Building on the Foundation

In my last post , we discussed the structure of the Assembly, or more specifically, what the Assembly is. The conclusion, based on scripture, is that the Assembly is made up of men who bring their families and gather together to learn and worship Yahowah.  Deuteronomy 16:16 NKJV - "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. In this post, as a follow-up to that one, we’re going to take a look at the order and structure of these gatherings and see what the Bible has to say, if anything, about the topic. I realize this is a somewhat controversial topic, but I am going to do my best to stick solely to what the Bible has to say without venturing outside of those bounds.  The purpose is to determine what the structure looked like at that point in time, not only so we can determine...

There is often a question among Christians about which translation is best to use. The reason this is important is the truth, and what we consider the truth to be. A lot of translations are translated using the translator's idea of what a passage should say, rather than what is actually there. These are called thought-for-thought translations, and they are a tragedy because they change the word of God, either by adding to it or, in many cases, taking away from it. It's obvious why this is a terrible idea, yet some of these translations are quite popular among Christians, mostly because they’ve never looked into them. I myself would have recommended some of these poor translations just a few weeks ago, but I looked into it a little more, and it was shocking what I found.  Essentially all translations commonly used today are thought-for-thought translations, which presents a problem. Unless you have a good translation to compare it to, there is a good chance you will be misled by...