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The study of the Bible in its historical context - with a focus on the archaeology, history, geography, customs , culture, and even the languages of the ancient Middle East. WE ask what did they understand THEN - the original intent of the Lord - so that we can expand and enrich our understanding NOW and thus become true disciples of Adonai Yeshua as in John 8:31-32.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
AN IMPORTANT LESSON SHOWING
THE VERACITY OF GOD'S WORD
Abram arrives at Shechem (lesson 26) in 2091 B.C. Really? Who says? Time goes on and then we read in Exod. 12:40 that the sons of Israel (Jacob) lived in Egypt 430 years till they left with Moses. Where does that number come from? Why doesn't anyone explain it? Also it is taught to us that the early date of the Exodus was 1446 B.C. and no one ever justifies this date. It is just stated. Why won't anyone help us understand that this date of 1446 B.C. is supported by REAL archaeology and not someone's opinion or speculation. Well, I will. This lesson is to show that the early date of the Exodus, 1446 B.C. is very likely considering the archaeology supporting it and the study of the events in their historical context.
I mentioned I will provide a number of links to resources to help you study further. These links and resources are shown below.
Link 1 - slides that may help you put all this together - https://www.dropbox.com/s/jdvuqdvqg6q88fh/Egypt%20W%
Link 2 - an article on Edwin Thiele that shows how he connects the Assyrian King List (calendar) to 1 Kings 6:1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/m9au2fpr9suktj8/Dating%20Old%20Testament%20History%20Thiele.pdf?dl=0
Link 3 - video from the Associates for Biblical Research on dating of Exodus Part 1 - https://biblearchaeology.org/mediainfo/digging-for-truth/digging-for-truth-episodes/4538-digging-for-truth-episode-43-archaeological-evidence-for-the-early-date-of-the-exodus-part-one
Link 4 - part 2 of the previous video - https://biblearchaeology.org/mediainfo/digging-for-truth/digging-for-truth-episodes/4544-digging-for-truth-episode-44-archaeological-evidence-for-the-early-date-of-the-exodus-part-2
Link 5 - Dr. Bryant Wood's article on setting the date for the Exodus - https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/exodus-era/3288-recent-research-on-the-date-and-setting-of-the-exodus
Link 6 - Dr. Bryant Wood's video on the Hebrews in Egypt part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT6giGYerx4
Link 7 - part of of previous video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJn09u8cYRA
Link 8 - part three of previous video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EMecjtl-MA
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
6 days ago
6 days ago
In this lesson (two parts) we ask where does Stephen come up with that idea that Moses is 40 years old when he killed the Egyptian and fled to Midian? The Torah is silent. It does not give Moses' age and yet about 1400 years later Stephen says he is. Where did he get it from?
On top of that did Moses commit first degree murder? It sure seems like he did when we read it in English! Uh oh. If we go into the Hebrew do things become clearer; do they make more sense? Hmmm. I wonder.
Who is Reuel? Who is Jethro? Who is Hobab? The Bible implies Reuel and Jethro and Hobab are the father-in-law of Moses. Huh? Oh sure. They are all the same guy right? I mean that is what we are taught. This can't be since the Bible is clear; Hobab is the son of Reuel and Hobab is the father-in-law of Moses but Reuel is the father of Zipporah, Moses' wife. This is crazy. Must mean the Bible can't be trusted right? Wrong.
Finally, we learn that the Hebrews cry out in Exod. 2:23 and it is a blessing that God heard their cry. Why? The Hebrews cried out to no one! We miss that. We think they cried out to the Lord. That is putting words in the Bible that aren't there. They didn't know the God of their fathers anymore. They had assimilated into the Egyptian culture. The Bible proves it yet we missed it. All they knew were the gods of Egypt. It is easy to get Israel out of Egypt but it is nigh impossible to get Egypt out of Israel.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
In this Bible study podcast we will complete Exodus 22. Once again we will see that because Jesus' Bible, the Bible He had available when He was here among us, the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old Testament, that Jesus is a great Torah teacher! What we may think as NEW concepts and NEW ideas or teachings that we might assume are 100% Christian, are not. Jesus is teaching Torah and Torah, sometimes the name for the first five books of the Bible, does not mean LAW but TEACHING (Hebrew word H8451 in Hebrew as תּרה Torah - pronounced TOE - RA and it means teaching or instruction coming from the Hebrew word meaning to teach). Jesus in His own words said of the Torah ...
