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Reading the Bible Prophets (End-time Vision by Isaiah, Ch.2, and Michah, Ch.4; Hebrew; Hebrew/English text; Post/Podcast)

End-time vision, as similarly described by prophets Isaiah and Michah, read in native Hebrew (PDF file with the text, Hebrew/English, available for download).

In this post/podcast, we read end-time vision similalrly envisaged by prophets Isaiah (Chapter 2, read in full) and Michah (Chapter 4, partially read, verses 1:7).

Following the audio is a YouTube podcast, and then the text (Hebrew/English), available for download as a PDF file:

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8 replies on “Reading the Bible Prophets (End-time Vision by Isaiah, Ch.2, and Michah, Ch.4; Hebrew; Hebrew/English text; Post/Podcast)”

In your book you mention that you’re not relying on gematria, which as a scientist, is appropriate.

To me, gematria is an indicator that Hashem is a G-d of order. Because of that it is natural to see patterns in everything. That’s why 6 representing man makes sense to me.

Just as Isaiah sees past and present as a pattern we need to see patterns in all of creation.

Thank you for listening.

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You use Gematria too loosely. In the traditional sense, Gematria is applied to mean that two words with same Gematria values are somehow inter-related, and people attempt to extract the common meaning. This is completely divorced from the meaning you provide for the concept of Gematria. Thank you for the explanatory comment.

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For a Rabbi to say that 6 represents man based on his entering on the 6th day of creation seems to indicate more than that. Perhaps gematria is the wrong term to use.

Perhaps it’s types and shadows, or patterns and parallels.

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Dr. Shore, I have read ‘Coincidences in the Bible’ at least six times, maybe seven. I thank you for your seminal work!

While I don’t speak Hebrew, I’ve been studying because your book has greatly influenced my thinking.

I ran across something that I was hoping to get your opinion on. In reading about the “consecutive vav” I started wondering what hidden meanings might be imbedded in that.

As the vav represents man, the consecutive vav appears to show that man’s future is connected to his past. In other words, our thoughts and actions determine our future. In the Book of Mormon the unrepentant man is called the mortal man.

If you, through repentance, remove the motal man, the vav, you change your future by aligning with the ruach of G-d. Does this make sense to someone like yourself who speaks Hebrew?

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Thank you for your kind words about my book and its source of inspiration for you. Could you please elaborate, why do you think “Vav represents man”?

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