Numbers/Bamidbar 21: The Brazen Serpent: " it shall be: whoever has been bitten and then sees it, will live."

[This was first posted October 12, 2013.  —Admin1].   ———————   Sinaites’ first exposure to the “bronze serpent” was guess where? The New Testament gospel of John whose opening line echoes Genesis/Bereshith . . . “in the beginning”.   The Word Became Flesh/ John 1:1-5 (NIV)   1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word […]

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Can these bones come to life? – Ezekiel 37:1-14

[This was first posted 2012; reposted in 2014; always relevant in the current events affecting the resurrected nation of modern Israel.—Admin1]   In contrast to an earlier article about the bodies of “saints” which came out of their graves after Jesus resurrected [Revisited: What?! There were resurrected saints at Jesus’ resurrection?], this text from the […]

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Recommended Read: Judaism and the Gentiles

[First posted August 28, 2012.—Admin1]   Terence Donaldson is the author of several books:  Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle’s Convictional World Jews and Anti-Judaism in the New Testament: Decision Points and Divergent Interpretations Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Caesarea Maritima (Studies in Christianity and Judaism) Jesus on the Mountain: A […]

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