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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 Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
In Genesis chapter 4 we come to an interesting character, Lamech. He's not the father of Noah since that Lamech was a descendant of Seth. This Lamech in chapter 4 is the great great great grandson of Cain. He seems to be an unforgiving character just like his ancestor Cain; Lamech talking to his two wives said if someone hurts him he will have his revenge seventy and sevenfold; that means a whole lot. His worldview was clearly not the worldview of the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, the worldview of Judaism; it was distinctly opposed to our Christian worldview and Jesus' teaching.
Jesus uses this account of Lamech to give His disciples 2000 years ago the counter worldview to Lamech. As a Jewish rabbi He teaches from the Torah to help them and us know the truth of God's word and the truth of how we are to live as His holy people. Jesus uses the Torah, the only Bible they had in Jesus' day, to teach the gospel since the Father had already inspired Moses to write about the gospel in the Torah. But how? Come and join us and let's dig deep.
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
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
The Light of Menorah special Chanukah video series coming 11/27. All instructions to access the series will be announced here on the website Saturday 11/27 at 6 pm.
The series is entitled, "Chanukah: Return of the King." It is possible that the Lord uses this man-made festival (not commanded by God in the Bible) celebrated in December to teach about His return. Interesting. Christmas is a man-made festival not commanded by God in His word that happens in December where we celebrate the first coming of Messiah. So, perhaps, there is a reason for real disciples of Rabbi Jesus to begin to do Chanukah. Here's the schedule of the videos and when they will be available ...
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
I often wondered sometimes, how events in the Hebrew Scriptures related to me today in the 21st century. I often wondered what Jesus meant in John 5:39 when He taught us that all scripture testified of Him. All they had the when He taught that was the Hebrew Scriptures. They did not have the New Testament. But, over and over again I see the Lord is spot on! His TORAH speaks to us today. Just wait to see how the death of Sarah and Abraham's actions teach us what it means to be a true disciple of Adonai Yeshua.
Sarah dies and Abraham ACTS. He just doesn't sit there and wait to see if the Lord wants him to buy the cave at Machpelah to bury his beloved wife. On top of that Abraham acts again in chapter 24. He doesn't just sit there and wait for God to bring Isaac a wife. Abraham acts.
We are his sons and daughters as Paul teaches in Gal. 3:7 and if Consider those who hold to the belief in the rapture. Some Christians are waiting for the Rapture. Waiting? NO!! Don't sit there, the Lord told you to GO. Don’t believe me then listen to His very words in Matt 28:19, Mark 16:16, and John 15:16.
(Mat 28:19) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit …”
(Mar 16:15-16) And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.”
(Joh 15:16) "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.”
In all three verses there is the word “GO.” In our own day don’t sit and study the end times and try and figure out the signs of the times and think you are doing well as a disciple of Adonai Yeshua. He said “GO” and bear fruit and that our fruit is ever ripe and ever fresh for the purposes God has in His Kingdom. We are to “GO” and then …
(Joh 15:8) "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.”
So it is a lot more than studying the Bible. Are you bearing fruit? Are you like our father Abraham as Paul teaches in Gal. 3:7? Are you just sitting there waiting? Act! Get up and DO! Live to hear Him say the first time you and Yeshua are face to face, "Well done!"
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
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
What is a non-sequitur? From Merriam-Webbster we see that …
Definition of non sequitur
1: an inference (see INFERENCE sense 1) that does not follow from the premises (see PREMISE entry 1 sense 1)
specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative (see AFFIRMATIVE entry 1 sense 3) proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent (see CONSEQUENT entry 1 sense 1)
2: a statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said
Here’s an example. If someone asks what it's like outside and you reply, "It's 2:00," you've just used a non sequitur; you made a statement that does not follow what was being discussed. Shown below are five more simple examples.
- My refrigerator is acting up. I’d better finish that book by Friday.
