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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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Monday Feb 22, 2021
Genesis - 31 - Gen. 14-15 - Faith in God or Something Else?
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
FAITH IN GOD OR SOMETHING ELSE??
This lesson will complete the study on the character of Melchizedek (in Hebrew – Malkee Tzadik – “my righteous king”) and try and understand what is meant by the phrase that Jesus is of the “order” of Melchizedek. Order? Is this a Catholic thing; like the order of Dominicans or Franciscans or the Jesuits? Far from it. Once we understand the Hebrew the explanation is so clear and simple. God is trying to teach us His instruction, His Torah. He is not trying to confuse us or them, 2000 and 3000 years ago.
A huge topic in this lesson is the concept of FAITH. What does it mean to have faith? Is it simply a mental acceptance of a concept in reality? For instance I have a favorite coffee shop in our area. I believe every time I go there the coffee will be awesome. And, it is! But, this is a mental acceptance based upon my prejudice that this coffee is excellent.
In Gen. 15:6 one reads that Abraham BELIEVED in God and then God said based upon this that Abraham was righteous. OK, does that mean we only need a mental acceptance of the existence of God along with grace to be saved? Is that all this is saying? It must be more since Abraham already knew that God was real in Genesis 12 when Abraham obeyed God and left Haran for Canaan. There must be something deeper going on here.
Once again we in the church have few leaders and teachers trained in Biblical Hebrew or Greek. We have few leaders and teachers trained in understanding the Bible in its historical context. Thus, it results in terrible misconceptions of God’s word of faith and belief; a classic example is Gen. 15:6.
In this lesson I said I would provide you with a critically important article that takes us into the Hebraic understanding. You need to read this article. Matter of fact I recommend the Messianic ministry called, “Netivyah,” (means the way of the Lord) in Jerusalem and their Bible studies and lessons. One can check out their “store” at their website and find the magazines in English. You can click on them and download them for free. The links are below …
Link to the article from Netivyah on the translations of faith – click here for the article
Link to the website for Netivyah ministries in Jerusalem - https://netivyah.org/
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Genesis -30 - Genesis Chapter 14
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
You may recall that the Hebrews were said to be building the storage cities of Pithom and Rameses. You can read this in …
Exo 1:11 So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Problem. We have studied that the Hebrews left Egypt in 1446 B.C. and Rameses the Great (a.k.a. as Rameses II), the supposed pharaoh of the Exodus as per the late date (the wrong date) did not come to power until 1279 B.C. reigned until 1213 B.C. So there are no cities named Rameses in the Nile Delta in 1446 B.C. The city, later called Rameses, is called Avaris in the 15th century B.C., the time of the Exodus. You can visit this site today. It is called Tel el-daba. So, what’s going on?
Also, in this lesson, we deal with the city of Dan in the days of Abraham. The events in chapter 15 are close to 2091 B.C. when Abraham and Sarah entered Canaan. The city of Dan was named by the tribe of Dan – Dan is the son of Jacob the grandson of Abraham – when they moved north and captured the city of Laish (pronounced Lay Esh). This is clear when we read …
Jdg 18:29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city formerly was Laish.
So, Abraham comes to a city called Dan, as we read in the Bible, and the city of Dan is not even there yet! This is nuts! What is going on? Is the Bible wrong? Was it written later in 3rd or 2nd century B.C.? We need to find out and again show the truthfulness of the Bible.
In lesson 30 in Genesis 15 we then come across this verse …
Gen 14:17 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
Who is this guy? There are some who say it’s Jesus! That’s crazy. Some rabbis say it is Shem or the son of Shem the son of Noah. Consider a few references from ancient Jewish (non-biblical) literature …
- Melchizedek was Shem the son of Noah, a priest most high." (Pirke De Rabbi Eliezari)
- "And Melchizedek is Shem, the son of Noah." (Rashi, Commentaries, Genesis 14:18)
- "And Melchizedek is Shem, the son of Noah." (Talmud, Tr. Nedarim32)
That Melchizedek is Shem or his son is a major error since Melchizedek is the king of Salem. Salem is probably Jerusalem. At this time when Abraham and Melchizedek meet, Salem is a Jebusite city. The Jebusites are a clan of the pagan Canaanites. The rabbis show they dismiss real history and make up their own opinions which are in total conflict with historical truth.
So, who is this guy? Not Jesus. Not Shem. Not the son of Shem. How do we understand this enigmatic Bible character?
Come and join us in lesson 30. Come and do what your Lord commanded you to do if you are a TRUE Christian, a real disciple of Rabbi Yeshua.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Genesis - 29 - Gen. 13:1-8 WHAT’S WRONG WITH LOT?
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
What is wrong with Lot? As we read the events in Genesis 13 without the understanding of the background of the ancient Near East, we do not grasp the full understanding of the answer to the question. Yes. Most agree Lot chose poorly; Lot decided to live in Sodom and Gomorrah.
But, is there more to these events that we can’t see? Once again, if you have been part of our journey through the Torah, the 1st five books of the Bible, with are focus on Genesis, you know that as we put the Bible in its historical context, we “see” things in a whole different manner. It then helps us through the Holy Spirit understand His Word in a more expanded way.
I mentioned a website one can go to study the ancient family structure called the בית אב - Beit Av – the house of the father – the extended family structure lead by the patriarch. Here’s the link to the article - click here for the article on the Beit Av
By studying the concept of the Beit Av we can perhaps get a better understanding of what we call the family of God. We as disciples of Yeshua live in His House, the House of the Father, the Temple. In Hebrew the Temple in Jerusalem was never called the Temple. It was called the בית המקדש - Beit HaMikdash – the holy dwelling house of Adonai. So, we are God’s Temple, His בית המקדש - Beit HaMikdash - as Paul teaches in 1 Cor. 3:16.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - click here for the teacher's background