WEBVTT - Hour 1: Bible Questions, Bible Answers 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:14.880 The terrorist group Hamas returned four more captives to Israel yesterday, 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:20.920 and in exchange, Israel will release 200 terrorists from prison, 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.640 some serving life sentences for murder. Why would Israel pay 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:29.560 such an exorbitant and dangerous price? The answer is rooted 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:33.160 in Scripture. Stay with me. We'll talk about that in 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:37.120 just a moment. Hello, friends. Welcome to Open Line. My 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:39.760 name is Michael Ray. I'm the academic dean and professor 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:43.080 of Jewish studies and Bible at Moody Bible Institute. It's 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:46.240 time for our Bible study across America. 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Open your Bible, because we're about 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:46.800 to study the scriptures together. Well, if you've been watching 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.440 the news, I'm sure you're aware that there's a cease 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:54.360 fire in Israel. And Hamas has begun releasing female captives 0:01:54.360 --> 0:02:00.560 taken on October 7th, 2023, and their atrocity filled attack 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:06.440 on Israel back then. On that day, October 7th, 2023, 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:13.200 they murdered some 1200 people. Hamas took 251 people captive women, children, 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:19.360 infants and elderly folks. Some Holocaust survivors. Hamas. Hamas has 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:23.079 thus far released seven hostages in the last two weeks, 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:29.120 with Israel releasing 50 terrorists for each one hostage that's 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:35.680 released 50 terrorists. In November of 2023, Hamas released 105 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:42.360 civilian hostages. Civilian captives. And again, the numbers were just 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.440 about the same, with 50 terrorists for each one. The 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.120 question I'm asked frequently is why does Israel willingly give 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:53.880 up murderous terrorists in such great numbers? Isn't this too dangerous? 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.669 And the answer is, of course it's too dangerous. But nevertheless, 0:02:58.669 --> 0:03:02.590 these deals are rooted in Jewish values which come from Scripture. 0:03:02.669 --> 0:03:06.310 Here's what I mean. The rabbis have historically pointed to 0:03:06.310 --> 0:03:11.630 the Bible as calling for the redemption of captives. For example, 0:03:11.669 --> 0:03:15.750 Deuteronomy 15 seven. They would point, says, point out, says, 0:03:15.910 --> 0:03:19.270 you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand 0:03:19.389 --> 0:03:25.190 from your poor brother. According to the rabbis, Leviticus 1918 0:03:25.190 --> 0:03:28.470 guides them. It says, you must not jeopardize your neighbor's life. 0:03:29.590 --> 0:03:32.430 And then they take it all together with Proverbs 2411 0:03:32.430 --> 0:03:35.590 where it says, rescue those being taken off to death. 0:03:35.670 --> 0:03:41.350 Save those stumbling toward slaughter. From these verses, rabbinic law 0:03:42.270 --> 0:03:46.670 sought to give guidance on how to obey these verses, 0:03:46.830 --> 0:03:50.830 and it led to the concept of pigeon shivoham, or 0:03:50.870 --> 0:03:55.590 redemption of captives. The rabbis concluded that redemption of Redemption 0:03:55.590 --> 0:03:59.630 of captives was a great commandment, as captivity is viewed 0:04:00.230 --> 0:04:04.750 as worse than starvation and death, according to the rabbis. 0:04:04.830 --> 0:04:08.710 One book of Jewish law is called the Shulkhan Arukh 0:04:08.750 --> 0:04:12.150 says every moment that one delays in freeing captives is 0:04:12.150 --> 0:04:16.750 cases where in cases where it's possible to expedite their freedom, 0:04:16.750 --> 0:04:21.630 is considered to be tantamount to murder. The only warning 0:04:21.990 --> 0:04:25.430 given in rabbinic law is not to pay exorbitant prices, 0:04:25.430 --> 0:04:29.830 because it will cause evil ones, like Hamas to only 0:04:29.830 --> 0:04:32.990 take more captives in the future. It's the old principle 0:04:32.990 --> 0:04:40.150 of that which gets rewarded, gets repeated. Still, the rabbis 0:04:40.150 --> 0:04:47.790 taught that, uh, exorbitant payments could be paid for exigent 0:04:47.790 --> 0:04:53.630 or desperate circumstances. There are exigent and desperate circumstances today. 0:04:53.630 --> 0:04:57.710 The entire nation of Israel is heartbroken over these captives, 0:04:57.710 --> 0:05:02.830 and they desperately want their return, and they are trusting 0:05:02.870 --> 0:05:06.070 the Israeli government to once again protect the nation despite 0:05:06.070 --> 0:05:11.190 the release of these terrorist murderers. Here's my point Israel 0:05:11.190 --> 0:05:15.990 is an entirely secular nation, yet it derives its values 0:05:15.990 --> 0:05:20.470 from Jewish. It has Jewish values, which comes from rabbinic law, 0:05:21.070 --> 0:05:25.990 and rabbinic law derives the principle of redemption of captives 0:05:25.990 --> 0:05:31.310 from Scripture. And that is how to understand the unbalanced 0:05:31.310 --> 0:05:35.350 deal Israel has accepted for the release of some captives. 0:05:35.910 --> 0:05:39.790 For our part, since there are 90 remaining captives, what 0:05:39.790 --> 0:05:42.190 do we need to do? We need to keep praying 0:05:43.029 --> 0:05:45.510 for the safe return of these innocents who were so 0:05:45.510 --> 0:05:52.990 cruelly taken by Hamas. And, uh, that's the answer to 0:05:53.029 --> 0:05:55.270 the to the question of why these unfair. 0:05:55.270 --> 0:05:56.910 Deals are rooted in Scripture. 