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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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Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Does the Bible, specifically the New Testament, prove that Jesus changed everything? 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
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Moses does not want to return to Egypt and do what the Lord God wants him to do. In this lesson we study Exod. 4:1-12 and hear Moses’ second, third, and fourth objections. In the next lesson we will finally get to Moses’ fifth objection and it will be clear in his own words that he does not any part of this. Would you?
One objection Moses brings up on this lesson is he can’t speak very well; it seems Torah is implying he may have a speech problem. It can not be proved if Moses did have a physical impairment or stuttered. Those are only opinions. Putting aside speculation we see Moses has an excuse but God has the answer. What is significant about this part of the events we are studying is at this exact part of the events at the burning bush, Moses is declared God’s prophet.
At this point I wanted to make sure we study the real definition of a prophet of God. Today Christians say a prophet is one who foretells the future only. I hear this over and over again on the TV or the radio where we here about the end times, the rapture, and that prophets predict the future. This is not Biblical. A prophet, if one studies the Bible very carefully is simply God’s spokesman, one who proclaims God’s word. Better is to say a prophet as per the Bible is one who PROCLAIMS the words given by God or one who PREDICTS if God commands the prediction. So a prophet will predict and foretell the future. It is NOT their major duty as God's spokesman (or woman!). Consider the answer to the question of who or what is a prophet from Judaism 101 …
What is a Prophet?
(Accessed 4/18/2021 @ https://www.jewfaq.org/prophet.htm)
Many people today think of a prophet as any person who sees the future. While the gift of prophecy certainly includes the ability to see the future, a prophet is far more than just a person with that ability.
A prophet is basically a spokesman for G-d, a person chosen by G-d to speak to people on G-d's behalf and convey a message or teaching. Prophets were role models of holiness, scholarship and closeness to G-d. They set the standards for the entire community.
The Hebrew word for a prophet, navi (Nun-Beit-Yod-Alef) comes from the term niv sefatayim meaning "fruit of the lips," which emphasizes the prophet's role as a speaker.
A prophet is not necessarily a man. Scripture records the stories of seven female prophets, listed below, and the Talmud reports that Sarah's prophetic ability was superior to Abraham's.
According to some views, prophecy is not a gift that is arbitrarily conferred upon people; rather, it is the culmination of a person's spiritual and ethical development. When a person reaches a sufficient level of spiritual and ethical achievement, the Shechinah (Divine Spirit) comes to rest upon him or her. Likewise, the gift of prophecy leaves the person if that person lapses from his or her spiritual and ethical perfection.
The greatest of the prophets was Moses. It is said that Moses saw all that all of the other prophets combined saw, and more. Moses saw the whole of the Torah, including the Prophets and the Writings that were written hundreds of years later. All subsequent prophecy was merely an expression of what Moses had already seen. Thus, it is taught that nothing in the Prophets or the Writings can be in conflict with Moses' writings, because Moses saw it all in advance.
The Talmud states that the writings of the prophets will not be necessary in the World to Come, because in that day, all people will be mentally, spiritually and ethically perfect, and all will have the gift of prophecy.
So here in Exodus 4 Moses is told he will be given words to speak to Israel and to Egypt. Moses is now a prophet. It isn’t what Moses is but what he does that makes him a prophet.
For the most part Moses is the greatest prophet ever in the Hebrew scriptures. However, God gives his spokesman, Moses, words to speak that are a prediction. Moses influenced by the Lord predicts the coming of the Messiah in Deut. 18:15-18. Messiah will be like Moses and Moses will be like the Messiah. We have a mirror image.
A great website to study our Jewish roots is www.Hebrew4Christians.com. At this website one can find an awesome detailed article that the Bible relates Moses and the future Messiah. The Jewish rabbis caught it and we learn from them. Here’s the link to the article. Link - click here for the article at Hebrew4Christians
In this lesson I mentioned a picture I found on the internet which is a great way to show how the Bible connects the first redeemer, Moses, to the ultimate redeemer, Messiah Jesus, to each other. See the picture below. The verses verifying each of the statements are easy to find and is a worthwhile task for you.
I also mentioned a vidcast available from Light of Menorah. This video lesson entitled, “The Mirror of Passover,” a video lesson going into this connection in a deeper and more complete way. It is clear, God is saying to us that the Exodus and the Passover and the Lamb of God and the Cross are intimately connected. We can not have one without the other. Here’s the link to the video - click here for the video lesson, The Mirror of Passover
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 Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
This is part 2 of session 4. Here we will ask why unleavened bread? Christians say that leaven represents sin. Well, yes and no. We are not ancient Hebrews. We never lived in ancient Egypt 3500 year ago. If we did we'd see something totally different. Why? Because the Bible was written to those Hebrews who were slaves in Egypt and prior to their slavery had adopted the ways and the gods of Egypt. We need to hear what they heard and see what they saw and try and understand a they did so we can rightly understand what God is teaching us and telling. This has a direct impact on the bread Jesus took and said that it was HIS body. This is too amazing.
