So much has been written on the subject of the Greek word Aionios, usually translatedEternal, or Everlasting, especially by those who believe in Universal Reconciliation. Not all of their writings have been convincing. Neither have mine. The subject is fraught with difficulty, and we all have to appreciate the difficulties involved. In this writing I should like to take a new thrust at the subject, hoping it will prove helpful. [Read more…]
Archives for April 2009
10. Coats of Skin – A study in Universal Reconcilliation
“And the Lord God made coats of skin for the man and his wife and clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21)
The word “coats” is KUTTONETH in Hebrew, and by its usage in the OT one learns that it was usually a loose fitting garment with sleeves that was worn next to the skin, and reached down to just below the knees. We have no way of knowing whether, in this very earliest mention of the word in the Bible, the tunics God made were exactly according to that later model, but there seems little reason to think otherwise. But whereas in the Torah these tunics were made of linen, Adam and Eve’s tunics were made of skin. Perhaps some form of chamois leather, light and airy. [Read more…]
9. The Emerald – Part 2
Those who responded to Standard 8, the “Emerald” dream, said they recognised the “glassy stone”, and decried the excesses being exercised within the Charismatic movement these days, in particular the “party atmosphere” that abounds within all the offshoots of the Toronto affair that began in 1994. [Read more…]
8. The Emerald – Part 1
I had the following dream early in the morning of 31st March 2009. I very seldom have significant dreams, but this one was different. Here it is.
Rosalind and I were being ushered into a “special” building. I say special, simply because I sensed it to be so in the dream. Those who escorted us, two in number, were also “special” people, perhaps angels. I had no way of telling. [Read more…]