Paul was probably born sometime in the first decade, and for the purposes of this blog series and my historical conjecturing I'm going to call his birth as 2 A.D. and was probably about 29 years old when we first meet him in Acts 8. But before that, let's do some additional thinking about him. [...]
Category: Scripture
The Life of Paul 2
We are first introduced to Paul in the events surrounding the trial and stoning of Stephen. However, before I get to that, I want to explore a little more of Paul's probable upbringing and training, which of course, is mainly conjecture. We learn from scripture that Paul was a tentmaker, and he very possibly learned [...]
The Life of Paul 1
I like to write and study, which is partly why I write blogs on Watchmakers Pulse. And I like to write series of related posts. It helps me focus and saves the difficulty of generating new ideas. So far, I've written the following series of posts (which can also be accessed from the menu at [...]
Daniel – The last three chapters (Part 3)
This is the final post in my study of Daniel. As a reminder, the final three chapters (10-12) related a description of one vision. Daniel was visited by a heavenly messenger who laid out several hundred years of political prophecy (it wasn't history because it hadn't happened yet). Chapter 11:29-35 was included in the last [...]
Daniel – The last three chapters (Part 2)
Are you ready for a history lesson? Daniel Chapter 11 (starting with verse 2) outlines several hundred years of Ancient Persian Greek political history. However, it does so from a viewpoint PRIOR to the events happening. Yes. It very accurately predicted quite a few remarkable and unique events. In preparation for this blog post, I [...]
