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One of the things which I found interesting is, as I examined various passages of Scripture, now and again I would come up with information, or a slant, or an interpretation which was, as far as I know, unique.  Don't misunderstand me here: I have not unearthed some weird set of doctrines which oppose orthodox Christianity; but I have come across a number of items that you may find interesting, if only because you have not read them anywhere else.  Let me give you some examples:

• A possible pronunciation for the sacred Tetragrammaton.
  
• I don't care what you say, the gospel is clearer in the New Testament than in the Old.  But, you know, there is a reason for that.
  
• Something which has bothered me for a long time is, why did God instruct the Jews to carry the Ark of Testimony around Jericho for 6 days, and why were the Jews to burn all of Jericho with fire, thus "devoting" them to God.  God does not just make up stuff for people to do to entertain Himself; there must be some meaning.  I've studied several commentators, and have never come across one who really explained this.  It came to me when I was studying the other morning, and I have included this in Joshua 6   (PDF format).
  
• God raises up Samuel from the dead when Saul goes to a medium and requests her to bring up Samuel.  Now, many exegetes say, "This wasn't Samuel, because God does not bring back people from the dead through mediums."  Besides, even if it is Samuel being brought back from the dead by God, why would God do this?  Why would God allow a medium to appear to be an instrument to contact the dead?  Furthermore, Samuel does not tell Saul a blasted thing that he has not already been told....so why does God bring Samuel back from the dead?  Believe it or not, God has a very specific reason for doing so, and when you hear it, you'll go, "Snap; that makes perfect sense!"  (assuming that  snap is a part of your thinking vocabulary). 
  
• The Ark is out of commission for 50-70 years during the time of Samuel, then Saul and for the first part of David's reign.  Is this simply some historical thing which is recorded in the Bible or did God have a reason to keep the Ark out of commission for so long?  Also, it appears as though the Tabernacle of God was also out of commission for a long time...same reason?
  
• David wanted to build a permanent home for God; he wanted to build the Temple of YHWH.  Why did God have Solomon build the Temple instead?  Was Solomon simply a better builder?  Was this God's reason?
  
• The Book of Esther does not mention the name of God, and, in my opinion, there is no system by which we can find the name of God somehow hidden in the text.  However, I believe that is done for a specific reason which applies to the Jewish evangelists in the Tribulation.   The parallels between Jews in the time of Esther and Jews in the present age will become perspicuous.
  
• For at least a century, holy rollers and normal Christians have interpreted 1Cor. 13:1 to justify speaking in the tongues of angels, and, in fact, this is the only verse which could possibly be seen to justify the modern-day tongues movement (nowhere else in Scripture can a charismatic point to a place where half his congregation might end up speaking in gibberish as a spiritual gift).  News flash to you: 1Cor. 13:1 has nothing to do with anyone actually speaking in the language of angels.
  

• Is it possible that there are no spiritual gifts designed for self-edification?
  
• In the end times, during the Tribulation, there will be Jews scattered throughout every nation and there will be war and destruction like this world has never seen before.  Most believers know this and Satan knows this as well.  Today, there are Arab terrorists in every nation and many of them feel as though they are participating in the last great battle of Jihad, where Islam will penetrate the entire earth and become the philosophy of every nation.  Is this Satan's counterfeit Tribulation and Millennium?
  
  Now, I do need some help:  Just in case you have read down this far.  I am coming across on the average one minor mistake per verse so I do need a proofreader.  The typical mistakes are, indicating that there is a definite article, when there is not one; or leaving off the 3^rd person masculine singular suffix, or representing a perfect tense and an imperfect tense.  Quite franky, I just get bored with proofreading, so I rarely do it.  I need someone who has a small understanding of Hebrew, possesses Owen's Analytical Guide to the Old Testament, who will simply go through the Hebrew, word by word, and make certain that I have the correct words and the correct morphology.  It is thankless and almost mindless work, as you would simply compare the Strong's numbers to those given in the KJV+ (in, for instance, e-sword) to what I have; and compare the morphology found in Owen to what I list.  I would prefer to be accurate in these areas, and have made every attempt to be; however, now and again I am not.
  
  

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