0:06:02.790 --> 0:06:05.469 Well, I would like to go to the phones. And Trish, 0:06:05.470 --> 0:06:08.310 if you're listening, I've got a little problem here with 0:06:08.310 --> 0:06:13.550 my screen. Could you tell me who our first caller is? Betty. Betty, 0:06:13.589 --> 0:06:15.469 welcome to Open Line. How can I help you? 0:06:16.510 --> 0:06:21.390 Hi. There is something that has been troubling me. I 0:06:21.390 --> 0:06:25.070 know someone who. Well, let me back up a little bit. 0:06:25.270 --> 0:06:30.270 When someone lives immorally, they can come to Christ and 0:06:30.270 --> 0:06:36.670 have their sins forgiven. When a Christian lives immorally, turns 0:06:36.670 --> 0:06:40.950 their back on Christ. Is there a scripture that says 0:06:40.950 --> 0:06:45.110 they cannot return to Christ? That once they have tasted 0:06:45.910 --> 0:06:50.750 Christ's grace and forgiveness, they cannot come back? 0:06:51.510 --> 0:06:55.020 No, The Bible teaches that we all sin, and if 0:06:55.020 --> 0:06:57.260 we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 0:06:57.260 --> 0:07:01.020 forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's 0:07:01.020 --> 0:07:06.099 first John one nine. Uh, we have the example of, uh, 0:07:06.100 --> 0:07:11.380 someone in, uh, moral failure, uh, that Paul says that 0:07:11.380 --> 0:07:17.500 he was grateful that he repented and was restored in first. Uh, 0:07:17.500 --> 0:07:22.420 I guess it's, uh, in Second Corinthians. Uh, but he 0:07:22.420 --> 0:07:26.620 is grateful for their repentance. Uh, it says in Second 0:07:26.620 --> 0:07:31.140 Corinthians chapter two, if anyone has caused pain, he has 0:07:31.140 --> 0:07:33.260 caused pain, not so much to me, but to some 0:07:33.260 --> 0:07:36.140 degree not to exaggerate. To all of you, the punishment 0:07:36.140 --> 0:07:38.740 inflicted by the majority is sufficient for that person. As 0:07:38.740 --> 0:07:42.740 a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, 0:07:42.740 --> 0:07:47.060 this 1st May be over overwhelmed by excessive grief. That's, uh, 0:07:47.100 --> 0:07:53.460 second Corinthians two, verses six and seven. So the verse 0:07:53.460 --> 0:07:58.060 you're thinking of is from Hebrews chapter six. 0:07:58.980 --> 0:08:00.140 Yes. I thought it was. 0:08:00.580 --> 0:08:06.260 Yeah. And, uh, now what, uh, what Hebrews six is 0:08:06.260 --> 0:08:15.300 talking about. I'll read it to you. Here's what it says. Uh, 0:08:15.340 --> 0:08:18.940 it's impossible to renew the six four to to renew, 0:08:18.940 --> 0:08:23.540 to repentance. Those who were once enlightened, who tasted the 0:08:23.580 --> 0:08:28.020 heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit, tasted God's 0:08:28.020 --> 0:08:30.740 good word and the powers of the coming age, and 0:08:30.740 --> 0:08:34.260 who have fallen away because to their own harm they 0:08:34.260 --> 0:08:37.940 are crucifying the Son of God and holding him up 0:08:37.940 --> 0:08:42.980 to contempt. So it says it's impossible. Impossible to renew 0:08:42.980 --> 0:08:48.700 such people to repentance. Now, who's it talking about here? 0:08:49.580 --> 0:08:52.740 Is it talking about believers who have fallen into sin 0:08:52.740 --> 0:08:55.460 and now they want to come back and they can't 0:08:55.460 --> 0:09:00.060 be repentant. They can't repent. They can't be restored. That 0:09:00.059 --> 0:09:01.939 that's not what it's talking about. We have to understand 0:09:01.940 --> 0:09:06.420 who it's talking about. Remember Paul? Paul, the writer of Hebrews, 0:09:06.420 --> 0:09:08.820 not Paul, but the writer of Hebrews, whoever that was, 0:09:08.940 --> 0:09:12.740 was writing to Jewish believers, and there was a mixed 0:09:12.740 --> 0:09:19.060 multitude in his audience. Some of these people, most of 0:09:19.059 --> 0:09:22.620 them had had become believers. Some of them had professed 0:09:22.620 --> 0:09:25.860 faith but were not genuine. And what he is saying 0:09:25.860 --> 0:09:29.180 in Hebrews six is that it's important for them not 0:09:29.179 --> 0:09:32.219 to stay where they are, but to actually come to 0:09:32.260 --> 0:09:35.300 a full faith in Jesus. Here's why I say that. 0:09:35.300 --> 0:09:39.020 If you look at chapter six, verse one, it says, 0:09:39.020 --> 0:09:43.219 leaving the elementary message about the Messiah, let us go 0:09:43.220 --> 0:09:46.900 on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance 0:09:46.900 --> 0:09:50.380 from dead. Works. Faith in God. Teaching about ritual washings. 0:09:50.380 --> 0:09:52.420 Laying on of hands. The resurrection of the dead, and 0:09:52.460 --> 0:09:54.780 eternal judgment. He is telling them to move on. Some 0:09:54.780 --> 0:09:57.020 people think he's telling them to move on from the 0:09:57.020 --> 0:10:00.939 basics of the faith, that they are believers, but actually 0:10:01.700 --> 0:10:03.900 all those things that he's telling them to move on 0:10:03.900 --> 0:10:09.420 from could be either an Old Testament faith or a 0:10:09.420 --> 0:10:14.140 believer type faith, except for one. And that tells me 0:10:14.140 --> 0:10:17.380 he's talking about something different. He says move on from 0:10:17.380 --> 0:10:23.820 the teachings about ritual washing. Some versions say baptisms. Well, 0:10:23.820 --> 0:10:28.660 it's that's a bad translation. There are two words in Greek, 0:10:28.660 --> 0:10:32.300 one for baptism. And then there's a different word that's 0:10:32.300 --> 0:10:37.580 used for the Old Testament ritual washings. And that's what's 0:10:37.580 --> 0:10:40.060 used here. So what he is saying is we have 0:10:40.059 --> 0:10:42.939 to move on from an Old Testament faith that looked 0:10:42.940 --> 0:10:47.449 forward to the coming of the Messiah, to one That 0:10:47.450 --> 0:10:51.170 focuses its faith on the Messiah who has come, Jesus. 0:10:51.570 --> 0:10:55.650 And then he says, now you've you've come close, but 0:10:55.650 --> 0:11:00.250 you're not there yet. Uh, you've tasted the good word 0:11:00.250 --> 0:11:04.010 of God. You've, uh, you were in the community of believers. 0:11:04.010 --> 0:11:08.930 You were in the congregation, but you weren't really believers yet. 0:11:09.850 --> 0:11:12.090 And if you go back now, it'll be impossible to 0:11:12.090 --> 0:11:14.770 bring you back now. I think it's impossible for us 0:11:14.770 --> 0:11:17.130 to bring anyone back. But God might open the door. 0:11:17.210 --> 0:11:20.210 We don't know how far they fall, but that's talking 0:11:20.210 --> 0:11:24.130 about people who had come close to being believers but 0:11:24.170 --> 0:11:27.290 were not. And then they fall away. And he warns 0:11:27.290 --> 0:11:31.329 them it might be impossible to bring you back. Okay, 0:11:31.450 --> 0:11:34.770 so it's not not about believers losing their salvation, but 0:11:34.770 --> 0:11:39.209 people who are close but did not really experience salvation. Okay. 0:11:39.330 --> 0:11:41.450 Can I ask one more question? Sure. 0:11:41.690 --> 0:11:47.450 About this individual. This individual is struggling with feeling like 0:11:47.490 --> 0:11:53.170 he can't come back. He feels very unattached to Christ. 0:11:53.210 --> 0:12:01.130 He feels Christ is unapproachable. That his relationship is lost. Mhm. Um. 0:12:01.130 --> 0:12:05.490 How can I help him? 0:12:05.530 --> 0:12:09.089 Look up everything you can in your Bible. Okay. About 0:12:09.090 --> 0:12:14.890 the grace and mercy of God. Okay. Do a search. Uh, 0:12:14.929 --> 0:12:17.370 find everything where it says that God welcomes those of 0:12:17.370 --> 0:12:20.170 us who are penitent, that God desires us to come 0:12:20.170 --> 0:12:25.890 to him. You find every verse about forgiveness and mercy. Okay. 0:12:26.010 --> 0:12:28.170 And then you sit down and you, you say if 0:12:28.170 --> 0:12:33.050 you feel lost, everyone is lost. Uh, but but for 0:12:33.050 --> 0:12:35.370 the mercy and grace of God, and you show it 0:12:35.370 --> 0:12:38.209 to him. That's what you do. Wow. Uh, okay. 0:12:39.610 --> 0:12:41.730 He wants his relationship with Christ back. 0:12:42.370 --> 0:12:44.450 Okay. Well, you gotta show him that he that he 0:12:44.450 --> 0:12:47.410 needs to come by faith, and and the Lord will 0:12:47.410 --> 0:12:50.090 welcome him. Read him, the prodigal son. What a great. 