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From ChatGPT 6/30/2025. Here are the elevations (in feet above/below sea level) for the major cities and villages along the Central and Eastern routes from Capernaum to Jerusalem, as traveled in Jesus’ time: CENTRAL ROUTE (Through Samaria) Location Elevation (feet) Notes Capernaum –700 ft Sea of Galilee shore; lowest point on route Magdala –625 ft Fishing village […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Walking with God in the Hebrew Bible Here are the key verses from the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that specifically refer to “walking with God”: Genesis 5:22-24 “Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred […]
Continue ReadingRestoring Abrahamic Faith by Dr. James D. Tabor – On that page Ross Nichols, teacher for the United Israel World Union, presents a four-part lecture series based on Dr. Tabor’s book Restoring Abrahamic Faith. https://www.youtube.com/live/7qUakWAICDY?si=ZPZbXytAYC4Xhxo5 Walking the Ancient Paths – Below are scriptures cited by Ross in Session 1 of 4; i.e. the video above. Genesis 5:21-24 […]
Continue ReadingNotes from Ross Nichols teaching with the same title here. 99% of the text on this page is from my transcript of his video. The outline formatting is mine to put his supporting comments into a format I can remember…hopefully. This is a very profound teaching. Everywhere in the text below where “I” makes a […]
Continue ReadingPaul’s Contradictions. Can they be resolved? – If we look at Paul’s letters, it is not difficult to pull out what on the surface appear to be directly opposing views, anti- and pro-Israel: BAS Library. Paul and Judaism: 5 Puzzles – In recent years, five questions have dominated scholarly discussions regarding Paul’s attitudes toward Judaism […]
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