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Tackling Tradition 67: Apotheosis & Proverbs 30:1 - 6

  The Words of Agur 30  The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God;      I am weary, O God, and worn out. 2  Surely I am too stupid to be a man.      I have not the understanding of a man. 3  I have not learned wisdom,      nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 4  Who has ascended to heaven and come down?      Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?      Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name?      Surely you know! Some people think that this text means that it is impossible for man to literally be taken up to heaven from the Earth, as if God is, through his mouthpiece, Agur (Gatherer of Wisdom)    ben Jakeh (Son of Obedience, Piety, Blameless),    precluding the possibility of Yeshua’s corpor...
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Tackling Tradition 66 - Simon & Cephas in Luke 24 & 1 Corinthians 15

To whom is Paul referring in 1 Corinthians 15:5?      Is it Peter or someone else?     and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ( 1 Corinthians 15:5 , ESV) But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.  ( Luke 24:12 , ESV) saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”  ( Luke 24:34 , ESV) Most people believe that 1 Corinthians 15:5 is referring to Peter, based on their understanding that John calls Peter “Cephas” in John 1:42. One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.  41  He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).  42  He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).  ( John 1:40–42 , ESV) —-But ther...
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THAT WHICH WAS & IS & IS TO COME

  The Thousand Years 20  Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit [ a ]  and a great chain.   2  And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,   3  and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. 4  Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.   5  The rest of the dead ...
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THE GREAT COMMISSION

The Resurrection 28  Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2  And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.   3  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4  And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.   5  But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.   6  He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he [ a ]  lay.   7  Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.”   8  So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciple...
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