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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 Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
God commands that the feast of Unleavened Bread will be 7 days, and 7 days ONLY. Not 8 as the orthodox rabbis changed it to. By changing it the orthodox rabbis again show they can change God's word to their own personal views. This is crazy. It also takes away from the unbelievable importance of the number 7 from Genesis to Revelation.
In this lesson we will just focus on the number 7. When we do we will find patterns of the use of the number 7 that can only be the handiwork of the Lord. It is as if the number 7 and the patterns God creates in his word is like God's watermark. Watermarks, very faint printing on a picture or a document such that it is used to protect the document/picture from being used if illegally copied and other confidential information and to indicate the validity of a legal document. You'll also see watermarks on any paper banknote, where they're used to help prevent counterfeiting. See below for a picture showing a picture with and without a "watermark."
It is as if the 7 is like God's watermark. It shows that the word of God written by men under the direct inspiration of the Spirit of the Most High is not created by men but by the Lord. You won't believe what you are about to study. It'll take us from Gen. 1:1 to Rev. 22:21, the first and the last verses of the Bible. It will seem to indicate that the Living Word of the Lord, Yeshua, is connected to the number 7 in ways we have never seen before. And, this is NOT Numerology which is more related to the occult. It is not a Bible Code which are very problematic. What we are about to study is FACT and proven again and again by highly credible scholars, Jew and Gentile.
In the podcast I said I'd provide many links for your further study. Here they are.
Link 1 - a video, one of many at this site, that shows the work of Professor Ivan Panin and his discovery of the mathematical patterns in God's word. It so amazed Prof. Panin that he became a Christian based upon the amazing things he discovered that showed him that the Bible is true, it is God's word, and the Jesus is the Lord, the Savior, and the long awaited Messiah.
https://www.thelivingword.org.au/grand-design/session16.php
Link 2 - a fantastic video done by Chuck Missler of Koinonia House. It is another presentation of Panin's work done in a style that is true Chuck Missler. Awesome material you will find most intriguing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9WYGBfpaw
Links 3, 4, and 5. Awesome articles that are related to Panin's work and the number 7 and the patterns that seem to suggest the number 7 is God's watermark.
Link 3 - https://www.thetorah.com/article/seven-the-biblical-number
Link 4 - https://www.differentspirit.org/evidence/numerics.php
Link 5 - https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/the-number-7-in-the-bible/
Link 6 - an article from a great scholarly site, GotQuestions.org addressing Bible codes and that the Bible, God's word, suggests that they are very problematic and not what the Bible says about the COMPLETENESS of God's word as it stands.
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-codes.html
Link 7 - an article on the famous Jewish rabbi, Nachmanides and his teachings on the number 7.
http://www.betemunah.org/seven.html
Link 6 - an article from a great scholarly site, GotQuestions.org addressing Bible codes and that the Bible, God's word, suggests that they are very problematic and not what the Bible says about the COMPLETENESS of God's word as it stands.
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-codes.html
Link 7 - an article on the famous Jewish rabbi, Nachmanides and his teachings on the number 7.
http://www.betemunah.org/seven.html
Link 8 - an article with background information on Prof. Ivan Panin - http://www.wordworx.co.nz/panin.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
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Sunday Apr 02, 2023
Once again we will come face to face with totally amazing things in the historical context of Passover; we will gain deeper and enhanced perspectives on the Jewish Passover and the Passover of the Lamb of God.
In lesson 34 we will ask ourselves the question of why unleavened bread. What’s with that? It has everything to do with Egypt, everyday life in Egypt, and the Hebrews who had assimilated into this pagan culture. We recall Deut. 32:15-17 …
“But Jeshurun (a Hebrew word "upright" used to represent Israel) grew fat and kicked-- you are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, and scorned the Rock of his salvation. They made Him jealous with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. They sacrificed to demons who were not God, to gods whom they have not known, new gods who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread.” (Deu 32:15-17)
Moses is teaching us what the Lord, YHVH, gave him. The Hebrews turned on the Lord became part of the Egyptian culture, values, and worldview. They ate the “leavened bread” of Egypt and Egypt’s gods. In this lesson you will come to understand that it makes sense to associate LEAVENED bread with Egypt and UNLEAVENED bread with the Lord. You will understand new things to give a deeper insight into Jesus’ Last Supper as well; His last Passover meal that I call the Passover Meal of the Messiah.
In this podcast I again mentioned an earlier powerful and important lesson. It has to do with the Biblical “proof” if you will that the Hebrews assimilated into the Egyptian culture. It is so important that we grasp this historical fact since it is so related to the rest of the book of Exodus and, the entire Torah. Here’s the link to that podcast - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wdzur-f82194
Also, we will study the Hebrew word פֶּסַח PEH SACK H6453 and another Hebrew word that is very close, פָּסַח PAH SACK H6452. Once we understand these two Hebrew words we will understand in a more powerful way the phrases in Exod. 12:11 where it says “the Lord’s Passover” and in 1 Cor. 5:7 “Christ our Passover.” And we thought we had it. We thought we understood. Far from it.
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
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
God executes Rachel. She stole the family gods. The orthodox rabbis say God delayed executing her until Benjamin was born. But, we never read this in the Bible. Matter of fact when we truly analyze it that God would execute Rachel makes no sense and even contradicts the Bible. Come and join us in this study. By putting the Bible back into its historical context we are blessed by His Spirit to have our knowledge of His word expanded and our faith enriched.
