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Douglas Jacoby PodcastiFaith 037 1 Corinthians A: Ego, Elitism, & the Corinthians (Douglas Jacoby)For additional notes and resources, check out Douglas’ YouTube channel.
2024-03-1314 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: Jacoby/Kinnard-Sermon on the MountFor additional notes and resources, check out Douglas’ website.
2024-01-031h 52Douglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: The Herods (Steve Jacoby)For additional notes and resources, check out Douglas’ website.
2023-12-2925 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: Neither Poverty Nor Riches (Steve Jacoby)For additional notes and resources, check out Douglas’ website.
2023-12-2726 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: Priests & Levites (Steve Jacoby)For additional notes and resources, check out Douglas’ website.
2023-12-2522 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: Tithes & Offerings, Pt. 2 (Steven Jacoby)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.
2023-10-2030 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMiscellaneous: Tithes & Offerings, Pt. 1 (Steven Jacoby)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.
2023-10-1825 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: The CrusadesFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Definition:Simplified historical overview:300s-600s -- Most of the Holy Land is part of the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire.600s -- this territory becomes part of the Caliphate (Islamic).1000s-1100s -- Christian warriors and peasants (all strata of society participated) strive to take back the land, establishing Crusader States, along with multiple fortifications.1200s -- Christians for the most part give up the dream of reconquering the Holy Land, instead targeting their crusades on fellow Christians and other perceived enemies.Massive military attempts to recapture "Christian" territory, es...
2023-08-0424 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Reformation Summary and Q&AFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-3125 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Calvin-No Compromise (Joey Harris)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2952 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: The Radicals: Anabaptists (Steve Staten)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2844 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Zwingli-The Limits of CompromiseFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2630 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Luther: Man on Fire (Gilbert Kimeng)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2417 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Flashpoint-Fuel For the Reformation (Rolan Monje)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2221 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastChurch History: Introduction to the ReformationFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here are the links for the major classes given in the 2015 Biblical Study Tour. The theme was "Finding God When the Church is Adrift," and the teaching took place in the very cities where the early history of the Protestant Reformation played out. Our route took us from Wittenberg to Zurich to Geneva -- that is, from Luther to Zwingli & the Anabaptists to Calvin.Every Biblical Study Tour is designed to strengthen faith, build connections among believers eager to learn, and bring the Bible to life as w...
2023-07-2156 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastLast Things: Out-of-Body Experiences & NDEsFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.This podcast is an adaption of a draft chapter from my book, What’s the Truth about Heaven and Hell? Sorting Out the Confusion about the Afterlife.The universally familiar NDE/OOB sequence:A sense of well-beingDisembodimentA tunnel leading to lightVisions of persons, events, and objectsInteractions with other beings, human or divineA new evaluation of one’s lifeReturn to lifeMost of this can be explained by the drop in oxygen levels in the brain, the buildup of carbon dioxide, reduction in neural firing, shutdown of the vi...
2023-06-0729 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastIC.13-The Imitation of Christ, 13—Loss of all comfortFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.This podcast (12 minutes) contains and is based on most of "On the Loss of All Comfort" (Book 2, Chapter 9).Scripture: Phil 4:11-13; Ps 30:6-8,10-11; Job 7:18; Rev 2:7.
Practical application:(1) Don't allow ourselves to lose faith or perspective just because we are going through hard times.(2) Don't allow ourselves to lose faith or perspective just because we are going through long, extended, hard times when we feel despair.(3) Let's not portray ourselves to insiders (fellow pilgrims) or to outsiders as though we have never struggled with temptation, wav...
2023-01-1312 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCLEAN – podcast 13, Mary MagdaleneFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.IntroductionDemons are never explicitly identified in the OT. In the NT, possession appears only in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. (The word "demon" is used in John, but only by the opponents of Christ, who call him a demon.)For greater depth, visit Thoughts on Demon Possession & Exorcism (requires login).For constructive thoughts about escaping addictive behaviors, see IPI's 4-lesson audio CD, ESCAPE (by Steve Brand and Douglas Jacoby).Until today, Mary Magdalene was not a NT character podcast, since there isn't a whole lot to work wit...
2022-06-0813 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastSOTM 40-Wow!For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes (Matthew 7:28-29). PowerJesus’ teaching is not only true, but it is powerful…..And compact!As one commentator has pointed out, "The Golden Rule [is] just eleven words; by contrast, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the U.S. government's attempt to oblige ethical character into the financial statements of American corporations, has eleven titles (major sections). It is one o...
2022-01-3110 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastParanormal: The Bonfire – Acts 19For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Sermon done by Douglas Jacoby on June 26, 2011.
2021-08-0430 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastParanormal: Out of Body & Near-Death ExperiencesFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.This podcast is an adaption of a draft chapter from my book, What’s the Truth about Heaven and Hell? Sorting Out the Confusion about the Afterlife.The universally familiar NDE/OOB sequence:A sense of well-beingDisembodimentA tunnel leading to lightVisions of persons, events, and objectsInteractions with other beings, human or divineA new evaluation of one’s lifeReturn to lifeMost of this can be explained by the drop in oxygen levels in the brain, the buildup of carbon dioxide, reduction in neural firing, shutdown of the vi...
2021-07-2629 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCurrent Issues: The War Prayer (Twain)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Here is Mark Twain's The War Prayer, published in 1916, six years after the great humorist's death (13 minutes).This piece is in the public domain. Douglas' podcast includes a few opening comments, the Prayer in full, and a brief conclusion.
2021-03-2914 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCurrent Issues: Escape – Lesson 4 – Computer and Internet BehaviorsFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ESCAPE: Lesson 4 of 4.Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here’s the provisional plan:The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.Computer and internet behaviors. Focus: gambling, shopping, surfing, smartphones.The importance of not being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2), or falling prey to the many tem...
2021-03-2250 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCurrent Issues: Escape – Lesson 3 – Fantasy Proxy RelationshipsFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ESCAPE: Lesson 3 of 4.Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here’s the provisional plan:The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.Computer and internet behaviors. Focus: gambling, shopping, surfing, smartphones.The importance of not being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2), or falling prey to the many temp...
2021-03-1938 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCurrent Issues: Escape – Lesson 2 – Alternate Fictional RealityFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ESCAPE: Lesson 2 of 4.Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. Here's the provisional plan:The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.Computer and internet behaviors. Focus: gambling, shopping, surfing, smartphones.The importance of not being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2), or falling prey to the many tempt...
2021-03-1734 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastCurrent Issues: Escape – Lesson 1 – Pain, Escape, AddictionFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.ESCAPE, Lesson 1 of 4: Douglas Jacoby and Steve Brand have joined forces to teach a series called ESCAPE. Steve Brand is a professional counselor and expert on addictive behaviors. The series explores addictive substances and behaviors and what God's word has to say about them. There are four lessons in the series. Here's the provisional plan:The psychology and neurochemistry of pain, escape, and addiction. Focus: marijuana, alcohol, pain medication.Alternate fictional reality. Focus: movies, novels, worlds of gaming, TV.Fantasy proxy relationships. Focus: pornography.Computer and internet behaviors. Fo...
