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TG09

The Concept of Freedom by the Founding Fathers

TG09-01

November 22, 2009 View Class

The Concept of Freedom by the Founding Fathers: Introduction: Cicero on the Decline of the Roman Republic; Why Study History?: The Founders’ Consulted the Cultures of Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, & London when Debating the Declaration & Constitution; American Culture’s Christian Foundation

TG09-02

November 22, 2009 View Class

The American Culture’s Christian Foundation: The Protestant Break from Rome; Puritans Flee Religious Oppression for the New World; Communism Tried & Failed, Replaced by Individual Responsibility; the Issue of Church & State

TG09-03

November 29, 2009 View Class

American’s Quasi Class System; Development of a Christian Heritage; the Grace Orientation of Protestant America; the Christian Mission Is Not to Acquire Governmental Power but to Empower Government with Changed People

TG09-04

November 29, 2009 View Class

English Mercantilism Fomented Wars; Colonial Curricula: Schooling Emphasized Classical Writers, Latin, Greek, & Hebrew, Logic, Rhetoric, Ethics, & Religion; Education Was Parental Responsibility, e.g., Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic; the Adoption of Cicero’s Natural Law; the Influence of Blackstone’s Commentaries

TG09-05

December 2, 2009 View Class

The Colonists’ Rationale for Independence: Declaration: Para. 2: Influenced by the Laws of Nature: Cicero, Blackstone, & Locke; Kohl on Deconstruction; “Consent of the Governed”

TG09-06

December 3, 2009 View Class

The Colonists’ Rationale for Independence: Basso: Commentary on Plea Bargaining; Not “Revolutionary War” but “War for Independence”; Difference between “Government” & “State” in the Declaration; George III’s Violation of the Natural Law Provides Rationale for Separation; Paine’s “Common Sense”; Jefferson & Henry on Abolishing the “Form” of Government

TG09-07

December 6, 2009 View Class

The Colonists’ Rationale for Independence: Commentary on the Cultural Decline of Client Nation America; As Goes the Pivot, So Goes the Client Nation

TG09-08

December 6, 2009 View Class

The Biblical Concept of Freedom: The Invisible War: Political Surrogates of the Luciferian Agenda, Eph 6:12; Believers Mandated to Submit to Temporal Authorities, 1 Pet 2:13–15

TG09-09

December 9, 2009 View Class

Trials of the True Patriot; Peter & John before the Sanhedrin, Acts 4:9–10, 17–20; Believers Mandated to Submit to Temporal Authorities, 1 Peter 2:15–16, Order in the Soul & the Commonwealth; Griffin: Concept of Hell

TG09-10

December 10, 2009 View Class

Application of the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”: Framers Forbade Any Legislation by Congress on Religion but Supported Its Influence on Government; “or abridging the free exercise thereof”: All Faiths My Worship Freely; “or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”: Protests Communication of Doctrine

TG09-11

December 13, 2009 View Class

Application of the First Amendment: “or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”: Protects Church Attendance, Freedom of Movement & Appeals for Justice; Black’s Opinion in “Everson”; the Misuse of Freedom: the Veil of Evil, 1 Pet 2:16a

TG09-12

December 13, 2009 View Class

Religious Hucksters Use Their Environment of Freedom as a Veil for Evil but Its Intended Use Is to become a Willing Slave of God, 1 Pet 2:15; “Doulos,” Often Translated “Servant,” Is Best Rendered “Bondslave”; Deissmann’s Etymology of the Term

TG09-13

December 16, 2009 View Class

Redemption: Manumission from Slave Market of Sin, Freedom to become Bondslave of God; the Truth Will Set You Free, John 8:31–32; Those Who Are Slaves Can Be Free: Daniel, et al., 5th Cycle by Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah’s Prophecy, Jer 25:1–7

TG09-14

December 17, 2009 View Class

Feinberg’s “Jeremiah”: Prophecy of the 5th Cycle to Judah, Jer 25:1–11; Failure in the Pulpit Initiates National Decline, Jer 12:10–13; Thieme’s “National Crisis”: Five Areas of National Desolation; The Five Cycles of Discipline; Pharisees Claim They Are Free but Are in Slavery, John 8:31–36

TG09-15

December 20, 2009 View Class

Intermezzo: Roman Reversionism: Jeffers’s “Religion in the Greco-Roman World”; Rome’s Moral Decline & the Augustan Census, Luke 2:1–5; Mic 5:2; Divine Omniscience Coordinates the Virgin Birth with Historic Events; Augustus Appoints Himself Pontifex Maximus

TG09-16

December 20, 2009 View Class

Augustus’s Diatribe to Roman Bachelors; Institution of the Census of 8 B.C.; Joseph & Mary: From Betrothal to Nuptials: the Romance, the Dowry, & the Betrothal; Joseph’s Dilemma; Thieme on Men’s Responsibility to Protect Women; Mary & the Miracle of Parthenogenesis

TG09-17

December 27, 2009 View Class

Gabriel’s Annunciation to Joseph, Matt 1:20–21; His Annunciation to Mary: Mary’s Initial Confusion, Gabriel’s Order to Relax, His Revelation of Her Impending Pregnancy, Naming the Messiah, & Declaration of the Hypostatic Union; Mary Offended by Insinuation She Is an Adulteress; Gabriel’s Revelation of Divine Parthenogenesis; Mary’s Commitment to Be God’s Slave Woman, Luke 1:28–38