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill (the Greek word that translates into fulfill is G4137 or πληρόω play-ro'-o and means to complete, to finish). For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven." (Mat 5:17-20)
In these words of Jesus the Greek word that is translated as LAW is G3551 or νόμος pronounced NO - MOS is the same Greek word used in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) to translate the Hebrew word תּרה Torah. Jesus is not speaking about the laws in the first five books of the Bible but the actual words of God, the scriptures themselves, the very word of God, the Bible, God's teaching or instruction. He came not to fulfill the teaching but to COMPLETE IT.
We'll see that in this lesson. We will consider the law in Lev. 19:18 to love our neighbor as ourselves. Who is our neighbor? The Lord in the Torah says it is Egyptians besides one's fellow Hebrew. Check it out in verses Exodus 3:22, 11:2-3, and 12:35. The Lord is clearly implying the Egyptians are to be considered the "neighbors" of the Hebrews. Then the Lord uses the parable of the "Good Samaritan" to take this idea deeper and finally these words of the Lord ...
"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." (Mat 5:43-45)
Jesus is not only saying that the hated Samaritans (Jews and Samaritans hated each other) were their neighbors but even our enemies! So, from the Torah written in the 15 century B.C. to the days of Yeshua, we see how the Lord took the basic teaching and expanded upon it and completed it.
To understand Jesus, to understand the Lord we need to understand the Torah, the Hebrew Scriptures. This is our foundation and the foundation of the New Testament. This is so clear in this lesson as we complete Exodus 22.
Here's a great article that I urge you to access. Again it shows that the New Testament, the teachings of Jesus, the Torah of Adonai, has its foundation in the Torah.
Link - https://mymorningmeditations.com/2013/06/20/the-purpose-of-torah-in-new-testament-judaism-part-1/
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8qth6w4e56oub9js1w1gu/BackgrndTeacher-mar-25-2020.pdf?rlkey=f14fr2wmde5fezjmnrny8cycl&st=8kag3nil&dl=0
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
If there is a Torah foundation related to Jesus’ statement in John 5:39 that scripture testifies of Himself, this lesson and the previous are it. If you haven’t listened to lesson 25 yet, I urge you to do so since 25 and this lesson go together.
(Link for lesson 25 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/genesis-25-gen-121-3-all-the-failies-of-the-earth-will-be-blessed-grafed-in/?token=d9d77c41f718882414251c4bc602ad22)
If you ever wanted to study scripture that testifies of Jesus’ coming and His mission, these are two Torah lessons that are foundational to our understanding of the coming of the Messiah and the REASON FOR THE SEASON and a direct connection to John 5:39.
In this lesson we will focus on one location. We must turn to geography to see how God picks one place to help us SEE His redemption plan.
Shown below are maps. This shows the likely route Avram took from Haran to Canaan and his first stop, Shechem.
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
In this lesson I mentioned Joel Kramer. He is an OUTSTANDING evangelical Christian archaeologist. He did a Bible study tour recently to Israel when he was studying for his advanced degree in archaeology. One spot they studied was Shechem – the location I mentioned above that God picked. Below is a link to Joel’s video on site in Israel at the ancient ruins of Shechem. You won’t want to miss this. Also, I provided a link to Joel Kramer’s website as well. You MUST go to his website and see the free videos from Israel that will blow you away.
Link to video lesson by Kramer at Shechem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Cp4dQvxJo
Link to Joel Kramer's website - https://sourceflix.com/
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8qth6w4e56oub9js1w1gu/BackgrndTeacher-mar-25-2020.pdf?rlkey=f14fr2wmde5fezjmnrny8cycl&st=8kag3nil&dl=0
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
So we come to the last video. Yes. Chanukah is a festival in Judaism and has nothing to do with Christmas. Christmas is a Christian festival and has nothing to do with Chanukah. But, we have seen that Jesus is teaching His disciples 2000 years ago about His return. He uses Chanukah in surprising ways in Matthew 24 to teach them THEN that the days before His return will be like the days before the first Chanukah. In those days in the early second century B.C. there was persecution, torture, chaos, and terror. It was a time of tribulation. In the same way the days before Jesus returns will be the time of the Great Tribulation and the saints of the Lord will be persecuted. It will be a time of extreme terror and evil.
