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00:02 here at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel, 00:04 we're continuing through our study 00:05 on How To Interpret Scripture. 00:06 And this week's lesson number seven, 00:08 we're going to be talking about Language, 00:10 Text and Context of Scripture. 00:12 Just in case you don't have a copy 00:14 of this study lesson, 00:15 you can go to ABSG 00:17 that stands for Adult Bible Study Guide, 00:20 absg.adventist.org, 00:23 and there you can access a copy of this study for free. 00:26 So grab your pens, pencils, notepads, iPads, 00:29 anything that you need to take notes, 00:31 and join us as we continue through this epic 00:33 exciting Bible study adventure. 01:12 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:15 We're continuing through our study 01:17 on How To Interpret Scripture. 01:19 And, of course, as always, 01:20 we thank you so much for your love prayers 01:21 and support of 3ABN Ministry. 01:23 And you know what? 01:25 We're gonna get right into this study. 01:26 Today, we're going to be talking 01:27 about Language, 01:29 Text and Context. 01:30 This is lesson number seven. 01:31 And we're about almost, I think, 01:33 a little over halfway through this study. 01:34 And so it gives me an opportunity to go ahead 01:36 and introduce you guys, 01:38 this wonderful panel 01:39 that I get to sit with every week. 01:40 Pastor Lomacang, 01:42 it's always a blessing to have you, Brother. 01:43 This lesson has been unveiling a lot of things 01:45 that people don't think about, 01:47 and I think today 01:48 there'll be some more challenging lessons learned. 01:49 All right, absolutely. 01:51 Pastor John Dinzey, 01:52 it's a blessing to have you as well. 01:53 It's a great blessing to be here 01:55 and I'm looking forward to it. 01:56 Amen. Praise the Lord. 01:58 And, Brother Kenny Shelton, 01:59 it's always a blessing to have you, Brother. 02:00 It is a privilege to study the Word of God together. 02:03 And with the folks watching 3ABN. 02:05 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:06 And Miss Jill Morikone, how are you? 02:08 I'm doing well. 02:09 Looking forward to our study the Word of God. 02:10 Amen. 02:12 I know you got a list ready for us. 02:13 I think she... 02:14 I think you're rubbing off on all of us. 02:16 I find myself making more lists... 02:18 Anyways, whatever works. Hey, Praise the Lord. 02:21 Again, Language, Text and Context. 02:23 This is absolutely 100% important 02:26 when you're considering how to study the Scripture, 02:29 how to interpret Scripture. 02:30 And you know what, before we get started, 02:32 it would be very important for us to have a prayer. 02:35 So I'm gonna ask, Brother Kenny Shelton, 02:36 if you would brother to have our prayer? 02:38 All right. Let's pray. 02:40 Loving Father in heaven, 02:41 truly is a privilege to be able to come together 02:43 to study Your Word. 02:44 Lord, we thank You for Your Word. 02:46 We thank You for the Holy Spirit 02:47 that inspired holy men of God to write it down. 02:49 Lord, we ask today 02:51 that the Holy Spirit would be present 02:52 in each of our hearts and each of our lives, 02:54 clear our minds of all the rubbish the things 02:56 of this world and may we concentrate 02:58 on heavenly things. 02:59 Lord, we pray for each of you or each listener, 03:01 wherever they might be, 03:03 whatever they may be doing 03:04 that the Holy Spirit will just put the word 03:06 deep in their heart, in their mind 03:07 that they may be drawn closer to You. 03:09 We just thank You for this privilege, 03:11 thank You for the invitation that we may give 03:13 for the Holy Spirit to come now. 03:15 Bless each and every one, 03:16 the production crew and each one 03:17 and maybe for Your honor, and for Your glory. 03:20 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 03:23 I know one thing that I have appreciated 03:25 about this particular lesson 03:27 is the author has given particular extra attention 03:33 to the study of this particular topic. 03:35 And I try my best most of the time 03:37 to try to come up 03:39 with my own words of saying things, 03:40 my own way of approaching scripture, 03:42 but sometimes, you know, 03:44 you find the particular way that the author says something, 03:46 you know, you just can't come up 03:48 with a better way to explain it. 03:49 And so Sabbath Afternoon's lesson, 03:52 I just have to read this to you 03:54 'cause I think it sets the clear foundation 03:56 for Sunday's lesson as well as we go through 03:58 all the other lessons as well, 04:00 but I'm gonna read this here. 04:01 Listen to these statistics because it's quite eye-opening. 04:04 It says, 04:05 "More than 6,000 languages are spoken 04:07 among the world's billions." 04:09 That's amazing. 04:11 "The complete Bible has been translated 04:13 into more than 600 languages, 04:17 with the New Testament or some portions translated 04:20 in more than 2,500 languages, as well. 04:25 But at the same time, 04:26 it is still less than half 04:28 of the known languages of the world. 04:31 An estimated 1.5 billion people 04:33 do not have any part of the Scripture translated 04:36 into their first language. 04:38 While there is still much work to be done, 04:40 the efforts of the Bible societies 04:42 has ensured that six billion people 04:46 can read Scripture." 04:47 Praise God. Praise God for that. 04:49 And he goes on to say, 04:50 "And what a blessing to be among those 04:51 who do have the Bible in their own language! 04:54 We often take it for granted, 04:55 forgetting that not only do many not have the Bible, 04:58 but also that for centuries in Europe, 05:01 the Bible was purposely kept away 05:04 from the masses. 05:06 Thanks to the printing press and the Reformation, 05:09 that is no longer the case. 05:10 Those of us who do indeed have the Bible 05:13 continue to look at how we can filled with the Holy Spirit, 05:16 learn to study the Word and come to know 05:18 the Lord revealed in its pages." 05:20 So I thought that was a great foundation 05:22 for what we're gonna be discussing. 05:24 In fact, I'm gonna jump right into Sunday's lesson, 05:27 Understanding the scriptures. 05:29 Is it important 05:30 that we understand the scriptures? 05:31 Oh, yeah. 05:33 Not, you know, I believe 05:34 that while I don't think there's anyone that can say, 05:36 I understand all the Bible, 05:38 you know, 'cause there's passages 05:40 that even I read that I'm like, "You know, I don't." 05:42 Some of them, I just can't quite explain. 05:44 Some of them I don't fully understand, 05:46 but in faith, 05:47 I believe that they're there for a purpose. 05:49 And I believe that as the Bible tells us, 05:50 the Holy Spirit wants to lead and guide us into all truth. 05:53 He wants to bring all things to our remembrance. 05:55 So the question I'm asking in this opening segment 05:58 is for what purpose 06:00 was the Bible made available for us. 06:02 And I wanna go to 2 Timothy 3:16. 06:05 This is kind of a nice good text 06:07 to set the foundation for everything 06:09 that I'm about to discuss on Sunday's lesson. 06:11 2 Timothy 3:16. 06:14 And the Bible says this, 06:16 "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, 06:19 and is profitable for doctrine, 06:21 for reproof, for correction, 06:24 for instruction in righteousness, 06:26 that the man of God may be complete." 06:29 That is perfect. 06:30 God wants to bring you to your completeness, 06:32 "thoroughly equipped for every good work." 06:36 I think that's a great text and the question we asked, 06:38 for what purpose 06:39 was the Bible made available for us? 06:42 I believe that there are three main reasons obviously, 06:44 we could come up 06:45 with more than just three reasons 06:47 as to why God would make the Word of God 06:49 readily available for us in our own language 06:51 to read and to study and to understand, 06:53 but I came up with three here 06:55 to confirm God's amazing work in history. 