Gilbert House Fellowship #379: Psalms 32, 51, 86, 122; 2 Sam. 13
THE PSALMS this week follow our chronological reading order, meaning they were written by David after he was confronted by the prophet Nathan for conspiring to kill Uriah the Hittite so that David could take his wife, Bathsheba.Continue Reading
Storm-god Rising
Baal (properly spelled Baʿal) was the main enemy of Yahweh in the Old Testament. One could argue that he was even more of a villain than Satan–except that Jesus equated Baal with Satan during a confrontation with the Pharisees.Continue Reading
Nimrod and the Goddess
Nimrod was born in the second generation after the flood. His sin? Nimrod tried to expand and upgrade the home of the god Enki, the abzu–the abyss–to create a dwelling place for the gods on Earth.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #378: 2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Chronicles 20
DAVID’S PLOY to take the wife of Uriah the Hittite is another story that shows that the Bible has not been cleaned up to make the humans used by God look more, well, saintly. Continue Reading
From Babel to Mecca: The Dedanite Connection
The historical link between Nabonidus, the moon-worshiping king of Babylon, and the region of Islam’s holiest sites may be coincidental, but you know how we feel about coincidence theories.Continue Reading
The Mountain of Enlightenment and the End of the Age
A mountain in Arabia is responsible for what statisticians say will be the world’s largest religion by about 2070 unless something drastic happens. This mountain is, without question, the site of the most successful supernatural PSYOP in history.Continue Reading