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them to your harddrive.
They should open easily there using
Acrobat Reader. All HTML files
should open easily; almost all files
added after October 2008 should look,
for the most part, accurate.
However, the Hebrew characters in
older documents will be misrepresented
(for many, this is not a big loss) and
the format will not be true to the
original document at time. I
write using WordPerfect and then
change these documents into PDF and
HTML files. PDF files retain the
formatting and graphics exactly as
they appear in WordPerfect; the HTML
format, not so much.
Doctrines from this point forward
will be uploaded in WordPerfect
formal. MS Word can import this
text and WordPerfect office, in my
opinion, is a better product than MS
Office. There are many reasons
for this preference, not the least of
which is being able to have a Greek
and a Hebrew keyboard which can be
accessed in one keystroke (something
that MS Word cannot do). Also, a
recent version of WP Office can be
found very cheaply (for as little as
$30). The newest version can be
had by a pastor or a student for
around $100. This new format
will allow pastors to more easily
incorporate this into their notes.
Exegeted
Books in a more logical order
are found here.
Doctrines
listed in alphabetical order are
found here.
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2Samuel
17 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) uploaded 4/25/2013
These lengthy
exegetical studies are done for
several reasons: (1) to put
you into the center of the
action, so that you understand
all that is going on, along with
the thinking of the principals
involved. (2) To give you
one place to go where the
material of this chapter is
thoroughly laid out, with
alternative texts considered.
(3) Every word of the
Hebrew for this chapter is found
along with its morphology, and
then 3 different translations
are provided as well.
In 2Sam. 17,
David is leaving Jerusalem as
Absalom enters into Jerusalem.
Absalom has asked advice of
his chief adviser Ahithophel
at the end of the previous
chapter, and he was told to
publicly rape David’s
mistresses. While Absalom is
occupied doing this,
Ahithophel forms a plan, which
is to take 12,000 soldiers and
pursue David immediately
(presumably while Absalom is
still busy with the
mistresses). Although Absalom
likes the plan, he called in
Hushai for a second opinion,
not knowing that he is David’s
mole. Hushai has the difficult
task of immediately coming up
with another plan which is
inferior to Ahithophel’s
excellent plan, and then
selling it to Absalom as
better than Ahithophel’s plan.
He succeeds. Ahithophel goes
home to end his life, Hushai
contacts David’s intelligence
network, to tell them what
Absalom is planning, and
Absalom probably continues
raping David’s mistresses
while a larger army is raised.
Meanwhile, David’s
intelligence network springs
into action, bringing
information to David, despite
Absalom’s soldiers watching
carefully for suspicious
movement. Because of the
intelligence report, David
crosses over the Jordan River
and goes to Mahanaim, as an army
is gathered for Absalom and he
crosses over the Jordan to look
for his father David. The
chapter ends with David
receiving logistical support
from 3 different sources.
God the Holy Spirit
in this text gives us the nuts
and bolts of war, including
the strategy and tactics, the
meetings, the decisions, the
clandestine warfare which is
occurring, and the way that
the characters complement as
well as clash with one
another, which is Absalom’s
downfall. In fact, this
chapter sets us up for
Absalom’s eventual defeat, due
to being undermined through
clandestine warfare,
sanctioned by God.
The doctrines and
charts found in this chapter
include: God and Revolution;
Revolution and Warfare Requires
a New Set of Values for the
Believer; Links to the Doctrine
A Personal Sense of Destiny;
David’s Line Including Abigail;
the Nahash’s of Scripture; The
Sharing of our Material Goods
with the Servants of God; and
Legitimate Lies in Scripture.
246 pages.
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2Samuel 16
(HTML) (PDF) (WPD) uploaded
4/3/2013. This section
of the Scriptures continues to
be up-to-date, as it covers
such topics as people who use
war and revolution for their
own profit; how does an army
treat disgruntled and hostile
civilians in wartime; and the
low-information citizen (whose
parallel today is the
low-information voter).
We see David leaving
Jerusalem and the people he runs
into at his exit; and Absalom
enters into Jerusalem, and he
also interacts with the two most
important people in this
revolution: Hushai and
Ahithophel.
There are many
parallels in this study to
contemporary and recent
politics. However, the key is,
the informed believer with
doctrine can correctly
interpret current events,
while some of the most learned
and educated people around
cannot. We also compare
Absalom’s ground game with
President Obama’s ground game
in 2012.
There are verses in
this chapter which, insofar as I
know, have never been fully
explained. V. 20, for
instance, reads: Absalom
[later] asked Ahithophel,
“[You all] give regarding you
[all] counsel: what should we
do?” This is an amazing
verse and tells us a great deal
about Absalom. I am not aware of
any commentator who realizes
this (although several
translators appear to get the
gist of this verse). We have
both a movie parallel to this
verse as well as an historical
parallel.
Absalom will ask for
and take Ahithophel’s advice.
However, for the man behind
the man, there may be personal
motives attached to his
advice. Therefore, we will
look at how Ahithophel’s
advice benefits Absalom and
how it benefits Ahithophel.
- Exegetical Lessons from the
Book of Genesis #201-230
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
posted 4/1/2013. These lessons
cover most of Gen. 19, where is
about the angels going to Sodom and
rescuing Lot and his family and all
of Gen. 20. These 30 lessons
include the a retrospective of the
life of Lot; Lot as found in the New
Testament; a comparison between Lot
and Abraham; the Sin unto Death; how
Abraham foreshadows Jesus Christ (in
a passage I don't think has ever
been fully explained before); the
testing of Abraham; a list of things
that we learn from Gen. 20; and
where Jesus is found in the first 22
chapters of Genesis. Also
included in these lessons:
Abbreviated Doctrine of
Homosexuality; the Mechanics of
God's Judgment of Sodom; the
Physical Nature of Angels, Paganism;
the Stages of Discipline for a
National Entity, Eschatological
Vocabulary, a Chart of the History
of Israel, a Chart of the Prophets
(3 charts worthy of being printed
and kept in your Bible), complete
coverage of Sodom and Gomorrah as
found throughout the Bible, and a
lesson on the authorship of Genesis.
- The Doctrine of Legalism (HTML) (PDF)
(WPD).
Fundamental to understanding
legalism, is to understand the
concept of grace. Grace is
all that God is free to do for
mankind because of the work that has
been done on our behalf by the Lord
Jesus Christ on the Cross.
Grace means that man has received
from God that which he has not
earned or deserved. Nothing
that we are, and nothing that we can
do, is enough to qualify us for
anything that the Lord has to give
us. In fact, our human works
are a matter of arrogance, which God
will not tolerate. Isa. 64:6
describes how God views our works: All our
righteousnesses are as filthy
[lit., menstruous] rags in His sight
(Isa.64:6).
- The Doctrine of Vanity (HTML) (PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 3/15/2013. Eccles.
4:7–8 Again,
I saw vanity under the sun: one
person who has no other, either
son or brother, yet there is no
end to all his toil, and his eyes
are never satisfied with riches,
so that he never asks, "For whom
am I toiling and depriving myself
of pleasure?" This also is vanity
and an unhappy business.
These are the words of Solomon, who
both accumulated an incredible
amount of riches and pursued many
human endeavors in his search for
happiness. Psalm 62:9 Those of low
estate are but a breath; those of
high estate are a delusion; in the
balances they go up; they are
together lighter than a breath.
(ESV)
- Jesus in Genesis (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 3/12/2013 Our Lord,
in some form or another, apart from
the Christophanies, is found in
Genesis 1–22 at least 17 times.
- Bible Translation Chart with
Reading Levels (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
This is a work in progress; but much
of the basic information is there,
including the reading levels for
about 30 Bible translations.
3/9/2013
- Minor updates for 2Samuel 2
and the List (HTML)
(PDF),
which attempts to list all of the
doctrinal churches in the United
States, as well as most of the
doctrinal resources. 2/23/13
- Jesus Christ in the Old
Testament (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Updated 2/19/2013. There are a
lot of unusual things found in the
Old Testament: God asking Abraham to
offer up his son, the Passover; and
unusual details given about things
like the birth of Isaac or the
person of Samuel. All of
these things, written thousands of
years ago, look forward to the
Person and work of Jesus
Christ. A complete Christology
and Soteriology is found in the Old
Testament, so that we can study
these unusual OT passages and find
their fulfillment in the New
Testament. This study is also
helpful to the Christian believer
who has had his faith shaken for
some reason or another. It
helps to refocus the individual
believer on Jesus Christ, Who is the
Same yesterday, today and forever.
- The Sin unto Death (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Uploaded 2/13/2013. I found
the Doctrine of the Sin unto
Death posted in 3 different
places, and in each case, it seemed
incomplete. This is a
compilation from those 3 places,
along with a small amount of
original material. If you have
not seen this doctrine laid out
before, then this is highly
recommended.
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Psalm
62 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) completed 2/9/2013.
This psalm is all about
David’s great confidence in
God, in under great trying
circumstances. Included in
this study is how the name of
Jesus is found in the Old
Testament (not just once, but
many times).
This is an amazing
psalm with many applications. We
look at our youth today and in
whom they trust. We evaluate
recent presidential elections.
We look at personal greed and
desires; and we examine the
CEO’s and those who are rich. We
examine the prohibition of
covetousness. We look at the
difficulties which Paul endured,
as well as the difficulties that
David himself endured (David
wrote this psalm); the fact that
faith must be exercised; and the
importance of having control
over your soul. We also study
the relationship of the believer
to money, to working, to wealth,
to financial security and relate
this all to our dependence upon
God.
This is one of the
many psalms which has the name
Jesus in it (3
times).
Some of the doctrines
found in this psalm or referred
to in this psalm: Jesus is the
Rock; Jesus’ Name in the Old
Testament; the Dual Authorship
of Scripture; The Doctrines of
Revolution, Lying, Flattery,
Vanity, Grace, Human Good versus
Divine Good; God rewards us
according to what we have done
in the flesh.
This is a marvelous
psalm with many modern
applications.
- The Doctrine of Genealogies
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 2/8/2013. Quite
frankly, I never expected, say, 10
years ago, to deal with a topic like
this. Genealogies in the Bible
just seemed to be one name after
another, with almost no
purpose. That is not the
case. There is a reason for
everything found in the Bible,
including the genealogies.
This is an original doctrine with
previously published charts and
doctrines included. You may
find yourself surprised that this is
actually an interesting topic.
Personally, I was quite jazzed to do
two chapters of Genesis which were
primarily genealogies. See
what you think. :)
- Bible, The Purpose of; (HTML) (PDF) (WPD)
uploaded 2/8/2013. When one
begins to study the genealogies of
the Bible, found in Gen. 5, 10, and
elsewhere, one is often tempted to
ask, "Why is this in the
Bible?" As long as you
understand the purpose of the Bible,
the reason for this or that passage
often becomes more clear.
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Genesis
11 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Uploaded 2/6/2012
Genesis 11
is another amazing, yet
often ignored, chapter in
the Bible. People are aware
of the first half of
Gen. 11, which is the
Tower of Babel and the
Confusion of Languages, but
then, the second section
follows the line of Shem.
This portion is equally
important, as are the final
few verses, which describe
the family of Terah.
According
to at least 2 sources, there
does appear to be a three-fold
breakdown of the languages,
which is in agreement with the
3 clans at that time. There
will be several sections in
this study which deal with
archeology and carbon dating
and the theories of the age of
mankind. The scientific
achievements of the people of
Ham are listed here, and you
will find this to be quite
amazing. Ancient man and
his primitive ways will not
longer seem very primitive to
you. There are two kinds
of genealogies found in the
Bible and these will be
explained. We will study the
kinds of ancient manuscripts
of the Bible which are
available to us today. The
decline in the ages of the
patriarchs will be examined,
because they decrease
exponentially, which is quite
an amazing little detail.
Finally, some attention will
be paid to the route of
Abraham and his family, along
with something that I doubt
you have heard before—the idea
that Abraham was called on two
occasions. Also included, and
possibly exclusively found
here, why Abraham and his
descendants are called Hebrews
(there are actually several
reasons for this).
A
fascinating study and highly
recommended. 174 pages.
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Genesis
10 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Uploaded 2/1/2013
Many
people skip all of
Gen. 10 and a portion of
Gen. 11 because these are
genealogy chapters, but there
is a lot to be learned in this
chapter (you may recall that
the gospel of Jesus Christ is
hidden in the genealogy of
Gen. 5—from Adam to
Noah). Every believer ought to
learn something about the
genealogies found in the
Bible. It is
worth noting that, some author
did not suddenly say, “Oh,
let’s throw in some
genealogies here.” Their
inclusion at this point is
logical and actually fits well
with the narrative.
One
of the most amazing things
is, there are perhaps a
half-dozen authors of the
Bible who continue the
linear (straight-line)
genealogy all the way from
Adam to Jesus Christ.
Somehow, all of these
authors knew that, there is
one genealogy of promise,
and it is included in the
Bible (there are no other
linear genealogies found).
It is worth asking, how
did they know? And how
did they know not to
follow out some of the
genealogical lines, like
those for Moses, Aaron,
Caleb, Samuel or Saul?
Some of
the doctrines found in this
chapter: What is the Purpose
of the Bible, the Doctrine of
Toledoth, several maps and
alternate ways to show the
distribution of the peoples of
the earth; the 5 Divine
Institutions; Attacks on the
Divine Institutions.
This
is a great study and highly
recommended. 149 pages.
- Exegetical Lessons from the
Book of Genesis #201-220
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
posted 1/16/2013. These
lessons cover most of Gen. 19, where
is about the angels going to Sodom
and rescuing Lot and his
family. These 20 lessons
include the Abbreviated Doctrine of
Homosexuality; the Mechanics of
God's Judgment of Sodom; the
Physical Nature of Angels, Paganism;
the Stages of Discipline for a
National Entity, Eschatological
Vocabulary, a Chart of the History
of Israel, a Chart of the Prophets
(3 charts worthy of being printed
and kept in your Bible), complete
coverage of Sodom and Gomorrah as
found throughout the Bible, and a
lesson on the authorship of Genesis.
- The Introduction
of Genesis (HTML) (PDF) (WPD). Posted
1/16/2013. Although
Genesis chapter 1-9 have already
been posted, the introduction to
this book has just been
completed and posted. One
of the important sections deals
with authorship, and included is
an exegetical study of the words
of Jesus which actually tells us
who wrote Genesis (and it was
not Moses).
- Bible, Basic Themes; aka
The Fundamental Themes of
Scripture (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
There are certain themes which we
find in the Bible, repeated in
nearly every book. This names
those fundamental themes and shows
various places where they are found
in the Bible. This has already
been posted; there were some slight
reworkings of this doctrine.
- Basic Propositions for the
Unbeliever, the Agnostic and the
New Believer (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Uploaded 1/9/2013. Taken from
the introduction to the Basic
Exegesis series, this is a
list of propositions which every
open-minded person ought to
consider.
- Dispensationalism versus
Covenant Theology (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 1/5/2013. This is the
framework of God's plan in human
history within which all Christian
theology is based You
may or may not have heard these
terms in your church, but your
church doctrine is based upon one or
the other. Dispensationalism
holds to the idea that God has a
different plan for each epoch in
time (although many things remain
constant from epoch to epoch).
Covenant Theology holds that man's
relationship is governed by two
covenants implied but not actually
stated in Scripture. The
Christian church is a party to the
same covenant that Israel was a
party to. However, covenant
theology holds that Israel failed,
and therefore the church has taken
over, not as a new entity, but as
Israel 2.0. Covenant theology
assigns little meaning to the nation
Israel or to the existence of Jews
today. This study was culled
from the Genesis 9 study and it
emphasizes an examination of
covenant theology.
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Genesis
9 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Uploaded 1/5/2012
In
Gen. 9, Noah and his
family exit the ark to the new
world devastated by worldwide
flood waters. God makes a
covenant (contract with Noah).
At the end of this chapter,
Noah will get drunk, and the
way that his sons react to
this will determine the
general trends of history
among the progeny of Noah’s
sons.
Included
in this study of Gen. 9
is: The Doctrine
of Murder; A
Comparison of Dispensationalism
and Covenant
Theology; the Noahic
Covenant; and the Breakdown
of
Races to come from
Noah’s sons (as per R. B.
Thieme, Jr.).
Although
I do intend to go back and
edit this document at a future
date, it includes a breakdown
of every Hebrew word in this
chapter accompanied by samples
of over 50 translations, and
is the most thorough
examination of this chapter of
Genesis anywhere. 154 pages.
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Genesis
8 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Uploaded
Jan. 3, 2012. Gen. 8
is about the second half of the
flood, where the waters begin to
subside to a point where Noah and
his family and the animals are
able to exit the ark. The person
who recorded this information in
the first place continues to keep
us abreast of the days and the
time of the month that these
various events take place.
Included
in this study is the Omniscient
of God, the Priesthoods
of the Bible, several Flood
Timetables and a chiasmos
organization of Gen. 7–8.
One of the fascinating aspects
of the flood narrative is how it
is organized. Gen. 7–8 can
be combined into a chiasmos format,
which is quite amazing (and
something which often occurs in
the Bible). More than likely,
you will have to see this and
read it in order to fully
appreciate it.
Finally,
there is some discussion of how
the flood may be related to
continental drift and to the
skewing of the earth’s axis.
- Minor updates made to The Doctrine
of Flattery. (HTML) (PDF)
(WPD).
- The Doctrine of Revolution
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
- and Liberalism, Conservatism,
and Christianity (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
12/22/2012
- The Fundamental Themes of
Scripture (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 12/19/2012. These are
the basic themes of the Bible which
are found in Genesis, in the
history, in the prophets and in the
New Testament. The fundamental
nature of man; man's relationship to
God; man's bankruptcy before God;
our need for a Savior; and God's
provision of a Savior. These
are themes found throughout the
Scriptures. Filed under Bible,
Basic Themes.
- The Doctrines of Human Good
and Morality (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 12/18/2012. Most
people who become Christians believe
that their new life in Christ is
simply being a lot more moral than
they used to be. However, this
is not the case, and the doctrines
of Human Good and Morality help to
illustrate this for us.
Related to this is the Fundamentals
of the Faith, or Living the
Christian Life (HTML)
(PDF).
At the end of human history, many
Christians are going to be surprised
that, all the work that they have
done on this earth is the basis for
the bonfire of 1Cor.3:13-14 (but he will be
preserved, so as through fire
--1Cor.3:15). If you have
believed in Jesus Christ, then you
need to check out these studies, so
that you do not waste away your life
on this earth.
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Psalm
64 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) completed
12/15/2012. Psalm 64 is all
about the two kinds of people
who support a revolution and
the sins of the tongue
utilized by revolutionists
(and politicians). Included
are many applications to the
most recent elections and how
verbal sins were employed.
Also, Psalm 64 is an
amazing chiasmos with 2
different interpretations and
an additional application to
the Tribulation. There are
links and discussions of the
doctrines of Fear; Revolution;
Sins of the Tongue, and the
Upright of Heart. There is
also some discussion on why
U.S. involvement in the Middle
East, with our current
strategy of establishing
democracies is doomed to
failure. Included are specific
political applications and how
sins of the tongue were used
against George W. Bush in
order for Barack Obama to win
the presidency. Like much of
the Bible, this psalm is as
up-to-date as the next
election. As J. Vernon
McGee, sometime in the 1950's
or 60's, commenting on Psalm
64: As I look at the world
today, I have come to the
conclusion that our hope is
no longer in statesmen or
politicians; our hope is no
longer in science or
education—they are all more
or less failures. We
are going to have to do what
David did and what Israel
will do in the future—start
looking up. God is our
only hope today.
- Women
of the Old Testament
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
slightly updated 12/13/2012.
- They Say This Is Christmas
(a new/revised Christmas song) (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 12/11/2012. This is
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy
Christmas" with original updated,
Christian lyrics.
