John Kesler

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  Yahweh's False Promise About Judah

  by John Kesler in

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  the author(s) of the books of kings claimed that the kingdom of judah would never be captured because yahweh had determined that judah would always exist for david's sake (see 2 samuel 7:13-16).

  this understanding, that the literal kingdom of judah would survive and be protected by yahweh --despite the wickedness of its kings--is mentioned several times:.

  11therefore yahweh said to solomon, "since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that i have commanded you, i will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.

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  What made Jesus' followers believe that Jesus rose from the dead?

  by John Kesler in

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  what made some of jesus' followers believe that jesus rose from the dead?

  my best guess--and as e.p.

  sanders says, we really don't know--is that jesus' followers--distraught, sad, and disillusioned--had visions in what we now call altered states of consciousness, a condition that can be induced by fasting, sleep deprivation, and fatigue.

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  Length of the Israelites' Egyptian Sojourn: An Unsolvable Bible Error

  by John Kesler in

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  in exodus 12:40-41, we find this very specific statement:.

  40 the time that the israelites had lived in egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

  41 at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the companies of yahweh went out from the land of egypt.. the problem is that this is at odds with the genealogy in exodus 6:16-20:.

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