In this video we will focus on the middle candle of the Chanukah menorah. It is called the SHAMASH candle or the servant candle. Jesus came serving His Father. He will return as the king. Perhaps God sees a connection between Chanukah and Christmas for those who are disciples of the Jesus. Perhaps God has given us a picture of one hero, Judah the Maccabee, Judah the Hammer, of those days before the first Chanukah, who foreshadows the true מכבי MAKEVEE, the Hammer.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
This is getting too amazing. In this video lesson we not only continue to see that the Lord uses Chanukah to help His disciples 2000 years ago understand His return but also who He is. Who is this King? How is this connected to the time of the Maccabees and Yehoodah HaMakehvee, Judah the Maccabee, the Hammer? On top of that we will see that the Lord uses Chanukah 400 some years before the first Chanukah happened. Yes the Lord inspires one of His "prophets" to write predictions of Chanukah and, more than that, this prophet uses Chanukah inspired by the Lord to predict things of the end of days. So Jesus after Chanukah uses it to teach His disciples but the Lord also does it before Chanukah in and around 600 B.C.
So, if you are interested in the end times, if you are curious about how the Lord inspires a prophet to predict aspects of the end of days, this lesson is a must to view and study. And more than that you will see how this starts in the book of Genesis with Jacob and his 12 sons! This video will blow you away and its all history, Bible history. The Lord is coming again - the Return of the King - and Chanukah is right in the middle of all of it. So cool!
Critical links for you to study what is presented in this vidcast.
Link 1 - Antiochus IV is the villain of Chanukah and a picture of the villain we call the Beast in Revelation 13 - https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/antiochus-epiphanes-the-bibles-most-notoriously-forgotten-villain/
Link 2 - Chanukah, the Maccabees, and the Apocrypha - https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/hanukah-maccabees-and-apocrypha/
Link 3 - Dr. Clyde Billington's video on Chanukah in its historical context - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn2u0ufT1Rc
Link 4 - article on Daniel 11 and its historical accuracy - https://lifehopeandtruth.com/prophecy/understanding-the-book-of-daniel/daniel-11/
Link 5 - article showing the early date of the Book of Daniel - archaeology does it again - http://www.jesuswalk.com/daniel/app3_early-date-of-daniel.htm
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Chanukah stands on its own as an important Jewish feast. It was an amazing time where God again came to the aid of His chosen people. Time and time again we see how God was with His people - outnumbered or with little power or resources - and the Lord gave them victory in His power and not theirs. We remember the Exodus or Joshua at Jericho or Deborah and Barak or Gideon. Even into 1948 and the War of Independence where Israel, a restored nation after 2000 years, was surrounded by millions of Arabs who wanted to annihilate them from the face of the earth. But, Israel was victorious because of the Lord and it was repeated in the Six Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
The connection between Chanukah and the Return of the King goes on. The Lord is showing us that the days before His return will be somewhat like the days before the first Chanukah but a 1000 times worse - Chanukah is a real set of events that God uses to teach of the ultimate Return of the King. It'll be the days of the Great Tribulation. In the days of Judah the Maccabee the Lord used Judah and his army of devoted religious Jews to defeat the evil forces of Antiochus IV and restore HaBayt Mikdash, the Holy Dwelling Place, or, as we know it, the Temple in Jerusalem. We have seen how God connects these events to Himself and His return. Is there a connection to the actual 1st Chanukah, the cleansing of the Temple and the reinitiation of the sacrifices? Let's go see.
Links to mentioned in this video ...
Video on the miracles God did in recent battles Israel was in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsN5bqVzX34
Article on 17 major battles and their miraculous nature - https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/17-miraculous-israeli-military-victories
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
The Hebrew name of Judas the Maccabee is Yehoodah Hasmonaim but his nickname was Yehooda HaMaKehvee or Judas (or equivalently Judah) the Hammer. He was the military hero of Chanukah. He was the one who captured Jerusalem in 164 B.C. He and all the religious people of Jerusalem restored the House of Adonai, HaBate Mikdash, the Holy Dwelling Place, or the Temple. They dedicated it (Chanukah means dedication) and it was decided that the Jewish people would do a feast every year remembering what great things God had done.
It was an amazing crazy victory over odds that were more than overwhelming. Judah "hammered" the forces of the cruel pagan Seleucid Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. But, does God make any connections with this victory with Yeshua His Son? Are their similarities between Yehoodah and his leadership of the armies of the Jews and Yeshua, King of Kings and Lord of Lords? Let's explore this in this video.
Links mentioned in this video ...