- The Prophet
Chart (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 12/10/2012. This is
a short, 1 page chart which lists
all of the prophets, the time
period during which they
prophesied, and to whom they
spoke.
- The Sins of the Tongue (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Updated 12/9/2012. This
combines a few studies on the sins
of the tongue done over the past
years, and includes a number of
links to other studies which have
been done. This is both one of
the most destructive category of sin
and almost one of the most ignored
categories as well.
- The Doctrine of Revolution
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Expanded
by 10 pages of new material with a
great deal of contemporary
application. Uploaded 12/8/12.
Much more carefully defined and
explained, including the topics of
power lust, bad government,
revolution and the believer,
revolution and mob action,
revolution and the United States,
socialism in the United States, and
information on the original
revolutionary, Satan.
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Psalm
61 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) completed
12/1/2012. In nearly every
chapter of the Bible and in
nearly every psalm, I get the
organization and/or gist of
that chapter, and this
understanding helps to explain
and nuance each verse of that
chapter. However, with
Psalm 61, I did not quite
get the unifying theme, the
big idea, the reason the
psalmist was driven to write
these words down, the unique
principle found here and
nowhere else or the
organization. Usually, I get
one of those things, and then
one or two of the others
become clear. I did not get
this with Psalm 61. I can
reasonably place it in time,
but cannot find its key or its
unique aspect. Nevertheless,
this required an examination
of the Doctrine
of Vows, the Doctrine
of Wings, the Doctrine
of Inheritance, the Eternal
Nature of All the God is,
and Grace and Truth in the
Plan of God. However,
the one thing that did stand
out is, this contrasted
David’s “I will’s” with the
arrogant “I will’s” of Satan.
Perhaps that is what is key to
this psalm; and what makes
this psalm unique. Also, the
use of the word Tabernacle
in this psalm might help us to
place this and 3 other psalms
into an historical context.
- The Old
Testament
Doctrine of Inheritance (HTML) (PDF) (WPD)
posted
11/30/12. What we find
in the Old Testament prepares
us for the New
Testament. That is,
nearly everything that we find
in the Old Testament is a
shadow of the good things to
come (Heb. 10:1). This
does not mean that the Old
Testament is allegorical, in
the sense that the Old
Testament is a bunch of
made-up stories which teach
the truth. The Old
Testament is recorded history
which also illustrates both
truth and future events,
particularly as related to
Jesus Christ at His 1st and
2nd Advents.
- The New
Testament Doctrine of
Inheritance (or Heirship)
(HTML) (PDF) (WPD)
posted
11/30/12. Because we are sons
of God through faith in Christ
Jesus, we become heirs to His
promises, for an eternal
inheritance, which is
permanent and undefiled.
This is specifically the New
Testament Doctrine of
Inheritance. That is,
where the Old Testament
Doctrine of Inheritance
deals with things which look
forward to the inheritance
fulfillments of Old Testament
covenants to Abraham, to the
Jews and to David—that is,
what they are heirs to—this
New Testament Doctrine of
Inheritance looks at the
inheritance that we as
believers will enjoy.
- The Doctrine of Wings (HTML) (PDF)
(WPD).
posted Nov. 29, 2012. There
are several different uses of wings
in the Bible and this explains
several very difficult passages
(although there is one which I could
not give meaning to). Also,
this helps to explain why angels
have wings.
- A Brief History of Israel
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
posted Nov. 28, 2012. This is
a short, 3 page chart, giving the
most basic history of ancient
Israel.
- A Brief History of Israel
without links (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
posted Nov. 28, 2012. If you
want to print this and keep it in
your Bible.
- Old Testament Summary Chart
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
- Old Testament Summary Chart
without links for printing (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
- New Testament Summary Chart
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
- New Testament Summary Chart
without links for printing (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
- The Basic Mechanics of the
Christian Life (or, "Christianity
for Dummies" (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Posted 11/24/2012 What exactly
is the Christian life? Is it
going to church? Is it doing
good works? Is it developing
and regularly using a holy
language? Do you stop hanging
out with your old friends?
What exactly is Christianity, what
is the Christian life and exactly
what do you do as a Christian?
- The Doctrine of Vows (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 11/24/2012. There are a lot
of things found in the Bible,
particularly in the Old Testament,
which seem rather quaint or
mysterious, such as the concept of
vows to God. Since this word
occurs about 75 times in the Old and
New Testaments, it is something that
we ought to understand.
What ought to catch our attention
first is, vows are found throughout
the Old Testament, but not nearly as
often in the New (and they are not
spoken of in the epistles, which are
Church Age doctrine). Let me
suggest to you that, prior to the
cross, man had a legal or a
covenantal relationship with
God. Although we tend to be
very anthropocentric, it is the
covenant which obligated God far
more than it obligated us as
men. If God does not do as He
says He will, then God is not God
(and a part of the Angelic Conflict
is God vindicating His Own
character). In order for God
to fulfill his covenants with man,
there needed to be the Suffering
Servant Who went to the cross,
offered Himself for our sins, and
then became Israel’s promised
Messiah and King. Once God has
fulfilled this obligation in time, a
number of things change.
Covenants are downplayed, as would
be vows (a divine covenant is God
proposing an agreement between
Himself and man; a vow is man
proposing an agreement between
himself and God).
After the cross, God sent us the
Holy Spirit, a down payment on the
future blessings that we will enjoy
(2Cor. 1:22). This changes
everything. Our lives are now
based upon grace and relationship
rather than upon covenants. We
receive an inheritance from God
because we are in Christ, His Son,
and share His inheritance (Rom.
8:17). Furthermore, there are
specific mechanics to the spiritual
life and to spiritual maturity, none
of which are dependent upon a
covenant. It is in this light
that we need to understand the
concept of a vow.
- Updated: 1Samuel 10 (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
and The Movement of the Ark and
the Tabernacle (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
11/22/2012. The change here is
primarily to explain why the Ark and
the Tabernacle were not kept
together in the same place while
David was king. Five reasons
are given. Also the
WordPerfect Document formal was
uploaded as well (which can be
opened in both WordPerfect and in
Word). For most people, this
is not a deep, burning spiritual
issue. However, when dealing
with the Scriptures, I like for
things to fit together and to make
sense, and this will allow for that
in this particular area.
-
Psalm
55 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) completed
11/20/2012 Psalm 55 may
seem as up to date as the 2012
election. This psalm appears
to concern itself with the
Absalom revolution against
David (Absalom is David’s
son); and the tactics which
are used by Absalom, found
both here and in 2Sam. 15,
are still used today, with few
modifications. Therefore, I
used the 2012 election to
illustrate this psalm in
several places; however, this
psalm may be overlaid upon
nearly any election, local or
national, to show how politics
works, or, in the words of
Solomon, to reveal that there
is no new thing under the
sun
(Eccles. 1:9). Included
in this study are links to the
Doctrine of Prayer; the
Davidic Covenant; Do We Pray
for our Enemies or Against
them; the Doctrine of Sheol;
Disaster Testing and the
Faith-rest Technique (Stan
Simonton); and Fear vs. Faith
(Stan Simonton). You should be
warned that there are 3 verses
in this psalm which are very
difficult to translate.
Several doctrines are linked:
the Doctrine of Revolution;
the Laws of Divine
Establishment; and the
Doctrine of Evil. David uses
doctrinal rationales in order
to get out of the deep
personal funk that he was in
due to Absalom’s revolt.
- Basic Eschatology (the
Study of Future Things); aka Eschatology
for Dummies. (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Uploaded November 14, 2012.
Eschatology is the study of future
things, as they are laid out in the
Bible, and this is a list of the
vocabulary words used in the Bible
and in theology which are related to
eschatology. There is a short
rundown, afterwards, of the order of
these events, as well as links to
more thorough studies of the topics
covered.
- Imprecatory Psalms (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
appended and updated
11/8/2012. An imprecatory
prayer is where you pray against one
of your enemies or against your
nation’s enemies. We find many
psalms with such prayers. How
are we to understand this in the
light of Jesus saying, “Love for
your enemies and for those who
falsely accuse you.” ?
- Exegetical Lessons from the
Book of Genesis #201-210
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
posted 11/7/2012 These lessons
cover the first section of Gen. 19,
where is about the angels going to
Sodom and rescuing Lot and his
family. These 10 lessons
include the Abbreviated Doctrine of
Homosexuality; the Mechanics of
God's Judgment of Sodom; the
Physical Nature of Angels, Paganism;
and the Stages of Discipline for a
National Entity.
- Minor updates for the Doctrine
of Sheol/Hades (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
11/4/2012.
-
Psalm 41
(HTML) (PDF) (WPD) added October 31,
2012. This is a psalm written
by David when on his sickbed,
and there was a reaction of
some that they hoped he would
die. It appears that this was
written after Absalom had
returned to Jerusalem and had
been formally recognized in
David’s court
(2Sam. 14:33). Soon
thereafter, David took ill,
which possibly planted the
seed in Absalom to revolt
against David. The inclusion
of Absalom and Ahithophel in
this psalm is an assumption
made by most commentators. The
illness which David suffered
from is not found in the
narrative of Samuel or
Chronicles (only the final
illness at the end of David’s
life is recorded in these
books). This psalm is of
particular note because Jesus
quotes it and applies it to
His betrayal by Judas.
However, clearly in the
context of this psalm, David
appears to be talking about
being betrayed by Ahithophel.
This introduces the concept of
the Dual Authorship of
Scripture, which is
written both by man and God
the Holy Spirit. This explains
Psalm 41, and helps to
explain why there are two
different interpretations of
this psalm; one from David’s
viewpoint and one about our
Lord. There is information in
this psalm about the poor and
our relationship with the
poor; about your spiritual
gift; David’s addiction to
sex; and this answers the
question, do we pray for our
enemies or against them? This
psalm is closely related to 2Samuel
15 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
- Typology: Abraham’s Offering of
Isaac/God’s Offering of Jesus
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 10/29/2012. Gen. 22
is one of the most amazing chapters
in all of the Bible. God comes
to Abraham and asks for him to offer
up his uniquely-born son, the only
time that God ever calls for a human
sacrifice. This is done
to set up a parallel between the
offering of Isaac to the offering of
our Lord for our sins. This is
an example of typology. Isaac
is the type; Jesus is the
antitype. The actual
historical narrative of God asking
Abraham to offer up his son is real;
but it foreshadows our Lord being
offered up on the cross and being
judged by God the Father for our
sins. This is an amazing set
of parallels, much like the
birth of Isaac foreshadowed the
birth of our Lord (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
- The Doctrine of War
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 10/26/2012 There is a
lot of confusion about the concept
of war, and many voices out there
which suggest that, somehow, this is
an option in life or that this is
something which Christians can
simply avoid. Such ideas are
Satanic and/or cosmic
viewpoint. This doctrine
includes the following topics: Why
God Allows War, False Hopes for
Peace. God is very much a part of
war, Military Preparedness and War,
The most important asset in war is
Bible doctrine in the soul, Killing
and Lying in War, War and the New
Testament, and Retreat from war.
- Doctrines and Charts (HTML)
(PDF)
has been updated to include all of
the topics found in 2Sam.15.
10/23/2012
-
2Samuel 15
(HTML) (PDF) (WPD). posted 10/19/2012
updated 10/20/2012. 2Samuel 15
is an amazing chapter. The
events of this book took place
early on in the 10th
century b.c., and
yet have application to the
2008 and 2012 elections in the
United States and to
clandestine warfare.
Winston Churchill on
clandestine warfare: "In
wartime, truth is so precious
that she should be attended by a
bodyguard of lies." By the time
that we complete this chapter,
you will understand what
Churchill was talking about.
Sun Tzu, “All war is
deception.”
R. B. Thieme, Jr.,
“Who knew before Sun Tzu?”
2Sam. 15:31b Therefore,
David prayed to God, saying,
“Frustrate, O Jehovah, the counsel
and advice of Ahithophel.”
2Sam. 17:14b For Yehowah
had ordained [from
eternity past] to
defeat the good counsel of
Ahithophel [through
the tactics of clandestine
warfare], to the intent
that He might bring evil on
Absalom.
500 years before Sun
Tzu was King David of Israel;
King David knew the art of
warfare before Sun Tzu did, and
it is recorded in the Holy
Bible.
2Sam. 15 is one
of the most dramatic chapters
in the Bible, yet, generally
ignored and unknown to the
average believer. Absalom will
organize a revolution against
David, almost under his nose;
and David and his men will
leave Jerusalem, in part, to
preserve the lives of those
David was responsible for.
Then David will organize the
first intelligence network
recorded in human history.
To give you an idea how
up-to-date this chapter of the
Bible is, note what an 1871
commentary said, which nearly
exactly explains the 2008
campaign of Barack Obama: This
dissatisfaction was artfully
fomented by Senator Obama,
who addressed himself to the
various suitors; and after
briefly hearing their tale,
he gratified everyone with a
favorable opinion of his
case...[he] had an air of
extraordinary generosity and
disinterestedness, which,
together with his fawning
arts in lavishing civilities
on all, made him a popular
favorite. Thus, by forcing a
contrast between his own
display of public spirit and
the dilatory proceedings of
the court, he created a
growing disgust with the
Bush administration's
government, as weak,
careless, or corrupt, and
seduced the affections of
the multitude, who neither
penetrated the motive nor
foresaw the tendency of his
conduct. Of
course, the commentator had Absalom
instead of Senator
Obama; and King
David instead of Bush.
Indeed, as the Bible tells us,
there is
no new thing under the sun.
One of the great topics
of this chapter is, covert
warfare, otherwise known as, when
is it legitimate for a
Christian to lie, deceive,
steal, betray, fornicate and
murder? Got your
attention? The legalistic and
self-righteous Christian is
going to have some difficulties
with this chapter of the Word of
God.
Other doctrines in
this chapter include
Revolution, True Leadership,
God’s Plan for Believers in a
Disaster, the Geographical
Will of God, and Why David is
Great both as a Man and as
King. Topics include
clandestine warfare; how the
people viewed David as a king
(why Absalom’s rebellion took
hold); how the believer must
be objective and flexible; why
there are two priests in the
time of David, and the concept
of counterinsurgency. .
- Eschatological Vocabulary (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 10/8/2012.
Eschatology is the study of future
things. However, in order to
study this doctrine, you need some
vocabulary. This is a short
doctrine which gives you the
necessary vocabulary and a brief
outline of history from God's view
(including future events).
- Updated 10/6/2012: Isaac's
Unusual Birth and How it
Foreshadows the Birth of Our Lord
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
This doctrine was actually done on
two separate occasions, so both
doctrines can be found at this one
link. There will be some
overlap. This doctrine is
quite important, as the Bible has
several chapters on it.
- Updated 10/6/2012: Women of
the Old Testament (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
This document has always been one of
the most accessed articles at this
site, receiving as many as a 1000
hits in any given month. What
this document lacked was application
of these women's lives to our lives
today. So, the short
biographies of many of these women
was beefed up with the addition of
several real-life applications.
- New Testament Summary Chart
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
(uploaded 10/4/2012) One of
the most accessed documents on this
site is the Old Testament
Summary Chart (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
This would be its companion.
It is about 10 pages long, and short
enough to be printed out and kept in
your Bible. This document
gives you and overall view of what
is to be found in the NT.
- The Doctrine of Revolution
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 9/29/12. This was
part of another doctrine, and it was
actually authored by Pastor Kreger
of Metropolitan Bible Church.
It was a part of Liberalism,
Conservatism, and Christianity
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
This doctrine will be a part of 2Samuel
15, which is what I am
currently working on.
- The Doctrine of Grace Before
Judgment (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 9/26/2012. Before God
judges an individual or a corporate
group (like a city, a nation, a
church or whatever), God gives that
individual or corporate group fair
warning. Several examples are
given.
- The document which examines the
various translations of the Bible
has become rather unwieldy and
disorganized, so it is being broken
down into it component parts.
First, there is a short list of Greek
and Hebrew References, along
with their pluses and minuses (HTML)
(PDF).
Also, there is a Summative Table
(HTML)
(PDF)
which examines some general
characteristics of the translations
of the Bible which are available.
- Genesis
7 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Uploaded
Sept. 2, 2012.
Gen. 7
contains God’s instructions to
Noah as to what he would need
to take on board with his
family on the ark, and is
followed by the actual
entering into the ark and then
the flood itself.
Because
people are aware that there
are other flood records out
there, and that some people
believe that this flood
account in Genesis is
allegorical or exaggerated or
not what Christians have made
it out to be, careful
attention is given to some of
the other flood stories which
exist, and how they line up
with the record of the Great
Deluge in the Bible. Also, as
was done in Gen. 6, some
time is spend with looking at
this topic scientifically,
looking at some extra-Biblical
sources, and showing that the
Bible record is
straightforward and
reasonable. One
topic which was not covered
here, but will be covered in
Gen. 8 is the idea that
there are two flood accounts
which have been woven
together. This does appear to
be a possibility, not because
of the so-called JPED theory,
but because there is a lot of
repetition in this particular
chapter, even though it is
only 24 verses long.
Some
of the special topics
include: The
Flood Timetable;
the Different
Environments of the Earth
as Suggested by the Bible;
Robbie Dean’s explanation as
to why this was a worldwide
flood; Fossil
Evidence for Massive
Graveyards; and
several comparisons of the
Genesis record of the flood
with other flood accounts
from other cultures (with an
emphasis upon the Gilgamish
account). 137 pages.
- Genesis
6 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD). Gen. 6
is a very unusual chapter.
Fallen angels will have the
ability to have sexual unions
with the daughters of men, and
they will produce children who
are characters of mythology
that many of us have studied
over the years (the
half-man/half-god characters).
However,
this completely pollutes the
human race, and God selects
seemingly the only people
who remain who have not been
corrupted, Noah, his wife,
his 3 sons and their wives.
There
are several things which we
find in this chapter: a
pronouncement of judgement
against the corrupted human
race and a promise of their
destruction. God will make a
covenant with Noah, which is
the first mention of a
covenant in Scripture. God
will also instruct Noah to
build an ark.
You
may think that this is all
just a story, a myth that
was passed along for
centuries. However, you are
going to find out that this
historical record is
anything other than a myth;
it is clearly not devised by
someone who thought it would
make a great story.
You may
be surprised as to how many
things in this chapter are
interdependent and dependent
upon the previous chapters in
Genesis. For instance, in
order for this to actually
have taken place, there had to
be an environment much
different than we have today.
We could not have rain; and we
could not have an abundance of
bacteria; otherwise, the wood
of the ark would have rotted
before it took its maiden
voyage. And, not surprisingly,
this is exactly the sort of
environment that previous
chapters of Genesis suggests.
This
examination of Gen. 6
includes: Biblical
States of the Earth;
the Accuracy
of the Old Testament;
the Basic
Mechanics of the Christian
Life; and the
doctrines of Satan’s
Counterfeits, Sanctification,
Civilizations
and Anthropopathisms.
192 pages.
- The final 10 lessons for Genesis
Lessons 101-200 have been
posted 8/28/2012 (HTML)
(PDF).
(WPD)
These 10 lessons focus on the latter
half Gen. 18 where Abraham
intercedes on behalf of his nephew
Lot living in Sodom, and act as a
prelude to Gen. 19.
Included in these lessons are the Doctrine
of Client Nation, the Doctrine
of the Pivot, Heathenism,
a new Christian vocabulary, and the
seeds of doctrines buried in Gen.
18. These 100 lessons begin at
Gen. 12 where we first meet Abraham
and proceed almost to the
point where Abraham has sired
Isaac. Each lesson is
approximately 5 pages long and
should take 10-20 minutes to read
(and longer if Scriptural references
are consulted).
