Was Jesus Short?
[He was] a man of simple appearance, mature age, small stature, three cubits high, hunchbacked, with a long face, long nose, and meeting eyebrows, so that they who see him might be affrighted, with scanty hair (but) with a parting in the middle of his head, after the...
Jesus Bros: Investigating the Family of the Lord
On more than one occasion this past Christmas, I found my thoughts preoccupied with questions regarding the family of Jesus. We know so little about them, and yet from the little we do know, it is apparent that they must have played a pivotal role in the formation and...
Who is The Man of Lawlessness in 2 Thessalonians?
When one thinks of the Antichrist in a Biblical context, it’s almost always Revelation that first springs to mind. Despite the fact that John of Patmos never specifically uses the term, “antichrist,” the Beast from the Sea described within the pages of the apocalypse...
Revelation Unredacted Part V: Jesus Goes to Hell
In the previous four articles, we have reviewed the evidence in support of an original Essene core to the book of Revelation as composed by a follower of John the Baptist. John taught an apocalyptic message, and when the Jerusalem temple fell in 70 CE, alarm bells...
Revelation Unredacted: A False Prophet’s Bag of Tricks
In our last post, we unmasked the Beast from the Sea as none other than Jesus Christ himself. Although the Sea Beast has long enjoyed more of the limelight in discussions of John’s Apocalypse, we mustn’t forget that there is another demonic entity foretold by the...
Revelation Unredacted: Judas Beast
The two beasts of Revelation have sparked fascination within readers from ancient times all the way down to the present day. The grotesque description of the more prominent of these monsters, the Beast from the Sea, has certainly done much in contributing to the...
Revelation Unredacted: One Two, Yahweh’s Coming for You
The Two Witnesses Taken to Heaven in a Cloud. Image Credit: FCIT. This post is the second of a five-part series exploring the proposal of an original Essene Jewish core of the Book of Revelation. In case you missed it, catch up by reading part one where I lay out the...
Revelation Unredacted: How a Christian Interpolator Fooled Us All
A surrealistic take on Revelation. Image credit: W. Ralph Walters. “For there shall be yet another vision concerning the appointed time. It shall tell of the end and shall not lie."Habakkuk 2:3 "Interpreted, this means that the final age shall be prolonged, and shall...
A Comparative Study of the Talpiot Tomb’s Cryptic Facade
Back when I was initially researching ideas for this website, I came across an article titled, "Chevron foiled," which analyzes the mysterious symbol found above the outer entrance of the Talpiot Tomb. For those not up to speed on the details surrounding this...
The Era of Wrath: An Apocalyptic Timeline of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Introduction Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have presented no great shortage of riddles. Who wrote them? When were they written? Why were they deposited in the caves of Qumran? These are basic questions that scholars have yet to provide...