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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 4

Today is Thursday and this installment deals primarily with what happened on the Thursday of Holy Week. Consider it carefully. This is part four of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’s treatise on the titular topic. Since Dr. Rand has used boldface type to set apart Scripture verses, we
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 3

With the calendar approaching the time of year that the church calls Holy Week, it seems appropriate that we set forth this chronological perspective on the events leading up to the trial, death, and resurrection of our Savior. This perspective is part three of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection, part 2

This is a continuation of our serialization of Dr. Howard Rand’s treatise on the titular topic. Since Dr. Rand has used boldface type to set apart Scripture verses, we use only underlining and italics for our emphasis—unless otherwise noted. All comments in [brackets] are ours. For easier readability,
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A Look at the Timing of Jesus’ Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Resurrection

From time to time, readers inquire of us about which day is the true sabbath day. We have in our files material which makes a case for about five different answers to that question. We have read them all years ago. We have concluded that if a person reads copious
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Does the Bible Predict a Future Roman Empire Ruled by THE Antichrist?

In the immediate years after surrendering my life to the Lord Jesus Christ, I was a member of a fundamentalist church in Columbus, Ohio. I immersed myself in studying THE truth of the Bible (as asserted and taught by the fundamentalists) including the basics of baptism, salvation by faith, repentance,
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The House of Levi, part 6

Our serialization of the essay by the 20th century British author, Isabel Hill Elder continues below. We have added the map. In this blog, all emphases and comments in [brackets] are mine. Unless within my brackets, all words in (parentheses) are presumably by Ms. Elder. For readers’ convenience, we have
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The House of Levi, part 5

Our presentation of the short booklet by the 20th century British author, Isabel Hill Elder continues below. While we have admiration for Ms. Elder’s scholarship, there are certain points herein with which we must make our disagreement known —or at least our questioning of some of her assertions. In
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The House of Levi, part 4

We are in the midst of a serialization of the long essay by the 20th century British author, Isabel Hill Elder. In this blog, all emphases and comments in [brackets] are mine. Unless within my brackets, all words in (parentheses), are by Ms. Elder. For readers’ convenience, we have spelled
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The House of Levi, part 3

Along with our own commentary, the following is a continuation of the work by Isabel Hill Elder. In this blog, all emphases and comments in [brackets] are mine. Unless within my brackets, all words in (parentheses) are presumably by Ms. Elder. Additionally, we have spelled out the full names of
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