WEBVTT - Seven Hebrew Names of God 0:00:08.010 --> 0:00:12.119 The Old Testament contains more than 20 different Hebrew names 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.510 for God. Why so many? What's the difference between them? 0:00:15.510 --> 0:00:17.279 In just a few minutes, we're going to look at 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.850 seven Hebrew names for God. And we promise, having looked 0:00:20.850 --> 0:00:24.390 at those, you will read your Bible differently afterward. Plus, 0:00:24.390 --> 0:00:28.200 you'll enjoy hearing questions from other listeners about puzzling passages 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.800 in Scripture. Welcome to another great edition of The Land 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.920 and the book. Our team is led by Doctor Charlie Dyer, 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:37.830 and I'm John Gager asking, how do you share the 0:00:37.830 --> 0:00:41.640 gospel with a Jewish person? 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What do 0:01:38.130 --> 0:01:40.950 the latest polls suggest might lie ahead? 0:01:41.190 --> 0:01:44.250 Eight months into this war between Israel and Hamas, individual 0:01:44.250 --> 0:01:47.970 politicians and parties are quietly laying the groundwork for the 0:01:47.970 --> 0:01:51.750 day after, when finger pointing and political infighting will begin 0:01:51.750 --> 0:01:54.630 in earnest. People want to know who to blame, and 0:01:54.630 --> 0:01:58.650 those who oppose Prime Minister Netanyahu hope to use Hamas's 0:01:58.650 --> 0:02:02.160 attack and the subsequent war to remove him from office 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:06.150 in the next election. Preliminary polls suggest that right now, 0:02:06.150 --> 0:02:09.750 most do blame Netanyahu and expect him and his party 0:02:09.750 --> 0:02:12.899 to lose the mandate to govern whenever the next elections 0:02:12.900 --> 0:02:15.930 finally held. There are even some within his own party 0:02:15.930 --> 0:02:19.590 who are quietly jockeying to replace him as head of Likud. 0:02:19.590 --> 0:02:23.940 But it's probably too early to write Netanyahu's political obituary 0:02:23.940 --> 0:02:26.730 right now. The favorite to replace him is Benny Gantz 0:02:26.730 --> 0:02:30.150 and the National Unity Party. In early polls, Gantz seems 0:02:30.150 --> 0:02:33.990 virtually unstoppable. However, in some more recent polls, the numbers 0:02:33.990 --> 0:02:37.589 have shifted just slightly, though Gantz's party is still predicted 0:02:37.590 --> 0:02:42.480 to receive 30 Knesset seats to Likud's 19. But Netanyahu 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.750 remains the political chess master, which is what makes him 0:02:45.750 --> 0:02:48.600 so hard to write off. For example, in the matter 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.650 of drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the military, Netanyahu proposed a 0:02:52.650 --> 0:02:55.470 plan endorsed by Gantz when Gantz was part of the 0:02:55.470 --> 0:02:59.370 previous administration. Gantz has now come out opposing the plan, 0:02:59.370 --> 0:03:03.180 claiming that the situation since October 7th has changed. However, 0:03:03.180 --> 0:03:06.900 this allowed Netanyahu to picture Gantz as a political opportunist 0:03:06.900 --> 0:03:09.239 who endorsed a plan when he was in the government, 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.750 only to now oppose it. Netanyahu has also been slow 0:03:12.750 --> 0:03:15.450 to put forward a specific plan for Gaza after the 0:03:15.450 --> 0:03:18.660 war ends. Those criticizing him for this are then forced 0:03:18.690 --> 0:03:21.150 to explain what they would do. And depending on what 0:03:21.150 --> 0:03:23.850 happens on the battlefield or with the US or with 0:03:23.850 --> 0:03:27.150 the Palestinian Authority, they could end up being criticized for 0:03:27.150 --> 0:03:31.709 promoting flawed answers by refusing to commit. Netanyahu is forcing 0:03:31.710 --> 0:03:34.500 them to push forward their solutions, which will have their 0:03:34.500 --> 0:03:37.470 own share of critics. Right now, the polls don't look 0:03:37.470 --> 0:03:41.790 good for Netanyahu, but he's banking on two very real possibilities. First, 0:03:41.790 --> 0:03:45.300 the war with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran could continue for 0:03:45.300 --> 0:03:49.260 some time, holding off elections. And second, any number of 0:03:49.260 --> 0:03:53.339 events could happen militarily or diplomatically to create a dramatic 0:03:53.340 --> 0:03:57.150 change in the political landscape between now and those elections. 0:03:57.150 --> 0:04:00.809 Netanyahu might seem to be down politically, but it's still 0:04:00.810 --> 0:04:02.400 too early to count him out. 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:06.810 Israel's relationship with Turkey continues to deteriorate over the war 0:04:06.810 --> 0:04:11.130 with Hamas. Help us understand the connection between Turkey and Hamas. 0:04:11.130 --> 0:04:14.850 Yeah, the key connection is the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas grew 0:04:14.850 --> 0:04:18.870 out of the Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey's Justice and Development Party. 0:04:18.870 --> 0:04:23.339 That's Erdogan's party shares similar Islamic beliefs. Though the Justice 0:04:23.339 --> 0:04:27.000 and Development Party denies being an Islamist party, it has 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.810 gradually moved in that direction. Under Erdogan. It combines its 0:04:30.810 --> 0:04:35.190 Islamic beliefs with elements of right wing nationalism. Erdogan and 0:04:35.190 --> 0:04:38.370 his party have been strong supporters of Hamas, calling Hamas 0:04:38.370 --> 0:04:43.230 a liberation group. Erdogan has welcomed senior Hamas officials for visits, 0:04:43.230 --> 0:04:46.500 and more than a thousand wounded Hamas fighters are currently 0:04:46.500 --> 0:04:51.060 being treated in Turkish hospitals. Documents discovered in Gaza included 0:04:51.060 --> 0:04:54.870 plans for establishing a secret Hamas base in Turkey to 0:04:54.870 --> 0:04:59.279 help coordinate attacks against Israel. Erdogan publicly said Hamas is 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.370 helping defend Turkey, and said Israel would set its sights 0:05:02.370 --> 0:05:05.880 on Turkey if it succeeded in defeating Hamas in Gaza. 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.170 He called Israel. The rogue and terrorist state that. Recently, 0:05:10.170 --> 0:05:13.529 Erdogan announced that Turkey would halt all trade with Israel 0:05:13.529 --> 0:05:17.130 and cut off all economic ties with Israel in response. 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:21.510 Israel's financial minister proposed raising the import duty to 100% 0:05:21.510 --> 0:05:24.840 on all goods coming from Turkey. Of course, if Turkey 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.420 isn't selling any goods, then the move is just symbolic. 0:05:27.420 --> 0:05:30.539 But it would suggest Israel is responding to Turkey's efforts 0:05:30.540 --> 0:05:34.560 to support Hamas. Israel is wary of any future offers 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.460 by Erdogan under his party's rule. Turkey has not proven 0:05:38.460 --> 0:05:40.740 to be a reliable partner with Israel. 0:05:40.740 --> 0:05:43.290 If you just joined us, that's Doctor Charlie Dyer, Middle 0:05:43.290 --> 0:05:45.570 East expert. I'm John Jaeger. This is a look at 0:05:45.570 --> 0:05:49.590 current events. Because of Western sanctions, Iran and Hezbollah have 0:05:49.589 --> 0:05:53.940 become more creative in both securing finances and in pressing 0:05:53.940 --> 0:05:57.780 their attacks against Israel. What are some of their latest efforts? 0:05:57.810 --> 0:06:01.589 Well, Iran is generating sufficient income by exporting over a 0:06:01.589 --> 0:06:05.219 million barrels of oil per day to China. In addition, 0:06:05.220 --> 0:06:09.300 they've also increased their smuggling of oil into Pakistan. Last year, 0:06:09.300 --> 0:06:12.510 they smuggled in just over $1 billion worth of oil, 0:06:12.510 --> 0:06:17.700 accounting for 14% of Pakistan's annual fuel consumption. These illegal 0:06:17.700 --> 0:06:22.349 shipments are harming Pakistan's legitimate oil industry, while also helping 0:06:22.350 --> 0:06:25.530 fund rebel groups in Pakistan and elsewhere in the region 0:06:25.529 --> 0:06:28.980 who helped distribute the oil. Hezbollah has developed a plan 0:06:28.980 --> 0:06:33.480 to extort funds from Europe using Syrian refugees. There are 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.950 approximately 2 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Hezbollah's leader said 0:06:37.950 --> 0:06:41.490 in May that Lebanon should open its maritime borders, so 0:06:41.490 --> 0:06:45.210 Syrians living in Lebanon could board boats heading to Europe. 