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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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Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
Tuesday Jun 02, 2026
The "play" button is just above this picture - the orange circle with the white triangle.
In part 1 we learned that laws against adultery were common in the pagan cultures of the ancient near east. The laws against adultery were not related to the sexual sin per se, but that this was detrimental to the preservation of the family and the community. It adultery was looked upon as an attack against the the foundation of a good society. So we should not be surprised that we see this in God's TORAH, His instruction to His people. It is part of the commandments 6-10 all seemingly to deal with our relationship with our fellow man, the community, the society. The uniqueness in all this is that this law if coming from Yahvay, the Lord God, and not some law of man or the state. It is as if God is showing us the truth in the fact that adultery is a "great sin" against the community and the family.
In part 2 we went deeper. We find that the Hebrews coming out of Egypt were the first ones to hear ...
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Gen 2:24-25)
The Lord is saying that marriage is between one man and one woman. The text does not say that a man shall leave his parents and cling to his wife or wives. The text is clear that he and his one wife become one flesh. He is teaching that He instituted marriage; it is part of His creation. Thus, adultery is a "great sin" against our community, against the family, and against God Himself since He "created" marriage and the family as being made up of one man and one woman.
Now we come to part 3. We will delve into the word of the Lord that says a man having an affair with a married woman both he and she will be executed! God declares adultery between a man and a married woman not his wife as a capital offense. Huh? What about a woman having an affair with a married man not her husband? What's the difference? What might this be all about?
Also in part 3 we will expand our study to consider sex between two a man and woman both unmarried. In Judaism and in Christianity is is a major sin. But the Bible has NO law against this. Matter of fact the word "fornication" - understood to be sex outside of marriage - will be shown NOT to be in the Bible. No where does God say that if an unmarried man and an unmarried woman have sex willingly is this act a sin. No where! But it is. How may have this come about? It comes about from THE VERY WORDS OF GOD that address this in an unexpected way.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret ... on the Giza Plateau and the Pyramids)
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 Jun 01, 2026
Monday Jun 01, 2026
The "play" button is just above this picture - the orange circle with the white triangle.
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret ... ready to teach at the Pyramids in Giza)
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 May 31, 2026
Sunday May 31, 2026
We now come to the 6th commandment …
“You shall not murder.” (Exo 20:13 NASB)
“Thou shalt not kill.” (Exo 20:13 KJV)
“You shall not murder.” (Exo 20:13 NKJV)
“Thou shalt not murder.” (Exo 20:13 Jewish Bible)
So for 100’s of years many Christians have stated this commandment as not to kill. Many Christians used the King James translation in an argument that Christians must adhere to pacifism and that Jesus was a pacifist. But, the real Hebrew, the precise Hebrew, is not to murder. This verse cannot be used in any argument for pacifism.
As I mentioned in the podcasts here are some awesome links to related article you may find extremely beneficial in your study.
From the website GOTQUESTIONS.ORG is the article, “What is the difference between ‘you shall not murder’ and ‘you shall not kill’”?
https://www.gotquestions.org/you-shall-not-kill-vs-murder.html
From the website GOTQUESTIONS.ORG is the article, “What does the Bible say about self-defense?”
https://www.gotquestions.org/self-defense.html
From the website GOTQUESTIONS.ORG is the article, “What does the Bible say about pacifism?”
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-pacifism.html
From Andrew Holt’s article, “’Thou shalt not kill’ vs. ‘Thou shalt not murder.’”
https://apholt.com/2015/03/17/thou-shalt-not-kill-vs-thou-shalt-not-murder/
Etymology of the word “kill”
https://www.etymonline.com/word/kill
In this podcast we are dealing with murder. This is clearly related to abortion. As I indicated in the podcast I would provide a link to the ancient Christian document the Didache (DI DAC HEE). Here’s the link to the complete ancient document.