TG09-18

December 27, 2009 View Class

The Origin of Human Life: the Neuter Genders, Future Tense, & Masculine Gender in Luke 1:35b; Elizabeth’s Pregnancy of John the Baptist; Mary Commits to Become a Slave Woman for God, Luke 1:36–38

TG09-19

January 3, 2010 View Class

Ensoulment: Traducianism & Creationism; Fallacy of Traducianism: Theotokos; Mary’s Qualifications to Be the Mother of Messiah’s True Humanity; the Divine Timing of the Virgin Pregnancy; Mary Commits to Being a Slave Woman to God; Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth in Judah; Intro to “Magnificat”

TG09-20

January 3, 2010 View Class

“Magnificat”: Mary Professes Her Trichotomy & Salvation, Luke 1:46–47, cf. Hab 3:18; 1 Sam 2:1, Hannah’s Song; Mary’s True Humility, v. 48 cf. Ps 138:6; Divine Blessings to Mary, v. 49 cf. Pss 71:19; 126:2–3; 111:9; Recognition of God’s Mercy: Eleos & Cheseth: His Unfailing Love, v. 50 cf. Ps 103:7; Messiah’s Control of History, v. 51 cf. Ps 98:1; His Removal of Evil Rulers, v. 51 cf. 1 Sam 2:7–8; Israelites Reject Theocracy for Monarchy, 1 Sam 8:19a–20

TG09-21

January 10, 2010 View Class

Israelites Reject Theocracy & Opt for Monarchy; Mary Foresees the Return to Theocracy through the Messiah; the Pitfalls of Human Government: How to Balance Freedom & Authority; Kuehnelt-Leddihn: Good & Bad Forms of Government

TG09-22

January 10, 2010 View Class

Kuehnelt-Leddihn: Democracy Defined; Fallen Men Cannot Govern Fallen Men; Only Messiah Can Rule Justly without Prejudice; Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Capitalism, the Economic System of the Millennium, Isa 65:21–23; Mary Closes the Magnificat by Referencing the Unconditional Covenants, Luke 1:54–55

TG09-23

January 13, 2010 View Class

Mary Recalls the Covenants, Luke 1:54–55; Jeremiah’s Prophecy of the Regathering of Israel, Jer 31:1–4; Mercy (Cheseth): the Unfailing Love of God; Mary’s Double Entendre in Luke 1:54; the “Mercy” of the Virgin Birth

TG09-24

January 14, 2010 View Class

Ann Coulter on Brit Hume; The Nuptials of Joseph & Mary: Order of the Annunciations; the Regathering of Israel, Matt 24:27–31; 1st-Century Jewish Marriage: The Groom (Christ) & the Bride (The Church), the Wedding Procession, & the Wedding Banquet of the Lamb, Rev 19:9

TG09-25

January 17, 2010 View Class

The Magnificat (Music: 1539 & Lyric: 1966), Luke 1:46–55; Baptism of Fire of Tribulational Survivors: Context: Matt 24: the Disciples 3 Questions, v. 3; Parable of Preparedness: the Ten Virgins: 5 Foolish Had Oil for Their Lamps; 5 Prudent Did Not, Matt 25:1–7

TG09-26

January 17, 2010 View Class

The Oil Crisis: Salvation is not an Entitlement: The Fable of the Ant & the Grasshopper; Closing to Door to the Kingdom; Principle: Be prepared! Matt 25:1–13; Joseph & Mary Leave for Bethlehem

TG09-27

January 20, 2010 View Class

The Likely Route to Bethlehem; What Time Is It: Four Calendar Systems & We Still Don’t Know; the Virgin Birth Occurred in 5 B.C. Reckoned on the Death of Herod the Great

TG09-28

January 21, 2010 View Class

The Nativity in Bethlehem: The Virgin Birth & the Angelic Annunciation; the Sign of the Cross: Burial Cloths & a Wooden Feeding Trough, Luke 2:7–12; Prophecies: Mic 5:2; Isa 7:14; 53:5, 9; the Two Deaths of Christ

TG09-29

January 24, 2010 View Class

The Spiritual & Physical Deaths of Adam & Eve, Gen 2:17; Spiritual Death, Rom 5:12; Gabriel’s Annunciation to the Shepherds, Luke 2:13–14; Operation Reconciliation, Col 1:19–23; the Shepherd’s Visit the Christ Child, Luke 2:15–16

TG09-30

January 24, 2010 View Class

The Magi of Persia & Babylonia: Historical Background; the Imposter in Acts 13:5–10; Paul Dressed Down Elimas, v. 10; the Tyranny of Political Correctness; Judging & Discernment Compared; Alinsky Tactic: To Hoist an Enemy by His Own Petard

TG09-31

January 27, 2010 View Class

Discernment Defined; Elymas Was an Imposter, a Magician not a Magi; Jewish Dispersions down to the Time of Christ: Assyrian at the Fall of the Northern Kingdom & the Chaldean at the Fall of the Southern Kingdom

TG09-32

January 28, 2010 View Class

Jewish Dispersions down to the Time of Christ: Macedonian of Judea; Jews from the Parthian Kingdom Observe Pentecost, Acts 2:1–11; Alexander the Great Befriends the Jew; Adopts Them into His Administration in Persia; the Phil-Hellenic Period of Parthia

TG09-33

January 31, 2010 View Class

The Battle of Carrhae: History Channel Video: “Crassus: Rick Man, Poor Man”; Political Background of Palestine: the Treaty between Rome & Parthia in 20 B.C.

