ACTS 17:26 AND THE TRUE ORIGIN OF ALL RACES

Some time back someone asked me whether the man Adam and his wife Eve discussed in the first four chapters of Genesis are the couple from which all races of the world came about. In my first response, I tried to constrain, myself to the limits of the question and I discussed what the Hebrew … Continue reading ACTS 17:26 AND THE TRUE ORIGIN OF ALL RACES →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part IV)

Isaiah’s Prophetic Message Isaiah was one of the three major prophets and the other two are; Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Many scholars have what I call the Big 4 (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel) but as far as am concerned mine is a Big 3 of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The conclusions in here, are based … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part IV) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part III)

Socio-Spiritual Meteorologists In our times, the term ‘prophesy’ communicates ‘prediction’ and a prophet is one who tells you what happened to you in the past, present and most importantly what is going to happen to you in the future. Many people who have addressed themselves as prophets have attracted masses because naturally human being are … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part III) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part II)

THE THEOLOGIANS TO THEOLOGIANS This is the second part of the introduction to the book of Isaiah. Read the first part here. I have used Isaiah to introduce the general theological view of all the canonical prophets in the Bible. Prophets are the theologians of the Bible. They are the custodians of the oracles of … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part II) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part I)

NOTICE We are now in the Prophets section of the Bible and we begin with the biggest prophet. Prophet Isaiah is the biggest because of two reasons: the first is that his scroll is the biggest for when it was divided into chapters, it made 66 chapters. Secondly, he served as a prophet for a … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (Part I) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-B)

Theological Bites The Three intertwined Loves In the Bible there three interweaved loves. These are loves knotted together and where the quality of one tells the relationship it has with the other two. These loves are mentioned by God himself in the New Testament (Mathew 22:36-39) and these are: Love to God Love to Self … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-B) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-A)

Theological Bites The Song of Songs in the Bible is evidence enough that God is behind our romantic feelings and he has designed us with those feelings. How to Interpret Many scholars in the past have come up with ways of interpreting the book and I know of 8 views of the book by different … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part IV-A) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part III)

Theological Bites The theology of the book of songs is one that should be appreciated from the angle of human sexual love. A theology that can only be understood by evaluating the sexual relationship between a man and a woman. I emphasize ‘between a man and a woman’ because we are in a fallen and … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part III) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part II)

Canonicity Since the canonicity of this book has been largely contested because of its content, allow me to dwell a little bit here on the subject of Bible Canon. To put these matters in perspective, especially the issue of Song of Songs canonicity, we need to address two issues here: the first is what the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part II) →

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part I)

Notice We are still in the Old Testament section of wisdom writings (Ketuvim) and we now turn to the Song of Songs. This is a book about nothing else but Love. Not love as an abstract idea but love as a practice of life. In this book, I will say all I know about love … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF SONG OF SONGS (Part I) →