Link - https://legacyicons.com/content/didache.pdf
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret ... someplace in the Jordan Vally north of Jericho)
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 May 30, 2026
Saturday May 30, 2026
LESSON 12 PART 2
Join us in lesson 12 part 2. Come and continue to delve into a study of a truly unique commandment of the Lord that He decided was critical for all Israel and us, as true disciples of Adonai Yeshua. Our parents attain a status that no one else in the Bible can attain, ever. It speaks volumes to us of how a good and just and Godly society itself can survive. It focuses on mom and dad.
It is interesting that the is the only commandment with a “reward.” Let’s look at it again.
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
(Exo 20:12)
Is this a reward? Sure seems like it. But, perhaps it is more than a reward for each us if we obey. Perhaps it is a reason to obey this commandment? Perhaps it is the way for preserving a righteous society and a godly nation. When we put this in its historical context it seems like this is what’s going on. God in His TORAH, His teaching, is teaching the world how to preserve and maintain a righteous, Godly, and just society. It seems to make sense.
I also highly recommend the following articles. I provide their links and they will add and enhance your study as we try and figure out how to honor our dads and moms and what this has to do with the good world and a Godly society.
A Lesson from Rome
https://www.thetrumpet.com/5360-a-lesson-from-rome
Does the Lord Require me to Honor Evil Parents?
https://lightfordarktimes.com/2020/04/24/does-the-lord-require-me-to-honor-evil-parents/
Must One Honor an Abusive Parent?
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/must-one-honor-an-abusive-parent/
Dennis Prager’s Video series on the Ten Commandments
You Don’t Have to Love Your Parents (Dennis Prager)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/12/you-dont-have-love-your-parents-dennis-prager/
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 May 29, 2026
Friday May 29, 2026
Lesson 12 Part 1
Did you ever stop and ask what does it mean to “honor your parents?” Honor? Does that mean we obey them? If we love our mom and dad is that the same as honoring them? Or something else? On top of that what is this doing here? We’re dealing with an awesome event – the giving of a New Covenant by the Lord to His Chosen Ones at the mountain of God. Just read …
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. (Exo 34:27-28)
How are our parents connected to this? What’s with this anyway?
Join us in lesson 12 parts 1 & 2. Come and delve into a study of a truly unique commandment of the Lord that He decided was critical for all Israel and us, as true disciples of Adonai Yeshua. Our parents attain a status that no one else in the Bible can attain, ever. It speaks volumes to us of how a good and just and Godly society itself can survive. It focuses on mom and dad.
I also highly recommend the following articles. I provided their links and they will add and enhance your study as we try and figure out how to honor our dads and moms and what this has to do with the good world and a Godly society.
Does the Lord Require me to Honor Evil Parents?
https://lightfordarktimes.com/2020/04/24/does-the-lord-require-me-to-honor-evil-parents/
Must One Honor an Abusive Parent?
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/must-one-honor-an-abusive-parent/
Dennis Prager’s Video series on the Ten Commandments
You Don’t Have to Love Your Parents (Dennis Prager)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/12/you-dont-have-love-your-parents-dennis-prager/
Thursday May 28, 2026
Thursday May 28, 2026
Lesson 11 Part 3
The Bible was clearly meant for those the first ones to hear it. Like the Torah. It was meant for the Hebrews coming out of Egypt. The New Testament was written for the first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary. And once we understand what the "first hearers" heard and understood, we then an see how it relates to us. God gave them His word so they understood it and passed it down to us.
The Messianic Jewish believers lived in a Jewish culture 2000 years ago and they perhaps saw things and understood things a lot differently than us. So we will again put the Bible in its historical context. Once again we will study His word taking in account the ancient Jewish culture of those first disciples. When we do and study the GREEK and not the English, we find there is a compelling alternative understanding to verses that supposedly suggest Jesus changed everything. Contemporary theologians say that these verses show that Jesus changed the Sabbath from its Biblical practice to the way the "church" does it today. The three verses we will study are shown below taken from the NASB version. We will study these verses in their historical context. When we do the view that Jesus changed, God changed, is seriously challenged.