TG09-34

January 31, 2010 View Class

The Historical Impact of Jewish Deportees; Daniel & Others Promotions in the Chaldean Government, Daniel to Governor of Babylonia Magi, Dan 2:48–49; Daniel Supersedes Babylonian Magi by Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, Dan 4:6–9; the Promotion of Jehoiachin, 2 Kgs 23:28–29; 25:27–28; the Political Intrigues of Herod the Great

TG09-35

February 3, 2010 View Class

Parthians Control Palestine from 10–37 B.C., Herod Regains Throne, Kills Mariamne & Assassinates Hasmonaean Sons; Magi Arrive in Jerusalem with Entourage of Thousands; Sudden Appearance Sets Off Fear & Trepidation; Failure of Herod’s Signal Corps; Herod’s Building Programs

TG09-36

February 7, 2010 View Class

The Magi’s Route to Palestine; The Magi’s Visit to Palestine: Arrival in Jerusalem, Matt 2:1; The Magi’s Disturbing Question & Stated Purpose, Details about the Star, v. 2; Herod Goes into Trepidation; Herod’s Major Concerns, v. 3

TG09-37

February 7, 2010 View Class

Herod’s Political Genius: Recovery from His Support of Cassius & Mark Antony against Augustus; Ability to Know What to Do under Pressure: Consulting the Priests & Scribes to Learn Birthplace of Messiah, Matt 2:4

TG09-38

February 10, 2010 View Class

The Theologians Cite Bethlehem as Prophesied Site of Messiah’s Birth, Matt 2:5–6; Mic 5:2a; Comparison of Theologians’ Emphasis on Oral Law over Scripture Compared to SCOTUS’s Emphasis on Case Law over the Constitution; VerBruggen’s “Let’s Get Original”

TG09-39

February 11, 2010 View Class

Judicial cf. Theological Activism; Theologians Knew Academically Micah’s Prophecy but No Interest in Fulfillment; Believers Attend Church, Hear Doctrine, but Don’t Apply; Micah Quotes God, Mic 5:2; Matthew Quotes the Theologians, Matt 2:6; Virgin Birth: 7 Unique Events; Summary of Hypostatic Union: Definition

TG09-40

February 14, 2010 View Class

The Hypostatic Union: The Communion of Attributes: Jesus Christ is One Person with Two Natures; the Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Humanity of Christ: in the Incarnation Christ Did Not Use His Deity to Resolve Exigencies but Rather the Prototype Spiritual Life

TG09-41

February 21, 2010 View Class

The Prototype Spiritual Life: Enduement cf. Indwelling; the Prototype System: Jesus, the True Celebrity; Posse non Peccare: Jesus Was “Able not to Sin”

TG09-42

February 21, 2010 View Class

Posse non Peccare: For Adam before the Fall and Jesus, All Temptations Were External; the Great Power Experiment: Jesus Had the Ability to Sin but the Prototype Divine Dynasphere Enabled Him to Remain Perfect; Church Age Believers Have This Same System; Lucifer’s 3 Assaults, Matt 4:1-10;

TG09-43

February 24, 2010 View Class

Non Posse Peccare: Jesus Was Successful in Proving the Prototype Divine Dynasphere Successful; Micah Used by Theologians to Locate the Place of Messiah’s Birth, Matt 2:6; Herod Learns from Magi When They Saw the Star, 2:7; Herod Uses Rhetorical Veil to Plot Regicide, 2:8

TG09-44

February 25, 2010 View Class

Herod Feigns Interest in Worshiping Jesus, Matt 2:8; The Star Reappears to the Magi; It Leads Them to Joseph’s House; the Meanings of “Star” in Scripture, 2:9; the Magi Celebrate, 2:10; the Magi Meet Joseph, Receive Permission to Enter His House, 2:11

TG09-45

February 28, 2010 View Class

The Magi Pay Obeisance to Jesus: Pipto Proskuneo: They “Throw Themselves Down & Worship Him,” Presentation of Gifts: Gold Frankincense, & Myrrh, an Endowment of Great Wealth, Matt 2:11; Gabriel Warns Magi to Ignore Herod & Return to Parthia, 2:12a

TG09-46

February 28, 2010 View Class

Possible Routes to Exit Parthia: Coastal, Central Ridge, & Jordan River Routes Prove Impractical; They Move South Through Idumea to the King’s Highway in Transjordan, Link Up with Silk Road at Damascus, Matt 2:12b; Gabriel Warns Joseph in a Dream with 3 Imperatives; “Get up, take,” “Flee to Egypt,” & “Stay!” Herod’s Operation Search & Destroy, 2:13

TG09-47

March 3, 2010 View Class

John’s Double Entendre in Rev 12:1–4, Herod Is Lucifer’s Hit Man; Negative Volition to Messiah Has Caused Periodic Holocausts; the Ultimate Holocaust: the Time of Jacob’s Trouble in the Great Tribulation, Jer 30:4–7; Gabriel Instructs Joseph to Go to Egypt in a Dream, Matt 2:13

