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Cheese in the Bible: What Kinds?

 This post is about a culinary topic and its relation to the Bible. The Bible mentions cheese several times, though the information on the type is scant: 1 Samuel 17:18 Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them. Job 10:10 ‘Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese; 1 Samuel 17:17-18 Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers. Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them. 2 Samuel 17:27-29 Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds, h...

Christians May Not Be Christ, But The Mantle Is Still Worthy

 As many know, the term "Christian" means to be "Christ-like", but if you ask me, that only scratches the surface. In fact, the game "The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind" has an interesting philosophical point to make about being like a messiah figure that is worth consideration. The premise of the game is that you are a random member of the Empire of Tamriel, released from prison on a nebulous charge by order of Emperor Uriel Septim VII, and sent to the isle Vvardenfell. There, you learn you are considered the reincarnation of a sainted figure named Indoril Nerevar, aka the Nerevarine. The game, however, has fun with the concept and points out that while you do most of the same things the original did, act in the same ways, and for all intents and purposes are assumed to be just like the original, you may NOT actually be their spiritual successor. In fact, evidence in the game indicates you may in fact be someone roleplaying so well you could be such a succes...