Tag: tree
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A Temporary Throne – 15
Previously: “Should the LORD plant the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?” I asked myself. I had never thought of the connection of my sins to this (really) or of any alternative. CHAPTER 15 I knew that sin had its beginning from the very beginnings of man and there was nothing that I…
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A Temporary Throne – 14
CHAPTER 14 Paradise? Eden? (Even before ‘adam?) Genesis 2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life…
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Samekh
Depart from me… Picture the stoic traditionalist teachers of the Bible venturing out from the mega-cathedral to a far from urban valley of the Jordan and encountering a crowd that should be in church. They are listening to an unkempt man with uncut hair and rags of animal skins and leather. As they descend the…