06:58 And we're gonna come back to each one of these 06:59 and talk in detail. 07:01 Number two, 07:02 to reveal His plan for salvation for men 07:05 or have salvation for men. 07:06 And, of course, number three, 07:08 to reveal His will and provide instruction 07:10 on how we can become citizens of heaven. 07:13 Isn't that the ultimate goal? 07:14 God wants us to be prepared for when He returns, 07:17 that we can be prepared to enter the kingdom of God 07:20 and make it our home. 07:21 So let's go back to this first one here 07:23 to confirm God's amazing work in history. 07:25 I think we see multiple examples 07:28 throughout Scripture 07:29 of the historicity of Scripture. 07:30 In other words, the Bible is a history book. 07:32 It's not just a history book, 07:34 but there are 07:35 some of the most sophisticated histories 07:37 in the world 07:38 contained right here in these pages. 07:39 I mean, for example, we have an entire... 07:41 I mean, how many other nations, 07:43 you know, like Israel can say 07:45 that almost their entire history 07:47 is recorded 07:48 in this one amazing powerful book of faith. 07:50 It's amazing. 07:52 Also, we consider the progressions of nations 07:54 through prophecy. 07:55 Of course, now we look back, it's past us, its history, 07:58 it proves that the Bible 07:59 is a great credible book of history 08:01 that we can trust. 08:03 I think of those progressions of the major empires 08:05 found in the Book of Daniel. 08:06 Not only is Daniel a prophetic book, 08:08 not only is Daniel a book of faith, 08:10 but Daniel is a book of history. 08:12 So we see that, you know, 08:14 making this book available to us, 08:15 making the Bible available to the masses 08:18 in their own languages. 08:19 We know that it confirms God's amazing work in history. 08:22 We also see that the accumulation 08:25 of prophetic events and times 08:27 that had been fulfilled and confirmed in history 08:29 that reveals the sovereignty of God. 08:32 We see the sovereignty of God on display through these 08:35 great historical aspects of Scripture. 08:38 And, of course, our second point, 08:40 for what reason did God make this Word available to us? 08:43 To reveal His plan for salvation for men. 08:47 We seek or we see this through the events, 08:51 symbols, and imagery throughout the Bible, 08:52 all the way through the Bible 08:54 and I think of the sanctuary theme. 08:56 As Seventh-day Adventists, 08:57 we believe in the sanctuary message, 08:59 the sanctuary message is found 09:00 in every single book of the Bible. 09:02 And that sanctuary was given to us to teach us, 09:05 to show us God's plan of salvation. 09:09 I think of texts like this 09:10 when you get to the New Testament, 09:11 John 1:29, 09:13 where John is there baptizing in the River Jordan, 09:15 all those people who are converting to the faith 09:18 who are repenting of their sins. 09:20 And he says, notice it says here, 09:21 "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, 09:24 and said, 'Behold! 09:25 The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!'" 09:29 We already see this record through the Old Testament, 09:32 we see it as a foreshadowing of the events 09:35 that are to take place, 09:36 and which we see the events 09:37 that ultimately transpire at Calvary. 09:39 God is putting His plan of salvation 09:41 on display. 09:42 For that purpose, 09:44 He has given us the Scripture, right? 09:46 Of course, John 3:16, 09:47 you can't leave this out 09:48 when you're talking about God's salvation plan. 09:50 John 3:16, "For God so loved the world 09:53 that He gave His only begotten Son, 09:54 that whosoever believes in Him 09:56 should not perish but have everlasting life." 10:00 What would we do if those texts didn't exist? 10:02 What would we do if we couldn't open this Bible 10:05 and read these powerful 10:06 life transforming words of faith. 10:09 And, of course, Romans 5:8, this is one of my favorites. 10:12 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, 10:15 in that while we were still sinners, 10:18 Christ died for us." 10:19 That's the gospel, my friends. 10:22 That is God's plan of salvation. 10:23 And we see this on display all the way through Scripture. 10:27 And, of course, onto our third point 10:29 for why God would make this word 10:30 readily available for us. 10:32 Number three, 10:33 to reveal His will and provide instruction 10:35 on how we can become citizens of heaven. 10:38 He wants us to prepare for His kingdom. 10:41 Luke 9:23. 10:43 "Then He said to them all, this is Christ speaking, 10:46 'If anyone desires to come after Me, 10:48 let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, 10:52 and follow Me.'" 10:53 So, you know, many people obviously they read these texts 10:57 and, you know, they will juice the Bible down 11:00 to just a few texts that says, 11:01 you know, Jesus loves me, 11:02 I'm saved by grace through faith. 11:04 And, you know, all I got to do is believe 11:05 and go to heaven, 11:07 but praise God 11:08 that because God has made this Word 11:09 readily available. 11:11 We know that, yes, it is true that God loves us. 11:12 We are saved by grace through faith 11:14 and not of works, 11:15 you know, there's nothing that we can add, 11:17 but yet we also find detailed counsel 11:20 from the God of heaven, 11:21 inspired by the Holy Spirit to say, 11:22 "Hey, you know what? 11:24 I wanna sanctify you, I wanna prepare you, 11:25 I wanna shape you, 11:27 mold you into My character to prepare you for My kingdom 11:30 because one day, I will have you there." 11:32 Romans 12:1-2, 11:34 another great text that shows to us 11:36 God's will for us and the instruction 11:39 on how we can prepare to become citizens 11:41 of the Kingdom of God. 11:42 He says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, 11:44 by the mercies of God, 11:45 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, 11:48 holy, acceptable to God, 11:50 which is your reasonable service. 11:52 And do not be conformed to this world, 11:54 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 11:57 that you may prove what is that good 11:58 and acceptable and perfect will of God." 12:02 God wants to reveal His will to us. 12:04 And, of course, we know that it is His ultimate goal, 12:07 that where He is, 12:09 He wants us to be there too, right? 12:11 We have this Bible here in our language. 12:13 Praise God that it's in a language 12:15 I can understand 12:16 because this Bible tells me that God has went away, 12:20 but He encourages us, He inspires us, 12:22 He informs us that while I'm gone, 12:24 I'm gonna return and get you 12:26 and I'm gonna take you back to be with Me. 12:27 I think of John 14:1-3, 12:30 "Let not your heart be troubled, 12:32 you believe in God, believe also in Me. 12:34 In My Father's house are many mansions, 12:37 if it were not so, I would have told you. 12:40 I go to prepare a place for you. 12:41 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 12:43 I will come again and receive you to myself, 12:47 that where I am, there you may be also." 12:51 I praise God for the Word of God, 12:53 that God's plan, His will, 12:55 His historical works, His plan of salvation. 12:58 It's all on display here. 13:00 And, you know, we can trust it. 13:02 We can trust to know 13:03 that in faith if we receive that, 13:06 we will have eternal life. 13:07 The Bible is accumulated work of writers 13:10 spending more than 1500 years. 