The Godly Man

 I asked Chat GPT to write a poem about the qualities of a man according to Paul's recommendations in 1 Timothy and in the style of Robert Frost. This is actually pretty good.

The Godly Man
by Chat GPT, Robert Frost, and the Paul formerly known as Saul

In quietude, where shadows softly fall,
A godly man stands tall, serene and strong,
His virtues woven in the fabric, throng,
Resplendent in the grace that does enthrall.

Like woods in winter, deep his heart's expanse,
Yet warm as hearth, where kindness softly glows,
His spirit, steadfast as the river flows,
Guides others with a gentle, sure advance.

In speech, his words, like gentle snowflakes, fall,
Each one imbued with wisdom's tender touch,
Forbearance, like the sturdy oak, as such,
Endures, though tempests rise and fierce winds call.

He bears the yoke with meekness, not with pride,
His faith, a beacon in the darkest night,
With steadfast gaze upon the higher light,
He walks the path where love and truth abide.

In service, he extends a willing hand,
To lift the fallen, heal the broken soul,
In him, the sacred Scriptures find their goal,
A living testament to love's command.

So let us strive, like him, to live and be,
A testament to all that's good and true,
In every deed, our faithfulness to view,
As godly men, in spirit, strong and free.


The Godly Elder, generated by IMG2GO

AI is just a tool, and like all other tools, it can be used wisely or terribly abused. It's not demons. It's just software, programmed and manipulated by flawed people. 

Parallels Between Moses and Yeshua

YHWH your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen...
Deuteronomy 18:15

Who is the prophet like Moses? Yeshua. Like Moses and greater.

Consider these elements from Moses' life and how they are mirrored in Yeshua's:

Moses

Yeshua

Hebrews oppressed by foreign power

Hebrews oppressed by foreign power

Conceived miraculously

Conceived miraculously

Born to deliver his people

Born to deliver his people

Babies killed by jealous king

Babies killed by jealous king

Mother knew he was special

Mother told he was special

Prepared for clay-lined basket by a woman

Prepared for burial by women

Drawn out of the water (symbolizes Spirit)

Conceived by the Holy Spirit

Basket watched by a girl named Miriam

Tomb watched by a woman named Miriam

Rescued by Egypt

Rescued by Egypt

Raised by Hebrew parents in Egypt

Raised by Hebrew parents in Egypt

Visited & gifted by kings

Visited & gifted by kings

Lived with adopted father

Lived with adopted father

Said to have grown up in two ways

Said to have grown up in two ways

Killed an oppressor of Israel

Killed the character of oppressors of Israel

Rejected by Israel

Rejected by Israel

Hidden in the wilderness for 40 years

Hidden in the wilderness for 40 days/many centuries

Rescued Yitro’s daughters from bad shepherds.

Rescued Judah and pagans from bad shepherds.

Looked like an Egyptian to his Midianite cousins.

Looks like a gentile to his Jewish brothers.

Turned water into blood

Turned water into wine

Three days to the Red Sea

Three days in the grave

People threatened to stone him

People threatened to stone him

Betrayed by Korah

Betrayed by a close associate

Denied by Miriam and Aaron

Denied by Peter

Returned to Egypt after a long absence.

Will return to earth after a long absence

Forty days on the mountain and people thought he wasn’t coming back.

Extended period in Heaven and people thought he wasn’t coming back.

Confronted Pharaoh and brought plagues at second coming.

Will confront powers of evil and bring plagues at second coming.

Moses, the voice of God, and the glory on the mountain. Face glorified.

Yeshua, Moses, and Elijah on the mountain with glory. Figure glorified.

Moses intercedes with God for the people

Yeshua intercedes with God for the people

Song of Moses sung to celebrate deliverance

Song of Moses sung to celebrate deliverance


Triple Parallelism in a Chiasm in Genesis 9:12-17

 


·         V12 - This is the sign of the covenant between me and you and all living creatures with you

o   V13 - Set bow in the cloud

§  Sign of the covenant between me and the earth

o   V14 - When I bring clouds and bow is seen

§  V15 - I will remember my covenant between me, you, and all kinds of living flesh

o   V16 - When the bow is in the clouds and seen

§  I will remember the covenant between God and all kinds of living flesh on the earth

·         V17 - This is the sign of the covenant between me and all flesh on the earth


Short Video Lessons from the Epistle to the Romans



Some teachers have called Paul's letter to the Romans the most important theological work ever written. Although I'm not sure I'd go that far, it is definitely a theological gold mine! Every phrase is packed with meaning and there probably isn't a single important idea in the Bible that isn't at least mentioned in this one book.