- The
Doctrine of Intercalation
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
has been updated August 25th, 2012
with one NT passage and a short
addendum which reveals that Jesus
Christ knew and taught the doctrine
of intercalation. What
intercalation means is, in between
the 1st and 2nd
Advents of our Lord, the Church Age
is found. In the Old
Testament, there appeared to be no
separation between the two advents
of our Lord; and had the Jews
accepted His offer of the Kingdom of
God, which was a legitimate offer
that Jesus made to the Jews at this
time, then the 1st and 2nd
Advents would have occurred one
after the other. This is not a
minor doctrine; there are at least
25 passages where the Advents of
Jesus Christ are treated as one
event.
- OT Testament Summary Chart
(PDF)
is one of the most viewed items at
this site. Mark submitted a
PDF version that can be printed and
put inside your Bible. His
directions: "If you print both sides
(duplex) and select the "flip on
short side" option it should work.
Either that or you will just have to
print both sides manually. The page
numbers will look weird. but when
you put it together and fold it, it
will look correct. Then you just
need to trim it."
- The Doctrine of Heathenism
(what about the people who have
never heard?) (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 8/13/2012 The
word heathen is used
theologically to refer to those who
have not believed in Jesus
Christ. They may or may not
have heard the gospel; they may or
may not be open to hearing the
gospel. They may or may not
belong to a civilized or relatively
modern society.
A question raised by many people,
believers and unbelievers alike, is,
what about those who have never
heard the gospel of Jesus
Christ? Will they go to
hell? What about Muslims and
Jews and Buddhists? Isn’t
their faith and sincerity enough to
merit God’s favor? And, how
can we believe that someone who has
never heard the name of Jesus be
condemned to hell? How can a
God who does this be a just and
loving God?
- The list of Old Testament
Topics (HTML)
(PDF)
has been updated and posted
8/10/2012.
- The Exegesis of 2Samuel 14
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD).
Uploaded 8/10/2012. 2Samuel 14
is one of the most unusual chapters
in the Word of God, and, insofar as
I know, no one has ever pointed out
why. This is a self-contained
chapter, a chapter which is written
like a play. It has a
prologue: 2Sam. 13; it has an
epilogue: 2Sam. 15–19. But it
stands by itself as a literary unit,
as if a play. There are two
unnamed characters: the king and the
woman from Tekoa; and two named
characters: Absalom and Joab.
Of the 33 verses in this chapter,
only 6 of them lack dialogue.
Three of those verses describe
Absalom, as one might describe a
character in a play.
Interestingly enough, within this
play of 4 characters, Joab hires an
actress to give a performance for
the king, except that, he does not
know until the end that this is a
performance.
2Samuel 14 explains how David
accepts Absalom back into the city
of Jerusalem. It is an odd
narrative, which may confuse the
reader at first. Joab believes
that Absalom should be next in line
for the throne, and that it is safer
for David for Absalom to expect to
be king as a matter of due course
than for him to be in a nearby
kingdom and contemplate military
action against David. So,
Joab, who has probably tried
previously to talk the king into
bring Absalom back; resorted to
doing this through an
intermediary. Joab brings an
actress into the picture, who will
cause David to reconsider his
decision concerning Absalom.
However, it is quite important that
we given some thought to why this
chapter is here, apart from its
historical perspective.
Certainly, it would be a leap to
have Absalom living in a foreign
kingdom in one chapter, and, in the
next, be back in Jerusalem fomenting
revolution. So, historically,
this explains how this
happened. However, the Bible
is not merely an historical
book. Therefore, there must be
more to this chapter than simply
drawing a straight line from point A
to point B. This will be
explained within the exegesis of
this narrative.
There is a part of 2Sam. 14 which
has never been correctly
taught. Nearly every
commentator, good and not-so-good,
says that the problem at the end is,
David does not fully forgive
Absalom. He half-forgives
Absalom, and that causes all of the
trouble down the road. This is
wrong, particularly because David
forgives Absalom in the very last
verse of this chapter. If
half-forgiveness was the problem,
then David “solved” that problem at
the very end of the chapter.
However, Absalom will rebel against
David, so, quite obviously, fully
forgiving Absalom is not the
key. The key to their
relationship ought to be justice,
not love; and that helps to explain
everything. You might say,
this is the key that unlocks the
problem of David’s relationship to
Absalom in 2Sam. 14.
This is the most extensive
examination of 2Sam. 14 found
anywhere. There is ground
plowed here which has never been
explored before. There is a
great deal of information hidden in
the dialogue about Absalom, David
and Joab. Absalom reveal some
wicked brilliance at the end of this
chapter. Like every chapter of
the Bible that I have exegeted, this
is filled with applications to our
lives today, even though this
incident took place 3000 years ago
within a royal family. There
are also great theological points
which are revealed in this chapter,
unearthed here for the first
time. And there are things in
this exposition which you may be
surprised to find: the Bible and
human beauty; the Phi constant, the
criminal personality, the similarity
of the conflicted emotions of David
and Bathsheba, the psychology of
being a king and making royal
decisions, flattery, justice,
forgiveness, human viewpoint
solutions and Chick-fil-A.
Also, parallels are drawn between
Absalom and our current president.
- The Law of Posterity,
which is closely related to the
Levirate Law (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 7/24/2012. This is a
little-studied doctrine, the law of
posterity suggests that there may
have been a more extensive moral
code prior to the Law of Moses, as
it preexisted Moses. This
doctrine explains both the book of
Ruth and the question of the
sadducees. It also explains
why the Catholic church is wrong
about birth control. Finally,
the underlying meaning explains that
those who believed in Yehowah
Elohim had an eternal inheritance
with God, undefiled, that does not
fade away (1Peter 1:4).
- The Doctrine of the
Interlocking Systems of Arrogance
(HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
uploaded 7/23/2012 This is a
doctrine that is original with R. B.
Thieme, Jr., but it has been
reworked and several gates have been
added. There needed to be some
way to explain David's sin of
adultery followed by the sin of
murder. When 2Samuel 11
(HTML)
(PDF)
is carefully exegeted, there seems
to be more than just extended
carnality and sinning
involved. This doctrine of
Interlocking Systems of Arrogance
explains in greater detail just what
is occurring in David's soul (which
is important, as this could be
something which we as individual
believers face).
- The Doctrine of Mental
Attitude Sins uploaded
7/20/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
One's mental attitude and one's
thinking is one of the most
important aspects of the Christian
life, and yet, it is one which is
often ignored. 12 mental
attitude sins are listed, which
Scriptures and information, as well
as links for a more complete
doctrine of each sin.
- The Doctrine of Forgiveness
uploaded 7/14/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
(WPD)
Although forgiveness is fundamental
to our salvation, finding a
doctrinal approach is
difficult. Even the original
source that I used contained
legalistic problems, which were
revised or removed. This
doctrine includes a definition, some
preliminary considerations, a
vocabulary list, God's forgiveness
of mankind, our forgiveness at
salvation, and temporal forgiveness
(remaining in fellowship). The
unpardonable sin is also discussed
in this doctrine. Forgiving
others and the need for believers to
forgiven one another are topics
which are covered extensively.
- Homosexuality
and the Bible uploaded
7/12/2012 (HTML)
(PDF).
This is a fairly thorough study of
how the Bible views
homosexuality. Not only are
all the pertinent passages studied,
but general studies which have been
done about homosexuality in the
United States are covered as
well. The political
agenda of the gay movement is
examined along with the topic of gay
marriage. Also, I discover
Word Clouds.
- The Doctrine of Flattery.
uploaded 7/6/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
(PDF).
I must admit, this is a sin I barely
knew existed. (The link to
2Samuel 14 is not functional yet; I
am in the midst of working through
that chapter).
- The Doctrine of the Client
Nation was updated
6/26/2012, inserting the concept of
work as the 2nd divine
institution. (HTML)
(PDF)
- Both the Davidic
Timeline (HTML)
(PDF)
and the Old Testament Summary Chart
(HTML)
(PDF)
have been updated slightly
6/22/2012.
- Genesis
Lessons
101-190 posted
6/20/2012 (HTML)
(PDF).
This may seem confusing, uploading
two sets of Genesis lessons.
These lessons listed here are
designed to be read and studied by
the average believer. The
individual chapters below go into
greater detail, which includes a
word-by-word Hebrew exegesis.
Included in this upload are the
Doctrine of Angeology, Isaac's
Unusual Birth Foreshadows the Birth
of Our Lord, Human Viewpoint
Thinking versus Divine Viewpoint
Thinking, and What Preserves a
National Entity.
-
Genesis
5 uploaded
6/5/2012 (HTML) (PDF) (WP_compressed)
Genesis 5
is a genealogy chapter, the
first chapter devoted almost
entirely to the genealogy of
Adam to Noah. For this reason,
some would think this chapter
could be skipped over, or
skim-read in 2 minutes, and be
dispensed with. However, this
chapter should not be skipped
if only to see that gospel
message which is found within
its pages. It is one of the
many chapters which will
confirm that the Bible is
indeed the Word of God.
Some
of the topics discussed are
the longevity of those found
in Gen. 5 (the lives of
those in the antediluvian
civilization were typically
900+ years); the various
authors of Genesis; the
gospel message of Genesis 5;
and the timeline set by the
Bible.
-
Genesis 4
uploaded 5/30/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
(WP_compressed)
Gen. 4 is all about Cain and
Abel, and the killing of Abel
by Cain. There are two
verses in this chapter which
are invariably mistranslated;
and one mistranslation leads
to all kinds of sloppy
interpretation. One of
these verses is Gen. 4:7 (God
is speaking to Cain) "Is [it] not [true
that], if you do good,
[there is] a lifting up [of
your countenance]; and if
you do not do good, [then]
the penalty [for sin] is
lying in wait at the
door. And to you [is]
his desire and you [even]
you will have dominion over
him.” It is
impossible for this to be
interpreted as Cain having the
ability to have dominion over
sin. The Hebrew will not
allow for that
interpretation. In this
study, there will be 2
explanations given for what
God is saying to Cain.
Like Gen. 1-3, this is a
word-by-word examination of
Gen. 4, with the intent that
you understand nearly every
word in this
chapter. Although
this exegesis still requires
some polish, at 170 pages, it
should be the most in-depth
study available.
Included in this study is The
Concept of Religion Comes from
Cain; How to Distinguish
Christianity from Cults; Jesus
Christ is the Only Way to God;
Cainian Parallels; The Canian
population after 100 years
(you will be surprised); Why
Man Had Tools Early on; What
Eve's Words Tell Us; and The
Genealogy of Jesus
Christ. Because there
are some obvious textual
difficulties in this chapter,
we will take a look at the
most prominent ancient
translations of the Old
Testament (and the concept of
families of manuscripts will
be discussed). There are
several topics discussed
throughout. For
instance, if a person joins a
cult or a movement, and that
person stops taking drugs,
develops a more legitimate and
independent lifestyle, isn't
that good enough? Why
does he need to be a Christian
if he solves many of his
problems? Human works
and why they are so repulsive
to God (with a very good
illustration). How
exactly Cain murdered
Abel. The mark of Cain,
which has been discussed for
millenarian. Why is Cain
banished and not
executed? There are
modern-day illustrations and
applications, such as, science
and DDT; Wall Street and
greed; my surprise as a young
Christian not being able to
simply go out and easily find
a church that taught the Bible
carefully and accurately; and
the profound enjoyment one can
get from one's profession.
- Satan--A
Compendium uploaded
5/18/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is actually a collection of
doctrines and writings on Satan, his
fall, his appeals, his limitations,
his appearance, along with several
other doctrines. Also included
are passages taken from various
books which have been exegeted about
Satan and World Peace, Satan and
Global Warming, Satan and Science
and Religion, Satan Counterfeiting
the End Times, Satan and Hollywood,
Satan and evil, Satan and
Islam. Although this is not
intended to be a complete study of
the angel Satan, it comes close.
-
Genesis 3
uploaded 5/16/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
(WP_compressed)
Gen. 3 is all about the fall
of the man and the woman in
the Garden of Eden.
Satan plays a prominent role,
so we examine Satan, Satan's
Fall, Satan's appearance, the
role of the cherubim, and this
portion of the Angelic
Conflict. The doctrines
of The Basis of Satan's
Appeals, Human Good, Morality,
Truth and Lies, The Seed of
the Woman, Scar Tissue, and
Atonement are all covered in
this study. Essentially,
these are the notes from the
weekly lessons on Genesis, the
abbreviated notes on Genesis,
with a complete word by word
listing from the Hebrew, along
with some additional doctrines
and text. Although this
is not quite complete, at 214
pages, this ought to be the
most thorough examination of
Genesis 3 available to you.
- The 4 new doctrines added today
(5/9/2012) all come from the basic
exegesis study of Genesis. Contact
me if you would like to
receive these lessons weekly.
- Chiasmos
Example: Genesis 17
uploaded 5/9/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
There are keys which unlock many
books and chapters and passages of
the Bible. A chiasmos is one
of those keys, and it organizes and
often explains what a passage of
Scripture is all about.
A chiasmos organizes a passage, so
that there is a parallel with the
beginning of the chiasmos with the
end of it; the second portion of the
passage finds its match in the
second to the last portion of the
passage; etc.
Chi [pronounced khee] is a letter of
Greek alphabet from which this
organization gets its name.
The idea is, the passage can be
lined up against the left side of
this Greek letter: Χ. I
realize that you think that is an
“X’, but is it actually a chi.
- The
Abbreviated Doctrine of Angels
(Angelology) uploaded
5/9/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
77% of
adult Americans believe in
angels, according to a December 2011
Associated Press-GfK poll. I must admit this
surprised me; but it is also
good to know, in general, that
77% of adult Americans believe
in the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,
according to a 2012 Rasmussen poll. This is a
short (1.5 page) doctrine
about angels and our
relationship to angels.
There are links to more
complete treatises of this
topic.
- How
Isaac’s Unusual Birth Foreshadowed
the Birth of Our Lord
uploaded 5/9/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
Isaac's birth was designed by God to
foreshadow the birth of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
- Human
Viewpoint versus Divine Viewpoint
uploaded 5/9/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is a short, one-page doctrine,
taken from the Basic Exegesis
study. After having fellowship
restored with God by means of
confession of sin, we then need to
learn how to think like God
thinks. This is what this
doctrine is all about.
- The
Abbreviated Doctrine of
Sanctification
uploaded 5/2/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
This study was taken out of the
Genesis series lesson #179.
- God's
4 Answers to Prayer
uploaded 5/2/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
This very short doctrine was taken
out of the Genesis series lesson
#175.
- Ancient
Translations of the Bible
uploaded 5/2/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is a very short summary of the
Targums, the Greek Septuagint, the
Latin Vulgate, and the Syriac
Peshitta. This study was taken
out of the Genesis series lesson
#174.
- Genesis
Lessons #101-180
uploaded 4/11/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
In case you are confused, I
originally examined the book of
Genesis about 15 years ago and that
is posted under "Genesis." (the
entire exegesis is about 650
pages). Then came Genesis, a
weekly study, which was begun a few
years ago, where one lesson is sent
out each week. The lessons
above go from Gen. 12:1 through Gen.
17:27. What has been added
that was not posted before are
lessons #171-180, which cover Gen.
17. Also included in these
lessons are the following doctrines:
The Familial Relationship between
God and Abraham's Seed; Slavery in
the United States; Ancient
Translations of the Bible; God's 4
Answers to Prayer; The Abbreviated
Doctrine of Sanctification; and
Genesis 17 as a Chiasmos.
- The lessons below
include all of the material from the
original exegesis of Genesis, these
weekly lessons on Genesis, and a
complete word-by-word exegesis of
the chapters covered (which, so far,
are only chapters 1 and 2).
These chapters will be about 200
pages each.
-
Genesis
2 uploaded
4/10/2012 (HTML) (PDF) (WP compressed)
Genesis 2 goes back and
takes a look at day 6 and
what happened after day 6,
when God built the
woman. Although some
critics try to present this
as an alternate creation
narrative, what we have here
is simply a closer look at
Day 6 and what
followed. Hebrew
writers often do this; they
state an historic event or
something, and then they go
back and discuss this event
in greater detail.
We cover a number of special
topics here: the Sabbath,
Sanctification, The Tree of
Life; The Tree of Knowing
Good and Evil, Timelines for
the creation of the man and
the woman, and the First
Four Divine Institutions.
Also, a very important
doctrine here for apologists
is Ten Amazing Statements
from Genesis 1:1–2:7.
What we learn from the first
chapter and a half of
Genesis are amazing things
not found in any other
creation story. These
are significant enough to
show that believing in the
Bible is not somehow
anti-science.
-
Genesis
1 uploaded
4/3/2012 (HTML) (PDF) (WP compressed)
Genesis
is a most amazing book.
There is no ancient book
like this. What ancient book
coincides with the Big Bang
Theory? What ancient book
suggests there was a great
ice age over all the earth?
As you will find in this
study, there are places
where the Book of Genesis
disagrees with some
scientific theories, but
Genesis is not anti-science.
God
speaks throughout this
chapter—who is He speaking to
and for what reason? Is God
unable to create everything
perfectly just the way He
wants it? Then why does God
take 6 days to restore the
earth?
Doctrines
included in this study:
Ancient Creation Myths; The
Order of Creation; Creation
Verbs; God and Light and
Darkness; The Angelic
Conflict; Genesis Creation
Theories; How Light
Illustrates the Trinity;
Light on Day One, the Sun on
Day Four; Evolution,
Creationism and Divine
Design; Some Arguments
Against Evolution; A New
Theory of Creation and
Restoration; Creation
Theories; What is God
Teaching the Angels?; We Are
the Shadow-Image of God.
As in
all chapter studies, every
single word of Hebrew is found
in Genesis 1, along with 50 or
so translations for each and
every verse.
- Christian
Basics, Lesson One
2/27/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
These are the basic teachings
designed for the new
Christian. This lesson is
about 12 pages long. Most
people, after they have believed in
Jesus Christ, get waylayed in their
Christian life. They become
moral, they go to church on Sundays,
they refine their personality so
that they do not irritate so many
people as they used to, and they
come to think that this is the
Christian way of life. This
12-page lesson lays out what
spiritual growth in the Christian
life is and is not.
- 2Samuel
13 uploaded
2/19/2012 (HTML)
(PDF)
In 2Sam. 13, David continues to
receive "discipline" for his sin
with Bathsheba. At this
point, it is more suffering for
blessing. David had sex with
Bathsheba and then had her husband
killed in battle, so this type of
behavior--a result of David's sexual
addiction--plays out in such a way
that it hurts him. His son
Amnon rapes his daughter (Amnon's
half-sister) Tamar; and David is
manipulated into being a part of
Amnon's scheme. Tamar's
brother Absalom is extremely upset,
but he holds it in, and he
manipulates David so that Absalom is
able to kill Amnon in revenge.
It is a sordid, tit-for-tat payback
that David receives.
Furthermore, in both crimes, David
is manipulated into being a part of
the crime. Without David,
there is no rape of Tamar; without
David, there is no killing of
Amnon. You may be surprised,
but there are a lot of modern
applications of this chapter.
David's wives were essentially
single mothers--single mothers on
the dole, if you will. David
had some contact with them, but not
enough to raise these boys
properly. His children live
off the state and his boys, for the
most part, are damaged souls.