2021-03-1534 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastNT Characters: 3. Mary & ElizabethFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.The lesson is based on Luke 1. Listen to Vicki Jacoby as the series continues...
2020-12-3027 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastNT Characters: 1. Mary: An introduction, by Vicki JacobyFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website."How Will This Be?"Mary asks the question of the angel, “How will this be?”, when faced with a seemingly impossible and improbable situation. The answer was equally puzzling to this young woman! So she leaves Nazareth and heads for the hills to see Elizabeth, her older wiser relative (Luke 1). Why? She needs to talk and be heard. For three months these two women walk and talk through life together, experiencing spiritual, emotional and physical times and I imagine Mary was present for the birth of John.
2020-12-3018 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judaism: The View Of The Early Church On IsraelFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:Jesus and the apostles clearly taught that Israel had lost its covenant and nationhood in the sight of God (Matt 22:2-9; 23:31-39; John 8:22-24, 39-47; Rom 8:30-10:4; 10:20-21; 1 Thess 2:14-16).[These strong words are not "antisemitic," as they were articulated by Semites (Jews). Not only Jesus, but all the apostles too were Jews. Their words are no more unfair or biased than the criticisms of the O.T. prophets. Sadly, after the declension of the church in the 4th century, it was only a matter...
2020-09-1719 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judaism: Israel: Still God’s People?For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:The new covenant is for all believers, not just the Jews. In fact, the Jews have no special status before the Lord, and more than male Christians are in a different category from female Christians (Gal 3:26-29). To be Abraham's descendant is not an ethnic matter, but a matter of faith.Jesus speaks of the rejection of the Jews as God's people (Matt 8:8-12; 21:33-43).Paul clarifies that not all descended from Israel are Israel (Rom 9:6), but only those who have faith. It is to...
2020-09-1422 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judaism: Is The Old Covenant Still Valid?For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:Law and covenant are integrally connected. Nearly the entire book of Deuteronomy is cast in the form of a covenant, the conditions of which are the commandments of the Law of Moses.Although key components of the old covenant (Gen 17:13; Exod 12:24; 29:9; 31:16; 40:15; 1 Ki 8:13) seem to be "forever," the original word ( Heb: 'olam, Gk: áiōn) normally means a period of time, with an emphasis on quality of time over quantity of time. This is amply illustrated in the OT (Gen 6:4; Ex 21:6; Deut 15:17; Lev 25:34; 1 Chr 16:15; Ps 105:8; 1 Sam 1:22; Ez...
2020-09-1120 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judaism: Jesus Fulfilled The LawFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:The Law and Prophets are the foundation on which Jesus begins his transformative ministry. Analogy: algebra builds on arithmetic—not invalidating it, but fulfilling it.This fulfillment is illustrated in Matt 5:21-7:27. Matthew's 14 fulfillment formulae, interestingly, all cite the Prophets, (1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 2:23; 3:15; 4:14; 5:17; 8:17; 12:17; 13:35; 21:4; 26:54; 26:56; 27:9).Jesus is triple Messiah (anointed prophet, priest, and king).We also understand fulfillment through typology (offices, persons, institutions, things, events).And through the feasts and holy times of the Jewish year.Jesus is God's obedient Son, in contrast to Israel, his disobedient Son. See Exodus 4:22.Jes...
2020-09-0923 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judiasm: Is The Torah For Today?For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:Matthew 5:17-20 is an important passage for Messianics. Yet the commands Jesus refers to are not the typically "Jewish" mitzvoth, but dealing with anger and lust, being persons of integrity, loving enemies, etc. (We referred to 1 Corinthians 1:17, and also compared John 9:39 to John 12:47, since they illustrate how a verse out of context can easily be misinterpreted.)A change in priesthood requires a change in law (Heb 7:11-12; 8:13).Jesus set aside the Law in order to create a new humanity, comprising Jew and Gentile (Ephesians 2:14-15...
2020-09-0722 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judiasm: Roots & TermsFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Main ideas:1st century: apostles agree Gentiles are not obligated to follow Torah (Acts 15:1-35; Titus 1:10-11).19th century: rooted in evangelism of Jews, Zionism, and Dispensationalism.20th century: birthed in groups like "Jews for Jesus" (1960s-1970s).In short, there is no "Messianic Judaism" until a few generations ago. The movement is marked not by its antiquity, but by its novelty.Terminology: many Semitic words are embraced, like Yeshua. Words historically offensive to Jews are avoided (e.g. crusade, cross, baptism, BC & AD). The term "Messianic" mea...
2020-09-0411 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastMessianic Judaism: Why Focus on this movement?For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.A growing movement—with perhaps 250,000 members in the U.S., and 10% that number in Israel—is proclaiming that the path to Christian spirituality is through embracing Torah and the Jewishness of the early church. They aim to keep the Sabbath, observe the Old Testament festivals, use Hebrew and Aramaic words, call their leaders rabbi, support the State of Israel, and much more. They lament that so few believers have studied the Old Testament.We applaud the Messianics for their emphasis on the Old Testament. They're right: We n...
2020-09-0209 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: OT Characters at Cross PurposesFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Pharaoh’s daughter / Pharaoh (daughter / father, and princess / king)14th BCExodus 1:15-17, 22; 2:1-10The hero is a pagan, a worshipper of the Egyptian gods—the daughter of Pharaoh!We’re not told whether she ever told her father she had adopted a Hebrew baby. Nor are we given any details about her interactions with her father, the Pharaoh. Besides, pharaohs tended to have many wives and children. (Ramesses II lived to age 90, reigning close to 70 years, and had perhaps 100 children!)Even though Pharaoh himself was considered divine, he is mocked...
2020-08-3136 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Wealthy Shunammites’ Child (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.IntroductionCLEAN 21, The Wealthy Shunammites’ Son = also OT character study 64.Yesterday we saw how the prophet Elijah saved the life of the son of the Widow of Zarephath. Today we will look at a similar account—and it’s easy to confuse the two!—involving Elijah’s successor, Elisha.This woman is probably younger than the widow of Zarephath. Her husband is still living, and out in the fields working, probably as a supervisor. That makes more sense, since they were wealthy. But even wealthy persons have problems, s...
2020-08-2817 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Widow of Zarephath & Son (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.IntroductionReanimation = back from the dead.Why this is important will be explained more fully in the 10th reanimation podcast.How does this tie in with the theme of purity? Keep in mind that in Jewish thought, death is associated with uncleanness.Some positive feedback: "I'm enjoying CLEAN in '17. Very needed lessons. I've often wondered if impurity is like a story I once heard about a dirty river. The teller of the story said that once pollutants stopped being poured in the river, the river over t...