VERSE 1 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come. When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem; (1Co 16:1-3)
VERSE 2 - On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. (Act 20:7-12)
VERSE 3 - I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." (Rev 1:9-11)
To continue your study on the Sabbath I strongly recommend the following books and resources ... (one's with * are a must)
* Kiesz, John. "A History of the Sabbath and Sunday." The Bible Sabbath Association (January 1, 1983). Free download at this link - http://www.truthontheweb.org/KieszHis...
Nichols, J. T. “The Origin of the Hebrew Sabbath.” The Old and New Testament Student, vol. 12, no. 1, 1891, pp. 36–42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3157542
* Hay, Malcolm. "THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIAN ANTI SEMITISM." Available at Amazon.
Dr. Shumel Safrai, “The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious...Vols. 1 and 2.”
* Bacchiocchi, Samule. "From Sabbath to Sunday." (1977) Rome, Italy. Pontifical Gregorial University Press. Free download at this link - http://www.anym.org/pdf/from_Sabbath_...
Encyclopedia Judaica. 1972. Keter Publishing. Jerusalem:Israel.
"Feasts and the Holidays, the Mo’edim." https://hebrew4christians.com/Holiday...
Flusser, David. "Judaism and the Origins of Christianity." 1988. Magness Press. Jerusalem.
Hayyim, Schauss. "The Jewish Festivals." © 1938
"The Jewish Encyclopedia." www.jewishencyclopedia.com
Levine, Lee. 2005. "The Ancient Synagogue: the First Thousand Years." 2nd Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press.
* Stern, David. Jewish New Testament Commentary. 1996. Jewish New Testament Publications. Clarksfield:Maryland.
Stern, David. The Complete Jewish Bible. 1998. Jewish New Testament
* Wilson, Marvin. Our Father Abraham. 1989. W.B. Eerdman’s. Grand Rapids:MI. Contours of Hebrew Thought.
Finally, here's a link to a chapter of one of my books I did for my classes. The content is based upon the sources above. Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdycam9yad7... A second link is related to Paul meeting in Troas on the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. Here's the link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/rmkqxbq18k3...
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 May 27, 2026
Wednesday May 27, 2026
Lesson 11 Part 2
The Bible was clearly meant for those the first ones to hear it. Like the Torah. It was meant for the Hebrews coming out of Egypt. The New Testament was written for the first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary. And once we understand what the "first hearers" heard and understood, we then an see how it relates to us. God gave them His word so they understood it and passed it down to us.
The Messianic Jewish believers lived in a Jewish culture 2000 years ago and they perhaps saw things and understood things a lot differently than us. So we will again put the Bible in its historical context. Once again we will study His word taking in account the ancient Jewish culture of those first disciples. When we do and study the GREEK and not the English, we find there is a compelling alternative understanding to verses that supposedly suggest Jesus changed everything. Contemporary theologians say that these verses show that Jesus changed the Sabbath from its Biblical practice to the way the "church" does it today. The three verses we will study are shown below taken from the NASB version. We will study these verses in their historical context. When we do the view that Jesus changed, God changed, is seriously challenged.
VERSE 1 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come. When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem; (1Co 16:1-3)
VERSE 2 - On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. (Act 20:7-12)
VERSE 3 - I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." (Rev 1:9-11)
To continue your study on the Sabbath I strongly recommend the following books and resources ... (one's with * are a must)
* Kiesz, John. "A History of the Sabbath and Sunday." The Bible Sabbath Association (January 1, 1983). Free download at this link - http://www.truthontheweb.org/KieszHis...
Nichols, J. T. “The Origin of the Hebrew Sabbath.” The Old and New Testament Student, vol. 12, no. 1, 1891, pp. 36–42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3157542
* Hay, Malcolm. "THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIAN ANTI SEMITISM." Available at Amazon.
Dr. Shumel Safrai, “The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious...Vols. 1 and 2.”
* Bacchiocchi, Samule. "From Sabbath to Sunday." (1977) Rome, Italy. Pontifical Gregorial University Press. Free download at this link - http://www.anym.org/pdf/from_Sabbath_...
