Category Archives: Biblical History

Psalms 120 and 140 for the Road Home

Posted on October 2, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This the prepared text for a sermonette given to the brethren at the Feast of Tabernacles in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Thursday, October 1, 2026.] Good morning, brethren.  The Feast of Tabernacles is nearly over. As much as we … Continue reading →

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“As Certain Also of Your Own Poets Have Said”: Greek Poetic and Philosophical Truth in Scripture and Its Implications

Posted on September 28, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary On at least three occasions, the apostle Paul quoted Greek poets, and his words, including those quotations, now stand in the inspired text. In Athens he cited two lines associated with Epimenides and Aratus (Acts 17:28). Writing to … Continue reading →

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Between the Trumpet and the Fast

Posted on September 20, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is the prepared text for a sermon given to the brethren in the Dalles, Oregon congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, September 19, 2026.] Introduction Brethren, we meet today in one of the most unusual … Continue reading →

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A Day of Teruah

Posted on September 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Note: These are the notes for a sermonette given to the combined brethren of several United Church of God congregations in Kaizer, Oregon on the Feast of Trumpets, Sabbath September 12, 2026.] Good afternoon, brethren.  I hope you all had … Continue reading →

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Paper 12: Nineveh Repented: Jonah 3, Daniel 4:34–37, and the Availability of the Imperial Repentance Option

Posted on September 10, 2026 by nathanalbright

The Bounds of Their Habitation, Tier 1, Cluster D Abstract The eleven preceding papers describe a structure, its proportions, its speech, its economy, and its end. This paper supplies what the framework requires to be complete and what it would … Continue reading →

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Paper 11: The Stone Cut Without Hands: Daniel 2 and 7, the Temporariness of Imperial Order, and the Inversion of Daniel by Translatio Imperii

Posted on September 10, 2026 by nathanalbright

The Bounds of Their Habitation, Tier 1, Cluster D Abstract Paper 10 gave the economic anatomy of empire. This paper gives the account of its end. It reads Daniel 2 and 7 as making three claims: that imperial orders are … Continue reading →

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Paper 9: My River Is Mine Own: The Imperial First Person and the Instrument Metaphor

Posted on September 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

The Bounds of Their Habitation, Tier 1, Cluster C Abstract Paper 7 examined the timing of the imperial declaration; Paper 8 examined the empire’s address to a subject population, and left one of the Rabshakeh’s seven moves standing — the … Continue reading →

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Paper 8: Rabshakeh at the Wall: 2 Kings 18:19–35 as a Complete Specimen of Imperial Address to a Subject Population

Posted on September 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

The Bounds of Their Habitation, Tier 1, Cluster C Abstract Paper 7 examined the imperial ruler speaking about himself. This paper examines the empire speaking to someone else. Its subject is the speech delivered by the Rabshakeh at the wall … Continue reading →

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Paper 7: The Loudest Night Is the Last Night: Daniel 5, Daniel 4:30, Acts 12:21–23, and the Boast as Terminal Symptom

Posted on September 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

The Bounds of Their Habitation, Tier 1, Cluster C Abstract Clusters A and B concerned structure and proportion. Cluster C concerns speech, and specifically the relation between the volume of an imperial claim and the strength remaining behind it. This … Continue reading →

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The Preacher’s Double Correction Regarding Memory in Ecclesiastes

Posted on July 9, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract The preceding paper named the two ways the duty of remembrance is broken—forgetting and false nostalgia—and fixed the fleshpots of Egypt as the cluster’s paradigm of the laundered past. This paper turns from the failures to the correction, reading … Continue reading →

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