- I read about a pitbull attack. Our neighbor owns a pitbull. My life is in danger.
- It's time to take my car in for service. I wonder if my stylist is available this Saturday.
- I had a crazy music teacher in elementary school. All music teachers are crazy.
- When it's sunny, I see my neighbor walking his dog. He must only walk the dog when the sun is out.
It is clear that one statement does not follow logically into the second. It also seems that in Genesis 22:20-24 we have a non-sequitur. Why after studying the awesome events of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, the child of promise, do we get this?
Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel." Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah. (Gen 22:20-24)
This seems so out of place. It seems like it doesn’t belong, it doesn’t follow. Why does the Lord inspire Moses to put this in in this place? It’s like a non-sequitur. Or is it? Remember, this is God’s word. Something is up. In this lesson will attempt to understand why these verses are put in here. The suggestions are powerful.
We will then turn our attention to Genesis 23. One thing we will focus on is the geography of Israel. Look at the map below. (Map is royalty free at Wikimedia)
Abraham was about 30 miles away from Sarah when Sarah died. Huh? This means they were not living together as married couple. This escapes most of us since we are so cutoff from understanding the geography of the Middle East as it relates to the Bible events. The geography tells us something. We missed it. There’s more to the events that preceded Sarah’s death. There’s more we missed that adds to a deeper understanding of the word of the Lord.
Lastly, we will focus on Abraham and his reliance, his dependency, his trust, or, one might say, his faith in God and that what God promised and what God said is true. Abraham's worldview is a total trust and reliance on the Lord. What's interesting is Abraham doesn't just sit there and not do anything. Abraham knows the promises of God and HE DOESN'T JUST SIT THERE, HE ACTS!! He acts in such a way that his actions show that he relies on the promises of the Lord and they are true even though not seen. This is the type of "father" we have as Paul teaches about us in Gal. 3:7. We are part of the family. He's our daddy. We should live and be believers who have the same faith, the same worldview of Abraham. So, Christian, don't just sit there, do something!!
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
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
We finally come to the amazing conclusion of our study on Genesis 22:1-9, the עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק Ahkaydah Yeetzack, the Binding of Isaac. Starting in lesson 49 we talked about that these verses are a CHIASM. You serious about learning the Bible? Really? Then you’d better review all three of these lessons, 49, 50 and this one, lesson 51. If you are serious about Bible study and knowing God’s word you need to understand that God inspires His writers of His books to use chiastic structures to focus on the main point of something the Lord wants to teach us. Here are the links for lesson 49 and 50 and a link to the video entitled, “The Mirror of Passover,” which together will help you understand what a chiasm is.
Link – lesson 49 – https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5v9ti-10f429a
Link – lesson 50 – https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fw95z-1104daf
Link – video, “The Mirror of Passover” - https://youtu.be/ipaeu7AQZ8Y
For עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק Ahkaydah Yeetzack, the Binding of Isaac, it is critical since understanding the chiasm of Gen. 22:1-19 takes us to the Cross of Christ. This is too amazing.
There are some amazing connections that come out of this chiasm. We will see three first born sons. We will see three lambs/rams. We will see three covenants and three mountains. We will see three names of the first born sons and all of the names begin with the same Hebrew letter … look …
יִצְחַק – Yeetzack (Isaac) – begins with יִ
יִשְׂרָאֵל – Yisrael (Israel) - begins with יִ
יְשׁוּעָה. – Yeshua (Jesus) – begins with יִ
Are you ready for this? Are you ready to learn what you ain’t gonna learn in Sunday school?
טוֹב, תִּהְיוּ מוּכָנִים, בּוֹאוּ נַתְחִיל - tov, tiheyu mukhaneem, bou natekhil – OK!! Get ready!! Let’s go!!
