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Ep. 28 - What Did Jesus Actually Do On Earth? · Martyr's Row

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Saint Agnes, a maiden of but 12 years, yet strong
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in the faith of Christ, was in the days of Diocletian
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accused for confessing Christ's name. Being fair
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of countenance, many sought her hand, yet she
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refused all, saying she had chosen Christ for
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her bridegroom. For this, the tyrants judged
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her to shameful abuse, thinking by dishonor to
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break her constancy. But the Lord preserved her
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undefiled, and all that looked upon her were
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struck with fear. Enraged that so, young a virgin
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should stand unshaken, they cast her into the
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fire, which harmed her not, whereupon they pierced
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her through with the sword. Thus fell this pure
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Lamb of Christ, whose innocence confounded the
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cruelty of her judges, and whose blood witnessed
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that the weakest in body may be strongest in
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the faith. Anno Domini, 304. Wonder bread I'm
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also gonna edit your shirt. So it is green Also
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your shirt is also a shade of green and I said
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aren't are you aren't you colorblind? He said
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no, I own a painting company So, I mean looking
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at it with better lighting cuz it was dark out
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there Yeah, it is definitely way more gray. I
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don't do but there is still some green in it.
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Yeah. Well Little bit probably when you're seeing
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this Dear listener and viewer. I'm just gonna
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be completely bright green. Yeah, like my whole
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body even your face So welcome to martyrs row
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perks of being an editor Paul have you ever heard
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of the man day ends the man day ends? Yeah, man
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day ends. I've heard of the Mandela effect Are
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they like his followers? No Mandaeans. M -A -N
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-D -A -E -A -N -S. Mandaeans. Kind of hard to
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say. Yeah, it is. You're buying a lot of vowels.
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I'd like to buy a vowel. You just need an A and
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an E. Over and over and over again. And over
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and over and over again. So you want to guess
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who the Mandaeans are? I guess you just did.
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Yeah, I did. You want to do it again? The other
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thing I think about is like macadamian. Okay,
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so it's like which is close to Maccabee. Yeah
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Is that who they are? No, oh I thought that was
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like a nice hit Are you on to something? The
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Mandaeans. You're not? No, I'm not. I'm just
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thinking words that sound similar to it. To be
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honest I don't really know where the name comes
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from Okay, but I don't really need to know so
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I Because you have the answer. No, I don't think
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I have the answer. I mean it's like the rest
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of it Oh, I know who the Mandaeans are. Yeah,
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I have no clue. Okay, so the Mandaeans my guess
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was hit the followers of Mandela and Macadamia
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nut No, your guess was the followers of the Mandela
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effect. Oh, yeah, that's Which actually has a
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pretty big following I think yeah, I think most
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people in the world. Yeah Do most people believe
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in the Mandela effect? I don't think so That's
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like a rabbit hole where it's like wait, what
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is it? Oh, maybe I do. I don't really know. Yeah,
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I think the people that don't think that it could
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be real are people who haven't heard of it or
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That's fair have heard it don't know what it
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is and have waited too long to ask That's always
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the worst it's like I'm too far into this to
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even ask the question. Way behind. If I ask now,
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I'm going to look like a big... That's like that
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window of time when you meet someone new and
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you can't remember their name. Be like, I've
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talked to you now for too long to ask you again.
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Yeah. That's why a lot of times, especially at
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church, I'll just be like, hey, Stephen. Like
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I'll just introduce myself. Like the first like
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five, six or seven, until the person is like,
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hey, Stephen. Oh, that's cool. Like I'll just
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kind of do that because I'm like, I don't expect
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you to remember my name. Yeah. Yeah, that's such
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an arrogant thing. You don't know who I am. You
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don't know me? Have you not seen my name tag?
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Like all my shirts have it stitched in. That's
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actually kind of cool. It would be cool. That
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would be cool. And then I would just be like
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a mechanic. I just walk around in that mechanic
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garb. Yeah, my onesie kind of a vibe. Yeah, what
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is it like? Probably dickies Yeah, yeah, they
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make yeah, they make the the rugged stuff the
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onesies the man dance adult onesies The man dance
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are people who are adult onesies You've seen
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them under your car often I keep finding these
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people with adult ones, he's under my car. Those
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are the Mandaeans! Don't ask him about the Mandela
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effect. But they're always eating our macadamia
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nuts. And they're going on and on about frutal
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bleeding. Was it a cornucopia or was it not?
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There was! There was! Okay, Seinfeld. What's
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the deal with the cornucopia? Alright, so the
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Mandaeans. This is just our rabbit hole. All
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right, so the Mandaeans are actually the followers
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of John the Baptist. I would never have thought.
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I know, there's no reason why you wouldn't. Is
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that like a nickname that he? I don't know. I
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think it has something to do with the language.
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Okay. But they are, they preserve a Gnostic tradition
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that reveres John the Baptist as their central
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prophet. Oh, interesting. Yeah, so like. Yeah.
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I actually did wonder - Well, I guess we kind
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of do see that in Scripture. Mm -hmm. Where we
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do see people like, oh, I follow John the Baptist.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and he has his own apostles.
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Yeah. He has his own disciples. That's the word.
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Yeah. So he has his own disciples. In fact, a
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couple of the disciples of Jesus were disciples
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of John. Interesting. So they would be called
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Mendeans. Not anymore. Oh. They'd be called Christians.
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Well now, yeah. But then. But the ones who stayed,
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a lot of them are Bandaans. Mandaans. And they
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are mechanics. Yes. They wear adult onesies.
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With like the hood attached. But their origins,
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they likely arose in Mesopotamia during the first
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few centuries after Christ. Their sacred texts
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were written in Mandaic. That's where it comes
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from. It's a dialect of Aramaic. Mandaic Aramaic.
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Actually that makes sense, it rhymes. So that's
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where that name comes from. They're one of the
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last surviving Gnostic groups from antiquity.
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Their main beliefs are dualism. They see the
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world as a struggle between light and darkness.
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So good the spiritual realm and then evil the
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material realm. So they see it as like a battle
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between uh light and dark but light being the
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spiritual space and dark being the physical space
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which is a very like eastern view yeah yeah yeah
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and is like kind of close to christianity and
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judaism but not yeah um they worship a supreme
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formless god of light sometimes called i'm not
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gonna say that the great life The great life
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is what the English translation is. In John the
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Baptist, they view him as their greatest teacher
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and prophet. Jesus, however, they reject Jesus,
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often regarding him negatively as someone who
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distorted John's message. Hmm. Yeah, which is
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interesting. It's interesting when John is the
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one who's like, yeah, this is him. Yeah, and
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they're like, nah, he messed it up. We had a
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good thing going, John. Yeah, exactly. But they're
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modern. It says modern situation, population.
