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This is the second booklet in the Conceptual God series. It is assumed that the reader has read The Truth of the Conceptual God. This installment assumes the truth of Divine Conceptualism, which was demonstrated in the first installment. This installment examines the work of the Conceptual God in creation of space-time and action in … Read more
For over two thousand years, philosophers have been debating what is called the problem of universals. to understand this problem We must consider how we classify commonalities. When we speak of apples or oranges, we intuitively think that apples have a commonality among them. Each apple is a particular object, but there seems to be common … Read more
This paper is based on information from General Baptist History by D. B Montgomery and Ch 2 of Meet the General Baptists by Edwin Runyon. Runyon, in discussing General Atonement, confines his historical analysis mostly to the development of the General Baptists in America after 1800. Montgomery begins with its precursors in England under John … Read more
Messianic Theology has as its core principle the doctrine of the Messiah. The OT Saints looked forward to the Messiah. New Testament believers looked both forward and backward, looking backward to the Cross and forward to the Second Coming. The Messiah fulfills all of the Covenants and every dispensation. All of God’s covenants with … Read more
The Messiah is the Son of Abraham. This was the provision in the Abrahamic Covenant. The Abrahamic Covenant is actually a set of three covenants, as the Covenant with Abraham was confirmed with Isaac and then Jacob. This trinity of covenants established the national identity of Israel. Through the Abrahamic Covenant God set apart a … Read more
The Messiah is the Ark of Baptism. This was a fulfillment in the Noahic Covenant. Peter, in his first epistle, instructs us that Noah’s Ark has an allegorical anti-type in Christ. Just as eight people entered into the Ark and was saved from God’s wrath that destroyed everything outside the Ark, so Baptism places us … Read more
Chapter 3 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The Messiah is the Seed of the Woman. This was the provision in the Adamic Covenant. While the Adamic Covenant is not stated explicitly, it has features of a Suzerainty Covenant. A Suzerainty Covenant is an agreement between a sovereign and … Read more
Originally posted on November 21, 2008. While Obama was not as successful as the article predicted, he did move things significantly in the direction predicted by this article. The 2008 election cycle has provided conclusive proof that God’s Judgment has fallen on America. First I shall show that God makes individuals nations in a … Read more
Several weeks before the election I had a series of dreams. I do not remember anything from those dreams other than the word “Duquesne.” I thought it to be significant so I looked up historical intersections involving that word. The first intersection of that word in the history of America is in the context of … Read more
What is Halloween? Is it night of harmless fun and gags that many believe. There are two ways to answer this. One is to look at the ideas behind the symbolism, and the second is to trace the historical progression of the symbols, including the chain of custody and evolution of the symbols themselves. This … Read more