0:12:50.090 --> 0:12:53.050 What a great reminder. Luke 15. Okay. 0:12:53.210 --> 0:12:54.170 Yeah. Yeah. 0:12:54.210 --> 0:12:57.210 Okay. Well, thank you for your call. We're going to 0:12:57.210 --> 0:12:59.209 take a break here. We come back, we'll be talking 0:12:59.210 --> 0:13:03.570 to you about your questions about the Bible, God and 0:13:03.570 --> 0:13:06.170 the spiritual life. This program is called Open Line. You 0:13:06.170 --> 0:13:13.170 can call (877) 548-3675 with your question. My name is Michael Riddick. 0:13:13.210 --> 0:13:14.970 Stay with me. I'll be right back with more of 0:13:14.970 --> 0:13:17.970 the questions that you are calling with right here on 0:13:17.970 --> 0:13:40.490 Moody Radio's Open Line. Welcome back to Open Line. Let 0:13:40.490 --> 0:13:44.730 me tell you about our current resource. Uh, sometimes people 0:13:44.730 --> 0:13:47.010 get a little lost. They wonder. 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Okay, we're going to talk to Vicky 0:15:17.490 --> 0:15:22.010 in Rantoul, Illinois, listening to WGN. Welcome to Open Line, Vicky. 0:15:22.050 --> 0:15:23.010 How can I help you? 0:15:23.690 --> 0:15:29.010 Thank you. I am wondering about, um. A Bible study 0:15:29.010 --> 0:15:32.290 teacher has been telling us that when the Jewish people 0:15:32.290 --> 0:15:35.530 lived in Egypt and they came out of Egypt, that 0:15:35.530 --> 0:15:38.450 they were like a bunch of animals. They knew nothing 0:15:38.450 --> 0:15:44.760 about God. And I'm wondering, um, isn't there something about 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.680 them worshiping God in Egypt? 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.480 Um, I don't see any. Why would someone say such 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:52.760 a thing about anyone? 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:57.200 Well, I don't know. 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.200 I don't know. I mean, that seems so ridiculous to me. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:07.040 I can't hardly believe it that someone would say that. Uh, now, now, 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:13.360 let's let's remember, uh, Moses was sent to Egypt because 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.480 the Israelites cried out to God for deliverance. That's that's 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.240 why God sent Moses, because they were crying out to God. 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.320 Also remember, Moses was raised with all the wisdom of Egypt. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.520 We know that because he had been adopted by Pharaoh's daughter. 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.760 Do you remember that? Yes. But who was his? Who 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:35.720 was his nurse? Who cared for him? Remember, Miriam brought, uh, 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:39.680 Moses mother and, uh. And Moses mother. Jochebed raised him. 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:40.720 Do you remember that? 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.920 Right, right. I do remember that. 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:48.360 And of course, Moses wrote the whole Pentateuch, and it 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:56.120 included stories about Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Right. And all those 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:59.000 stories from the Pentateuch. From the book of Genesis. Now, 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:03.760 let me ask you this. Where did Moses learn those stories? Well, 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.200 they were carried on orally, from generation to generation by 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:11.199 the Jewish people. He learned them at at his, at 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:16.560 his mother's side, learning from her. Right. You know, people 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.399 are made in the image of God. They're not like 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:23.760 animals that. But Israel understood that God had chosen Abraham. 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:25.879 They had all these stories of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.000 They weren't written in Scripture yet, but Moses wrote them down. 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:33.760 He learned them from his family. Uh, now I don't 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:38.119 understand why someone would say such a thing. It seems harsh. Unkind. 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:40.080 So yes. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.320 But were they able to gather together and worship when 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.520 they were living in slavery for 400 years? 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.840 You know, I don't know the details of their lives. 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:54.520 I'm sure that they didn't work every minute of every 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:58.320 day for seven days. I'm sure they had something that 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.320 they knew. Some sort of gathering. I don't know, really. 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:07.439 You know, that's imposing our experiences on them from, you know, 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:13.879 1800 to 1400 BC. They were in, in Egypt. I 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.960 don't know all the details, but they weren't animals and 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:20.680 they weren't without any knowledge of God. Uh, and so 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.720 that's that's what I would say. Thank you. 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:24.040 Okay. Thank you very much. 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:28.760 Okay. Thank you. Vicki. Appreciate it. Uh, we're going to 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:33.320 talk next with Carolyn listening in Chicago, Illinois on WNBA. 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:36.280 Welcome to Open Line, Carolyn. How can I help you today? 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:41.720 Yes. Good morning. It came up in a Bible study 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.000 the other day, and it's a verse that I'm so 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.879 familiar with, but had never thought of it in this way. 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:51.359 It's Matthew 2436. 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:52.800 Mhm. 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:58.160 Um, but of that day and hour knoweth no man, not, 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:03.160 not any of the angels, but my father only. Now 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:09.000 does it say my father only because Jesus is on 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:14.919 earth right now or. Um, the question came up that 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:21.240 if it's one God which we believe, why wouldn't Jesus 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:22.320 know what the father. 