The
traditional translation of this line of the Disciple’s Prayer is, “May
Your Kingdom Come.” That creates two possible images in the minds of
most readers: This kingdom is somewhere else, and it is going to come here. Or,
this kingdom does not exist now, but it will exist in the future. It is one of
the most important lines in the Lord’s Prayer. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/0caa3ea59c7f/may-you-continue-establishing-your-kingdom
Most
Christians have never read the correct translation of the verse below bcause
they have been taught – and believe -- this doctrine: “God set and
established the laws, but since the laws cannot save a man, He had to
destroy them to bring salvation to humanity.” Here is a reconstruction of
the Hebrew words of Jesus - “Do not even begin to think that I came to
destroy the Torah.” English translations have the word “law”
instead of “Torah.” Continue reading at –
https://mailchi.mp/3b0d0bda1423/jesus-did-not-do-away-with-you-shall-not-lie-to-one-another
This is the
second Exploration of the Lord’s Prayer. We will focus on the second
line of the prayer. “Our Father, the Creator, Who is above the heavens,
May Your Name be sanctified . . . .” A popular Christian doctrine makes it
impossible for many Christians to understand the words they pray. The second
line is found in Leviticus 19:1-18. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/407585bd7428/may-your-name-be-sanctified
Christians
may be divided by any number of theological conflicts at other times, but if
you go to any of their funeral services you will probably hear “The
Lord’s Prayer.” Death is real and people seem to change when someone
they know is the one being remembered. I believe that helping people better
understand the ancient words Jesus taught his disciples has the power to bring
people with biblical heritages together. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/1b6d07e8ed0e/who-is-our-father-in-the-lords-prayer
The next election
is coming soon in one year, and the next Presidential Election in three years. That’s
how fast everything could change again. This time our heads and hearts need to be
sync and this is how we can do it! Ancient wisdom teachers of the Hebrew
Scriptures taught, “There is a wisdom in living life.” Unless we have mastered
it, we are vulnerable to serious disasters. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/8d6faedb6116/the-wisdom-of-counting-your-blessings
Different teachings
of Jesus focus on a variety people who loved “riches and wealth” instead
of the God of Israel – the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. At the
top of the list, were the “money lenders.” Interestingly, even
though almost every Christian I know is familiar with this teaching, it isn’t
part of the usual discussions about the “Will of God.” Having been educated in
banking before I became an ordained minister, I was able to see things that
other ministers wouldn’t understand. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/848f505b7ed8/make-money-a-matter-for-your-heart-and-head-asap
The parable
of Jesus about the Great Day Judgment in Matthew reflect the “Jewish culture
and an emerging rabbinic style of writing” more than the others. But
Matthew’s inclusion of the Parable of the Great Day of Judgment has
another meaning most people never see! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/f02dfd516e0b/a-traitorous-betrayal-of-an-entire-land
When I talk
to Christians about the beginning of their religion the story usually begins
with something like this – “Jesus was born, and he founded Christianity – a
new Gentile religion.” When I talk to Jews about the beginning of
Christianity, they often say the same thing – “Jesus was born, and he
founded Christianity – a new Gentile religion.” It is clear that neither
group has a story that begins with “Jesus was a Jew born . . . .” Continue
reading at - https://mailchi.mp/50b98edd7c14/building-a-bridge-across-a-time-gap-that-separates-christians-and-jews
Autonomous
technologies, runaway markets, and weaponized media seem to have overturned
civil society, paralyzing our ability to think constructively, connect
meaningfully, or act purposefully. It feels as if civilization itself
were on the brink, and that we lack the collective willpower and coordination
necessary to address issues of vital importance to the very survival of our
species. It doesn’t have to be this way. Everyone is asking how we got here, as
if this were a random slide toward collective incoherence and disempowerment.