TG09-48

March 4, 2010 View Class

The Authority Orientation of Joseph: He Responds to the Mandate; The Route to Egypt; the Magi’s Gifts Make Jesus Wealthy & Underwrites the Time in Egypt; Judea’s Blindness Solicits Holocaust, Isa 29:9–10; Eph 4:17b–19

TG09-49

March 7, 2010 View Class

Disinterest & Ignorance of Truth, Isaiah’s Warnings of Holocaust, Isa 29:11–14; Reasons Herod & the Theologians Did Not Respond to the Virgin Birth; Jesus’ Many Visits to Jerusalem; Joseph Takes Responsibility to Protect Jesus; Leaves Bethlehem & Evacuates to Egypt, Matt 2:14; Foreigners Rescue Jesus from His Own People

TG09-50

March 7, 2010 View Class

Corrected Translation of Matt 2:1–14; The Mystery of the Star: Intro: Kochav & Aster: the Meanings of “Star” in Scripture; Matthew’s Account of the Star in 2:1–12; Is “Star” to Be Taken Literally or Figuratively; Uses of “Star” in Scripture: Jesus Christ, the Bright Morning Star, Rev 22:16

TG09-51

March 10, 2010 View Class

Uses of “Star” in Scripture: Jesus Christ: at Sinai, “I AM,” Ex:3:14; “the Root and Seed of David, the bright morning Star,” Rev 22:16; Peter’s Eyewitness Testimony of Jesus’ Glory; Scripture Is a More Reliable Sourse, 2 Pet 1:19; Angels: at the Creation, Job 38:4–7; Lucifer at His Falls, Isa 14:13, Rev 12:4; Herod: Lucifer’s Hit Man; Celestial Objects; Principle on Theophanies

TG09-52

March 11, 2010 View Class

The Views of the Theologians: Jesus Christ or an Angel: Spencer Concludes the Shekinah Glory while Collins Decides on the Archangel Gabriel; Both Ideas Rejected by the Principle of Hermeneutics Regarding Normal Use of Words & the Doctrine of Theophanies

TG09-53

March 14, 2010 View Class

The Magi’s Résumé: Fluent in Parthian, Aramaic, & Koine Greek, Experts in Astronomy & the Use of Quadratic Equations to Predict Recurring Celestial Events; Magi’s Use of “Aster” Is to Be Taken Literally; Astrology Is Not Astronomy: Astrology Condemned by God, Deut 18:10–14; Astronomy Created by God for Signs and Seasons, Gen 1:14–15

TG09-54

March 14, 2010 View Class

Jew Involved in Idolatrous Worship of Saturn, Taurus & Moloch, Amos 5:25–26 cf., Stephen’s Testimony in Acts 7:42–43; Unger on the Jews’ Star Worship; Archeological Documentation of Jewish Holocaust of Children in Worship of Moloch; McGlothlin on Human Sacrifice

TG09-55

March 21, 2010 View Class

Astrology Is Not Astronomy: Jewish Star Worship; Astronomy Is a Science & Was Practiced by the Magi; It Observes the Order of the Creation; Methods of Communication Used by God in the Old Testament; the Teleological Method

TG09-56

March 21, 2010 View Class

Psalm 19:1–6: The Creative Work of Christ; Its Testimony to the Precanon World of the Old Testament; Those Who Worshiped the Creation followed Astrology; Those Who Worshiped the Creator Learned from Astronomy

TG09-57

March 25, 2010 View Class

The Origin of Astronomy: Bullinger & Josephus Credit Adam, Seth, & Enoch with Original Development of the Carousel’s Testimony; the Revelation Begins with Virgo & Ends with Leo

TG09-58

March 28, 2010 View Class

Three Key Constellations: Virgo: Prophecy of the Promised Seed: The Virgin & the Branch, Isa 4:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech 3:8; 6:12; the Heresy of Berenice’s Hair; Pisces: The Redeemed Blessed though Bound: the Constellation of Israel Is to Multiply as Fishes, Gen 48:16

TG09-59

March 28, 2010 View Class

Israel Will Be Blessed by Virgo’s Messiah; Spiritual Israel Will Multiply by Means of the Seed of the Woman, Gen 3:15; Documentation that Pisces Is the Sign of Israel: Capt, Caldecott, Bullinger, & Allen; Leo: the Lion of the Tribe of Judah; the Conquering King; Minor Constellations: Hydra: the Serpent, Crater: the Cup of Divine Wrath, & Corvus: the Devouring Raven

TG09-60

April 4, 2010 View Class

Views of the Theologians: Celestial Objects: Robert W. Faid: Triple Conjunctions of Saturn & Jupiter in Pisces in 7 B.C.; Nova: Binary of a White Dwarf Primary & Giant Secondary: Can Illuminate from Invisibility to Naked-Eye Visibility Then Disappear& Reappear; Conceivable Explanation for the Star of Bethlehem

TG09-61

April 4, 2010 View Class

Views of the Theologians: Celestial Objects: Joseph A. Seiss: History of Astronomy Goes Back to Adam, Seth, & Enoch; Exceptional Life Span Provided Time for the Lord to Communicate Doctrine and Use the Stars as Visual Aids; Mention of “His Star” by the Magi in Matt 2:2 Provides Entrée to Study Biblical Astronomy