0:06:45.330 --> 0:06:49.050 It's only 100 miles from Tripoli, Lebanon, to Cyprus, which 0:06:49.050 --> 0:06:51.779 is part of Europe. From there, the refugees could then 0:06:51.779 --> 0:06:55.170 travel throughout Europe. But here's the rest of the story. 0:06:55.290 --> 0:06:58.740 Europe has been paying Turkey and countries in North Africa 0:06:58.740 --> 0:07:02.070 to keep refugees from leaving their borders and heading to 0:07:02.070 --> 0:07:06.150 Europe by encouraging Lebanon to allow Syrian refugees to flood 0:07:06.150 --> 0:07:09.990 into Cyprus. Hezbollah's trying to create a crisis to also 0:07:09.990 --> 0:07:13.560 extort funds from Europe, and of course, a significant portion 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.870 of any funds that would come to Lebanon from Europe 0:07:15.870 --> 0:07:20.820 would find their way into Hezbollah's coffers. Finally, Jordan recently 0:07:20.820 --> 0:07:24.180 thwarted an Iranian led plan to smuggle weapons to a 0:07:24.180 --> 0:07:27.450 muslim Brotherhood cell in the kingdom that was planning to 0:07:27.450 --> 0:07:30.930 carry out acts of sabotage. The goal was to destabilize 0:07:30.930 --> 0:07:34.650 the Jordanian government, to enable Iranian backed terrorists to open 0:07:34.650 --> 0:07:37.410 up a new front against Israel, and to encourage the 0:07:37.410 --> 0:07:41.520 smuggling of weapons from Jordan into the West Bank. Iran 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.390 and Hezbollah planned to encircle and wear down Israel, and 0:07:45.390 --> 0:07:48.240 they hoped the West will remain willfully ignorant of all 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:49.890 this until it's too late. 0:07:49.890 --> 0:07:53.970 Charlie, Iran seems to have so few friends outside of Iran. 0:07:53.970 --> 0:07:58.110 You wonder why the world community isn't more successful in 0:07:58.110 --> 0:08:00.690 fencing in their aggressive efforts. 0:08:00.690 --> 0:08:03.270 Yeah, it may have so few friends. However, those friends 0:08:03.270 --> 0:08:07.739 are significant. Russia, China and Turkey are three that are 0:08:07.740 --> 0:08:11.430 helping Iran in in some very practical ways and helping 0:08:11.430 --> 0:08:13.770 to thwart the sanctions that the US and the West 0:08:13.770 --> 0:08:16.620 have tried to put on Iran to help hold it down. 0:08:16.770 --> 0:08:20.820 Archaeologists have discovered a previously lost branch of the Nile 0:08:20.820 --> 0:08:25.440 River that may help solve a mystery surrounding the ancient pyramids. Charlie, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.750 I'm intrigued here. I love this mystery idea. What is 0:08:27.750 --> 0:08:30.750 it and how does this discovery help us provide an answer? 0:08:30.750 --> 0:08:33.060 Well, you know, the mystery is how were the pyramids 0:08:33.059 --> 0:08:35.910 built on an isolated strip of land at the edge 0:08:35.910 --> 0:08:38.310 of the Sahara desert, you know, with sand all around it? 0:08:38.309 --> 0:08:41.010 Or I put it another way. How are the large 0:08:41.010 --> 0:08:44.280 blocks of stone brought to that area to build the pyramids? 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.530 You know, most people, when they think of the pyramids, 0:08:46.530 --> 0:08:49.260 think of the three main ones there in Giza. But 0:08:49.260 --> 0:08:52.620 there are actually a total of 31 pyramids stretched over 0:08:52.620 --> 0:08:56.160 a 17 mile area. The blocks of stone. I most 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.650 agree on this. They were quarried further to the south, 0:08:58.650 --> 0:09:00.660 and they were brought to the area on the Nile 0:09:00.660 --> 0:09:04.260 River by boat or barge. But the pyramids are located 0:09:04.260 --> 0:09:07.140 4 to 5 miles west of the river today, and 0:09:07.140 --> 0:09:10.530 that's a long distance to haul blocks of stone over land, 0:09:10.530 --> 0:09:14.579 especially when that land is sandy. Using radar, satellite imagery, 0:09:14.580 --> 0:09:18.809 deep soil coring, and other geophysical tests, this team was 0:09:18.809 --> 0:09:20.790 able to map out the remains of a branch of 0:09:20.790 --> 0:09:24.090 the Nile River that flowed for about 40 miles, much 0:09:24.090 --> 0:09:26.790 closer to the site of the pyramids. Many of the 0:09:26.790 --> 0:09:29.580 pyramids they found had causeways that led to this branch 0:09:29.580 --> 0:09:32.160 of the Nile, and acted, in a sense, as harbors 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.950 where the stones could be offloaded and then brought right 0:09:34.950 --> 0:09:37.859 to the pyramid site. Eventually, this branch of the Nile 0:09:37.860 --> 0:09:41.069 River shifted to the east during the Middle Kingdom era, 0:09:41.070 --> 0:09:44.370 drying up and getting covered with sand during a period 0:09:44.370 --> 0:09:48.450 of prolonged drought about 4200 years ago. The discovery of 0:09:48.450 --> 0:09:51.059 the course of this now lost branch of the Nile 0:09:51.059 --> 0:09:54.330 helps explain why the pyramids are located where they are. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.960 They were actually very close to the river at that time, though, 0:09:57.960 --> 0:09:59.730 miles away today. 0:09:59.730 --> 0:10:02.010 And that's a look at current events. Charlie, for those 0:10:02.010 --> 0:10:04.949 who want to explore current events themselves, what do you 0:10:04.950 --> 0:10:08.360 think of resources online? Like Times of Israel. 0:10:08.540 --> 0:10:11.300 I think the Times of Israel is a great resource. Uh, 0:10:11.300 --> 0:10:13.820 it's probably slightly to the left of center, but it's 0:10:13.820 --> 0:10:17.360 still a very mainstream newspaper. Uh, The Jerusalem Post would 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.090 be a second source, slightly to the right of center, 0:10:20.090 --> 0:10:23.240 and also a great newspaper. And if people read those daily, 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.820 they'll get a good grasp of what's actually taking place 0:10:25.820 --> 0:10:27.410 in that region of the world. 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.120 Hey, we'd love for you to get a better grasp 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.790 on what's happening here at the program by visiting our website, 0:10:31.790 --> 0:10:36.050 The Land and the book.org. At that website you can 0:10:36.050 --> 0:10:39.260 learn about today's guest. You can learn about past programs, 0:10:39.260 --> 0:10:42.530 future programs all ready to go there, as well as 0:10:42.530 --> 0:10:45.050 get started with our podcast. It's a neat way to 0:10:45.050 --> 0:10:47.480 listen to the program at your own convenience and to 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.600 share us with a friend. Coming up next, seven Hebrew 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:51.890 Names of God. 0:11:06.110 --> 0:11:06.980 The Old Testament. 0:11:06.980 --> 0:11:09.949 Is filled with names for God, and all of them 0:11:09.950 --> 0:11:12.589 are unique. But why does the Bible go into such 0:11:12.590 --> 0:11:16.160 effort to use these in different passages in different ways? 0:11:16.309 --> 0:11:20.119 More importantly, how might our appreciation for God be elevated 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.120 if we understood the Hebrew meanings of these names? Well, 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.760 that's where our conversation is headed. Next. You're listening to 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.730 The Land and the book. I'm John Gager, inviting you 0:11:28.730 --> 0:11:31.010 to pause with me for just a moment and ponder 0:11:31.010 --> 0:11:34.010 a fresh idea for sharing the love of Jesus with 0:11:34.010 --> 0:11:37.130 a Jewish friend. It's easy to lose sight of the 0:11:37.130 --> 0:11:40.220 fact that the Jewish community is diverse. So what's the 0:11:40.220 --> 0:11:44.420 most effective approach to sharing the gospel with Jewish people? Again, 0:11:44.420 --> 0:11:47.180 very diverse. Wes Haber is with life in Messiah. Any 0:11:47.179 --> 0:11:47.809 thoughts here? 