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once tens of thousands, but now greatly reduced,
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perhaps 60 ,000 to 100 ,000 worldwide due to
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persecution and displacement. That seems like
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a really high number. So currently there's -
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I thought it'd be like, there's like 10. Right.
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Or like there was 10, but they went extinct.
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No, so like currently there's 60 ,000 to 100
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,000 people who are modern Mandaeans. I would
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never have guessed that. Really weird, right?
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Yeah. They mostly live in Iraq and Iran, but
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now many are refugees scattered across Europe,
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Australia, and North America. They're a fragile
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community trying to preserve their tradition
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while facing pressure from assimilation and loss
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of homeland. But the thing is, and we were kind
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of getting into that in the last episode with
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Israel, it's like, I'm not sure what... the homeland
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they were. There's like some stretch in the wilderness
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and like that's ours. Yeah yeah yeah like where
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John the Baptist dwells. Those are my locusts.
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We've been raising these locusts for centuries.
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Do they have like like a diet like that or they
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let eat like real food? Oh yeah I don't know.
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That'd be interesting. There's any mandans watching?
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Do you just eat bugs and honey? Yeah I mean so
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baptism is ritual immersions. are central to
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Mandean life, but unlike Christianity, baptism
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isn't once for all. It's repeated regularly for
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purification and spiritual renewal. Oh, interesting.
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Yeah. So they view that as their version of like
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a sacrifice, like Old Testament sacrifices. Yeah.
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OK. Yeah, like purity and renewal is through
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baptism. That's fascinating. Which if you think
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about it, and I was talking to somebody about
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this maybe today, I don't remember, but Like
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the idea of like, okay, well if Jesus says go
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and make disciples and baptize in the name of
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the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, John the
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Baptist was not doing that. Right. But he was
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baptizing people. But who was baptizing people
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before? Like we didn't really see baptism before
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John the Baptist. Yeah, that's a good question.
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Like where did that? Was that just like his original
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idea? Well, think about the fact that, so John
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the Baptist is the cousin of Jesus. Yeah. The
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son of Zechariah and Elizabeth. And Zechariah
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is a priest. He's a Levite in the temple. Yeah.
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And that's where the purification through water
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would come from because they would have to get
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ritually clean and purified before stepping into
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their priestly duty. Oh, interesting. So like
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John the Baptist, as a precursor, one, as Isaiah
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says, crying out in the wilderness, prepare the
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way of the Lord, is preemptively baptizing people,
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not in the name of Christ, but preaching the
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Savior is to come. Yeah. Right? And he's doing
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that to prepare the way. Yeah. So in some ways
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he's like, which I haven't really dug too much
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into this, but like in some ways he is saying
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like, You can you need to be purified. Yeah immersion
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and water. Yeah the way that the priests are
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Yeah Which I guess that makes sense when you
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look at Is Isaiah 66 we're kind of opens that
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up for people. Yeah, as far as Christ is gonna
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come and reclaim the nations and Those that aren't
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Levi's are gonna be Acting in that place. Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah, so it was a precursor to like what
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was about to happen. So it kind of said Yeah.
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Which makes sense. But to Mandaeans, Jesus came
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to John the Baptist. The Mandaeans agree that
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Jesus approached John the Baptist, but in their
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telling, Jesus was not baptized in a way that
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gave him authority or divine approval. Instead,
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Jesus is sometimes portrayed as a false, false
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claimant who tried to steal John's teaching and
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baptism for his self. Jesus is often described
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in hostile terms, someone who twisted or corrupted
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John's baptism. They accused Jesus of taking
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John's pure right of light, repeated baptisms
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of purification, and turning it into a one -time
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Christian sacrament, which they view as a false
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innovation. Isn't that crazy? Interesting. So
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they were like, no, John's doing it. He was the
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first one to do it. Yeah. He was doing it right.
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Jesus distorted what John started. That's really
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interesting. But John... is like, no, I'm doing
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this to prepare the way for the one to come.
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So it's like that. And they're like, no. No,
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no, no. That's not your message. You're the one
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that got it right. But they kind of started after
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John the Baptist. I don't think there's an assumption
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that the Mandaeans were part of the disciples
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of John. OK. It was like a sect that grew after
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the fact. It was a Gnostic group that grew out
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of like the teachings and the text that they
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had. So there's a Gnostic gospel of John the
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Baptist. I did know about that. It's in the first
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couple centuries. Yeah. So it's after John dies.
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That's what I was going to say. I wonder if that
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was part of what kind of sparked curiosity for
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people to dive into like, okay, what was he teaching?
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Yeah. Actually, their gospel says the Gnostic
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gospel, the Ginza Raba. Jesus is often paired
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with figures of darkness and falsehood, not light.
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It says, quote, the son of the virgin was clothed
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in lies and fraud. He deceived and perverted
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the words of truth. That's crazy. That's wild.
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Yeah. Yeah, so they say John is the true revealer
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of light. Isn't that crazy? That's interesting.
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It's funny because it's like the guy you're following
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said the opposite. Yeah. Yeah, so yeah, so the
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Mandans Wow, I didn't know they existed and there's
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a lot of them at least 60 ,000 Yeah, that's crazy
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though, right? That's pretty crazy Yeah, so things
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that you didn't know existed that still exists
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that have been around for centuries Do you think
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they have like they like install a baptismal
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in their house? Or do they just kind of like
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like a bathtub? Yeah, but like did they invent
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the bathtub? Like, we gotta keep baptizing. I
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mean, their adult onesies come in handy when
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they're installing bathtubs into people's houses.
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You know what I mean? No, like, they have a separate
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one. You know, like, some people have, like,
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a room, like a shrine room or something like
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that. Okay, yeah, yeah. They have, like, a baptism
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room. Yeah. Do you know people with shrine rooms?
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I do. Yeah. That's cool. Yeah. Well, not really,
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because they're worshipping other gods. I mean,
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it's cool that you know them. It's an interesting
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idea. Yeah. It's cool that you know people. I
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have friends. So the Mandaeans, yeah, about 2
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,000 years old. They're pretty old people. Send
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us a picture of your baptism room. That would
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be crazy. If any actual Mandaean sees this or
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hears this for any reason, please reach out.
