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Law, justice, governance and the millennial reign: The importance of freedom of speech.
In Matthew 15 Jesus says, “But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.” Matthew 15:18&19. To know what is in a person, you have to allow them to speak. In Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 2.
In the last writing I discussed what makes a law useful to people in that they are determined by specific harms that are unacceptable. Harms to body, property and falsely to reputation. All of these point to the necessity of bodily autonomy of each individual without impinging on the basic right of others as in Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The relationship between law and justice.
My daily reading in Scripture took me to Mark 12 today where Jesus was asked what are the greatest commandments of the law. “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your Continue reading
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Following the sun and the goat through the Bible, part 9: The sun, the goat and the seals.
In the last installment we examined Genesis 38 and this is last place that the sun or the goat appears in the book of Genesis. I examined the prophetic implications of color to some extent and we may look at that more as we get further into the law, but today I want to connect Continue reading
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Following the sun and the goat through the Bible, part 8: To us, sons are born; the young goat.
In the last installment, we examined Genesis 37 where Joseph’s ornate or multicolored robe was dipped, surprisingly, in goat’s blood. This is unusual to the Christian ear because Jesus is always pictured as the Lamb of God and it’s by his shed blood that we have forgiveness of sins. We were able to demonstrate in Continue reading
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The house, a parable.
There was a man who got up early every morning before dawn to his work and returned after dark. He was a hardworking and successful man. Every day he took the same route to work. One day he noticed some piles of dirt in a field that hadn’t been there before. As time went on, Continue reading
Broad meadows 