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The Incomparable Power of God’s Salvation: Musings on Psalm 18
I wanted to share some comments on Psalm 18. I have been studying the psalms lately and have been especially impressed by their rich theological content. I have been most specifically looking at the so-called “Royal Psalms”, which scholars have designated as such because of their association with Israelite kingship. Psalm 18 is one of [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Aubrey R. Johnson, David, Davidic king, Israel, John Eaton, Psalm 18, Psalms, ritual, Sacral Kingship, Solomon Comments closed
The Orphic Gold Tablets: “The Longed-For Crown”
I return now to my overview/commentary on Instructions for the Netherworld: The Orphic Gold Tablets by Alberto Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal (Brill: 2008). If you missed my first few posts on this topic, you can see them here: First, Second, Third, and Fourth. One of the key features of the inscriptions found [...]
Posted in Scripture, Temple Also tagged Abraham, Afterlife, Bacchic, coronation, Crown, Doctrine and Covenants, Enoch, Greek Mythology, High Priest, Initiation, LDS, Moses, Mother Goddess, mystery religions, Netherworld, Orphic Gold Tablets, Orphic Mystery Religion, rituals, Temple, Underworld Comments closed
King and Messiah in the Psalms: From the Work of Aage Bentzen
For a few decades in the beginning-to-middle of the 20th century, a very interesting approach to looking at the Psalms of the Old Testament was launched, especially in Europe. This approach, unfortunately, has fallen somewhat out of favor, and perhaps never fully caught on here in the U.S. The approach I am referring to is [...]
Posted in Scripture, Temple Also tagged Aage Bentzen, Creation, Davidic monarch, Israelite New Year's Festival, Messiah, Psalms, Sacral Kingship, Sigmund Mowinckel Comments closed
Jesus, Yahweh, and the Temple: Part II
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 [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Temple Also tagged Ancient Israel, Ascent, Deification, Early Christian, Godhead, High Priest, Jesus, Solomon, Synthronos, Theosis, Throne, Yahweh Comments closed













“How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”: Some Thoughts on OT Lesson 39