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:27.080 If if after his I understand, how could Jesus not 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.720 know if Jesus, if the Lord Jesus is omniscient as 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.880 God the Father is? How could he not know? It says, 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:37.350 now concerning that day and hour. The return of the 0:19:37.350 --> 0:19:40.510 Lord Jesus. No one knows, neither the angels in heaven 0:19:40.830 --> 0:19:45.830 nor the son. That's what you're talking about, right? Exactly. 0:19:46.790 --> 0:19:51.109 And except the father only. Some versions leave out. Nor 0:19:51.109 --> 0:19:54.070 the son. But I think it probably should be there. 0:19:54.550 --> 0:20:01.350 Some manuscripts leave out. Nor the son. But nevertheless, uh, 0:20:01.350 --> 0:20:06.110 the only way we could understand this is that the. 0:20:06.150 --> 0:20:12.750 There's a self-limitation on the part of the God, the son. 0:20:12.910 --> 0:20:17.350 There are some things that he chooses not to know, 0:20:17.350 --> 0:20:19.910 and therefore he doesn't know them. It's not because he 0:20:19.910 --> 0:20:24.030 can't know them. It's he chooses not to. The self-limitation 0:20:24.350 --> 0:20:27.790 of the son. He does this in deference to the father. 0:20:27.910 --> 0:20:31.510 The father always the son always does. The father's will 0:20:31.550 --> 0:20:37.949 is what John chapter six, Uh, verses 37 through 40 says. So, uh, 0:20:37.950 --> 0:20:41.590 he just limits himself. And that's why he doesn't know. Okay. 0:20:43.070 --> 0:20:46.350 Okay. I you know, actually, when you said that, I 0:20:46.350 --> 0:20:51.230 think that came up not too long ago and, um, 0:20:51.270 --> 0:20:54.990 in the morning, morning call. And thank you for what 0:20:54.990 --> 0:20:59.229 you do. I am a table, uh, kitchen part partner. 0:20:59.390 --> 0:21:01.630 Your table partner. Thank you so much, Carolyn. I really 0:21:01.630 --> 0:21:07.709 appreciate that. Uh, we appreciate you so much. You know, uh, 0:21:07.710 --> 0:21:10.710 the the kitchen table partners, since Carolyn mentioned it. I'll 0:21:10.710 --> 0:21:15.230 mention it now, too. Uh, I appreciate every listener, I 0:21:15.230 --> 0:21:19.070 really do. I'm always amazed. I used to laugh when, uh, 0:21:19.070 --> 0:21:20.869 when I was going to go on the air, I said, 0:21:20.869 --> 0:21:23.310 Eva to my wife, who will listen to this program 0:21:23.550 --> 0:21:26.270 if I'm on the air other than you. And so 0:21:26.270 --> 0:21:29.230 the fact that there are other people listening and people calling, 0:21:29.270 --> 0:21:32.670 it means a lot to me, and I appreciate every listener. 0:21:32.910 --> 0:21:35.470 But then there are some people that are so committed 0:21:35.470 --> 0:21:37.190 that they want to make sure that we stay on 0:21:37.190 --> 0:21:40.870 the air, that they commit to giving monthly to open line. 0:21:40.869 --> 0:21:43.790 They are our kitchen table partners, like Caroline, who I 0:21:43.790 --> 0:21:50.510 appreciate immensely. What a sacrifice and what a generous heart 0:21:50.510 --> 0:21:54.550 to do that. And what we do in response here 0:21:54.550 --> 0:21:58.990 at Open Line is I prepare an audio Bible study 0:21:59.510 --> 0:22:03.669 exclusively for our kitchen table partners every month. You'll get 0:22:03.670 --> 0:22:06.270 it in the mail, your email, you click on it. 0:22:06.270 --> 0:22:10.110 And it's a special Bible study designed exclusively takes about 0:22:10.109 --> 0:22:13.790 5 or 10 minutes. It's designed exclusively for our kitchen 0:22:13.790 --> 0:22:17.070 table partners, and we're really grateful for each kitchen table partner. 0:22:17.190 --> 0:22:19.870 If you'd like to become a kitchen table partner, the 0:22:19.869 --> 0:22:23.390 best way to do that is just give us a call. 0:22:23.390 --> 0:22:32.750 The number is (888) 644-7122. That's 47122. Or you can go 0:22:32.750 --> 0:22:36.270 to open line radio.org. And Carolyn, thank you so much 0:22:36.270 --> 0:22:41.429 for being a kitchen table partner. We really, really appreciate it. Uh, 0:22:41.430 --> 0:22:45.430 we're going to talk next with Tony in West Chicago, Illinois, 0:22:45.430 --> 0:22:49.830 listening on Wmbi. Welcome to Open Line, Tony. How can 0:22:49.830 --> 0:22:52.070 I help you today? Good morning. Yeah. Good morning. 0:22:52.350 --> 0:22:56.350 Um, I had a question about taxes. And so taxes 0:22:56.350 --> 0:23:00.310 are coming up pretty shortly. Um, and I know that 0:23:00.310 --> 0:23:03.510 in the time of the kings that the kings taxed 0:23:03.510 --> 0:23:07.230 the people. But prior to that, was there any other 0:23:07.230 --> 0:23:11.950 tax on people? Um, as you know, under, let's say, 0:23:11.950 --> 0:23:15.910 the times of the prophets and so on. Um, because 0:23:16.230 --> 0:23:19.109 in our experience, if we don't pay our taxes, we 0:23:19.109 --> 0:23:22.830 lose our property. So, um, I just was wondering if 0:23:22.830 --> 0:23:27.950 there was a tax, um, above and beyond the usual 0:23:27.950 --> 0:23:30.420 tithe that everybody paid to pay for the for the temple. 0:23:30.980 --> 0:23:34.580 Well, I think sometimes I think we we misunderstand the 0:23:34.580 --> 0:23:38.540 tithing system that is in the Pentateuch. It's it's not 0:23:38.540 --> 0:23:42.820 just 10%. There is a tithe for the priests, a 0:23:42.859 --> 0:23:45.500 tithe for the temple. And then there was a tithe 0:23:45.500 --> 0:23:51.460 for the poor, which was given over three years, uh, 10% 0:23:51.460 --> 0:23:55.419 over three years. So it really came to a 23 0:23:55.420 --> 0:23:58.420 and a third. What are we doing over there, Tony? 0:23:59.540 --> 0:23:59.980 I'm sorry. 0:24:00.020 --> 0:24:03.540 That's that's just opening my blinds up. Excuse me. 0:24:04.300 --> 0:24:10.500 Yeah, yeah. Uh, the the the idea was 23 and 0:24:10.500 --> 0:24:13.699 a third percent of what Israel had was given. And 0:24:13.700 --> 0:24:17.419 then on top of that, there were free will, Thanksgiving offerings, 0:24:17.420 --> 0:24:20.900 things like that. In addition, the point being, when you 0:24:20.900 --> 0:24:24.220 see 23 and a third percent, you realize that the 0:24:24.220 --> 0:24:29.940 tithing system in the Torah was Really it was the 0:24:29.940 --> 0:24:32.940 Constitution of Israel and it was a taxation system. 0:24:34.500 --> 0:24:35.660 Yeah, yeah I see. 0:24:36.180 --> 0:24:41.980 So that was the taxation system. And, uh, you know, uh, 0:24:42.020 --> 0:24:46.179 it's really important to, to not just look back then, 0:24:46.180 --> 0:24:50.420 but Romans 13 says that we're to obey the government 0:24:50.420 --> 0:24:54.420 and to pay taxes to whom taxes are due. Pay 0:24:54.420 --> 0:24:57.940 your obligations to everyone, taxes to those you owe taxes. 0:24:58.580 --> 0:25:01.660 So I actually I had a really dear friend. He's 0:25:01.660 --> 0:25:03.700 with the Lord now. But, uh, before he came to 0:25:03.700 --> 0:25:07.820 the Lord, he never registered for Social Security. He he 0:25:07.820 --> 0:25:10.580 he never paid taxes. He kind of lived off the books. 