And we will get into the issue of what day did Jesus have His Last Supper, the Passover Meal of the Messiah? If you read Matt 26:17 and say that it is correct then Jesus died on a Saturday if you think Jesus died in 33 A.D. - it results in us contradicting the Bible! And what about the Last Supper - did Jesus do a Seder? He never did!! He couldn't have. Why? He is God and He gave us the Torah and He never changes and will never go against His own commands. Just because some in Jesus' day did the Passover meal on days they decided were right, we don't listen to their ideas that are not connected to God's word. So hang to your seats. This session will blow you away.
Here's the links for articles and a video that will enhance your studies in this 4th session.
LINK - article on the Egyptian god Amun - https://www.ancient.eu/amun/
LINK - article on the Egyptian god Ra - https://www.arce.org/resource/ra-creator-god-ancient-egypt
LINK - article on the location of the upper room - https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/jesus-last-supper-tomb-of-david/
LINK - article on the origins of the Seder - https://schechter.edu/the-origins-of-the-seder/
LINK - video lesson entitled "The Mirror of Passover." This takes this series and expands upon it even further. The Passover of Adonai is an amazing event that seems to provide a mirror the Lamb of God and the Passover Lamb and the new creation in Genesis and the new creation in the book of Revelation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipaeu7AQZ8Y&t=836s
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
This is a special VIDEO lesson, “His Highness’ Heavy Heart” in the Bible study series, “The Gospel According to Moses – Exodus,” and in Exod. 7:1-3 we read ...
Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt." (Exo 7:1-3)
So, is it true that we need to rewrite John 3:16 to say that God so loved the world, except Pharaoh, and gave His only son for all, except Pharaoh, and God took away his free will? So, Pharaoh had no choice. He was a robot. Like the idea of “once saved always saved” in that we are robots and we have no choice in our salvation. Never did understand those who are Calvinists. So, for John Calvin, Pharaoh was condemned right from the get go? All is pre-determined. Pharaoh was created by God and forced to do what God wanted and not his own inclinations? How can this be true?
It isn't!!
God NEVER hardened Pharaoh's heart. In Biblical Hebrew it is impossible. Matter of fact there are three separate and distinct Hebrew words that are translated "to be hardened" and they do not come close to meaning that. What's going on? Come and see.
To access the video lesson simply go to the website, www.LightofMenorah.org, and click on the You Tube icon on the right hand side. Or simply click on this link - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvcIXun2BQDIw6myuMPTvlWHUu9AJqXip
You'll be taken to the video channel for Light of Menorah. Once there simply scroll the list of vidcasts (videos) to find lesson 20.
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 Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
This is lesson 2 of the special VIDEO lessons entitled, “His Highness’ Heavy Heart.” In Exod. 7:1-3 we read ...
Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt." (Exo 7:1-3)
In these lessons we will study under a famous rabbi who is a Hebrew scholar from the 16th century, Rabbi Sforno. He was deeply disturbed that He who gave man his free will would somehow take it away. Rabbi Sforno knew that this is not the God we believe in for both Jew and Gentile. Rabbi Sforno shows a strong argument that God NEVER hardened Pharaoh's heart. In Biblical Hebrew it is impossible. What's going on? Come and see. Once again we see how much we miss by not studying the Bible in its historical context and its ancient cultural context.
To access the video lesson simply go to the website, www.LightofMenorah.org, and click on the "You Tube" icon on the right hand side. You'll be taken to the video channel for Light of Menorah. Once there simply scroll the list of vidcasts (videos) to find lesson 21. It should be first in the list.
Here are some awesome links to enhance your study.