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 Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
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This video introduces a major podcast video lesson on the book of Esther and Purim. How is Jesus related to the book of Esther? He said in John 5:39 ...
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;" (Joh 5:39)
So how does the book of Esther testify of Jesus? It is all dependent upon one word in the entire book. This will amaze you and for Christians the feast of Purim becomes special for us as well. Watch the video to access the video podcast Bible study lesson.
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 Feb 24, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
The תּוֹרָה TORAH is The Very Word of God. It means INSTRUCTION AND not LAW. God is teaching His chosen treasured possession, Israel. He is instructing them and trying to get Egypt out of Israel. What that means is that those Hebrews who had become enslaved in Egypt had assimilated into the Egyptian pagan culture. This began to happen after Joseph died. So, the Hebrews, all they knew when God came to rescue them, was the pagan religion of Egypt and her gods. Torah then is God's inspired word He commands Moses to write and it is meant for those "first hearers," the Hebrews coming out of Egypt.
As we learn those ancient lessons God was teaching over 3400 years ago, our understanding becomes enhanced and expanded. Once we know what they knew then the word and God's lessons will make sense to us as well. This is true for the story of Jacob. It is true for the entire Torah. In this lesson we find that God wants more out of Jacob and us than simply "head knowledge." The Lord wants us to KNOW Him. But, we will see in the Hebrew that it is KNOWING by living, KNOWING by experience, and KNOWING by interaction with Adonai. The events here in Genesis 31 demonstrate exactly. So, come. Let's go study. Let's learn how Jacob began to KNOW the Lord so that we too will see this is what our Father wants from us right from the get go.
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 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
LESSON 74 GENESIS - AUDIO ONLY
Time to take a break. Time to assess where we’ve been, where we are, and where this is going. We have over 250 podcasts/vidcasts. The main focus has been detailed study of the TORAH for Christians with an emphasis upon studying the word in is historical context. So, after all these lessons where are we and where is this all headed? Amazingly, it is headed for the truth in THE VERY WORDS OF GOD that Yeshua is the ONLY way to the Father. If you do not study the TORAH ad reconnect to our Jewish roots, you could say Jesus is a way back to the Father. But, after this review, after this look back and after this look forward, after seeing the direction of the TORAH we see that the Bible, the VERY WORD OF GOD, unequivocally shows that Jesus is the ONLY way to the Father.
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 Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
AUDIO SESSION
Jacob wants out and wants to go home. It has been 14 years serving his crooked uncle Laban just for Rachel. Well, Jacob has Rachel and Leah and 11 strong boys and 1 beautiful daughter, Dinah. Time to go home.
To settle up Jacob seems to use a weird way of making sheep have spotted lambs. If they are spotted Jacob gets those and Laban the rest. The story shows that the sheep had more spotted lambs and Jacob's flocks grew immense. The International Varsity Press Bible Commentary of the Old Testament suggests that the method Jacob uses is just folklore. It was something that those in the ancient near east believed worked but modern genetics shows it does not. Here's the commentary from the International Varsity Press Bible Commentary of the Old Testament.
Gen_30:32-33. sheep breeding. The coloring chosen by Jacob (dark lambs and variegated goats) generally made up a very small proportion of the herd. Jacob seems to be settling for a share that was far smaller than usual, in that contracts of the day designated sometimes as much as 20 percent of new births for the shepherd (Bedouin studies today suggest that 10 percent is common). Byproducts (wool, milk products) are not mentioned here, but a percentage of those were also often part of the shepherd's compensation.
Gen_30:37-43. use of rods. Jacob's solution to Laban's treachery contains elements of scientific breeding and folklore tradition. Clearly, shepherds would have been aware of the estrus cycle of their sheep (which runs from June to September), and observation would have demonstrated that breeding healthy animals would produce vigorous lambs. What is not scientific, however, is the principle that certain characteristics (coloration in this case) can be bred for through visual aids. The stripped rods which Jacob places before the troughs of the sheep cannot genetically affect the sheep. This type of sympathetic magic is found in many folk traditions (including modern tales of colors worn by a mother determining the sex of her child). It plays a part in the trickster theme of this narrative and is reflective of a culture which depended on a mixture of magical and commonsense methods to produce results. (The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
Copyright © 2000 by John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews and Mark W. Chavalas)
But, Jacob says something in Gen. 30:33 that most of us would miss. It is an awesome statement and it implies Jacob says from now on he will be honest and righteous so that this will come back to him in the future. In essence Jacob is saying "what goes around comes around." This concept among the people of the Middle East is called, "Measure for Measure" or in Hebrew
מדה קנגד מדה
Meedah K'negged Meedah
This one verse is an awesome teaching that the Lord is giving us. It takes us to Jesus and even to Paul. It is a characteristic of a true disciple of our rabbi Jesus.
Lois Tverberg, an awesome Bible scholar and author of key books on being a disciple of Jesus our "rabbi" has an excellent article on the concept of measure for measure. Here's the link -
So come and study with us. Come and consider מדה קנגד מדה MeedahK'neggedMeedah or measure for measure and again see how all scripture testifies of Jesus as He taught in John 5:39.
Who is this guy, Rev. Ferret? What's his background? Why should we take time to listen to him? Here's a link to check out his background ... - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0