Beginning in the summer of 2023, I started leading a study of Romans with the Common Sense Bible Study community. As I did with Proverbs before, I'll edit out segments of those longer studies, make them public at Rumble and Youtube, and post links below. I will also add videos that I make outside of CSBS as I make them.

I am posting my ongoing notes on Romans here.

Sabbath Silliness

When multiple, unrelated people suddenly start making the same argument/accusation against God's Law, it probably means some antinomian "teacher" out there said it, and his followers are just mindlessly parroting.

One I'm seeing recently is that Sabbath keepers are hypocrites if they aren't doing all the stuff that priests were required to do in the Temple on the Sabbath. They sometimes make up new things that aren't even in the Bible.

How bizarre! This is like saying you're a hypocrite for not murdering people if you're not also personally executing murderers.

God's Law forbids you from executing murderers without due process in the civil courts. The command to execute murderers has no connection whatsoever to your ability to not kill innocent people.

Same with the Sabbath.

God's Law forbids anyone who is not a priest from making sacrifices, offering incense, or lighting the Menorah in the Temple. I'm not a son of Aaron. Even if there was a legitimate Temple in Jerusalem, you and I wouldn't have any  role with the daily sacrifices or anything else going on there on the Sabbath.

Nothing the priests do or don't do has any impact on how I keep the Sabbath. The Temple is completely irrelevant. Anyone saying otherwise is just advertising his ignorance and/or stupidity.


Our New Post-American Mission

The hard truth is that it's good business for companies to pander to the rainbow mafia, at least in the medium term. They'll lose a bunch of money for a few months, but we know from the last few years that the righteous indignation of boycotters will fade and everyone will go back to buying Bud Light just like they continue to buy from Target, the NFL, and Harley Davidson.

Even worse, the upcoming generations overwhelming support perversity and authoritarianism of every kind. Objective standards of morality--or even of reality!--are meaningless to most young people. Right and wrong and reason are whatever they feel at the moment, and they have been trained since birth to let other people control their feelings.

Eventually, of course, it will all collapse under the oppressive hate and pain created by the spirits behind all of this insanity, but stock owners and CFOs rarely care about real long term profits nor the costs of human suffering.

Whose fault is this? Yours, mine, and our parents' going back at least another 3 generations. We abdicated our responsibilities as parents to anti-moral entertainers and to an inhuman and anti-God government, and now we are seeing the entirely predictable results. 

The American dream is dead. It's been dead for decades. Trump, DeSantis, etc., are just postmortem twitches. Our real mission now isn't to Make America Great Again, because resurrections are acts of divine intervention. Our new mission is to prepare the ground for whatever comes next.

Moses on Mars by ChatGPT

The following short story was generated by ChatGPT. There are some gaps and logical problems with the story, and it's really more relating a story than telling one, but it's still pretty impressive for a computer.

Moses on Mars, generated by GabAI


Me: Write me a short story about Moses leading the Hebrews on Mars.

In a distant future, the Hebrews were one of the few remaining human colonies on the planet Mars. They had been living there for generations, struggling to survive in the harsh, barren environment.

Moses, a wise and charismatic leader, had emerged as their guide and mentor. He had a vision of leading his people to a better life, one that was filled with hope and prosperity.

One day, as he was meditating in the rocky hills of Mars, he received a message from a higher power. The voice spoke to him, telling him that he was chosen to lead his people out of the barren desert of Mars and into a new promised land.

Moses immediately called his people to him and spoke to them of his vision. He told them that they would leave Mars and journey to a new planet, one that was filled with abundance and beauty. They would need to be strong and resilient, but with faith and courage, they would succeed.