Encyclopedia Judaica. 1972. Keter Publishing. Jerusalem:Israel.
"Feasts and the Holidays, the Mo’edim." https://hebrew4christians.com/Holiday...
Flusser, David. "Judaism and the Origins of Christianity." 1988. Magness Press. Jerusalem.
Hayyim, Schauss. "The Jewish Festivals." © 1938
"The Jewish Encyclopedia." www.jewishencyclopedia.com
Levine, Lee. 2005. "The Ancient Synagogue: the First Thousand Years." 2nd Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press.
* Stern, David. Jewish New Testament Commentary. 1996. Jewish New Testament Publications. Clarksfield:Maryland.
Stern, David. The Complete Jewish Bible. 1998. Jewish New Testament
* Wilson, Marvin. Our Father Abraham. 1989. W.B. Eerdman’s. Grand Rapids:MI. Contours of Hebrew Thought.
Finally, here's a link to a chapter of one of my books I did for my classes. The content is based upon the sources above. Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdycam9yad7... A second link is related to Paul meeting in Troas on the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. Here's the link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/rmkqxbq18k3...
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 May 26, 2026
Tuesday May 26, 2026
Does the Bible, specifically the New Testament, prove that Jesus changed the practices in Second Temple Judaism? Did Jesus do away with the old law, the TORAH, and start a new Sabbath on Sunday? It seems that if you study the New Testament in ENGLISH and separate it from the historical and ancient cultural context, the answer would be yes. However, the Bible was clearly meant for those first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary. God gave them His word so they understood it and passed it down to us. So, one might say they are the first audience. But, they are all Jewish, even Luke. There is a strong argument that Luke was Jewish. It isn't conclusive but very strong. Check it out at this link - https://www.levitt.com/essays/luke
Thus, these Jewish believers lived in a Jewish culture 2000 years ago and they perhaps saw things and understood things a lot differently than us. For on thing we have proof that the early church, those first believers, met for the Sabbath on Friday evening to Saturday evening.
(Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman, The Making of Jewish and Christian Worship (Notre Dame, 1991). And,
In Video 3 we will again put the Bible in its historical context. Once again we will study His word taking in account the ancient Jewish culture of those first disciples, the first Messianic believers. When we do and study the GREEK and not the English, we find there is a compelling alternative understanding to verses that supposedly suggest Jesus changed everything. The three verses we will study are shown below take from the NASB version.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come. When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem;
(1Co 16:1-3)
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. (Act 20:7-12)
I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." (Rev 1:9-11)
This is only a short introduction. It is a deep and expansive subject that can not be completely addressed in a 40 to 60 minutes video. Thus, to continue your study on the Sabbath I strongly recommend the following books and resources ...
Kiesz, John. "A History of the Sabbath and Sunday." The Bible Sabbath Association (January 1, 1983). Free download at this link -
http://www.truthontheweb.org/KieszHistory.htm
Nichols, J. T. “The Origin of the Hebrew Sabbath.” The Old and New Testament Student, vol. 12, no. 1, 1891, pp. 36–42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3157542
Hay, Malcolm. "THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIAN ANTI SEMITISM." Available at Amazon.
Dr. Shumel Safrai, “The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious...Vols. 1 and 2.”
Bacchiocchi, Samule. "From Sabbath to Sunday. (1977)." Rome, Italy. Pontifical Gregorial University Press. Free download at this link - http://www.anym.org/pdf/from_Sabbath_to_Sunday_samuele_bacchiocchi.pdf
Encyclopedia Judaica. 1972. Keter Publishing. Jerusalem:Israel.
"Feasts and the Holidays, the Mo’edim." https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/holidays.html
Flusser, David. "Judaism and the Origins of Christianity." 1988. Magness Press. Jerusalem.
