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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 Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 1.
In this series, I have been writing that things such as traffic enforcement rules and other mechanisms like them exist only to serve themselves. In so doing, they pervert justice by punishing those who do no harm, immediate or corrosive(more on that later). And given the size of police departments, one would think the streets 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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A short commentary on the Parable of the ten virgins.
If you have read any of my previous entries, you know that my emphasis is understanding the prophetic and spiritual implications of the symbolism used in Scripture. And by following those symbols horizontally through the Bible that you gain a larger perspective on what we are to understand from those symbols. My current study is Continue reading
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Epilogue to the sun/goat series and what’s next.
Through the last two series connecting symbols through the Bible to gain prophetic insight, we have been able to see institutions and individuals prophesied very specifically outside of a biblical timeframe. It has allowed us to prophetically see the failure and the symbols attached to Catholicism, the subsequent Reformation and individuals such as Muhammad and Continue reading
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Following the sun and the goat through the Bible: A parable, a summary and a conclusion.
The Game, a parable. There was an incredibly wealthy man who owned the land as far as the eye could see. There was another man who had nothing. The wealthy man offered the other to a game of chance. Seeing that the man had nothing, the wealthy man offers the other man two coins and Continue reading
Broad meadows 