tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post5524072846031875008..comments2024-03-27T21:30:14.167-07:00Comments on Chastened Intuitions: Shattered: Top Ten Myths about the Ten Commandments (Part 3)Carmen Imeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02667112934218176967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-80040792527007738712022-07-29T20:09:30.403-07:002022-07-29T20:09:30.403-07:00Thanks for this good question! I do discuss Leviti...Thanks for this good question! I do discuss Leviticus 24 in my published dissertation. I hope you're able to take a look!Carmen Joy Imeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499732371242456478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-7033419465718297532022-05-14T22:34:12.734-07:002022-05-14T22:34:12.734-07:00I heard your interview with M. Heiser on the Naked...I heard your interview with M. Heiser on the Naked BibleProject Podcast. I enjoyed it. This way of reading “bearing God’s name” as an extrapolation on our role as imagers of God makes a lot of sense! However, I wonder if Leviticus 24, specifically verse 11, is problematic for such a reading? You might address this in your books. I do hope to read them at some point. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-4109862197167367952018-05-31T20:29:43.609-07:002018-05-31T20:29:43.609-07:00Thanks for your comments and question. I'm del...Thanks for your comments and question. I'm delighted that you found my dissertation helpful, and that you heard my interview with Michael Heiser on the Naked Bible Podcast. <br /><br />I'm not sure I'll be much help to you on the topic of interpreting Revelation, as you've clearly spent more time thinking about it than I have. I'm intrigued that you see the role of the false prophet as re-instituting the Sinai covenant. I'd love to know what leads you to that conclusion. I've always understood the mark of the beast to be a symbol of allegiance to the world system -- greed, idolatry, and the obsession with power -- in opposition to the worship of God as king. I'm currently writing a book that takes the key concepts of my dissertation and communicates them more accessibly to a general audience. The focus of the book is on the relevance of the Sinai narratives to the Christian life. At Sinai we learn who Yahweh is, what he expects, who we are, and what our vocation is in the world. I would certainly not advocate for the re-institution of the sacrificial system or the food laws, but I think the law hold ongoing value and relevance for Christians in other ways.<br /><br />That seems to be pulling in a different direction from your reading of Revelation, at least on the role of the Sinai covenant. Perhaps you could clarify if I've misunderstood you.Carmen Imeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667112934218176967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-17136711701452764702018-05-26T04:56:45.022-07:002018-05-26T04:56:45.022-07:00More from the above entry:
"The office of in...More from the above entry:<br /><br />"The office of interpreter of the Law he will retain forever, and in the world to come his relation to Moses will be the same as Aaron's once was (Zohar, Ẓaw, iii. 27, bottom). But the notion which prevailed at the time of the origin of Christianity, that Elijah's mission as forerunner of the Messiah consisted mainly in changing the mind of the people and leading them to repentance, is not unknown to rabbinical literature (Pirḳe R. El. xliii., xlvii.)."<br /><br />WowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621450209354164785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-29703766039661634392018-05-26T03:16:06.297-07:002018-05-26T03:16:06.297-07:00Re Elijah as a priest, according to Jewish Encyclo...Re Elijah as a priest, according to Jewish Encyclopedia online:<br /><br />"Three different theories regarding Elijah's origin are presented in the Haggadah: (1) he belonged to the tribe of Gad (Gen. R. lxxi.); (2) he was a Benjamite from Jerusalem, identical with the Elijah mentioned in I Chron. viii. 27; (3) he was a priest. That Elijah was a priest is a statement which is made by many Church fathers also (Aphraates, "Homilies," ed. Wright, p. 314; Epiphanius, "Hæres." lv. 3, passim), and which was afterward generally accepted, the prophet being further identified with Phinehas (Pirḳe R. El. xlvii.; Targ. Yer. on Num. xxv. 12; Origen, ed. Migne, xiv. 225)..."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621450209354164785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126343678626870694.post-27858633006638761942018-05-24T14:26:15.496-07:002018-05-24T14:26:15.496-07:00Great timing. I just finished your dissertation a ...Great timing. I just finished your dissertation a few days ago so this post is a nice recap. Everyone needs to run not walk out to get this material immediately to understand important concepts relevant to the (not too distant?) future included in the book of Revelation. The embassy move to Jerusalem is an important step towards messianic expectations and the rabbis are beginning to chirp like I’ve never heard before.<br /><br />My ears perked up when I heard you in an interview discussing the NC as it was hitting on ideas in my own research and conclusions from many years back about the nature of the mark/name of the beast in Rev 13 from another angle - plus you provided scholarly sources to back up my conclusions, lol. I've recently returned to this area and just keep finding more corroborating evidence in the bible and ever-expanding clarity. It's exciting!<br /><br />I wanted to ask if you think it makes sense to say that the second beast or false prophet Elijah will restore the Sinai covenant along with the Levitical priesthood, the sacrificial system and a temple (or tabernacle) and will himself be the one to brand the apostate bride (Rev 17.5) of the AC with the name/mark in Rev 13.16-18 (thus forming a antithetical parallel chiasmus with Rev 14.1)?<br /><br />If this is so, the false prophet (Elijah) would also be the high priest serving from before the beast and exercising his power also calling fire down from heaven perhaps to consume the sacrifice at the temple dedication recalling 2Chr 7.1 or as Elijah himself did in 1Ki 18.38. This isn't far fetched since John the Baptist who came in the spirit of Elijah was from a priestly family and his mother Elizabeth was from the daughters of Aaron - which could mean her close relative Mary, mother of Yeshua, was also a descendent of Aaron and not just from the House of David. Maybe that's why Yeshua appears to give a priestly blessing at the end of Luke's gospel (24.50) and closes the gospel in the temple as it began in the temple when Zechariah could not give the blessing due to being muted which if Luke’s addressee Theophilus is the same high priest Theophilus named by Josephus and who lived in the same period as Luke, he would've picked up on these things otherwise missed by a Gentile Roman officer. Now there’s a rabbit trail.<br /><br />Those who do not enter the renewed Sinai covenant marriage (ie, take the mark) naturally will not be allowed to ‘buy or sell’ (Rev 13.17) the sacrifices and offerings in the temple court with or as the merchants and money changers. This fits in context with the temple dedication and priestly blessing/name branding reflecting Num 6.27-7.1. Even the language used in the census numbering of the sons of Israel conducted by Moses and Aaron in NUMBERS 1.2 "the number of their names" is applied in Rev 13.17 (“the number of his name”) as well as the census conducted by the high priest Ezra in 2.2 "The number of the men" vs "the number of a man" in Rev 13.18 fitting in with the 144,000 faithful mentioned in the next verse (14.1) who were numbered in a census conducted by an angel in Rev 7.3-8 sealed with the Name of God as protection from His wrath (Cp Eze 9.4-6) which the temple tax was supposed to be a ransom for to stay the plague from the very act of numbering itself (Exo 30.12-16).<br /><br />I better leave it there as I sense some eyes may be glazing over. I just hope everyone realizes how important things like the name command and the temple administration really are and how relevant they are to understand the things written for the last generation - lest we lose our garments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621450209354164785noreply@blogger.com