Dr. Clyde Billington's video on Chanukah in its historical context - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn2u0ufT1Rc
Article on Daniel 11 and its historical accuracy - https://lifehopeandtruth.com/prophecy/understanding-the-book-of-daniel/daniel-11/
Article showing the early date of the Book of Daniel - archaeology does it again - http://www.jesuswalk.com/daniel/app3_early-date-of-daniel.htm
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
OK. It is crystal clear by now that Jesus is teaching about His return using the sequence of events in 1 Maccabees 2. It is too amazing. The exact order in 1 Maccabees 2 is the exact order in Matthew 24:9-21. We don't get it since we are 1) not Jewish and 2) we are not taught the Bible in its historical context. But, the Lord is doing something new. He is doing something to bring us who are behind the curtain, behind the veil, to see more clearly. This so to take His "bride" into a more complete and enhanced understanding of His word and get "her" (that is us) ready for the coming of the Bridegroom.
In this video we will meet more amazing Jewish people from those dark and terrible days under the cruelty of Antiochus Epiphanes IV. We will meet my hero, Eleazar, and Bible teacher. We will also learn about Jewish families and how they would not buckle under the pressure to turn away from the Lord and turn to the practices of the pagan Greeks and their worldview of Hellenism, a worldview straight from hell. And from this we will again see how they faced persecution and torture and death. It was a time of a great tribulation on all Israel.
But, it is interesting that Jesus is teaching that before His return that the terrible days of the Maccabees is nothing compared to the terror of the tribulation. After all the things He said that relate to those days Jesus ends those five statement with ...
"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short." Matt. 24:21-22
I had an awesome lady Bible teacher who taught on the book of the Revelation. When it got to the rapture she taught we should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. She asked us to ask some questions that no one asks? What if those who are post-trib - in other words that the rapture will happen after the tribulation - are right? What if we as Christians must go through what the Jews went through but 1000 times worse? Those who hold to post-trib are simply speculating as to their view of the end times. Those who are mid-trib and pre-trib are simply stating a man made view of the endtimes. There are endless arguments and no conclusion except one's own prejudice. So, all those Christians - pre and mid and post and who are not rapture people - will be saved and we will finally all see who was right and who was wrong. So, I remember that great lesson I learned from that women Bible teacher who I held in high high esteem when she said, "Hope for the best but plan for the worst."
One famous Christian pastor says Christians in the USA are not ready. Here's his article. We are not ready. We are too soft and too integrated into the culture of "me first" that is all around us. We don't hold a candle to the heroes of the faith in this lesson and in the previous lesson. It is time to wake up and get ready.
Link to Pastor Brunson's article - https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/milton-quintanilla/were-not-ready-pastor-urges-us-christians-to-prepare-for-persecution.html
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
Saturday Dec 28, 2024
Saturday Dec 28, 2024
Candle 4 is lit. What does it represent as far as Jesus connecting Chanukah with His return - the Return of the King? So far Jesus has said He is God on Chanukah. The evil king Antiochus said he was god and he's the villain of this Jewish feast. He's not god - no way. Only Yeshua is Lord of lords and King of kings and the only God. But, Jesus said this on Chanukah and that ain't no coincidence! See John 10:22 and following.
Then we remember Jesus teaching in a special sequence. In those days before He returns He talked about the abomination of desolation. He talked about fleeing to the mountains and not taking anything with us. All these are in the books of the Maccabees in the same order! Those books were written in the mid to early 1st century B.C. The disciples of Jesus would have had access to those books. Thus, it seems highly probable that they saw what Jesus was doing; He was creating an awesome connection between Chanukah and His return. So, as we put the Bible back into its historical context we too hear as they did THEN, and see the way those disciples did THEN, and understand the way they did THEN, so the Ruach HaKodesh רוח הקודש - our comforter and teacher - can help us enhance and expand our understanding NOW.
In this vidcast you will meet some amazing women. We will also meet 7 brothers - men and boys who are also so amazing. Actually most of the women are teenagers. Girls married at 12 or 13 or 14 in and around 170 B.C. These young Jewish teenage moms and those 7 Jewish brothers exhibited courage and bravery that no Christian girl or young man in the USA would ever face or has ever faced. We will meet true heroines and heroes of the faith in a time of horror and death and fear and chaos. And Jesus tells us that perhaps the terror they faced is what may face moms with kids again and all of us before He returns.
Here's the links to where you can purchase that amazing historical novel entitled, "Maccabee," by Dave Carson. It's based upon the event of 1 and 2 Maccabees and it is an adventure story supreme. Get you'll love it.
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Maccabee-David-C-Carson/dp/1432701657
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0