THE BOOK OF 1 ENOCH has become a source of controversy among Christians. Regardless of your view of the book, it’s undeniable that it was known to the apostles and the early church, who generally had a favorable view of it.Continue Reading
WISDOM IS NOT a female deity who’s been written out of Jewish and Christian theology over the last 3,000 years.Continue Reading
WE RETURN to our regularly scheduled reading this week with proverbs that are paternal calls for wisdom–and a warning against communing with spirits of the dead.Continue Reading
One of the great puzzles of Bible prophecy is the identity of Mystery Babylon, the Great Harlot of Revelation 17.Continue Reading
The Titans, the Watchers of the Bible, return when Apollyon opens the pit. And for humans without the seal of God on their foreheads, it will literally be Hell on Earth.Continue Reading
Canaanites believed the entrance to the underworld was at Bashan. But both Milcom (Molech) and Chemosh, the national gods of Ammon and Moab, demanded child sacrifice. Venerating the dead and appeasing the gods of the dead through human sacrifice appear to have been the norm in this region east of the Dead Sea.Continue Reading