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I would love to talk to them. We would both would.
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We would interview, you'd be the first guest
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on Martyrs Row. That could be really cool. Wild,
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right? Yeah. I mean that's, yeah. So shout out
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to the Mandaeans. Yeah. Three, two, one. Could
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Eve speak, sneak into the store event? Say to
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my landlord, is this the end? What are you babbling
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on about, they say? history carved in stone truth
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or myth I still want to know water's role where
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the wild ones go welcome to Ghost in the night,
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our trees portal a -hide I still want to know
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the martyr's road Where the wild Change your
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life, fly Who is the son of man? Beyond the skies,
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beyond... Stay. So, we've gotten to this topic
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of Israel. Yes. And Israel's cool. Who? Jacob.
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What? When? When how? Wonder bread. Wonder bread.
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I actually, I was at Walmart this week and I
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walked past the bread aisle and I was like, I
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was this close to just buying you wonder bread.
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That's amazing. Did you notice on the thumbnail?
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I put a giant loaf of bread in the back. Oh you
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did? I didn't notice that. Really? Yeah. You
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have the giant blue for bear with a question
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mark on it. Oh really? Yeah. I think for some
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reason I thought it was like an old like clay
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castle or something. Oh that's funny. I actually
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like that because it's like you don't know what
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it is. Yeah I didn't look close enough. It's
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just bread. Yeah that's awesome. Yeah so if you
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don't know what we're talking about. Wonder bread.
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Continue listening to actually go from here to
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the episode before this. Yeah. Listen to that
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one because it will make this one make more sense.
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Yeah. You should listen to the other one probably
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like three times. Yeah, and then listen to this
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like five times three or four Yeah, yeah at least
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half speed double speed and then regular. Yep,
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and then leave a comment, right? Yeah. Yeah,
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tell us. Hey, why did you suggest that? And we'll
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tell you We'll write algorithm. Well, i'll be
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waiting to respond Yeah, you're good with the
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responding Maybe we'll see we'll see time will
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tell um Yeah, so israel We talked about person
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or land. Yeah, right something like that. Yeah
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Yeah, that's exactly And just kind of discussed
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through like what like what where did the name
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Israel come from? Like the one who wrestles with
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God. It's like well that actually happened So
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that's like an event that took place that that
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where that name came from And then other things
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happen and then Jacob finds himself after that
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event in Bethel where his grandfather Abram had
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been in the same location to then remove all
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of the other gods from his household, which is
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also what Abram did, and surrender everything
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and worship Yahweh. And in that moment also,
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again, his name gets changed by the Lord to Israel.
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So it happens twice. But one of the things that
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I love about that story with Jacob is that idea
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of like, it was like, and then Jacob went off
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by himself and then he wrestled with a man. Yeah.
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And you're like, wait, what? What happened? He's
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like, he went off by himself and then for some
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reason there was a man there. Which actually
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is kind of a funny idea. Yeah. It's just like,
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it's funny in how it's like. Okay, so he's here
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by himself and then one other dude just randomly
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shows up He's like I'm gonna fight him. Yeah,
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I actually it's kind of like a total guy thing,
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which I think is hilarious But it also wasn't
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like what a rassle Jacob went off by himself.
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And then he saw a guy was like, what are you
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doing here? Yeah, we should fight He was like
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he was just like and then there was a guy that
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he wrestled all the way through the night Yeah,
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like wait a minute. What's happening here? Yeah
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Yeah, so So in talking about that, I think the
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discussion really kind of leads to this idea
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of like, do you think they took breaks in between?
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I don't know. They would do like 10 minute rounds.
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And then he's like, all right, let's take a breather.
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Take a little breather. Yeah. Oh, is there like
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a heavenly host watching? Yeah. Like ding -ding
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-ding. I was thinking like the genie in Aladdin
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or something All the sudden there's like animals
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I want a clean fight It's the Holy Spirit it's
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like, you know coming up out of there yeah Yeah,
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so weird image But yeah, and so we kept going
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in in the the state of like well the land of
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Israel or the land of Canaan right, that Abram
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actually leaves Mesopotamia to go inhabit, but
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then ends up in Egypt, comes back up, and everybody
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seems to find themselves in Egypt coming back
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up. It's like they keep overshooting it. They're
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going too far south. They go, I missed it. Yeah.
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Egypt again. They keep stopping in Bethel and
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then just swoop. Now we're in Egypt. I thought
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this looked familiar. Yeah and Bethel is like
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modern day. We talked about that like more modern
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day in like West or West Bank like Gaza area.
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Yeah. So in the second temple era it would have
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been like Sumeria. Okay. Which is like the northern
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kingdom of Israel. But yeah and then like the
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discussion of like well a lot of times I think
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especially as Christians, we kind of go like,
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all right, well, it was the land of Canaan, and
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then it was Israel's land, and then the fall
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of Jerusalem in 70 AD, and then now we're here.
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In 1948, Israel becomes a state, and it's like,
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well, it was always Israel's land. It's like,
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well, not for the last 2 ,000 years it wasn't.
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And then 2 ,000 years before that, it also wasn't
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theirs. It was the Canaanites. Yeah, that's true.
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And we talked about like the Canaanites are...
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Not like one people group. No, it was just like
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the people that lived in the land of Canaan.
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Yeah. Which is kind of, yeah, like a lawless
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land. Which, and even now that I think about
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that, it actually is an interesting idea going
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back even to Canaan. Yeah. The person, Canaan.
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Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of an interesting parallel
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there. Oh, that was the other thing about the
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Mandaans is that they find their origin back
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in Shim. Oh, really? And the son of Noah, yeah,
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which would be the bloodline of Christ. Yeah.
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Which does make sense because John the Baptist
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is the cousin of Jesus. Yeah. And his dad was
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a Levite, so he's in the line of David. Which
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is pretty cool. It is cool. It's cool. It's kind
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of interesting. But yeah, so then the discussion
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really is like, okay, well, for Christians, what
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does Israel mean now? Like, what relationship
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should we have with it? And then looking into,
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well, then going like, well, probably the best
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place to look is Jesus. Yeah. Like, OK, well,
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so what did what did Jesus when Jesus was on
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the earth? What everybody wanted him to do was
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overthrow the Roman government and become the
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king and establish Jerusalem the way or Israel
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the way it was. Right. Where there's no Roman
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rule. It's just like Israel. Jesus is the new
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David. and that was the idea was like now that
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we have a king now we have a king and the the
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whole land is now established that's what they
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wanted jesus to do he didn't do that yeah so
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really i think the question i have for you tonight
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is um what like what did jesus actually do on
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the earth what did jesus accomplish on the earth
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yeah like what did he do while he was here what
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what did he accomplish well he'd wake up at seven
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thirty He would brush his teeth with his finger.