We will examine the sexual obsession
of Amnon, the symbiotic relationship
between Amnon and his lazy layabout
friend Jonadab, who will put into
motion one of the most clever
schemes in royal history--and almost
every commentator misses just how
brilliant his scheme is. It is
said that we live in an entitlement
society; no one is better suited to
illustrate this than Amnon, who was
raised to think that he is entitled
to everything, and yet without work
or effort. Long before there
was psychiatry, there was Amnon, the
perfect illustration of the
psychopathic personality. His
disturbing lack of empathy, along
with most of the other
characteristics of a psychopathic
personality, are all found in this
chapter. Samuel is probably
the most poorly preserved book in
the entire Bible. If God is
all-powerful and this is His Word,
then Why Isn't the Word of God
Perfectly and Supernaturally
Preserved? There are
several half-verses missing in your
Bible that will be restored, and the
other textual problems of this
chapter will be resolved. And
that question will be
answered. You will find this
one of the most fascinating chapters
in the entire Bible. As an
aside, let me add one point when it
comes to examining a chapter which
has been exegeted. The Hebrew
exegesis is arranged in such a way
that, you can quickly skip over it
to get to the text. Do not
feel like you need to read the
Hebrew exegesis. Now, if you
ever come to the translation of a
verse and wonder, "Where does he get
this from?" Then the Hebrew
exegesis is right there, so that you
can see why this or that verse was
so translated; and the Strong's and
BDB numbers are always included so
that you can do further research if
you believe that is necessary.
- Circumcision
Means Regeneration
posted 02/08/2012 (HTML)
(PDF).
There are several places on the
internet where amateurs and
professionals alike make a
connection between circumcision and
regeneration; however, I did not
find any website where this is laid
out as a doctrine. This is
integral to the study of Gen. 17 and
to understanding Paul’s
dissertations on circumcision some
2000 years later. Therefore,
the doctrines found here should
explain what circumcision is all
about. This doctrine includes
two related doctrines: What is
this New Heart? and The
Familial Relationship between God
and Abraham’s Seed.
In several places in the Bible, God
is said to give us a new heart or He
is said to put a new spirit within
us. What is this New Heart?
explains exactly what that means.
- Genesis
Lessons
101-170 posted
02/07/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
This lesson series is updated with
lessons 161-170, which takes us from
Gen. 16 into Gen. 17. We begin
this study with a very pregnant
Hagar wandering through the desert,
running away from her mistress,
Sarai and end with God changing
Abram's name to Abraham and then
telling Abraham that he must be
circumcised. In this study are
included the following doctrines:
Why the Word of God is Not Perfectly
and Supernaturally Preserved; a
comparison between the manuscripts
of other ancient texts and the
Bible; a look at Ancient Law Codes
(which reveals what is in the soul
of man at that time); The Spiritual
Life Stated and Implied so far in
the Book of Genesis; The Ancient
Suzerain-Vassal Treaty; and the
Relationship between Circumcision
and Regeneration. I could not
find any previous writings which
describe in detail the spiritual
life of the believer during the time
of Abraham; nor did I find any
previous writings which laid out
exactly the relationship between
Circumcision and Regeneration, so,
even though these concepts are not
new, I am unaware of them being
fully developed before. Some
of these individual doctrines
included in these 10 new lessons
have already been posted.
- Abraham's
Spiritual life in 2000 B.C. (HTML)
(PDF).
God mandates that Abraham (Abram
until Gen. 17:5) walk before Him and
to be complete (or, spiritually
mature). Therefore, in
Abraham’s time, there must be the
modus operandi of the spiritual life
laid out so that Abraham could obey
this command. Determining what
the spiritual life is for Abraham is
the focus of this study.
Furthermore, understanding Abraham’s
spiritual life helps us to better
understand and appreciate our own
spiritual lives.
- The
List (HTML)
(PDF)
has been update as of
12/24/2011. In case you are
unfamiliar with this document, it is
a list of a number of doctrinal
resources--churches, entire book
studies, and doctrine studies which
are available online. I have
recently added about a dozen or so
additional sources for various books
of the Bible that have been exegete
online. I have adjusted the
available doctrines online by
placing the website with the
greatest number of doctrines at the
very first.
- Various Doctrines on War and the
Military (HTML)
(PDF)
Uploaded 12/21/2011. These are
doctrines which have been culled
from various chapters of Samuel and
Chronicles; and this document
includes such doctrines as Genocides
and Political Killings of the 20th
Century; What is a Righteous War?;
Why all of this War and Tactics in
the Bible?; The Attitude of the Word
of God toward the Military; What
About the Believer and Wars His
Country Engages in?; and many
others.
- Doctrines
of the Military in Israel's
History (HTML)
(PDF)
Uploaded 12/21/2011. These are
doctrines which are related to
specific campaigns, strategies or
history found in the Word of
God. The doctrines found in
this document include A Summary of
Saul's Military Victories; Why Do
the Philistines Constantly War
Against Israel?; Israel and Her
Enemies: a Divine Perspective; Why
Not a More Measured Response to
Ammon?" Military Ethics, David and
Joab; and many others. These
doctrines were also culled from
various chapters of Samuel and
Chronicles.
- Updated: Hebrew
for Dummies (HTML)
(PDF)
and Hebrew Grammar for Dummies.
(HTML)
(PDF).
Updated 12/15/2011. I have
inserted a slightly different
approach to waw consecutives
followed by imperfect verbs; and I
should warn any young Hebrew student
that this approach may not fly with
your Hebrew professor. The
problem with some passages is, we
have an imperfect tense when it is
clear that the action is punctiliar
and not future, continuous or
prolonged (the common understanding
for a imperfect tense). As a
result, some Hebrew books and
professors teach the waw
conversative which "converts" the
Hebrew imperfect tense into a Hebrew
perfect. I never bought into
this approach. My explanation
is (and this is based upon exegeting
thousands of passages), that a
series of imperfect verbs strung
together by waw consecutives simply
indicates successive action, which
may be punctiliar or it may be
prolonged. What is being
indicated by the passage is simply
consecutive actions.
- Why
God Did Not Perfectly and
Supernaturally Preserve the Bible
(HTML)
(PDF)
updated 12/14/2011. A few
minor changes in the doctrine and
two tables were added, which compare
New Testament manuscripts to
manuscripts from the same era.
- The Doctrine of The
Geographical Will of God
(HTML)
(PDF).
Uploaded 11/28/2011 God no
longer speaks to us by dreams, or
Urim and Thummim, or in Person; so
how are we to determine which way we
should go; which city we should live
in, which job we should take?
This is covered in this doctrine;
and this doctrine was taken from the
Basic Exegesis of the Bible, Lesson
#160.
- Why
God Did Not Perfectly and
Supernaturally Preserve the Bible
(HTML)
(PDF)
posted 11/28/2011. God is
capable of preserving every single
letter in the Bible, supernaturally,
if you will, throughout all of human
history. However, in nearly
every chapter, there are minor
errors; a difference of spelling;
transposed letters, which change the
meaning of a verb; text which has
been dropped out. Why did God
allow this with His Word? This
is taken from the 2Samuel
13 (HTML)
(PDF)
exegesis, where there are several
problems with the Masoretic
text. 2Samuel 13 is a work in
progress.
- The
Doctrine of Slavery posted
11/22/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
This is actually a collection of 3
doctrines which are taken from the
Basic Exegesis Series: The
Biblical Doctrine of Slavery,
Lessons
from the Doctrine of Slavery,
and Slavery in the United
States. This study
takes a rational, unemotional view
of slavery, slavery in the United
States, reparations and other
related topics; and helps the
believer to understand not simply
the historical context for slavery
in the Bible, but to be able to
apply this thinking to current
social problems and injustices, as
well as our involvement as
Christians in social problems and
inequity.
- Women
of the Old Testament
revised and uploaded
11/15/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
For whatever reason, this continues
to be the 2nd most accessed document
on this site. This document
has since been expanded to include
more women, a chart of David and
Jacob's families, one minor error
was corrected, and the names have
now been hyperlinked, as many of
these women interacted with one
another in a number of ways.
- Abrahamic
Timeline posted
11/15/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
Abraham's ages are given, according
to the Bible, with the various
incidents in his life. Two
very different sets of dates are
also superimposed upon his life.
This was actually added earlier and
mislabeled.
-
Psalm 32
added October 30, 2011 (HTML) (PDF) Most people connect
this psalm to David’s sin with
Bathsheba and her husband
Uriah. That may or may not be
the case, but Psalm
32 does lay out a
complete description of the
Old Testament spiritual life.
There are a number of general
topics in this psalm; among
them are: man in the Old
Testament did not fully
understand the forgiveness of
sin as we do; salvation in the
Old and New Testaments;
David’s discipline and the
disciplining of your own
children; the uses of Selah in
this psalm; and the concept of
God’s protection for the
believer; The more formally
developed doctrines include
the Doctrine of
Imputations, the Doctrine
of Adam’s Original Sin
(both taken from Robby Dean);
the Stages of Discipline;
Confession of Sins in
the Old Testament; The
Abbreviated Doctrine of the
Ministry of the Holy Spirit
in the Old Testament;
The Abbreviated
Doctrine of Logistical Grace;
How to be in the will
of God and how to remain in
the will of God; Guidance
from the Word of God;
and Psalm 32 Encapsulates
the Spiritual Life.
- The Angel of Jehovah
uploaded 10/17/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
Finishing touches were put on this
doctrine.
- Lucky
Guesses found in Genesis
and What is Incontrovertible
about the History of the Bible
added 10/13/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
There are a number of amazing things
found in the first 15 chapters of
Genesis; things which are difficult
to explain, apart from Genesis being
a part of the written Word of
God. There are matters of
science, history and theology which
Genesis speaks of, in some cases,
1000's of years before these things
should have been known. For
instance; God spends an entire day
making the atmosphere for the
earth. This is indeed
extremely important to our
well-being; but how come ancient man
recognized this? How did some
old Bible guy come to the idea that,
all around him is an atmosphere, and
that God needed to create
it? This is one of 20
lucky guesses found in the first 15
chapters of Genesis. As a
companion piece, I have a number of
points on what is incontrovertible
about the history of the
Bible. I have heard a lot of
goofy things in my life, such as,
this or that group made wholesale
changes to the Bible. This
list ought to help dispel such
myths. File this study under
apologetics; so that you can give a
reason for the faith which is within
you.
- Abrahamic
Timeline added
10/11/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is a fairly extensive overview
of Abraham's life, with 2 sets of
dates applied. Primarily, this
helps you to place the events of
Abraham's life into a easy-to-follow
timeline.
- The
Dual Authorship of the Scriptures
added 10/8/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
This doctrine was taken out of Psalm
51 (below). All of
the related doctrines and text from
Psalm 51 was gathered together in
order to form this doctrine.
The idea is, because there are two
authors of Holy Writ, man and God
the Holy Spirit, it would therefore
follow that, now and again, the man
thinks one thing and writes it down;
but God the Holy Spirit, the
co-Author, uses those exact same
words to express an often related
but different concept. This,
in many ways, will revolutionize the
interpretation of Old Testament
Scripture, particularly the psalms
and the prophetic passages.
- Psalm
51 added 10/8/2011 (HTML) (PDF)
To the best of my knowledge this
psalm has never been properly or
fully exegeted until now. This
is the psalm written by David after
his affair with Bathsheba and after
he had her husband killed.
Nathan had come to David causing
David to come to himself, to
recognize the evil that he had done;
and David both confesses his sin to
God in this psalm and he demands
complete and total forgiveness by
God. One of the things which
comes out in this psalm is the
concept of the dual authorship of
Scripture; there is a human author
and a Divine Author (God the Holy
Spirit), and it becomes clear in
this psalm that, the human author
writes one thing, and the Divine
Author writes another. From
this will come a series of doctrines
related to this dual authorship: The
Co-Authorship of God the Holy
Spirit and David. What Did
David (and Other Saints) Know
About God’s Forgiveness?
What Satan Did not Understand.
The Dual Authorship of the
Holy Scriptures.
These are tremendously important
doctrines which will represent a
milestone in the interpretation of
Scripture. Human author David
will say one thing and God the Holy
Spirit will say something else, using
the exact same words.
This is an amazing concept which
helps to explain a great many things
about the writings of the Old
Testament--particularly, the Psalms,
where this is more apparent than
anywhere else. There are many
additional doctrines in this psalm,
including Confession of Sin in the
Old Testament, the Sin Nature is
Passed Down Through the Male, The
Barrier between Man and God,
Abortion--Logic and the Bible, The
Importance of Bible Doctrine; The
Sin unto Death; The Holy Spirit in
the Old Testament; The Doctrine of
the Way of God; Doctrinal Teaching
Available to David; The Man-ward
and God-ward Interpretation of
Psalm 51:16; among
others. There are many topics
discussed in this psalm, which are
not formally organized into a
doctrine: progressive revelation;
blotting out sins in the New
Testament; how much David understood
about the cross and how much he
understood about God forgiving sin;
degeneracy sins; homosexuality;
alcoholics anonymous, victimless
crimes, legalizing sins and then
taxing them; Karla Faye Tucker (who
was executed many years ago in Texas
for a heinous murder); the long term
consequences of David's sins;
development of the soul and wild
children; early sexual stimulation
of a young person's soul; what it
meant for God to take the Holy
Spirit from David, David's limited
understanding of the Trinity; what
it means for David to teach sinners;
a flurry of dog sins; David's
understanding of what he has
written; God's righteousness is what
separates Christianity from all
other religions; explaining from
David's point of view, what he meant
when he said God was not interested
in burnt offerings; what this means
from the view of God the Holy
Spirit; David's broken spirit and
breaking his sexual addiction; why
God deals with the personal failings
of rulers; and why God deals with us
both individually and
corporately.
- Davidic
Timeline added
10/3/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is a fairly extensive overview
of David's life, with several sets
of dates applied. Primarily,
this helps you to place the events
of David's life into a
easy-to-follow timeline.
- A Retrospective of Genesis 14
posted September 21, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF).
Gen. 14 is one of the most amazing
chapters of the Bible, which is so
filled with information that I spent
17 lessons on this chapter in the Basic
Exegesis Series (HTML)
(PDF).
Prior to this study, I had no idea
how much information was in this
chapter. In fact, prior to
this study, I actually wondered why
God the Holy Spirit included it in
the Word of God. This is
possibly mankind's first world war;
it speaks of the 4th and 5th stages
of national discipline, imperialism,
the importance of Bible doctrine in
the soul of one man, and
Melchizedek, one of the most
important figures of the Old
Testament; as well as the concept of
strategy and tactics in war (which
is found much more often in the
Bible than you might think).
There is also blessing by
association, cursing by association,
the concept of the priesthood and
typology, all buried in a chapter
that most people read in 5 minutes.
- Genesis
15:6 in the New Testament
posted September 21, 2011. (HTML) (PDF).
In many ways, this verse is the
foundation of our faith; that we are
saved through faith in Jesus
Christ. This study examines
the way this verse is quoted in the
New Testament and the different
points which are made. It is a
good illustration to see the variety
of ways that New Testament authors
used the Old Testament in their
writings.
- The Way of God posted
September 5, 2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is an expanded version of the
shorter doctrine found in the
exegesis of Psalm
51 (which has not been
completed yet). The phrase the
way of God, along with
several similar phrases, is
ubiquitous in the Old Testament and
found a number of times in the
Gospels and Acts. It is an
important phrase, and almost
completely ignored in theological
writings, much like the fundamental
phrase in Christ.
Just as there are many facets to the
phrase in Christ, so
there are many topics associated
with the way.
- The Doctrine Available to King
David posted September 5,
2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This doctrine is taken directly out
of the exegesis Psalm
51 (which is not yet
posted). When I first began
studying under R. B. Thieme, Jr., I
admit I was skeptical of his
emphasis upon the Word of God and
Bible teaching. Since I had
been in a half dozen churches, all
which had a different emphases, I
wondered if this approach was just
another gimmick. Obviously, I
have had a change of heart since
those days. The Bible
methodically records a number of
sources of doctrine which were
available to King David; and, in
many cases, these were sources
available to the general population
of Israel. This doctrine will
help you recognize that knowledge of
doctrine is fundamental to the plan
of God.
- The Trinity in the Old
Testament posted August 29,
2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
The word Trinity is not
found anywhere in the Bible, but it
soon became clear that God is 1 in
essence and 3 in personality.
Everything in the New Testament
documents pointed to this, so
Christians very early on believed in
the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit. However, what is quite
amazing is, the Trinity is also
found in the Old Testament, which
Old Testament religious Jews take as
their Scripture. And yet, they
do not and never have believed in a
Triune God. However, if we
take the concept of the Trinity, and
look through the OT, it becomes
clear that the OT teaches the
Trinity as much as does the
New. In fact, I would argue,
there are more passages which
support a Triune God in the OT than
in the New. This is one of the
many doctrines which will help you
to increase your faith. How
can the Jews view miss the Trinity
in the OT and how is it possible for
this to be so clearly taught from a
perspective of thousands of years
later? It is this sort of
doctrine which increases your faith
in the Word of God; and helps you to
realize that the Bible is not just a
collection of writings fo religious
men, but the Living, Breathing Word
of God.
- The Ministry of God the Holy
Spirit in the Old Testament
posted August 21, 2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
Because God administers His
household in a number of ways
throughout human history (known to
us as the Doctrine of
Dispensations), there are
differences from one dispensation to
the next. The Holy Spirit had
a slightly different ministry in the
Old Testament as compared to the
New. This is a fairly short
doctrine (2-3 pages) on the Holy
Spirit's specific ministry in the
Old Testament. The exegesis of the
Book of Numbers and Judges
3 were both updated as
well.
- Abortion--Logic
and the Bible posted
August 11, 2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
What I rarely find is a combination
of logic and the Bible used to make
sense of the abortion issue.
By far, the majority of Christians
groups are against abortion,
although some of their uses of
Scripture are suspect. On the
other side of the issue is R. B.
Thieme, Jr., who teaches that
abortion is an issue for the woman
and her doctor. Siding with
him is almost the entirety of the
liberal political movement, even
those who claim not to believe in
God. However, as you will see,
one can make an argument in favor of
abortion on religious or
philosophical grounds, but not upon
biological grounds. So the
left, which often rejects religion
in favor of science, must abandon
science entirely to take the
position which they have
taken. In any case, I hope to
approach this subject using Bible
doctrine, logic and a little
biology.
- Updated: Liberalism,
Conservatism and Christianity,
a updated 8/7/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
Surprisingly enough, I did not
include homosexuality in this list
of topics, so that was just
added.
- The Doctrine of Imputations
posted August 5, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF)
We are saved because of a series of
imputations. Adam's original
sin is imputed to us at birth, our
sins are imputed to Jesus Christ on
the cross, and, in justification,
His righteousness is imputed to us
when we believe in Him. These
things are covered in great detail
in this doctrine. This is an
extremely important doctrine, as the
word for imputeis found 126
times in the Old Testament and 42
times in the New. This is a
part of the exegesis of Psalm 51,
which is what I am working on right
now.
- The Doctrine of Tithing
and Modern Applications of
Tithing to Taxation.
August 3, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF)
I have seen the doctrine of tithing
taught on several occasions, and
there are a couple of details which
are gotten wrong. Also, since
the concept of tithing and taxation
are in the Scripture, this ought to
give us a clue as to what is ideal
application of these concepts today
- Progressive
Revelation posted August 3,
2011. (HTML)
(PDF).
The concept of progressive
revelation is, each additional truth
builds upon, expands, and better
explains that which was already
taught. New revelation does
not supercede, replace or nullify
previous revelation, but it builds
upon that which is past.
- The Seeds of Genesis--the
Great Theological Truths begun in
the first 14 Chapters of
Genesis. posted August 3,
2011. (HTML)
(PDF)
Genesis
is one of the most amazing
books in the Bible. It
contains the seeds for many
doctrines which are revealed in
greater detail throughout the rest
of the Bible. This doctrine
lists about a dozen major doctrines,
all of which come into view, in seed
form, in the first 14 chapters of
Genesis.
- The
List updated
7/27/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
Every doctrinal church which I am
aware of, listed by state.
Their website, location, pastor and
web resources are all listed.
Also in this list are all books
which have been exegeted (verbally
taught audio and in written form)
along with certain websites where a
number of doctrines are
available. This list was
updated July 27, 2011.
