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Exploring the very different profile of Melchizedek in the New Testament as compared to the Old. Resources Used: Robert Hinckley, "Adam, Aaron, and the Garden Sanctuary." Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, XXII/4 (2013): 5-12.more. by Robert Hinckley. Commentary Critical & Explanatory on the Whole Bible The Lexam Bible Dictionary Naked Bible Po…
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Ezekiel gives us an extreme example of a sign act. Resources used: Faithlife Study Bible Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Eze 4:1–3. Sign Acts: The Weird, Wonderful World of …
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The significance of Balaam and the talking Donkey. Resources used: Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Nu 22:22–30. Dennis Cole, Numbers, vol. 3B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publi…
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It's a strange miracle when Elija makes an iron axe head float on a river. Resources used: A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II Robert Jamieson, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II (London; Glasgow: William Co…
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This perplexing commandment is given three times in the Torah, so it must be significant. Resources used: Faithlife Study bible, The IVP Bible Background Commentary of the Old Testament, Manners & Customs of the Bible, You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk: Beyond Exodus 23:19.” Jewish Bible Quarterly, Biblical Interpretation. 2012, Vol. 20…
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Why is a goat bearing the sin of Israel sent out into the wilderness to Azazel on the Day of Atonement? Who or what is Azazel? You can find the answers to these questions and more in this week's episode. Resources used: The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the bible. “Azazel,” in The Lexham Bible Dictionary, ed. John D. Barry et al. (Bellingham,…
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In both the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew we see Jesus curse a fig tree for not bearing fruit. Why would Jesus do this? What is the significance? How does it apply to us? Find out in this episode. Resources used: Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), Mt 21:18–22…
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What is the significance of Jacob's wrestling with God? Why did his name change? God would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend (v. 11), that is, clearly and openly. Moses’ speaking “face to face” with God does not contradict the fact that he was not allowed to see God’s face (v. 20) as “face to face” is a figurative express…
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This week is an introduction and a quick look into 2 Kings 2:23-25 where it seems that the prophet Elisha curses some children, and dozens of them are killed by two bears. Why would God honor the prophet's curse against children? Is that even what is going on in the text to begin with?By mnorton1969
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