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And then he would walk 70 miles to get to fish.
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And then he would get to eat the fish. And go
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yum yum yum to my tum tum tum. Time for work.
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Hey Daddy -o, where are we going today? I jump
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in the boat. He's like, dude, you're like 10
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hours late for work. I needed to fish, Daddy.
28:52
We're gonna get crucified for that joke. Well,
28:56
if he was, let's be crucified with him. I've
29:01
been crucified with Christ for that joke I told.
29:05
That's funny. But yeah, you know this is a total
29:09
tangent. Okay, but that's been the whole show
29:11
so far. I do think it's funny. I would love...
29:17
You know after you go through the whole judgment
29:19
thing and he's like all right, you're in like
29:21
I'm like, okay like which jokes. Did you think
29:25
were funny though? Like I want to know it's like
29:30
did I in anything I prayed said thought Did I
29:34
make God laugh like? Like did you get a good
29:38
chuckle out of something? I don't know why but
29:39
I feel like very like oh, that's really sweet
29:46
Did I make you laugh? Were you mad? Did you think
29:49
it was funny? Did I ever do anything that made
29:52
you laugh? Did I just get you to chuckle once?
29:54
Like one joke. Like maybe a little curl on the...
29:58
He's like, oh my son. He's like, you are not
30:02
funny. I laughed the whole time at you. No! Don't
30:09
worry, the father didn't see it. Because he sees
30:12
you through me. And you're not funny? So I edited
30:16
out all the jokes. He's like, but there was one
30:19
that was not bad. I rearranged it. And the seraphim
30:25
loved it. They won't stop telling it. They keep
30:30
telling it over and over and over and over again.
30:34
They just have so many eyes. Yeah, you're gonna
30:41
in this here like you're a guy Yeah You're the
30:47
guy this is the guy there's no wonder bread guy
30:50
Give you nickname and heaven into wonder bread.
30:55
That would be awesome. That would be cool. That
30:58
would be the best So what did you actually do
31:02
on the earth? Well, I think it's what's because
31:07
he did a lot the thing is yes He did a lot, but
31:10
they but he didn't do anything that people wanted
31:13
him to do Yeah, so true, but he had to have accomplished
31:18
Stuff on the earth. Yeah, otherwise Like that
31:22
and that's kind of the fallacy and the thing
31:24
that we mistake all the time is like, yeah Well,
31:26
Jesus just needed to be here so that he could
31:29
die It's like well, no, he did stuff while he
31:32
was here. Yeah, it wasn't like he just kind of
31:34
like No, and that stuff was critical. Hey! More
31:39
fish today! You guys want some fish? Found this
31:43
kid who got a fish. He only got like ten. I can
31:47
turn it into five thousand, watch this. I got
31:49
lunch tomorrow, the day after. Hey, bring your
31:54
baskets. Yeah, just water's good for me. Nice.
31:59
I'm fasting. No fish for me today, Jesus. And
32:03
now, Jesus is like, yeah, dude, don't fast while
32:08
the groom is here. That's a chardonnay. All right.
32:14
So anyway. Well, no. So to one thing to address
32:20
what you just said is like, I think it's easier
32:22
for us to look at the life of Christ and be like,
32:25
oh, he just ate fish. Where it's like, oh. His
32:30
life was to be a sacrifice. Oh, right. That's
32:34
it. That's what he did. Sorry, I'm just falling
32:36
over. You're good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He came
32:41
to be the lamb that was slain. Yeah, which is
32:44
true. And then I think we look at his life and
32:47
it's like, I think we oversimplified a lot of
32:49
times where it's like, oh yeah, he went against
32:54
what other people expected of him. Right. It's
32:57
like, oh, he's going to topple the Roman government.
32:59
It's like, well, he didn't do that. Right. And
33:00
they're like, well, what did he do? Well, he
33:02
taught everyone that we should love each other.
33:06
And these guys are hypocrites. And it's like,
33:09
that's it? That's all you got from it? Well,
33:12
and that's why our mistake in doing that and
33:16
Christians representing Jesus that way creates
33:19
this, in a naturalist worldview, people are just
33:22
like, yeah, he was just a guy that said a bunch
33:24
of really cool stuff that I agree with. And it's
33:28
like, all right, well, he also died for your
33:30
sins. Right, yeah. Which, I mean, that is a critical
33:34
piece. It is. And it's actually, why it's so
33:38
critical is because what he did during his time
33:41
on Earth, during his ministry, sets up his death
33:45
and resurrection. Right. And it's like, oh, what
33:48
he set up during his ministry actually made that
33:52
worth it. Yeah, yeah, and also it's like in some
33:57
ways there were things that he needed to do to
34:00
prepare for the death. Yes, yeah. Like we even
34:03
see that with things like Martha pouring out,
34:08
right? Yeah. Or John the Baptist getting baptized.
34:10
Yeah. Like there were things that Jesus actually
34:12
had to do along the way. Yes. One big one is
34:16
transfiguration. Mm -hmm. Like he had to, that
34:20
had to happen. Yes. That's a different episode
34:24
definitely Well, so I I want to kind of I say
34:28
that and now I'm gonna pull us back a little
34:30
bit. Okay, cool So one of the things we talked
34:33
about on our last episode Yeah, was the command
34:36
be fruitful and multiply. Okay. Yeah and take
34:39
dominion over the earth. Yeah, so I was curious
34:41
Yeah, and this is how you know, I mean business
34:43
cuz I got my legal pad Well covenants are legal
34:48
binding Oh legally binding legal binding should
34:51
Checked my spelling. I'm legally bound. I'm legally
34:55
legally bound to read this So the From my from
35:02
my counting. Okay. Yeah in the Old Testament
35:05
We see the command God commanding people to be
35:09
fruitful and multiply 23 times. Oh cool throughout
35:11
the Old Testament Michael Jordan. Yeah Yeah,
35:15
and it's like okay, that's actually Significant
35:18
that's a lot more than I would have guessed.