2020-08-2617 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: The Prophetess HuldahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew & Greek words:chuldah = mole. See the Huldah Gates (entrance into Temple precinct).nevi'ah = prophetess (Greek prophêtis)navi' = prophet (Greek prophétēs)Prophetesses of the Bible:Old TestamentMiriam (Exod 15:20)Deborah (Judg 4:4)Huldah (2 Kings 22:14-20)Isaiah's wife (Isa 8:3)Traditional extras (in Judaism): Sarah, Abigail, EstherNew TestamentAnna (Luke 2:36)Philip's daughters (Acts 21:9)See also Acts 2:17-18; 1 Cor 11:4-5.False prophetessesNoadiah (Neh 6:14)"Jezebel" (Rev 2:20)Text: 2 Chron 34:8-28 (selections)What we learn about Huldah:She is one of three named prophetesses in the O.T.She...
2020-08-2414 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Michal, Abigail, BathshebaFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Mikhál = brook'Avigail = my father is joyBath-sheva' = daughter of the oathDavid's wives:Ahinoam, Maachah, Haggith, Abital, EglahMichal, Abigail, Bathsheba—and possibly moreNote: this does not include concubines (secondary wives)Michal: 1 Sam 14:50; 18:20, 28; 19:11-17; 25:44; 2 Sam 3:13; 6:14-15; 16-23; 1 Chr 15:29What we learn about Michal:She is Saul's daughter; there was a political dimension to the marriage.She loves David, but is tempted to control him.Michal she has a sharp tongue, and can be sarcastic.She is scandalized by his expressive worshi...
2020-08-2124 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: MephiboshethFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.IntroductionOur O.T. character today is a minor character. And yet doesn't mean he isn't important.The relationship between David and Jonathan (Saul's son, next in line for the throne) was intimate.Jonathan's son becomes disabled -- but this is not what matters most. Rather, what we are about to study is an excellent illustration of grace.2 Sam 4:4 — Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Je...
2020-08-1927 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Four Lepers (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.IntroductionPrevious studies in Section II (Leprosy) have studied four individual lepers. Today we will consider the lives of four lepers all together.Although these men are not healed of their leprosy, they end up in a positive, victorious place nonetheless.Scriptural study: 2 Kings 6:24-31; 7:3-5, 8-10.Siege conditions in Samaria: famine!Cannibalism was forewarned in Deut 28—and mentioned several times in scripture.This is a desperate situation!The king’s anger is misdirected—towards Elisha—who soon predicts and end to the famine (7:1)We’re skippin...
2020-08-1811 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Uzziah (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Scriptural study: 2 Chron 26:15b-21aThe highly successful king lets success go to his head (vs.15-16).Pride goes before a fall. Prov 16:18. Deut 8:11-20 (please read Deut 8 if this is unfamiliar to you). The king becomes overconfident.His specific sin:He disobeyed the law of priesthood (he is not a priest, as a king of Judah).He arrogated to himself the priestly prerogative—thus his sin was arrogance.See the courage of Azariah (vs.17-18).His concern is for God’s honor—a strong contrast with Uzziah...
2020-08-1810 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Gehazi (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.IntroductionGehazi is the third leper in the Bible.He appears in 2 Kings 4, 5, 8.Chapter 4 gives us insight into the kind of person Gehazi was: not as spiritually aware as Naaman.Scriptural study: 2 Kings 5:15-27Elisha will not be enriched by a Gentile (although now Naaman is within the covenant). Similar to Abraham’s stance in Gen 14.Notice how he is critical of Elisha, his master.In running after Naaman, Gehazi isn't seeking something for Elisha, but for himself alone.A total lie (v.22)! Knowing Naaman’s ne...
2020-08-1214 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Naaman (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Scriptural study: 2 Kings 5:1-19Note: Naaman is also mentioned in the NT (Luke 4:27).Syria = Aram = Syria, not AssyriaHis qualities:LeadershipCourageAnd the flaw of leprosy (both visible and humiliating).Physical and spiritual health are found in the land of Israel (not Syria, where false gods are worshipped).See how God works through circumstances, through people, through conversations!Naaman is willing to pay! He knows that cleansing is worth it! (Do we?)He proceeds to the king of Israel, to whom this looks like a trap.Elisha finds out w...
2020-08-1015 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Miriam (CLEAN Series)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Introduction19 lepers are healed in the Bible, several in the OT and even more in the NT (though there's no healing of lepers in John and Acts).Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) can be cured, with multi-drug therapy -- and cheaply!The first leper in the Bible was Moses’s sister, though you could also argue it was Moses himself (Exod 4:6).In the case of 3 of our lepers, the person begins healthy, and then contracts leprosy suddenly, as a punishment for sin. That is not the normal order: when we...
2020-08-0718 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: The Ethiopian EunuchsFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Eunuchs in the O.T.Eunuchs were excluded from the assembly of the Lord and from the priesthood.“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord" (Deut 23:1).And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who...
2020-08-0625 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Rahab (Guest Speaker-CJ Jones)For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Rahab Study OutlineHebrew NamesRahab: means “large,” “extended.” New Testament scriptures has it spelled the same in Hebrews and James (Ra’ab). However, the Gospel of Matthew used a slightly different spelling (Rahab as in Rachab) in the Koine (common) Greek.Jericho: means “a place of fragrance” and called the “City of Palm Trees” by the Israelites.Asherah: This was the name of a sensual Canaanite goddess Astarte (Uh-Start-ee), also related to the moon. Image often carved into wooden poles.Harlo...
2020-08-0327 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT JonahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words: Yonah (Jonah) – may mean “dove." 28x in the Bible.Further study:Passages referred to in this podcast2 Kings 14:25Jonah 1-4Jeremiah 18:1-10Luke 9:52-55Exodus 34:6Romans 12:21, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Peter 2:21Even more:Did God resurrect Jonah? Click here.Listen to an entire seminar on Prejudice and Separation, including the Atlanta story. Order here.Of special interest to those in the Restoration Movement, watch the 3-lesson DVD series Friend or Foe.Check out Joel 2:14. The King of Nineveh (3:9) seems to have a better handle on theology than t...
2020-07-3126 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: AmosFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew: 'Amos (Amos) – “borne, burden." 7x in AmosFurther study:Passages read or referred to in this podcast:Amos 1:1, 7:10-17, 7:1-9; Jeremiah 37; Galatians 1; Amos 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9; Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 7:1-9.Amos 2:6-7a, 3:2-8, 4:1-2, 5:14, 4:12, 5:18-24, Micah 6:8, 6:1-6, 8:4-6, 8:9-12, 9:7-8, 9:13-14a.Advanced:Consider Amos 9:11, which is cited during the Jerusalem Council (49 AD). The passage prophesied that once the fallen tent of David (the Tabernacle) was restored, the Gentile mission will flourish. James (Acts 15:16) explains the success of the Gentile mission in light of this passage. In other w...
