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Exodus - 47 - Lesson 14 part 3 - Exod. 20:14 - NO ADULTERY

This episode provides a clear review of episodes 1 and 2.  We see that in the Ancient Near East adultery was a serious crime and it wasn't primarily about the sex.  If not about the sex outside of marriage, what's the serious nature of adultery back in the 15th century BC? 

Secondly, no other pagan culture had their god or gods commanding that adultery was forbidden.  It was a man made set of laws.  But, for Israel, God, our God, the only God commands that adultery is forbidden and part of His covenant with His people.  This means that Israel will be a testimony to the world of how to live according to the Lord. 

Third, why is it that a married woman in an affair with a man not her husband will be executed and her lover?  What about a married man in an affair with a woman not his wife?  This is not fair.  This is not equitable.  What's going on?  

Fourth, many Christian theologians say the 7th commandment is a commandment forbidding ALL sexual impurity.  HUH?  The Bible doesn't say that.  On top of that God said not to add or subtract from His word.  This is what many Christian theologians have.  As an example, sex outside of marriage is a sin in Judaism and Christianity.  But the Bible has no statement saying it is.  What's going on?  Where does the Lord teach that pre-marital sex, homosexuality, pedophilia, bestiality, and prostitution are sins?  He does!  But how? Where?

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? 

(Ferret - teaching in the ruins of Corazin Israel)

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

Exodus 73 part 2 - Exod. 32:10-18 - GOD DOESN'T CHANGE HIS MIND - HE DOES LASHUV

EXODUS LESSON 73 PART 2

I strongly urge you to listen to Lesson 73 part 1 before listening to part 2.  You’ll see how important it is to make sure you do this to get a better understanding of the questions and issues in these verses.  Here’s the link for part 1 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/exodus-73-part-1-exod-3210-18-god-cant-change-his-mind/

One major problem we'll deal with is the way the translators of the New American Standard Bible 1995 translated the Hebrew in Exod. 32:14 to come up with the phrase, “God changed His mind.”  In part 1 it is so clear that God does not change and never changes His mind.  This is a major issue and one wonders how this could’ve happened since again and again the very words of God show the truth that God does not change and never changes His mind. 

Below check out the chart.  You’ll see that the NASB is the only Bible version that uses the phrase “God changed His mind.”

The King James (KJV) and the Amplified Bible (AMP) and the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) translations are probably the most accurate. 

The Lord repented or turned away from one thing to turn to another.  Repent in Hebrew comes from the Hebrew verb LaShuv לָשׁוּב meaning to turn around or to go back.  The Strong’s number H7725.  It is the verb that forms the Hebrew word for repentance of Teshuvah תְּשׁוּבָה. 

It is not just connected to doing repentance from sin.  It could be one wants to give up smoking.  So one would turn from smoking and to turn to something else.  In other words one is doing Teshuvah תְּשׁוּבָה from smoking.  That is how the Bible uses the word and not just related to sin.  Thus, God is turning from one thing to do another. 

I wrote an article on trying to get at this in a more understandable way.  Here’s the article below.

Does God change His mind?

How can this be?  We have two verses that contradict each other.  Consider ...

Exodus 32:14

So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people. (Exo 32:14)

Malachi 3:6

"For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed." (Mal 3:6)

Which is it? If God does not change then how did Moses have God change His mind and yet God says He will not.  This is not like God.  This is nuts.  I thought the Bible was in full agreement!!  Can this be explained??

Also, one reads in the very words of God that certain people will be restricted from the Assembly of God. 

Deu 23:1-8  "No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.  (2)  "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD.  (3)  "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,  (4)  because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.  (5)  "Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.  (6)  "You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.  (7)  "You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.  (8)  "The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

It says that all Moabites are so restricted and yet Ruth gets in.  Why?  How?  (Listen to part 1 carefully regarding the Moabites.  No Moabite will be allowed in to the Assembly of Israel up to an including the 10^th generation by God’s own words.  Wait till you see how Ruth is probably of the 11^th generation when one studies the Bible in its historical context.  So, she can get in and she did!)