35:20
Yeah for sure like we think of Genesis in the
35:23
beginning and it's like cool and then like Noah
35:25
and then like that's it and it's like now actually
35:28
he said it a lot yeah and I think what's what's
35:32
interesting about that because it kind of goes
35:33
to well my mind goes to Adam and Eve right away
35:36
yes and then after that I'm like I actually couldn't
35:40
pinpoint anywhere else yeah like even you say
35:43
Noah and I'm like did it actually say be fruitful
35:45
and multiply yeah and then go into what we talked
35:49
about with Abram, Isaac, and then Jacob. He's
35:52
like, come on, guys. Get it together. Kickstart
35:56
this whole thing. And we see that through some
35:58
of the minor prophets and all throughout. Oh,
36:01
cool. Which is cool. And what's fascinating to
36:04
me about that is he didn't change his mind. And
36:09
he's like, no, this is why you're here. He's
36:12
like, I want you to fill the earth, and I want
36:14
you to... To rule it to take dominion over it.
36:17
Yeah, um, because even when we look at it's like
36:18
so like To answer that question we've talked
36:22
about in previous episodes. It's like well We're
36:24
his earthly representatives. We even see that
36:27
reflected in the ten commandments Which is like
36:31
don't take the lord your god's name in vain Yeah,
36:33
and it's like well means like don't say you're
36:35
his representative I mean i'm excited like more
36:39
you know, it's like yeah, don't call yourself
36:40
a christian and then break every command that
36:43
he told you to follow. Right, yeah. That's taking
36:47
his name in vain. Yeah. And so it's like, well,
36:51
he wants his people, God's people, to rule the
36:56
earth. Because that's why he put us here. Yeah,
36:58
to be fruitful and to multiply. Yeah. Yeah. To
37:01
take dominion over the earth. Yeah. Right. And
37:04
so what's fascinating about that is there's a
37:07
shift, a slight shift or a slight refocus. In
37:11
the New Testament. Wait a minute. Mm -hmm. I
37:14
was about to make a joke of like someone say
37:17
The our birthright. Mm -hmm. And then I thought
37:20
about Esau. Yeah Jacob. Yeah Yeah, and how the
37:24
birthright from Esau the firstborn to Jacob is
37:27
stolen. Yes, but it's through Jacob Who becomes
37:30
Israel? Yeah that the birthright of brief be
37:35
fruitful and multiply through your line and many
37:38
nations Didn't happen through Esau Yeah. It happened
37:42
through Jacob. Yeah. Who stole the birthright
37:44
of the firstborn. It's kind of crazy. It is.
37:47
It's kind of crazy to think about that. Yeah.
37:49
Also over and over again through the Bible, it's
37:52
not the firstborn. Right. Which would be the
37:56
world tradition. Like the worldly tradition or
37:58
the pagan tradition or just in general is like
38:01
the firstborn always got the inheritance. Yeah.
38:03
It's still that way. Yeah. But in scripture it's
38:07
almost always Not the first. Not the first. Yeah,
38:11
and oftentimes it's the youngest. Yeah. Yeah,
38:14
I mean we see that even with David. Yeah. It's
38:17
like, oh yeah, he was just he was the youngest
38:18
one. Right. We'll see with Joseph as well. Yeah,
38:23
it is funny because like Jesus is called the
38:28
firstborn of creation. Yeah. But that's a born
38:31
-again statement. So the his glorified body the
38:37
resurrection yeah firstborn of creation so but
38:41
he's also the second Adam yeah right the second
38:46
Noah he's the second someone else David wait
38:55
we just said the name yeah yeah so he's he's
39:01
the second one my firstborn of creation. It's
39:04
like, it's just a funny, it's like everything
39:07
that you think it would need to be, it's the
39:09
other. And that's one of those things that I
39:12
love about scripture, because it's like, it's
39:14
some of those small things right there, where
39:16
it's like, okay, so, you know, who was the first
39:20
to be given dominion of the earth? It's like,
39:23
well, it was humans. It was mankind. And then
39:27
what happened is like, well, we messed it up,
39:30
so someone else had to take it to do it right.
39:33
And it's like, well that's what we see with Esau,
39:34
he messed it up. And then it was through Jacob
39:38
that command lived through. And it's like, that's
39:43
awesome, actually. So 23 times in the Old Testament?
39:45
Yeah, so in the New Testament, we don't see that,
39:49
there's a shift, so it shifts from like a physical.
39:52
Okay. To a spiritual. And I think that's actually
39:54
really, really significant. Yeah. But in the
39:56
New Testament, we see that equivalent phrase
39:58
14 times. Okay. So it's like, okay, so we're
40:01
looking at a total of, you know, 37 times. And
40:05
it's like, okay, so I feel like that means something.
40:08
Right. Because he says it not one time. Yeah.
40:12
That's kind of cool, though, in the sense that
40:15
you see a clear shift from Old Testament to New
40:17
Testament. Yeah. Yeah. Where it moves from the
40:21
natural space. Yeah. To the spiritual space.
40:25
Yeah. So, I mean, that kind of sets a lot of
40:28
things up. Absolutely. Right? And it's like to
40:31
just answer it here, in short, there is the biological
40:39
birthright that mankind was given. Right. And
40:42
then they gave it away. Yeah. or we gave it away.
40:46
Yeah. I'm part of mankind. That's true. And it's
40:50
like, yeah, we gave it away. Yeah. And then Christ
40:53
said, well, I want, Jesus said, I want my people.
40:56
Yeah. God said, I want my people. Yeah. But in
40:59
the New Testament, we see that shifting from
41:01
his people isn't just like a physical thing,
41:04
but it's like, okay, who are his followers? He
41:05
chooses to follow him. Right. And it's like,
41:08
yeah, and it's not bound to Israel. Yeah, where
41:11
they live. Yeah. it's spread out to who is a
41:16
follower of me. Yeah, that's a beautiful shift
41:21
to see it that way. And it's one of those to
41:25
get kinda to the end quick and then I'm gonna
41:27
jump back out again. And that wouldn't be possible
41:31
without Christ's death and resurrection. Right,
41:34
exactly. Yeah, to make that shift from... Physical
41:39
to spiritual. Yeah, because the thing is is like
41:42
we were like the the earth God creates the earth
41:46
not for the intent of Destroying it Like he doesn't
41:51
create the earth to then go. All right cool.