13:12 The fact that God has made this Word 13:14 so readily available to the world 13:16 shows the importance and sense of urgency, 13:19 that with each passing generation, 13:22 God amplifies His call for mankind 13:24 to surrender to the Word 13:26 and allow these words of life to transform their life. 13:30 You know, Israel was an essential prototype, 13:33 just kind of an example. 13:34 And we see that through Israel, 13:37 you know, we can see God's plan at work. 13:39 He diligently worked with them and a text that comes to mind 13:42 I wanna read in closing here. 13:43 Deuteronomy 32:46-47, "And he said to them, 13:47 'Set your hearts on all the words 13:49 which I testify among you today, 13:51 which you shall command your children 13:53 to be careful to observe all the words of this law. 13:56 For it is not a futile thing for you." 13:57 I love that. 13:59 "It's not a futile thing for you, 14:00 because it is your life, 14:01 and by this word you shall prolong your days 14:04 in the land which you cross over to Jordan 14:06 to possess.'" 14:08 So if we make these words in our heart and our mind, 14:11 it becomes our life, it becomes our goal. 14:14 We should teach them to our children. 14:16 And, pastor, I'm gonna pass it on to you. 14:17 We should continue to study the Word 14:19 and understand how to interpret it. 14:21 Thank you, Ryan. 14:22 Now we begin on Monday with Words and Meaning. 14:26 You know, in every language, I'm glad you pointed that out. 14:29 I didn't have any idea 14:30 how many languages 14:32 still did not have the Word of God 14:33 in their own language or in their own tongue, 14:36 but in every language, 14:37 there are words that are so rich and so deep. 14:40 We know as we reiterate, 14:41 the Bible is in Hebrew, Aramaic, very short portion, 14:45 and Greek. 14:46 And a lot of times, 14:48 if we don't understand 14:49 what it means in the original language, 14:51 it can be quite confusing 14:53 when you come to the English language. 14:56 So much of what we understand in the English language 14:59 requires our knowledge of the original tongue. 15:03 And when we get that, 15:04 then we are able to make sense out of certain Bible texts. 15:07 You know, there are certain Bible texts 15:09 that look repetitious. 15:10 When we say 15:11 why is He keep asking that same question? 15:13 Why would He keep doing that when in fact, 15:15 the original language is quite different? 15:17 What the Lord is asking one thing, 15:19 Peter is responding another way, 15:21 I'll use one of my classic ones. 15:23 Let's go to John Chapter 21. Let's start with this one. 15:27 This is an exercise 15:29 in understanding the original language. 15:33 What does the Lord asking Peter? 15:34 And how is Peter responding? 15:36 John 21:15. 15:38 And it says, the Bible says, 15:40 "So when they had eaten breakfast, 15:43 Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonah, 15:46 do you love Me more than these?' 15:49 He said to Him, 'Yes, Lord, You know, I love you.' 15:52 He said to him, 'Feed My lambs.'" 15:54 Now love, love. 15:56 In the English language the word is love, 15:58 but the Lord said to Peter in the original language, 16:01 "Peter, do you agape Me or agapao Me?" 16:05 Do you love me unconditionally? 16:06 And Peter said, "Lord, you know I phileo, You." 16:10 You know, I love you like a brother. 16:12 And the Lord says, second time in verse 16, 16:16 "He said to him again a second time, 16:18 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?' 16:20 'Do you agapao Me? 16:22 Do you love me unconditionally?' 16:25 And he said to Him, 'Yes, Lord, You know, I phileo you.' 16:30 He said him, 'Tend to My sheep.'" 16:32 Lord is trying to see if Peter's love 16:34 is yet at the point of unconditional. 16:36 He keeps saying, "Lord, I love You like a brother." 16:40 That's the original language 16:41 'cause people wonder why he keep doing that? 16:43 And he answered the question already. 16:45 Wanna make a point here. 16:46 The reason why I asked him three times 16:48 is because Peter denied him three times. 16:51 He wants to drive the point home, 16:52 and what do we say repetition is the best teacher. 16:57 That's right. Yes. 16:58 And the third time verse 17. 17:00 Now this is where it transitions. 17:02 "He said to him the third time, 17:04 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you phileo Me?'" 17:08 The Lord dropped off the agapao. 17:11 Okay. Do you phileo? Do you love me like a brother? 17:13 Peter was grieved 17:15 because He said to him the third time, 17:17 'Do you love Me?' 17:20 And he said, that's once again the phileo. 17:22 "He said to him, 'Lord, You know all things. 17:24 You know that I phileo you, 17:26 You know I love you like a brother.' 17:29 And then He said to him, 'Feed My sheep.'" 17:31 If we did not understand the original language, 17:33 and the application would say, this is an act of futility. 17:36 Why keep asking him the same question? 17:38 Like children, 17:39 you know, the repetition work children said, 17:42 "Why, daddy?" Why, daddy?" 17:45 And he keep going. Why? Why? 17:47 And it doesn't take a genius to ask a question, 17:51 but the answer is 17:53 when we understand the original language 17:54 just starts making sense. 17:56 I use another example. 17:58 The word hell, let's use the word hell. 18:01 Let's go to Deuteronomy 32:22. 18:05 There's only one English word hell. 18:08 This is so confusing because people 18:11 when they read what happened to Jesus 18:13 when He was buried, 18:15 they talked about the rich man and Lazarus. 18:18 They talk about... 18:19 And Peter where the Lord did not suffer him 18:21 to be left in hell. 18:24 So many distorted beliefs come to the surface. 18:28 So let's look at the first word hell 18:29 and this is in the Old Testament, 18:31 the word Sheol. 18:32 What's that word? Sheol. 18:33 Sheol, meaning the place of the dead, 18:36 the world of the dead. 18:37 Now hint, 18:40 in your community there's a place of the dead. 18:43 Come on, what's it call? 18:44 Cemetery. It's a cemetery. 18:46 It's not a local fitness club. 18:49 It's not a place where people are saying, 18:50 "Hey, John, 18:51 I know you finally came down and how you doing? 18:53 What was it like up there before you got here?" 18:56 There is no communicative place of the dead. 18:58 So we find here in Deuteronomy 32:22, 19:03 "For a fire is kindled in My anger, 19:05 and shall burn to the lowest hell. 19:09 It shall consume the earth with her increase, 19:12 and set on fire 19:14 the foundations of the mountains." 19:15 This lowest hell that has been talked about here 19:19 covers a plethora of words 19:21 that are included in the New Testament 19:24 that you find continually the Old Testament Sheol, 19:26 Sheol, Sheol, Sheol, Sheol. 19:29 But when we get to the New Testament, 19:30 we find that word hell 19:32 talked about in three additional words. 19:36 Let's go to one in, another one, Isaiah 38:18. 19:42 We find another one here about the word Sheol. 19:45 And then we're gonna transition to the New Testament. 19:47 Once again, understanding and by the way, 19:49 when the word Sheol is used in the Old Testament, 19:51 it's interchangeable to a place 19:54 where fires kindle as well as the grave, 19:56 it's an interchangeable word. 19:58 They don't use many words in the Hebrew 20:00 to simply because there was no distortion 20:02 about what happens when a person dies. 20:05 That came later on in Greek mythology 20:08 that came later on 20:10 in something called Neoplatonism, 20:14 this ideology that the soul continues to exist in a place 20:17 where you can communicate with it, 20:19 but that was not the case in the Old Testament times. 20:22 Isaiah 38:18. 20:23 And now I'm reading in the New King James Version, 20:26 if you in the King James Version, 20:27 it would say, 20:28 if I'm correct, Pastor Kenny you have the King James? 