It says that a MUMZER will not enter and Timothy is a mumzer - his mom was Jewish and his dad a pagan (Hebrew for one of illegitimate birth)!!  Timothy!!  He became a leader of the assembly of Messiah in Ephesus. 

We say as Gentiles we are grafted in but the Torah says NO!!  God says it loud and clear.  What is going on?  How can both be true?  Oh sure. One is the church and one is the synagogue.  Right??  It can't be.  This is a conundrum!! 

Let’s check the Hebrew of Exod. 32:14 and Mal. 3:6.

Exo 32:14  וינחם H5162  יהוה H3068  על H5921  הרעה H7451  אשׁר H834  דבר H1696  לעשׂות H6213  לעמו׃ H5971 

Mal 3:6  כי H3588  אני H589  יהוה H3068  לא H3808  שׁניתי H8138  ואתם H859  בני  H1121  יעקב  H3290  לא H3808  כליתם׃ H3615 

In English we are reading the word “change” (as to change one's mind in Ex 32:14 - word # 5162) and change (as to someone not changing as in Mal 3:6 - word #8138).  In Exod 32:14 God "racham's" - it does NOT say He changes His mind!!  The word racham is the word that is translated as "He changed His mind."  That phrase is not even there.  A better way to say this is that God repents; God turns from one thing to another.  He REPENTS.  Moses did NOT change HIS mind.  What happened is God has set in place either punishment or a curse on those who are unrighteous.  That is His intention.  However,  equally part of HIS intention is God's other option to forgive and erase the punishment if there is true repentance. 

Both options exist for God.  It is one or the other - this is His simultaneous intention and purpose.  Moses intervened for Israel and God did not change His mind.  He can't.  What God did was to turn, to repent, and allowed the other option.  Both options are in play, both are His intentions.  God has laid out those two options as part of His intentions.  Thus, He did not change at all.

In Mal 3:6 the word is "shanaw."  This has the picture of "folding" one side on another.  It has the implication of duplicating.  God stays constant.  He is ONE and will remain ONE.  He is the Lord and HE does not go from one intention to another.  Like with Moses God had either punishment or forgiveness.  Both exist at once as God's intentions.  In the case of sin this is God - both exist.  He will turn from one to the other, from punishment to forgiveness if there is true teshuvah, repentance from the sin, and will not do option 1 but option 2.  God is like that.  He is always like that.  God has it all covered and these options are already in place with HIM as His intentions.  He will not do anything that is not already a part of HIMSELF.  Thus, we study Torah to know HIM deeply and intimately and to begin to understand His ways.    

Finally, Moses was the greatest prophet of the Hebrew Scriptures (Deut. 34:10).  God tells Moses the following …

“I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.” (Deu 18:18)

This is the Lord’s prediction of the future coming of His Son, Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah.  So, Jesus is a prophet like Moses; for us as disciples of Jesus we’d say Jesus is the Greatest Prophet ever.  But, we are to be disciples of Jesus or talmidim תַּלְמִידִים.  A talmid is one who is a student of a rabbi and who lives to be like his rabbi.  Check out the article entitled "Rabbi and Talmidim" at this link ...

https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/rabbi-and-talmidim

Jesus says this quite clearly …

“A pupil (from the Greek to the Hebrew is TALMID) is not above his teacher (from the Greek to the Hebrew is RAV or master. We say RABBI); but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.” (Luk 6:40)

 

Thus, if we are real talmidim we are to be like Jesus.  He was given the words of His Father to proclaim and thus Jesus is a prophet.  But we are given the words of Jesus to go and proclaim.  So, we are prophets as well in that Jesus sends us to bring the word to the Ends of the Earth.  And as Moses offers prayers of intercession for Israel so Jesus offers prayers of intercession for His talmidim and the church, His Bride.  Thus, if we are truly living to be a true disciple then we to must be ones who offer prayers of intercession for the ones we meet as well.  We are to be like Him and follow Paul’s teaching when he taught that we are to be like Paul since he is like his master, his RAV, Jesus (1Cor. 11:1).

