With the inauguration around the corner and the celebration of the three wise men in the rear-view mirror, I thought it might be fun to take a deeper look into an ancient inauguration. It’s an interesting story that goes the whole way back to the story of Daniel, somewhere around 580 BC.…
This is a short rendering of a tale about a man named Albert Pike (1809-1891)who wrote in detail about a dream/vision he had in a letter to his friend, Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872).
A little bit about the correspondents before we get to the vision: Pike was a renowned genius in his day and Harvard educated. He was a 33rd Degree Mason and grand master of a Luciferian organization called the Order of Palladium. Pike had a strongly philosophical nature and seemed to like biting the hand that fed him—hence, this Bostonian became a Confederate Brigadier General in the …
The Midrashic hermeneutic is a Jewish way of looking at Scripture and prophecy. A concept within this method of Bible interpretation is the idea that some prophecies of the Bible are not explicit, but implicit in the repetition of patterns. There are numerous examples where the life of a Jewish patriarch prefigures the life of Christ. For example, Joseph’s brothers betrayed him, and God used that act of betrayal as a way to save Jacob’s family during a time of famine. Similarly, Jesus was betrayed by his Jewish brothers, only to have that act of betrayal result in the salvation …
The Bible is a fascinating book with the power to change lives. That’s a true statement, but let’s face it, if you’ve never read the Bible before, it can be pretty intimidating.
Sometimes people ask me what I get out of reading it. It’s an easy question, but it is hard to answer. I truly believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. In my life, it has had and continues to have the power to heal my sinful nature. Like a lot of people, I lived a pretty clean life externally, but I was filled with bitterness, rage, …
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