The "Buyer Beware"
warning has been expanded. It
is not out of the realm of
possibility that a chruch can adopt
R. B. Thieme Jr.'s vocabulary, and
develop a cult. Therefore,
some warnings have been included and
expanded. Also, there are 3 or
4 sites in particular with the
greatest number of doctrines
online. They have been moved
to the top of the list under "Online
Doctrinal Rersources."
- The Doctrine of Intercalation
(HTML)
(PDF),
the Doctrine of Dispensations
(HTML)
(PDF)
and the Doctrine of the Edification
Complext (HTML)
(PDF)
have all been updated
7/21/2011.
- The "Salvation" Page (Salvation
Page) has been appended with a
set of doctrines which are
fundamental to the faith; and a list
of doctrines which deal with
contemporary issues. Updated
7/20/2011
- Old
Testament Summary Chart
slightly updated on
07/14/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
This is a very short summary of the
Old Testament and the books of the
Old Testament. It is one of
the most viewed documents at this
website. Printable PDF
to put in your Bible. Print as
duplex or manually feed the papers
into your printer a second time.
- Genesis
Lessons
101-140 posted
07/14/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
The most recent 10 lessons have been
added, which begins in Gen. 14 with
the war of the kings and we progress
as far as Abram's meeting with
Melchizedek and what possibly
happened during this meeting.
Abram had spoken to God on several
occasions, and yet, he seems to
defer to the spiritual authority of
Melchizedek....why? In this
study, we logically look at the
claims that Jesus made, we examine
who Melchizedek was and his
importance to Christian theology,
and we also study, Post-Deluvian
Heathenism, The Priesthoods of God,
the Doctrine of Redemption and the
Slave Market of Sin (which doctrines
were recently posted).
- The Priesthoods in the Bible
posted July 12, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF).
There are quite a number of
different priesthoods found in the
Bible. They all speak of man
representing himself (or others) to
God, and those in the Old Testament
look forward to Jesus Christ.
This is a fairly short overview
which gives you a quick an easy
grasp of the various priesthoods
found throughout Scripture.
This, and the two doctrines which
follow, come out of the Basic
Exgesis Series, which is presently
in Gen. 14. (HTML)
(PDF).
- The Doctrine of Redemption
posted July 12, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF).
As early as Genesis 14, God is
called the Redeemer of Heaven and
Earth. This doctrine examines
what it means for God to be called
Redeemer, and how this is one
cohesive whole throughout the Bible.
- The Illustration of the Slave
Market of Sin posted July
12, 2011. (HTML)
(PDF).
Closely related to the Doctrine of
Redemption is the illustration, used
by Jesus, of the Slave Market of
Sin. This particular
doctrine is actually illustrated by
Moses taking the Children of Israel
out of Egypt. This is an
amazing study, which is further
proof of the cohesiveness of the
entire Bible. This is alluded
to in Genesis 14, illustrated in
Exodus, spoken of by Jesus to
explain why the religious types
would not be saved by their being
Jews or by attempting to keep the
law, and then explained in greater
detail by Paul in some of his
doctrinal dissertations.
- 2Samuel
12 uploaded
6/15/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
covers 3 topics: (1) Nathan goes to
David and causes him to look at
himself and his sin; (2) David’s son
by Bathsheba dies; and (3) Joab
calls in David for the final
assaults against Rabbah’s acropolis
(the intent here is to preserve
David’s reputation). In this
and subsequent chapters, God will
apply installment discipline to
David. Strictly speaking, it
is not discipline throughout much of
the next 10 years, which will be
explained in the exegesis. As
we progress, you may think that
David’s punishment and public
humiliation is too much.
However, it will become clear why
God’s punishment of David was
extremely harsh and public.
There are 3 reasons, each of which
is important. If God did not
punish David this much, these 3
things would not have come to
pass. There was a lot to cover
in this chapter; this exegetical
treatise is nearly 275 pages
long. When you are done with
this chapter, you will understand
nearly everything that you need to
know about it. Included in
2Samuel 12 are the following
doctrines: Degeneracy Sins
(Addictive Behavior); Nathan’s
Objectivity in the Use of His
Spiritual Gift; David’s Sin is
Explained; some of the hidden
literary structure of this chapter
is revealed; Why God’s Prophecies
May Not Seem Precise; The Law of
Natural Consequence; Why God
Disciplines David Publically; Why
God Allows David’s Innocent Son to
Die; David’s Return to Routine;
David’s Leadership Function, and Why
Solomon Would Built the Temple and
Not David. Several doctrines
are referred to in this chapter as
well: The Doctrine of Sexual
Arrogance; The Doctrine of the
Edification Complex (updated and
expanded); Fasting; the Angelic
Conflict; and Revolution. This
is a chapter in the Word of God
which has rarely, if ever, been
exegeted correctly. 2Sam. 11
and 12 both begin about 10 chapters
of the Word of God which have lain
fallow, for the most part, for
centuries. The information and
application is quite up-to-date, as
is the rest of the Bible.
- Just updated: The Doctrine
of the Laws of Divine
Establishment 6/10/2011.
(HTML)
(PDF)
The
Laws of Devine Establishment are
laws which are designed for
believers and unbelievers
alike. These laws are
constantly under attack.
Updating has included additional
footnotes along with more
contemporary examples. This is
the most complete treatment of this
topic that I am aware of.
- The Doctrine of Intercalation
updated with one more example from
Psalm 110 (there are at least 22
examples of intercalation in the Old
Testament).
Intercalation is a revealing of the
First and Second Advents of Jesus
Christ, but presented as, seemingly,
one event. Posted 6/7/2011.
(HTML)
(PDF)
- 2Samuel
11 has been revised
and re-posted 5/29/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This chapter is all about David’s
great sin where he first commits
adultery with the wife of one of his
greatest soldiers and he then
arranges for that soldier to be
murdered on the battlefield.
God the Holy Spirit chose to devote
9 chapters of Samuel to David’s sin
and the discipline which he received
for this sin. Furthermore,
there were several psalms written
about this same incident.
There are few topics in the Word of
God which are given this much
coverage, so what happens here is
obviously important. There are
a lot of theories presented as to
what was going on with David, the
most recent theory being the
Interlocking Systems of Arrogance, a
doctrine which R. B. Thieme, Jr.
developed about 3 or so decades
ago. Therefore, we are going
to delve into this doctrine, and
compare it to the other theories
which help to explain David falling
so far out of fellowship. Bob
also developed another doctrine
around this section of the Word of
God, which he called Installment
Discipline, somewhat a misnomer, but
will also be introduced in this
study. Included in this rather
lengthy study of 2Sam. 11 are the
following subjects: Loyalty versus
Integrity; the Will of God; David’s
Wives and Children; Polygamy and
Sexual Arrogance; Escaping Addictive
Behavior; David and Sexual
Arrogance; the Timing of the Death
of a Believer; and Military Ethics,
David and Joab. There will be
several doctrines either covered in
this chapter or alluded to: Sexual
Arrogance, Adultery, The Ark of God,
Dying Grace, Liberation Theology,
Polygamy, and the Will of
God. Also, 5 new gates
have been added to the Interlocking
Systems of Arrogance: Religious
Arrogance, Sin Nature Weakness
Arrogance, the Arrogance of
Addictive Behavior, Manipulative
Arrogance, and Compartmentalization
Arrogance.
- 2Samuel
10 reposted
5/20/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is an outstanding study of
David, Joab, personal honor and the
concept of an autonomous client
nation. David sends men to
express his sadness that an ally of
his, the former king of Ammon, has
died. His arrogant son and the
state department make a mockery of
these men, thus declaring war
against Israel. As Joab
musters Israel's troops for war, the
Ammonites call in the Syrians (the
Aramaeans), which is the greatest
empire of that day. What
results is amazing, and, as in many
parts of the Bible, there is a great
deal to be learned in thi chapter
about strategy and tactics in
war. Some of the topics which
are covered are: Principles of
Warfare, Why all of this War and
Tactics in the Bible?, the
historical background for this
chapter, the arrogance in Hanun’s
state department (Hanun is the new
king of Ammon), arrogance and
leadership (with several modern
examples), The Principle of
Offensive Action, The Principle of
Mass, what exactly is a flying
column, fighting from interior
lines, fighting from exterior lines
(and other military jargon which R.
B. Thieme Jr. would toss around),
the Principle of Freedom and Freedom
versus Equality. Included, as
always, are many modern-day examples
and applications. Like much of
the Bible, you will be surprised
just how up-to-date these 19 verses
are. Even if you are a
non-military type, you will be
surprised as to how much application
there is in this chapter for
you. One more thing (and you
will not find this anywhere else):
Joab will be trapped between 2
armies and at a tactical
disadvantage; so, how was he able to
prevail? I think there are
enough textual clues which reveal
not only his strategy and tactics,
but exactly why he was able to
defeat Aram’s mercenaries.
This is exclusive to this
commentary; you will not find this
in any other commentary on this
chapter.
- http://kukis.org/Samuel/2Sam_10.htm
- http://kukis.org/Samuel/2Sam_10.pdf
- The next two chapters should be
posted within the next couple
months.
- The
Importance of Bible Doctrine
posted May 13, 2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
Our
Lord Jesus Christ, in His humanity,
grew in grace and wisdom (which is
the knowledge and application of
Bible doctrine). On many
occasions, He told His listeners
that they erred because they did not
know the Scriptures. Bible
doctrine is the very spiritual food
that we require in order to grow
spiritually. Apart from the
knowledge of the Word of God, you do
not grow in the spiritual life, no
matter how many good works you
do. Knowing the Word of God is
the key to knowing the will of
God. This was taken from the
basic exegesis series (which is a
series of short lessons, which began
with the book of Genesis). See
also Genesis Lessons 1-100
(HTML)
(PDF)
and Genesis Lessons 101-130
(HTML)
(PDF).
This
came from lsson #125 and is slightly
updated.
- How
to be Filled with the Holy Spirit
(also known as the
Doctrine of Rebound)
posted May 13, 2011 (HTML) (PDF).
Slightly revised.
- Genesis
Lessons 101-130 posted
05/4/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
10 new lessons have been
added. This study will take us
from Gen. 13 to the beginning of
Gen. 14. There are a number of
new doctrines which have been added
as well: Spiritual Growth which
Results in Eternal Impact;
Antisemitism, the Importance of
Bible Doctrine, the Advents of Jesus
Christ (with a reference to
intercalation), the true concept of
Separation of Church and State
(along with some real history of the
United States). We also
examine the Age of Israel and the
Church Age, as we begin the Age of
Israel with Abraham.
- Slightly updated and revised
(4/28/2011):
- The
Importance of Bible Doctrine
(HTML)
(PDF)
- Logistical
Grace (HTML)
(PDF)
- Antisemitism
(HTML)
(PDF)
- Blessing
by Association
(HTML)
(PDF)
- The Doctrine of the Will of God
(HTML)
(PDF)
- The Doctrine of Faith Rest
(HTML)
(PDF)
- Jesus
is not a Liberal
posted 4/11/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
Some
time ago, I had a discussion with
someone on the internet on whether
or not Jesus was a liberal, and
posted this here.
This
is a much more careful study, taking
each one of their reasons, each of
the Biblical passages which they
distort, and show that Jesus is not
a liberal nor is He a socialist (nor
is He the first counter-culture
revolutionary, in the contemporary
sense). This is a very
lengthy study (it is over 100
pages), wherein, nearly everything
related to this topic is
discussed. First of all, there
is the basic dishonesty of
liberalism; the conflation of wealth
and greed; the idea that, it just
depends upon how you interpret the
Bible, followed by the Bible and
socialism. The meat of this
doctrine is examining the myriad of
liberal causes which Jesus is said
to have espoused: peacemaking rather
than war making; being anti-war and
anti-military, being for
nonviolence; how Jesus was
supposedly against the strict
adherence to religious law,
etc. Social justice, corporate
greed and individual wealth are all
examined, along with nearly every
passage touted by liberals (along
with the many passages which they
ignore). There are many short
doctrines covered in here, including
Why the Government Does a Lousy Job;
The Bible, Capitalism and Private
Property; Morality and Capitalism;
Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler
(liberals absolutely love this
narrative); and God and the Welfare
State. Finally, there is an
extensive addendum, which you ought
to find as interesting as the rest
of this examination, where we learn
a little from General George Patton,
President Thomas Jefferson and
columnist George Will. If you
ever had any doubts about this
subject, it is covered here in the
greatest detail.
- Satan
Did Not Know about the Cross
posted 3/7/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
For
some time, I have been ruminating
about this possibility, that Satan
was not aware that it was Jesus'
plan to go to the cross, and,
therefore, set into motion the
events which took our Lord to the
cross, which was the great tactical
victory of the Angelic Conflict as
well as the basis for our
salvation. To me, it is
illogical that Satan would knowingly
lead Jesus to the cross, if he
realized that the cross was the
beginning of the end for him.
Let me add that, this is one of the
few doctrines which is different
from what is taught in most
churches, and, therefore, take it
with a grain of salt.
- The Bible, Wealth and Private
Property posted
3/3/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
In society, there are constantly
attempts to distort the truth in the
Bible. In this society, it has
become even more easy to do so,
because most Christians lack a good
foundation in Biblical
teaching. They can be led by
the nose to a half-dozen passages,
and easily led astray in this
manner. One of these
distortions is that, there is
something inherently wrong about
wealth, or anti-spiritual about
possessing wealth. There is
the mistaken impression that, it is
the right thing to do for a believer
to give his wealth away; or that the
state ought to be involve in the
equalization of wealth. The
key to the spiritual life is what is
in the soul, not what is in one’s
bank account. More
importantly, greed is not
necessarily a sin of the rich, but
more often, a sin of the poor.
- Genesis
Lessons
101-120 posted
02/23/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
Lesson
#101 marks a radical change in the
book of Genesis where we begin to
follow Abraham, the father of the
Jewish people. There are a
number of very important doctrines
included in these first 10 lessons:
Historical examples of "I will bless
those who bless you and curse those
who curse you." The Doctrine
of Logistical Grace; The Doctrine of
Separation; Figures of Speech in the
Bible; How the Altar Represents the
Essence of God; The Doctrine of
Blessing by Association; The
Doctrine of the Will of God.
The Doctrine of Faith-Rest.
The Goals of Communism in
America. The Doctrine of
the Laws of Divine
Establishment. Some of these
are fundamental doctrines for the
Christian life.
- Updated: 2Samuel
11 posted
2/16/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
While working in 2Sam. 12, I began
to develop a doctrine which deals
with degeneracy sins, or
addictive
behavior. Although I
will keep that doctrine in 2Sam. 12,
it is apropos to 2Sam. 11 as well,
so doctrine has been added to 2Sam.
11. Degeneracy sins include
skirt-chasing, homosexuality, and/or
other sexual sins, alcoholism and
drug abuse. All of these sins
have negative affects on our souls
and dig ruts into our lives.
Such sins can be almost
all-consuming.
- Blessing
by Association posted
2/9/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
Once
a believer begins to mature
spiritually, God begins to pour out
more blessings upon that believer
(called "more grace" or "greater
grace"). These blessings
overflow to those who are around
you. This doctrine explains
and documents the concept of
blessing by association.
- Genesis
Lessons 101-110 posted
1/26/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
I
actually uploaded these lessons a
few months ago, but apparently
forgot to include that information
here. Lesson #101 marks a
radical change in the book of
Genesis where we begin to follow
Abraham, the father of the Jewish
people. There are a number of
very important doctrines included in
these first 10 lessons: Historical
examples of "I will bless those who
bless you and curse those who curse
you." The Doctrine of the Will
of God. The Doctrine of
Faith-Rest. The Goals of
Communism in America.
The Doctrine of the Laws of Divine
Establishment. Some of these
are fundamental doctines for the
Christian life.
- The
List (a listing of
doctrinal churches and doctrinal
resources) has been updated
1/20/2011 (HTML)
(PDF).
At least 2 new churches added: one
in St. Petersburg, FL and another in
Long Island, NY.
- 2Samuel
11 posted
1/6/2011 (HTML)
(PDF)
is all about David’s great sin where
he first commits adultery with the
wife of one of his greatest soldiers
and he then arranges for that
soldier to be murdered on the
battlefield. God the Holy
Spirit chose to devote 9 chapters of
Samuel to David’s sin and the
discipline which he received for
this sin. Furthermore, there
were several psalms written about
this same incident. There are
few topics in the Word of God which
are given this much coverage, so
what happens here is obviously
important. There are a lot of
theories presented as to what was
going on with David, the most recent
theory being the Interlocking
Systems of Arrogance, which R. B.
Thieme, Jr. developed about 3 or so
decades ago. Therefore, we are
going to delve into this doctrine,
and compare it to the other theories
which help to explain David falling
so far out of fellowship. Bob
also developed another doctrine
around this section of the Word of
God, which he called Installment
Discipline, which will also be
introduced in this study.
Included in this rather lengthy
study of 2Sam. 11 are the following
subjects: Loyalty versus Integrity;
the Will of God; David’s Wives and
Children; Polygamy and Sexual
Arrogance; Escaping Addictive
Behavior; David and Sexual
Arrogance; the Timing of the Death
of a Believer; and Military Ethics,
David and Joab. There will be
several doctrines either covered in
this chapter or alluded to: Sexual
Arrogance, Adultery, The Ark of God,
Dying Grace, Liberation Theology,
Polygamy, and the Will of God.
Like the previous chapter, many of
the doctrines which R. B. Thieme,
Jr. taught in conjunction with the
David series are included in this
study of 2Samuel 11. Also, 5
new gates have been added to the
Interlocking Systems of Arrogance:
Religious Arrogance, Sin Nature
Weakness Arrogance, the Arrogance of
Addictive Behavior, Manipulative
Arrogance, and Compartmentalization
Arrogance.
- The
[new, updated] List
(HTML)
(PDF).
Several new churches have been
added, some in states and cities not
listed before. I have not
personally attended any of these
churches, so I cannot attest to
their accurate handling of the Word
of God. However, their
doctrinal statements seem to
indicate that they are on target
(apart from the normal doctrines one
would expect to find at any
Christian church, I look to make
certain salvation is by faith alone
in Christ alone; and that
spirituality by grace is clearly and
carefully taught).
- Liberalism,
Conservatism and Christianity,
a doctrine posted
12/14/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
After
posting a link to "God and the Poor;
Is God Really a Liberal?" on
facebook, my cousin suggested that
God was above this liberal and
conservative debate, which inspired
me to take a look at 40 different
contemporary issues and compare them
to what the Bible tells us about
these issues (Abortion,
Anti-Semitism, Atheism, Change,
Conservation and Nature, Education,
Eminent Domain, Environmentalism,
Evolution, Gay Rights,
Homosexuality, Global Warming,
Government Regulations, Guantanamo
Bay Prison for Enemy Combatants,
Homelessness, Income Inequity,
Income Redistribution, Inheritance
Tax, Islam, Islam and Child
Sacrifice, Land Ownership—National,
Land Ownership—Personal, Marriage,
The Military, Missionary Activity,
Morality, National Threats,
Nationalism versus Internationalism,
Nuclear Disarmament, Patriotism,
Political Activism, Poverty, Racial
Issues, Reparations, Revolution,
Separation of Church and State,
Socialism, Taxation, Taxing the
Rich, War, The Work Ethic).
There are 20+ pages on these issues,
giving the general liberal position,
the general conservative position,
and then what the Bible says.
There is a 25 page addendum where
some of these issues are explored in
more depth, as the format--side by
side columns--does not lend itself
to an in depth approach to each
topic. Everything is
hyperlinked, so it is easy to go to
whatever contemporary issue
interests you.
- God
and the Poor; Is God Really a
Liberal?