41:54
You guys have been here long enough I'm just
41:56
gonna destroy it now. Yeah, like the whole point
41:58
was that it was it was created for Jesus by him
42:03
and through him. Yeah, and then we were given
42:06
the assignment as part of creation from the earth
42:11
to be fruitful and multiply and steward one of
42:17
God's creations, which was the earth. And then
42:22
we didn't do that. So then God in his infinite
42:27
grace said, okay, well, I don't want you to be
42:30
destroyed along with the earth. So I'm gonna
42:33
find a way to redeem you. And I'm gonna do that
42:36
through Jesus. who will then give you resurrection
42:42
and life. So when the earth passes away, your
42:46
dust that is part of the earth will pass away.
42:49
But you will not. You will remain with me. Which
42:54
is kind of cool. Because that's not what was
43:00
supposed to happen. And then it did. So God made
43:04
a way for us to continue. even though what we
43:08
were created for is corrupted, he still decided
43:13
to save us from the corruption. Because in reality,
43:17
we are just dust from the earth. Absolutely.
43:21
So the fact that God has value in that the dust
43:25
of the earth was corrupted, let me save humanity
43:29
and then destroy the earth, make a new earth.
43:35
in new heavens in order for them to do it the
43:39
proper way. Yeah. I mean, a lot of that is because
43:42
of the status that he gave us of being in the
43:46
image of God. Right. And it's like, well, yeah,
43:49
and we can talk a lot about this, but it's like,
43:52
yeah, so we're not the only ones that are God's
43:55
representatives. Right. There were others, too.
43:57
There are others that are supposed to be. Yeah.
44:00
And they messed it up, too. They did. I mean,
44:04
we talk about Deuteronomy 32 all the time, and
44:06
that's what I'm talking about here. It's like,
44:08
yeah, there are his earthly representatives,
44:11
which is what we're supposed to be, and there
44:13
is heavenly representatives that go out and do
44:16
whatever they do. And some of them, he said,
44:19
yeah, I need you to help take care of these guys,
44:21
because they're not doing great. And they messed
44:25
it up too, and then brought us along with them.
44:28
So it's like, everyone's just messing up. Come
44:32
on, guys, get it right. But yes, there's that
44:35
value because of the status that we've been given.
44:40
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Which is cool. Tell me about
44:43
Jesus. Yeah. So, and this is not a new thing
44:47
to say, but like when we parallel the life of
44:51
Jesus with the history of Israel, we do see that
44:56
like in every place that Israel failed, Jesus
44:59
succeeded. I mean, some of the easy ones to look
45:03
at are like the wilderness, where it's like,
45:06
okay, so here are the Israelites, 40 years in
45:08
the wilderness, and they're complaining, they're
45:13
worshiping golden calves, and it's like everything
45:17
but following the Lord. And then we see Jesus,
45:20
who is 40 days in the wilderness. who succeeds
45:24
through temptation and being faithful to Yahweh
45:28
throughout the whole time. Yeah, and temptations
45:31
that mirror what was going on in the wilderness
45:34
for 40 years. Yes. Things like water from the
45:37
rock or manna from heaven. Yeah. And then angels
45:43
to guard around them. Yes. Go around him. Yeah.
45:46
There's all that. Which there's amazing parallels
45:48
inside, even inside of all that to jump into.
45:51
Yeah. So I think that's cool. But overall, when
45:54
we look at it, it's like, okay, so what all did
45:57
Jesus do as far as just big hits? Yeah, I mean,
46:02
what did he even do while he was here? What did
46:03
he even do? What did he even do? So, like we
46:07
just talked about, it's like, well, he conquered
46:08
temptation to sin. Because we see that throughout
46:12
his life, he never gave in to sin. Yeah. And
46:16
I mean, that's an important thing, too, even
46:17
with that. It's like... It's like, well, he's
46:19
Jesus. He wasn't actually, it's like, well, temptation
46:21
means that it's something you want to do that
46:24
you shouldn't do. So it's like, otherwise it
46:27
wouldn't be a temptation. If I don't want to
46:29
do that thing, it's not a temptation. Yeah. And
46:33
I want to say it's like Philippians too, but
46:37
that he emptied himself to the point of death,
46:39
even death on a cross. So it's the idea that
46:42
like, that Jesus was so human. as he emptied
46:48
himself, he did everything and humbled himself,
46:53
became a servant. Even to the point of death,
46:58
death on a cross. So it's like going through
47:01
all of the physical pain and the shame and the
47:04
hurt and all the things that we would feel and
47:07
experience and the things that our physical punishment
47:11
and judgment upon humanity for the things that
47:16
they've done. He took all that and experienced
47:20
it. Even inside of that, that's one where he
47:25
says himself, he's like, I don't want to do this.
47:27
He's like, can I not do this? Yeah, well, you
47:30
take this cup from me. But instead, in light
47:33
of that, in the face of that, he still is like,
47:35
no, this is what I have to do, though. He very
47:38
well could have just ran away. It's true. So
47:42
it's like, OK, so he did that. There's I'll call
47:48
it social stigma. Okay, as far as like yeah,
47:52
he broke some of the Cultural traditions and
47:56
gender norms. Okay in as far as like oh, I'm
48:00
going to Heal somebody on the Sabbath. Oh, I'm
48:03
gonna talk to you this woman at a well I was
48:07
gonna say yeah, I know I was like, it's kind
48:10
of a it's a potentially charged norms. Yeah Hey,
48:15
did you know that Jesus broke gender norms? Pretty
48:18
cool. Call me Jessica. You know what he did when
48:22
he broke gender norms? He talked to a woman Which
48:28
is horrifying to many men many men Yeah, that
48:36
is crazy but not just yeah Yeah, but not just
48:40
a woman right, but instead a woman like he He
48:45
showed grace for a woman caught in the act of
48:49
adultery. He spoke to a woman at the well of
48:52
Jacob. And she was on her seventh husband. But
49:00
they weren't married yet, so seventh boyfriend.
49:07
And she was a Samaritan, which was not. It's
49:13
a big no no. They weren't pure Israelites. Yes.
49:18
Because of the Babylonian and Assyrian occupation
49:23
of that region. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so it's
49:28
like we seem like essentially just breaking down
49:31
some of these boundaries. Yeah. Yeah. So like
49:36
that's a big one that we see. Yeah. you know
49:39
he liked to call out the Pharisees for their
49:42
hypocrisy. He did. Like these are these are the
49:44
things we love to talk about because they're
49:45
right in front of our face. And one of them that
49:50
I think is probably like a still in line of what
49:54
people talk about was probably like more on the
49:56
outer edge of it. But it's like the way he talked
49:59
about death is he kind of removed some of that
50:01
fear of it. I mean because even when we look
50:03
in the Psalms. Okay. especially the Psalms of
50:06
David where he talks about going down to Sheol.