TG09-62

April 11, 2010 View Class

Seiss Presents a Nova as a Sound Astronomical Explanation for the Star of Bethlehem but Is Handicapped by Incorrect Source Material; Corruption of Josephus’s Manuscript in 1500s; Jack Finegan: Herod’s Death Is Bracketed between a Lunar Eclipse & a Jewish Passover: Best Date Is 1 B.C.; Fred Larson Bio

TG09-63

April 11, 2010 View Class

Larson Works from the Basis of a 1 B.C. Death of Herod & Use of Starry Night Pro to Search the Skies of 3 & 2 B.C.; The Magi Were from the Parthian Not Persian Empire; Herod & the Jews Had Eyes to See but Could Not See, Acts 28:26; John 12:40; Isa 6:9; the Starry Testimony, Ps 19:1–4 Retrograde Motion & Retrogradation

TG09-64

April 14, 2010 View Class

Seiss Presents a Nova as a Sound Astronomical Explanation for the Star of Bethlehem but Is Handicapped by Incorrect Source Material; Corruption of Josephus’s Manuscript in 1500s; Jack Finegan: Herod’s Death Is Bracketed between a Lunar Eclipse & a Jewish Passover: Best Date Is 1 B.C.; Fred Larson Bio

TG09-65

April 18, 2010 View Class

Review: Visual Magnitude; Matt 2:1–12: the Magi Arrive in Jerusalem & Consult Herod; the Issues of Jesus and the Star; Micah’s Prophecy Fulfilled; Herod’s Hidden Agenda; the Magi Ride to Bethlehem; Seiss on the Tradition of Jupiter & the Well; the Magi Worship Jesus & Present Costly Gifts; the Magi Ride to Parthia; Into: The Star of Bethlehem (DVD)

TG09-66

April 18, 2010 View Class

Stephen Vidano’s The Star of Bethlehem with Fred Larson: DVD of Larson’s Research in Starry Night Pro for the Years 3 & 2 B.C.

TG09-67

April 25, 2010 View Class

Q & A about the Star: Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, Day of the Crucifixion, Definitions of Prograde & Retrograde, & the Carousel’s Testimony Regarding the 2d Advent; Bibliography for “The Mystery of the Star”; Outline of the “Intermezzo”

TG09-68

April 25, 2010 View Class

The Evacuation to Egypt, Matt 2:13; the 6 Annunciations; Gabriel Instructs Joseph to Leave Bethlehem with 3 Imperatives: Take, Leave, & Stay; Magi’s Gifts Underwrite the Sojourn to Egypt; Herod Prepares His Squad of Assassins

TG09-69

May 2, 2010 View Class

John’s Double Entendre in Rev 12:1–4: the Satanic Plot to Assassinate Messiah & the Attempted Holocaust in the Tribulation; Jeremiah’s Description of Jewish Negative Volition in the Tribulation, Jer 30:4–7

TG09-70

May 2, 2010 View Class

Charles Feinberg on “That Day” in Jer 30:4–6; Gabriel’s Mandate to Joseph, Matt 2:13; Comparison of Imperatives vs. Responses; Joseph’s Integrity Part of God’s Choosing Him as Legal Father of Jesus; Evacuation from Palestine; Magi’s Gifts Underwrite Egyptian Excursion; Jewish Blindness to Messiah’s Presence, v. 14

TG09-71

May 9, 2010 View Class

Joseph Takes Jesus into Protective Custody & Evacuates Bethlehem for Egypt, Matt 2:14; Documenting the Death of Herod in 1 B.C., v. 15; Joseph Not Only Had the Davidic Bloodline but also the Integrity to Be Legal Father of Jesus; Jesus Was Prophesied to Come out from Egypt, Hosea 11:1

TG09-72

May 9, 2010 View Class

Scene Change: Herod’s Rhetorical Veil Exposed: He Learns of the Magi’s Deception; His Chronic Bitterness Billows into Explosive Anger, Orders Hit Squad to Slaughter the Innocents of Bethlehem; Effort to Assassinate Jesus Violates Invisible War’s Rules of Engagement, Matt 2:16

TG09-73

May 23, 2010 View Class

Herod’s Explosive Anger & the Release of His Assassins; Apostello: Those Who Give Orders & Those that Carry Them Out are Equally Guilty; the “Slaughter of the Innocents,” Herod’s Grotesque Death-Shadowed Valley, Matt 2:16; Fulfillment of Jeremiah’s Prophecy: Rachel Weeps for the Slaughter of Innocents by Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 31:15, & by Herod, Matt 2:17–18

TG09-74

May 23, 2010 View Class

The Death of Herod and Return to Israel: Recalculating the Date of Herod’s Death: W. E. Filmer, David Beyer, & Jack Finegan from Josephus’s Antiquities pre 1544, Matt 2:19; Clues to When the Holy Family Left Egypt for Israel, Luke 2:39–43

TG09-75

May 30, 2010 View Class

Gabriel Orders Joseph to Return to Israel, Matt 2:20; Joseph Immediately Responds: He Follows the Coastal Route Back to Gaza, v. 21; News that Archelaus Rules Judea Makes Joseph Hesitate to Go There, v. 22a; Augustus Makes Archelaus Ethnarch

TG09-76

June 6, 2010 View Class

The Life & Crimes of Archelaus; His Banishment to France; Joseph Hesitates to Return to Bethlehem & His Fourth Dream: Go to Galilee, Matt 2:22; the Philology of “Nazareth”: Jesus Is the Branch, Isa 11:1; Matt 2:23