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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
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
I have so many awesome credible and scholarly resources for my study and research in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. Again, these books are critical for Christians to study since Jesus said in John 5:39 that ALL scripture testifies of Him. He said it sometime between 24-30 A.D. and all they had then was the Hebrew Scriptures; you know it as the Old Testament. Then the five books that were the primary books of the Bible was the Torah, the Books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. As we study these books we see Jesus. Without the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament is incomplete. The Bible is one book from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 and it all testifies of Jesus and the writers of the books of the New Testament relied heavily on Torah.
One resource I count on is the Torah commentary by Dr. John Currid. Yes, he is a Christian theologian but, and this is why I use it, John Currid is a proven archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. His commentary actually puts the words of Moses in their historical context. Thus, we can learn the who and the what and the how and the when to understand the why as one of my first teachers, Ray Vander Laan, taught me.
Doctor Currid shows something in his commentary on Genesis 22. He shows that Gen. 22:1-19 is a chiasm. Once you understand what a chiasm is then one can return to Gen. 22 and see the main point God is making. The chiasm is shown below. The verses are color coded to show how the verse colored in black are a reflection of the other verses in black. And the verses in red reflect the other verses in red in that the content is connected. The verse in blue are the center of the chiasm, like the point of a pyramid with the first half sloping up to the point and the 2nd half sloping down from the point.
(Gen 22:1)
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
(Gen 22:2)
He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."
(Gen 22:3)
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
(Gen 22:4)
On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
(Gen 22:5)
Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."
(Gen 22:6)
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
(Gen 22:7)
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
(Gen 22:8)
Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.
(Gen 22:9)
Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
(Gen 22:10)
Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
(Gen 22:11)
But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
(Gen 22:12)
He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."
(Gen 22:13)
Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
(Gen 22:14)
Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided."
(Gen 22:15)
Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
(Gen 22:16)
and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
(Gen 22:17)
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
(Gen 22:18)
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
(Gen 22:19)
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.
The entire structure is like a two lines. The beginning line slopes down from left to right and ends at a specific point. Once you reach the center, in this case the verses in blue, the rest of the verses are another line sloping down from right to left from the original starting point. Thus, the verses in black are connected by being reflections of each other. See below. This is a chiastic structure of the entire Bible. Pretty cool!! From Patheos.com 2017.
The central focus of the chiasm of Gen. 22 is the “silence” that is inherent in the verse colored in blue. Abraham can’t “see” God’s purpose and Isaac can’t see the sacrifice. God is silent. The father and the son go on together. In the Hebrew the wording suggests they go one with one mindset, one purpose. Abraham to obey God. Isaac to obey is father. They go on seemingly in silence to the amazing things God will show them on the mountain.
What I just wrote is not a sufficient explanation of this chiasm. I leave the listener to study with me in the podcast. Once you have the idea come back and add to what you think the central point God is making.
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
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Abraham and Isaac go up the mountain and Abraham will be tested by Adonai, the Lord, Yahvay. Abraham doesn’t even know he is being tested. The Lord wants to know what this Abraham is all about. Is his faith real? Or, is his faith just a bunch of words? Is Abraham truly committed to living for the Lord as his top focus, priority? God will test this and see if Abraham is willing to “slaughter” his own son, his Isaac, the first born of he and Sarah, the son who God is the is “promised one” to establish the covenant. Will Abraham give it all up to show his unwavering allegiance to the Lord?
This is a lesson for us as well. Paul teaches that if we are true believers we are sons and daughters of Abraham. Consider …
Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU." (Gal 3:7-8)
It seems God is telling us we are part of the family. It might be assumed therefore that we have the family characteristics – we are to be like our “father” Abraham. We have the same commitment, allegiance, and faith as he did. Do we? Would we pass the test that Abraham passed? Would we show our allegiance as he did to the Lord by being willing to kill our son or daughter or other special loved one cause God said it?
