…prophecy acts as a divine filter, allowing God’s plan to unfold without interference from those who oppose Him, while rewarding the faithful with deeper understanding. Concealing the Truth Behind Symbolism…

…not our escape from some cosmic torture dungeon. He is the way back into God — the path of restoration, not avoidance. Illustration of Wrath The story of the Prodigal…

…writhing in agony, engulfed by hellfire, and tortured in the fire for all eternity in God’s merciless dungeon. She’s trapped there with all the other wicked, evil, and irredeemable souls,…

…to reject the notion that hell is God’s torture dungeon or His cosmic furnace (as if God were Hitler). Instead, much like most Church Fathers and Jews, I came to…

…the Second Temple, Jews who did not believe in Jesus could no longer offer sacrifices. The Jewish Pharisees, who opposed the corrupt priesthood, seized this opportunity to finally take over…

…were Judas and innately evil beings who betrayed the Lord for money.[iii] John Chrysostom, early church father and the archbishop of Constantinople, dubbed Jews deicides with no opportunity for “atonement,…

…Nitzevet one more opportunity to be with Jesse. This plan succeeded, reminiscent of Leah and Rachel’s deception of Jacob, and Nitzevet became pregnant with David, her eighth son. Despite her…

…into the fabric of Jewish law, ethics, and theology. It is the opposite of a legalistic black-and-white approach and a divine imperative that seeks to reflect the very character of…

…entered the world long ago, tainting everything good and pure, and subsequently spreading to all people. The notion that God required a “plan B” (Jesus) after “plan A” (humans) failed…

…Ratzin, king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, as powerless. In God’s eyes, they are no more than a burning end of a tail, letting off…