV) Some people believe that this passage refers to Yeshua’s resurrection.     There is truth to that, but in context, Paul is talking about Adam at his ensoulment not his fall nor his death & analogizing between Adam & Yeshua.     Let’s look at the rest of the text.  The previous text:   So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.  43  It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.  44  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body ( 1 Corinthians 15:42–44 , ESV) The topic is the nature of & signs & se...
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Tackling Tradition 88: Because Of Your Little Faith.,

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,  15  said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.  16  And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.”  17  And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”  18  And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.  19  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”  20  He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  ( Matthew 17:14–22 , ESV) Growing up, you may have heard that the ...
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Tackling Tradition 88 - Leviticus 18

Question :  Given what you and PAPC believe about Romans 1:18 - 32 & Leviticus 18 would you throw out.   Answer : I am not throwing out any commands.   How so?  By reasoning that God allows us to ground our sexual ethics in the created order,  the tradition bound view’s proponents are the guilty party in that regard.    THE BIBLE EXPLICITLY FORBIDS USING THE VISIBLE ATTRIBUTES OF THE CREATED ORDER AS THE BASIS FOR THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, & ETHICS. Romans 1:18 - 32 is inerrant, infallible, & clear as a bell on this.    One more time:  Romans 1:18 - 32 is a verbal, plenary commentary on Leviticus 18.  To understand the case law in Leviticus 18 correctly, understand Romans 1:18 - 32.  It covers the same exact material & follows the same exact outline.   Leviticus 18 Shema/Prologue  (Lev. 18:1 - 5) General & Specific Prohibitions  (Lev.18: 6 -23)  Document Clause, Witnesses, & Victory...
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