Jesus the Last Supper lifts up a cup of wine. It is the cup of the New Covenant. For the 11 disciples still at the Passover Meal that night, they may have seen this as a “picture.” Jesus was “proposing marriage” to the 11 and to us. Of course, Godly marriage is a covenant. Jesus is saying to drink the cup. It’s like a sign that we are entering more than a relationship but a relationship to Jesus that we are totally committed to Him and He to us. Look upon the New Covenant like a beautiful Godly marriage between a Godly man and a Godly woman - Jesus the Bridegroom and u the Bride. The New Covenant shows our mutual unwavering allegiance to Yeshua and He to us like a husband and wife. Check out the article on that goes into this in detail at the link below. Link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5ybtnm9r8iuymc/Last%20Supper%20_%20The%20Amazing%20Proposal%20better.pdf?dl=0
Once again in this lesson we again see how the scriptures in Torah testify of Jesus. These is an amazing connections between Isaac and Jesus. Below I am repeating a wonderful survey done by a pastor on these connections.
Consider …
PARALLELS BETWEEN ISAAC AND JESUS
Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 19, 2014
www.SermonCentral.com
- Both fulfilled PROMISES: Isaac was the long-promised son to Abraham (Genesis 12:3) and Jesus was the long-promised Messiah and Son of God (Genesis 3:15; 13:3, John 1:1-12)
- Both were the ONLY SON of their father: God said that Isaac was “Your son, your only son, whom you live…” to Abraham(Genesis 22: 2) and God also said “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased!” (Matthew 3:16, 17).
- Both had a MIRACULOUS BIRTH: Isaac was born to parents who were very old - Genesis 18:13 and Jesus was born of a virgin, Mary, and conceived by the Holy Spirit - Luke 1:34-35.
- Both had a conception and birth that was PRE-ANNOUNCED - Genesis 18:10 & Luke 1:30–31.
- Both were NAMED before their birth - Genesis 17:19 & Matthew 1:21.
- Both were MOCKED and persecuted by their own kindred - Genesis 21:9 & Mark 15:29–32.
- Both were UNDESERVING of their sacrificial death - Genesis 22:2, Luke 23:41.
- Both were sacrificed on a mountain chosen by God - Genesis 22:3 & Matthew 27:33.
- Both were LOVED by their fathers (Genesis 22:2; Matthew 3:16, 17).
- Both had a THREE-DAY experience: Isaac had a 3-day hike to Moriah and Jesus had 3 days from the cross to the grave to the resurrection.
- Both WERE accompanied by TWO MEN: Isaac by two servants (Genesis 22:3) and Jesus by two thieves (Matthew 27:38)
- Both carried their own WOOD: Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice (Genesis 22:6) and Jesus carried the crossbeam of his cross (John 19:17).
- Both SUBMITTED to their father: Isaac willingly laid down his life, submitting to his father (Genesis 22:9) and Jesus submitted to his Father’s will and laid down his life for our sin (Luke 22:42, Romans 5:8).
- Both asked a QUESTION of their father: Isaac asked Abraham “Here is the fire and the wood, Father, but where is the lamb? (Gen. 22:7) and Jesus cried “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” from the cross (Matthew 27:46).
- Both were BROUGHT BACK from the dead: Isaac was “brought back” figuratively (Genesis 22:12) by the faith of Abraham and Jesus rose from the dead 3 days after he was crucified (Matthew 28:6-7).
Finally ... get ready for lesson 49. We will study Genesis 22 as a CHIASM. Huh? What's that? Watch this video before you listen to lesson 49. Here's the link - https://youtu.be/ipaeu7AQZ8Y
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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
In lesson 47 we studied Orthodox Jewish Midrash or Orthodox Jewish Bible commentary. In lesson 47 it was shown that this is a common tool of the orthodox rabbis in orthodox Judaism. Many times their views and comments are found to be unbiblical, contradicting real archaeology and history, and sometimes even contradicting the actual Hebrew words or grammar. These orthodox rabbis even word their views and opinions in such a way that "it is their way or the highway."