20:31 Now, if you read that verse for me, 20:32 Isaiah 38:18, do you have it? 20:34 I think so. Okay, read it for me there. 20:36 It says, "For the grave cannot praise thee, 20:38 death cannot celebrate thee, 20:40 they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth." 20:44 Okay, so the other word is for the grave, 20:47 but here in the New King James Version, 20:49 what I like about it, 20:50 is they actually put the actual word 20:52 in the Hebrew for Sheol. 20:55 So they'll say there's no confusion here, 20:58 but I'm gonna give you the actual word in Hebrew, 21:01 but it means what? 21:02 The grave, clearly pointed out. 21:04 So the Lord 21:05 is immediately removing the confusion. 21:08 Now let's go to the New Testament. 21:10 Luke 16:23. Luke 16:23. 21:14 And this is one of the ones 21:16 that really bring about a lot of confusion. 21:19 Luke 16:23 you have that, Jill? 21:21 I will in just a moment. Okay, great. 21:23 Luke 16:23? Luke 16:23. 21:26 "And being in torments in Hades, 21:29 he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, 21:31 and Lazarus in his bosom." 21:33 Okay, Pastor Kenny, 21:34 what word do you have in your Bible 21:35 and being in what? 21:37 Hell. Okay, right. 21:38 So there you go. 21:39 Hell in the King James, Hades in the New King James. 21:42 One of the reasons that the New King James exists 21:45 is not to change the meaning of the King James, 21:48 but once again we saw in the New King James Sheol, 21:51 and the King James grave, in the New King James Hades, 21:54 in the King James hell, 21:56 same word, but what the writers are doing, 21:58 what the translators are doing. 21:59 They're saying, 22:01 "Yeah, we wanna try to remove the confusion 22:02 because so many teachings exist today 22:05 that people just don't understand 22:06 in the original language. 22:08 And we find people going to hell when they die, 22:10 that's not what the Bible teaches. 22:12 Burning in hell eternally, 22:13 that's not what the Bible teaches." 22:15 Few more examples. Let's go now to Matthew 10:28. 22:18 Matthew 10:28. 22:19 So that's Hades, 22:20 but now we're gonna look at the other word Gehenna. 22:23 Gehenna. Matthew 10:28. 22:26 That means in the Greek, 22:27 the fire that destroys us completely. 22:31 Matthew 1028. 22:32 Pastor Dinzey, do you have that? 22:34 What translation do you have? 22:35 This is a New King. Okay, read it for us. 22:37 "And do not fear those who kill the body 22:40 but cannot kill the soul. 22:42 But rather fear Him who is able to destroy 22:45 both soul and body in hell." 22:47 Now amazingly enough, when you read that passage, 22:49 a lot of people say 22:51 see there the soul can't be destroyed. 22:53 Keep reading. 22:54 If you keep reading, the Bible tells you clearly 22:56 in Gehenna that is the lake of fire, 22:59 the fire that burns at the end. 23:01 Here's the point. 23:02 We may lose our lives sadly enough, 23:04 some people lose it in a fiery crash 23:06 or in a fire in their apartment buildings. 23:08 And, you know, unfortunately they are consumed in the fire, 23:12 but they can come forth in the resurrection, 23:15 but the Lord is in essence 23:16 saying when the second death occurs, 23:19 there is no coming back. 23:21 After that, that is the lake that burns with fire. 23:24 That's the second death. 23:26 One more. Let's go to 2 Peter 2:4. 23:29 We've covered Sheol, Hades, Gehenna. 23:32 Now let's see one word in the Greek 23:33 that only appears one time in the Bible. 23:36 Could you get that, Ryan? 23:38 I'm there, 2 Peter? 2 Peter 2:4. 23:40 2 Peter 2:4 says, 23:42 "For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, 23:44 but cast them down to hell 23:46 and delivered them into the chains of darkness, 23:49 to be reserved for judgment." 23:51 This is referred to as the place where 23:54 and this is not a place particularly, 23:55 but this is talking about the restraint 23:58 that God puts on the evil angels. 24:00 In other words, He holds them as called chains of darkness. 24:04 They are not allowed to do their bidding. 24:06 And that's the only part Tartarus. 24:08 That's the only time in the Bible 24:10 that that word is used in the Greek. 24:12 So you see, Hades, Gehenna, Tartarus, and Sheol. 24:16 It all makes sense 24:17 when the original language is understood. 24:20 Amen. Praise the Lord. 24:21 You know, Pastor, everything you were just saying 24:23 reminds me of that text, 24:24 2 Timothy 2:15 where Paul, 24:27 you know, reminds us to study to, "Show ourselves approved, 24:29 a workman who need not to be ashamed, 24:31 rightly dividing the word of truth." 24:32 And sometimes we got to dig a little deeper 24:34 to rightly divide the word of truth. 24:35 We're gonna take a short break 24:37 and we'll see you back here in just a moment. 24:44 Ever wish you could watch 24:45 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:47 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 24:51 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 24:56 A clean design makes it easy 24:58 to find the program you're looking for. 25:00 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 25:04 so you can follow along. 25:05 Sharing is easy. 25:07 Just click share 25:08 and choose your favorite social media. 25:10 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:21 Welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 25:23 We're gonna continue on to Tuesday's lesson 25:25 with Pastor John Dinzey. 25:27 Thank you very much. 25:28 And we continue with the title of Tuesday's lesson Repetition, 25:32 Word Patterns, and Meaning. 25:35 So when you look, consider the Old Testament, 25:39 in the Hebrew, 25:41 there were different ways 25:42 to express emphasis and meaning. 25:45 And this was done sometimes with repetition. 25:49 So let's look into Genesis 1:26-27. 25:54 Pastor Lomacang, would you help us with that? 25:55 Sure. 25:56 It says, "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, 25:59 according to Our likeness, 26:01 let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, 26:03 over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, 26:06 over all the earth 26:07 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' 26:11 So God created man in His own image, 26:14 in the image of God He created him, 26:18 male and female He created them." 26:21 Wonderful, amen. Praise the Lord. 26:24 So here before I go to the part where you have repetition, 26:27 I like to say that we human beings 26:30 have a glorious beginning, a marvelous beginning, 26:33 created by God, not only created by God, 26:36 but created in His image. 26:39 And this is wonderful to consider 26:40 when they are trying to teach people 26:43 that we came from these lower forms of life, 26:46 we have a glorious beginning made in the image of God. 26:49 Now notice that when you get to verse 27, 26:52 there is an emphasis placed on God as our Creator. 26:57 Notice, "So God created man in His image." 27:00 One. 27:01 "In the image of God He created him, 27:05 male and female He created them." 27:08 Three times the word created 27:10 is mentioned here to bring emphasis 27:12 that God is our Creator. 27:15 A marvelous, marvelous concept that you find here 27:19 in the very first Book of the Bible. 27:22 Moving on, we see that in Isaiah Chapter 6, 27:27 we're gonna go to read verse 1, 2, and 3. 27:30 Now in Isaiah Chapter 6, 27:32 we find a repetition that is again, marvelous. 27:38 "In the year that King Uzziah died, 27:41 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, 27:43 high and lifted up, 27:44 and the train of His robe filled the temple. 