0:25:10.900 --> 0:25:12.899 And then he came to the Lord. And after studying 0:25:12.900 --> 0:25:16.500 the Bible, he became convicted. And he he walked into 0:25:16.500 --> 0:25:19.980 the IRS to tell them that he made an appointment. 0:25:20.420 --> 0:25:24.820 And they couldn't believe it that he was just volunteering. Uh, 0:25:24.820 --> 0:25:26.820 and they said, did you get a letter, like from 0:25:26.820 --> 0:25:29.179 the IRS? and he's like, no, I didn't get a letter. 0:25:29.220 --> 0:25:32.380 They kept insisting, did you get a letter? And finally 0:25:32.380 --> 0:25:34.379 he said, yeah, I got a letter from Paul. And 0:25:34.380 --> 0:25:38.700 he read them Romans 13 and and boy, it was 0:25:38.700 --> 0:25:41.580 hard for him, but he did it. He he fulfilled 0:25:41.580 --> 0:25:45.020 that obligation. It's a it's a great reminder. Pay taxes. 0:25:45.140 --> 0:25:47.860 To whom taxes are due. Uh, well, we'll come right 0:25:47.859 --> 0:25:51.180 back with the Febc mailbag in just a moment. Trish 0:25:51.220 --> 0:25:53.619 is dragging it in, so stay with us. This is 0:25:53.619 --> 0:26:12.300 open line with Michael Radonich. Welcome back to Open Line 0:26:12.300 --> 0:26:15.740 with me, Michael Radonich. So glad you're listening today. I'm 0:26:15.740 --> 0:26:19.540 so grateful for the Far Eastern Broadcasting Company partnering with 0:26:19.540 --> 0:26:24.620 Open Line to bring you the weekly Febc mailbag. Febc 0:26:24.660 --> 0:26:29.100 far Eastern Broadcasting Company is a terrific organization. They bring 0:26:29.100 --> 0:26:33.180 the good news to people via media and personal engagement 0:26:33.180 --> 0:26:38.060 throughout the world. Check out the Febc podcast called Until 0:26:38.060 --> 0:26:40.260 All Have Heard. All you have to do is go 0:26:40.260 --> 0:26:46.500 to febc. Org that's febc.org. And joining me right now 0:26:46.540 --> 0:26:54.820 Tricia with that Febc mailbag is Tricia McMillan. Hey, Tricia. Hello. Yeah. Well, uh, 0:26:54.820 --> 0:26:57.460 I suppose that you've got a bunch of questions there 0:26:57.460 --> 0:27:00.220 that people have sent in. I do, I do want 0:27:00.220 --> 0:27:02.780 to remind people about how to send the questions. I 0:27:02.780 --> 0:27:05.180 think the best way is just go to our website, 0:27:05.460 --> 0:27:09.180 openline radio.org, and there's a link there that says Ask 0:27:09.340 --> 0:27:12.260 Michael a question. Click on that and you can post 0:27:12.260 --> 0:27:14.140 your question there. And then what do you do with 0:27:14.140 --> 0:27:15.420 it Tricia when it comes in. 0:27:15.940 --> 0:27:20.460 Uh, then I add it to the mailbag. I, I 0:27:20.500 --> 0:27:23.580 go through them, but yes. And then I add them 0:27:23.580 --> 0:27:24.060 to how do you. 0:27:24.060 --> 0:27:27.540 Decide which ones you know. I know you organize them. 0:27:27.540 --> 0:27:30.100 You try and put them in some sort of order, right? 0:27:30.220 --> 0:27:33.139 I try to. I don't always succeed. And I realize 0:27:33.660 --> 0:27:37.660 it often doesn't matter because. Yeah, because there doesn't need 0:27:37.660 --> 0:27:40.940 to be a flow. We're talking about the entire Bible. 0:27:41.060 --> 0:27:43.420 And so right there doesn't have to be a flow 0:27:43.420 --> 0:27:45.859 from one to the next. I like to group them 0:27:46.060 --> 0:27:49.060 because my brain works that way. But there doesn't have 0:27:49.060 --> 0:27:53.500 to be that. So sometimes it's a little more by the, 0:27:53.500 --> 0:27:55.300 you know, just kind of by the seat of my pants. 0:27:55.300 --> 0:27:58.180 But sometimes it's a lot more organized. The mailbag ones 0:27:58.180 --> 0:28:00.620 I tend to make very organized, like, here's a chunk 0:28:01.020 --> 0:28:03.500 that are all dealing with this similar topic, because. 0:28:03.540 --> 0:28:04.340 For a full mailbag. 0:28:04.380 --> 0:28:08.220 For a full mailbag program, um, but for the this one, 0:28:08.340 --> 0:28:10.060 not so much. Um, and. 0:28:10.060 --> 0:28:11.939 When people write to me and they say, how come 0:28:11.940 --> 0:28:14.260 you didn't answer my question, I mailed it. You blame me. 0:28:14.660 --> 0:28:17.180 I just blame Tricia because I don't pick them. You do. 0:28:17.220 --> 0:28:20.700 Right. And sometimes it's it's because we've answered that question 0:28:20.700 --> 0:28:23.740 more recently. And so I'm trying to pick different questions 0:28:23.850 --> 0:28:25.570 that we haven't answered in a while. That's that's a 0:28:25.570 --> 0:28:28.570 lot of it. Um. That's right. And if I, you know, 0:28:28.609 --> 0:28:28.970 if it. 0:28:29.250 --> 0:28:31.890 Or sometimes you'll, you'll get 2 or 3 people will 0:28:31.890 --> 0:28:32.889 ask the same question. 0:28:32.930 --> 0:28:35.730 Right. And then I'll kind of combine them into one, um, 0:28:35.770 --> 0:28:38.370 because they'll be similar or like today I've got a 0:28:38.370 --> 0:28:41.050 couple from like towards the end of Genesis that work 0:28:41.050 --> 0:28:44.610 well together. So, you know, um, some of the different 0:28:44.610 --> 0:28:47.090 ones are nice because just for a change, because there 0:28:47.130 --> 0:28:50.330 are so many questions people have about the Bible, um, 0:28:50.370 --> 0:28:52.970 a lot of them are the same, and a lot 0:28:52.970 --> 0:28:55.290 of them are in that. So that's where, like you 0:28:55.290 --> 0:28:59.250 wrote a book called 50 Most Important Bible Questions, where 0:28:59.250 --> 0:29:01.970 those are a lot of the questions we have gotten, 0:29:01.970 --> 0:29:04.090 but I like to ask some of the ones that 0:29:04.090 --> 0:29:07.770 maybe aren't in that book too sometimes. And so, yeah, 0:29:07.770 --> 0:29:08.410 so that's kind of. 0:29:08.690 --> 0:29:10.650 Where we're at. I'm so glad that you do that. 0:29:10.650 --> 0:29:15.290 And I don't, because that's, uh, that's great for me 0:29:15.290 --> 0:29:17.570 that you do it and I appreciate it. So. Okay, well, 0:29:17.570 --> 0:29:18.290 let's get started. 0:29:18.330 --> 0:29:21.810 All right. Our first question is from Michael. Uh, listens 0:29:21.810 --> 0:29:24.969 to Listens to Keys in Florida. And he's asking a 0:29:24.970 --> 0:29:31.170 question about Genesis 3511 and Genesis 48 four, where it 0:29:31.170 --> 0:29:35.250 talks about the Assembly of Nations and many nations that 0:29:35.250 --> 0:29:39.250 God says will come from Jacob. He wants to know, 0:29:39.290 --> 0:29:41.610 you know, is this what is this a prophecy for. 0:29:43.450 --> 0:29:47.730 Uh, a nation indeed an assembly of nations will come 0:29:47.730 --> 0:29:52.890 from you and kings will descend from you. And that's, uh. 0:29:52.890 --> 0:29:59.610 He says that to Jacob. Uh, and I believe that 0:29:59.850 --> 0:30:03.410 that's just saying that nations would come out of him. Uh, 0:30:03.410 --> 0:30:06.730 I think it's wondering which nations. Right? Because mostly we 0:30:06.730 --> 0:30:13.890 think of the people of Israel coming from him. Right. Uh, so, uh, well. 0:30:14.570 --> 0:30:15.650 Is that all it is? 0:30:16.690 --> 0:30:20.210 Yeah. Well, I think that's all it is for now. 0:30:20.210 --> 0:30:21.930 That's what I'm going to say. But I would have 0:30:21.930 --> 0:30:24.010 to do a little bit more searching off the top 0:30:24.010 --> 0:30:27.290 of my head. I can't think of of anything else. Okay. 0:30:27.330 --> 0:30:30.850 And when we do these questions for the mailbag, often 0:30:30.850 --> 0:30:34.290 you don't know what questions are coming. So, so so 0:30:34.290 --> 0:30:36.170 when I put you on the spot like this. 0:30:36.290 --> 0:30:39.930 That no, it doesn't bother me at all. I actually 0:30:39.970 --> 0:30:43.530 I'll let everyone know when when someone asked. I hardly 0:30:43.530 --> 0:30:47.210 ever know what the question is in advance. Uh, sometimes 0:30:47.210 --> 0:30:49.530 when I even pick the callers, I'm reading the question 0:30:49.530 --> 0:30:53.890 as I'm. Right. Uh, so it doesn't bother me. Uh, 0:30:53.930 --> 0:30:55.810 what's what was the second verse of. 0:30:56.090 --> 0:30:57.530 Genesis 48 four? 0:30:58.610 --> 0:30:59.969 Yeah. 0:31:00.010 --> 0:31:05.090 Uh, which says and he said to me, behold, I 0:31:05.090 --> 0:31:07.930 will make you a fruitful and numerous and I will 0:31:07.930 --> 0:31:10.090 make you a company of peoples, and will give this 0:31:10.090 --> 0:31:13.410 land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession. 