2020-07-2926 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: HoseaFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Hoshea’ (Hosea) – salvation. 3x in Hosea, 1x in Romans.Gomer (Gomer) – possibly "complete" (possibly completion of ripeness) or "vanishing." 1x in the Bible.Yizre’el (Jezreel) – “God scatters”Lo’-ruchamah (Lo-Ruhamah)– “Not pitied”Lo’-‘ammi – (Lo-Ammi) “Not my people”Further study:Cited in this podcast:James 4:4; Hosea 5:4, 14-15; 6:1-6; 7:13bHosea 1:2-10Hosea 2:13 (Jeremiah 2:32); 3:1-5; 4:6 and 8:12Scriptures equating spiritual unfaithfulness with adultery: Deuteronomy 32:15, Isaiah 1:21, Jeremiah 3:1, 5:7, 13, etc; Ezekiel 6, 16, 23; Matthew 16:4; Mark 10:11; James 4:4.Passages on a divorced woman not returning to her husband Deuteronomy 24:1-4...
2020-07-2726 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: DanielFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Daniel:Daniyy’el (Daniel) -- "God is my judge." 79x in the Bible.Dan'el (Danel) -- "God is judge." Alternate spelling.Daniel's companions:Chananya or Chanyahu (Hananiah) – God has been gracious.Misha’el (Mishael) – Who is what God is?‘Azaryah or ‘Azaryahu (Azariah) – God has helpedFurther study:Passages covered in this podcast: Daniel 1:1-8, 2:27-28,37-38, 4:19-22, 4:25-27, 5:22-30, 6:1-5, 10:16-17.About Daniel's reverence and humility in the presence of the divine: Daniel 7:15,28; 8:17-25,27; 10:8-11,16-19.Even m...
2020-07-2432 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: EzekielFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Yehezqe’l (Ezekiel) -- "God will strengthen"Only 2x in the O.T. (in the book of Ezekiel)Further study:Passages referred to in this podcast: Ezekiel 2, 3, 4, 24, 33 (18)Further material:Ezekiel 34: Messianic prophecyEzekiel 26: TyreEzekiel 16: AllegoryEzekiel 47: John 7Ezekiel 36: Free WillEzekiel 38: Gog & MagogFor more on one of the literary types used in Ezekiel, apocalyptic, see my article on Armageddon.Some things we learn about God:The Lord works through us powerfully when we imbibe, ingest, and incorporate the word of God into our own live...
2020-07-2221 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JeremiahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah)145x in the O.T. Note: 5 additional Jeremiahs in the O.T.Barukh (Baruch) -- Blessed. Jeremiah’s assistant. 23x in the O.T.Further study:Jeremiah 1:1-3,6-9,17-19; 6:10-16; 7:1-5; 23:25-26.Passages on Baruch in Jeremiah 32, 36, 43, 45.Opposition to Jeremiah 36, 37, 38, 39.His questioning of God’s justice (Jeremiah 12:1ff)—yet delivering the message all the same (Jeremiah 20:7-9).Weeping in Jeremiah: 9:1,10,18, 13:17, 14:17 (also 22:10, 25:34, 31:9,15-16, 41:6, 48:5,31-32, 50:4, Lamentations 1:2,16, 2:18, 3:48); cp. Psalm 119:136.See the fascinating and well-done teach series by Andrew Kitchen. Click here.Advanced:For...
2020-07-2025 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: IsaiahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) Salvation of Yah(weh). 32x in the O.T., 22x in the N.T.Qadosh -- holy. Over 60x in Isaiah alone.Shear-Yashuv – "A remnant will return" (one of Isaiah's sons)Maher-shalal-chash-baz – "Quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil" (literally, "swift booty, speedy prey")'Immanu'El (Immanuel) -- "With us God"Further study:This lesson covered Isaiah 6:1-8, 20:1-6; and referred to in passing: 7, 37-39; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Titus 2:11-14; 2 Samuel 6:22.Can you find the 57 citations of Isaiah in the New...
2020-07-1725 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Proverbs 31 Woman & ManFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Chokhmah -- wisdom. (Ch as in loch, not as in chihuahua.)Iiwweleth -- folly. (There are other words for foolishness in Hebrew, but this is very common.)Peninim-- corals. The good wife is more precious than corals (Proverbs 31:10). Many versions say "rubies" or "jewels." The Greek (LXX) has "costly stones."Further study:Our text: Proverbs 31:10-31Referred to:"Lady Wisdom" in Proverbs 9:1-6,Contrast her with "Lady Folly" in Proverbs 9:13-18.For an article on "working women," click here.Interestingly, there is no di...
2020-07-1516 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Character's: JobFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words: ‘Iyyov (Job) – perhaps “persecuted." 60x in the O.T.Further study:In this podcast:Job 1:1-22, 2:7-13, 3:1,24-26, 19:25-27, 31:1-40, 32:1, 40:1-8, 42:1-17Job’s physical condition: 2:7,8,12; 7:4,5,14; 16:16; 17:1; 19:17,20; 30:17,28,30Ezekiel 14:14,20James 5:11Even more:Job is part of the Old Testament Wisdom Literature.To read The Problem of Human Suffering, by John Clayton, which explores the central issue of Job. Click here.For more on the interpretation of Job, click here.See also the comment on Job 19:26.Why does a good God allow evil? Click here (and then scroll...
2020-07-1333 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Esther & MordecaiFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words/names:‘Ester (eh-STAIR), “star,” 55x in the Bible.After the Babylonian goddess IshtarPersian SitârHadassah – myrtle. This was Esther’s original name.Mordecai, 59x. It seems that his name is influenced by Marduk (the Babylonian national god).Haman, 54x. He was an Agagite, a descendant of the Amalekites, bitter foes of the Israelites.‘Achashverosh – Ahasuerus (Xerxes), 31x.Further study:For the text of the apocryphal prayers of Mordecai and Esther, click here.For similar stories (national heroes/heroines), see Tobit and Judith (both part of the O.T. Ap...
2020-07-1023 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Ezra & NehemiahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:‘Ezra’ (Ezra) – "help. 25x in the O.T.Nekhemyah (Nehemiah) – “Yah[weh] comforts," 8x in the O.T.Further study:Ezra & NehemiahEzra: Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah 8Nehemiah: Nehemiah 1-13The occasion of Nehemiah 8: was it the renewal ceremony required by Deuteronomy 31:10-13?Nehemiah 8:3 (NAS and Hebrew, not NIV) says that Ezra read from the Book of the Law. The implication is that he did not read the entire Torah, but only selections.Ezra and Nehemiah seem originally to have been parts of the same bo...