Hayyim, Schauss. "The Jewish Festivals." © 1938
"The Jewish Encyclopedia." www.jewishencyclopedia.com
Levine, Lee. 2005. "The Ancient Synagogue: the First Thousand Years." 2nd Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Stern, David. Jewish New Testament Commentary. 1996. Jewish New Testament Publications. Clarksfield:Maryland.
Stern, David. The Complete Jewish Bible. 1998. Jewish New Testament
Wilson, Marvin. Our Father Abraham. 1989. W.B. Eerdman’s. Grand Rapids:MI. Contours of Hebrew Thought.
Finally, here's a link to a chapter of one of my books I did for my classes. The content is based upon the sources above. Link -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdycam9yad7ekax/e%20Lesson5..signbetweenus..2019..137..188.pdf?dl=0
A second link is related to Paul meeting in Troas on the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. Here's the link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/rmkqxbq18k3cmeq/SABBATH%20IN%20TROAS%20AND%20REVELATION.pdf?dl=0
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 May 25, 2026
Monday May 25, 2026
This is another awesome example of scripture that testifies of Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ. We will study the event of the Golden Calf and God will teach us in His TORAH, His instructions, that He had a plan for Israel. He had an awesome purpose for His treasured possession (Exod. 19:5) It all relates to John 3:16 and the love the Lord has for all, the whole world. But, the Hebrews failed and chose another god, a god of gold, a bull calf. They didn’t give up on the one true God, they just disobeyed Him in making an animal to represent the one God, the only God, יהוה Yahvay (I pronounce His name Yahvay and not Yahway since Hebrew has no W sound so it is an error to say Yahway for His name). Yahvay put this in His Ten Statements, His Ten Commandments, that we are not to make an image to represent the Lord. The Hebrews did. And they did not follow His commands and went their own way.
Once again, I brought up the likelihood that the Hebrews had assimilated into the Egyptian culture. The Hebrews cried out in Exod. 2:23. But, it is more than cried out. The Hebrew word is za'aka זעק H2199 which is shriek or scream in deep anguish or terror. On top of that the Hebrews cried out to no one! In Exod. 2:23 they cried out - to who? God heard them but they did not cry out, shriek in deep pain, to the Lord. Later, at the sea before they crossed over, one they were reintroduced to the God of Abraham, we read in Exod. 14:10 that Israel cried out TO THE LORD. We miss that. We think they cried out to the Lord in Exod. 2:23. That is putting words in the Bible that aren't there. They didn't know the God of their fathers anymore. What happened? What's going on?
The answer - 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. The Hebrews after hundreds of years were deeply imbedded into the Egyptian culture and ways. Here's the link to study that the Hebrews assimilated into Egypt – https://halakhaoftheday.org/2023/03/29/from-propsperty-to-assimilationn/
Here’ a link to lesson 4 part 2 in this series where we study this idea. It is seemingly proven from the very word of God. Here’s the link - https://youtu.be/9tY5N0mAJ2I?si=BQ2ID2W8eVXZT1xb
I did an “AI” search (artificial intelligence) of the Apis Bull in ancient Egypt. I came up with the following. I know a lot about the Apis Bull from my days traveling and doing research in Egypt plus my own personal study. The “AI” material is right on. So here it is in its entirety. I do this just in case you want to expand your study to learn more about the Apis Bull and ancient Egypt.
AI SEARCH ON THE APIS BULL – MAY 2026
The Apis bull was a sacred animal in ancient Egypt, serving as a living manifestation of the god Ptah and, during its life, a powerful symbol of the pharaoh’s vitality, strength, and divine right to rule. As a direct connection between the gods and the kingdom, the Apis bull reinforced the legitimacy of the monarch and was frequently referred to as the "strong bull" in royal inscriptions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Connection to the Pharaoh
- Symbol of Power: The Apis bull directly symbolized the fertility, power, and vitality of the pharaoh.
- "Strong Bull" Titles: Pharaohs often used titles such as "Strong Bull of His Mother" to equate themselves with the sacred animal.
- Ritual Union: During the Sed festival (rejuvenation ceremony), the pharaoh participated in rituals with the bull to absorb its divine power, often described as running or walking with the Apis.
