Searching The Scriptures #27: Keeping, Knowing, Multiplying Searching The Scriptures With Watchman Alexander podcast

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We begin this episode with a discussion about COVID-19 and the passing of Brother Rob Skiba. After that, we discuss the division of the nations and their allotment under the seventy sons of God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support

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Searching the Scriptures #49: The Tower of Babel (Pt. 2) 35:42

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Questions answered during this episode: Did fire come down during the Babel incident, as it did during Pentecost (the reversal of Babel)? What about rushing wind and the overthrow of a system? Is there any historical evidence for the division of tongues? When exactly in history did the Babel incident occur, and how does that fit with the Septeon and Yeshua's first advent? Will the heathen ever succeed in bringing the whole world back under one government? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #48: The Tower of Babel (Pt. 1) 45:01

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Why was the infamous Tower of Babel such a problem in God's eyes? There's more to the story than we were taught in Sunday school. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support

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Searching the Scriptures #47: Sidonians & Canaanites (Pt. 2) 22:15

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This is the second half of episode 46 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support

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Searching the Scriptures #46: Sidonians & Canaanites (Pt. 1) 31:02

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Sidon, firstborn son of Canaan and founder of the Sidonians, played a huge role in the history of civilization, but most people couldn't say what it was. Today, we begin to explore the impact of Sidon (the giant?) on the story of the Bible. During the episode, I mention a video about the possible discovery of the remains of Atlantis, the fabled city of Poseidon. Here is the link to that video. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #45: Natives and Strangers 47:58

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Schedules got crazy, and Terry and I weren't able to sync up to record a new episode, but I didn't want to leave you hanging for too long, so here's my offering: a recording of my inaugural sermon for the Disciples of Yeshua Congregation. (I fill the roles of overseer and lead teacher for DOYC, a new home fellowship based in Central Texas.) During this sermon, you'll learn about the four Hebrew words that describe classifications of people: natives (Strong's H249), strangers (H2114), immigrants (H1616), and foreigners (H5237). Most English translations fail to make clear distinctions between strangers, immigrants, and foreigners , but it's important that we understand the distinctions as a Hebrew would, because God's laws and expectations differ between each of these groups. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #44: Trespassing in Middle Earth 43:59

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From the Dead Sea Scrolls we learn that Canaan, father of the Canaanites, stole part of the territory that belonged to Shem. Thus, the stage was set for God, using descendants of Shem, to forcibly remove the squatters from the Promised Land of Middle Earth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #43: Noah, Ham, and a Curse 52:32

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What exactly was Ham's sin, and what about it is instructive to us, today? The story of the cursing of Canaan, Ham's son, is necessary to discuss before we launch into the more pertinent topic of Canaan's impact on the world. Early in this episode, I (Alexander) mentioned a blog post about Daniel's four beast kingdoms. Click here to read that article. Also in the first portion of the episode, Terry described how Adonai's covenants are like Russian nesting dolls. He made just such a doll as a visual aid, and here is a picture of it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #42: Blood & Meats 32:57

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After Noah and his sons departed the ark, God Most High established a covenant with them, and with all their descendants. That covenant involved two dietary commands: Don't consume blood, because the life is in the blood. Feel free to eat any remeś (רֶמֶשׂ) thing that lives, in addition to plants. The first part is easy enough to understand, but the second part generates confusion. What is the meaning of the Hebrew word remeś ? Does it encompass fish and fowl? Does it exclude or include unclean animals? These questions lead us into an analysis of Acts chapters 10 and 15. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #41: Profitable Ignorance 48:15

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As we continue studying through Genesis and Daniel, we find ourselves emphasizing the fact that we don't have the mystery all figured out. We're gathering clues to help us understand end-times prophecies, but we haven't even assembled all the clues yet, much less connected them perfectly to construct an airtight narrative. Sometimes it can be difficult to not be dogmatic. Pride—that most universal of sins—leads us to convince ourselves that we know more than we really do. That attitude stunts further development, because growing in knowledge of the truth requires input from our brothers and sisters, with their unique perspectives and revelations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #40: Forty Days of Fire and Flood 43:41

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We didn't plan it this way, but our fortieth episode happens to largely deal with the forty days of wrath for the wicked and celebration for the saints. I'm going to chalk this nice synchronicity up to Providence. The episode begins with an explanation of chiastic, or mirror, structure found through the Scriptures, and likely built into the entirety of redemptive history. From there, it moves into discussion of the forty days: why it keeps popping up throughout the Bible, and why would we should expect one or two 40-day periods of paradigm shifts once we reach the Day of the Lord. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #39: Seven Days or Seven Years? 39:48

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We begin to unpack the prophetic symbolism found within the Flood narrative. Along the way, we consider whether or not the seven days of Noah's separation from the world could equate to seven years of protection for end-times believers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #38: The Corruption of All Flesh 52:28

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"And God created... every living creature... after his kind: and God saw that it was good" (Gen. 1:21). Over and over again in the Book of Genesis, Moses records that God created creatures in distinct categories called "kinds," and that mankind, being created in the image of God, was set apart from all other kinds. After each bout of creation, we read that God looked up his work with pleasure, considering it good. Everything was made just the way it should be, and there was no need to improve on or reconfigure any living thing. Is it any wonder, then, that Satan would incite people to destroy the God-ordained distinctions between kinds by mixing what was not intended to be mixed? Noah lived in the first Hybrid Age, and his world was judged by deluge; we've now entered the second Hybrid Age, and the world will soon be judged by malestrom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #37: Old vs New Covenant 38:57

4 years ago38:57

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What really is the difference between the Mosaic (Old) and Messianic (New) covenants? Is the New Covenant fully in effect now? How does the Law factor in? I cut through all the confusion with an episode-long Q&A about law and covenants. Here's the link to my Artify Me! shop, mentioned in the opening segment. It's a photo-to-portrait service that's high quality yet reasonably priced. Check it out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support…

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Searching the Scriptures #36: The Sons of God 54:31

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