2020-07-0821 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JosiahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:Yoshi’yahhu (Josiah) -- “healed by Yah[weh]”Appears 55x in the Old Testament.Further study:Mentioned in passing: Deuteronomy 2:27, 5:32, 17:20, 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 1 Kings 22:34; Psalm 119:72.See the parallel account in 2 Kings 21-23.Contrast Josiah's reaction with the dismissive attitude of his grandson Jehoiakim, in Jeremiah 36.See also 1 Kings 13:2, where an unnamed prophet prophesies the iconoclast king by name. This is very unusual, though for a parallel see Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1, where the reign of the Persian king Cyrus is foretold...
2020-07-0626 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: ManassehFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Menashsheh – Manasseh (“Who makes me forget”)About 25x in the OT.Further study:Passages covered in this podcast2 Chronicles 33:1-222 Kings 21:16Mentioned in passing: Ezekiel 34, Daniel 4, Romans 5,Further:Parallel account in 2 Kings 21Apocryphal: The Prayer of Manasseh 1-15. The complete text follows.O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous offspring; 2 you who made heaven and earth with all their order; 3 who shackled the sea by your word of command, who confined the deep and...
2020-07-0324 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: UzziahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Hebrew words:‘Uzziyyahu (contraction of Azariah, ‘Azaryah) = “Yah(weh) is my strength.”The king is mentioned several dozen times in the Bible.Further study:Our chapter: 2 Chronicles 26.Exodus 28:36-39Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 5:2We also read Deuteronomy 17:18-20.A parallel chapter: 1 Kings 15Deuteronomy 8. In a microcosm, Uzziah’s life is the experience of Israel: Blessed by God, prosperous, ungrateful, and ultimately suffering enormous loss.Compare the lives of two other lepers: Miriam (Numbers 12) and Naaman (2 Kings 5).Some things we learn about God:God and God alone is sov...
2020-07-0116 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: HezekiahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Chizqiyyah, Chizqiyyahu, Yechizqiyya, or Yechizqiyyahu (Hezekiah) -- “Yah has strengthened”About 125x in the BibleFurther study:Passages covered in this podcast:2 Kings 18-20Referred to in passing: 2 Kings 16:20; Numbers 21:4-9; 2 Chronicles 16:12; Judges 6, Isaiah 7, Matthew 4;Further:Parallel accounts: 2 Chronicles 29-32 and Isaiah 36-39Hezekiah is also mentioned in the Assyrian records. Read the account from the Sennacherib Prism (701 BC).See also the Assyrian reliefs from the siege of Lachish, after whose conquest Jerusalem became the next target. Click here.Read the Pass...
2020-06-2931 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JehuFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yehu' (Jehu) -- Yah(weh) is He, or He is Yah(weh)54x in the O.T., by my count. (There are three other Jehus as well.)Further study:Passages covered in this podcast:1 Kings 19:162 Kings 9-102 Chronicles 22 (parallel passage)Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:2; John 2:13ff.The kings of Israel and Judah (parallel tracks)Kings of Israel:Saul – Ishbosheth – David – SolomonNadab – Baasha – Elah – Zimri – Omri – Ahab – Ahaziah – Jehoram – Jehu – Jehoahaz – Jehoash – Jeroboam II – Zechariah – Shallum – Menahem – Pekahiah – Pekah – HosheaKings of Judah:Saul – David – SolomonRehoboam – Abijah –Asa – Jehoshaphat – Jehoram – Ahaziah – Athaliah...
2020-06-2631 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Elisha & GehaziFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:'Elisha' (Elisha) -- "God is salvation," 59x in the Bible'Gekhazi (Gehazi) -- 12x in the BibleFurther study:Elisha: 1 Kings 19; 2 Kings 2-9, 13; Luke 4:27.Gehazi: 2 Kings 4, 5, 8.Did Elisha make a mistake? Click here.Some things we learn about God:His miracles are not arbitrary. Prophetic miracles legitimize the prophets as spokesmen for God, directing the people to the word of God.To some he imparts wisdom and empathy to understand and relate to others.He may combine qualities of gentleness and firmness, har...
2020-06-2341 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: ElijahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:‘Eliyyah (Elijah) – My God is Yah (Yahweh)100x in the Bible (71x in the OT, 29x in the NT)Passages covered in this podcast:1 Kings 19James 5:17 -- Elijah was effective in prayer!Malachi 4:4-6 -- plus the N.T. passages where John the Baptist is compared to Elijah.1 Kings 17-21, 2 Kings 1Even more:Did Elijah go to heaven? Click here.What he reincarnated in John the Baptist? Click here. For more on John the Baptist, click here. Regarding his a...
2020-06-1725 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Ahab & JezebelFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:'Akh'av (Ahab)-- father's brother or "The Father is my brother" (a claim to be close to God?), 84x in the OT.'Izevel (Jezebel) -- may mean "chaste" (ironic, if so), or (more likely?) refers to the pagan (Canaanite and Phoenician) god Baal (Babylonian Bel). This may even be a wordplay on the word for dung, zebul (see 1 Kings 14:10), which sounds like the word for prince. 23x in the OT.Further study:Ahab: 1 Kings 16-22; 2 Kings 9.Jezebel: 1 Kings 16, 18, 19, 21; 2 Kings 9; Revelation 2:20.Some things we l...
2020-06-1524 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Jeroboam & RehoboamFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Rekhav'am (Rehoboam) -- "The people are enlarged." 51x in the O.T.Yarav'am (Jeroboam) -- "The people contend." About 100x. (Note: Jeroboam II is another king. Usually in Scripture Jeroboam refers to Jeroaboam son of Nebat, the earlier Jeroboam.)Further study:Passages covered in this podcast:1 Kings 11:26-40, 12:1-332 Chronicles 13:6-7Also: 1 Kings 14:1ff; Matthew 11:28-30.In addition:1 Kings 11-152 Chronicles 9-13To learn about the monument at Karnak, click here.Trivia: To learn about Jeroboams and Rehoboams (sizes of wine bottles), click...
2020-06-1229 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: SolomonFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Shlomoh (Solomon) -- means peace, wholeness, soundness, welfareAppears 302x in the BibleFurther study:Covered in the podcast:2 Samuel 12:24, 7:12ff1 Kings 1:34, 11:43, 4:29-34Solomonic biblical material: Many Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Ps 72, 1271 Kings 10:1ff, 11:1ff, Deuteronomy 17:16-20Even deeper:See further material in 1-2 Chronicles.Solomon turns up 11x in the N.T. – e.g. Matthew 1:6, where we learn he is the direct ancestor of Jesus.Learn more about the Wisdom Literature at this link.Consider the economics of this king. High import le...
