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Today, we’re going to explore and compare the seven “heavens,” “realms,” or “worlds” found in the scriptural texts of Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam. Are these seven “realms” the same seven ‘churches” or “assemblies” addressed by the Great Amen in the New Testament Book of Revelation? Let’s find out, shall we? Today’s post is rather long,
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The seven churches referenced several times in the New Testament Book of Revelation are NOT literal churches existing in Asia Minor at the time that John the Elder (not John, the Apostle!) recorded his William S. Burroughs-esque visions of the “end of days.” Biblical scholars and historians have racked their brains for centuries trying to
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Yesterday, while meditating on the Om, it came to me that the Bible says something about King Solomon having had many wives. And that made me wonder if those wives might represent the seven sacred rivers we discussed last time. So, I looked up the verse in question (1 Kings 11:3), wherein I found the
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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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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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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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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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