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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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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
As we learned in lesson 49 chapter 22 of Genesis, the story of the binding of Isaac, is a chiastic structure. Here’s an example that is from the amazing website on chiasms in the Bible, chiasmus.dns-systems.net. It is a chiasm of Noah and the chiasm is showing us the critical verse in this chiasm. See below.
As one starts reading from Gen. 6:10 to 9:19 the verses are “reflections” of each other. Verse 6:10a mentions Noah as does 9:19. The next verse 6:10b mentions Shem, Ham, and Japheth as does 9:18b. The we come across verses 6:14-16 and the focus is the Ark and this is “mirrored” in 9:18a. This can be seen the in triangular structure as the chiasm finally ends at Gen. 8:1 that God remembered Noah. This is the inspired focus of this whole event, Noah. God is going to destroy all mankind, all animals, everything. This is a big big deal. It is easy to lose track of Noah and his relationship to the Lord and the Lord’s relationship to Noah in the amazing catastrophe the Lord is bringing down upon the earth. But, God seemingly wants us not to get off track. In all this God is not forgetting Noah. This is the focus – the focus is on God, what He is like, and in the midst of this awesome event, the flood, the focus is on a personal God who has a deep intimate relationship with Noah. And we therefore can learn about the Lord in a deeper way. It’s as if God is telling us today that no matter what great things or awesome events are happening around us, if we are His people, His focus is on us. He will not forget us in the midst of events that seem to spiral out or control.
I mentioned Rabbi David Foreman in the podcast and his Torah teaching website, www.AlephBeta.org. I am linking you to the video I mentioned in this podcast that describes the chiasm of Gen. 22. Here’s the link - https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/story-of-abraham-binding-isaac
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
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