Biblical Heritage Center Blog

  Now I am going to focus on “the bundles of associations” connected to the words in the Bible. A key skill in working with words is anchoring them to specific times and places. (1) None of the Bible was originally addressed to you. None of us was involved in the original communication events as either senders or receivers. We are, in a sense, third-party intruders and suffer from third-party perspectives. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/e81db8972012/increasing-your-accuracy-in-reading-the-bible-part-1

  The Alliance is found in one verse of the Bible, Genesis 1:28. It literally cannot be seen in English translations, but the Hebrew version sets this Creation Story apart from all other creation stories. The Alliance is a contract, that God made with the first two subjects of His Kingdom – the man and woman . All future humans will become subjects of God’s Kingdom at birth . Make sure you know the Benefits and the Obligations. Continue Reading at - http://mailchi.mp/36ac2400d8a5/the-alliance-between-god-and-humans

  In Genesis 1, “God blessed them” means that God empowered the humans to function the ways they had been created to function. Fill the earth (with new humans) means make babies and be parents that teach and mentor the wisdom of this story to them. By Genesis 7 it was very clear humans were very fruitful and they multiplied! But in Genesis 9, there was only one family left on earth! What happened? Continue to read at - http://mailchi.mp/8a71c141b445/understanding-the-importance-of-parents-with-wisdom

  After sending my previous email, “ How To Factually Discuss Key Words in the Bible ,” I created an Exploration Guide for it. This is an upgraded feature of these emails, which provides an option for readers to actively engage in the subject at a deeper level, and do it as an individual or as a team of two or more explorers. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/bd4d71ab7ad5/exploration-guide-for-factually-discussing-words-in-the-bible

  The “Bible’s Wisdom of the Beginnings” is recorded in Genesis. It is the first story in the first book of Christian and Jewish Scriptures. Over 2.5 billion people (Christians and Jews) consider the words of Genesis sacred and very valuable. Since over 2.4 billion of these people are Christians, I will present the view of Jesus about Day Seven. Pay close attention to Hebrew definition of Shalom. Continue reading at -  http://mailchi.mp/27057072dc5b/day-seven-and-life-in-the-kingdom-of-the-creator

  In August 1980 I began a journey of collecting information that led to this email. It started when I prayed this short prayer: “ Dear God, please show me what you want me to read in the Bible. Amen .” And immediately, these words literally popped into my mind: Unless you know how words work, you cannot understand the words in the Bible! Was this God answering my prayer? Obviously, I cannot provide any proof to claim that it was. However, I can provide facts related to the words that popped into my mind. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/d6981e3f06a6/introducing-the-bhc-lives-1st-educational-network