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.050 Well, that should be easier if it were. All Jewish 0:11:51.050 --> 0:11:55.130 people were alike. But Jewish people hold very different worldviews 0:11:55.130 --> 0:11:59.120 with diverse understandings of biblical truth. A the questions can 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.540 be effective tools at different levels of conversation. I'd be 0:12:02.540 --> 0:12:05.720 interested to know, for example, if you could ask God 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.020 one question, what would it be? Or what part has 0:12:09.020 --> 0:12:11.570 faith played in your life? What do you plan to 0:12:11.570 --> 0:12:14.270 do when your retirement is over? I love that one 0:12:14.270 --> 0:12:17.300 and your understanding how can we be made righteous before 0:12:17.300 --> 0:12:18.590 a holy God? I love this. 0:12:18.590 --> 0:12:21.890 Idea of questions. A friend of mine just engaged a 0:12:21.890 --> 0:12:24.950 Jewish person in conversation and and by asking questions, we 0:12:24.950 --> 0:12:28.280 learned so much more about her, her framework. So so 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:32.300 questions are keys to unlock the door to spiritual conversations. Yes. 0:12:32.300 --> 0:12:35.600 They're diagnostic. They help us understand what others are thinking, 0:12:35.780 --> 0:12:37.969 and they also help open the door so we can 0:12:37.970 --> 0:12:42.110 lovingly present the truth about Messiah. And often questions linger 0:12:42.110 --> 0:12:46.010 in the mind after the conversations end, prompting further thinking. 0:12:46.010 --> 0:12:49.370 I like that further thinking, further dialogue. I hope West 0:12:49.370 --> 0:12:54.020 Haber is with life in Messiah. Melissa Briggs is an 0:12:54.020 --> 0:12:57.559 experienced Hebrew teacher who has lived in Jerusalem, England and 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.070 right now Nashville. She's passionate about making the riches of 0:13:01.070 --> 0:13:04.729 the Hebrew language available to everyone. Melissa has two new 0:13:04.730 --> 0:13:08.900 video Hebrew courses available for beginners level one and level two. 0:13:08.929 --> 0:13:12.710 Her content offers a unique blend of biblical and modern 0:13:12.710 --> 0:13:16.640 Hebrew taught together, all from a Christian perspective, of course. 0:13:16.730 --> 0:13:22.340 Melissa's website is Explore Hebrew. Co.Uk. Hey, welcome back to 0:13:22.340 --> 0:13:23.990 the land and the book, Melissa. 0:13:24.020 --> 0:13:25.730 Thank you. I'm delighted to be here. 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.120 Hey, answer the skeptic who says, what's the big deal 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:32.000 with looking back at the Hebrew names for God? Why? 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:33.200 Why should that matter? 0:13:33.230 --> 0:13:37.160 The Hebrew word for name is Shem, and Shem means 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.370 so much more than what a person is called. A 0:13:40.370 --> 0:13:45.079 Shem speaks to the essential nature of someone and their reputation. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.900 So where our modern idea of names is all about 0:13:47.900 --> 0:13:51.740 what sounds cute or trendy or unique, a Hebrew name 0:13:51.740 --> 0:13:55.340 tells us about someone's character. It's a window into who 0:13:55.370 --> 0:13:58.340 they are, and God is a God who wants to 0:13:58.340 --> 0:14:01.160 be known by us. And he reveals so many of 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.220 his different names or titles in the Bible. They're all 0:14:04.220 --> 0:14:07.490 insights into who he is, and he is so good, 0:14:07.490 --> 0:14:12.200 so righteous, so powerful. Sometimes the modern culture can try 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.110 to sanitize God, to try to make him in our 0:14:15.110 --> 0:14:18.650 image or make him more politically correct, perhaps. Or we 0:14:18.650 --> 0:14:21.770 can make assumptions about God based on what words mean 0:14:21.770 --> 0:14:24.890 in the English language. And the truth is that some 0:14:24.890 --> 0:14:28.700 things about God are surprising. In each of these Hebrew names, 0:14:28.700 --> 0:14:31.250 we find that God is even better than what we 0:14:31.250 --> 0:14:33.920 could hope for or imagine. And I love digging into 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.980 these truths because they point us to the very heart, 0:14:36.980 --> 0:14:38.630 the very nature of God. 0:14:38.630 --> 0:14:40.850 Well, you know now that you put a spotlight on 0:14:40.850 --> 0:14:42.860 the on the character of God in all of its 0:14:42.860 --> 0:14:46.700 varied forms, maybe seven names isn't near enough. I mean, 0:14:46.700 --> 0:14:49.460 maybe there should be, you know, almost unlimited names, you know? 0:14:49.460 --> 0:14:50.570 Are there too few? 0:14:50.570 --> 0:14:53.450 Absolutely. Yeah. We could probably talk about 40 Names of 0:14:53.450 --> 0:14:57.230 God that all point to different aspects of his amazing character, 0:14:57.230 --> 0:14:58.850 but this will be a good start today. 0:14:58.850 --> 0:15:01.520 All right. Well, we're going to attempt something rather ambitious 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:03.980 in the next few minutes together as we look at 0:15:03.980 --> 0:15:07.790 seven different Hebrew names for God. All right. Fasten your 0:15:07.790 --> 0:15:09.680 seat belts. Here we go. What are we going to 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:10.970 lead off with? Melissa? What's the first. 0:15:10.970 --> 0:15:11.390 Name? 0:15:11.390 --> 0:15:16.280 The first one is Goel. It means Redeemer or kinsman Redeemer. 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:20.930 Its literal meaning is one who buys back. Our freedom 0:15:20.930 --> 0:15:26.000 is directly linked to the redemption of Jesus as our goel, 0:15:26.030 --> 0:15:30.260 our Redeemer, the Passover Lamb. Now, if we have accepted 0:15:30.260 --> 0:15:33.920 his free gift of salvation, then we belong to him, 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.609 for we were bought at a price. Sometimes based on 0:15:37.610 --> 0:15:42.350 our modern Western worldview, we can mistakenly view freedom as 0:15:42.350 --> 0:15:46.160 independence from anyone else. However, like in the story of 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.910 Ruth and Boaz, Boaz didn't just redeem Ruth and then 0:15:49.910 --> 0:15:53.390 abandon her or send her off on her own. Rather, 0:15:53.390 --> 0:15:57.500 the redemption was the beginning of their intimate union and 0:15:57.500 --> 0:16:03.740 family life. Biblically, a goel like Boaz buys back their destitute, 0:16:03.740 --> 0:16:07.790 estranged relative to belong to the family again to be 0:16:07.790 --> 0:16:11.090 under their care. It's a beautiful picture of what Jesus 0:16:11.090 --> 0:16:14.930 has done to bring us into right relationship with our 0:16:14.930 --> 0:16:16.250 Heavenly Father. 0:16:16.250 --> 0:16:18.290 You know, Melissa, what does it say about the character 0:16:18.290 --> 0:16:20.870 of God that he would choose as a name for 0:16:20.870 --> 0:16:25.250 himself the very mission of Jesus, one who buys back? 0:16:25.250 --> 0:16:27.380 That's amazing that he would want to be known by 0:16:27.380 --> 0:16:28.490 that name, I think. 0:16:28.490 --> 0:16:29.240 Absolutely. 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.600 We read in Isaiah 43 but now thus says the Lord, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.500 your creator, O Jacob, and he who formed you, oh Israel, 0:16:36.530 --> 0:16:40.730 do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have 0:16:40.730 --> 0:16:43.610 called you by name. You are mine. 0:16:43.610 --> 0:16:47.750 Seven Hebrew names for God. That's our focus today on 0:16:47.750 --> 0:16:50.780 the land and the book. I'm John Geiger. Our guest 0:16:50.780 --> 0:16:53.690 is Melissa Briggs. Some listeners will be familiar with the 0:16:53.690 --> 0:16:56.690 next name for God, ABBA, take us further, Melissa. 0:16:56.750 --> 0:16:58.370 So the literal meaning. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.840 Of ABBA is dad or even daddy. What struck me 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.360 most when I dug into a Hebrew word study of 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:09.800 ABBA is just how different the biblical view of fatherhood 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:13.790 is compared to our modern Western mindset that can truly 0:17:13.790 --> 0:17:19.010 downgrade or belittle fathers. In biblical times, a person's identity 0:17:19.010 --> 0:17:24.140 is directly tied to belonging to their father. Abe is 0:17:24.140 --> 0:17:29.240 the more formal version of ABBA. He provides protection, provision, 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:33.830 a home, a family, an inheritance. Before last names were 0:17:33.830 --> 0:17:36.980 a cultural norm, you were labeled as a son of 0:17:36.980 --> 0:17:42.320 your father. Isaac, son of Abraham. Jacob, son of Isaac. 