27:48 Above it stood seraphim, 27:50 each one had six wings with two he covered his face, 27:54 with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 27:57 And one cried to another 28:00 and said, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, 28:06 the whole earth is full of His glory!'" 28:11 Beautiful expression. 28:13 Here, 28:14 the emphasis is on the holiness and how awesome God is. 28:19 In fact, His glory fills the earth. 28:23 Repetition, 28:24 emphasis to bring out how Holy God is. 28:29 But when you consider God's holiness, 28:33 and the reaction of Isaiah, let's read verse 4 and 5, 28:39 "And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him 28:43 who cried out, 28:44 and the house was filled with smoke. 28:46 So I said, 'Woe is me, for I am undone! 28:50 Because I am a man of unclean lips, 28:53 and I dwell 28:55 in the midst of people of unclean lips, 28:57 for my eyes have seen the King, 28:59 the Lord of Hosts.'" 29:01 At the glorious beauty and majesty of God, 29:07 He says, "I am a man of unclean lips." 29:10 Who on the earth could possibly say, 29:13 unclean when you consider the holiness of God, 29:17 and I have to add 29:18 that somehow in this glorious manifestation. 29:22 Still, His glory was veiled 29:24 so that human beings 29:25 could contain and live through that experience, 29:29 so majestic and so holy. 29:31 So but here, we see emphasis in repetition. 29:37 It's interesting that this brings to mind 29:41 a scripture that is very well-known, 29:43 and that is found in Romans 3:23. 29:46 And in Romans 3:23, we have, 29:49 "For all have sinned 29:50 and fall short of the glory of God." 29:54 And so when we come before a mighty holy God, 29:57 we have to understand that we are people 29:59 that have sinned 30:01 and need to be cleansed by the Lord Jesus Christ. 30:04 In Daniel Chapter 3, 30:05 you have another set of repetitions. 30:07 So we're not gonna go through all of the verses 30:09 because you find, in Daniel 3:1-2, 30:13 3, 5, 7, 12,14, 15, and 18, 30:16 the image which Nebuchadnezzar set up in different ways 30:21 this is mentioned 30:22 the emphasis on being that he wanted to place himself 30:26 to be worshipped to be as God 30:28 because, you know, the image he set up 30:29 was made out of gold, 30:31 and that represented, the head represented Babylon, 30:34 but he wanted an image, the whole image does, 30:36 oh, my kingdom is gonna last forever, 30:38 but no, the kingdom is gonna last forever 30:40 is God's kingdom. 30:42 Praise the Lord for that. 30:43 So as we continue, 30:44 I would like to show you 30:46 something interesting about a word. 30:50 And when you think of the word most holy, 30:53 we read it in English as most holy but in the Hebrews 30:57 actually Kodesh, Kodesh. 30:59 And one example is found in Exodus 26:33. 31:05 Exodus 26:33. 31:08 And either maybe Sister Jill can find that. 31:11 Okay, Exodus 26:33. 31:14 Exodus 26:33, 31:15 "And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. 31:18 Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, 31:21 behind the veil. 31:22 The veil shall be a divider for you 31:24 between the holy place and the Most Holy." 31:26 Thank you. Could you read 34 as well? 31:29 "You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony 31:32 in the Most Holy." 31:34 Okay, so here, when you read the word, 31:36 Most Holy, it's actually saying in the Most Holy, Holy, 31:43 and that's Kodesh Kodesh is the Hebrew word is here. 31:47 The same thing is found in Daniel 9:24. 31:51 Daniel 9:24. 31:54 And again, maybe, Pastor Ryan, 31:56 could help us with Daniel 9:24. 31:58 Absolutely, Daniel 9:24, says, 32:02 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 32:04 and for your holy city, 32:06 to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 32:09 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 32:11 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 32:14 to seal up vision and prophecy, 32:16 and to anoint the Most Holy." 32:17 Thank you. 32:19 Again, here we have Most Holy as holy, holy, 32:23 is saying 32:24 that this is the holiest of all. 32:27 And so this is a use of repetition 32:29 to express the highest quality that could possibly exist. 32:34 When you get to the New Testament, 32:36 we do have a few repetitions, not many. 32:39 And we are going to... 32:40 I'm gonna read from Matthew 23:37. 32:44 Matthew 23:37 says, Jesus speaking, 32:48 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 32:51 the one who kills the prophets 32:53 and stones those who are sent to her! 32:56 How often I wanted to gather your children together, 32:59 as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, 33:02 but you were not willing!" 33:05 And the King James says, but you would not. 33:07 Here Jesus repeats the word Jerusalem twice 33:09 for emphasis on the lamenting, 33:14 taking this, 33:15 that they decided to do all these things. 33:18 An opportunity after opportunity was given, 33:21 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem. It's like why, why, why? 33:25 And, you know, we express ourselves that way 33:27 as we repeat things 33:28 sometimes for emphasis in our everyday language. 33:31 And so we have here a repetition. 33:33 I want to go to one more, I think we have time, 33:37 and that is in Revelation 4:8. 33:42 Revelation 4:8. 33:45 And here are the words, "The four living creatures, 33:50 each having six wings, 33:52 were full of eyes around and within. 33:55 And they do not rest day or night, saying, 33:58 'Holy, holy holy, Lord God Almighty, 34:04 who was and is to come!'" 34:06 So we see here repetition 34:09 that expresses emphasis on how Holy God is. 34:15 And so we see this type of repetition 34:19 to bring emphasis 34:20 to help us understand more about the holiness of God. 34:27 I think we have time for one more. 34:28 All right. 34:29 So I think I'll go to Hebrews 9:3. 34:33 In Hebrews 9:3, 34:36 we have another interesting repetition. 34:40 Hebrews 9:3 says, 34:42 "And behind the second veil, 34:45 the part of the tabernacle 34:47 which is called the Holiest of All." 34:50 And this is a word that is used hagion, hagion 34:55 and it says holiest of all. 34:57 The expression is bringing here, 35:01 I mean, really in our language 35:04 we cannot even describe when God is trying to say 35:06 the holiest of all. 35:08 So the Bible uses these different methods 35:11 to really help us understand things 35:14 about the holiness of God, 35:16 or the impact of what God is trying to say. 35:19 There are several repetitions 35:20 we didn't get to because of lack of time, 35:22 but we see that the Bible employs these 35:24 to help us in our understanding of the scriptures. 35:27 Amen. Praise the Lord. 35:28 Good job. Absolutely. 35:30 You know those things we need to understand. 35:32 Praise God for that. 35:33 I have Wednesday's lesson, 35:34 it's called Texts and Contexts. 35:37 And so, you know, 35:38 we need to dig into this I found a passage 35:41 in Christ's Object Lessons, page 111. 35:43 Just a one line, I thought was very interesting. 35:45 It says, "Our salvation depends on a knowledge 35:49 of the truth contained in Scripture." 35:54 Isn't that interesting? Our salvation does what? 35:57 It depends on our knowledge of the truth 36:00 contained in Scripture. 36:01 So that's why we're going over these things, is it not? 36:03 So that we can get the knowledge 36:05 and we come up with what is truth. 36:07 First, you look at the meaning. 36:08 What is the meaning of a context 36:10 when you think about context here? 36:12 And I looked it up 36:13 and it's from Webster dictionary, 36:15 we'll look at it a couple different ways here 36:16 in a moment. 36:18 It says, "Parts of a sentence, paragraph, etcetera," 36:22 that notice this, 36:23 "that occurred just before 36:25 or after a specified word or passage, 36:28 and determined to its exact meaning." 