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Yes, I know. I promised we’d talk about yoga next time, but that was before the Holy Spirit guided me to the fourth chapter of Isaiah, and then down an exciting rabbit-hole that led me to the Exodus story of the seven daughters of Jethro (Yitro), the high priest of Midian, who meet Moses at
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Lush expanses of lawn, sacred grasses, and verdant green pastures feature prominently in the scriptures of many faiths. But what are these peaceful meadows intended to represent? Today we’re going to walk through those grassy fields (and many scriptural passages) in search of the answer. Let’s begin with the Old Testament Book of Genesis, wherein
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Over the past several days, I’ve received mental images equating Johnny Appleseed with the Holy Spirit. Upon reflection, this makes sense, given that, in Biblical terms, apples symbolize the fruit of knowledge we threw away by condemning our Brothers in Christ (as per Zechariah 4 and the Course). And John Chapman — the “real-life” Johnny
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Today, let’s open our Bibles to the Book of Zechariah, one of the “twelve minor Hebrew prophets” whose writings appear in the Old Testament. Zechariah’s prophecies, visitations and/or visions are especially interesting and relevant, because they mention Zerubbabel, the Second Temple, and the signet ring, as well as the Golden Menorah or Lampstand representing the
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Let’s continue exploring how the make-believe universe actually works. Because the Truth is pretty mind-blowing, do try to stay open. Although Course-Jesus never compares the world to a multi-dimensional virtual-reality game, the Ascended Masters who dictated The Disappearance of the Universe to Gary R. Renard did make that comparison, as have other celestial messengers speaking
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If you’re having trouble warming to the ABSOLUTE TRUTH that the world is a school for salvation, then try thinking of earthly life as a game of choices aided by the instructive symbols all around us. Growing up in the 1960s, I sometimes played “The Game of Life,” a popular board game originally created in 1860
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I haven’t posted for several months for myriad reasons. Initially, I stopped because translating the Old Testament was taxing my brain. Then, I found myself riddled with questions about God’s Will. I wondered, for example, if this blog was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit or merely an ego-motivated exercise in intellectualizing? And lastly, I
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Like most things in scriptural texts, the first and second Temples of Jerusalem are symbols rather than physical structures. And today, we’re going to explore what the Judeo-Christian scriptures really tell us about those two Temples. So, get out your Bible and turn to the first Book of Kings. In most English translations, the first
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“Holy Stream of Sound” is the phrase used by the historical Jesus to describe the ever-present echo of God’s Voice we hear with our inner ears. We know this from a teaching attributed to Jesus in the Essene Gospel of Peace, a largely unknown 3rd-century text discovered in the Secret Library of the Vatican in
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According to Google, the word Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) appears between 2,500 and 2,700 time in the Hebrew Bible — the original form of the Judeo-Christian Old Testament. Google, among many other sources, also suggests that Elohim is a plural form of the Hebrew words Eloah and/or El, all three of which translate as “God.” As stated in my
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