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Jesus, Yahweh, and the Temple: Part II

By David Larsen | Published: June 18, 2008
Representing the Heavenly on Earth: The Temple We now look at the Temple, the place where Heaven is represented on Earth. Eusebius knew that Moses had built the Tabernacle as an imitation of the visions he had be given on Sinai (Exod 25:8, 40): And Moses himself, having first been thought worthy to view the [...]
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Jesus, Yahweh, and the Temple

By David Larsen | Published: June 16, 2008
Insights from Margaret Barker’s Temple Themes in Christian Worship: Part III   In my last post on Barker’s Temple Themes, I looked at how the early Christians expected a new Temple to be built for them to worship in. Jesus had restored the true doctrines of the First Temple, and the Christians expected him to [...]
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Angelomorphic Holy Spirit

By David Larsen | Published: June 12, 2008
The Form of the Holy Spirit  In my last post on the Ascension of Isaiah, I noted how in that document, Isaiah, while in the highest Heaven, sees a figure standing near God’s throne, which his angel guide informs him is “the angel of the Holy Spirit.” Isaiah sees him as a glorious standing figure comparable to the [...]
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Isaiah’s Heavenly Ascent to See the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

By David Larsen | Published: June 9, 2008
Insights from the Ascension of Isaiah The Ascension of Isaiah is an early Christian document that is thought to have been written some time in the second century A.D., and is considered a Christian re-working of an older Jewish tradition. It resembles, in some ways, Isaiah 6, but details a much more elaborate vision, in [...]
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