This brief survey of selected settings in the Bible gives an introduction to how setting functions and helps give readers a picture in their minds of the world of the Bible. We do not know what images to associate with the words.” 2 Familiarity with archaeology, historical studies, and the geography of Israel assist us with imagining the world of the original authors in a way that draws us into God’s story and lends a greater understanding. “We often miss imagery in the Old Testament stories because we are unfamiliar with the historical realities they describe. Contemporary readers, distanced from these scenes geographically and temporally, miss the vivid pictures and signposts. They evoke visual scenes using places and imagery both to engage the reader (or listener) and to add nuance to the story. The authors (and Author) of the Old Testament are no different. As we need to know a character’s gender, race, and age, we need to know in what atmosphere she or he operates to understand the significance of the action.” 1Īuthors use setting to ground us in the story and to give us cues as to the theme. “The setting is important to our understanding of character type and of what to expect, as well as to the emotional value that arises from the conflict. He is his own man.įourth, we learn that the King James uses the word “trump” sparingly.įifth, the Bible says nothing about Trump critics Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, John McCain, or Evan MacMullin.Simply put, setting is the location of the events of a story. He has compared Trump to many great Biblical characters, but he failed to see Trump is the Trump of God.
Jerry Falwell Jr., laboring at a million a year to get less than half of students through an online program the founder describes as a “cash cow,” has been too hesitant in his exegesis. President Trump is best known for his loud and brassy persona. What other instruments could compare to a sounding brass?įor the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Trump is a sign of the End, but in a good way.ĥ2 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.Īs we can see through the work of his father Fred and the existence of his children, there are many trumps, but there will be only one Last Trump. “Trump” when “Trump” appears is a New Testament term. Bannon that (as one figure in Raiders of the Last Ark points out) that President Trump is not too associated with “Jewish ceremonies” and types. This is critical, because if the word “trump” were common, we would know that we were getting false positives. Trump does not appear in the Old Testament. If we follow these simple rules, and use the largest text search engine in the world, we discover five things about our President.įirst, we discover Mr. We will not be distracted by verses about Ivanka for now (“trumpet”) for we are focussed on the President. don’t be distracted by weird uses of Greek or Hebrew, instead use the name we all use for Trump: Trump.Anybody can stretch a case and make Obama the antichrist, but look how wrong that was. This is the authorized version and there is no reason to mess with unauthorized Bibles. The text may be in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, but we are talking about America and most Americans speak English. The cases generally hinge on the Bible codes, but these are never repeatable by outside researchers and so I shall have to rely on more publically available exegetical principles: The case, my friends, is bigly enough without needing exaggeration.
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