TG09-77

June 6, 2010 View Class

Timeline from the Lord’s Birth to Settling in Nazareth: Tracking the Scribal Error in Josephus’s Antiquities; Herod died in 1 B.C.; Jesus Was 10-months Old on His Arrival in Nazareth, Luke 2:39–43; Jesus at Age 12: Discusses Doctrine with the Rabbis, vv. 46–47; Mary’s Anxiety over Jesus’ Absence, vv. 48–49

TG09-78

June 13, 2010 View Class

The Boy Jesus Asserts His Undiminished Deity in Response to His Anxious Mother’s Concern, Luke 2:49; He Places Himself in Continuous Subordination to Joseph & Mary, v. 51; the Hypostatic Union Defined

TG09-79

June 13, 2010 View Class

Introduction to the Doctrine of Kenosis: The True Humanity of Christ Could Not Rely on His Divine Attributes in the Execution of the Prototype Plan; Definition of Kenoo; the Doctrine of Kenosis: “Keep on thinking this”; the Mind-set of Jesus, Phil 2:1–4

TG09-80

June 20, 2010 View Class

Review: “Keep on thinking this.” Phil 2:1–5a; You Cannot Think What You Do Not Have in Your Soul; Good Decisions Are Based on Resident Doctrine, Habitual Recall, & Consistent Application

TG09-81

June 20, 2010 View Class

Spiritual Combat: The Dark Side v. the Light; Ignorance of Truth Gives False Teachers the Advantage; Doctrine Is the Antidote, Phil 2:5; the Deity of Christ: He Does Not Use Divine Attributes in the Prototype System, v. 6

TG09-82

June 27, 2010 View Class

The Humility of Christ in Agreeing to Add to His Person the Essence of True Humanity, Phil 2:6b; the Hypostatic Union Defined; Nonuse of Divine Attributes in the Prototype Spiritual Life Imperative for Our Salvation, v. 7a

TG09-83

June 27, 2010 View Class

The Prototype Divine Dynasphere; the Great Power Experiment: Can Jesus Remain Sinless without Use of His Divine Attributes? False Definitions of the Hypostatic Union; Impeccability Confirmed by the Resurrection

TG09-84

July 11, 2010 View Class

The Prototype Divine Dynasphere: Hypostatic Union, Rom 1:3–4; Eph 1:19–20; the Necessity for Kenosis During the Incarnation; the Lord’s Sovereign Decision to Deprive Himself of the Use of Divine Attributes; Phil 2:7; Kenosis Illustrated

TG09-85

July 11, 2010 View Class

The Lord Takes on the Status of a Bondservant by Taking of True Humanity, Phil 2:7; the Development of the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union: the Church Councils & the Creed of the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451)

TG09-86

July 18, 2010 View Class

Doctrine of the Humiliation of Christ: The Concept of Humiliation: an Anthropopathism; Kenosis: Restriction of Independent Use of Divine Attributes; the Imperfection of Man Demands a Divine Solution: Christ Our Mediator; the Glorification of Jesus at Session, John 7:38–39; Acts 3:13

TG09-87

July 18, 2010 View Class

Eight Problem-Solving Devices in the Prototype; Posse non Peccare: Able not to Sin: Jesus’ Volition Vulnerable to Temptation; Kenosis & Evidence Testing: Doctrine Provided Effective Defense, Matt 4:1–4

TG09-88

July 25, 2010 View Class

General Characteristics of the Divine Dynasphere: (1) Purpose: Glorify Christ, (2) Objective: Spiritual Maturity, (3) Policy: Grace, (4) Protocol: Obedience, (5) System: Virtue First

TG09-89

July 25, 2010 View Class

General Characteristics of the Divine Dynasphere: (6) Point of Reference: the Love of God, (7) Authority: the Word of God, (8) Result: Personal Sense of Destiny, & (9) an Enemy: Cosmos Diabolicus

TG09-90

August 1, 2010 View Class

Kenosis Demands the Lord Grow in Grace in His True Humanity; His Humiliation: Becoming a Bondslave; Trichotomous at Physical Birth: Body, Heb 10:5, Soul, Isa 53:11, & Spirit, Isa 11:1–2; Luke 23:46

TG09-91

August 1, 2010 View Class

Physical Illustrations of Hupostasis: Light: Particles & Waves & Oil & Vinegar; Kenosis Defined; Shekinah Glory Disclosed, Matt 17:1–2; Glory Unveiled Permanently at the Session, Heb 1:2–3; Function of the Hypostatic Union During the Incarnation

TG09-92

August 8, 2010 View Class

Jesus: Non Posse Peccare; God Tests but Does Not Tempt; Christ Was Tempted by the Devil & the World but Did Not Sin, Heb 4:15; the Soul’s Ménage à Trois in James 1:13–15

TG09-93

August 8, 2010 View Class

Jesus’ Appearance Considered as a Man by the Romans, Phil 2:8; His Humiliation on the Cross: Details on Crucifixion, Imputation of Our Sins & Their Judgment, & Loss of Fellowship with the Father, Matt 27:46; Isa 53:12; 1 Pet 2:24; By His Wounds We are Healed, Isa 53:5; Unity in the Church, Phil 2:1–5

TG09-94

August 22, 2010 View Class

Review of Philippians 2:1–8; the Humiliation of Christ: Obedience to the Salvation Plan of God inside the Prototype, v. 8b; E–mail from a Dorito