1) Where did I get this from? I got it from the Jewish Torah site called Aleph/Beta - here's the link to the lesson - click herehttps://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/why-did-god-harden-pharaohs-heart
2) Free book by Dr. John Currid - an outstanding theologian, archaeologist, and Egyptologist who helps us understand the polemic theology of the Torah and the Egyptian background to the question did God harden Pharaoh's heart - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9wvy3w2rx9zuwmv/Against%20the%20Gods%20John%20Currid.pdf?dl=0
3) Link to an article reviewing Dr. Currid's definition of polemic theology - this is a must read for you if you are in anyway serious about understanding the Bible - click herehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/11wv18rc80zz535/Currid%20Why%20Did%20God%20Harden%20Pharaoh.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
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Esau is not the man for the job. Yes, he is the first born. But, just because he is the first born, theבְּכוֹר Bekor H1060, he has tasks and responsibilities even before his dad passes away. He becomes a teammate with his dad. They together work to help the family with all its needs, they stand together to protect the family, they make sure all are safe and healthy, and the first born and the dad do all they can to make sure the family stays together. Esau, however, is seemingly focused only on hunting, the outdoors, adventure, fun, and not the day to day family business. It must’ve been a big job to stay home and take care of the massive holdings that Isaac was blessed with as we read.
Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. (Gen 26:12-14)
In this lesson we will delve into this more. I bring up Ken Baily’s book, “Jacob and the Prodigal.” Ken is an awesome Biblical scholar with many books and articles he has written. One I highly recommend is, “Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.” Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables. Through it all, Bailey employs his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture to lead us into a deeper understanding of the person and significance of Jesus within his own cultural context.
But, in his book, “Jacob and the Prodigal,” he shows us amazing connections between the parable of Jesus and the story involving Jacob and Esau. For example, here are 15 connections between these two.
- In both stories there are three major players: a father and two sons
- The blessing/inheritance is a critical part of both stories.
- In both stories the younger son seeks advantages from the father using dishonorable methods and succeeds
- In both stories the younger son is estranged from both the father and the older brother.
- In both stories the younger son goes to a far country.
- The older son remains at home in both stories.
- The younger son becomes a herder in the far country in both stories.
- In both stories the younger son decides to return home, but is afraid of how he will be received.
- Both younger sons show no remorse.
- In both stories there is a divine visitation – the man who wrestles with Jacob and the father who symbolizes God.
- In both stories the younger son receives the three-fold welcome of running, falling on the neck and kissing (In all of scripture this trilogy only appears in Gen 33:4 and Luke 15:20!)
- In both stories the older brother is angry about the return of the younger.
- In both stories the younger son is reconciled to the family.
- In both stories there is a concern that the younger son return in peace (Gen 28:21; Lk 15:27)
- Each story is critical for the community that remembers and tells the story.
For us we will consider this parable and other sources to study two major concepts. The first is the first born, or the Bekor, and the Bet Av, the house of the father. One great resource is Ray Vander Laan's lessons from Israel and the Middle East. Here is a "free" video where Ray focuses on the concept of the Bet Av - the father's house (pronounced bate av). Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm7S101cyJM
As we study these we will gain a deeper and more expansive understanding of the Jacob and Esau story. We will perhaps even gain a deeper appreciation of why Rebecca did what she did to have Jacob deceive Isaac to get the blessing of the first born.
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 Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Is Jacob a “mama’s boy?” It says in Gen. 25:27 he was a peaceful man living in tents and his mama, Rebecca, preferred Jacob over Esau. What we will find is Jacob is no mama’s boy. He is תָּם TAM H8535. In the Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon we get the picture of a complete man, a mature grown man, one who lacks nothing. This is no mama’s boy. He is a man you seemingly can count on do face his responsibilities, ready to go the extra mile.
And we read about Jacob being a man of the tents. That means he is attending to family business. He’s not out hunting and having fun like Esau. Jacob is one dedicated to the Bet Av (pronounced “Bate Av”) of the house of the father, the tents of Isaac. Once we put the Bible back into those days around 2000 B.C., into the culture of those days, we will then see that perhaps why Rebecca preferred Jacob over Esau is that Jacob was the one who would preserve the family and keep it together after Isaac died. Rebecca was an awesome woman and she seems to have a clear motive to deceive Isaac using Jacob – give Jacob the blessing of the first born to preserve the Bet Av, the family and keep it from Esau who was out all the time having fun hunting and not doing what he should be doing, being and acting like the first born.