It is s not. Continue reading at – https://mailchi.mp/a79c85d96b52/building-shared-values-based-relationships-and-identities
Violence, Values & Trust
By Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor
Originally published on Monday, November 10, 2014
Millions of women are alive today who have given
birth, and they can validate this information. Birth is the beginning of the
first human relationship – the relationship of a mother
and her child. Other creatures also have a similar,
too. But science has discovered cross-generational
transfers take place. As fetal cells cross the placenta into maternal
tissues, a small number of maternal cells migrate into fetal tissues, where
they can persist into adulthood. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/7ab793cd9d0d/family-the-source-of-our-first-relationship
We do not live in ancient kingdoms or cultures. The vocabulary of the Hebrew Scriptures and teachings of Jesus are unknown to almost all Americans in 2025. Based on research in BHC’s databases, I created a model to provide an overview and a way to apply the ancient wisdom principles and values to our lives. In my opinion, it has never been needed by more people than we need it today. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/100b0f4c10bb/living-in-the-kingdom-of-elohim-in-2025
When Jesus
said the Kingdom of Elohim is here, he meant the Kingdom of Elohim had been
here since the first Day Seven of the creation. Where is it located? What does
the Kingdom of Elohim look like? This Kingdom isn’t a place on earth that has
boundary lines, like cities, states, and nations. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ecee542ac931/changing-your-world-by-changing-the-way-you-think
Did you know
that Jesus founded a school? How do I know that? His followers were called “talmidim”
which means “learners” or “students.”
This wasn’t unusual because every parent was commanded to be a teacher!
Everyday Jesus and his family prayed one of the most important and famous
portions of the Torah. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/6c567bc86e1b/make-students-in-all-nations-of-the-earth-and-teach-them
Our views
come from the stories we were told about our conception, about our history,
about who we are supposed to become, about our parents and families, about our
world. We draw upon elements of all these tales to create a “master
identity narrative” -- our version of the story we tell to explain
ourselves. By the time we are young adults, we think our stories are “the
truth.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/fc5556be62de/building-strong-safety-nets-to-protect-our-lives-and-our-nation
Today I will
share some very important insights I found while digging through BHC’s
Databases. They are related to relationships, how to make them better, and the
benefits of maintaining values-based relationships. This information is
supported by BHC’s Tov Wisdom and Lives 1st Values research. (1) People
make choices about how to act, even if they do not choose the context
in which they make them. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/78790e5ac413/fundamental-truths-about-human-beings-and-trust
I would like
to share a letter from a college student to her parents: “Dear Mom and Dad,
It’s been three months since I left for college. I am sorry I have not written
before, and I apologize as I wish to bring you up to date now. Before you read
this letter, please sit down. The skull fracture that I got when I jumped out
the window of my dormitory shortly after my arrival, is pretty well healed now.
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Adam and Eve
were doomed to fail from the beginning. Why? They had no parents to teach them
who they are and what they are supposed to do. They did not have the Creator’s
Tov Standard to guide them. The primary purpose of this story, and the
next three stories, is the importance of parents. Continue
Reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9b1ab66284db/the-lost-meanings-of-stories-in-the-bible
Adam and Eve were both cunning,
crafty, and shrewd, and they had not shamed themselves. The serpent
was more cunning, crafty, and shrewd than any wild animal
of the field which Yahweh Elohim had made. Make sure to note that
Adam, Eve, and the serpent were all made by Yahweh Elohim. The serpent is a
wild animal, not an angel or Satan. And the serpent said to the woman.
Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/be0886eb436c/what-really-happened-in-the-garden-of-eden
“And a certain man was rich, and he was dressed in
purple and fine linen, feasting every day, splendidly. And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was lying by his gate, being covered
with sores. And he desired to be satisfied from the things falling from the rich man’s table . . . and the rich man died and went to
Hades.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/82b842b8bb58/was-the-rich-mans-sin-being-rich
Tov is translated “good.” The
Creator measured His acts by the Tov Standard. In other stories,
He also measured acts by people that affected the lives of other people by the Tov
Standard. Once you learn to recognize acts that are Tov,
even though the word Tov isn’t mentioned, you will be able to
recognize them in many Bible passages. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/d618f38f77b7/jesus-taught-the-tov-standard
Hebrew word Tov
is translated “good” in Genesis. Humans create words which
are transmittable
symbols. But the
meanings are bundled in life experiences. The life experiences required
to understand Tov are in the first story in Genesis. Humans are the only
creatures created to function by doing acts of Tov individually, collectively
and in harmony. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ce86a134d4e1/tov-is-what-good-means-to-the-creator
In the
teachings of Jesus, there is one underlying and overriding theme, a theme that
serves as the foundation upon which biblical faith is built. If one looks at
the Bible as a whole, if one includes additionally all Jewish literature that
is extant, the Oral Law, the Written Law, the commentaries, and search for one,
single, overriding theme, it is summed up in the Hebrew word tzedakah. Tzedakah
is the outstanding, overriding, and yet simple, theme of Jesus. He taught, “let
your kingdom be spread abroad over the whole earth in such a way that God may
begin to rule in the lives of more and more people.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ee4e20247d64/tzedaqah-the-foundational-theme-of-biblical-faith
Does the
“original” meaning of a Bible passage, apart from Christian or later Jewish
interpretation, still have anything to say to us? Those words described the
obstacle I have been facing for decades. BHC’s Guidelines and Linguistic Model
clearly indicate that Jesus was “Jewish,” but Jewish in the early 1st
century CE does not mean the same thing as Jewish means today. So what
did Jewish mean then? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/65108941c178/breaking-through-jewish-and-christian-barriers-to-understand-the-original-jesus
The Bible’s
Wisdom of the Beginnings, combined with its interpretations by Jesus,
gave a very clear answer – humans are created to protect lives, preserve
lives, make lives more functional and increase the quality of life. So why
are so many people destroying lives, harming lives, making lives less
functional, and decreasing the quality of life in America today? Continue
readding at - https://mailchi.mp/83131fda4f97/doing-more-than-repeating-meaningless-endeavors
Light is one
of the most important words in the Hebrew Bible and the teachings of Jesus. On
Day Four Elohim created the Greater Lamp, the Lesser Lamp, and the stars. Jesus
used Day Four to teach his disciples a very important wisdom lesson in the
Sermon on the Mount. Continue to read at - https://mailchi.mp/a50f521e5483/how-are-humans-supposed-to-function
This is no
easy task. It involves appreciating what biblical texts meant in their earliest
contexts and then explaining how over the centuries different communities with
different concerns developed different interpretations. This war continues
today, when a Christian tells a Jew, “You obviously don t understand your
Bible because, if you did, you would see how it predicts the Messiah Jesus,”
and when a Jew responds, “Not only do you Christians see things in the text
that are not there; you mistranslate and you yank verses out of context.”
Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/82c0541f0191/are-you-sure-you-understand-what-we-are-exploring
In the Jewish
culture before 70 CE, sacrifice or gift to Yahweh Elohim at the Temple had no
atoning effect unless the person giving them has a pure heart. But in this
story, at the moment this person was
standing in the closest place to Yahweh Elohim on Earth, priests are waiting to
do their rituals, other people are in line waiting to present their
sacrifices/gifts – at that very moment this person remembered saying things
Jesus warned him not to say! What should he do? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/49b04589c491/how-many-people-did-you-forgive-today
The
teachings of Jesus are very much like the Jewish Rabbis in tractate Avot: The
Sayings of the Fathers -- almost no laws, consisting instead of short
statements of advice, ethics, and wisdom. One of the most important teachings
of Jesus – that Americans (Christians and everyone else) urgently need to do
today is found in Matthew 5:21-26 -- “how to exercise impulse control and
self-discipline when they become angry!” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/e21de67d035e/thinking-like-a-member-of-the-kingdom-of-elohim-in-2025
One of the
most remarkable and misunderstood stories in the Bible is our story -- the
ADAM. Day Six of creation is about
the creation of “creatures of the Earth” – animals and humans. It is
important to understand the things that humans and animals share, as well as
the things that make them different. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/3e383891cee9/a-kingdom-of-people-like-us
The
Parable of the Great Day of Judgment
is probably one of the most well-known parables of Jesus (Matthew 25:31-46). The opening words of the parable reveal
some very important clues that most people today never see -- this is the
judgment of nations, not individuals. This parable is found only in
Christian Bibles, but the parable was written for Jewish people who knew
the Jewish Scriptures behind the parable. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/b8537f32b2bd/ancient-wisdom-for-modern-families-nations
I do not
believe that members of those Christian groups believe “God visits the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations.” I also
believe that Christians want to do what Jesus taught! So let’s begin there. The
Jesus who lived and taught in Jerusalem, Judea, and the Galilee began his
movement with these words. “Turn! The Kingdom of Elohim is here!” The Jewish
members of the audience knew Jesus was referring to Exodus 18:20-30. Continue
reading at - https://mailchi.mp/2f0ce78a5b43/a-source-of-shared-beliefs-and-values-for-christians-jews-and-american-citizens
We now know
the word “Ten Commandments” do not appear in the Hebrew
text of the Torah Scroll (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, or
Deuteronomy). English translators should have translated the Hebrew words “Ten
DEVARIM” as “Ten Words” or “Ten Legal Sayings.”
