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To listen to an  example of this work, click here. Longer Essays Hidden Themes in the Gospels The Spirit-to-Spirit Cycle The Divine Breath Satan, Demons, and Life's Adversities The Loaf, the Cup, and the Cloak The End of the World? The "Problem" of Evil The Three Temptations of Christ The Lord's Prayer The Beatitudes Conceptions of Evil and Good Heaven as the Universal Rule Burdens and Blessings The Pivotal Person Connections between heaven and earth Did Christ teach in Greek as well as Aramaic? Biblical Research Like the printing press made the Bible in translation available to everyone, the Internet makes biblical research available to everyone.  For our research, we use: The Blue Letter Bible The Perseus Project Song of the Lamb New Testament Greek Online Greek-Language.com The Author Gary Gagliardi is the award-winning author of a dozen books on strategy who has trained the world's leading organizations in strategic thinking.  His hobby is ancient languages.

The Lord's Prayer Revealed I probably spend more time praying and thinking about the Lord's Prayer than any of Christ's words. They deserve a book written about them alone, rather than just a short article. The Lord's Prayer or "Our Father" that we are all familiar with is based on the English translation in the King James version of the Bible. There are many shades of meaning in the original Greek  that are lost in English. There are even more shades of meaning if you understand the four hidden keys to the Gospels and the cycles of spirit that Christ describes consistently in his teaching.  Here is another possible version with links our explanations of the key words in the original Greek. Our Father, in the universe, sacred is your name. Your reign is in transit. Your will is becoming on earth and in the universe.   Give us today the bread we have coming. As you have forgiven us our debts, we forgive the debts of others. And lead us not into trials, but rescue us from our hardships. For Yours in the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.  Coupled with all of Christ's teachings, one way we might express these ideas in today's English, would be: Our universal Father, it is sacred to call upon You. Your kingdom is just beginning. Your desires are coming true in our world and throughout the universe. We trust that You will give us what we need. We own You everything but You have forgiven us our debts. The least we can do is forgive others what they owe us. Lead us not into trials but rescue us from our hardships. A more radical symbolic translation is even more interesting, at least to me. Our Father in essence, your existence is our existence. Your rule is transition. You will is shaping our relationships and our spirit. Give us today our health tomorrow. Leave us our stupidity and we will leave others their stupidity. Lead us not into testing but save us from our worthlessness.

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