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Podcast 79, Story if Elisha, “Pt 5”
Podcast 79, Story if Elisha, “Pt 5”It is no coincidence that the miracles of God’s true prophets parallel those miracles that will be performed by Christ when he comes to the earth. They are meant to be interpreted that way for it...
Podcast 78, Story if Elisha, “Pt 4”
Podcast 78, Story if Elisha, “Pt 4”The miracles performed by Elisha continue. Again, let’s consider the circumstances of the next miracle.2 Kings 4:8-11And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a ...
Podcast 77, Story if Elisha, “Pt 3”
Podcast 77, Story if Elisha, “Pt 3”One quickly sees a parallel between the miracles of Elijah and the miracles of Elisha.2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha...
Podcast 76, Story if Elisha, “Pt 2”
Podcast 76, Story if Elisha, “Pt 2”About 852–850 BC all twelve tribes united against Moab. Moab, the father of the Moabites, was the son of Lot, nephew to Abraham. 2 Kings 3:1-3Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began ...
Podcast 75, Story if Elisha, “Pt 1”
Podcast 75, Story if Elisha, “Pt 1” We are introduced to Elisha in 1 Kings when he is called by Elijah.1 Kings 19:19-21So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke...
Podcast 74, Story of Elijah, “Pt 8”
Podcast 74, Story of Elijah, “Pt 8”Regardless of where Elijah is there is spectacle. No other prophet is more dramatic than Elijah. He comes in like a whirlwind and leaves in a whirlwind. He controls every situation, making kings ...
Podcast 73, Story of Elijah, Pt 7
Elijah prophesied the gruesome deaths of Ahab and Jezebel. Now Ahaziah, the son of Ahab and Jezebel, because of his wickedness suffers a similar fate. Following the idolatrous reign of Ahab, Ahaziah, c. 853-852 BC reigned only 2 years.
Podcast 72, Story if Elijah, “Pt 6”
Podcast 72, Story if Elijah, “Pt 6”Elijah remains a thorn in the side of Ahab and Jezebel. Whenever Elijah appears to Ahab it is to prophecy drought, death, or humiliation for Ahab. Ahab refers to Elijah as his enemy. The stranges...
Podcast 71, Story of Elijah, “Pt 5”
Podcast 71, Story of Elijah, “Pt 5”For King Ahab and his Phoenician wife, Jezebel who worships Baal, Elijah has become the number one force to be reckoned with. Elijah, under the power of God, has just put an end to the three-year...
Podcast 70, Story of Elijah, Pt 4
Elijah is no longer playing the crowd. He is now in deadly earnest. Though he is clearly speaking to everyone (to King Ahab, to the Canaanite Baal worshipers, to the 450 priests of Baal, to the ten northern tribes of Israel), he is also speakin...
Podcast 69, Story of Elijah, Pt 3 1 Kings 18: 22-35
For pure drama, Elijah is the prophet to read. A true prophet has a complex mission. First his mission is to people who fall under his domain. For example, Elijah is from the Northern Kingdom. The evil king Ahab is king of the ten northern trib...
Podcast 68, Story of Elijah, Pt 2 1 Kings 18: 1-21
About three years earlier the Lord sent Elijah to King Ahab to inform him that there was going to be a drought in the land. Now he sends the prophet Elijah back to King Ahab to tell him the drought is going to be lifted. One can only imagine th...
Podcast 67, Story of Elihah, Pt 1 1 Kings 17: 1-22
Most people, perhaps remember Elijah for colorful and peculiar events that mark his life. Some of the memorable highlights are—· During a famine he is fed by ravens.· He raises a boy from th...
Podcast 66, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 4 B
Podcast 66, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 4 BIn studying the words of the prophets relating to the Millennium, we learn that a new heaven and a new earth shall be created.Isaiah 65:17For, behol...
Podcast 65, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 4 A
Podcast 65, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 4 AThe birth of Christ was announced to only a few, and Christ lived his life in relative obscurity in a small corner of the world, but in his brief life he accomplished m...
Podcast 64, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 3”
Podcast 64, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 3”One cannot find any book that is more fitting than the Book of Malachi to end the prophets of the Old Testament. Malachi is divided into four chapters, but it is one lon...
Podcast 63, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 2”
Podcast 63, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 2”Malachi Chapter 2 is an extension of Chapter 1. In Chapter 1 the Lord condemns Israel for not obeying the law of sacrifice. They used imperfect animals. In Chapter 2, th...
Podcast 62, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 1”
Podcast 62, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Malachi, Ch 1”The opening statement of Malachi is curious.Malachi 1:1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.Why is it a burden? It is a burden be...
Podcast 61, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Jonah, Ch 4 b”
Podcast 61, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Jonah, Ch 4 b”Isn’t the true story of the Book of Jonah that God is creator of all things, that God created the twelve tribes of Israel, that God created the Assyrians, and that God c...
Podcast 60, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Jonah, Ch 4 a”
Podcast 60, Stories of the Bible, “The Book of Jonah, Ch 4”Notice how the parallel introductions tie the four chapters of the Book of Jonah together.Chapter 1:1Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amit...
Podcast 59, Book of Jonah, Ch 3
The Lord is patient with Jonah. He gives Jonah a second chance. Let’s compare the beginning of Chapter 1 with the beginning of Chapter 3 for they are parallel.Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go...
Podcast 58, The Book of Jonah, Ch 2
Chapter 2 of Jonah is also prophetic of Christ for it contains a beautiful description of death and the resurrection. In Chapter 1 of Jonah, we learn that Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days.Now the Lord had prepared a gre...
Podcast 57, The Book of Jonah, Chapter 1
The Twelve Tribes split about 930 BC. Jonah, a prophet of the Northern Kingdom, lived about 760 BC. I shall compare Job to another prophet about 1400 BC named Balaam. The two are somewhat similar because Jonah was commanded to go to Ninev...
Podcast 56, The Book of Job, Chapter 42
I have introduced the five forms of parallelism that distinguish the Book of Job which is written in ancient Hebraic poetic form: Chiastic Parallelism, Antithetical Parallelism, Synonymous Parallelism, Synthetic Parallelism and Step Parallelism...
Podcast 55, Book of Job, Chapter 41
Chapters 40 & 41 of Job are parallel, one is an extension of the other. Chapter 40 introduces the Behemoth. Chapter 41 introduces the Leviathan, both legendary creatures known for their strength. The Behemoth is a land creature. The Leviath...