Many Christians today in the 21st century have bought into their views and ideas unbeknownst to themselves. Some of these midrashim, these rabbinic statements as to the meaning of the Bible or statements as to questions or issues the Bible does not answer, have entered into Christian beliefs and Bible understanding and most Christians have no idea they are only opinions or views of men, rabbis yes, buy mere men. These views and ideas have become so entrenched in the beliefs of both Jews and non-Jews that the tradition has become solid granite - like the midrash that Chanukah is all about the miracle of the oil!
One of these views is that there is a mountain called Moriah as found in Gen. 22:1-2 and it this mountain that is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In lesson 47 it is shown that this is orthodox rabbinic midrash. Jewish sources are clear that it was the rabbis who determined this with no basis in fact. Their conclusions even contradict the actual Hebrew. The Bible in Hebrew is precise - Moriah is not a proper name and it not the name of a mountain; it is an ancient Hebrew noun that has dropped out of use by the time of the days of Jesus.
In this podcast we will continue our study and this time we will accept what the Bible says exactly in Hebrew and not orthodox rabbinic opinions and views. We will restudy Genesis 22 but this time we will use the word MORIAH as a place where something is seen. This is a possible meaning as as presented in the "Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary - Genesis." See below as to the high praise for the JPS series. It is one the best Jewish commentaries available today.
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So, to continue on about the noun "moriah." It is not a proper name but a noun describing a location where something appears. If we do and we consider three mountain, three separate mountains where something amazing was seen and experienced, we find that the rabbinic midrash is not as profound or penetrating.
So come. Join us. If we remove tradition, if we remove views and opinions, and if we study what the Bible actually says we come to a deeper and more intense understanding of THE VERY WORDS OF GOD.
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
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Many times in this series or in the series on Exodus I bring up rabbinic commentary commonly called in Judaism midrashim (מִדְרָשִׁים). In many cases these comments by the rabbis are unbiblical and are non-historical and sometimes change the meaning of the text of God’s word. A case in point is in lesson 46 of this series it was shown that there is no mountain called Moriah and the Temple Mount was not the place of the binding of Isaac. It is impossible historically, geographically, and etymologically (ie. Moriah in the actual Hebrew of the Bible is not even proper name if one understands the grammar rules of Hebrew). And yet, so many Jews and Gentiles still hold to the notion that there is a mountain called Moriah and it is the Temple Mount. This is how the rabbis change the meaning of the text of God’s word by their opinions and conjectures. This is why adding "fictional aspects" to the text of His word misleads and distorts the truth God is trying to convey.
Another example is the miracle of the oil on Chanukah. It never happened. Once again we are dealing with rabbinic midrash that appears hundreds of years after the events stated by a rabbi with no proof or backup. This “fiction” is then carried down to us and so many hold to the fictional addition to the God’s word.
This is why I am opposed to the new popular video series, “The Chosen.” It is taking the true Bible text and adding fictional stories that change the meaning of the His word. A scholarly writer of historical fiction will never warp the historical event and the historical facts of the event as they add to a fictional account related to the event. This is not the case for the creators of "The Chosen."
So, what is a Midrash? What is their purpose? How do we deal with Midrash? How do we begin to stop believing that everything some Jewish rabbi says is not “the gospel?” This lesson will explore these topics. It is important for you, if you continue in this series or the series on Exodus to understand.
I promised I give you some links to articles and other sources to expand your understanding on certain things brought up in this lesson. Here they are.
Link about the midrash of the tzeetzee-ot or tassels – click here
Link to an article on the mysterious land of Moriah - click here
Link about the midrash, the “fake news” about the miracle of the oil at Chanukah – click here
Link to my article on Jesus’ marriage proposal during His “last supper” at the mountain of God or Jerusalem – click here
Link to the article on the Jewish ritual of “washing the dead” or as in 1 Cor 15:29, “baptizing the dead - click here
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