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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 182: Hebrews 4:1-13

Hebrews 4:1-13 continues an important theme introduced in Hebrews 3—holding fast to faith so as to enter into God’s rest (i.e., inherit the promise of eternal life). The writer strikes an analogy between the rest of God, earlier related to entrance (or not) into the Promised Land (Numbers 14), and God’s rest at the end of his creation work. God’s Sabbath rest is therefore identified with eternal life—a rest that is the result of God’s efforts, not ours. Since Christ is the one who provided eternal life through his work on the cross, Christ is our Sabbath.

The episode is now live.

RFID Chips are Yesterday’s Mark of the Beast: Introducing Nanochips and Smart Dust

This article ought to make all those people who have equated the mark of the Beast with microchips blush with naive embarrassment and then curl into the fetal position:

“Nanochips And Smart Dust: The Dangerous New Face Of The Human Microchipping Agenda”

Hmmm …. where have heard of this before …? Nanotechnology that could help you locate someone …. oh, it’ll come to me….

Here’s the point: Nanochipping and smart dust don’t have to be injected into a person. They’re so small you could simply breathe them in, or they could be mixed with the food you eat, or water that you drink, or a vaccination, or [fill in the blank]. Just check out the article for an idea of the size we’re talking about.

So, no, I wouldn’t expect that, if some future New World Order wanted to tag people, they’d round people up and forcibly “chip” them. No need for that at all.

 

 

 

 

UFOs Over Nuclear Bases and the Paul Bennewitz Affair

Robert Hastings recently posted an essay that intertwines these two familiar UFO research topics: UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area: Important New Revelations about the Paul Bennewitz Affair.

The connection? In a sentence: “. . . Bennewitz became a casualty of the Air Force’s determined efforts to direct attention away from the real story—repeated UFO incursions at the Manzano nukes storage site—evidence of which he had captured on film.”

It’s a fascinating (and important) read.

 

Tom DeLonge: Give Me Money So I Can Keep Talking About UFO Disclosure

Sigh. When will UFO enthusiasts learn?

Mike Talks Unseen Realm on the Steel on Steel Show with John Loeffler

Just a heads up. We recorded this show weeks ago, but the interview is only airing on October 28 — the last half hour I’m told. It was fun to spend some time with John Loeffler, who enjoyed the content of The Unseen Realm.

Enjoy!

For Those Interested in New Testament Textual Criticism and the Byzantine-Majority Text

I recently received this announcement from my Danish friend, Ulrik Sandborg-Peterson, who developed the very useful Paradigms Master Pro Greek and Hebrew parsing practice tool. Ulrik has been instrumental in bringing resources for the study of the Byzantine-Majority text to the web:

Announcing byzantinetext.com

The Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, along with various resources developed by Maurice A. Robinson, have a new home on the web at https://byzantinetext.com/.

The website contains freely downloadable resources and pointers to further information about the Byzantine Majority text.
Audio downloads of the entire Greek New Testament Byzantine text (1991 edition), spoken by Maurice A. Robinson.
A downloadable Reader’s edition, as prepared by Jeffrey Dodson in consultation with Maurice A. Robinson.
Select bibliographies of articles and books on the Byzantine Text.
Downloadable editions of the Byzantine and other Greek New Testament texts.
… and more.

For developers, the website is accompanied by an official GitHub repository for Dr. Robinson’s various resources, https://github.com/byztxt/.  The repository will be updated in close collaboration with Dr. Robinson as he makes updates available.  The repository includes Greek New Testament texts with morphological parsings and Strong’s numbers, documentation, and a library written in the Python programming language for reading these texts.

The team behind the website and GitHub repository comprises Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen and Daniel J. Mount, in close collaboration with Maurice A. Robinson.

 

Inept Astro-Prophecy Wizard Undeterred by Ineptitude

These three search results (ranked in order) on Google tell you all you need to know:

Is the end of the world on September 23 and what is David Meade’s …


https://www.thesun.co.uk/…/end-of-the...…

Sep 24, 2017 – Christian conspiracy theorists have gathered clues that suggest the end of the world is nigh.







Is the end of the world today on October 15 and what is David Meade’s …


https://www.thesun.co.uk/…/end-of-the...…

4 days ago – A seven-year series of catastrophic events including earthquakes, hurricanes, nuclear attacks and volcanic eruptions is set to begin NEXT …

Missing: 19








Planet Nibiru: David Meade predicts Doomsday will arrive on October 21


www.news.com.au/…/science/…october…/1...

Sep 25, 2017 – The end of the world has been postponed until October: conspiracy theorist. A CONSPIRACY theorist who initially predicted the world would end last weekend now says Doomsday is coming next month. … Conspiracy theorist David Meade prophesied a mysterious “Planet X” — also known …


Hmmm …. Do you see a pattern?

It Had to Happen: Heiser-isms About the Bible

A few days ago while I was traveling this popped up on my Twitter account:

10 Quotes That Challenge the Way You Study the Bible

It’s a post by Jake Mailhout of Lexham Press about my new book, The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms[image error]. While blogging about the post is a bit awkward for me, I hope it encourages you to buy a copy — or several — for yourself, friends, and family. Truth be told, the content of the book was written on company time, so I get no royalties. But I don’t do what I do to go to Tahiti. I want it to sell — a lot — because people who care about Scripture need such books. We can’t complain about lay people (and even pastors) not having a good grasp of biblical content if (a) scholars don’t write for them, and (b) people don’t buy the books and read them. This is a book with solid “Heiserian” content written for people who want more Bible but who are frightened by Christian Middle Earth. The same goes for its earlier companion, I Dare You Not to Bore Me with The Bible[image error].

Both books, along with Supernatural[image error] would make excellent Christmas gifts — and help people graduate to The Unseen Realm.[image error]

Thoughts about Evil and the Gods

This essay on the Federalist will be of interest to those who follow my work and have read The Unseen Realm:

Why We Should Question God in Response to Evil and Tragedy

The essay is by Aaron Gleason. He’s familiar with the divine council and the sorts of things I write and talk about. Please check it out!

What is Christian Middle Earth? A Brief Explanation

I’ve given my theory of Christian Middle Earth (CME) so many times that I can’t remember who’s heard it and who hasn’t. So I thought a post on it was long overdue.

In over-simplified terms, Christian Middle Earth is that realm between actual biblical scholars (people with real credentials who write for peer review — and mostly write for themselves) and the largest realm, the local church, where serious biblical content is like a Bigfoot sighting. CME is home to the prophecy teaching circuit (think John Hagee or Jonathan Cahn, or Planet X nonsense), charismania (think Bill Johnson or Benny Hinn), Christian conspiracy talk (aliens, nephilim, and UFOs are part of the end times; the Catholic church is hooked up with the Illuminati), Bible codes, Christians who believe in a flat or hollow earth, etc., etc.

Christian Middle Earth has a lot that’s wrong with it. Three-quarters of what gets taught there doesn’t have a prayer of being correct. But it has one important thing going for it. It’s filled with Christians who desperately want content — so much so that they venture out to teach themselves via the Internet and YouTube. They haven’t quite the faith or trying to learn Scripture. CME is all they know since the real scholars aren’t producing material for them in a deliberate way. I admire them, but CME is often soul-crushing for a scholar.

I first coined the metaphor and spelled out the theory on Canary Cry Radio, hosted by CME “traffic cops” Gonz and Basil. Here’s a 12-minute audio segment (MP3) from that episode that helps explain the metaphor. Enjoy!

http://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CME-explanation.mp3