36:33 Might seem a little bit complicated. 36:34 Hopefully, it'll be clear, 36:35 as we go along with this right here. 36:37 That's a Webster dictionary. 36:38 So that's context of something. 36:40 And then, I mean, how often have we heard that. 36:43 Make sure it's in context. 36:45 That's very, very important, isn't it? 36:46 So we just talked about here, 36:48 the knowledge of the truth contained in Scripture, 36:49 our salvation depends upon it. 36:51 So that's why we're spending this time on it. 36:53 Contexts and Texts. 36:55 Text says, 36:56 it's the actual or original words 36:58 of the author. 37:00 The principle matter on a printed page. 37:04 I mean, hopefully that comes together. 37:05 Now we put them in on it, 37:07 you know, they can be put in on a wider sense, 37:10 you know, the meaning can be expanded as we go along, 37:12 we'll see that. 37:14 So before reaching a conclusion, 37:15 what's maybe something we should do? 37:17 We should be very careful to weigh out the evidence 37:20 to make sure 37:21 that it harmonizes line upon line, 37:23 precept upon precept. 37:25 3 Testimonies 105 says this, 37:27 "We must look carefully at the evidence on every side 37:31 and not to be swayed by the influence of," what? 37:33 "Of others." 37:35 Sometime we're swayed by that. 37:36 "By the surroundings, 37:38 to form conclusions without intelligent, 37:41 thorough knowledge." 37:42 So this is important. 37:43 I believe this is we're talking life and death issue here. 37:45 So Wednesday's lesson, it talks about... 37:48 Again, how many times if you heard it, 37:50 you know, that was taken out of context. 37:52 We've heard that a lot of times. 37:53 That was taken out of context. Well, yes. 37:56 Or let's make sure that word fits. 37:58 You know, make sure that word fits 38:00 in the context of the sentence. 38:03 You know, our lesson starts 38:04 with two very important points here in trying to... 38:08 This is very important, in trying to arrive at truth. 38:11 I tried to look at the lesson and say now 38:13 what is this saying to me, 38:15 we want to be able to arrive at the truth, 38:19 as God has written in His Word for us. 38:22 To simplify where number one is words, 38:24 we have to look at the words. 38:25 Number two, 38:26 we must look at the context of it. 38:28 Words in Scripture always occur in a context, 38:33 they can't stand by themselves or can't stand alone. 38:37 So a word has its immediate context 38:41 within a sentence, then notice this, I like this. 38:44 There can be a wider, 38:46 there can be an expansion of this, 38:48 you know, this section, it can be in different chapter. 38:51 You know, it might be saying somebody explained 38:53 what it means this and the explanation to wider, 38:56 we go to another chapter and maybe some other chapters 38:58 that we can look at. 39:00 So what's the point? 39:01 The point is we must understand 39:02 the context of words 39:04 and of sentences in order not to arrive 39:08 at the wrong conclusion. 39:10 You know, we want to arrive at the truth, don't we? 39:12 I mean, that's the whole thing here. 39:15 Three questions. 39:16 Let's look at three questions right quick 39:18 in case we're still a little bit confused 39:19 on text and context. 39:21 Number three, what is the context of a text? 39:25 Almost double talk. 39:26 What is the context of the text? 39:29 It says here, the text refers to words, 39:32 which are written, 39:34 while context 39:35 is the surroundings of the text. 39:39 The second question, what is an example of context? 39:43 The context 39:44 is some combination of people's, notice this, 39:47 underlying reasons some other thoughts 39:50 and social culture force acting on them. 39:55 Three, third question, 39:56 explain the difference between context and text? 39:59 Now we can really right get confused on, 40:01 notice this. 40:03 The text then is the main story, 40:07 the primary event, 40:09 the immediate thing that is happening, 40:12 you know, and context 40:14 is all the stuff in the background 40:16 that surrounds that without being part 40:19 of that main action there. 40:21 So our lesson wants us to compare 40:23 and we wanna do this. 40:24 Compare, 40:26 we've been going back to Genesis 1:26, 27, 28 40:31 but it wants us to compare 40:32 and I wanna stay with the lesson 40:34 the best we can here. 40:35 Our lesson wants us to compare Genesis 1:27 with Genesis 2 40:40 so get those down, write them down, verse 7. 40:43 Now notice, 40:44 and then we can go 'cause we talked about it 40:47 can expand to chapter and chapters. 40:49 So then we'll compare if we have time, 40:51 Genesis 2:15-23. 40:55 That's the larger picture. 40:57 Genesis 1:27, the Bible said we read, 40:59 "So God created," what? 41:01 "Man in His own image, 41:03 in the image of God created He him, 41:06 and that was male and female." 41:08 Notice this of the Genesis 2:7, 41:11 "And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, 41:15 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 41:19 and man then became," what? 41:20 "A living soul." 41:22 We'll use that so often notice that. 41:23 So we see and we go back 41:25 and we look there in Genesis 1:27. 41:28 The term bara there 41:30 is the Hebrew word is not and know what does it mean? 41:33 It refers to the Creator. 41:36 And so that word can only refer to God, 41:38 isn't that right? 41:39 God is the only creator that we know 41:41 of heaven and earth. 41:42 So this word here is an isolated word here, 41:44 but it's a good word, 41:45 but it's used three times to indicate 41:48 the main position on the creation of man. 41:52 Then man, notice this, 41:54 is defined within the context here 41:57 of the verse. 41:58 It says male and female, 42:01 Hebrew term, let's say for say for Adam, 42:04 in this passage refers to in this passage, just mankind. 42:07 Every time you read, so was just mankind. 42:09 But if we continue on and look in Genesis 2:7, 42:12 we see the same term, 42:14 Adam is used in the forming of Adam where? 42:18 Out of the dust. 42:21 Here, only Adam is referred to. 42:23 Why? 42:24 Because Eve is not yet created. 42:27 That makes sense, doesn't it, right? 42:29 Now we can see each passage, even within once again, 42:32 the context of what we're talking about 42:34 'cause we're simply looking for what is truth, 42:36 and there has to be a break down. 42:38 We have to make sure that it fits 42:40 with what the Bible writers and Holy Spirit 42:42 wants us to learn from these things. 42:44 We see each passage within the context 42:46 two chapters we can see a difference 42:48 between Adam as humanity, 42:50 Genesis 1:27 42:52 and the man Adam in Genesis 2:7 as a person 42:57 and it can be found in the genealogies 43:00 in Genesis Chapter 5, 43:02 even in reference to Jesus, 43:04 you notice that in Romans 5:12-14, 43:08 who becomes the second Adam. 43:10 Notice this, 43:11 in the context of the creation of Adam and Eve, 43:14 we can see the larger creation here, 43:17 or the bigger event, 43:20 meaning in Genesis Chapter 1 and Genesis Chapter 2, 43:24 there's development, 43:25 there's things that are going on, 43:26 it takes into all the accounts, 43:28 and were shown a definite origin of humanity. 43:32 So it's not really to be, you know, complicated, 43:36 but we just simply want it into the setting 43:38 that the Holy Spirit meant for it to be, 43:40 it seemed like the more we read, 43:41 maybe the more confused we might get some time. 43:43 But if we expand on that, 43:45 we have a little bit time just to expand on that. 43:47 You'd go to Genesis Chapter 2, and you do like verses 15-23. 43:52 This is called the larger picture. 43:54 And what is the larger picture? 