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.949 This is a picture of how God wants our identity 0:17:45.950 --> 0:17:50.780 to be completely rooted in him. Psalm 68 tells us 0:17:50.780 --> 0:17:53.560 that God is a father. To the fatherless. And in 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:58.959 Psalm 27 David spoke of Father God accepting those rejected 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.290 or hurt by their parents. It says, you, Lord, have 0:18:02.290 --> 0:18:05.590 been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me. 0:18:05.590 --> 0:18:09.639 God my Savior, though my Father and mother forsake me, 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:14.290 the Lord will receive me. I think God chose this 0:18:14.290 --> 0:18:19.030 powerful fatherhood metaphor exactly because he knew that our human 0:18:19.030 --> 0:18:24.040 family relationships could be so complicated by sin. God meets 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:28.659 us in our place of pain and he offers the solution. 0:18:28.810 --> 0:18:35.260 He offers himself to us as Father ABBA. The message 0:18:35.260 --> 0:18:38.530 of ABBA is that there is healing and wholeness available 0:18:38.530 --> 0:18:42.280 to all. Jesus connects us to His Father so that 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:46.690 we might be made whole emotionally and spiritually when we 0:18:46.690 --> 0:18:48.369 open up our hearts to him. 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.400 So far, we've looked at two names Goel and ABBA. 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.800 What is our third name for God that we're looking 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:55.030 at in the Hebrew? Melissa. 0:18:55.450 --> 0:18:59.860 The next Hebrew word is delet, and it means door. 0:18:59.980 --> 0:19:03.670 What I love about the Hebrew word door delet is 0:19:03.670 --> 0:19:07.450 that it speaks of the humility of the Lord Jesus. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:13.990 The root word from which delet derives. It's all about lowliness, humility, 0:19:13.990 --> 0:19:16.600 and of course, the way that Jesus was able to 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:22.780 provide access into his father's sheepfold was through humbling himself, 0:19:22.780 --> 0:19:27.610 coming down, taking on earthly form, making himself so low 0:19:27.609 --> 0:19:30.490 even to the point of death on our behalf. 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.700 Melissa Briggs is an experienced Hebrew teacher who has lived 0:19:33.700 --> 0:19:38.290 in Jerusalem, England, and now Nashville. She's passionate about making 0:19:38.290 --> 0:19:41.590 the riches of the Hebrew language available to everyone. I'm 0:19:41.590 --> 0:19:43.750 John Geiger, glad to have you with us. Why is 0:19:43.750 --> 0:19:47.500 it so important that we come to God as the door? 0:19:47.500 --> 0:19:48.159 Well, the. 0:19:48.160 --> 0:19:53.290 Crucified Messiah, Yeshua Jesus, he is the door. The access 0:19:53.290 --> 0:19:57.250 to the Heavenly Father. Back in biblical times, the sheepfold. 0:19:57.250 --> 0:20:00.399 It was an enclosed area with a stone wall with 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:04.150 one opening and the shepherd himself. At night he would 0:20:04.150 --> 0:20:08.379 sit across this opening and his own body would act 0:20:08.380 --> 0:20:12.969 as the door. John chapter ten Jesus says, I am 0:20:12.970 --> 0:20:17.590 the door. The Dellet whoever enters through me will be saved. 0:20:17.740 --> 0:20:20.800 We live in an age where people say, that's my truth, 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:23.470 or there is no absolute truth, but one of God's 0:20:23.470 --> 0:20:26.530 name says he actually is the truth. What is this 0:20:26.530 --> 0:20:28.030 name and what should we know? 0:20:28.030 --> 0:20:30.040 Yes, the word for truth is Emmett. 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:34.150 And the truth is ha, Emmett. And the reason this 0:20:34.150 --> 0:20:37.540 word is important is because you're exactly right. Our culture 0:20:37.540 --> 0:20:41.110 has lost the plot when it comes to understanding truth. 0:20:41.109 --> 0:20:45.040 Our postmodern society says either there is no truth or 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:48.490 that different people can have different truth. But the Bible 0:20:48.490 --> 0:20:53.830 teaches the opposite. There is truth perfectly embodied in Jesus, 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:56.830 and that truth is the truth that sets us free. 0:20:56.830 --> 0:21:00.639 The Hebrew word Emmett. It's closely related to the Hebrew 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:05.679 words for faith, faithfulness, pillar and to support. So the 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:10.000 Hebrew language provides this beautiful imagery of faith and truth 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.629 as the pillars that should be supporting our life. You know. 0:21:13.630 --> 0:21:19.330 Melissa, if God cared enough about truth to name himself truth, 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:22.990 it speaks, I think, to the importance and really the 0:21:22.990 --> 0:21:26.320 the wrongness of the direction that we're going culturally to 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:29.770 dismiss truth as a your thing, my thing kind of notion. 0:21:29.770 --> 0:21:32.770 I agree, according to the Bible, the fact is that 0:21:32.770 --> 0:21:37.090 not all roads lead to relationship with the one true God, 0:21:37.270 --> 0:21:41.290 or the opportunity to spend eternity with him. The invitation 0:21:41.290 --> 0:21:45.159 is freely and generously extended to all. But there is 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:49.210 only one door, one way to a restored relationship with 0:21:49.210 --> 0:21:53.139 God for eternity. We read in John chapter 22 that 0:21:53.140 --> 0:21:56.590 Jesus said to her, A woman, I am the resurrection 0:21:56.590 --> 0:21:58.990 and the life. The one who believes in me will 0:21:58.990 --> 0:22:02.710 live even though they die. And whoever lives by believing 0:22:02.710 --> 0:22:06.190 in me will never die. Jesus himself, he's the door. 0:22:06.190 --> 0:22:09.190 He's the truth. And he challenges us that the actual 0:22:09.190 --> 0:22:12.940 content of our faith cannot be glossed over lightly. He 0:22:12.940 --> 0:22:14.379 is truth. 0:22:14.380 --> 0:22:18.370 Hebrew name number five is what Morgan. 0:22:18.369 --> 0:22:22.270 And the literal meaning of Morgan is a shield, and 0:22:22.270 --> 0:22:25.690 it can be a literal or a figurative shield. Sometimes 0:22:25.690 --> 0:22:29.680 it's translated as defender or defense. We find this word 0:22:29.680 --> 0:22:33.970 in Genesis chapter 15, verse one, where it says, after 0:22:33.970 --> 0:22:36.460 this the word of the Lord came to Abram in 0:22:36.460 --> 0:22:41.110 a vision, do not be afraid, Abram. I am a margin, 0:22:41.109 --> 0:22:46.150 a shield, a defender to you, your exceedingly great reward. 0:22:46.150 --> 0:22:48.400 Today in the land. In the book we're learning from 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:52.290 Hebrew teacher Melissa Briggs as we explore seven. The Hebrew 0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:54.810 names for God. This next one is a name for 0:22:54.810 --> 0:22:57.510 God that I've never heard before, bringing us up to speed. Melissa. 0:22:57.540 --> 0:22:59.430 The next word is shomer. 0:22:59.460 --> 0:23:04.200 Its literal meaning is a guardian, a keeper, a watchman. 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:08.159 It comes from the Hebrew verb qamar, which means to 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:13.290 keep watch, to guard over this beautiful and reassuring name 0:23:13.290 --> 0:23:16.800 of God. It's found in Psalm 121, where it says, 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:19.590 he will not let your foot slip. He who watches 0:23:19.590 --> 0:23:24.810 over you will not slumber. Indeed, the guardian of Israel, 0:23:24.810 --> 0:23:30.629 Shomer Yisrael, he will neither slumber nor sleep. God is 0:23:30.630 --> 0:23:34.590 watching as a shomer. He sees everything and he will 0:23:34.590 --> 0:23:38.190 restore justice and righteousness on the earth. 0:23:38.220 --> 0:23:41.850 Well, we speak of God as having power, all power. 