2020-06-1118 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Joab, Absalom & AdonijahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yo'av (Joab) -- Yahweh is father, 140x in the O.T.Avi-Shalom (Absalom) -- My father is peace, 109x in O.T.Adhoni-Yahu (Adonijah) -- Yahweh is my lord, 24x in O.T. (There are also 2 other Adonijahs)Further study:Passages covered in this podcast2 Samuel 12:10-11Joab: 2 Samuel 3:21,27-29, 8:15-16; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 2 Samuel 11:14ff; 19:5-7, 20:8-10; 24:3-4 (Exodus 30:12-15); 1 Kings 1:7, 2:32.Absalom: 2 Samuel 13:28-29, 14:24-27, 15:1-7, 18:33 (19:1 in the Hebrew O.T.)Adonijah: 1 Kings 1:5-10,39-41,49-53, 2:13-17,22-23ISBE articles, e.g. the one o...
2020-06-0930 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: DavidFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Dawid or Daweed—David—has a meaning similar to "loveable." He was evidently a very likable person,He was loved by Saul.He was greatly loved by Jonathan.Michal, Saul's daughter, falls in love with him.Appears 1137x in the Bible, compared to Abraham (309x) and even Jesus (918x), who is often called the "Son of David"Further study / review:Passages mentioned or read this podcastRuth 4; 1 Samuel 16:11-131 Samuel 16; 17; 18; 23:16; 24; 26; 25; 27; 30:6; 2 Samuel 1; 5:5; 6; 7; 1 Chronicles 28; 2 Samuel 9; 10; 11-12; 13+; 2-; 23; 24; 1 Kings 1; 2:20; Acts 2:34Isaiah 66:2Apocryphal Psalm 151Shorter version: My hands made a...
2020-06-0618 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JonathanFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yehonathan (Jonathan) -- "The Lord has given"Appears about 90x in the OT. Note: there are many Jonathans in the Bible (about 15). But this character is one of the most likeable figures in the O.T.Further study:Passages covered in this podcast1 Samuel 13:2; 14:1-13; 18:1-4; 19:1; 20:1ff; 23:15-18; 31:22 Samuel 2:12,19-27Read also about his son Mephibosheth in 2 Sam 4, 9, and his disloyal servant Ziba, in 2 Samuel 9, 16, 19.Some things we learn about God:Jonathan was a man more worthy than his father to be...
2020-06-0416 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: SaulFor more additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Sha’ul – Saul, 422x in the Bible.Note: Saul of Tarsus = 23x; King Saul, 399x. In 1 Sam 9-11, 13-29, 31; 2 Sam 1 etc.Shaul -- mentioned 10x (e.g. Gen 36:37). It is a shame that our English Bibles do not make it clearer when names are repeated.Further study:Passages covered in this podcast:1 Samuel 9:2; 10:6,9ff,22; 13:10-14; 15:10-13,16-20,22-31,34-35; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 21; 24, 26; 28; 312 Samuel 1At first, Saul is to be anointed as a "prince" (1 Sam 9:16) -- God is the true king. Further, Saul hardly acts like a kin...
2020-06-0219 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: SamuelFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Shmu'el (Samuel) -- "Name of God," or "hear by God." Appears 144x in the Bible. (Numbers 34:20 refers to a different person.)'Even-ha'ezer (Ebenezer) -- Stone of help (1 Samuel 4:1, 5:1, 7:12).Further study:Passages covered in this podcast: 1 Samuel 2:26 (Luke 2:52); 3:7,21; 4:1; 7:3-4,15-16; 8-15; 16:1-7; 19; 2 Chronicles 35:18; 1 Samuel 25; 28; Jeremiah 15:1.Even more: Psalm 99:6; Acts 13:20; Hebrews 11:32.Samuel prophesied the Christ (Acts 3:24). How? Some commentators say this is because Samuel was the last judge and the first prophet. With him the prophetic age began. Moreover, as we saw, he established a p...
2020-05-3022 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: EliFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:'Eli (ay-LEE)-- Note, despite the similarity, this is not the Hebrew word "my God," as the initial consonant is different (an ayin, not an aleph). Appears 36x in 1 Samuel 1-4.'I-kavod (ee-ka-VODE) -- "There is no glory," or (traditionally) "The glory has departed."Further study:Passages covered in this podcast1 Samuel 1-4Leviticus 3:17, Isaiah 56:9-12Some things we learn about God:God honors those who honor him (1 Samuel 2:30).When parents fail to inculcate discipline and character in their children, the Lord...
2020-05-2827 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: HannahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Channah (Hannah) -- 13x in 1 Samuel 1-2. From chen (HAYN, with a very hard 'h'), which means grace.N.T. Anna in the Greek is actually Hannah.Shmuel (Samuel) -- her sonFurther study:Passages covered in this podcast1 Samuel 1:1-2:18Referred to: Genesis 29-30, Numbers 6, Deuteronomy 16:16, Psalm 113:7, Luke 1:46-55Parenting study: See the analysis of Elkanah and Hannah in the chapter on the Nazirites in The Quiver.Some things we learn about God:God hears prayer, though sometimes he leaves...
2020-05-2620 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: RuthFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Ruth -- 12x in Ruth and once in Matthew 1:5No'omi (Naomi) -- 21x in RuthMara' -- bitterBo'az -- "In him is strength," or "quickness"'Elimelekh (eh-LEE-meh-lekh) -- Elimelech, or "My God is king"Further study:Passages covered in this podcastRuth 1-4Leviticus 19:9-10; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 29:20/34:1-3; Hebrews 13:4For more on Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz, check out the women's audio series.Some things we learn about God:God works in the lives of all people, foreigners included.God expects patience in the...
2020-05-2423 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: SamsonFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Shimshon (Samson). May be related to the Hebrew word for sun, shemesh; if so, here is a polytheistic overtone.Appears 39x in the BibleFurther study:Passages covered in this podcastJudges 13-16Scripture referred to in passing: Numbers 6:1-21; Romans 8:28; Judges 17:6, 18:1, 19:1; 21:25.More advancedHebrews 11:32 -- compare the lives of the various persons of faith listed here along with Samson.Study the effects of sexual temptation and sin in the lives of Samson, David, Absalom, Amnon...Read the material on the Nazirites and parenting in P...
2020-05-2116 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: GideonFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Gidh'on (Gideon) -- 41x in Judges 6-8 and Hebrews 11Yerubba'al (Jerubbaal) -- sounds like Yerubh bo ha-ba'al (Let Baal contend) -- 14x in Judges 9, 1 Samuel 12, and 2 Samuel 11Further study:Passages covered in the poscast:Judges 6-8Hebrews 11:32-33.Referred to: Luke 9, Exodus 32, Numbers 21, Genesis 2Learn about Gideon's son, Abimelech -- Judges 9Study further passages where the Lord commissions a man or woman, who hesitates (either to obey or out of a sense of unworthiness), then follows God's word and wins the victory: Saul (1 S...
