Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 911 of our trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. Creating a Biblical worldview is important to have a proper perspective on today’s current events. To establish a Biblical Worldview, it is required that you also have a proper understanding of God’s Word.
Especially in our western cultures, we do not fully understand the Scriptures from the mindset and culture of the authors. In order to help us all have a better understanding of some of the more obscure passages in God’s Word, we are investing Wisdom Wednesday reviewing a series of essays from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars Dr. Micheal S. Heiser. He has compiled these essays into a book titled “I Dare You Not to Bore Me With the Bible.”
We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. When I was young, I used to love playing in the dirt. Many times it was very evident as I did not hold to the saying that “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Even today, I love to dig in the soil, to plant trees, and to tend a few vegetables that we grow. There is something about nature and digging in the soil that brings me closer to God. Today’s essay explores an interesting topic which is…
Elisha’s healing of Naaman the leper, commander of the army of the king of Syria, is a familiar story’ to many which is found in 2 Kings 5:1-27. Naaman hears that Elisha, the prophet of Israel, can heal him, so he makes the trip. When the two meet, Elisha tells him, rather dismissively, through his servant that he needs to dip himself in the Jordan River seven times. Naaman who is used to ordering his army around doesn’t take this well and prepares to go home.
At the bidding of some servants, he consents to dip himself in the Jordan. He is miraculously healed by the simple act after the seventh dip. The display of power, so transparently without sacrifice or incantation, awakens Naaman to the fact that Yahweh of Israel is the true God. Here’s where the story usually ends in our telling, but that would result in the omission of one very odd detail – what Naaman asks to take back home.
The core of this portion of the story is located in 2 Kings 5:15-19, so let me read that portion…“Then Naaman and his entire party...
