Bashan: Land of the Serpent
2025-03-19
Psalm 82 may depict Yahweh appearing in the middle of El’s infernal council to pass sentence on rebellious fallen angels.Continue Reading
Ritual Pits and Rephaim
2025-02-26
In Ugaritic texts, the Rephaim were summoned through a necromancy ritual to the “threshing-floor” of the Canaanite creator-god El–the summit of Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
From Mount Hermon to Mecca
2024-08-28
In an earlier article we described the akiti festival at ancient Ur, a festival that involved ritual circumambulation of the fields. This practice dates to at least 2500 BC. We speculated that it may have originated even earlier than that, based on the spiral wall around the summit of Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
From Ur to Hermon
2024-01-03
To reach the summit of Mount Hermon in ancient times, one had approach the peak by circling it counterclockwise. Is there a link between rites on Hermon and religious rituals elsewhere?
Tyre, Babylon, and Armageddon
2023-11-08
One of the great puzzles of Bible prophecy is the identity of Mystery Babylon, the Great Harlot of Revelation 17.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #387: Psalms 5, 38, 41–42
2023-09-10
DAVID WAS not perfect, but he recognized his failures. More importantly, he acknowledged that God was the source of his salvation—his yeshua.Continue Reading