0:23:41.850 --> 0:23:44.160 And this last name we're looking at today speaks of 0:23:44.160 --> 0:23:45.419 his power. Enlighten us. 0:23:45.450 --> 0:23:50.700 The name Adonai Sabaoth. It's usually translated either the Lord 0:23:50.700 --> 0:23:54.420 of armies or the Lord of hosts. And this word 0:23:54.420 --> 0:23:59.010 speaks to God's sovereignty over all of creation. The word save. 0:23:59.310 --> 0:24:02.970 It's the plural of Chava, the Hebrew word for army, 0:24:02.970 --> 0:24:06.090 which is still used in modern Hebrew today to refer 0:24:06.090 --> 0:24:09.630 to the Israeli Defense Force. Sjava can either refer to 0:24:09.630 --> 0:24:14.040 an actual army or a great multitude or host. This 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:18.119 root word is all about commanding, often militarily, over a 0:24:18.119 --> 0:24:23.130 large number. This powerful name of God found 235 times 0:24:23.130 --> 0:24:27.840 in the Hebrew Scriptures. It spotlighted in first Samuel 17, 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:31.410 where it says, David said to the Philistine, you come 0:24:31.410 --> 0:24:34.710 against me with a sword and a spear and a javelin, 0:24:34.710 --> 0:24:39.480 but I come against you in the name of Adonai Sabaoth, 0:24:39.510 --> 0:24:44.100 the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 0:24:44.130 --> 0:24:48.990 So our true hope and Israel's true hope is Adonai Tzeva'ot. 0:24:48.990 --> 0:24:51.750 And that's a look at seven Hebrew names for God. 0:24:51.750 --> 0:24:54.450 What if somebody says, wow, this really does open my 0:24:54.450 --> 0:24:56.730 eyes to some things that I've been missing in my 0:24:56.730 --> 0:24:59.700 study of the scriptures. Melissa, how can somebody take advantage 0:24:59.700 --> 0:25:01.470 of your video courses and learn more? 0:25:01.470 --> 0:25:01.949 Yes, I would. 0:25:01.950 --> 0:25:06.990 Love for you to visit my website, explore Hebrew Wru.co.uk. 0:25:07.020 --> 0:25:10.290 There's different Hebrew articles and word studies you can find there, 0:25:10.290 --> 0:25:14.160 and you can also find access to the video courses 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:17.040 that I offer that are a unique blend of biblical 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:20.399 and modern Hebrew, taught from a Christian perspective. 0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:22.500 Okay, and a discount as well for land of the 0:25:22.500 --> 0:25:23.280 book listeners. 0:25:23.280 --> 0:25:23.910 Absolutely. 0:25:23.910 --> 0:25:27.720 If you use discount code Hebrew 50, that's going to 0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:31.050 give you $50 off the cost of the Hebrew courses. 0:25:31.050 --> 0:25:32.669 All right. Check it out again at. 0:25:32.670 --> 0:25:34.470 Explore Hebrew Dot. 0:25:34.470 --> 0:25:38.310 Co.Uk Melissa, always a pleasure to talk with you. Thanks 0:25:38.310 --> 0:25:41.550 for opening our eyes to seven Hebrew names for God. 0:25:41.550 --> 0:25:43.859 Thank you. And we're looking forward to our next segment 0:25:43.859 --> 0:25:46.679 where Charlie Dyer returns. He's got a stack of Bible 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:49.859 questions that's real tall, but guess what? His answers they're 0:25:49.859 --> 0:25:52.560 taller yet. How could an answer be taller? Find out 0:25:52.560 --> 0:25:55.080 when you join us next here on the land and 0:25:55.080 --> 0:26:09.680 the book. Questions and answers. That's the focus of this 0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:12.590 segment here on Moody Radio's The Land and the book 0:26:12.590 --> 0:26:15.830 with our host, Doctor Charlie Dyer. Charlie's been a pastor. 0:26:15.830 --> 0:26:19.550 He's been a school administrator. He's been a tour host, 0:26:19.580 --> 0:26:22.760 tour guide, tour leader. And I don't know what else. Charlie, 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:24.320 you've worn a lot of hats in life, but you 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:25.879 always come back to the Bible, don't you? 0:26:25.880 --> 0:26:28.730 That's the bottom line for it all, John. Uh, it's 0:26:28.730 --> 0:26:30.859 the Bible that's the key. And and any way we 0:26:30.859 --> 0:26:32.720 can share the Bible and get people into it, it 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:33.649 gets me excited. 0:26:33.650 --> 0:26:36.380 Well, we're excited then about this particular segment and we'll 0:26:36.380 --> 0:26:39.109 dig right into our questions. After this thought, how do 0:26:39.109 --> 0:26:42.919 you share the gospel with a Jewish person? Because of cultural, historical, 0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:46.850 and religious differences, it's sometimes challenging to navigate a gospel 0:26:46.850 --> 0:26:50.389 conversation with somebody from a Jewish background. 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That's life in Messiah org. 0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.090 Don't miss out on this great opportunity. 0:27:29.090 --> 0:27:32.570 All right. Thank you. Good idea. William says my question 0:27:32.570 --> 0:27:35.870 is on the blessings and curses in Genesis 12 three. 0:27:35.869 --> 0:27:38.690 And he's our first questioner of the day. He says, 0:27:38.690 --> 0:27:41.780 I remember a speaker commenting on the original words, translated 0:27:41.780 --> 0:27:45.320 blessings and curses and saying they were not actually the 0:27:45.320 --> 0:27:48.320 same word in each case. Could you help clarify this, 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:50.570 especially in light of the current war and how America 0:27:50.570 --> 0:27:51.590 could be affected? 0:27:51.590 --> 0:27:55.550 Yeah, and Genesis 12 three God uses one word for bless, 0:27:55.550 --> 0:27:59.179 but he uses two different words for cursing. The verse 0:27:59.180 --> 0:28:02.720 also uses the plural form for those who bless, but 0:28:02.720 --> 0:28:05.780 it uses the singular form for the one who curses. 0:28:05.780 --> 0:28:08.420 Of the two words used for curse, the first one 0:28:08.420 --> 0:28:11.390 has the idea of treating lightly or mocking, while the 0:28:11.390 --> 0:28:14.810 second is the normal word used throughout Genesis for a curse. Now, 0:28:14.810 --> 0:28:17.149 having said all that, I'm not sure how much weight 0:28:17.150 --> 0:28:19.820 we can place on the fact that two different words 0:28:19.820 --> 0:28:23.209 are used for cursing. Because in the parallel passage in 0:28:23.210 --> 0:28:28.640 Genesis 2729, that's where Isaac blesses Jacob. The normal word 0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:31.250 for curse is used in both parts of the statement, 0:28:31.250 --> 0:28:34.550 and those blessing and cursing are also both in the plural. 0:28:34.550 --> 0:28:37.790 It says they're cursed. Be those who curse you, and 0:28:37.790 --> 0:28:40.850 blessed be those who bless you. Since Abraham and his 0:28:40.850 --> 0:28:44.510 descendants are the chosen mediators of God's blessing, God will 0:28:44.510 --> 0:28:47.479 bless those who seek to bless Israel, while he also 0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:51.050 promises to curse those who reject him by rejecting the 0:28:51.050 --> 0:28:52.610 mediator he's chosen. 0:28:52.610 --> 0:28:56.780 Gordon says, I'm confused about Isaiah 66, verses seven and 0:28:56.780 --> 0:29:00.860 eight and Ezekiel 37, verses 21 and 22. What is 0:29:00.860 --> 0:29:03.410 being referred to in these passages? 0:29:03.410 --> 0:29:06.920 Yeah, well, I'll start with the Ezekiel 37 there. I 0:29:06.920 --> 0:29:10.130 don't see that passage referring to either the return from 0:29:10.130 --> 0:29:14.810 Babylonian captivity or Israel's return in 1948 being the fulfillment 0:29:14.810 --> 0:29:18.380 in the larger context when the details are taken literally. 0:29:18.380 --> 0:29:21.469 I believe what Ezekiel is pointing to there is Israel's 0:29:21.470 --> 0:29:25.220 still future complete restoration at Christ's second coming. Now, here's 0:29:25.220 --> 0:29:28.280 why I say that the prophecy begins in chapter 36, 0:29:28.280 --> 0:29:31.970 where Ezekiel describes his version of the New Covenant. He says, 0:29:31.970 --> 0:29:34.640 God will bring Israel out of the nations and back 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.490 into your own land. That's verse 24, but they're not. 0:29:37.490 --> 0:29:40.520 They're just physically. He also says, God will cleanse you 0:29:40.520 --> 0:29:43.550 from all your impurities. That's verse 25 and give you 0:29:43.550 --> 0:29:46.280 a new heart. Verse 26, put my spirit in you. 0:29:46.280 --> 0:29:50.270 That's verse 27, and save you from all your uncleanness. 