2020-05-1923 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: DeborahFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Devorah ("deVOrah") -- Deborah, Hebrew for beeAppears 9x in the Bible, and only in Judges 4-5 (if we don't include the other Deborah, Rebekah's nurse [Genesis 35].)Further study:Passages touched on in this podcastJudges 4-5Hebrews 11:32-34Galatians 3:28Judges 2:11-19a2 Timothy 2:21AdvancedNotice that Judges 4 is the prose account of the battle, while Judges 5 is the poetic version. How are they similar? Where do they diverge? What does this show us about the literary vehicles the Lord has chosen through which to convey hi...
2020-05-1622 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: CalebFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Khelev (Caleb) -- dogAppears 35x in the OT (compared to 223x for Joshua), in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, and 1 ChroniclesFurther study:Passages covered in this podcastNumbers 13-14Joshua 14-151 Corinthians 6:19-20; Proverbs 13:12; Hebrews 11:13,39.Quotable quotes“I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.” – Edison"To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a p...
2020-05-1422 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JoshuaFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yehoshua -- "God has saved", Joshua's new name after:Hoshea -- "He has saved" (Numbers 13:16). Moses was the one who changed his name.Joshua appears 223x in the Bible, 27x before the book of Joshua.Iesous (pronounced yay-SOOSS) -- The word in biblical Greek for both Joshua and Jesus.Further study:Mentioned in this podcastPeriod of preparationBorn in Egypt (during Israelite slavery)Exodus 17 -- appears in the Battle of RephidimExodus 24:13, 32:17, 33:11 -- serves as Moses' assistantNumbers 11:28 -- uncomfortable with God's making an exception to h...
2020-05-1228 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: PhinehasFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Phinechas – "mouth of brass" or possibly "negro" (in old Egyptian). Appears first in Exodus 6:25, and also in 17 other OT location. Not to be confused with a later Phinehas (son of Eli, 1 Samuel 1:3) and yet another Phinehas in Ezra 8:33. Although his name was imitable, apparently his character was less imitable!Tsamad – join, yoke (Numbers 25:3); tsemed = couple, pairQubbah – large vaulted tent. There exists a similar word in Arabic meaning "camp sanctuary." Appears only here in Bible.Qin’ah – ardor, zeal, jealousy (Hebrew). From qana’ = be jealous.Zelos – jealousy, zeal (G...
2020-05-0923 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: BalaamFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Bil'am (Balaam in the Greek version) appears 63x in the Bible. The Hebrew Bil'am means "devourer."'Athon (female donkey, as in this account). Chamor is a male donkey, while pere'means wild donkey.Further study:Passages the podcast covered or referred to:Numbers 22-24 (many verses); 31:1-8, 16Other O.T. books: Deuteronomy 23:4-5; Joshua 13:22, 24:9-10; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5Divination: Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10,14; 1 Samuel 15:23; Galatians 5:20Parallel passages: Joshua 5 (opposed by the angel of the Lord), 1 Kings 18 (the altars and sacrifices)In the N.T.: 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 11, Revelation 2:14...
2020-05-0724 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: MiriamFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Miryam (Mir-yam), Miriam, appears 13x in the Bible.The name was very popular, and several women in the NT are named after the Miriam of the OT. The form of the name usually appears as Maria, though also occasionally as Mariam. In particular, Luke calls the mother of Jesus Mariam.Further study:Passages the podcast covered or referred to:Exodus 15:1-21Numbers 12:1-16Numbers 20:1, Deuteronomy 24:8f, Micah 6:4Further study: Compare the three lepers of Numbers 12, 2 Kings 5, and 2 Chronicles 26.AdvancedAs various Bibles mention in fo...
2020-05-0519 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: AaronFor additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:'Aharon (pronounced "a-ha-RONE") -- Aaron. Mentioned 353 times in the Bible, only 4x in the NT.'Egel (pronounced "aygul") -- the calf/bull worshipped in Egypt and Canaan. Either translation works.Further study:Passages the podcast covered or referred to:Exodus 7:7 (also Numbers 33:39 and Deuteronomy 34:7) -- three-year age difference between Moses and AaronExodus 32 -- focus of this podcastExodus 4:16, 7:1 -- Aaron as Moses' "prophet"Numbers 12:1ff -- challenge to Moses' authorityDeuteronomy 9:20, Numbers 20:12, Numbers 20:28Advanced:Genesis 34:25, Exodus 32:26, Numbers 25:8 -- zeal (even to the point of violence...
2020-05-0221 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: MosesFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Mosheh (mo-SHEH) -- Moses. Although this is an Egyptian name (as in Tutmoses or Tuthmosis), it sounds like the Hebrew mashah, meaning "draw out."Moses appears over 850x in the Bible, 80x in the N.T.Tevah (tay-VAH) -- the word for box or chest, found in Genesis 6:14 (Noah's "ark") and Exodus 2:3 (Moses' basket)Further study:The passages in this podcast:Read aloud:Numbers 12:3Deuteronomy 31:13-19, 34:1-12Hebrews 11:23-29Referred to:Exodus 2:3 and Genesis 6:14Acts 7:22 and Exodus 4:101 Samuel 22:3-4 and Exodus 4:20Exodus 32:21 and...
2020-04-3039 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JosephFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yosef (Joseph, pronounced "yo-SAFE") -- may He add / increaseKetoneth passim -- special tunic (outer garment), in Genesis 37:3Ha'arets (pronounced hah-AR-ets) -- the earth / land, as in Genesis 41:57.Further study:Passages the podcast covered or referred to:Genesis 11:27ff (Abraham cycle), 25:19ff (Isaac cycle), 37:2ff (Jacob cycle -- which focuses on Joseph)Numbers 12, Acts 2 -- dreams/visions. This has nothing to do with self-fulfillment, as in the "American dream." Hebrews 11 in fact emphasizes the opposite. Faithfulness is the focus, not fulfillment.2 Samuel 13:18 illuminates Genesis 37:3...
2020-04-2827 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Rachel & LeahFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Rakhel (Rachel)Sounds like "ewe."Appears 47x in the Bible (all but once in the O.T.).She bore Jacob two sons, Joseph and Benjamin.Le'ah (Leah)Sounds like "weary." It is less likely it means "dull" or "wild cow."Interpreters often suggest her eyes lacked luster.Appears 34x in the O.T.She bore Jacob six sons and one daughter (Dinah).Yosef (Joseph, pronounced "yo-SAFE") -- may he add / increaseFurther study:Genesis:Excerpts used in the podcast: 29:23-24, 31; 30:1-3, 22-24; 31:14-20; 33:1...
2020-04-2526 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: JacobFor more check out Douglas's website.Hebrew words:Ya'aqov (Jacob) -- sounds like "he deceives/supplants."Jacob appears 380x in the O.T.Compare this to Isaac (133x) and Abraham (309x).Beth-el (Bethel) -- house of GodYe'abeq (Jabbok) -- he wrestlesYisr'ael (Israel) -- God strivesPeni'el (Peniel) -- face of GodFurther study:His life falls into four periods: Canaan, Aram, Canaan (again), and Egypt. Find the exact chapter numbers for each period.There are also four monuments/pillars/markers: 28:18, 31:45, 35:14, 35:20. What would be the "markers" in your own spiritual pilgrimage?Our study in Genesis: 25:26 (birth); 25 (d...
