How do you know what you believe ?
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John Hessler of Calvary Chapel Central Bucks reviews the Messianic scriptures in the Old Testament asking Do you know what you believe and why you believe it ?
It’s an old video but a total blessing
Genesis 5 geneology from Adam to Noah
name meanings
Adam= man
Seth = appointed
Enos = mortal
Cainan= sorrow
Mahalaleel= the blessed God
Jared = shall come down
Enoch = teaching
Methusala= his death shall bringing
Lamech= desparing
Noah= rest
Gospel message written over 1600 years in the naming of their children hidden in plain sight in Genesis 5
(Psalms 2:1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
(Psalms 2:2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
(Psalms 2:3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
(Psalms 2:4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
(Psalms 2:5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
(Psalms 2:6) Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
(Psalms 2:7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
(Psalms 2:8) Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
(Psalms 2:9) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
(Psalms 2:10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
(Psalms 2:11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
(Psalms 2:12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
(Proverbs 30:4) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Thanks. I’ll find time to listen tomorrow.
Sounds like one of those guys who will nonetheless show up at the King's palace, expertise and five-star reviews in hand, expecting to be hired to build the Temple. All the prestige, after all!
What would the King say? A: "Who are you? You never worked for me."
Anybody bother to check what these folks blather on about? Few. The evidence is that these so-called teachers have great followings.
Go in at 1:00:00. He talks about the prophecies in Zechariah re: "The Branch." Then he continues to explain that this "branch" is in the Hebrew "netzer". WRONG. It's >tzemach<. He then takes this blatant error and moves on to Matthew 2. He's talking about this "netzer". Did he just slip up and refer to the wrong passage about a "netzer"? Maybe, but he just kept going with it.
Whatever, because,
He then shares his expert knowledge about the etymology of netzer (Impressive! /s), but the doctrinal chain breaks at the weakest link. Where is that? The plain text of Matthew 2. WHO is the one who the prophets called a Nazarene (nazir)? He even admits that there's no prophecy about the Messiah being called a Nazarene, thus goes on that's it's really this word play blah blah blah...
Do these guys even read the plain text? Do their followers? Well if they did, they'd see that the antecedent to *he* [shall be called a Nazarene] is JOSEPH. On down the line, the text is all about what JOSEPH is doing.
Matthew 2:19-23
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled [completed] which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Just as Matthew said, the prophets said JOSEPH would be called a Nazarene (nazir).
3480 Nazoraios {nad-zo-rah'-yos}
from 3478; TDNT - 4:874,625; n pr m
AV - of Nazareth 13, Nazarene 2; 15
Nazarite = "one separated"
Jacob and Moses:
Genesis 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate [5139] from his brethren.
Deuteronomy 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated [5139] from his brethren.
05139 naziyr {naw-zeer'} or nazir {naw-zeer'}
from 05144; TWOT - 1340b; n m
AV - Nazarite 12, undressed 2, separate 2; 16
1) consecrated or devoted one, Nazarite
1a) consecrated one
1b) devotee, Nazarite
1c) untrimmed (vine)
Dreams, Joseph, Egypt, coming up out of Egypt, separated... no clues there? At all?
There's the real word play. Just as was stated much earlier in the narrative,
Joseph was a PARABLE over all of Egypt.
MASHAL: governor, parable
...they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Same scholars, different day. Vengeance is the Lord's, because he is the master of "return on investment". Oh Haman, just look at those gallows over there, how convenient... you worked so hard to make them. Thanks!
Who is this MASHAL indeed.
PUN
noun: pun; plural noun: puns
He laughs. After all, in *Isaac* shall Abraham's seed be called.