Question 1: How would you discuss this information with
others? Does knowing the words are “legal sayings” instead of “commandments”
change the way you view them? Continue reading by clicking here: https://mailchi.mp/e518fbf0a1b2/questions-for-accurately-discussing-beliefs-related-to-the-ten-commandments
And Yahweh said:
“Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels
such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the
people among whom you are shall see the work of Yahweh. For
it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. Observe
what I command you this day. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/a29778746596/the-second-set-of-stone-tablets-that-most-people-know-nothing-about
When Moses
went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh
settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and
on the seventh day Yahweh called to Moses from within the cloud. Moses
entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain
forty days and forty nights . . . The tablets were the work of Elohim; the
writing was the writing of Elohim, engraved on the tablets. Continue reading at
- https://mailchi.mp/0fc3eef0a079/moses-threw-the-writings-of-elohim-at-the-people
In Texas,
the Ten Commandments are in the spotlight again. A 2025 law in the state of Texas
that requires all public schools in the state to include the Ten Commandments in
the classroom. This is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate the benefits
of Exploring the Bible and Biblical Heritages. The Ten Commandments are
not as polarizing as Bible verses linked to other Christian and Jewish beliefs.
I will use the Hebrew words “Elohim” and “Yahweh”
instead of the standard English translations “God” and “LORD.”
Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/5d1bf9307256/is-the-exodus-20-story-about-the-ten-commandments
A cosmic war
is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on earth a battle they
believe is actually taking place in the heavens. It is, in other words, both a
real, physical struggle in this world and an imagined, moral encounter in the
world beyond. The conflict may be real and the carnage material, but the war
itself is being waged on a spiritual plane; we humans are merely actors in a
divine script written by God. A cosmic war partitions the world into
black and white, good and evil, us and them. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/31669ceec901/distinguishing-between-the-kingdom-of-elohim-cosmic-wars
Until the
end of the exodus, neither Abraham nor the descendants of Isaac, had ever lived
in their own land. They had been living in the lands of people who had many
gods – and they had their own languages. None of them used the English
word “god” or the Hebrew word “Elohim” to identify their deities. What
Christian’s called “The Old Testament” is the Jewish Bible called “Tanakh”
(written in Hebrew). Therefore, it is absolutely essential for accuracy, to
call deities that are found in it by the Hebrew words that are in the text.
Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/0fcf9cb33c68/the-mysteries-and-wisdom-of-the-hebrew-word-elohim
The first
act of creation created “Sacred Light (Fire) in the most holy space.” The
second act of creation made a solid dome-like structure that resulted in
turning one body of water into two bodies of water. The things that were
created are very important, but those two acts were about much more than they
appear! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9eac58566f15/elohim-is-superior-to-the-gods-of-the-babylonians-and-persians
Today I want
to expand on a statement I made in my previous email, A Wisdom Option for
Dealing with Life in a Toxic Infosphere. “Biblical Heritages have a way to protect themselves and their children
from the symptoms I described above – I am talking about people in these
groups: Jews, Christians, and Nones.” After I clicked the button that
sent the emails, I began feeling like something was wrong. Continue reading at
- https://mailchi.mp/258f576db955/i-need-to-correct-a-mistake-in-my-previous-email
We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. . . .” These Rights are not individual rights or a
Free ticket to do anything. There are responsibilities attached to them.
Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/99cfb94ed509/are-unalienable-rights-civil-rights-and-human-rights-the-same
How did the
Declaration of Independence acquire ideas from the Hebrew Scriptures? In 1492
the Jews of Spain were expelled by royal decree; five years later the Jews of Portugal
faced a similar fate. They were educated, wealthy, and had many contacts with Muslim
and Christian communities. Over a century later, Christian colonists arrived in
America with Hebrew Scriptures and ideas linked to forming a new government. Sadly,
this part of our history didn’t make it into our history books or Sunday School
classes. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/aa1734c8dceb/another-forgotten-jewish-messianic-movement
Those words are
clearly linked to the Hebrew Scriptures. So how did they get in
America’s founding document? Jews didn’t appear in the American history books I
read in public school. The link is there, and a great deal of information is
available online. The story began when Queen Isabella asked Pope Sixtus IV for permission to set
up an Inquisition to weed out heresy. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/3a0ae5cdb24e/discovering-the-missing-hebrew-link
Covenants were a common institution in the
ancient Near East. The covenants of the Hebrew Bible are most similar to
the covenants made among the ancient Hittites. These were made between
powerful, sovereign kings and less powerful, subordinate vassals. The Hittite
covenants provided protection in return for allegiance. They were always
voluntary and just. They were made under oath and included no termination
clause. In other words, they were meant for all time. Continue reading
at - https://mailchi.mp/517bb93a380a/understanding-covenants-and-the-first-century
When you
have been Exploring the Bible and Biblical Heritages for decades with
the same associates, we do many things subconsciously without mentioning them.
As I looked back over previous emails, I realized I had not been pointing them
out to readers. The most important one defines what we are actually doing. I will
use this email as an example -- Jesus and The Kingdom of Elohim. The
correct title should have been this: Belief Models
about Jesus and the Kingdom of Elohim. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/088fd3a81bde/do-not-forget-we-are-talking-about-belief-models
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As many of you already know, the teachings of Jesus in
Matthew, Mark, and Luke are very different from John – and Paul’s Christ.
Christians have a difficult time seeing that, but Jewish rabbis usually
instantly recognize the importance of the teachings of Jesus. Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor was one of those rabbis. He said, “I
think the Jewish Jesus would be much more comfortable at my synagogue than any church.
Jesus was a Jew. He was raised in a Jewish home by Jewish parents. I will
always remember the night Jim Myers walked into my class carrying a lot of
books, and asking just as many questions.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/cd37d3827f2f/why-do-the-images-of-god-continue-to-kill-each-other
Trillion-dollar
tokens traded. Trades valued in billions of dollars made in seconds without any
paperwork and without government regulations. The democratization of investing:
expanding prosperity in more places, for more people. You have until 2030 to
decide or there could be costly consequences. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/df8205bcd113/is-tokenization-tov
We are now launching
the BHC Lives 1st Teams & Networks of Safety Nets Program.
Its purpose is to “empower people to create overlapping sources of Safety
Nets, which will increase order and decrease chaos.” We will use this
model. Each of the circles represents centers of different sources of chaos.
The first kind is linked to the Bible. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/7a5e18f876fe/identifying-primary-sources-of-chaos-in-america-today
I was a
banker before I became a preacher and later the co-founder of the Biblical
Heritage Center. Banking is in my blood and when financial markets go crazy,
that always gets my attention. So that’s what I have been doing instead of writing
these emails. Interestingly, I discovered something I had been looking for in
my biblical research as I analyzed a bunch of financial statements. Continue at
- https://mailchi.mp/6400a9329d78/order-of-chaos-the-choice-is-ours-to-make
In the modern world we want to know precise definitions and be able to view comprehensive legislation. However, the cultures of the scribes of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, and the Israelites shared a “way of thinking” that is unknown to us. Their writings have “lists of legal sayings” that are “aspective.” The first story in Genesis contains some of the most important aspects. Continue to read at - https://mailchi.mp/39ada9d32222/identifying-key-aspects-to-discover-wisdom-and-create-order
Why do
we do the things that we do?
Robert Morris Sapolsky, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at
Stanford University, has spent a career doing research on that question. I am sharing this information with you to
simply make you aware of these very important facts. The
information he provides also relates to the limitations of algorithms. Having
an awareness provides a degree of protection from predators lurking in
cyberspace. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/614bd571a1b0/facts-about-our-relationships-and-futures-with-algorithms