2020-04-2334 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: EsauFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:'Esaw (Esau) -- 98x in the OT (vs. 3x in the N.T.)Se'ar -- hair'Edhom -- Edom, similar to the word for "red" ('adhmoni), "to be red" ('adham), and "to be died red" ('adhammu). The words "Edom" and "Edomites" appear 120 in the O.T.Se'ir -- Seir, a mountain range in EdomFurther study:Old Testament:Genesis 25:24-34. (Scriptures in this podcast are from the [Holman] Christian Standard Bible.)Re: 24:34 -- Proverbs 30:20, Isaiah 22:13, 1 Corinthians 15:32b, Ecclesiastes 8:15. See also 1 John 2:15-17, 1 Peter 1:18, and H...
2020-04-2024 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: RebekahFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Rivqah (Rebekah). In the OT Greek Bible (the Septuagint [LXX]), her name is rendered Rebekka.Berekhah (blessing) -- a near anagram of Rebekah's name.Further study:Genesis:22:23; 24 (all)25:21-23; 25:20,26; 26:7 (see Genesis 12 and 20)26:3527:1-28:3; cp. 27:44 and 29:2035:8; 49:31Study the character of Laban, Rebekah's older brother (Genesis 24-25, 27-32).Extrabiblical: Archaeologists have discovered documents from the period (2nd millennium BC) directing that if a girl's father is deceased and another male relative is doing the negotiating, she must give her own consent before being married off. (Yet...
2020-04-1831 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: IshmaelFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yishma'el (Ishmael) -- God hears.The point: God hears, and cares for, and works in the lives of all human beings -- not just the covenant people.Note: the translations used in this podcast are the CSB and NASB.Further study:Biblical:Genesis 16:9-16: Ishmael is born as a result of human attempts to receive (accelerate) God's promises, after Sarah and Abraham had waited 11 years. In contrast, Isaac, born 14 years later -- 25 years after the promise was given -- was clearly the work of...
2020-04-1627 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: IsaacFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Yitskhaq (Isaac) -- He laughs.Rivqah (Rebekah)'Esaw (Esau)Ya'aqov (Jacob) -- Sounds like "he deceives," or "he grasps the heel."Main thoughts:Isaac tends to value comfort and cuisine over principle. He is willing to compromise in order to avoid conflict.He is led more by his senses than by his mind; by impulses more than the Spirit.Although his father Abraham had conviction about marrying within the people of God, Isaac's conviction in this area (like his son Esau's) is weak.He...
2020-04-1429 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: LotFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.For further study:Passages highlighted or mentioned in this podcast:Genesis 11:31; 12:4; 13:1-2,6,10-13; 14:12,14-16; 19:1-37.Hebrews 13:2; Judges 19; Ezekiel 16:48-49; Matthew 16:25 (Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24); Genesis 9:20ff; Leviticus 18:21; 1 Kings 11:4-8; Numbers 25.Luke 17:28-29, 32-33; 2 Peter 2:7.Miscellaneous:Lot is considered a prophet in Islam (Qur'an suras 7 and 11). Here his name is Lut.For more on the short verse Luke 17:32, click here.Key verses:Genesis 13:12 -- Lot makes an unspiritual, suboptimal choice.Genesis 19:26 -- His wife looks back (physically); he had been looking back too (emotionally, mentally).Luke 17:32 -- Jesus un...
2020-04-1127 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: SarahFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew names:Sarai (my princess)Sarah (princess)By these two forms of her name, she is mentioned 79x in the BibleHagar -- mentioned 15x, in Genesis 16, 21, 25; Galatians 4Yishma'el (Ishmael) -- God hearsYitskhaq (Isaac) (variant form: Yiskhaq) -- He laughsFurther study:Passages mentioned in this study:1 Peter 3:1-6, 13-151 Samuel 15Galatians 3:7Genesis 30:1-2; 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 21:6-7Genesis 13:2Exodus 15:22Genesis 18:9; 3:9; 4:9Psalms 113:9; 126:2Hebrews 11:11Other:Podcast 4 (Abraham) -- contains much background information and related materialGenesis 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 49Isaiah 51:2Romans 4:19, 9:9Key verses:Hebrews 11:111 Peter 3:6Some things we learn abo...
2020-04-0939 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: AbrahamFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Avram (Abram) -- great (exalted) fatherAvraham (Abraham) -- sounds like "father of many" (Ab[ram]-hamon)Avram and Avraham are mentioned 345 times in the Bible:He appears not only in Genesis 11-25, but also in Exodus-Joshua, 1 Kings-2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Malachi.He also appears in Acts, Romans, 2 Corinthians, Hebrews, James, and 1 Peter.Sarah -- princess. (Note: in Genesis 11:29-17:15, she is Sarai, or "my princess.")Yishma'el (Ishmael) -- "God hears" -- a natural response when at age 86 Abraham finally became a father.
2020-04-0641 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: NoahFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Hebrew words:Noach (Noah) -- restSheth (Seth) -- sounds like Hebrew for set, grantedFurther study:Biblical:Jude 14; Ezekiel 14:14,20; Matthew 24; Luke 17; Hebrews 11:1-7; 1 Peter 3:19ff; 2 Peter 2:5.Verses mentioned in passing: 1 Peter 4:4; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Hebrews 13:15; Proverbs 22:6.About the extreme longevities of Genesis 5, click here.Extrabiblical:On parenting, see Principle Centered Parenting. The four "impossible" things in Hebrews are found in chapters 6, 10, and 11. Can you find them?For more on Genesis, see my book Origins.Take a look at the apocryphal and pseudepigrahal book of 1 E...
2020-04-0433 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Cain & AbelFor more notes and resources check out Douglas' website. Hebrew words:Qayin (Cain)Hevel (Abel) = vapor, mistNod = wanderingFurther study:Cain -- Hebrews 11:4; 1 John 3:12; Jude 11Abel -- Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51; Hebrews 11:4; 12:24Other passages referred to: Job 7:16; Psalm 39:5; Genesis 3:16; Matthew 18:22Key verses:4:7 -- Determining to master sin4:9 -- Genuine care for our brother4:24 -- RevengeSome things we learn about God:Sacrifice is part of our relationship with God.God does not accept our excuses for sin.He holds us accountable for sin.God is gracious -- he does not treat us a...
2020-04-0125 minDouglas Jacoby PodcastOT Characters: Adam & EveFor more notes and resources click this link for Douglas' website. The website has 100’s of articles, podcasts and videos for you to access for free. You can also become a premium subscriber and gain access to 1000’s of online resources from Douglas’ Teaching Ministry. Thanks again for listening.
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