I mentioned two other topics in this lesson. One is that Arabs are not descendants of Ishmael. Arabs are Polyethnic and come from a number of ancient peoples. One of those ancient peoples were around from 3000 B.C. to about 300 B.C. They existed at least 1000 years before Abraham was even born. Here’s a link to lesson 27 in this series. In this lesson you can learn about real Bible dating based upon real history and archaeology. In this lesson you’ll see that 2000 B.C. is an approximate time of Abraham’s birth. Here’s the link – https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8qb22-f6e039
I also mentioned a website that discusses this issue. Here’s a link to a website. Not the best but at least a beginning for those of you who want to study this further. Link - https://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-arabs-descendants-of-ishmael.htm
Related to this is my paper that proves that Allah is NOT the God of the Bible. This is a false claim made even by some Evangelicals. Even the pop himself "hinted" at this in a speech he did. Here’s the link to the paper. Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qve66ohtl87gygb/The%20Bible%2C%20Adonai%2C%20Allah%20and%20the%20Quran%20-%20Who%20is%20Who.pdf?dl=0
Finally, we address the location of Mt. Sinai. Some say it is in southern Saudi Arabia on the west coast. If that is the case these so called scholars must move the Wilderness of Shur, which we read about in these verses in Genesis, from its precise Biblical location to the western shores of Saudi Arabia on the Gulf of Aqaba. These pseudo-scholars have changed the wording of the Bible so that it agrees to their belief that is held only as a remote theory by real Christian and religious Jewish scholars and archaeologists.
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
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
In lesson 60 we will continue our study of Isaac. Again and again we will see that even though Isaac is seemingly of less importance than his dad, Abraham, or his son, Jacob, nevertheless, Isaac is a “big deal.” Isaac is thus one of the Jewish Patriarchs and his position in this elite group of Bible characters is just as critical as the others.
One thing we will see again is the truth of this phrase first coined by Rabbi Moses ben Maimon or better known in Judaism as Rambam. In his commentary on Genesis that he wrote in the Middle Ages, Rambam noticed something and thus wrote …
מה שאירע לאבות סימן לבנים
Mah Shayra L’Avot Seeman L’Banim
“What happened to the fathers is a sign for the sons.”
Rambam Berescheit 12:6
In this lesson Isaac has problems with a Philistine named Abimelech and his herdsmen regarding wells. But, this happened to his father as well. There’s more. Isaac is the promised one to Abraham and Sarah. Isaac’s birth is miraculous! Sarah was beyond child bearing years but God took care of that. This repeats in Isaac’s life. Rebecca could not have children and Isaac prayed for his beautiful Rebecca for 20 years! God answered that prayer and Rebecca conceived. One might say another birth controlled by the hand of the Lord. This then reminds us of Yeshua, Jesus. He is the promised one just like Isaac. Jesus’ birth was an unbelievable miracle as the birth of Isaac and then later the birth of Jacob and Esau. Now we see what Rambam saw and why he wrote …
מה שאירע לאבות סימן לבנים
Mah Shayra L’Avot Seeman L’Banim
“What happened to the fathers is a sign for the sons.”
Rambam Berescheit 12:6
It is almost as if God is showing us that when we see events in the lives of Bible characters that repeat in a pattern later, it is a if God is saying, “I engineered all this. This is all by my hand. You can tell by how one event or one character is reflected in the lives and events of those that came below."
There is a Messianic congregation I know and respect. Their lead teacher wrote an article that relates to the saying of Rambam. Here’s the link to the article. This will add to your understanding. Link - https://rabbiyeshua.com/articles-by-kehilat/item/58-faith-of-our-fathers
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
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
We’ve all heard the expression, “like father like son.” In this lesson we will see how this relates to Abraham and his son Isaac.
Perhaps, for many of us, we look upon Isaac as a minor Biblical character. His story is not very long in the Torah in Genesis. Matter of fact in the Hebrew Scriptures there are about 200 some verses connected to Abraham and about 100 for Isaac; Isaac seems to be not as important as his dad. But, this is a wrong view.
In this lesson we will see some amazing aspects of his life, Isaac’s life, and this will result in one conclusion; Isaac and his life is a big big deal. We will see that things in Abraham’s life seemingly are repeated in the life of Isaac. I wonder if this is where the rabbis got their insight into a Biblical concept they saw. It is captured in the phrase מַעֲשֵׂה אֲבוֹת סִימָן לַבָּנִים - Ma'asay Avot Seeman L’Baneem or “The deeds of the fathers are signs for the children.” So if one looks at Abraham’s life some of the events are signs or predictions for Isaac. In lessons 54 and 55 in this series we began to see that this was connected to Jesus as well. Indeed the rabbinic concept that “the deeds of the fathers are signs for the children,” is demonstrated in the unbelievable links between יִצְחָק Yeetzack and יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshua, Isaac and Jesus. We will see this continue in this lesson and in lesson 60.
Here are the links to lesson 54 and 55. Perhaps you have already listened to them. It might be good to go back and review. If you haven’t listened to those lessons, I highly recommend you go back, listen to them, and gain a more complete picture and understanding of the awesome standing of Isaac. So, here’s the links …
Lesson 54 – https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8zhit-1139596
Lesson 55 - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-w7b5j-11507a8
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