TG09-95

August 22, 2010 View Class

Kenosis Required the Lord’s Obedience to Be Learned inside the Prototype, Heb 5:8; Glory Veiled & Glory Restored, John 17:5; Necessity for the Humanity of Christ: (1) to Be Our Savior, (2) to Be Our Mediator, (3) to Be Our High Priest

TG09-96

August 29, 2010 View Class

Necessity for the Humanity of Christ: (4) to Be the Son of David; the Two Genealogies: Joseph’s in Matt 1, Mary’s in Luke 3; Prophecies of the Line of Christ through Abraham, Judah, & David; Definitions: Hypostatic Union & Kenosis; The Silent Years: Conjecture; “Proof” Passages: Maybe, Maybe Not: Luke 4:16, 22; Matt 54–56

TG09-97

August 29, 2010 View Class

“Proof” Passages: Maybe, Maybe Not: Jesus in Nazareth, Matt 13:57–58; John the Baptist, Mal 3:1 cf. John 1:15, 23, 30–31, 33–34; Philip & Nathanael, John 1:44–48

TG09-98

September 5, 2010 View Class

The Silent Years: About Glastonbury: Joseph of Arimathea in Glastonbury: Source Articles: The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1926; The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1979; The Leading Facts of English History, 1923; The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, 1956; The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible, 2001; The Traditions of Glastonbury, 1982

TG09-99

September 5, 2010 View Class

The Silent Years: Joseph of Arimathea: The Biblical Perspective: Claims the Body of Jesus; Removes Remains from the Cross; Prepares for Burial with Nicodemus; Inters in His Own Tomb, Matt 27:57–60; Mark 15:43–46; Luke 23:50–53; John 19:38–42; Joseph of Arimathea: The Secular Perspective: Talmud: Joseph Was Mary’s Uncle & Her Protector Once Widowed; Biblical Definition of a Widow, 1 Tim 5:3–4, 9

TG09-100

September 12, 2010 View Class

Joseph of Arimathea: The Secular Perspective: Documentation of Rome’s Tin Supply in England; First-Century Sea Routes; Joseph Was a Metals Merchant for Rome; The Traditions: The Harlein Collection: Jesus at Cornwall: Jesus’ Well, Place Manor Church, & Tunic Crosses

TG09-101

September 12, 2010 View Class

The Traditions: Jesus at Avalon, aka Glastonbury: Jesus’ Wattle House; Ten References He Built the Church in Avalon: Domus Dei; The Education of Messiah: Evidences of Higher Education Available in England; His Speaking Skills Different from that Taught the Rabbis; The Tradition Continues: William Blake’s “Jerusalem,” Its Performance at Last Night of the Proms: London, 1994

TG09-102

September 19, 2010 View Class

The Baptism of Christ: Seven Baptisms: Introduction: Baptizo: Immerse, Dip, Dye, & Influence; Baptism of Moses: Commissioned by the Lord to Command the Exodus, Ex 13:11–12; Fear Chooses Slavery over Freedom; Moses Responds, Ex 14:10–14

TG09-103

September 19, 2010 View Class

The Baptism of Moses: Moses Responds to the Whiners, Restores Order & Shifts Influence Away from Pharaoh to Himself, Ex 14:13–14; Pillar of Cloud and Fire Protects the Israelites; Crossing Litter Bitter Lake, Ex 14:19–23; Israelites Baptized into Moses, Moses Baptized into the Pillar of Cloud and Fire

TG09-104

October 3, 2010 View Class

The Baptism of the Cross: Salome Lobbies for Her Sons to Be First but only Jesus Can Drink the Cup of the Cross, Matt 20:20–22; Cup Imagery in the Old Testament, Ps 75:8; Isa 51:7–8; Jer 25:15–17; Jesus’ Prayers to Be Delivered from the Cup, Matt 26:39, 42

TG09-105

October 3, 2010 View Class

The Lord Knew from Prophecy about His Execution, Isa 53:12; Matt 20:18–19; Jesus Drinks the Cup on the Cross; James and John Are Not Qualified to Do So; the Arrest of Jesus, John 18:3, 10

TG09-106

October 10, 2010 View Class

The Cup Analogies: The Cup of National Discipline, Jer 25:15–16; the Cup of Blessing, Ps 23:5; the Cup of Salvation, Ps 116:13; the Cup of the Cross, Matt 20:20–22; 26:39, 42; the Cup of Eucharist or Thanksgiving, 1 Cor 11:24–25; Eucharist Requires Recall: Vectors, Associations, & the Neural Network: the Bread & Cup Vectors

TG09-107

October 10, 2010 View Class

The The Cup Metaphors: The Cup of Demons: the Devil’s Communion Table: Paul Contrasts the Eucharist with Corinthian Practice of Eating Food Sacrificed to Idols, 1 Cor 10:19–21; Eucharist Cup Represents Retroactive Positional Truth, the Bread: Current Positional Truth

TG09-108

October 17, 2010 View Class

The Cup Metaphors: The Cup of Anti-Semitism, Zech 12:2–3; the Cup of Ecumenical Religion: the Beast-Dictator & Religion in the Tribulation: Wine of Divine Thumos Mixed Undiluted in the Cup of Orge, Rev 14:9–11; the Mark of the Beast; the Baptism of Fire; The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Unique to the Church Age, Col 1:25–27; Believers’ Bodies Are Temples for Indwelling of Trinity