0:31:13.890 --> 0:31:18.250 Yeah. I think this is not talking about anything other than, uh, 0:31:18.250 --> 0:31:21.690 the different tribes that came out of out of Jacob. Okay. Uh, 0:31:21.690 --> 0:31:25.490 and that that and in fact, that there were two 0:31:25.490 --> 0:31:30.250 nations ultimately, that came out Israel and Judah, from him. Uh, 0:31:30.250 --> 0:31:31.970 and so I think that's all it's talking about, the 0:31:31.970 --> 0:31:35.930 12 tribes. But, you know, I'll do further checking on that. 0:31:36.010 --> 0:31:37.690 I think it's just talking about that. 0:31:37.810 --> 0:31:43.050 Okay. Uh, there was there was another. Oh, man. I 0:31:43.050 --> 0:31:44.810 will look for this other question that was kind of 0:31:44.810 --> 0:31:47.250 related to that, but this, uh, the next question is 0:31:47.250 --> 0:31:52.490 from Kathy, um, in Ohio, listens to Wkkf and says, 0:31:52.490 --> 0:31:58.130 in Joseph's dream in Genesis 37, he states that the sun, 0:31:58.130 --> 0:32:02.450 moon and 11 stars bowed down to him. This is 0:32:02.450 --> 0:32:08.090 after Rachel's death, and so is Rachel the moon. And 0:32:08.090 --> 0:32:13.170 if so, how could that be? Um. Is it that 0:32:13.170 --> 0:32:16.170 the 11 and the star, sorry. And the sun and 0:32:16.170 --> 0:32:21.680 the moon all immediately Correspond or is it more metaphorical? 0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:27.760 I think it's just saying in Joseph's dream, he says, 0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:31.200 the sun, moon and 11 stars were bowing down to 0:32:31.200 --> 0:32:36.080 me and it sounds like a father, a mother and 0:32:36.080 --> 0:32:41.440 his 11 brothers. That's what it's referring to. And likely 0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:47.959 Rachel as as said, she died with Benjamin's birth, so 0:32:47.960 --> 0:32:50.400 it's probably talking about Leah there. 0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:54.000 Okay, so would she have been the mother figure? 0:32:54.760 --> 0:32:59.240 Well, she's she's a matriarch of Israel, so. Okay. So yeah. 0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:03.640 That's it. Joe. Oh, yeah. Jacob and his wife and 0:33:03.640 --> 0:33:06.080 and then his 11 brothers. 11 brothers. That's the idea. 0:33:06.120 --> 0:33:11.840 Okay. All right. Um, our, uh, Christy wanted to know, 0:33:11.840 --> 0:33:16.440 how did the people of Israel become known as Jews? 0:33:16.440 --> 0:33:19.240 And the Bible, they're referred to as Hebrews or Israelites. 0:33:19.720 --> 0:33:21.240 They're also called Jews. If you go to the book 0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:23.400 of Nehemiah and the book of Esther. Okay. 0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:26.680 And the New Testament calls them that. But yeah. Okay. 0:33:26.720 --> 0:33:33.040 The way it happened. Okay. Hebrews was, uh, very ancient. Uh, 0:33:33.040 --> 0:33:36.120 and then, uh, as a people. 0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:36.920 Group, you mean. 0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:37.400 As a people. 0:33:37.400 --> 0:33:38.800 Group? Not the book of the Bible. 0:33:38.920 --> 0:33:44.320 Okay. Yeah. Hebrews was, uh, the he Abraham. The Hebrew. Okay. 0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:51.000 So in ancient times, they were called Hebrews. And then, uh, 0:33:51.000 --> 0:33:54.440 with the the 12 sons of Jacob, Jacob was was 0:33:54.960 --> 0:33:58.400 renamed Israel. So they become the tribes of Israel, or 0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:03.320 they're called Israel. Okay. Uh, of course, there was Judah, 0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:06.520 who was the leader of the brothers, uh, in the 0:34:06.520 --> 0:34:10.720 book of Genesis. And that's the tribe from which King 0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:14.080 David came. And then, of course, the kingdom split, and 0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:18.240 the ten northern tribes became known as Israel kept that name, 0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:22.240 but the two southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin became 0:34:22.239 --> 0:34:29.120 known as Judah. The. The Israelites went into captivity into 0:34:29.160 --> 0:34:37.080 Assyria in 721 BC. The Judeans, the people from Judah, 0:34:37.080 --> 0:34:41.320 from the southern kingdom, went into captivity to a similar area. However, 0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:45.480 to a different dynasty, a different kingdom, a different empire, 0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:50.120 the Babylonian Empire. And so they went there. And when 0:34:50.120 --> 0:34:54.240 they got there, uh, they kind of joined with the Israelites. 0:34:54.480 --> 0:34:59.000 And the, uh, Judean captives were there together, and they 0:34:59.000 --> 0:35:06.080 were called Judeans or shortened Jews. That's where it comes from. And, uh, then, 0:35:06.080 --> 0:35:10.200 then when they returned, uh, together, even though some were Israelites, 0:35:10.200 --> 0:35:13.280 some were Judeans that together, they were called Jews. 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:18.280 Okay. That's as a collective group of people then? 0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:23.880 Yeah. Collective people. Group. Exactly. Okay. And, uh, and so, uh, 0:35:23.880 --> 0:35:28.080 now we've got all these, uh, synonyms, you know, there's Israel, 0:35:28.080 --> 0:35:34.319 the people, Israel, the land. Uh, there's, uh, so we 0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:37.799 no longer Israel. Hebrews. Yeah. The term Israelite in the 0:35:37.800 --> 0:35:40.480 Bible is Israeli. And that's why we talk today about 0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:43.359 modern Israel. The people of Israel are called Israelis. 0:35:43.920 --> 0:35:44.600 Okay. 0:35:44.640 --> 0:35:49.799 Okay. Yeah. Same. Same word. Uh, but, uh, you know, 0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:53.439 and there are Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis. There's lots 0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:56.880 of different it's kind of interesting the way it the 0:35:56.880 --> 0:35:57.759 word has developed. 