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In this episode, we look at some of the texts that are used to build dispensational eschatology, and see whether they are being used correctly.Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NCHosts - Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua HornTechnical Director - Timothy KaiserTheme Music - Gabriel Hudelson

After the complicated story of how, by faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, we now come to a more straightforward story that Jacob did by faith, the blessing of Joseph and his sons. The blessings of Joseph and his sons are significant because of two things. Jacob tried to make Joseph effectively the first born son and receive a double portion. The other was that Ephraim was put before his older brother Manasseh. When Jacob was going to die, he had a testimony of being more concerned about blessing and having an expectation that it will impact on what was to come than on the fear of death. Since we know from Hebrews 11 that he was looking forward to a heavenly country, he had hopes for the future even as he died and he knew what God wanted him to do and that God would cause it to come to pass.

Antisemitism has been around for thousands of years. Starting with their conflicts with Rome and the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, the restrictions against holding public office in the Byzantine empire, the Catholic church's view for hundreds of years that the Jewish people carried blood guilt and deserved punishment for killing Jesus Christ, the violent pogroms in Russia in the late 19th and 20th century, culminating in a worldwide attitude of Jewish hatred and indifference that led to the Holocaust and the Nazi's systematic murder of millions of Jews. But even after the 1940's racism against the Jewish people has been acceptable in America, with Nixon blaming the Jews for his problems -with even Billy Graham saying they had a stranglehold on America that had to be broken-. And now, we are seeing a rise in worldwide antisemitism again regarding Israel's response to the terrorist attacks by Hamas with many Western nations condemning Israel and in America, college students actively protesting against Israel in support of Hamas and Palestine. -With all of this as a backdrop- in this episode, we want to understand both how antisemitism is racism that Christians should not accept or participate in and, at the same time, to understand how God, who works all things according to the counsel of his will has ordained the hatred of the Jews that exists in the world. We walk through the prophecy spoken by Moses in Deuteronomy where he explains that God will judge Israel for their unbelief and pretense of holiness, causing them to become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the nations of the earth. -Production of Reformation Baptist Church of You

In this verse, the faith of Isaac is declared in an odd way, because he blessed Jacob and Esau. Reading the story of the blessing where Isaac is deceived by Jacob to steal the blessing from the first born favorite Esau doesn't come across as an exercise in faith. Isaac is doing the opposite of what God said would happen. He is trying to make Esau before Jacob even though before they were born, God said the opposite would be true. God still works it out the Jacob receives the blessing and by faith, Isaac accepted that was the way it was. All of them involved had a level of faith even though clearly Esau did not have saving faith, but they all believed that the blessing mattered. They all believed that the blessing would effect the visible world.

In this verse, the faith of Isaac is declared in an odd way, because he blessed Jacob and Esau. Reading the story of the blessing where Isaac is deceived by Jacob to steal the blessing from the first born favorite Esau doesn't come across as an exercise in faith. Isaac is doing the opposite of what God said would happen. He is trying to make Esau before Jacob even though before they were born, God said the opposite would be true. God still works it out the Jacob receives the blessing and by faith, Isaac accepted that was the way it was. All of them involved had a level of faith even though clearly Esau did not have saving faith, but they all believed that the blessing mattered. They all believed that the blessing would effect the visible world.

Many people are only familiar with the idea of betrothal from the Bible -or certain kinds of romance novels-. Today, in Western cultures, serious relationships begin with dating, followed by engagement, and then eventually, maybe marriage. But from a Christian perspective, betrothal is an extremely important aspect of marriage, to the point where it is central to the gospel itself.-In this episode, we want to try to explain why betrothal was built into ancient marriage practices, what it accomplished, and how it is demonstrated in Christ's marriage to his church. We also want to discuss the different parts of betrothal that differentiate it from engagement, such as the covenant, the bride price, the commitment to the upcoming marriage, and the transfer of authority between the time of betrothal and the wedding ceremony itself. When these are misunderstood, we begin to think of the nature and purpose of marriage differently than it truly is.-We should not be deceived- marriage has been under attack for a very long time and the church needs to labor to bring it back in line with the word of God. Please join us as we discuss this very important topic.. Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NCHosts - Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua HornTechnical Director - Timothy KaiserTheme Music - Gabriel Hudelson