43:55 It begins to talk about the creation, 43:58 you know, of Adam and Eve 43:59 and then the creation of a woman 44:01 and how that was created. 44:03 God gave us that, we have Genesis, 44:04 maybe we have time to look that up 44:06 just we haven't done that in a while. 44:07 Genesis Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, wasn't it? 44:11 Genesis Chapter 2 start with verse 15. 44:13 You'll just see 44:15 the larger picture here quickly here. 44:16 In verse 15 it said, "The Lord God," did what? 44:19 "He took the man and put him 44:20 in the Garden of Eden to," do what? 44:22 "Have to dress it and to keep it." 44:24 Verse 18. 44:25 "And the Lord said, 44:27 'It's not good that man should be alone," 44:30 notice that, "I will make him an help meet." 44:33 Verse 20, "Adam gave names to all the cattle, 44:36 and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast," 44:38 notice this, "of the field. 44:40 And Adam was not found a help meet for him." 44:42 So you can go... What's this doing? 44:44 Is simply expanding 44:46 on what we've already is already talked about here. 44:48 So we must include that. I like to say the big picture. 44:51 We need the big picture verse 22, 44:53 "And the rib, 44:54 which the Lord God had taken from Adam, 44:56 made he," what? 44:58 "A woman, and brought her unto," notice, "the man." 45:01 Verse 24 last verse, 45:04 "Therefore shall a man leave his father 45:05 and his mother, and shall cleave unto the wife, 45:07 and they shall be one flesh." 45:09 You know, is context in text important? 45:13 Absolutely. 45:14 If we're looking for what is truth, 45:16 then we must consider these things 45:18 that we've talked about here in the setting of it, 45:21 and then to the expansion of the setting, 45:24 as God will shine more light upon it as we move along, 45:27 trying to study and find out what truth is. 45:29 Amen. 45:30 Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny, 45:31 what a great study as we look, 45:33 if you look into the Word of God, 45:35 language matters. 45:36 Repetition matters, 45:38 the meaning of the words matter, 45:40 context and the text matters. 45:42 On Thursday, before I tell you the title, 45:45 I'm going to say Thursday 45:46 we talked about the largest context possible. 45:50 That's the book of the Bible. 45:52 So we look at Thursday's lesson is the Books 45:55 and Their Message. 45:56 So we look at instead of just reading one word, 45:58 which is text, 46:00 and then we expand that to a phrase or a chapter, 46:03 or a few chapters, we're expanding it, 46:06 like zooming out, as it were, 46:08 so that you see the entire book. 46:10 There are 66 books in the Word of God, 46:13 we know 39 in the Old Testament, 46:15 27 in the New. 46:18 When you look at the books of the Bible, 46:21 there's some questions we could ask ourselves, 46:23 the author who wrote the book? 46:26 How did this person's experience 46:28 shape the interpretation of the book 46:30 or their intention in writing the book? 46:32 We could ask ourselves that 46:34 because it would make a difference 46:35 in how we understand that particular book 46:37 in the Bible. 46:39 We could ask the literary genre. 46:41 What literary mode was used to communicate to the reader? 46:45 We could talk about the purpose. 46:48 Why was the book written? The setting? 46:50 What is the cultural and historical context 46:53 for the book? 46:54 The message and theme, 46:55 what is being conveyed by the book? 46:57 What is the theme? 46:58 What is the biblical truth conveyed? 47:01 Now there is no way 47:02 we can talk about all that for 66 books 47:04 'cause we'd be here a very long-time. 47:06 So what I'm going to do is to break it down 47:08 into the different literary sections of the Bible. 47:12 And we're taking one book from each section 47:15 and we'll discuss each book Lord willing, 47:17 if we get through it. 47:18 So the first section, the first literary section, 47:21 is the first five books of the Bible. 47:24 The five books of the law, 47:25 this is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, 47:27 Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 47:29 Also known as the Torah, 47:30 it forms a structural unity 47:33 about the wanderings of God's people. 47:37 There's some history in there clearly 47:39 and some biblical narrative as well. 47:41 The author of those books would be Moses. 47:44 We're just picking the Book of Genesis 47:45 as just the book to pick for that. 47:47 And what's the theme of Genesis? 47:50 Genesis is all about origins. 47:52 It's about the beginning of the world. 47:54 The beginning of the human race 47:56 as Pastor Kenny talked 47:57 about creation of man and woman. 47:58 It's about the origin of light and darkness, 48:02 about animals and plants, the origin of the Sabbath. 48:06 The origin, unfortunately of sin, 48:08 as we see in Genesis 3, 48:10 but the origin of salvation 48:12 as we see that first messianic promise 48:14 in Genesis 3:15. 48:16 There's also in Genesis we see 48:19 a great foundation for our biblical theology. 48:23 There's a great deal of theological truth 48:25 conveyed in the Book of Genesis. 48:27 It kind of lays framework 48:28 as it were for the rest of the Bible. 48:30 We see God is Creator, God is Savior, 48:33 humans coming from the dust 48:35 and knowing that they're going to return 48:37 to the dust. 48:38 We see marriage, family, community, salvation, 48:43 the great controversy between good and evil. 48:45 These are just some of the theological themes 48:47 we see in the Book of Genesis. 48:49 Of course, Genesis has great, 48:52 the foundation for the covenant is laid in the Book of Genesis. 48:56 First messianic promise, the Noah covenant in Genesis 8, 48:59 the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 15, 49:04 and there's great prayers 49:05 we see in the Book of Genesis as well. 49:07 Let's jump to the next literary section. 49:10 That's the 12 books of history. 49:13 This is from Joshua all the way to Nehemiah. 49:17 Now, there's various authors for that. 49:19 Some are clearly identified, 49:21 some are not really identified at all. 49:23 And it might be even some discussion 49:24 as to who authored some of these books. 49:27 I'm picking as my book to talk about Nehemiah. 49:29 We studied that not too long ago. 49:32 Really Ezra and Nehemiah 49:34 were actually almost combined volumes in the original 49:37 and you almost would study the two volumes together, 49:39 but in Nehemiah we see return, 49:41 remnant, reconstruction, reform, covenant, 49:45 social justice, God's sovereignty, 49:48 God's Word, the return of the exiles, 49:50 there was a first return under Zerubbabel 537 BC 49:54 and 50,000 people returned. 49:56 The second return under Ezra 49:59 that's 457 maybe 6000 individuals returning. 50:02 Then, of course, 50:03 the third return under Nehemiah in 444 BC. 50:06 The remnant, 50:08 we look at the remnant left in Babylon, 50:09 the remnant who chose 50:11 to return to Jerusalem and Israel. 50:14 We see reconstruction, 50:15 of course, Ezra focuses 50:17 on the reconstruction of the temple 50:18 while Nehemiah focuses 50:20 on the reconstruction of the wall. 50:22 We see reform and a commitment to return to the law of God 50:27 and return to the covenant relationship 50:30 that God wanted with His people. 50:33 Let's look at the next section 50:34 that is the five books of poetry and wisdom. 50:39 This is Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, 50:43 and Song of Solomon, various authors, 50:46 but the book I'm gonna look at is Psalms. 50:49 There are 150 Psalms and 116 of them have headings. 50:55 There's many individuals who wrote the Psalms. 50:57 Of course, we always say David wrote Psalms. 