0:29:50.360 --> 0:29:53.510 That's verse 29. And then in verse 33 he says, 0:29:53.510 --> 0:29:55.580 on the day I cleanse you from all your sins, 0:29:55.580 --> 0:29:58.760 I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 0:29:58.760 --> 0:30:01.250 In other words, the fulfillment will happen when Israel is 0:30:01.250 --> 0:30:05.420 restored physically to the land and spiritually to her God. 0:30:05.420 --> 0:30:08.780 And that didn't happen following the Babylonian captivity and it 0:30:08.780 --> 0:30:11.810 also didn't happen in 1948, but it will all take 0:30:11.810 --> 0:30:14.750 place at the second coming. And then in chapter 37, 0:30:14.750 --> 0:30:17.450 Ezekiel gives two illustrations to show how God will do 0:30:17.450 --> 0:30:20.270 it the valley of dry bones. God's going to restore 0:30:20.270 --> 0:30:23.120 the nation, he says, physically and spiritually. And the two 0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:25.850 sticks he puts together says, I'm going to restore all Israel, 0:30:25.850 --> 0:30:29.030 not just the southern kingdom of Judah. Now the other passage, 0:30:29.030 --> 0:30:33.260 Isaiah 66, also looks forward to the future time. Isaiah 0:30:33.260 --> 0:30:35.300 looks ahead to that day, and he sees a number of, 0:30:35.300 --> 0:30:38.060 I'd call them mountain peaks of prophecy in the distance, 0:30:38.060 --> 0:30:40.400 and they include the new heavens and the new Earth, 0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:43.640 the dramatic restoration of Israel and Jerusalem, and a time 0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:47.510 of universal peace and longevity of life. Now, later writers 0:30:47.510 --> 0:30:51.470 provide additional details to help clarify the order of those events. 0:30:51.470 --> 0:30:54.560 But taking Isaiah's words at face value, I see a 0:30:54.560 --> 0:30:57.170 gathering to the land and a time of universal peace. 0:30:57.170 --> 0:30:59.990 And that didn't happen when Israel came back from Babylon 0:30:59.990 --> 0:31:03.230 or in 1948. And that's why I actually believe both 0:31:03.230 --> 0:31:06.170 of those passages describe a time that is still future. 0:31:06.430 --> 0:31:09.520 It's the Land and the book from Moody Radio. On 0:31:09.520 --> 0:31:13.270 this third segment, we answer Bible questions yours, and that 0:31:13.270 --> 0:31:15.760 question of yours is welcome with a quick email to 0:31:15.760 --> 0:31:20.830 the land and the book@moody.edu, Assaf says, I know the 0:31:20.830 --> 0:31:24.340 Bible is the inerrant Word of God, incapable of being wrong. 0:31:24.340 --> 0:31:26.650 But in reading John five, the story of the man 0:31:26.650 --> 0:31:29.440 with an infirmity who spent 38 years at the Pool 0:31:29.440 --> 0:31:33.219 of Bethesda, I noticed some translations leave out the last 0:31:33.220 --> 0:31:35.950 part of verse three and all of verse four, which 0:31:35.950 --> 0:31:38.590 speak of the angels stirring up the water. Why are 0:31:38.590 --> 0:31:41.350 these verses left out? Seems like they're a crucial part 0:31:41.350 --> 0:31:42.160 of the story. 0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:44.080 Yeah, the key issue here is whether or not the 0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:46.450 last part of verse three and all of verse four 0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:49.300 were actually part of the original manuscript, or if they 0:31:49.300 --> 0:31:52.600 were inserted later by a copyist, a number of older 0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:55.570 and fairly reliable manuscripts don't have those verses, and that's 0:31:55.570 --> 0:31:59.140 why some translations leave them out. However, the case is 0:31:59.140 --> 0:32:01.780 by no means settled. There are other manuscripts that do 0:32:01.780 --> 0:32:04.719 have the verses. Now, my personal feeling is that the 0:32:04.720 --> 0:32:07.540 verses were part of the original and are left out 0:32:07.540 --> 0:32:11.020 of some manuscripts, because later copyists saw them as problematic. 0:32:11.020 --> 0:32:13.360 That is, they saw that what was being described there 0:32:13.360 --> 0:32:16.240 doesn't match the character of God. I think the potential 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:19.930 problem can be easily resolved if we understand the angel 0:32:19.930 --> 0:32:22.150 of the Lord that stirred up the waters wasn't a 0:32:22.150 --> 0:32:25.210 good angel. It was a fallen angel. In this sense, 0:32:25.210 --> 0:32:28.360 the incident seems to have Satan's fingerprints all over it. 0:32:28.360 --> 0:32:31.120 You're holding people captive to a site while they waited 0:32:31.120 --> 0:32:35.230 desperately for a miracle, and archaeological evidence has been found 0:32:35.230 --> 0:32:38.200 there at the site linking it to an asclepion, a 0:32:38.200 --> 0:32:41.979 pagan place connected to the worship of Asclepius, the Greek 0:32:41.980 --> 0:32:44.770 god of healing. So when the angel does arrive, it says, 0:32:44.770 --> 0:32:46.630 the person who can get into the pool first, which 0:32:46.630 --> 0:32:49.690 would be the most healthy, gets healed, while the most 0:32:49.690 --> 0:32:52.390 needy is never able to get there in time. So 0:32:52.390 --> 0:32:54.880 I do see the verses as genuine. I believe they 0:32:54.880 --> 0:32:58.690 help explain how Jesus demonstrated his true grace and mercy 0:32:58.690 --> 0:33:01.480 at the house of mercy in this place that otherwise 0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:04.180 was dominated by a false religious practice. 0:33:04.180 --> 0:33:07.300 Interesting question here from Lois is the crown of thorns 0:33:07.420 --> 0:33:09.400 foretold in the Old Testament? 0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:12.250 Well, I don't know of any direct Old Testament prophecy 0:33:12.250 --> 0:33:14.680 that predicted the crown of thorns. You know, some think 0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:17.020 the ram caught in the thicket when Abraham was going 0:33:17.020 --> 0:33:20.320 to offer Isaac might be a type of that picture 0:33:20.320 --> 0:33:23.680 of the crown of thorns, but I don't see that personally. 0:33:23.800 --> 0:33:26.410 So what I really say is, I don't see that 0:33:26.410 --> 0:33:28.570 picturing the crown of thorns. I don't see any other 0:33:28.570 --> 0:33:31.960 incident in the Old Testament either pointing that direction, and 0:33:31.960 --> 0:33:34.690 I'm hesitant to find meaning in in details of a 0:33:34.690 --> 0:33:38.230 story like that of the ram caught in the thicket. 0:33:38.230 --> 0:33:40.810 Since there's nothing in the account to connect that ram 0:33:40.810 --> 0:33:42.190 with the crown of thorns. 0:33:42.190 --> 0:33:44.650 All right. From John, this question, I was in a 0:33:44.650 --> 0:33:48.130 conversation with someone who claimed that acts 323 says that 0:33:48.130 --> 0:33:50.650 those Jews who do not believe in Christ will be 0:33:50.650 --> 0:33:53.260 cut off. That is, they will be out of the covenant, 0:33:53.260 --> 0:33:55.540 and everyone who will not listen to that prophet will 0:33:55.540 --> 0:33:58.210 be completely cut off from the people it says. What 0:33:58.210 --> 0:34:00.100 does it mean to be cut off from the people 0:34:00.100 --> 0:34:02.710 who are the people they are cut off from? Is 0:34:02.710 --> 0:34:04.900 an unbelieving Jew out of the covenant? 0:34:04.900 --> 0:34:07.120 Yeah. The phrase cut off or cut off from among 0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:09.310 the people comes from the Old Testament. And it's used 0:34:09.310 --> 0:34:12.219 there multiple times, and it refers to God judging an 0:34:12.219 --> 0:34:16.120 individual either by putting him to death through direct divine judgment, 0:34:16.120 --> 0:34:18.070 or by having those in the community put him to 0:34:18.070 --> 0:34:21.640 death through capital punishment. But in acts three, Peter's quoting 0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:24.640 from Deuteronomy 18, and the promise by Moses of another 0:34:24.640 --> 0:34:27.550 prophet who was going to arise in verse 20, there 0:34:27.550 --> 0:34:30.640 he directly identifies Jesus as the Messiah. And in verse 0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:35.080 22 he connects Jesus to Moses's prediction from Deuteronomy 18. 0:34:35.080 --> 0:34:36.940 And what that says there is God's going to call 0:34:36.940 --> 0:34:39.370 them to account, uh, if they don't listen to the 0:34:39.370 --> 0:34:42.250 words of this prophet. So Peter is saying, individuals who 0:34:42.250 --> 0:34:46.540 reject God's promised Messiah, Jesus, will be judged by God. However, 0:34:46.540 --> 0:34:48.100 I think we need to be very careful not to 0:34:48.100 --> 0:34:51.010 use this verse to argue that all Jews have been 0:34:51.010 --> 0:34:54.040 rejected by God. In verse 17, Peter makes it clear 0:34:54.040 --> 0:34:57.250 that they acted in ignorance when they called for Jesus 0:34:57.250 --> 0:34:59.890 to be crucified. And then in verses 19 to 20, 0:34:59.890 --> 0:35:03.009 he offers his audience an opportunity to repent and turn 0:35:03.010 --> 0:35:05.650 to God so your sins may be wiped out. So 0:35:05.650 --> 0:35:07.600 here's the bottom line for me to be cut off 0:35:07.600 --> 0:35:10.030 from among the people in the mosaic covenant had the 0:35:10.030 --> 0:35:14.050 idea of coming under divine judgment and experiencing physical death. 