Let’s take a look at an interesting verse from the Torah that supports the entrenched belief system of “territorialism” in the Scriptures or the idea that the gods (including the one and only true God) only held power in a certain region or territory.  Take a look at Genesis Chapter 48:1-4. “Some time later Joseph […]

“I gave to Yitz’chak Ya‘akov and ‘Esav. To ‘Esav I gave Mount Se‘ir as his possession, but Ya‘akov and his children went down into Egypt.”-Joshua 24:4 We’re gonna be talking a bit more about how the Lord progressively revealed Himself to His people throughout history. And as much as I hate to use stuffy academic […]

Let’s get our bearings of where we’re at in our discussion about how the Lord progressively revealed more and more of Himself to his people. Here’s the basics. First, EL is NOT a Hebrew word and it is NOT the name of the God of Israel. EL was the name of the top god within the […]

Today I’m gonna share a theological term you probably haven’t heard of unless you attended seminary. The term is “Progressive Revelation”. It’s something the modern gentile church speaks about quite a bit. What is “Progressive Revelation” ? It’s the idea that when the Lord wishes to reveal Himself to mankind, He does it in baby steps. […]

Yesterday, we learned something really important in our discussion about Abraham. We learned that the first step the Lord will take to “de-paganize” someone is to REMOVE that person from his or her homeland. In Abraham’s case, this was done to separate him from the pagan god system embedded in his local culture. In response to […]