The Hebrews were initially skeptical, but Moses convinced them that it was their destiny to follow him. He led them on a perilous journey through the harsh terrain of Mars, navigating through treacherous valleys and rocky cliffs.

Finally, they reached a massive spaceship, which Moses had secretly built with the help of a few trusted members of the community. The Hebrews were amazed and frightened by the strange vessel, but Moses assured them that it was their ticket to a new life.

They boarded the ship and set a course for a new planet, one that was said to be full of life and beauty. Moses led them through many trials and tribulations, but eventually, they arrived at their new home.

The Hebrews were overjoyed to discover that the new planet was indeed filled with life and beauty. They built a new community there, one that thrived and prospered under Moses' wise leadership.

For generations, the Hebrews remembered Moses as their savior and leader, the one who led them out of the harsh desert of Mars and into a new promised land.

Crystalline Texas Shabbat, generated by GabAI



Me: Add an antagonist who tries to talk the Hebrews into going back to Mars.

As the Hebrews settled into their new home on the lush planet, they encountered an unexpected challenge. A charismatic and persuasive individual, known only as "the Tempter," appeared among them, claiming to be a fellow survivor from Mars.

The Tempter was a smooth talker, and he quickly gained a following among some of the Hebrews. He argued that they should return to Mars, claiming that it was their true home, and that the new planet was a trap set by their enemies.

Moses and his followers were initially dismissive of the Tempter's claims, but his rhetoric began to resonate with some of the more disaffected members of the community. They began to question Moses' leadership and his decision to leave Mars.

As the weeks went by, the Tempter's influence grew stronger. He played on the Hebrews' fears and doubts, convincing them that Moses had led them astray and that they would never find true happiness on the new planet.

Moses knew that he had to act quickly to counter the Tempter's influence. He gathered his followers and spoke to them with conviction, reminding them of the trials they had faced on Mars and the hope they had found in their new home.

He challenged the Tempter's claims, pointing out that the new planet offered them resources and opportunities they could never have found on Mars. He also warned them that the Tempter's real motives were suspect, and that he was leading them down a dangerous path.

In the end, Moses' words prevailed, and most of the Hebrews remained loyal to him. However, a small group did choose to follow the Tempter back to Mars, convinced that it was their true home.

The Hebrews who stayed on the new planet continued to thrive and prosper, and they remembered the Tempter as a cautionary tale of the dangers of doubt and fear. Meanwhile, the small group who returned to Mars found that it was as barren and inhospitable as ever, and they regretted their decision to leave their new home.

Me: The descendants of the colonists didn't believe the stories and rebelled against Moses, believing that Mars was actually a paradise.

Many years had passed since Moses had led the Hebrews to their new home on a lush planet. The community had grown and prospered, but over time, some began to doubt the stories of their ancestors. They began to question whether their forebears had made the right decision in leaving Mars.

A group of dissidents emerged, claiming that Mars was actually a paradise, a place of beauty and abundance. They argued that their ancestors had made a mistake in leaving, and that they should return to their true home.

Moses, now an elderly man, tried to reason with the dissidents, explaining the harsh conditions they had faced on Mars and the opportunities they had found on the new planet. But the dissidents refused to listen, convinced that they knew better than their forebears.

The dissidents organized themselves into a rebellion, and they began to take over the community. They rejected Moses' leadership and established a new order, with themselves as the rulers.

At first, things seemed to go well for the dissidents. They began to dismantle the infrastructure of the community, tearing down buildings and planting gardens. They believed that they were restoring the natural beauty of Mars, and that their way of life was superior to the one established by their ancestors.

But as time went on, it became clear that their vision was flawed. The dissidents had no experience in building or maintaining a community, and their efforts to return to a simpler way of life quickly descended into chaos.

The dissidents began to face shortages of food and water, and the harsh conditions of Mars began to take their toll. They realized too late that their ancestors had made the right decision in leaving, and that their new home was truly the better option.

In the end, the community was reunited under Moses' leadership, and the dissidents learned a valuable lesson about the importance of listening to the wisdom of those who came before them. They remembered the rebellion as a cautionary tale, and they vowed to never forget the sacrifices of their ancestors in establishing a new home on a new planet.