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  1. John D. Brey

    Christ/AntiChrist.

    That begs the question what you think makes up the "Bible." Would you only canonize a Red Letter Bible? Is only the red-lettered part of the Bible authentic and authoritative for you? John
  2. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    Within the context of what I believe to be true, the answer is that I don't know and don't feel I need to know, though I would like to know. And I don't think it's impossible to know. And maybe you have it correct? For what it's worth, we come from a finite perspective based on our space/time...
  3. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    In my opinion, the scripts to your video presentations are fantastic; well-written, clear, concise, and to the point. I do think using your own voice might lend a more personal element to the presentations. The electronic voice sounds professional, but to paraphrase Rousseau, what the...
  4. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    I'm not sure we agree on the dynamics of salvation? In the theological position I espouse, every single sin, every crime, ever committed, is put to Jesus for judgment, so that at the judgment seat of God, not one single sin will ever be brought up, not a single one (since they've all been paid...
  5. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    Reincarnation is occasionally taught in Jewish kabbalah. It doesn't, or hasn't, really entered my studies since I don't think too much about the unsaved and their plight. I tend to assume that's in God's hands. The offer of salvation is a free gift. Those who don't take it are in God's hands...
  6. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    Understanding the generalities of these biblical truths, orthodox Judaism, with the Tanakh, doesn't consider abortion murder. Secondarily, and again based on the generalities stated above, the Talmud insinuates that only the "Jew" represents a living human being. Technically speaking, and the...
  7. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    Generally speaking, you seem to sacralize the zygote and thus the mishkan implying that the life it represents is the "human" life God considers sacred. Based on this you imply human life begins at conception. Using this foundation, you justify strict opposition to abortion implying it...
  8. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    . . . I love the work you've put into this, and the patience too; the willingness to attempt to explain it so all can understand. Nevertheless, while we agree on a lot, and though I see some really good stuff in your work, I think there are some fundamental areas where we disagree. And it's the...
  9. John D. Brey

    Abrahamic only: What is this all about?

    As Rachael implies in message #32, cultural and religio-cultural differences often cause consternation and animosity simply by misunderstanding or misrepresenting the meaning implied or signified by an act. Jewish and Christian culture are founded in some ways on similar ideas, and in other ways...
  10. John D. Brey

    Abrahamic only: What is this all about?

    From what I've read in this thread, I tend to agree with dybmh. And not just because I like him. I think his approach is correct. I don't think it's a crime for Jews to have harsh feelings toward Christians or Christianity. I don't think it's a crime for them to board up a window if it's primary...
  11. John D. Brey

    Isaiah's Branch Analogy.

    Throughout Isaiah's prophesies he uses plant metaphors as though they apply to human biology. Through selective breeding, the gardener tries to develop as near perfect a plant as possible. Once he gets what he wants, that plant becomes his "cultivar." Take the "Red Delicious" apple. The Red...
  12. John D. Brey

    Branch of Zion.

    This is all good stuff. As I noted in another thread, we live in a time when all this information is at our fingertips instantaneously. We're the first generation who, because of the computer, Internet, Bible software, etc., etc., should be able to unveil aspects of the Bible that have been...
  13. John D. Brey

    Branch of Zion.

    In a similar vain, Schwaller de Lubicz did some amazing work showing that the design of the temple is anthropomorphic. There's clearly an underlying design element that connects all the dots at some level of abstraction or contemplation. John
  14. John D. Brey

    There is no evidence for God, so why do you believe?

    Go thy way Daniel for the word are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Daniel 12:10. Daniel
  15. John D. Brey

    Branch of Zion.

    The generally accepted interpretation of Psalm 80:15-17 fails to distinguish between the vine and the stupendous Branch grafted onto the vine. Verse 1 speaks of "You who are enthroned upon the cherubim." This is Moses' rod, Nehushtan, the Branch of the Lord, placed between the cherubim on the...
  16. John D. Brey

    Branch of Zion.

    The verbiage found in Psalms 80:15-17 reveals an important nuance that threatens to further unveil the personage at the right hand of the Father when it's noted that the Hebrew consonants "בן" speak of a "son" and or a "branch." This is the case since it can then be read as the "branch of adam"...
  17. John D. Brey

    Branch of Zion.

    Justification for rendering "בת" "Branch" rather than "daughter" comes not only from the fact that the verse is clearly speaking of a "branch" and or "branches," but from Cross referencing the verse with verses throughout the Tanakh that support the idea of an important, seminal, Branch, being...
  18. John D. Brey

    "Priapus in a Cucumber Patch."

    In light of context and exegesis, Isaiah 1:8 should read: ונותרה בת–ציון כסכה בכרם כמלונה במקשה בעיר נצורה And the Branch of Zion is left as a sukkah in a garden, God's own priapic Branch hidden amongst a vast field of idol replicas forged of wood, the place of refuge עיר for the Nazarenes...
  19. John D. Brey

    "Priapus in a Cucumber Patch."

    The manufacturer with his tongs works the coals and fashions with hammers and makes it like the strength of his arm זרוע . . . which is also hungry and its strength fails. The carpenter drinks no water and grows thirsty. He measures out a line on trees and with a compass he connects the lines...
  20. John D. Brey

    "Priapus in a Cucumber Patch."

    Who hath formed a god or poured out a graven image profitable for nothing. Isaiah 44:10. Isaiah asks who it is who's poured out נסך a priapic-image good for nothing? The glaring problem is exemplified in that the corrected exegesis of Psalms 2:6 says that God himself has poured out נסך his...
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