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? 

(Ferret - somewhere in the desert north of Eilat Israel)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Exodus 73 part 1 - Exod. 32:10-18 - GOD CAN'T CHANGE HIS MIND!!

EXODUS LESSON 73 PART 1

In lesson 73 part one and part two we tackle the question, "Does God change His mind?"  As we study Exod. 32:10-18 it is clear the answer to this question is critical.  Also, Moses asks the Lord to not destroy the Hebrews.  It seems as if Moses intercessory request affects the Lord and He "changes His mind."  Or does He?  

In this lesson I mention the fact that a generation in the days of Abraham and Moses and Joshua and David and most of the Old Testament is roughly 30 years.  It is not my opinion and here's a link (see below) to to support the 30 year generation.  There are many other scholarly sites that also support a 30 year generation in the Old Testament.  This is critical as we study the days of Ruth.  God said no Moabites were allowed to join the congregation of Israel.  But, Ruth, a Moabite, gets in.  Did God change His mind?  You'll see how a 30 year generation is related to help us understand this dilemma.  

Link - GotQuestions.org - https://www.gotquestions.org/generation-in-the-Bible.html

Another event in the Bible is the sickness of Hezekiah.   Hezekiah asked the Lord to give him more days to live.  God answered his prayer.  So, God must've changed His mind, right?  Related to this is the link below.  It discusses the question that for God's chosen, for God's elect, His people, disciples of Yeshua, that God fixes the day of our death.  Really? Check it out once again at GotQuestions.org.

Link -https://www.gotquestions.org/appointed-death.html

So Muslims say Allah الله is our Lord or Adonai יהוה and that our God, Adonai יהוה, is the same as Allah الله.  Really?  This is a very interesting study from the Quran and the Hebrew Scriptures.  It is clear that Allah الله is NOT the same as our Lord or Adonai יהוה.  There is only one God, one Lord, He tells us in His own words.  There is no other God but Yahvay or Adonai יהוה.

Here's two links to two articles you must study.  The first shows that Allah الله states in his own words that he can change his mind.  His words show Allah الله contradicts himself when this god says he knows all things and does not change.  And the 2nd article is a paper I did awhile back that shows that Allah الله is NOT the same as our Lord or Adonai יהוה.

Link 1 -https://www.calloflove.org/post/contradiction-in-the-quran-allah-changing-his-word

Link 2 -https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g41mrsjrkidlzatocdhpq/The-Bible-Adonai-Allah-and-the-Quran-Who-is-Who.pdf?rlkey=m1ywwe45v4zp1n28w6qmmyhls&st=b3jdqokx&dl=0

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? 

(Ferret - somewhere in the desert north of Eilat Israel)

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

 

 

Exodus - 47 - Lesson 14 part 2 - Exod. 20:14 - NO ADULTERY

 

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

 

Exodus - 47 - Lesson 14 Part 1 - Ex. 20:14 NO ADULTERY

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

Exodus - 47 - Lesson 13 - Exod 20:13 - NO MURDER

We now come to the 6^th 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

 

 

Exodus - 47 - Lesson 12 part 2 - Exod. 20:12 - Honor Parents and Preserve a Godly Society

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

https://www.prageru.com/search?refinementList%5Btags%5D%5B0%5D=10%20Commandments&page=1&configure%5BhitsPerPage%5D=20

 

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

 

 

 

Exodus 47 - Lesson 12 part 1 - Exod. 20:12 - HONOR GOD & PARENTS

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

https://www.prageru.com/search?refinementList%5Btags%5D%5B0%5D=10%20Commandments&page=1&configure%5BhitsPerPage%5D=20

 

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

 

 

 

 

Exodus - 47 - VIDEO Lesson 11 Part 3 - Exod. 20:8-11 Ten Commandments/God’s Sabbath/Same Now as Then

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

Exodus - 47 - VIDEO Lesson 11 Part 2 - Exod. 8-11 Ten Commandments/God’s Sabbath - Nothing Changed

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