- Divine Manifestation: The bull was considered an earthly avatar of Ptah (creator god) and, upon death, united with Osiris to become Osiris-Apis. [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Worship and Life
- Selection: Priests selected the bull based on strict, specific markings, including a black coat, a white triangle on the forehead, an eagle-shaped mark on the back, and a beetle-shaped mark under the tongue.
- Royal Treatment: Once selected, the Apis lived in a specialized "House of Apis" in Memphis, treating the bull with the same reverence and luxury as a pharaoh.
- Afterlife: When the Apis died, it was mummified and buried with immense fanfare in a dedicated cemetery known as the Serapeum at Saqqara. [2, 8, 9, 10]
[1] https://www.ancientegyptblog.com/?p=3313
[3] https://www.magellantv.com/articles/by-the-horns-of-apis-ancient-egypts-noble-bullgod
[4] https://egyptatours.com/what-is-apis-bull/
[5] https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/bull-apis-e39829/
[6] https://templeofathena.blog/2016/08/18/god-of-the-month-club-apis-the-living-bull-god-of-egypt/
[7] https://www.livius.org/articles/religion/apis/
[9] https://egypt-museum.com/cows-bulls-in-ancient-egypt/
[10] https://x.com/archeohistories/status/1939677557500293212
In this lesson the Bible supports the idea that Aaron was complicit in the event of the Golden Bull Calf. Orthodix Jewish Rabbis, however, stick up for Aaron and try to argue he is totally innocent with regards to the Golden Bull Calf incident. Their views are merely opinion not based upon God's word and in fact are dismissive of the word when it says that Aaron is guilty and the Lord will destroy him along with all Israel. Their views are totally unacceptable and in great error.
Aaron may not have participated in the worship of the Golden Bull Calf, but he made the molten image and thus got all Israel to sin grievously against the Lord. That Aaron was found guilty is clear in the very words of God Himself and God wanted to destroy all Israel and AARON!!
"The LORD spoke further to me, saying, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people. 'Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' "(Deu 9:13-14)
"The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time." (Deu 9:20)
Here's some links that will add to your study with regards to Aaron’s guilt in this terrible event of the Golden Bull Calf.
ARTICLE ON AARON’S GUILT FROM CHABAD – AN ORTHODIX JEWISH SITE - https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/860977/jewish/Why-Did-Aaron-Make-the-Golden-Calf.htm
ARTICLE ON AARON’S GUILT FROM www.GotQuestions.org - https://www.gotquestions.org/Aaron-golden-calf.html
In this lesson we hear God say,
"They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them ..." (Exo 32:8)
What is God's WAY that He wanted the Hebrews to follow? The Hebrew word for the word WAY is derekh (דֶּרֶךְ). It is the word used in Genesis 3 when the Lord shows the WAY back to the Garden was closed and guarded by two mighty Khrooveem (not cherubs). The WAY to the Father was blocked. Now in Exodus 32 God talks about His WAY, His derekh (דֶּרֶךְ) He wants the Hebrews to follow. Later, the Lord comes to us and He says in John 14 that, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (Joh 14:6) So, what might he Lord be getting at? What is the lesson?
I suggest it seems to be summed up in the first verses of Psalm 119.
How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the LORD. How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart. They also do no unrighteousness; They walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, That we should keep them diligently. Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes!
(Psa 119:1-6)
In TORAH the Lord gives us His intruction to live as His people, His chosen ones. We are to liv in such a way that our lives show we are lovng the Lord God and serving Him by living as per His word, the Written Word. But then He came to us. Yeshua. He is the Living Word. In John 14 we read that Yeshua says if we are His true disciples He is in us and we in Him. We abide together. And as true branches of the "true vine" that is Yeshua we are to be fruitful so that our work in Yeshua keeps until the final harvest of the Vinedresser, the Father, and show ourselves to be His disciples. We live to be His People of THE WAY,
derekh (דֶּרֶךְ).