50:07
He's like, don't make me go there. Yeah, yeah,
50:10
yeah. And I mean, it's fascinating on one hand
50:13
because, and we've talked about this on other
50:15
episodes, it's like, yeah, humans weren't meant
50:18
to be there. Right, it wasn't made for us. And
50:20
we see in Jesus, in Matthew, I believe it's Matthew,
50:24
where he talks about, he's like, yeah, hell's
50:26
made for the devil and his angels. Yeah, which
50:28
is important because Matthew is written specifically
50:30
to a Jewish audience. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so that's
50:35
true. And so it's like the way he talks about
50:37
it, even in some of the stories that he tells,
50:40
it's like, yeah, he kind of reframes it. And
50:45
it's against how people thought about it. But
50:50
the big one that I think is the biggest power
50:53
move and the biggest thing that Jesus conquered
50:55
was a spiritual battle, which is why we see that
50:58
shift. And it's like, okay, so who is he really
51:02
waging war on? It's like, well, yeah, he was
51:05
showing up to humans and being like, yeah, you
51:08
guys missed it. Right. Like, and that's, that's
51:10
the stuff that we love to talk about because
51:11
it's, it's for us and it's in front of our face.
51:15
Yeah. But it's like, okay, but what else did
51:17
he do? It's like, well, he exercised authority
51:19
over other gods and demons. Yeah. And it's like,
51:24
oh, that's huge. Yeah. Even when we look at it,
51:26
it's like, it was, it was a massive deal that
51:28
he cast out demons. Yeah, it was. And we've learned
51:32
because of the Dead Sea Scrolls where we see
51:35
Psalm 91. It was like an exorcism psalm. And
51:39
so it's like, okay, so these things were like
51:42
within tradition, but the fact that Jesus is
51:45
like, yeah, I'm doing this. Right. And I'm not
51:48
doing it the way that you guys thought it was
51:49
supposed to be done. Right. And one of the ways
51:52
he did that was he would declare people cleansed.
51:56
Yeah. or that they had received salvation. Yes.
52:00
Not just you have a demon cast out of you, but
52:04
your sins are forgiven. Yeah. Which only Yahweh
52:07
could do. Right. And it's like that's some big
52:11
boy authority you're taking on there. For sure.
52:13
It's blasphemous. Yeah. Like to the Jews that
52:17
was blasphemous. Absolutely. Because you would
52:19
be saying you are Yahweh. And he was saying that.
52:23
He's like, yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.
52:25
That's what I'm doing, dude. Ding, ding, ding.
52:30
I'm here. Eat some eat. Here's some fish. So
52:36
I think that's one of the interesting things
52:39
that we see is because there's this period of
52:43
time where in the Old Testament, we see this
52:49
through line. of these other gods exercising
52:54
authority over nations. And so at this point,
53:00
when Jesus enters, it's like pretty rampant.
53:03
And it's been kind of like consolidated. And
53:06
we actually see that throughout the Old Testament
53:08
as it builds. I mean, Deuteronomy 32 is kind
53:13
of the setup to that. And then even we see in
53:15
Psalm 82, where we see them the psalmist rebuking
53:23
these other gods for how badly they're ruling
53:25
other nations. And he's like, you guys aren't
53:28
doing good. Like, you're wicked. It's what you
53:30
are. And then in Judges and then in Daniel, we
53:33
see these same stories where it's like, yeah,
53:35
these figures have authority and they're abusing
53:38
their power. They're going against the command
53:41
that Yahweh gave them. And so here we are in
53:45
Rome, or in the Roman Empire. That's more appropriate
53:49
to say. Which is very known for its paganism.
53:52
Yeah, it's like it's it's pretty big deal. Yeah,
53:55
and so there's these very solidified Other god
54:01
authorities right to the point where it's like
54:04
it's probably not weird for a lot of people Yeah,
54:08
true, you know, it's like this just that's just
54:10
what's going on. Also. They are in the land of
54:13
Canaan. Yes and in the land of Canaan there are
54:18
regions around the area and then also people
54:21
who were allowed to stay that were not intended
54:27
to stay. And so you have these regions particularly
54:32
around Jerusalem that have remained pagan worship,
54:41
but in the tradition of the Canaanites. that
54:48
is highly problematic. Yes. Yes it is. Yeah.
54:54
And so, I mean, the big thing with that is, and
54:59
we see this, I think it's in First Kings, where
55:03
there was a foreign soldier that came and received
55:06
healing. Okay. I can't remember the guy's name
55:08
right now. And so when he was healed, he was
55:12
like, oh, I see the power of Yahweh. And so he's
55:16
like, yeah, I wanna take some dirt to bring it
55:19
back to where I live so I can worship Yahweh
55:21
on his soil. Because he understands that there
55:25
are these cosmic boundaries. And when he's in
55:29
his land, I mean, we see even David talk about
55:32
this when he's fleeing from Saul. He longs to
55:35
be... Yeah, and he's like, don't push me outside
55:36
the boundary. and it's like because if you're
55:39
in these other territories it's like well you're
55:41
under the ruling of another god yeah and and
55:44
so even the the soldier when he's like let me
55:46
take this dirt he's like and when i'm in this
55:49
land and i've got to serve my master yeah the
55:52
king he's like i'm gonna have to worship this
55:55
other god with him right but i don't mean it
55:58
he's like don't hold it against me yeah he's
56:00
like i just don't want to die yeah um yeah so
56:04
it's like it's a real struggle yeah and these
56:06
things are building up and it's it's It's very
56:09
normal. Right. Yeah, because there's a spiritual
56:12
boundary. Like even in the Old Testament, they're
56:14
acknowledging this spiritual boundary where Yahweh
56:17
says, this is my land, this is my inheritance.
