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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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Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Genesis - Lesson 41 - Gen. 19:30-38 - MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Lot’s daughters think there are no people left on earth after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. They say this exactly …
Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth. "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father." (Gen 19:31-32)
The Hebrew is precise. The first born girl said no man left on the earth implying anywhere on the globe! Why did she think this? The younger sister surely agreed with her older sister. We don’t get it since we don’t understand the geography of the area. If you knew the area of the Dead Sea these verses become crystal clear. Here some links to check out on pictures of this area. Check it out. You’ll see that the sisters were in a deep, deep valley almost 1 mile below sea level.
Link to Wikimedia views of the Dead Sea from the high rock bluff known as Masada – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Views_of_the_Dead_Sea_from_Masada
Link to Wikimedia views of the mountains surrounding the Dead Sea – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mountain_around_Dead_Sea
Link to Wikimedia views of the caves near Qumran where many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caves_of_Qumran
A second issue is in this lesson we see the concept of midah keneged midah (mee-dah kah-NEG-ed mee-dah), or measure for measure. It can be defined as ...
"The rabbis noticed a pattern throughout the Bible they read—that the consequences of a sin often fit the crime, measure for measure." (See Lois Tverberg's article on "Measure for Measure" at this link - https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/jesus-jewish-logic-measure-for-measure/
How is "measure for measure" seen in these events between Lot and his daughters? How might this relate to us in the 21st century?
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
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Exodus - 16 - Exod. 5:1-23 GET YOUR OWN STRAW!
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
In this session I brought up the fact that the Hebrews had assimilated into the Egyptian culture after Joseph. It must've happened slowly but surely and it is easy to understand the lure and the attraction of the world's richest and most powerful kingdom on earth at the time, Egypt. Who would want to go back to Canaan and the tough conditions of life back home?
Here's the links to lesson 4 parts 1 & 2 in this podcast Torah Bible study series. These previous lessons (part 2 only) show that the Bible text suggests they assimilated if you know the Hebrew and not the English.
Link - lesson 4 part 1
Link - lesson 4 part 2
Another thing I brought was that even today in Egypt they still make mud bricks they way they did in Egypt 3400 years ago. Imagine. When I was in Egypt in 2014 and 2017 I actually made mud bricks at a mud brick facility. That's me on the west side of the Nile near Luxor making mud bricks.
It was not easy work. And with all the traveling Robin and I did up and down the Nile, we saw many mud brick buildings, some homes and other were businesses. It was totally cool. Below please find a link to an awesome short video on making mud bricks in Egypt today. We will meet Muhammed at his mud brick facility.
Link - click here for the video of making mud bricks in Egypt today
In this lesson we return to Exodus 5. We will start focusing our study on verse one. I was so so amazed as to how much was n this verse. I was helped by excellent Jewish Torah/Hebrew scholars. One thing as Christians we are never taught how to study the Bible. Exod. 5:1 is a classic example of NOT putting the text into its textual context. Once we do in this example we will find that Moses did not do what God had previously ordered. I mean Moses did NOT one thing God commanded. On top of that Moses gets so angry with the Lord at the end of the chapter Moses is implying that God did EVIL just like Pharaoh. It's as if Moses is say God and Pharaoh are both alike! One top of that God doesn't punish Moses for this criticism.
This is an amazing chapter of the Torah. One thing it shows is that the two fundamental aspects of the Bible is to love God and love your neighbor. You can't have one without the other. Matter of fact a Jewish scholar brings this up as we study the last few verses of the chapter. He was so fired up about the fact that the goal of Torah is to love God and love your neighbor. Here's the two fundamental Torah laws of Judaism ...
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deu 6:4-5)
"You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD." (Lev 19:18)
This Jewish scholar said this is the GOAL of Torah. GOAL? One strives to reach a goal. Jesus takes this and brings it up a notch. You remember when you read ...
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' "This is the great and foremost commandment. "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
(Mat 22:36-40)
These aren't goals to strive for. These are laws to obey. If we are true disciples of Adonai Yeshua then we will hear His word and do it like when He said ...
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." (Joh 14:15)
If we love Jesus we will not strive to reach the goal of loving God and loving our neighbor. NO!! WE will obey the Lord and DO HIS LAWS! We don't strive to reach a goal to show our love to the Lord we obey His commandments. Jesus shows He never left 2nd Temple Judaism but is in full agreement with 2nd Temple Judaism.