50:59 And David wrote a good deal of them. 51:01 However, Moses wrote, Solomon wrote, 51:04 Asaph the sons of Korah, Heman and Ethan, 51:09 some of the authors of the Book of Psalms. 51:11 And if you could do the span, it could be up to 1,000 years 51:15 for the entire span timeline 51:18 you could say of the Book of Psalms. 51:20 There's many different Psalm types. 51:23 We have prayers for help for individuals 51:25 and corporately. 51:26 We have community prayers for help. 51:28 We have individual songs of Thanksgiving and praise 51:31 and community songs of Thanksgiving and praise. 51:34 We have hymns honoring God as Creator, 51:37 hymns honoring God as king, songs of trust, 51:40 and songs of Zion and royal Psalms 51:42 and pilgrimage songs and rituals for public worship, 51:46 wisdom Psalms. 51:48 The themes in the Book of Psalms 51:50 is the worthiness of God as our King and Judge 51:53 and Creator and Sustainer, 51:55 Savior, Redeemer, Healer, Refuge, Shepherd. 51:58 There's cries for deliverance and vindication. 52:02 There's sorrow for sin and confession of sin, 52:05 Discussion of the law, the coming Messiah, 52:07 the righteous and the wicked, the Sabbath, 52:10 the heavenly and the earthly sanctuary, 52:12 salvation, and suffering. 52:15 The last section of the Old Testament 52:17 would be the 17 books of prophecy. 52:20 These are the Major and the Minor Prophets, 52:22 of course, five major prophets and then the 12 minor prophets. 52:26 We're gonna look at the Book of Isaiah, 52:28 one of my favorite. 52:30 His name means the Lord saves. 52:33 Isaiah is a Book of Judgment 52:34 and a Book of Comfort and Restoration. 52:39 There's great messianic prophecies 52:41 conveyed in that book, 52:43 promises of mercy 52:44 and forgiveness and restoration. 52:46 God's holiness is emphasized in the Book of Isaiah, 52:50 maybe more than any other book of the Bible. 52:53 We see God's sovereignty and His trustworthiness 52:56 as keeper of the covenant, keeper of His promises. 53:00 We go to the New Testament. 53:01 The first four books would be the gospels, 53:04 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 53:08 If we pick John, 53:09 written by the beloved Apostle John, 53:12 we see the theme in John is Jesus 53:14 is the Revelation of God, Jesus is eternal. 53:18 He's the companion of God, He's equal with God. 53:20 He is the Creator, the Sustainer. 53:22 We see the glory and exaltation of Jesus on the cross. 53:26 The cross of Christ is central to John's Gospel. 53:30 We see the Holy Spirit in John 14 to 16, 53:33 and that ministry to the believers, 53:36 then we jumped to the only book of history 53:37 in the New Testament, 53:39 the Book of Acts, biblical narrative, 53:41 one book, written, of course, by Luke, 53:43 the Gentile doctor 53:44 who was a companion of Paul in his journeys. 53:48 Acts is about the spread of the gospel 53:50 in the early Christian church, 53:53 and the power of God and the Holy Spirit as it goes 53:56 to not only Judea but to the Gentiles. 53:59 Then we have 21 epistles, 54:02 many of them written by the Apostle Paul, 54:05 some written by some other authors as well 54:07 and these are letters to individuals or churches. 54:10 We'll look quickly at Romans. 54:12 I love that Paul's most definitive statement 54:16 on salvation, faith, and grace of Christ. 54:20 We see in Romans 1-3, 54:21 the effects of sin upon Jews and Gentiles alike. 54:25 Romans 3-5, 54:26 justification by grace through faith. 54:29 Romans 6 is that Christ's burial 54:31 and resurrection and our baptism as symbolic 54:35 of His dying to the old life rising to new life. 54:38 Romans 7, the conflict between self and Christ. 54:42 Romans 8, victory through Jesus, 54:44 through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. 54:47 Romans 9-11, the relationship between the church in Israel. 54:51 Romans 12-15, we see practical Christianity, 54:55 how we are called to live as Christians. 54:57 And the final book, 54:59 Revelation stands by itself the book of prophecy, 55:03 written by the Apostle John. 55:05 Themes in there is Jesus Christ, 55:07 the Son of Man, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, 55:10 the Lamb, the Word of God, 55:12 the heavenly sanctuary in the throne room, 55:15 the cross in the gospel, 55:17 the church, the end of the world, 55:19 wonderful prophecies about the soon return of Jesus. 55:24 And then it ends with the earth made anew. 55:26 So when we look at context, we see of the books, 55:30 we see what God intended through each author 55:32 to convey to us today. 55:35 Praise the Lord. That was really good. 55:36 Thank you, Jill, for that. 55:38 Wonderful break down 55:39 of the different thematic books of Scripture. 55:41 You know, I find it so important, 55:43 this particular study because many people go astray 55:47 in their interpretation of Scripture 55:48 because they don't go deeper. 55:50 They don't consider the context. 55:51 They don't consider the language, the text, 55:53 and all the things that we've been studying here. 55:55 So I praise the Lord for this particular study. 55:57 I'm gonna just allow the panel to go back through 55:59 and maybe give a thought for your day 56:00 or worth something else? 56:02 Well, mine was Words and Meaning. 56:05 When you understand the word 56:07 as it was intended by the author originally, 56:11 the meaning becomes apparent, 56:13 and then the application follows. 56:15 So seek to understand what it meant to the writer, 56:18 then we will understand what it means to the reader. 56:21 Amen. 56:22 Well, I like to say that we have been blessed 56:26 to have the scriptures available to us. 56:28 I like to read from Jeremiah 33:3, 56:30 "Call to Me, and I will answer you, 56:32 and show you great and mighty things, 56:35 which you do not know." 56:37 The scriptures are waiting for you 56:38 and God is waiting for you 56:40 to discover great mighty things that God wants to show us. 56:42 Praise the Lord. 56:44 I have Ephesians 1:17-19 says, 56:46 "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 56:48 the Father of glory, may give you, " 56:50 notice this, 56:51 "the spirit of wisdom 56:53 and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 56:54 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, 56:57 that you may know 56:58 what is the hope of His calling, 57:00 and power to us-ward who believe." 57:02 Amen. 57:04 2 Timothy 2:15 study 57:07 to, "Show yourself approved to God, 57:08 a workman who does not need to be ashamed, 57:11 rightly dividing the word of truth." 57:14 The Bible contains infinite wisdom and treasure, 57:18 open up God's Word and study it, 57:20 discover it for yourself. 57:22 Amen. Praise the Lord. 57:24 My day was Understanding the Scriptures. 57:26 And one of the texts that I had referenced 57:28 was Deuteronomy 32:46-47, 57:31 which says that the word of God will prolong our days 57:34 and how does that happen? 57:35 Well, I think we have a Bible text 57:37 that answers that, 57:38 Psalm 119:11 says, 57:40 "Your word I have hidden in my heart, 57:41 that I might not sin against You." 57:44 When we put the Word of God in our mind, in our heart. 57:46 We studied within context, 57:48 we take a look at the text 57:49 and study to show ourselves approved. 57:51 The Lord will work wonderful, wonderful things in our life 57:53 and you know what? 57:55 We should teach it to our children. 57:56 That's what the Bible says, teach it to our children. 57:58 We are so thankful that you have joined us 58:00 here again on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 58:02 We encourage you to join us right here again 58:05 next week as we open God's Word. 58:07 And we take another dive into Scripture 58:09 to learn how to interpret Scripture. 58:11 God bless. |
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