The Creation of the ADAM and the First Family

 

In my emails, a word with all capital letters is a transliteration of a Hebrew word. Be sure to note that ADAM and Adam may not mean the same thing. We will soon learn that the ADAM is an entity that consists of one male human and one female human. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/11f9d33f8145/the-creation-of-the-adam-and-the-first-family

A Reader’s Digest Version of the Creation Story: Part 2

 

Six areas now exist, four of them are new. Now the Creator turns its attention to creating the things that will occupy those areas – and we will discover more mysteries embedded in this story! Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/68c8b467d266/the-mysteries-of-the-creation-of-the-hosts-of-the-heaven-and-the-earth

A Reader’s Digest version of the Creation Story

 

In our world today, accurate and correct information is very important and valuable. Being identified as a source of accurate and correct information is important. Now, you are in a position to do that anytime the first story in Genesis is part of the conversation. Most Bible readers do not know what the Creator created in the first story in the Bible. Check it out and see if have good or bad information. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/f85cfaa7c15e/readers-digest-version-of-the-creation-story

From BS Defenders to Explorers of Bible Stories

 

Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and I were very close friends for many years, but at the beginning of our relationship, there was always an elephant in the room. Our religious institutions agreed on two things: (1) There is only one God. (2) The other institution’s god is not that god. That was the elephant in the room, and we knew we had to talk about it. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/dbe1d771006a/from-bs-defenders-to-explorers-of-bible-stories

Did You Know 74 People Saw the God of Israel at the Same Time?

 

One of the amazing things about exploring stories in the Bible is that I always see things I missed before. I had believed that “no human has ever seen God,” prior to exploring this story many years ago. It was shock to discover that Moses and 73 other people saw God at the same time. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/193d45ac0769/did-you-know-74-people-saw-the-god-of-israel-at-the-same-time

Tables of Stone, the TORAH, and the MITZVAH?

 

The books of the Bible were originally written on scrolls. Some scrolls contain one book, while other scrolls contain multiple books. Explorers view each scroll as a map on which linguistic areas are revealed. Follow us as we explore those areas using ancient Hebrew and Greek texts and show you things you cannot see in English translations. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/e213acd8236b/why-exploring-the-bible-will-benefit-you

Options for Choosing the First Saying aka First Commandment

 

It is important to view the biblical texts and institutional interpretations in their chronological order. Exodus was written before Deuteronomy. Judaism existed before Catholicism, and Catholicism existed before Protestantism. The ancient Hebrew text has no chapter and verse markers. The Ten Sayings are not numbered. The biblical texts themselves force people to talk about them or ignore clear differences between them. Continue reading at –

https://mailchi.mp/8e3533c44300/options-for-choosing-the-first-saying-aka-first-commandment-corrected