12/7/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
A
week or so ago, I was listening to
Michael Medved, and a caller started
ranting about the 300 verses in the
Bible about how bad the rich
are. It was quite obvious that
this person did not have any idea
what he was talking about, but that
his information came from a website
posting. That certainly
interested me, as this person was
indicating that the United States
did not do enough for the poor, that
the rich had too much money, and
that a little social justice needed
to be applied. After a quick
search on the internet, I found the
posting about 300 verses about the
poor (the rich are mentioned in this
essay). The essay was written
by 3 people back in 1989, and posted
on a website where one of the
authors writes some far
left-of-center political diatribes,
and also shares with us his favorite
games, literature, comics and his
trip to Brazil. Although his
article castigates Christians for
not being charitable enough, a
precursory glace through his website
and writings indicates that he
personally has very little interest
in the Bible or, for that matter, in
the poor; except to use these issues
to manipulate others to agree with
his progressive causes (the welfare
state, bigger government, more
taxes, and probably a European-style
socialism or more). I go
through this paper line-by-line,
along with the 150 or so verses
which he quotes (many of them wildly
out of context), and explain Who God
really is and what His relationship
to the poor really is.
- Just added and updated: Was
Jesus a Liberal?
12/3/2010 (HTML)
(PDF).
Throughout
the yeras, there have been many
attacks upon the Bible and upon
Jesus. One of the more
contemporary attacks is, Jesus is a
Liberal. This fits into
Liberation Theology, which is simply
a way of taking believers who know
little or nothing about the Bible,
and to convince them that the Bible
is in favor of a welfare state or of
Socialism or Communism. For
the unlearned, this slant of the
Bible can be quite convincing, and
there were many inroads made by
communism in South America by using
this approach. The believers
and unbelievers who are sucked into
this false doctrine are the "useful
idiots" which communism loves to
use.
- Just updated: The Doctrine
of the Laws of Divine
Establishment
12/1/2010. (HTML)
(PDF)
The
Laws of Divine Establishment and
Sharia Law is a section which has
been added. More information
about North and South Korea has been
added, which nations illustrate the
application (or non-application) of
the laws of divine
establishment. The summary
doctrine has been completed as well
(it is about 20 pages long by
itself). The entire doctrine,
including the abbreviated doctrine
and the addendum, is nearly 100
pages long.
- Just added/updated: Jehovah's
Witnesses and the Deity of Jesus
Christ
11/29/2010 (HTML)
(PDF).
A
long time ago, when I was more
argumentative, I invited Jehovah's
Witnesses into my house, figuring,
if I can show them that Jesus is
God, they will straighten out and
leave their cult. So, I
focused on one area, John 1:1-3,
which they distort by calling Jesus
"a god." So, I showed them in
their own Bible, how they were
inconsistent in their
interpretation. Later, they
came back with reinforcements and,
after I argued with them for 30
minutes, they came back again with
more reinforcements. This is a
short, 3-page doctrine dealing with
this very specific point.
- The Doctrine of Regeneration
11/18/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
In
the lessons in Genesis, I am
presently working on circumcision
and how it is designed to illustrate
regeneration. However, it
would be logical to study
regeneration first.
- 2Samuel
10 updated
11-13-2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
In v. 7, the additional doctrine,
"Why Not a More Measured Response to
Ammon?" was added. Hanun ben
Nahash humiliates messengers sent by
David, so David declares war against
them, which will eventuate in the
conquering of their city and the
enslavement of many of their
people. Did David
overreact? Should he have
given a more measured response to
Hanun's foolish action? Also,
I am hard at work on 2Samuel 11, and
expect that it will be posted in a
month or so.
- The Doctrine of Faith Rest
posted 11/10/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
Improved
and expanded; taken from the study
of Genesis.
- The Doctrine of the Will of God
posted 11/8/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
Knowing
the will of God for you life is not
what is difficult; it is obeying the
will of God. People get weird
about this concept. They pray
and pray and pray until they feel
something; and then that is what
they do. For most, that is
doing exactly what they wanted to do
in the first place; for a few
others, it is doing exactly the
opposite of what they wanted to
do. However, the keys to
knowing the will of God are (1)
being in fellowship and (2) having
the Word of God in your soul (which
are the 2 keys to the entire
Christian life).
- The
List (a listing of
doctrinal churches and doctrinal
resources) has been updated
11/02/2010 (HTML)
(PDF).
- Additions
to the Laws of Divine
Establishment
posted 10/22/2010. (HTML)
(PDF)
One
of the things which I questioned
when I first became a Christian and
later when I was taught rebound was,
"What
about those others who do not
become Christians but their lives
improve? Or what about those
believers who never learn rebound,
but their lives seem to improve?
The Doctrine of the Laws of Divine
Establishment explains this.
Therefore, I have added to
"Miscellaneous Principles" the
following:
6. What about
believers who do not use rebound and
yet seem pretty nice?
1) This is
explained by believers living under
the laws of divine establishment.
2) Since very few
believers actually know the
mechanics of rebound (although they
occasionally use them to get back
into fellowship), some lead very
moral lives.
3) Furthermore,
such believers sometimes appear to
be blessed or to have a fairly good
life.
4) What has
happened is, the believer has gone
from immorality or a half-baked
morality to a more full-on attempt
to be moral.
5) Believers and
unbelievers alike will be happier
with their lives if they choose to
be moral; if they choose to follow
the laws of divine establishment.
6) So, regardless
of one’s spiritual state, if a
person chooses to honor his parents,
if he chooses to be faithful to his
wife, if he chooses to spend more
time with his children and to raise
them correctly, and if he chooses
not to be overly concerned with the
possessions of others, this person
is going to be happier—he might be a
believer or an unbeliever.
7) Anyone who goes
from a state of immorality to
morality is going to be happier and
enjoy greater blessing.
8) Therefore, your
uncle who used to take drugs, began
going to AA and stopped using drugs,
becomes a happier person.
9) The person who
used to wallow in self-pity, but now
has become a scientologist, now has
more self-confidence.
10) The person who
believers in Jesus Christ, but then
chooses to go to a legalistic church
or to a holy roller church—if the
end result is, he has gone from
disobeying the laws of divine
establishment to obeying hem, they
are going to be happier and the life
is going to show great improvement.
11) Any person who
turns from a life of immorality to
morality; from disobeying the laws
of divine establishment to obeying
them, is going to show marked
improvement in their lives.
- Genesis
Lessons 1-100 posted
10-20-2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
are
now available online. This is
a different approach than a
word-by-word examination of the book
of Genesis. This study was
designed to be in bite-sized
lessons, each 3-6 pages long, and
each forming, more or less, a
literary unit. If this is your
first exposure to this study, the
introductory lessons are found here:
General
Introduction (HTML)
(PDF)
It
is recommended that you study the
introductory lessons first.
- The
Laws of Divine Establishment
updated 9/25/2010. (HTML)
(PDF)
I
have added material to "The Laws of
Divine Establishment in the New
Testament;" added the global warming
movment as another example of
society rejecting the laws of divine
establishment; appended that section
with another NT passage; expanded
the section "Unregenerate man, by
adhering to Biblical principles,
will get the most out of
life;" and have begun to work
on an abbreviated doctrine of the
Laws of Divine Establishment.
- The
Laws of Divine Establishment
posted 9/16/2010. (HTML)
(PDF)
God
has a temporal plan for believers
and unbelievers alike. When
this plan broken down into its
component parts, it is called the
laws of divine establishment.
These laws hold true for all mankind
and for all governments.
Acknowledgment:
Insofar as I can determine, R. B.
Thieme, Jr. gave the name to this
topic, and was the first person to
develop this subject under this
name. I have found that there
are certain definitions which are on
independent websites which agree
almost word-for-word, and it is my
reasonable assumption that these
come directly from Bob’s
notes. Previous to Bob’s
ministry, it is likely that other
people had pieces of this puzzle,
but Thieme was the first person to
pull this all together.
Bob, on occasion, acknowledged that
his work would be added to. If
memory serves, he gave the example
of an additional story in the
edification complex. For this
reason, there will be some additions
and some slight deviations in this
doctrine which he originally
developed from the Word of
God. Theology, like computer
technology, was designed to be built
upon, but without rejecting or
altering the fundamental principles
of the faith.
Although Bob mentioned L. S. Chafer
on many occasions, a number of
people do not realize that most of
Bob’s early work came from Chafer’s
teaching (epitomized in Systematic
Theology by Lewis Sperry
Chafer). After several years
in the ministry, Bob expanded upon
Chafer’s work considerably.
I used Jim Brettell and Tod
Kennedy’s works as references (see
Bibliography), and much of their
work was based upon the teaching of
R. B. Thieme, Jr.. Some of
their work was taken word-for-word,
and I acknowledge that
throughout. My intention was
to, at least temporarily, produce
the definitive work on this topic.
Introduction:
Since the world appears to be made
up of mostly unbelievers, God must
have some kind of plan or some set
of laws for unbelievers while they
are alive. These are called
the laws of divine establishment,
and they are applicable to both
believers and unbelievers.
Just as no believer is able to
perfectly execute the Christian way
of life, so it is with the laws of
divine establishment. However,
a society’s failure to observe a set
of laws does not negate those laws
or their importance.
There is absolute truth for the
unbeliever. This truth is the
doctrine of the laws of divine
establishment. This truth
involves obedience to and respect
for established authorities; the
willingness to respect the free
will, privacy and property of
others; and the willingness to obey
established law (which, ideally, is
based upon 6 of the Ten
Commandments).
The laws of divine establishment are
designed to protect societies which
are made up of believers and
unbelievers alike. These laws
are designed to protect
evangelization and the teaching of
Bible doctrine; and they are also
designed to protect the freedom,
privacy and property of believers
and unbelievers alike.
Adherence to these laws both
protects and advances a
society. Rejecting these laws
leads to the destruction of a
society (Greece, Iran and North
Korea are excellent examples of
societies which have rejected the
laws of divine establishment).
Many European countries are in a
transitional phase, where such laws
are being rejected bit by bit.
The United States, the greatest
nation in the history of mankind, is
also being eroded from the inside by
rejecting God’s plan for believers
and unbelievers.
Satan never sleeps. He is
constantly trying to bring down free
societies. There are multiple
Satanic attacks on the laws of
divine establishment going on every
minute of the day. Even though
Satan probably knows that he can
establish a better world through
God’s laws, he refuses to do so, as
the laws of divine establishment
also allow for maximum
evangelization of a people.
Therefore, as we examine this
doctrine, I will also make allusions
to Satan’s attacks and alternatives
to the laws of divine establishment.
Nations which most closely follow
these laws are blessed; nations
which reject these laws are
cursed. One of the best
examples of this is, North Korea and
South Korea. One nation has
completely reject the laws of divine
establishment and the other has
embraced these laws. We now
have 60 years of history which allow
us to see a great contrast between
God’s laws and Satanic influence.
Insofar as I know, this is the most
complete work on the laws of divine
establishment, updated with a myriad
of contemporary examples and
applications. All believers
need to understand these laws so
that they understand what is good
and right for the society in which
they live. Therefore, these
laws need to be carefully
enumerated.
- 1Chronicles
11 posted
8/26/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
1Chronicles
11: I began
working on this chapter several
years ago and just picked it up and
spent the last 3 months on it.
Therefore, the document online has
been updated a great deal and
uploaded (as of June–August of
2010). The first quarter of
this chapter deals with David as
King over all Israel, and the second
portion is a list of David’s great
military men. Now, you may
think that a long list of names is
boring, but there is a lot to be
learned in this chapter and a great
deal of application. Several
short doctrines are covered in this
chapter (the Suzerain-Vassal treaty;
the Jebusites, Joab, the Pivot,
prophecies about David becoming
king, David pouring out the drink
offering, Ashtoreth and I just had
to include George Will’s excellent
column on the pencil czar).
Furthermore, there are links the
great doctrines of the client
nation, redemption, Bethlehem, the
Arabah and Masada. Also, very
importantly, there is a lot of
real-life application found in this
chapter. This is an important
chapter in the Word of God;
furthermore, it is an unplowed
field, as no one has ever spent more
than 5 or 6 pages on this chapter at
most . The exegesis is in
excess of 250 pages.
http://kukis.org/Chronicles/1Chron11.htm
http://kukis.org/Chronicles/1Chron11.pdf
- The Genesis study is
updated to lesson #90
posted 8/4/2010 (HTML)
(PDF).
The introductory lessons to this
study are found here: (General
Introduction) (PDF)
. Also, the ancient exegesis
of Genesis has been updated as
well. (HTML)
(PDF)
- The
Doctrine of the Client
Nation posted
7/23/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
Not
all nations are equal, and it is
clear that God blesses some nations
far more than others. Compare
the United States to Kuwait, Qatar
or to the U.A.E.. Even though
the per capita income may be
similar, these nations could not be
more different. The difference
between them is, the United States
is a client nation to God and the
others are simply a worldly kingdoms
which serve the god of this
world. (1) A Client Nation to
God has free and open evangelism
within its borders. (2)
Furthermore, in a client nation, the
Word of God is being taught and
there are a significant number of
believers who are interested in the
Word. (3) The client
nation preserves and protects and
disseminates the Word of God.
(4) The client nation sends out
missionaries to a variety of other
countries. (5) Finally, a
client nation acts as a haven for
the Jews. Although there might
be some anti-Semitism within a
client nation, Jews are free and
protected by the laws of that
nation. These are key elements
of the client nation, and this
explains why the quality of life in
one nation seems to be so much
greater than that anywhere else
(e.g., England in the 19th century
or the United States in the 20th
century and beyond). This is a
lenthy doctrine, over 35 pages, with
extensive BIblical references and
historical documentation. This
concept was first put together by R.
B. Thieme, Jr., and this doctrine
probably would not even be available
apart from his work. Much of
this information has been taken from
Bob's teaching, as well as Robert
McLaughlin's, and there has been a
great deal of material added as
well. You may notice some
changes in this doctrine; I am still
refining it. This is a part of
the exegetical study of 1Chronicles
11, which should be completed within
the month.
- The
List (a listing of
doctrinal churches and doctrinal
resources) has been updated
06/23/2010 (HTML)
(PDF).
- Update on the
Exegesis of Chronicles.
Posted June 19, 2010. The
exegesis of the first 7 or 8
chapters of Chronicles was done ages
ago, and there were many bad links
in them. Those links were all
updated. The links
to the Chronicles chapters was
updated to include a brief chapter
synopsis, along with some of the
important information to be found in
that particular chapter (e.g.,
important doctrines).
Chronicles Links (HTML)
(PDF)
Also,
1Chron. 11, which is incomplete, was
uploaded. It will take me
another month to complete that
chapter. (HTML)
(PDF)
- Genesis
study lessons 1-80 now
posted. 5/26/2010. (HTML)
(PDF)
- Doctrinal
page updated 5/18/10
and doctrines and charts from all
sources placed on this page.
- Posted 5/10/10 Minor
additions and updates were made to 1Samuel
19 (HTML)
(PDF);
1Samuel
20 (HTML)
(PDF);
1Samuel
23 (HTML)
(PDF);
1Samuel
25 (HTML)
(PDF);
and 1Samuel 26 (HTML) (PDF).
- The Doctrine of the Arabah
4/17/10 (HTML)
(PDF)
As I began to encounter this word
more and more often, without having
a good grasp of its meaning, I
decided that it was about time to
examine this word in great
depth. This word shows up a
variety of times in the Pentateuch,
in Samuel and in Chronicles (where
the areas called Arabah
are much different from those in
Numbers and Deuteronomy); and this
word also shows up in Psalm 68,
where the KJV translates it as heaven
(which confuses the entire passage
and spoiled a huge number of
subsequent translations which often
default to the KJV). For most
people, examining the entire 24
pages of this doctrine is
unnecessary; any one of the
summaries at the end of the doctrine
should be enough. Also
updated: Numbers (HTML)
(PDF)
and Psalm 68 (HTML)
(PDF).
- Deuteronomy
is updated.
4/16/10. (HTML) (PDF).
I have been working on the
Doctrine of the Arabah as of late,
and Deuteronomy was updated with
respect to the references in this
book to the Arabah.
- The Doctrine of Dispensations
has been updated to include the
Dispensation of the Hypostati
Union
3/31/10 (HTML)
(PDF)
- Parallels
between the Signs of Moses and the
Signs of Jesus Posted
3/20/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
At the Communion Service in Berachah
Church on March 14, 2010, R. B.
Thieme III spoke about the 7 great
signs of Jesus, as named in the book
of John. As he was teaching
this, I could not help but think of
parallels between these signs of our
Lord and the signs of Moses,
performed 1500 years earlier in the
land of Egypt. Whereas, these
parallels are not always exact, nor
is there an exact 1 to 1
correspondence between them, there
is a striking similarity between the
first, second to the last and the
last sign of Moses and the first,
second to the last and the last
great sign that Jesus did, as
recorded in the book of John.
- Genesis
Lessons #1-70
posted 3/17/2010 (HTML)
(PDF)
This
is a series where each lesson is 3-5
pages and the material is covered
thoroughly, but without a lot of
time spend on the Hebrew. I
may allude to 1 or 2 Hebrew words in
a lesson, but the Hebrew of every
verse is not exegeted in this lesson
set. So far, in these 70
lessons, we are nearing the end of
Gen. 7, the Great Flood of
Noah. This newest set of
lessons which were just added
(lessons 61-70) include the Basic
Mechanics of the Spiritual Life; the
careful organization of Gen. 6:1-13
(the organizational aspects to the
book of Genesis are amazing); What
the Ark of Noah Represents; the
Doctrine of the Ark in the Bible;
and Miracles in the Bible. Two
topics also discussed: why the
narrative of the ark and the flood
is not just some story and Noah's
Personal feelings about the ark and
his responsibility.
- 2Samuel
10 uploaded
3-5-10 (HTML)
(PDF)
documents wars between Israel, Ammon
and Aram. There are 2 options with
regards to this chapter and 2Sam. 8:
(1) they are descriptions of the
same event or (2) they are
descriptions of 2 different
events. The details are quite
different from 2Sam. 8 (which
differences will be discussed in
detail in this exegesis), so we are
describing different wars.
However, there appears to be a
fairly long period of time in
between these chapters (at least a
decade). One thing that is
different in this chapter is, I went
back and listened to the teaching of
R. B. Thieme, Jr. on this chapter,
and integrated many of the notes and
doctrines which he gave with this
exegesis (he is credited
throughout). Some of the
topics which are covered are:
Principles of Warfare, Why all of
this War and Tactics in the Bible?,
the historical background for this
chapter, the arrogance in Hanun’s
state department (Hanun is the new
king of Ammon), arrogance and
leadership (with several modern
examples), The Principle of
Offensive Action, The Principle of
Mass, Thieme on Elite Forces, what
exactly is a flying column, fighting
from interior lines, fighting from
exterior lines (and other military
jargon which Thieme would toss
around), and Thieme on Freedom and
Equality. There are examples
in this chapter of how a believer
can properly interpret history (with
some examples from Bob Thieme on his
teaching 40 years ago). I
wrote this chapter during the last
half of 2009 and for a couple months
into 2010, so there are many
modern-day applications (our
president and his actions make for
excellent application). This
chapter is filled with maps, so that
you will be able to visualize what
is happening, and which army came
from where. There’s one more
thing: Joab will be trapped between
2 armies and at a tactical
disadvantage; so, how was he able to
prevail? I think there are
enough textual clues which reveal
not only his strategy and tactics,
but exactly why he was able to
defeat Aram’s mercenaries.
This is exclusive to this
commentary; you will not find this
in any other commentary on this
chapter.
- http://kukis.org/Samuel/2Sam_10.htm
- http://kukis.org/Samuel/2Sam_10.pdf
- Along with this, the List
of Doctrines (PDF)
is updated, as are the two halves of
the Hebrew Lexicon (Heb1)
(Heb1-pdf)
and (Heb2)
(Heb2-pdf).