0:35:57.760 --> 0:36:00.319 And were they called Hebrews because they spoke Hebrew or 0:36:00.320 --> 0:36:02.880 were they called Hebrews? And then some of the language 0:36:02.880 --> 0:36:04.920 they spoke became called Hebrew also? 0:36:05.040 --> 0:36:08.320 Yeah. I think it's because they were people who crossed over. 0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:11.960 That's what it's the word. It sounds like someone who 0:36:11.960 --> 0:36:13.600 crossed over. They crossed over the river to river to 0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:14.440 enter the land. 0:36:14.840 --> 0:36:18.680 Avery means to cross over. Is is that translated, then 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:19.480 to Hebrew? 0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:21.600 Yeah. Avery is. 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:22.080 Hebrew. 0:36:22.800 --> 0:36:25.360 Okay. It's the Hebrew language. Okay. And every is a 0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:26.320 Hebrew person. 0:36:26.680 --> 0:36:28.560 So bonus Hebrew lesson today. 0:36:29.160 --> 0:36:33.480 Yeah. That's it. Okay. Well, it is interesting, you know, 0:36:34.239 --> 0:36:36.279 that where all these words come from, we just use 0:36:36.280 --> 0:36:39.799 them without thinking about how they come. Yeah. Anyway. Well, 0:36:39.800 --> 0:36:41.800 we're going to take a break here. Thank you. And 0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:45.040 thanks for thanks for for going over those questions with 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:46.000 me in advance. 0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:49.280 But yeah. Next time. 0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:52.799 No, no. It's great. We're going to come right back 0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:54.960 with more of your questions in just a moment. You're 0:36:54.960 --> 0:36:57.920 listening to Tricia McMillan and me, Michael Dolnick, right here 0:36:57.920 --> 0:37:01.160 on Moody Radio's Open Line. Stay with us. More questions 0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:22.830 coming up. Straight ahead. And we're back. I'm Michael. I'm 0:37:22.830 --> 0:37:25.390 so glad you're listening in today as we talk about 0:37:25.390 --> 0:37:27.989 the Bible, God and the spiritual life right here on 0:37:27.989 --> 0:37:31.549 Open Line. I did want to mention the Chosen People 0:37:31.750 --> 0:37:36.310 offer that has just come out. Uh, it's meaningful to me. 0:37:36.350 --> 0:37:39.830 You know, this week is the International Memorial Day for 0:37:39.830 --> 0:37:44.230 the Holocaust. Uh, there's a Jewish one in the springtime, 0:37:44.230 --> 0:37:48.989 but right now, it's the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Uh, 0:37:48.989 --> 0:37:51.710 that the nations think of that. Uh, my parents survived 0:37:51.710 --> 0:37:56.990 the Holocaust. And my mom, interestingly enough, found her faith 0:37:56.989 --> 0:37:59.750 just before going to concentration camp, before going to the 0:37:59.790 --> 0:38:03.750 ghetto in the concentration camp and Chosen People Ministries because 0:38:03.750 --> 0:38:06.270 of this, is offering a not because of my mom, 0:38:06.270 --> 0:38:09.430 but because of the the timing of it with the 0:38:09.469 --> 0:38:13.430 memory of it and the explosion of anti-Semitism in the world. 0:38:13.430 --> 0:38:16.830 They're offering a book called Never Again The Holocaust, remember, 0:38:16.830 --> 0:38:20.190 it's a collection of stories from the Chosen People Ministries 0:38:20.190 --> 0:38:23.670 archives about the courage, the bravery, the grace found in 0:38:23.670 --> 0:38:28.190 the midst of all the unspeakable tragedies of the Holocaust. 0:38:28.190 --> 0:38:30.430 And it reminds us that the Lord was still at 0:38:30.430 --> 0:38:35.150 work during those terrible days. And it encourages us, as 0:38:35.150 --> 0:38:38.750 we read these stories, to stand up for the Jewish people, 0:38:38.750 --> 0:38:41.910 to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and to oppose 0:38:42.070 --> 0:38:48.549 this explosion of anti-Semitism that we're seeing today. And so 0:38:48.550 --> 0:38:50.589 that's that's really important. If you'd like to get a copy, 0:38:50.590 --> 0:38:54.790 just go to our website, openline. radio.org. Scroll down. You'll 0:38:54.790 --> 0:38:57.750 see it says a free gift from Chosen People Ministries, 0:38:57.750 --> 0:39:00.109 and you'll be able to get your own copy of 0:39:00.150 --> 0:39:02.910 Never Again. Also, when you go to our website, I 0:39:02.910 --> 0:39:05.110 do want to tell you that we held the summit 0:39:05.110 --> 0:39:09.670 in November at Moody Bible Institute, the summit opposing anti-Semitism 0:39:09.910 --> 0:39:15.590 and all the messages. My message. Don Sweeting's message. Eva 0:39:15.590 --> 0:39:21.590 Redlich's workshop. They're all posted now on the Moody YouTube channel. 0:39:21.590 --> 0:39:23.550 And if you'd like to get the links to those, 0:39:23.710 --> 0:39:27.270 just go to Openline radio.org and you'll see it there 0:39:27.270 --> 0:39:30.069 on our webpage. You can you if you are not 0:39:30.070 --> 0:39:33.230 able to come but would like to hear and see 0:39:33.230 --> 0:39:38.990 those messages, you can find them right at openline radio.org. 0:39:39.190 --> 0:39:41.550 And then another thing I did want to mention, people 0:39:41.550 --> 0:39:43.710 are asking me all the time about trips we had done, 0:39:43.710 --> 0:39:47.390 the journeys of Paul tours, and we've we've done other 0:39:47.430 --> 0:39:49.910 kinds of trips, obviously to Israel. Right now we're a 0:39:49.910 --> 0:39:54.469 little bit of a hold pattern on Israel trips, but 0:39:55.190 --> 0:39:58.190 I've scheduled a kind of a fun Bible conference cruise 0:39:58.190 --> 0:40:01.750 for next December, and it's on a tall ship, just 0:40:01.750 --> 0:40:03.509 like we did when we did the Journeys of Paul. 0:40:03.510 --> 0:40:05.509 But this time it'll be in the Caribbean. If you'd 0:40:05.510 --> 0:40:07.790 like to see more about that, if you'd like to 0:40:07.830 --> 0:40:10.190 do a Bible study on a boat. The best way 0:40:10.190 --> 0:40:13.750 to do that is to just go to my webpage michael-ray. 0:40:14.110 --> 0:40:16.390 Org that's linked at the bottom of the open line 0:40:16.390 --> 0:40:19.550 web page Michael Ray. Org. You can learn all about 0:40:19.550 --> 0:40:22.230 that December time of the Bible study. We're going to 0:40:22.230 --> 0:40:25.950 study the book of Daniel on a boat. So uh, anyway, 0:40:25.950 --> 0:40:28.350 we're going to go right to the phones now, uh, 0:40:28.350 --> 0:40:33.350 Beth in Homerville, Ohio, listening on CRF. Welcome to Open Line. 0:40:33.350 --> 0:40:34.710 How can I help you today, Beth. 0:40:36.150 --> 0:40:40.310 I heard you say not to read the Bible chronologically, 0:40:40.989 --> 0:40:47.270 but it's so much more interesting because you read the Psalms. And. Oh, 0:40:47.310 --> 0:40:55.469 that's why David wrote that psalm there. And the prophets. 0:40:55.469 --> 0:40:59.910 You read through second Chronicles, first and second Chronicles, and 0:40:59.910 --> 0:41:02.830 then you just keep going on and the prophets, but 0:41:02.830 --> 0:41:08.500 chronologically they show which project, which Profit went with which king, 0:41:08.900 --> 0:41:12.860 and it just makes it easier for me to read chronologically. Exciting. 