0:35:14.050 --> 0:35:16.600 It was a strong and serious warning, and Peter is 0:35:16.600 --> 0:35:19.540 using that same language to describe the importance of the 0:35:19.540 --> 0:35:23.140 decision now facing his audience and by way of application. 0:35:23.140 --> 0:35:24.700 By the way, it's not just for the Jewish people 0:35:24.700 --> 0:35:27.070 in his day. I think it's a decision faced by 0:35:27.070 --> 0:35:29.980 all unbelievers today. What will you do with Jesus? It 0:35:29.980 --> 0:35:32.290 has eternal consequences from Mary. 0:35:32.290 --> 0:35:36.100 This question in Explaining the Fall, Donald Grey Barnhouse said 0:35:36.100 --> 0:35:38.980 that while Adam was made in God's image, Cain born 0:35:38.980 --> 0:35:41.950 after the fall wasn't. I wondered if he meant just 0:35:41.950 --> 0:35:45.760 to differentiate between God's initially having created man perfectly, but 0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:48.790 sin making it impossible to have the same perfection in Cain. 0:35:48.790 --> 0:35:50.980 But in another book it looks like he again said, 0:35:50.980 --> 0:35:53.529 man is no longer in God's image. Does that mean 0:35:53.530 --> 0:35:56.740 that the expression being made in God's image is unbiblical? 0:35:56.739 --> 0:35:59.589 I always appreciated the ministry of Doctor Barnhouse. Now in 0:35:59.590 --> 0:36:02.260 this instance, I tend to disagree with him. I suspect 0:36:02.260 --> 0:36:04.630 it might just be semantic, though he does state in 0:36:04.630 --> 0:36:06.700 places Adam lost the image of. God at the time 0:36:06.700 --> 0:36:09.460 of the fall, but I'd prefer to say the fall 0:36:09.460 --> 0:36:12.220 marred the image of God now. Two passages help me 0:36:12.219 --> 0:36:15.610 in this. The first is Genesis five, where it begins 0:36:15.610 --> 0:36:18.730 by saying God created mankind or humanity in his likeness. 0:36:18.730 --> 0:36:20.530 And then it says Adam had a son in his 0:36:20.530 --> 0:36:23.290 image and likeness. That is, the image God placed on. 0:36:23.290 --> 0:36:26.620 Adam was then reproduced in Adam's offspring. And the second 0:36:26.620 --> 0:36:30.520 passage is Genesis nine six, which describes events after the flood, 0:36:30.520 --> 0:36:32.379 and it says, whoever sheds the blood of man by 0:36:32.380 --> 0:36:34.840 man shall his blood be shed. But in the second 0:36:34.840 --> 0:36:36.700 half of the verse it explains why. For in the 0:36:36.700 --> 0:36:39.340 image of God has God made man. 0:36:39.340 --> 0:36:41.980 And that's a look at questions that have come into us. Yours. 0:36:41.980 --> 0:36:45.190 Welcome anytime. Again, when you email us at The Land 0:36:45.190 --> 0:36:50.649 and the book@moody.edu and Don't Go Away, Charlie Dyer's devotional 0:36:50.650 --> 0:36:53.470 is next, right here on the land and the book. 0:37:06.480 --> 0:37:09.540 Have you ever been late to something? Hi, John. Gager 0:37:09.540 --> 0:37:11.670 here hanging out with Charlie Dyer and Charlie. I have 0:37:11.670 --> 0:37:15.270 to confess, uh, I've been, uh, running late for a 0:37:15.270 --> 0:37:18.480 lot of things in life. Uh, I just I try 0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:20.910 to cram too much in, I think sometimes. What about you? 0:37:21.090 --> 0:37:23.279 Uh, we are both the same, John. We try and 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:25.920 pack too much stuff in, but so did the apostle Paul. 0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:27.000 And that's what we'll talk about. 0:37:27.000 --> 0:37:29.970 All right, that's all ahead in Charlie's devotional based in 0:37:29.969 --> 0:37:32.640 acts chapter 20. We'll get to that after this Holy 0:37:32.640 --> 0:37:34.380 Land experience. Testimony. 0:37:38.280 --> 0:37:42.480 My name is Joyce Papich, and my experience with what 0:37:42.480 --> 0:37:45.299 the Bible so far has been getting to know the 0:37:45.300 --> 0:37:49.500 Lord and him teaching me on the level that I 0:37:49.500 --> 0:37:53.730 was ready for. And now I can understand things on 0:37:53.730 --> 0:37:56.730 such a greater level and have so much more communication 0:37:56.730 --> 0:38:00.900 with him and reading through the Bible, knowing where he's been, 0:38:00.900 --> 0:38:05.460 knowing where all these events have happened, I can experience 0:38:05.460 --> 0:38:08.399 them at a deeper level and get even more out 0:38:08.400 --> 0:38:11.730 of all the messages that he has for me. I'm 0:38:11.730 --> 0:38:15.450 just so excited to have a whole new world open 0:38:15.450 --> 0:38:16.200 up to me. 0:38:18.200 --> 0:38:21.560 All right. Our Bibles are open to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Acts. 0:38:21.560 --> 0:38:24.800 Fifth book of the New Testament, the 20th chapter. Charlie, 0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:26.990 we are not in a rush. 0:38:27.110 --> 0:38:30.290 Well, but this time we are John. In Lewis Carroll's 0:38:30.290 --> 0:38:34.970 story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice's adventures begin when she 0:38:34.969 --> 0:38:37.790 spots a white rabbit running by saying to itself, oh dear, 0:38:37.790 --> 0:38:40.610 oh dear, I shall be too late. Now those who 0:38:40.610 --> 0:38:44.210 remember the Walt Disney version might remember slightly different words 0:38:44.210 --> 0:38:48.140 from a song in the film. But in Carroll's 1865 story, 0:38:48.140 --> 0:38:51.680 the frazzled rabbit is shouting to himself, oh dear, oh dear, 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:54.140 I shall be too late. He was all dressed up 0:38:54.140 --> 0:38:57.770 but running behind schedule. And the two of us, John 0:38:57.770 --> 0:39:01.220 and I suspect everybody else listening, have all experienced times 0:39:01.219 --> 0:39:03.950 like that. Times when we try to squeeze the hours 0:39:03.950 --> 0:39:06.740 of work needed to finish our project into the scant 0:39:06.739 --> 0:39:09.859 few minutes remaining until the deadline, or at times when 0:39:09.860 --> 0:39:13.340 an avalanche of interruptions seems to keep us from making 0:39:13.340 --> 0:39:16.790 it to an important meeting, our internal alarm clock begins 0:39:16.790 --> 0:39:19.399 sounding and a sense of panic starts to set in. 0:39:19.400 --> 0:39:22.129 Oh dear, oh dear, I shall be too late. Well, 0:39:22.130 --> 0:39:24.980 if you've ever felt that way recently, take heart. So 0:39:24.980 --> 0:39:28.310 did the Apostle Paul. The important event Paul didn't want 0:39:28.310 --> 0:39:31.190 to miss was the festival of Shavuot, what we know 0:39:31.190 --> 0:39:34.040 as the day of Pentecost. The problem is that Paul 0:39:34.040 --> 0:39:36.770 was in Greece. He needed to make it to Jerusalem 0:39:36.770 --> 0:39:40.549 by shavu'ot. That festival happens to be this coming week 0:39:40.550 --> 0:39:43.820 on our calendar. Let's see what happened when Paul felt 0:39:43.820 --> 0:39:47.810 pressured to make it to Jerusalem on time. Paul's eventful 0:39:47.810 --> 0:39:50.960 great race to Jerusalem began when he was in Greece, 0:39:50.960 --> 0:39:54.230 where Luke tells us in acts 20, verse three that 0:39:54.230 --> 0:39:58.640 he stayed three months. It was early spring, just before Passover. 0:39:58.640 --> 0:40:02.330 Paul's plan was to sail from Greece directly to Syria, 0:40:02.330 --> 0:40:06.469 but his plan was dramatically interrupted because Jews made a 0:40:06.469 --> 0:40:09.680 plot against him just as he was about to sail, 0:40:09.680 --> 0:40:14.750 narrowly avoiding a likely assassination plot aboard ship, Paul decided 0:40:14.750 --> 0:40:18.410 to go back through Macedonia instead of traveling by boat. 0:40:18.410 --> 0:40:21.290 He set off on a more roundabout journey by land. 0:40:21.290 --> 0:40:24.740 This added to his travel time, and time was starting 0:40:24.770 --> 0:40:28.459 to slip away. Paul and eight other traveling companions set 0:40:28.460 --> 0:40:31.969 out by foot on the road north from Corinth. Passing 0:40:31.969 --> 0:40:35.090 through Athens, they retraced the route taken on their second 0:40:35.090 --> 0:40:40.190 missionary journey Berea, then Thessalonica, then along the Via Egnatia 0:40:40.190 --> 0:40:44.300 to Philippi. While Paul and Luke stopped off in Philippi, Paul, 0:40:44.300 --> 0:40:47.690 seven other traveling companions, boarded a ship and went on 0:40:47.690 --> 0:40:50.540 ahead to Troas. They planned to wait there for Paul's 0:40:50.540 --> 0:40:55.340 arrival after spending Passover and Unleavened Bread in Philippi, but 0:40:55.340 --> 0:40:58.189 with the arrival of these festivals, the clock is now 0:40:58.190 --> 0:41:02.299 on its 50 day countdown to Shavu'ot Pentecost. And Paul 0:41:02.300 --> 0:41:05.689 still has a long journey ahead. The distance from Philippi 0:41:05.719 --> 0:41:09.530 to Troas was just 130 miles. But that's as the 0:41:09.530 --> 0:41:13.640 crow flies, and no crows or airplanes were available. Paul 0:41:13.640 --> 0:41:16.880 first had to walk the 12 miles from Philippi to Neapolis, 0:41:16.880 --> 0:41:19.460 the modern day town of Kavala. Then he had to 0:41:19.460 --> 0:41:23.120 wait for an available ship heading toward Troas. On his 0:41:23.120 --> 0:41:27.590 second missionary journey, Paul found excellent travel connections. Then it 0:41:27.590 --> 0:41:30.649 took a day to sail from Troas to Samothrace, another 0:41:30.650 --> 0:41:33.770 day to sail from Samothrace to Neapolis, followed by less 0:41:33.770 --> 0:41:35.990 than a half day's walk to Philippi two and a 0:41:35.989 --> 0:41:39.319 half days. But now that Paul's in a hurry, everything 0:41:39.320 --> 0:41:42.440 seems to be conspiring against him. The two day journey 0:41:42.440 --> 0:41:46.520 from Troas to Philippi, on that earlier second missionary journey 0:41:46.520 --> 0:41:51.140 now stretches out. As Luke so carefully records. We sailed 0:41:51.140 --> 0:41:55.310 from Philippi and five days later joined the others at Troas. 