- http://kukis.org/Doctrines/OTTopics.htm
- The
Doctrine of Aram (Syria)
1/17/10 (HTML)
(PDF)
This is one of the most important
nations in the ancient world, and it
sometimes receives very little
attention. There are a lot of
maps and a lot of ancient history,
as well as an examination of all
BIblical citations.
- Genesis
Lessons 1-60
1/6/10 (HTML)
(PDF)
Lessons
51-60 were just added.
Included in these newest 10 lessons
are the Biblical States of the
Earth, the veracity of the history
of Noah, the amazing things found in
the first 6 chapters of Genesis (I
found 12 things which stood out),
.Why the sons of God in
Gen. 6 are an unholy mixture of
fallen angels and man, Satan's
Counterfeits, the concepts of
anthropomorphism and
anthropopathism, civilizations, and
santification.
- 2Samuel
9 posted
11/28/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
2Samuel
9 is another look into David’s
downtime. What do normal kings do
during their downtime (when they are
not at war or presiding over
governmental matters)? They
may gather with their drinking
buddies and drink and eat at feasts
and party for weeks on end (Daniel
5:1–12). However, another
might build great edifices and
engrave in prominent places his name
and deeds. Another might multiply
possessions to himself, looking to
find fulfillment in all that he owns
(Eccles. 2:4–10). Another
might go looking for a new wife or
simply chase after women (2Sam.
11). David searches out a
member of Saul’s family, the rival
dynasty, in order to shower grace
upon him. What he uncovers is
Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan, who
is no longer living on to the
property of his grandfather Saul,
but being cared for by another
family, while Ziba, a former servant
of Saul’s, enjoys Saul’s
property. This is a
fascinating narrative with great
spiritual implications and
foreshadowing. This chapter of
Samuel gives us an important look
into the character of David, and
better helps us to understand how
Jesus Christ sees us. Some of
the topics of this chapter include
such things as the destruction of
the spiritual life of African
Americans, liberation theology,
slavery, slavery in the United
States (a different take on this
than you have read elsewhere—for
instance, every African-American
living in the United States should
get down on their knees and thank
God for the slavery of their
ancestors), God’s treatment of the
helpless, handicaps, and the
importance of faithfulness in the
little things (even if no one is
looking). However, what is
most striking about this book is,
its spiritual parallels. God
the Holy Spirit did not just throw
this chapter into the middle of
2Samuel as human interest, but this
book has a clear and powerful
spiritual message. One more
thing: there is a slip of the pen in
this chapter by the authority, which
reveals to us who the authority or
this chapter is.
- 2Samuel
8 has been updated
(again).
11/28/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
2Samuel 8 is all about David at
war. He goes to war against
the Moabites, Aram of Zobah, Aram of
Damascus, and the Edomites.
This is one of the few chapters of
Samuel where there is a very serious
copyist error, where the text reads
Syria (Aram), but it should be Edom
instead. Although the book of
Samuel is probably more riddled with
copyist errors than any other book
of the Old Testament, these errors
tend to be fairly minor and have no
appreciable effect upon any
doctrine. However, this error
is a biggie, along the lines of that
great copyist error found in 1Sam.
14:18, where Saul is said to have
called for the Ark of God, but he
really called for the Ephod of
God. There are topics in this
chapter which are extremely
important and timely for the
believer of the 21st century (of any
century): we examine war and the
concept of a righteous war (which is
very applicable today) as well as
the divine perspective of Israel and
her enemies. There is also a
fascinating organizational structure
of the first half of this chapter,
but I did not discover this until I
got to 1Chron. 18, the parallel
chapter in Chronicles (HTML)
(PDF).
There is a second half to this
chapter where we see the men under
David and we examine their various
responsibilities. In this
second half of 2Sam. 8, we run into
several problems: the parallel
priesthoods, who is the father of
whom (Abiathar or Ahimelech?), and
who or what exactly are the
Cherethites and the
Pelethites.
- 1Chronicles
18 just posted.
11/16/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
Although
the writer of Chronicles used Samuel
as one of his source documents,
there are some differences between
1Chron. 18 and 2Sam. 8, every single
one of which will be noted.
There are some textual problems as
well, and they will be sorted out as
well. One of the most
important applications that we get
from the study of this chapter is
the Biblical view of war.
Included in this study is, "Some
Points on War", "What is a Righteous
War?", and some introductory points
to this chapter of Chronicles which
substantiates that some just wars
are aggressive, offensive
wars. Included in this study
are doctrines which, insofar as I
know, are not covered anywhere else,
e.g., "Is David Amassing Blood
Money?" and "The Parallel Structure
of 1Chron. 18." There are
several doctrines on the Davidic
Covenant. Also covered is the
dual priesthood of David's day,
Zadok and Abiathar and Ahimelech,
the Cherethites and the Pelethtites,
as well as a plethora of maps, so
that you have some idea as to the
movement of David's armies.
- 2Samuel
8 has been
updated.
11/16/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
- The
List has been updated
(11/10/09), which contains links to
a number of doctrinal churches and
doctrinal resources. (HTML)
(PDF).
- Conservative
Review #100
11/8/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
Conservative Review !00th Issue!!
Excellent quotations from Mike
Murphy, Bill Kristol and Dennis
Miller.
Big thumbs up to “V” and link to
first episode
Did you know that Muslims celebrated
the Fort Hood shootings? In
the United States.
Short takes includes some to some of
the important differences between
liberals and conservatives.
This issue is filled with number—how
many children are on food stamps at
one time or another; how many
governmental agencies Pelosi-care
creates (and a chart of those
agencies); and the number of
millionaires in Congress.
Read the Party of No; Republicans
can turn it around and use this
slogan.
I offer up some possible solutions
for the Fort Hood tragedy...but I am
still formulating some of these
ideas.
Plus, a little bit about what I
believe is a real political
conspiracy possibly equivalent to
Nixon’s Watergate. I do not
generally go in for
conspiracies....but I think one
happened this last election, and the
blame goes pretty far up. You
won’t read this anywhere else.
http://kukis.org/blog/ConservativeReview100.htm
http://kukis.org/blog/ConservativeReview100.pdf
(You may have to right click and
download this)
- Is
Jesus a Liberal?
11/5/09 and updated 11/7/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
I
recently came across an article
where someone asserted that Jesus is
a liberal, and he quoted "Thou shalt
not kill" and "Turn the other cheek"
etc. etc. The problem with
most liberals who want to bring
Jesus into their fold is, they take
a few isolated passages our of
context, often giving them a meaning
which they do not have; and then
give these redefined passages
prominence over all
else. However, it is
still a reasonable question....Is
Jesus a Liberal?
- http://kukis.org/Doctrines/Liberal_Jesus.htm
- http://kukis.org/Doctrines/Liberal_Jesus.pdf
- Genesis
Lessons 1-50
10/28/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
Included
in this new set of lessons (I added
lessons 40-50), are 4 lessons on the
genealogy of Adam through
Noah. There is much more in
this genealogy than you would
realize from a simple reading of the
text.
- Psalm
21
9/14/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
God
the Holy Spirit guides the writer of
Scripture in such a way that,
without waving that writer’s
intelligence, vocabulary, train of
thought and personality, records
God’s Word to man. In
prophecy, we often find portions of
prophecy which have a near and a far
fulfillment. Psalm 21 tells us
what is going on with David and,
simultaneously, with David’s Greater
Son. So, in a way, we have two
psalms here by two authors.
Understanding this is the key to
this psalm, and at the end of the
psalm, I will give the two
interpretations side-by-side the
text.
This study also explains why David,
although the most spiritually mature
of the kings, does not have an
emphasis upon the Tabernacle or the
sacrificial worship in his own
writings. There is also a
builder analogy which helps to
explain the functions of the
Trinity. This is another psalm
where we find the name Jesus in the
psalm itself. We will also
examine David, his stability and his
rise to power; what is a righteous
war; economic and social justice;
and David, in this psalm, recognizes
the blessings which God has laid on
him.
The doctrines covered include “The
Ministry of the Holy Spirit to Jesus
Christ,” “The Prayers of Jesus,”
“How Majesty and Splendor are placed
upon David, upon Jesus Christ, and
upon the Church Age believer,”
“God’s Essence as Portrayed in the
Psalms,” “God’s relationship to man
as found in the psalms,” “The
Baptism of Fire,” “The Places of
Judgment after Death,” “The Doctrine
of Evil,” “Satan’s Present-Day
Attacks against the 4 Divine
Institutions,”
There may be too much material on
differentiating between the terms
glory, honor, majesty, and splendor.
- Psalm
20
9/11/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
Most of the time, I end up feeling
as if I had a good understanding of
a psalm and its time and
place. However, I never felt
that with Psalm 20. I felt
that in my exegesis, I was missing
something, some key which would have
unlocked this psalm for me.
This does not necessarily mean that
exegeting and interpreting the psalm
was problematic. However, at
the very end of this psalm, I put
together a possible way that this
psalm may have been sung (i.e., who
sung what), and that may explain
David’s organization for this psalm
(his literary organization could be
quite complex). Part of the
problem is determining, to whom is
David speaking from verse to verse.
In this psalm, we will examine God’s
protection for believers in time;
God’s protection of the United
States; propitiation; the accuracy
of the text of the Bible; the Dead
Sea Scrolls; the state of America in
2009; how and why God is protecting
the United States in the year 2009;
our spiritual obligations; and our
temporal lives in the light of
eternity.
Some of the doctrines covered
include God answers prayer from His
holy place; God’s right hand in the
life of David; and God hears us and
answers our prayers.
http://kukis.org/Psalms/Psalm020.htm
http://kukis.org/Psalms/Psalm020.pdf
- The
List (a compilation of
Bible links including doctrinal
churches) has been updated
(9/2/09). (HTML)
(PDF)
- The first 40 lessons on the book of
Genesis have now been
uploaded. 8/20/09.
General
Introduction (PDF)
(4 lessons); Introduction
to
the Bible (PDF)
(14 lessons); Introduction
to
the Book of Genesis (PDF)
(3 lessons). All of these
introductory lessons are one
document. As of August 20,
2009, I have added the first 40
lessons in Genesis. Whereas I
had hoped to cover this material in
less detail, I must admit to getting
bogged down in with some
detail. Genesis
1 (the first 40 lessons in an
HTML
format) (PDF
version). All of the
doctrines covered are now included
as a part of the first few pages and
hyperlinked to where they are found
in the exegesis
- A
weekly study in Genesis;
lessons #1-30 are now posted.
6/17/09 This takes us to
Genesis 3 and the fall. (HTML)
(PDF).
There
are introdoctory lessons to this
study as well: (HTML)
(PDF)
- 2Samuel
08 5/9/09 is finally
completed after 3 months of
work. (HTML)
(PDF)
- Personal application: How can we
determine if a war is just?
What ought we to do if our country
is so far gone that we need to
oppose it? Can we actually
turn against our own nation (despite
Rom. 13)? The Bible covers
these topics. And let me add
that, a war that we choose to fight
is probably more significant than a
war which we are forced into
fighting.
- Textual criticism: there are
several of the most difficult
passages to explain in this chapter,
and the errors in copying are quite
dramatic, even though you will not
find this particular problem alluded
to on anti-Bible sites where they
list what they believe to be
contradictions.
- Historical background material:
Why are there two priesthoods?
Why is David fighting all of these
wars? Why does God focus on
David rather than upon the high
priests? Why does God focus on
David's actions rather than upon the
function of the Tabernacle?
Why does God not allow David to
build the Tabernacle? How far
did David's kingdom extend?
- I should add that the links in
2Samuel 8 to Psalm 20, 60 and
1Chronicles 18 will be dead links
for a few months until I complete
the exegesis of those chapters.
- The
List (links to doctrinal
churches and other important links)
has been updated. 5/9/09
(HTML)
(PDF)
(for some reason, WP is not printing
to PDF at this moment, so I will
update the PDF version in the
future).
- An updated Old
Testament Topics document
has also been uploaded.
Although this does not contain as
many direct links as I would like,
this is one of the best documents to
open up in your web browser and then
to use your "Find in document"
option (in the edit menu) to find
virtually any topic I have ever
covered. (HTML)
(PDF)
- 1Samuel
files
4/27/09 In the 1Samuel
exegesis, some of the graphics did
not display correctly. Also,
at one time, I believed Abiathar the
priest to be a very young man when
he first came to David.
However, in examining 2Samuel 8
(which I should post within 2-3
weeks), it is apparent that Abiathar
was old enough to marry about the
time that he escaped Nob and put
himself under David's protection (by
the time we get to 2Samuel 8,
Abiathar will have a son who is in
the priesthood). I made these
corrections and uploaded about 10
chapters from 1Samuel.
- The Doctrine of Predestination
4/16/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
Before I knew what a computer was, I
wrote boxes and boxes of notes, and
did some studies of various
theological topics on my own.
I've decided that, when I am
exhausted studying 2Samuel, that it
might be easier to type up some of
these studies (most are about 15-20
years old) and post them as
well. Most of these are going
to be shorter and in less detail
than most of my studies, making them
more readable.
- 1Chronicles
17 2/5/09
(HTML)
(PDF)
There
are 3 chapters in the Bible which
cover the Davidic Covenant in
detail: 2Samuel
7, Psalm
89 and 1Chronicles
17. Samuel is history
recorded at the time that it
occurred (probably written down by
Samuel, David, and/or Nathan), and
Chronicles was written after the 5th
Cycle of Discipline had been applied
to the Southern Kingdom (Judah) and
after they had been returned to the
land. In general, Chronicles
is the divine interpretation of
Israel's history. However,
this is one of the chapters of
Chronicles which is almost identical
to 2Samuel 7. There are a few
new things which we examine in this
chapter which we did not in 2Samuel
7: Why didn't God allow David to
build the Temple and why didn't God
push David to unite the Tabernacle
and the Ark? The near and far
fulfillments of the Davidic Covenant
are important, as the author/editor
of Chronicles is writing this after
the Davidic dynasty appeared to come
to its end. We examine
progressive revelation and the
Messiah. In my lifetime, I
have observed incredible
full-frontal assaults on the divine
institutions, so that is discussed
in this chapter. Finally,
2Samuel 7 and 1Chronicles 17 purport
to be direct quotations from God and
then from David. How do we
explain the differences between the
texts, if these are direct
quotations? Therefore, we
examine in depth the inconsistencies
of the texts, the accuracy of
textual transmission, textual
criticism, and discuss, just
how much can we trust the text of
the Bible? Finally,
Psalm 89 and 1Chronicles 17 are the
first texts where the Hebrew
characters are properly reproduced
in the HTML format.
- Genesis
(first 10 lessons)
1/22/09 (HTML)
(PDF)
10
lessons on the first 13 verses of
Genesis 1. I envisioned myself
originally as doing a brief
overview, as J. Vermon McGee did;
and I get too detailed-oriented
(although I do not spend much time
with the Hebrew here or with textual
criticism). Each lesson is 3-5
pages long. The introduction
to this series is 18 lessons which
introduce the Bible as a whole and
then 3 introductory lessons to the
book of Genesis (HTML)
(PDF)
. If you want to get a weekly
lesson, just email me.
R. B. Thieme Jr. MP3 Editable
Lists:
- Like many of you, I listen to
Bob's lessons on my off days, and I
have tried, in a number of ways, to
keep track of which lessons I have
ordered, what I want to order next,
and which lessons I have listened
to. I do have one ancient tape
list which I used, but I
would prefer to keep these records
on my computer. The problem
with the online
list of Bob's lessons is, it
is a PDF format, so it is easy to
print out, but you cannot open the
document with PDF software (for the
few of us who have software which
will open a PDF document). So,
I spent a few hours putting together
this same list, but in several
different formats, so that you could
download whichever format you work
with and keep track of these same
things.
- MS Word version: http://kukis.org/Miscellaneous/Thieme_Listings.doc
- WordPerfect version: http://kukis.org/Miscellaneous/Thieme_Listings.jpg.wpd
(this
website limits which kinds of files
I can upload, so I had to make this
appear to be a jpg file in order to
upload it; once you save this to
your computer, change the name,
removing the ".jpg"
- HTML version: http://kukis.org/Miscellaneous/Thieme_Listings.htm
- Editable PDF version: http://kukis.org/Miscellaneous/Thieme_Listings.pdf
- This is found on the Miscellaneous
page.
- The
Angelic Conflict
December 16, 2008 HTML
PDF
I
send out a basic Bible study,
starting with an introduction to the
Bible and working into the Book of
Genesis (we are only a couple of
verses into Genesis). The
Bible makes it clear that angels
were created after the heavens and
the earth, but before the earth was
restored and before the creation of
mankind. It is also clear
that, God judged Satan and the
fallen angels, and passed sentence
over them, yet this sentence has not
been carried out. Since man
was created between the sentencing
of Satan and the carrying out of
this sentence, logically man is
involved in the appeals process,
which occurs between the sentencing
and the carrying out of a
sentence. In this study, I
suggest that there are a number of
objections which Satan raised with
respect to his sentence, and
probably far more than those which I
have suggested in this study.
- In my exegetical study of Psalm
89, I had reason to examine the Edification
Complex of the Soul.
December 16, 2008. HTML
PDF
In this study, I suggest
another floor and look at the ECS
with respect to its man-ward and its
God-ward exhales. Logically,
when there is doctrine in our souls,
we exhale toward man and we exhale
toward God. Therefore, the
Edification Complex Structure is
going to be slightly different
exhaling toward man and exhaling
toward God. I put down the
initial concepts, but I am sure this
will be improved upon.
- Psalm
89 (added December 11,
2008) (HTML)
(PDF)
(the PDF document is not uploaded
yet, as I am having document
problems). This examination of
Psalm 89 presents the fundamental
key to this psalm, which, insofar as
I know, has never been presented
before. What ought to occur to
any exegete is, why is
the Davidic Covenant presented in
2Sam. 7, 1Chron. 17, and in Psalm
89? There is more to
it than just the idea that, this is
an important covenant. What is
amazing is, the psalmist pleads with
God to fulfill this covenant to
David, and, with the same words,
presents Jesus Christ, the
fulfillment of this covenant to
David. There are many places
in the Bible where a set of words
has 2 or more fulfillments or 2 or
more meanings, but this psalmist
pleads with God and expresses
concern about the fulfillment of
this covenant, and, with the very
same words, gives the fulfillment of
the covenant. This is one of
the most amazing passages that I
have ever studied. I have
spent over half of the past 4 months
exegeting this psalm and am still
impressed as to the parallel
thoughts of Ethan the author and God
the Holy Spirit.
- The Doctrine of the Angelic
Conflict (added December
11, 2008) (HTML)
(PDF)
I
have been doing sort of a basic
series, and this is a portion of
that series. It is about 10
pages, and puts together most of the
important information that you need
to know about your relationship to
angels.
- The Doctrine of Clapping
Hands (Psalm
47) (11-28-08) HTML PDF
- The Doctrine of Intercalation
updated with more examples (Psalm
146) (11-28-08) (HTML) (PDF)
- I have recently begun a new
project. I have always admired
and appreciated the Thru
the Bible series by J.
Vernon McGee. However, its
chief weakness is his use of the
King James Bible. Two or three
generations ago, this was
acceptable; today, however, few
people are comfortable with the
Shakespearian language of the KJV,
and, as a result, his wonderful 5
year series becomes less and less
relevant to us, despite his
outstanidng teaching (McGee was a
genius when it comes to taking
complex Biblical principles and
explaining them in clear, plain
language). I've decided to put
together a series of lessons which
are not as thorough as most of my
exegetical studies, but which cover
specific books of the Bible. I
do not know how many books I will
cover, and I certainly do not expect
to be able to duplicate McGee's
amazing feat of going through the
entire Bible in 5 years.
However, what I have attempted to do
is to develop of series of lessons,
between 3-5 pages each, which
introduce the Bible and exegete
several books in the Bible. At
this point in time, I have no idea
how far I will take this
series. I email out the new
lesson each Wednesday and if you
want to be on this email list, just
contact
me and let me know.