TG09-109

October 17, 2010 View Class

Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Indwelling of the Trinity, 1 Cor 3:16, 19; Retroactive Positional Truth Identifies Believers with Spiritual & Physical Deaths & Burial of Christ; Human Good & Evil Not Judged on the Cross; Chafer on Part-truth-ism v. Whole-truth-ism

TG09-110

October 24, 2010 View Class

Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Overcoming Behavior Patterns of Human Good & Evil: Salvation, Retroactive Positional Truth, & the Newly Introduced Life, Rom 6:3–4; Jesus Died Two Deaths on the Cross: Spiritual for Our Sins & Physical for Our Resurrection

TG09-111

October 24, 2010 View Class

Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Plural of Nekros in Rom 6:4 Refers to Spiritual & Physical Deaths of Christ; Analysis of Rom 6:5; Retroactive Positional Truth: Sin Problem Resolved on the Cross while Human Good & Evil Are Rejected; Human Good Is a Satanic Tactic; Evil Is Metastasized Human Good

TG09-112

October 31, 2010 View Class

Retroactive Positional Truth: Separates the Believer from Human Good & Evil; Current Positional Truth: Identification with Christ in Resurrection, Ascension, & Session; Original Sin & Imputed Sin: All Sinned when Adam Sinned, Rom 5:12; All Personal Sin Judged on the Cross Therefore Not Imputed, Rom 5:14

TG09-113

October 31, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Adam a Type of Christ: Each Head of the Human Race, Rom 5:14; but His Sin Is Not like the Gift of Salvation: Contrast Explained by a Fortiori Argument: Protasis: if by Original Sin Many Died; Apodosis: Much More the Grace of God through Christ & Escrow Blessings

TG09-114

November 7, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Superabundance of Blessings, Rom 5:15; All Condemned at Birth by One Transgression, Many Transgressions Removed by One Gracious Gift, Ro9m 5:16; Adam & Ishah’s Relationship with the Integrity of God before & after the Fall

TG09-115

November 7, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Barrows’s “The Blessing of Grace”: Blessings from God after the Fall Greater than Those Before It; If Spiritual Death Rules through Adam, Much More the Gift of Righteousness Makes Possible Escrow Blessings; Conveyance of Nikes Only Possible through Capacity: 10 Principles Related to Spiritual Growth, Rom 5:17

TG09-116

November 21, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Review: Capacity & Spiritual Growth; Wirt’s “No Excellence without Labor”; Divine Wisdom Delays Conveyance of Escrow in Time until Capacity is Reached: Potential plus Capacity equals Reality

TG09-117

November 21, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: One Transgression & the Many Died—One Gift for Many Sins & One Act of Justification, Rom 5:16; God Did Not Decree at Any would Perish, Human Free Will Chooses that Option; Metanoia: Does Not Mean “Repent,” but “to Change One’s Mind,” 2 Pet 2:9;

TG09-118

November 28, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Protasis of Rom 5:17, Adam’s Lapse Results in Spiritual Death to All; the Prohibition in Gen 2:17; Decision to Eat Resulted in Spiritual Death; Act of Eating Began the Process of Physical Death; Difference between Everlasting Life & Eternal Life

TG09-119

November 28, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Everlasting Life & Eternal Life Are Not the Same; Fruit Alters Adam’s DNA; the Blessing of Universal Condemnation; Point of Contact Changes from Love to Justice; Condemnation Must Precede Justification; the Greater Effort Is Salvation through Christ; Lesser Effort Is Conveying Rewards

TG09-120

December 5, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Review: Rom 5:17: Converting Condemnation to Justification; Adam & Ishah’s Relationship with God: before & after the Lapse; Exegetical Problem with Lambano (to receive) & Basileuo (to rule); Zoe compared with Bios, v. 17

TG09-121

December 5, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Most Difficult Thing: Condemnation & Salvation; Less Difficult: Conveyance of Escrow in Time: Deposit: Eternity Past, Target: Imputed Righteousness, Conveyance: at Capacity

TG09-122

December 12, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Escrow Blessings: Deposit, Target, Capacity; God Exerts Greater Effort when Conveying the Temporal Escrow than when He Does the Eternal Escrow; In Millennium Winners Rule through Christ, Rom 5:17

TG09-123

December 12, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: 7 Nike Awards in 13 Paragraphs; Summary of Rom 5:17: Penalty Clause of Gen 2:17: Spiritual& Physical Deaths; Authorized Nudity of the First Couple; Lucifer’s Human-Good Propaganda Results in Guilt, Gen 3:8–11; Justice Replaces Love as Point of Contact with God

TG09-124

December 19, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Condemnation at Birth Makes Salvation and Eternal Life Possible; the First Messianic Prophecy, Gen 3:15; Salvation of Adam & Eve, v. 21; Top Circle Assets: What We Share with Christ: Righteousness, Ps 25:8–10; 2 Cor 5:21; Rom 3:22

TG09-125

December 19, 2010 View Class

Current Positional Truth: Top-Circle Assets: Eternal Life: Imputation of Eternal Life at Salvation; Doctrine of Imputation: Definition; Originate with Justice of God; Equation of Hope: 7 Imputations: 2 Judicial, 5 Real

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