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
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Is Lot a righteous man? With all that we studied in recent lessons, it sure doesn’t seem so. But, one thing for sure, we can’t find evidence that Lot in some way sinned. The Bible is silent. Lot seems to have made some poor choices. First, he chooses to live in Sodom and Gomorrah and he must’ve known these were places where some bad stuff was going on. Second, he becomes involved in the evil culture by being accepted as a city leader, elder, or official since we found Lot sitting in the gate in lesson 39. Now, there is no sin in living in a place like Sodom. There is no sin in being on a city committee or part of the elite class. The Torah doesn’t say that Lot sinned. The orthodox rabbinic view is that Lot is righteous but his character was not at the level of his uncle Abraham. Hmmm, I think I can agree with that but I still have trouble with Lot being considered righteous as Peter writes in 2 Pet. 2:7-9. Consider …
and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, (2Pe 2:7-9)
This will require further study and we must go beyond simple rabbinic opinion which offers no justification for Lot being righteous. Let's bring our brain to the Bible.
Another issue we will deal with is Lot’s daughters. After the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah they think there are no men left on the face of the earth. They say this exactly …
Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth. "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father." (Gen 19:31-32)
The Hebrew is precise. The first born girl said no man left on the earth implying anywhere on the globe! Why did she think this? The younger sister surely agreed with her older sister. We don’t get it since we don’t understand the geography of the area. If you knew the area of the Dead Sea these verses become crystal clear. Here some links to check out on pictures of this area. Check it out. You’ll see that the sisters were in a deep, deep valley almost 1 mile below sea level.
Link to Wikimedia views of the Dead Sea from the high rock bluff known as Masada – click here to view
Link to Wikimedia views of the mountains surrounding the Dead Sea – click here to view
Link to Wikimedia views of the caves near Qumran where many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered – click here to view
So, once again, if you lived in David’s day or Hezekiah, all this was easy to understand. But for us we don’t get it. It’s not our land, our culture, and we are not taught the geography of the Bible. We are not taught the Bible in its historical context with a focus on the archaeology, history, geography, customs, culture, and the languages of the ancient Middle East.
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 Jun 08, 2021
Exodus - 15 - Exod. 5:1-2 THE PALACEOF THE KING
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
This is lesson 15 in the Bible study series, "The Gospel According to Moses - Exodus." You need to access the link below for this lesson since it is a video - I want you to SEE the archaeology and geography that shows that the exodus was a real historical event happening in the 15th century B.C. In this video we will study the archaeological discoveries that even give us the likely location of the palace of the Pharaoh where the events took place we are so familiar with.
Link to video lesson 15 - https://youtu.be/F_6Z9gObhsc
In the video lesson I refer back to lesson 5 parts 1 & 2 of this Bible study series. I highly recommend you listen to these podcasts before continuing on in this series.
Links to Lesson 5 parts 1 and 2 of the series, "The Gospel According to Moses - Exodus," on the dating of the Exodus and more -
Part 1 - click here for part 1
Part 2 - click here for part 2
Many links are provided for further study - check them out below. These are the links to excellent and credible resources for you for further study into the archaeology that proves the Exodus, proves the Bible, and shows us the veracity of the very words of God, the Bible.
In the video lesson I referred to articles and websites and other amazing scholarly videos that add to and enhance what I taught in this video. Here's the links ...
Link to Dr. Bryant Wood's (highly credible and renowned Bible archaeologist of the Associates for Biblical Research) article on the royal precinct of Avaris at Tel el Dab'a - https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/sojourn-of-israel-in-egypt/2249-the-royal-precinct-at-rameses
Link to Dr. Manfred Bietak's (considered one the five best archaeologists of the 20th century by Biblical Archaeology Review) report on the excavations at Tel el Dab'a - https://www.academia.edu/10074198/_Report_on_the_Excavations_of_a_Hyksos_Palace_at_Tell_el_Dabca_Avaris_23rd_of_August_15th_of_November_2011_Egypt_and_the_Levant_22_23_2012_13_18_52
Links to four videos from the Associates for Biblical Research discussing the REAL evidence and not the PATTERNS of evidence that show the high probability that Exodus was a real event in the 15th century B.C. These are part of the video series from the Associates for Biblical Research called ,"Digging for Truth." They are free and the scholars are all experts and scholars in archaeology and all are evangelical Bible believing Christians. The four videos feature Dr. Scott Stripling presenting the real evidence of the date of the Exodus and the archaeology of the events and places. Here's the links ...
Video 1 - click here for video 1 on the date of Exodus
Video 2 - click here for video 2 on the date of Exodus
Video 3 - click here for video 3 on the archaeology of the Exodus
Video 4 - click here for video 4 on the archaeology of the Exodus
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