0:41:13.500 --> 0:41:15.460 Beth, at least you're reading the Bible, so I'm okay 0:41:15.460 --> 0:41:19.500 with that. But. Well that's good. Uh, that's fine if 0:41:19.500 --> 0:41:20.940 that's how you want to read the Bible. I mean, 0:41:20.940 --> 0:41:23.580 I'm glad you're reading the Bible. However, the books of 0:41:23.580 --> 0:41:27.620 the Bible were written as individual books. They were not 0:41:27.620 --> 0:41:31.580 written as a series of events that you take from 0:41:31.580 --> 0:41:32.940 a little bit from this book and a little bit 0:41:32.940 --> 0:41:36.140 from that book, and put them in chronological order. They 0:41:36.140 --> 0:41:38.460 were designed with an author who had a theme and 0:41:38.460 --> 0:41:41.660 a purpose and wanted to communicate something. And so if 0:41:41.660 --> 0:41:44.379 we want to understand what the author wanted to say 0:41:44.380 --> 0:41:48.500 to us, the author that the Holy Spirit superintended to 0:41:48.540 --> 0:41:51.940 write God's Word, then what we have to do is 0:41:51.940 --> 0:41:55.020 read the book as a whole. Do you understand? 0:41:55.500 --> 0:41:56.020 Okay. 0:41:57.300 --> 0:42:00.060 So that's that's what we're that's why I think it's 0:42:00.060 --> 0:42:03.980 better to read books as books. Uh, so I don't 0:42:03.980 --> 0:42:06.020 want to put all the events from the life of 0:42:06.020 --> 0:42:09.100 Jesus together from the four Gospels. What I want to 0:42:09.100 --> 0:42:12.580 do is read each gospel individually to see what Matthew 0:42:12.580 --> 0:42:14.980 wanted me to learn, what Mark wanted me to learn. 0:42:15.580 --> 0:42:18.620 That's the way I do it. Okay, now it helps 0:42:18.620 --> 0:42:19.420 to maybe to. 0:42:19.420 --> 0:42:20.820 Put them from one to the other. 0:42:21.300 --> 0:42:23.980 Yeah, it helps to put them in chronological order, because 0:42:23.980 --> 0:42:27.100 that shows that we can make everything fit and it works. 0:42:27.219 --> 0:42:28.500 But yeah. 0:42:28.540 --> 0:42:29.540 But yeah, yeah. 0:42:30.060 --> 0:42:33.219 But, Beth, listen, you're reading the Bible however you want 0:42:33.219 --> 0:42:35.100 to read it. I'm happy. Okay. 0:42:35.140 --> 0:42:36.300 Okay. Thank you very much. 0:42:36.700 --> 0:42:40.700 Okay, great. We're going to talk to Miriam in Delray Beach. Uh, 0:42:40.700 --> 0:42:44.500 listening on R&B. Welcome to Open Line. Miriam. How can 0:42:44.500 --> 0:42:45.900 I help you? 0:42:46.180 --> 0:42:50.339 Good morning. Or good afternoon? Rather, it's not so much 0:42:50.380 --> 0:42:54.380 in form of a question. However, I heard of the 0:42:54.420 --> 0:42:58.540 chorus of the singers. Um, in the Old Testament, even 0:42:58.540 --> 0:43:02.700 King David wanted them only because they were the best. 0:43:02.739 --> 0:43:06.340 Could you tell me a little bit about them. 0:43:06.380 --> 0:43:12.780 Uh, well, the sons of Korah, uh, they were descended. 0:43:12.820 --> 0:43:17.140 Let's see. I'm trying to remember who they descended from. Uh, 0:43:17.140 --> 0:43:23.140 they they're from ancient times. From the times of Moses. Uh, and, uh, 0:43:23.140 --> 0:43:28.580 they they were involved in worship. Uh, what else do 0:43:28.580 --> 0:43:30.580 you want to know about them? What would you like 0:43:30.580 --> 0:43:30.939 to know? 0:43:33.980 --> 0:43:37.540 Why were they the best singers? Um, there were a 0:43:37.540 --> 0:43:41.299 lot of singers, but King David chose. 0:43:41.980 --> 0:43:46.819 Yeah, well, here's the thing. They were responsible for the care. Uh, 0:43:46.820 --> 0:43:50.300 of of the Tabernacle. Originally, they were part of those people. 0:43:50.300 --> 0:43:53.819 They were involved in worship. Uh, you know, we can 0:43:53.820 --> 0:43:56.660 look at their genealogies and see that they were involved 0:43:56.660 --> 0:44:00.180 in worship. And as a result, it's much like today 0:44:00.180 --> 0:44:04.300 in our congregations, we have certain people who are designated 0:44:04.300 --> 0:44:07.500 because of their music, gifts to be involved in, in 0:44:07.500 --> 0:44:09.379 leading worship and things like that. That's who the sons 0:44:09.380 --> 0:44:10.820 of Korah were. That's all. 0:44:11.060 --> 0:44:11.540 I see. 0:44:12.140 --> 0:44:13.580 Now, let me just tell you, this is a great 0:44:13.580 --> 0:44:18.140 example of Miriam, of something that would I think everyone 0:44:18.140 --> 0:44:22.180 should have a Bible dictionary. I think a Bible dictionary 0:44:22.180 --> 0:44:26.180 is a great tool. Yeah, because what if you had 0:44:26.180 --> 0:44:29.219 a Bible dictionary? You could look up Sons of Korah 0:44:29.219 --> 0:44:31.180 and it would tell you every verse where they're mentioned. 0:44:31.180 --> 0:44:34.660 It would tell you everything that we know about them. Uh, 0:44:34.660 --> 0:44:38.100 that that's where I would go if, if, uh, if 0:44:38.100 --> 0:44:40.500 I want to know more about the sons of Korah. 0:44:40.500 --> 0:44:43.420 So in terms of Bible study methods, that's what I 0:44:43.420 --> 0:44:46.299 would make sure I think everyone should have a one 0:44:46.300 --> 0:44:50.339 volume commentary on the Bible, a one volume Bible dictionary, 0:44:50.940 --> 0:44:56.340 and maybe a Bible handbook, that that's a basic skill 0:44:56.380 --> 0:44:59.100 set that that will a basic tool set that you 0:44:59.100 --> 0:45:05.770 have to to read the Bible or. the other thing too. Uh, 0:45:05.770 --> 0:45:08.970 are you, uh, do you use computers much, Miriam? 0:45:09.250 --> 0:45:10.930 I do not know. I do not. 0:45:10.930 --> 0:45:12.850 Know. Okay, then you're going to have to get a book. 0:45:12.850 --> 0:45:16.489 But you could always, uh, look up Sons of Korah. 0:45:16.930 --> 0:45:20.650 And there's all these Bible dictionaries that are already online 0:45:20.650 --> 0:45:24.410 and available that you could have looked that up. Okay. 0:45:24.730 --> 0:45:26.850 But as far as I know, that they off the 0:45:26.890 --> 0:45:29.290 top of my head, they were from the descended from 0:45:29.290 --> 0:45:33.609 the Levites, and they were involved in worship in the 0:45:33.610 --> 0:45:38.489 Tabernacle and later in the temple. Uh, and that's who 0:45:38.530 --> 0:45:40.290 they were. So, okay. 0:45:40.330 --> 0:45:43.890 So that's why that you think that that's why King 0:45:43.930 --> 0:45:47.450 David would use them? Well, that's what I heard, that 0:45:47.489 --> 0:45:49.690 he he liked them the best. 0:45:50.930 --> 0:45:55.169 I don't know if he liked them. I wouldn't say 0:45:55.170 --> 0:45:57.330 he liked them the best. He was just going to 0:45:57.370 --> 0:46:00.530 use them because of their gifting and their calling. 0:46:00.890 --> 0:46:03.050 Okay, I see, I see. Okay. 0:46:03.250 --> 0:46:06.810 Yeah. Okay. Well, great. Miriam, thanks for your call. Really 0:46:06.810 --> 0:46:11.850 appreciate it. Uh, well, first hour is up. Can't believe that, uh, 0:46:11.850 --> 0:46:14.810 that went so fast. But here we are. Second hour 0:46:14.850 --> 0:46:18.530 coming up straight ahead. Uh, keep listening to the second 0:46:18.530 --> 0:46:21.890 hour if if you like. But if your station doesn't 0:46:21.890 --> 0:46:24.130 carry it all, you. What you could do is you 0:46:24.130 --> 0:46:26.850 could listen online. 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