What does it mean to take someone to heaven in a society dominated by many religions in which God or Gods reside in heaven and have supernatural powers? Isn’t this a form of death by which we, simple people, explain the end of life and being taken to heaven? This is a very simplified but … Read more
Stories about giants inhabiting the earth are very old and appear in almost all ancient oral and written traditions, on all continents. The most famous are probably the biblical described in the first Book of Genesis. In many places around the world, archaeologists are discovering remains that are too large for homo sapiens and previous … Read more
Adam, for most people who profess or at least share the idea of the Judeo-Christian religion, is the first man created by God, in his own image and likeness. Genesis 1,26-27: 26 And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, … Read more
Ezekiel and his experiences with the glory of the Lord, which I described in two previous posts: Ezekiel and the glory of the Lord and Ezekiel and the temple of the future, require a look from a different, more contemporary perspective. Did Ezekiel have visions or make it all up, or did the previously mentioned … Read more
Continuing the thread of Ezekiel, started in Ezekiel and the Glory of the Lord, I will try to follow in the footsteps of this prophet and consider what happened to him about 20 years later. Ezekiel 40,1-6 1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, the tenth … Read more