Meanwhile, I have just begun to post
some of these lessons online.
General
Introduction (PDF)
(4 lessons); Introduction
to
the Bible (PDF)
(14 lessons); Introduction
to
the Book of Genesis (PDF)
(3 lessons). All of these
introductory lessons are one
document.
- At this moment, I am working on
exegeting Psalm 89, as a part
of my exegesis of the book of
Samuel. What I have just
discovered is completely incredible:
the psalmist asks a question and
expresses deep concerns about the
fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant,
and then, the very words used in his
question answer his question.
From a literary standpoint alone,
the final third of this chapter in
the Psalms is both amazing and a
testament to the divine nature of
God's Word. My estimate is
that I will complete the exegesis of
this chapter sometime in late
December and that the entire
exegesis is going to run about 300
pages.
- God
Still Speaks to the Jews from the
Old Testament (November 17,
2008) HTML
PDF
Jews today and in the Tribulation
will be moved to open up their
Scriptures and read them for
guidance, and be led to believe in
Jesus Christ because of them.
There are certain books and passages
which speak specifically to the Jew
in this regard.
- I have recently updated the Doctrine
of the Firstborn (HTML)
(PDF)
and the exegesis of the books Exodus
(HTML)
(PDF),
Numbers
(HTML)
(PDF)
and Leviticus (HTML) (PDF). Tthe
overall exegesis of these books was
done many years ago, so they do need
to be completely updated at some
point in time. October 31,
2008.
- The Fatherhood of God
(October 22, 2008) HTML
PDF
In this doctrine, we examine is some
depth the concept of God the Father
and God the Son as an eternal
relationship; as one which is set in
the divine decree, as opposed to
simply beginning in time at the
incarnation of Jesus Christ.
- The Doctrine of the Rock in the
Old Testament. (Octber 16,
2008) (HTML)
(PDF)
- An exegetical study of 1Chronicles
16 (5-12-08) HTML
PDF
I have been working on this chapter
since the beginning of this
year. I have had to exegete 3
or 4 psalms during this time (which
are pertinent to 1Chorn. 16) and
going to Chronicles represents a
diversion from 2Samuel 6 (in the
next few days, I will go back to
chapter 7). There is a lot of
incredible material in 1Chron
16: I have given very
reasonable theories as to why the
psalms found in 1Chron 16 do not
match their counterparts
word-for-word in the Psalms. I
have explained why we have the book
of Chronicles, which appears to be a
repetition now and again. One
item which has been ignored by
commentators over the years: King
David will actually choose the place
where Jesus Christ will rule from
during the Millennium. The Ark
is in Jerusalem and the Tabernacle
is in Gibeon--I will explain
why. We are told exactly what
foods David gave to the people--I
will explain why this is
meaningful. How our lives are
like an improvised jazz riff.
The idea that Jesus did not exist or
was a fraud. Some Muslims have
gone past the point of natural
affection. God's Covenant to
Abraham in the New Testament.
Sometimes, God gives us a preview of
coming attractions in our
lives. Christian martyrs
versus Muslim martyrs. Most
environmentalists do not worship
God, but they worship His creation
instead. Why was Moses so
disciplined for twice slamming the
rock with his rod for the 2nd
"no-water" incident. Why David
did not move the Tabernacle to
Jerusalem. The two High
Priests. This ended up being
about 250 pages long.
Whew!
- The
List (5/7/08) HTML
PDF
This
is a list of all doctrinal churches
which I am aware of, along with
places where you can find oral or
written teaching on almost any book
and on most doctrines.
- Liberation
Theology/Black
Liberation Theology
(5/7/08) HTML
PDF
I
examine this doctrine and lay it
side-by-side Christian
Doctrine.
- Although I exegeted Psalm
95 about a decade ago,
exegeting its companion psalm
recently caused me to go back and
rework this psalm. HTML
PDF
There
are a number of important doctrines
and studies in this psalm.
First of all, it is important to
note that the key to this psalm is
either positive or negative volition
after salvation, and we see both
sides of this coin here. Some
areas of interest might be (1)
speculation versus dogmatism; (2) If
God owns the earth, what right do we
have to claim this or that plot of
ground? (3) the proper posture
in worship; (4) covenant theology
both challenges the faithfulness and
veracity of God as well promotes
legalism; (5) how could both of the
exodus generations fail, but one
goes into the land? And (6)
how God's promises to Israel
parallel the promises made to us for
time and eternity.
- The Doctrine of Barake(this
is the Hebrew verb which means to
bless; but there is a lot
more to it than that). HTML
PDF
- Old
Testament Names for God.
3/6/08 HTML
PDF
Admittedly,
much of this was taken from the
internet. There are about 2
dozen names used for God in the Old
Testament, as well as a number of
titles and descriptive names.
I have all of them listed here, with
their meanings. Now, what you
will not find elsewhere is how these
names of God relate directly to His
character and essence, how they
reveal His salvation, and how the
reveal His interaction with
man.
- 2/23/08 Jesus Christ in the Old
Testament. HTML
PDF
Jesus
Christ is a functioning member of
the Godhead in the Old Testament;
the Old Testament contains numerous
prophecies about Jesus Christ; and
He is found in shadow form all over
the Old Testament. Some of
these charts were taken from other
documents.
- 2/23/08 Psalm
96 HTML
PDF
This
psalm both names Jesus by name and
speaks of the earth's circular orbit
(yes, I know the earth actually has
an elliptical orbit). This is
an amazing psalm. Also, with
this psalm, because of the new
version of WP (X4) and Windows
Vista, most of the Hebrew characters
are now accurately represented in
the HTML documents (which should
interest all of about 2
people). This is not
retroactive, however, and all older
documents will continue to
accurately represent the Hebrew and
graphics in the PDF documents, but
not so much in the HTML docs.
I did some minor updates on this
psalm 2/25/08, to better explain how
we find the name Jesus in
Psalm 96. I also found out
that Jesus being the
Greek equivalent to Joshua
is actually up for discussion.
I went back and covered this
particular issue letter by letter,
so that there is no mistaking that
our Lord's name in this Psalm.
- 2/21/08 The word intercalation
means insertion.
Theologically, this refers to where
the Church Age is inserted between
the advents of Jesus Christ.
The Old Testament does not predict
the Church Age, but the Old
Testament has the 1st and 2nd
Advents of Jesus Christ, between
which we know to insert
the Church Age. The Doctrine
of
Intercalation is updated
slightly, almost doubling the number
of passages where the 1st
and 2nd Advents of Jesus
Christ are found in Old Testament
Scripture. HTML
PDF
I
put this doctrine together primarily
because I could not find it
represented properly on the
Internet.
- Rebound
HTML
PDF
1/13/08
Some are familiar with this term and
some are not. How are you
filled with the Holy Spirit?
What does that even mean? A
complete word by word exegesis of
1John 1:4-10 is included. This
is a sizable document at 62
pages.
- Psalm
146 (12/17/07)
HTML
PDF
WPD
This
is one of the many psalms which is
carefully organized. In this
psalm, there is a different
inscription in the Greek text.
What does this mean to us?
Does this bring all Scripture into
question? How much has man
messed with the Bible; can we trust
it? I also cover the following
topics: the Essence
of
the Soul, False
Concepts
of the Soul, what it means for
Man
to
be Created in the Image of God,
and Salvation
in
the Old Testament. I
also discuss: what man has actually
done to the Bible; why we know that
we can trust the manuscripts that we
have; politics and doctrine; why
conservative candidates do not
insure divine establishment
government, the link to Romney's
Religion
speech (no, I am not a Mormon;
it was still an excellent speech);
contrary to what many people
believe, the Bible does not beat us
over the head with Biblical
principals; illustrations of the
greatness of R. B. Thieme Jr.'s
teaching; the thoughts of men die
with them; the plans of man and the
constitution of the United States;
the importance of the body; abortion
(with links to Robby Dean's teaching
on this topic); the rarity of water
in this universe; the first recorded
instance of Global Warming is found
in the Bible; welfare and God's
plan; why most Christians are
failures; and criminals, jailhouse
ministries and God's Word.
Also, this is where I decided I
needed to post the Doctrine
of
Intercalation.
- I just re-worked Psalm
105; the process took me
2.5 months and the exegesis is 240
pages long. The updated
version has a lot more information
than did the previous version.
One of the striking features of this
psalm is just how complex the
organization is. The psalm
seems simple to read, but the
outline is quite fascinating.
A point of interest to some is the
spiritual life of Israel; this psalm
lists 7
commands of the spiritual life in
the Age of Israel. The Catholic
Church
often gets a bum rap for somehow
getting a hold of the early
Scriptures and making untold numbers
of changes to them early on; this is
completely false and covered in this
study. Other important topics in
this study: your
memory
is a part of your spiritual life;
the
exclusivity
of the God of the Jews; the
Problems
of Covenant Theology; Jacob
versus
Israel; every
word
of every contract made by God with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the
exact
travels of Abraham and the
other
patriarchs; the
amazing
parallels between Joseph and Jesus
(as type and antitype); the
problem
of pain; hints
to
parents; people tend to
mistakenly believe that the Bible is
filled with miracles and that, every
time you walk into a church, you
ought to expect a miracle; thus just
is not true--see the
time
periods of miracles; God
turning
the Egyptians against His Own
people; What
About
Reparations?; I have developed
an hypothesis about God
hardening
Pharaoh's heart (I am not
quite ready to commit to it yet);
the meaning of the two "no-water"
incidents in the desert
wilderness; and, finally, just how
accurate are the
Old
Testament manuscripts?
Quite frankly, I am pretty happy
with the end results of the
commentary of this psalm and highly
recommend it. HTML
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- Old
Testament Topics has also
been updated to include Psalm
105. HTML
PDF
- Serious
Old Testament textual problems.
Surely
there are more than I have listed
here; however, these are the only
ones I have found after 12 years of
studying the OT. HTML
PDF
- The Doctrine of Manna
HTML
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which is a part of Psalm 105 and
something which I should have done
back when I did the exegesis of
Exodus. An abbreviated version
of this is now found in the book of
Exodus
HTML
PDF.
There
are a few minor updates in my still
woefully incomplete Genesis.
HTML
PDF
- Many years ago, when I attended a
Baptist church, a guest speaker give
us an outline of the Old Testament
in about 45 minutes. I took
notes and kept these notes with my
primary Bible for the next 30
years. I have reproduced that
chart, and it is helpful to those of
you who know there is an Old
Testament, but you don't know much
beyond that. Old
Testament Summary: HTML PDF
- 10/18/07: I have not
added anything for awhile. I
have taken a few trips out of town,
and when I do that, I work on the
basic exegesis, which requires
another 2-4 weeks worth of work to
complete. So, I have about 6
psalms in the hopper, so to speak,
which I am working on, all which
related to 1Samuel 5 and 1Chronicles
16. However, i have added a set of
notes, many of which were not posted
here before. I have a new page
of notes
found here.
- 8/28/07: I have done
some minor updating on 1Samual
4 and 1Samuel
5, adding a bit of commentary
to both. I have also fixed the
graphics for most of the Samuel
series. I've also updated the
Old
Testament Topics.
- 8/24/07: You will
obviously note that I have not
posted anything new for
awhile. I have spent the last
3 months working on Psalm
68 (HTML
PDF),
which is practically the most
difficult chapter of the Bible that
I have ever exegeted (which includes
the chapters of Job that I have done
so far). There were two verses
for which I could form almost no
explanation; and there were a half
dozen verses which I half-explained,
but not to my own standards.
However, despite this, I feel as
though this has been some of my most
productive work to date. Here
are some of the topics which I
covered:
- Although I heard a lot of
weird theories about the
occasion for this psalm, I was
able to nail that down with
little trouble (comparatively
speaking).
- Just who is Mary (the mother
of Jesus) and why isn't she just
a little bit better than all of
us? The Catholic view of
Mary taken out to its logical
conclusion.
- Freedom, war, our involvement
in Vietnam, Iraq; science and
women's choices.
- The Lake of Fire; can this
really be justified to our human
minds?
- The inconvenient locations of
Wal-mart in the ancient world.
- Quite frankly, there are some
verses in the Bible that we will
never understand...what does
that mean? Did God screw
up? How should we deal
with the idea that some portions
of Scripture are truly
inscrutable.
- Why are there 4 gospels?
- Why do we need to be
strong? Why does God want
us to grow up spiritually?
Isn't the man who can just sit
on a park bench and wait for God
to take care of him--isn't he
the picture of a great, mature
faith? What is spiritual
growth all about?
- Why did God choose Solomon to
build the Temple; why didn't God
choose David, as it was in
David's mind to build a Temple
to God?
- Why do we praise God?
- What is the significance of
the ancient
heavens?
- Can any scientist fully
comprehend anything, no matter
how narrow his field?
- God's relationship with the
Jew. Arabic hatred for
Jews.
- What happened with the
Conservative party in the US
when we abandoned anti-Semitism.
- So, as you see, despite the
fact that I fought tooth and
nail with this psalm, I got so
much out of it and felt that
portions of this psalm reflect
my best work (although, taken as
a whole, this psalm may tend to
be very ponderous).
- 6/5/2007: I have
extensively examined a dozen or so
Hebrew words in great detail.
In some cases, I have spent 5-10
pages examining a single Hebrew
word. Admittedly, even though
there are some very important
theological points sprinkled
throughout, these studies are going
to have limited appeal. The Links
to these Specific Hebrew words:
HTML
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- 5-19-2007:
Psalm
47. God is
presented as Sovereign over all the
world, something which is clear in
Old Testament Scripture. This
psalm was possibly sung when the Ark
was transported into Jerusalem, and
speaks of our Lord's 2nd
Advent. There are some
fascinating parallels between this
psalm and the history of Israel and
between this psalm and the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
HTML
PDF
- 5-1-2007: Psalm
12. Here's what I
suggest; read this psalm;
particularly v. 6. So, what is
an earthen furnace? The key to
this verse is ellipsis and the key
to the psalm is organization.
Once you understand that, everything
will hold together and make
sense. By the way, this is one
of the most up-to-date portions of
Scripture; this deals with the
internet and the political left and
their present-day tactics. HTML PDF
- 4-28-2007: I am
presently working on Psalm 12;
however, I came upon the fact that
the words the poor and the needy
occur together in Scripture over 30
times. I felt that should be
investigated. The Doctrine
of the Poor and Needy
(which is not the same as The
Doctrine of the Poor) is found here:
HTML
PDF
- 4-13-2007: A book
report, so to speak of Lubenow's
Bones
of Contention. I
summarize a few chapters and some of
his best arguments. This is no
substitute for the book, which I
recommend highly to those who are
interested in this topic. HTML PDF
- Psalm
46 HTML
PDF
I originally began this study,
hoping to tie this psalm to the
moving of the Ark by David into
Jerusalem (there is one word found
in the inscription which is only
found in one other chapter of
Scripture: 1Chronicles 15).
After working on the psalm for about
a week, it became apparent that such
an interpretation was
unwarranted. It is more
likely that this psalm should be
placed when Sennacharib first
attempted to invade Judah by
intimidating the Jewish
people. I completed this
exegesis, even though it was
unrelated to where I am in the books
of Samuel and Chronicles. I
did not want to leave this psalm
half-done. This, along with
other events, helped to solidify my
thoughts expressed above in War
and the Believer.
(4/12/07)
- War
and the Believer
HTML
PDF
There
is a quick and easy way to examine
any war, such as our war in Iraq,
and determine if we are justified in
God's eyes to be at war there.
Pastor Kennedy has a good link on War
as well.
- I have recently added a page
devoted to creation
versus evolution; although I
only have a few articles posted
there, it is well worth checking out
(for those who are interested in
this particular topic).
- Psalm
24 (HTML)
(PDF)
This short psalm was probably
written by David specifically for
the carrying in the Ark into
Jerusalem. Although the
Bible is not a scientific book, it
makes a few statements which were
pretty amazing to have been written
by a shepherd-king 3000 years ago.
- 2Samuel
5 HTML
PDF
- 2Samuel
6 HTML
PDF
- Confusing
and/or Objectionable Passages of
Scripture HTML
PDF:
as a part of the exegesis of
1Chronicles 13 (a work still in
progress), there are a number of
prominent passages in the Old
Testament which are confusing to the
unbeliever or to the new
believer. In 2Samuel 6 and
1Chronicles 13, Uzzah, a Levite who
has been taking care of the Ark for
several years, reaches out to steady
the Ark when it appears that it
might fall out of the cart in which
it is being carried, and God strikes
him dead right there on the
spot. I mean, come on, isn't
this a little harsh? There is
nothing to suggest that this thing
which Uzzah did was any more than a
natural reflex--God should kill him
for that? This, and several
other passages, are discussed and
explained, so that you might better
understand and appreciate what God
does.
- 1Chronicles
13 (HTML)
(PDF)
You might think that, having studies
2Samuel 6 that its parallel passage
in Chronicles is unnecessary; think
again.
- Why
are there 4 Gospels?
(HTML)
(PDF)
Why
didn't God the Holy Spirit simply
include everthing that we need to
know about Jesus Christ in one
gospel?
- One of the things which has
bothered me for a long time is, why
did God have Joshua and the Jewish
military walk around Jericho for 6
days bearing the Ark of God?
Furthermore, why
did God demand that Jericho be
burned with fire?
While studying this morning, it came
to me, and I have included these
points in an old examination of Joshua 6 (PDF version).
- 1Chronicles
14 (HTML)
(PDF).
Given all the anti-war protests
which have recently occurred, and
given that this is a study of David
at war with the Philistines (among
other things), it is worthwhile to
examine the exegetical study,
particularly those sections which
deal directly with the believer
whose country is at war. It is
always interesting when those who
tend to be anti-God are marching in
these peace marches (not all of
them, of course), and the Christian
right are seen as the war mongers
(which confuses the left, because
they recall that Jesus said,
"Blessed are the
peacemakers"). Given all of
this, you may find this to be an
interesting set of points.
Less topical, but every bit as
important are the two questions: (1)
Why is 1Chron. 14 placed here, in
between the two attempts to move
the Ark; and (2)
why is 1Chron. 14 here at all?
That is, there is essentially one
verse found here which is not found
in 2Sam. 5; so what is the reason
for the repetition?
- Polygamy:
there are several doctrines from the
Pentateuch which I have not gotten
around to doing; however, after
coming across pertinent passages in
Judges, Samuel and Chronicles, I
figured it was time. (HTML) (PDF)
- 1Chronicles
15 (HTML)
(PDF)
Although
covered in just one chapter in
2Samuel, the writer/editor of
Chronicles devotes 3 chapters to
David moving the Ark of God.
1Chron. 13 deals with the
unsuccessful attempt to move the
Ark; 1Chron. 14 covers the
successful transport of the Ark from
Obed-edom's home to Jerusalem; and
1Chron. 16 will cover the
celebration which takes place after
the Ark is placed in its tent in
Jerusalem. At the end of
1Chron. 15, I will cover Psalms 24,
46, 12, 8 and 68 (in that
order). Whether or not these
psalms were a part of the
celebratory movement of the Ark, is
unknonwn. However, given that
several psalms are alluded to in
1Chron. 16, and given that there
were many musicians involved in the
transport of the Ark, it is
reasonable to suppose that psalms
were sung while the Ark was
moving. It is possible that
these psalms were sung during this
time.
- Surprisingly (at least, two me),
two of the doctrines which seem to
get the most hits are the Ark of
the Covenant (HTML)
(PDF)
and the Doctrine of Fasting
(HTML)
(PDF).
Therefore,
I have updated these doctrines
somewhat. As is often
the case, the PDF version of the Arc
of the Covenant may not display on
your computer, as it is a fairly
large document; in that case, you
will need to save it to your
harddrive and view it from there.
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