0:41:55.310 --> 0:41:58.160 And then, for whatever reason, they seem to have become 0:41:58.160 --> 0:42:01.250 stranded in Troas. We're not told if this was because 0:42:01.250 --> 0:42:05.420 of physical illness or lack of available transportation, but Luke 0:42:05.420 --> 0:42:08.750 notes in his log that the reunited group stayed seven 0:42:08.750 --> 0:42:13.700 days in Troas. Only 38 days remain until shavu'ot, and 0:42:13.700 --> 0:42:16.760 they're still in Troas, on the northwest coast of what 0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:20.660 is today Turkey. Transportation is finally booked and the group 0:42:20.660 --> 0:42:23.600 is planning to leave the following day. Paul spoke to 0:42:23.600 --> 0:42:26.419 the believers in Troas that night and it turned into 0:42:26.420 --> 0:42:29.660 a long meeting. Luke provides a few additional details to 0:42:29.660 --> 0:42:34.010 help explain the next potential disruption. Paul kept on talking 0:42:34.010 --> 0:42:36.800 until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room 0:42:36.800 --> 0:42:39.440 where we were meeting. Seated in a window was a 0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:42.319 young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep 0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:47.000 sleep as Paul talked on and on. It's warm, it's dark. 0:42:47.000 --> 0:42:49.580 It's been a long day. The soot from all the 0:42:49.580 --> 0:42:53.120 lamps is lowering the oxygen level. And try as he might, 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:57.259 young Eutychus slipped off to sleep. Unfortunately, he also slipped 0:42:57.260 --> 0:42:59.870 off his perch and tumbled three stories down to the 0:42:59.870 --> 0:43:03.170 ground below. Everyone rushed down, but it was clear he 0:43:03.170 --> 0:43:06.230 was dead. That is, until Paul wrapped his arms around 0:43:06.230 --> 0:43:08.839 him and raised him from the dead. Then they all 0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:11.180 went back up to the room, where Paul continued speaking 0:43:11.180 --> 0:43:13.759 until the morning. And as the sun rose for the 0:43:13.760 --> 0:43:16.609 start of a new day, Paul bid the now very 0:43:16.610 --> 0:43:21.300 awake focusing. As goodbye and continued his journey. Oh dear, 0:43:21.300 --> 0:43:24.989 oh dear, I shall be too late. Paul traveled overland 0:43:24.989 --> 0:43:28.290 to Assos while the rest of his party went by ship. 0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:32.640 Luke then records in staccato fashion their progress from Assos. 0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:36.090 They journeyed to Mytilene the following day. This is now 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:39.420 day three of the journey from Troas. They arrived off 0:43:39.420 --> 0:43:42.690 Chios on day four. They crossed over to Samos, and 0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:46.589 on day five they arrived at Miletus. Only 33 days 0:43:46.590 --> 0:43:51.030 remain until Shavu'ot. Paul was quickly revising his schedule. Rather 0:43:51.030 --> 0:43:54.390 than taking time to visit Ephesus, Paul decided to sail 0:43:54.390 --> 0:43:57.810 past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, 0:43:57.810 --> 0:44:00.840 for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem if possible. 0:44:00.840 --> 0:44:04.530 By the day of Pentecost, Miletus was over 30 miles 0:44:04.530 --> 0:44:08.460 from Ephesus, so Paul still had another delay. He sent 0:44:08.460 --> 0:44:10.920 to Ephesus for the elders of the city. It would 0:44:10.920 --> 0:44:13.680 take someone at least a day to travel to Ephesus, 0:44:13.680 --> 0:44:16.710 and another day for the elders to walk back to Miletus, 0:44:16.710 --> 0:44:18.960 allowing a day in between for the elders to be 0:44:18.960 --> 0:44:22.020 gathered and for the original messenger to rest. There was 0:44:22.020 --> 0:44:25.530 likely only 30 days remaining when these elders finally arrived 0:44:25.530 --> 0:44:29.040 for this brief visit with Paul, after an emotional gathering 0:44:29.040 --> 0:44:31.950 in a time of prayer, the elders then walked with Paul, 0:44:31.950 --> 0:44:34.620 the 6 or 7 miles from the city to the sea, 0:44:34.620 --> 0:44:37.770 as they accompanied him to the ship. The remainder of 0:44:37.770 --> 0:44:41.040 the trip now seemed to go like clockwork. They sailed 0:44:41.040 --> 0:44:43.890 straight to cause the next day we went to Rhodes, 0:44:43.890 --> 0:44:46.500 and from there to Patara, where we found a ship 0:44:46.500 --> 0:44:49.860 crossing over to Phoenicia. Passing to the south of Cyprus, 0:44:49.860 --> 0:44:53.280 they headed toward Syria, landing in the port of tyre. 0:44:53.280 --> 0:44:55.589 We're not told the total number of days at sea, 0:44:55.590 --> 0:44:58.860 but it seems likely that the last stretch was several days. 0:44:58.860 --> 0:45:01.530 So perhaps it took seven days to get from Miletus 0:45:01.530 --> 0:45:04.530 to Tyre. That was a rapid trip, but the clock 0:45:04.530 --> 0:45:07.890 is now down to something like 24 days to vote. 0:45:08.070 --> 0:45:11.069 According to acts 21, Paul stayed with a group of 0:45:11.070 --> 0:45:15.029 believers in tyre for seven days before boarding another ship 0:45:15.030 --> 0:45:18.690 to Ptolemais, where he stayed another day, then on to Caesarea, 0:45:18.690 --> 0:45:21.480 where he also stayed a number of days. We're not 0:45:21.480 --> 0:45:23.790 giving the exact number of days, but it would seem 0:45:23.790 --> 0:45:27.480 Paul made it to Caesarea with just under two weeks 0:45:27.480 --> 0:45:31.529 remaining until Shavu'ot. I suspect he was starting to breathe 0:45:31.560 --> 0:45:35.190 a little easier. A few days later, Paul was in Jerusalem, 0:45:35.190 --> 0:45:38.160 first meeting with the leadership of the church there and 0:45:38.160 --> 0:45:41.490 then heading to the temple. Paul made it just in 0:45:41.489 --> 0:45:45.690 time to be falsely accused and arrested in the temple area. 0:45:45.690 --> 0:45:49.620 So what lesson can we take home after this exhausting 0:45:49.620 --> 0:45:53.190 journey with the Apostle Paul? How about this there are 0:45:53.190 --> 0:45:56.160 times in our lives when we find ourselves under pressure. 0:45:56.160 --> 0:45:59.670 Sometimes it's of our own making, but sometimes it just 0:45:59.670 --> 0:46:03.300 seems like life intervenes to keep us from following through. 0:46:03.300 --> 0:46:07.020 On our commitments to the Lord. Paul kept his priorities 0:46:07.020 --> 0:46:10.109 in focus, and he adjusted his schedule to not let 0:46:10.140 --> 0:46:13.200 other good things get in the way of accomplishing those 0:46:13.200 --> 0:46:16.410 things that were more important. But through it all, he 0:46:16.410 --> 0:46:19.590 never put his schedule ahead of his commitment to people, 0:46:19.590 --> 0:46:22.680 even if it meant staying up all night to speak 0:46:22.830 --> 0:46:25.950 the lesson for us keep your priorities straight, and then 0:46:25.950 --> 0:46:28.380 trust God to work out all the details. 0:46:28.380 --> 0:46:30.990 Play very practical and those are great insights from the 0:46:30.989 --> 0:46:33.960 life of Paul. Thank you Charlie, thank you for joining 0:46:33.960 --> 0:46:37.049 us today on the land and the book. As always, 0:46:37.050 --> 0:46:39.270 we welcome you to our website where you can find 0:46:39.270 --> 0:46:43.830 out about today's programs, guest future programs, past programs, everything 0:46:43.830 --> 0:46:46.080 you need to know all there at the land and 0:46:46.080 --> 0:46:49.710 the book. 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