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What was not told, they will see. What was not heard, they will understand.
Vol. II · No. 41✦Tuesday, October 27, 2026✦Price: Free
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Articles

Ancient Texts, Modern Intelligence
8 entries
SALVATION  ·  October 25, 2026

Isaiah 52:15 and Paul's Mission: What the Nations Will See

Isaiah 52:15 meaning explored: how a disputed Hebrew verb and priestly sprinkling language became Paul's scriptural charter for unreached peoples.

SALVATION  ·  October 21, 2026

Psalm 22: From Abandonment to Vindication

Explore Psalm 22 meaning for Jesus's crucifixion, from the cry of abandonment to resurrection vindication, and why lament is legitimate prayer.

SALVATION  ·  October 20, 2026

What Sin Means: Hebrew and Greek Reveal More Than "Missing the Mark"

What is sin in the Bible? Trace chata, pesha, awon, and hamartia to find the biblical definition of sin as missed purpose and broken loyalty.

SALVATION  ·  May 16, 2026

You Were Never Meant to Float Away

The version of hope we've been sold, souls escaping to heaven, is not the Christian story. The resurrection announces something far more physical, far more radical: God is not abandoning His creation. He is renewing it.

SALVATION  ·  February 1, 2026

The Death We Cannot Accept: Why Resurrection Is the Only Coherent Hope

We live in a curious age where even the most committed materialist treats death as an intruder. The vocabulary of our deepest moral intuitions keeps pointing us toward a story we claim not to believe.

SALVATION  ·  October 8, 2025

The City and the Fire: On the Two Destinies That Stand Before Us

Revelation presents us with two concrete destinations: a city and a fire. Life and death. Inclusion and exclusion. Perhaps it is time we took another look.

SALVATION  ·  September 6, 2025

What Heaven Really Is

Most people think of heaven as some far-off place where we go after we die. But that was never YHWH's plan. His real plan is much better: He wants heaven and earth to become one place again.

SALVATION  ·  January 4, 2025

The Breath You Cannot See and the Life You Cannot Deny

We can go our entire lives breathing without ever thinking about breath itself. And yet breath is perhaps the most profound metaphor the biblical writers had for the presence and power of God. Not because they were looking for poetic flourishes, but because they understood something we've largely forgotten: that every breath is a gift, and the Giver is nearer than we imagine.

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