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?
(Ferret - somewhere on the Jordan River in northern Galilee)
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 May 24, 2026
Sunday May 24, 2026
Shavuot - Episode 7
Let’s consider those amazing connections between what happened at Sinai and during Pentecost shortly after Jesus’ ascension. These amazing connections are pictures to us today of God's amazing power to bring us to a deeper and more enhanced understanding that the feasts of the Lord, all eight of them, are shadows of the Messiah. Consider …
- Both events occurred on mountains known as "the mountain of God."
- Exo 24:13 So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. (Ex. 24:13; Isa. 2:3). The mountain of God in the Sinai when the Lord gives the Ten Commandments.
- But, the mountain of God moves. The Lord changes its location.
- Consider what we read in the book of Isaiah, “And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.’ For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Isa 2:3 )
- Or in the book of Joel we read, “Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more.” (Joe 3:17)
- Then again in the book of Micah, “And it will come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, ‘Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths.’ For from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Mic 4:1-2)
- Both events happened on day 50.
- They arrived at Sinai in the third month on the very day (Ex. 19:1). “In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.” (Ex. 19:1)
- In Hebrew “on that very day” means they arrived on the third day of the third month exactly 50 days after their first Passover meal in Egypt. The feast of Shavuot is to happen on the 50th day after the weekly sabbath during Passover and Unleavened Bread (Lev. 23:15-16).
- Both involved similar sounds and symbols, such as wind, fire, and voices (Ex. 19:16-19; Acts 2:1-3).
- Note that the Hebrew for "thunder" (kolot) means "voices" (Acts 2:4).
- Jewish tradition said that the Israelites heard God speak in 70 languages or, to translate direct from the Hebrew, God spoke in tongues!
- Both events involved the presence of God (Ex. 19:18,20; Acts 2:4).
- About 3,000 people died because of their sin when Moses received the Torah (Ex. 32:28). About 3,000 people believed (were born again into new life) when the Spirit came (Acts 2:41).
- At Mount Sinai, God wrote his revelation on stone tablets (Ex. 31:18). On the fulfillment of Pentecost, God wrote his law on people's hearts as he had promised He would (2 Cor. 3:3; Jer. 31:33).
- Torah means "teaching." The Spirit, given on Shavuot, also became the "Teacher" of the new community of Jesus' followers (John 14:26)
- Many Jews from all over the world heard in their own language from a bunch of kids, young men and women, who only knew Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. These 120 disciples of Yeshua received "power" and spoke in other language they didn't know or understand.
- All the people, probably hundreds of thousands at the Temple on Shavuot, heard the Gospel!! Peter did a short five minute speech and 3000 wanted to be baptized. It was as if it was SINAI REPEATED!! This is part of what Jesus meant when He said they’d receive “power.”
- Both events were times when God’s people entered a NEW covenant with the Lord.
- Israel became a new nation, a nation of priests, and nation that would be the light of the world (Ex. 19:6, Isa. 49:6).
- And, for us, we have entered a NEW covenant with the Lord as we take the cup of Messiah in His Last Seder meal (Luke 22:20).
- We too become a new people, a new nation, a royal priesthood (1 Pet. 2:9-10). We to are to be the light of the world (Mat.5:14, Acts 1:7-8). But, this time, this covenant is the covenant to restore all people to Himself as our sins our totally cleansed and forgiven.
- This is the final covenant for Jew and Gentile to become one flock with one shepherd, the Good Shepherd, the Messiah Jesus (John 10:14-16). The Shadow of Messiah.
- On Shavuot there is a special sacrifice. Amazingly it uses two loaves of LEAVENED BREAD (Lev. 23:17). Is God giving us a picture that Jew and Gentile are a new people, a new culture, a holy nation, His two flocks coming together as ONE permeated and saturated with His Holy Spirit dwelling in us and through us? Is God helping us see that His Bible is ONE book, about ONE God, about ONE Gospel, ONE Baptism, and ONE Savor of all – Yeshua!