56:21
But then as the Israelites continue to be disobedient
56:27
to the Word of God, He kicks them out of the
56:30
land. Yeah, absolutely. He pushes them out of
56:33
the promised space because they're breaking covenant
56:36
with Him. Yeah. And so they're being bad representatives
56:39
of His name. And so then they don't get to reap
56:43
the blessing and the benefits of what Yahweh
56:48
has to offer for them. And so that's where that
56:53
gets corrupted more and more over time. And that's
56:56
where when Jesus steps in, He's reclaiming the
57:03
spiritual boundary. And I think what's cool about
57:06
that is where he starts. It's like, oh, he's
57:09
in the promised land. And so it's like, oh, it's
57:13
actually, and that's part of the ministries we
57:15
see from the apostles. It's like, no, we'll start
57:18
here. And then we spread out to be fruitful and
57:21
multiply. And so it's like, okay, so Jesus is
57:25
in his land that Yahweh chose to be his back
57:31
in Deuteronomy. Yeah, born in the city of David,
57:33
Bethlehem. and he's and so like back then in
57:37
Deuteronomy 32 we see Yahweh say like yeah this
57:40
is my my land right for my people yes and so
57:44
Jesus is born into that land yes which has been
57:47
given over to other people other gods that have
57:49
taken taken rulership over that he's like no
57:52
no i'm going to reclaim this yeah um but it's
57:55
cool because of how he does it um and it's it's
57:59
because and this is this is the interesting thing
58:01
is because The people then, they're still looking
58:04
at these physical boundaries, and they're thinking,
58:07
oh, we're gonna go back to how it was. But Jesus
58:10
is saying, no, no, no, we're not doing that anymore,
58:12
because that wasn't working. And also, that's
58:15
not even what I want. We see that in the prophets,
58:18
in Isaiah, and he's just like, yeah, that's not
58:20
what's gonna end up happening. We're taking the
58:22
whole thing back. And by the whole thing, not
58:26
the land of Israel, but the whole earth. The
58:29
whole earth. Yeah, trying to go back to where
58:34
we're supposed to be. Yes. He's like, let's bring
58:36
it all the way back. The whole earth is filled.
58:39
Do you know that song? No, I don't think I know
58:41
that. What is that? I don't know. Maybe Darlene
58:44
Check. We'll see. I like it. Let me know in the
58:47
comments. When we get flagged for it, we'll know.
58:50
I don't know if that was the original key. Probably
58:55
wasn't. but yeah that's cool yeah so the spiritual
58:57
boundaries yeah so we see how and it's cool how
59:01
Jesus signifies it and I think one of the biggest
59:04
moves outside of the miracles that he was performing
59:07
yes and the exorcisms that he was doing yes and
59:10
it's like and because they recognized his authority
59:13
yes they're like what are you doing here it's
59:15
not your time yet yeah yeah like you're not supposed
59:17
to be here um right but I think one of the big
59:21
pivotal moments is his entry into Jerusalem Because
59:25
that also tips off the the whole path that we
59:29
see to his crucifixion And because it's like
59:32
kind of made him mad. Yeah, and so it's not It
59:37
shouldn't be shocking to anyone and it wasn't
59:39
to them That's why they said Hosanna right of
59:41
even how Jesus entered Jerusalem. Yeah, cuz that's
59:44
what was prophesied Yeah, but it's also more
59:47
than just that also didn't Judas Maccabee Come
59:51
in on a donkey Oh, did he? I think he did. I
59:55
actually don't know that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which
59:57
wouldn't be surprising. Yeah, that wouldn't be
59:59
surprising. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so because what's
1:00:04
interesting because this even parallels back
1:00:07
to first kings with Solomon's coronation. Yes.
1:00:12
Because David said, hey, take my mule and ride
1:00:15
it throughout the city and people will declare
1:00:18
like, oh, you're the king. Yes. You're the you're
1:00:20
the legitimate king. Yeah, yeah. And so a mule,
1:00:24
a donkey, a colt, it's a young donkey. It's like
1:00:29
they weren't this lowly animal. It wasn't just
1:00:32
like, oh, this is some cheap transportation.
1:00:35
It's like, no, these were like royal steeds.
1:00:38
So when Jesus walks in, he's not signaling, I'm
1:00:41
humble. He's signaling, no, I'm a king. And so
1:00:44
when the people see that, that's why - And the
1:00:46
tradition of David. Yes. And Solomon, yeah. So
1:00:48
when the people see that, they know who Jesus
1:00:50
is. They've heard about him. They're like, oh,
1:00:52
now he's doing this? Right. Like, okay, like,
1:00:55
Hoseanna, this is him. Yeah. But they're still
1:00:58
in the mindset of the Israelite nation. Yes.
1:01:02
And not what Jesus has been saying he's gonna
1:01:04
do the whole time. Yeah. And this is definitely
1:01:08
another episode, but - Yeah. just to briefly
1:01:11
hit, because you kind of hit on it, but I want
1:01:13
to stop there for a second and say, okay, Jesus,
1:01:18
one, Jesus didn't just run into random people
1:01:22
at random times and be like, okay, just get like,
1:01:28
just be healed, get out of my way. If you pay
1:01:31
attention, he's going to very specific areas
1:01:35
in the land of Israel that are boundaries and
1:01:40
their locations that are ruled by other gods
1:01:44
and other spiritual spaces that have invaded
1:01:46
the space of Yahweh. And what he's doing is when
1:01:50
he specifically goes to anywhere and casts out
1:01:59
demons. He's taking spiritual authority back
1:02:02
in that space. So he's not saying this land is
1:02:06
actually ours. He's saying, no, no, no. You've
1:02:09
invaded a spiritual boundary and I'm saying,
1:02:12
hey, I'm back. Like get out. Get out of here.
1:02:18
And he's taking back spiritual boundaries that
1:02:21
have been invaded from the outside in, in those
1:02:25
spaces. So when he's doing that, it's a militant
1:02:29
move. But it is only militant in the spiritual
1:02:32
space. Absolutely. It's not in the physical space.
1:02:35
I mean, we see the reflections of that in the
1:02:39
natural. You see things start to clean up. Yeah.
1:02:42
But even Jesus himself said, I came for the lost
1:02:45
sheep of Israel. Yes. Right. Yeah. And that's
1:02:48
what we see. It's like when he's casting those
1:02:51
out and he's signaling what he's signaling, he's
1:02:54
basically saying, like, I'm going to remove their
1:02:55
influence from this boundary. Right. I'm calling
1:03:00
you guys out on all your hypocrisy. Yeah in the
1:03:03
fact that you totally missed the point, right?
1:03:05
So that we that way you can start to see what
1:03:07
I'm actually trying to do here. Yes. It's like
1:03:10
yeah, he wasn't They were so caught up in the
1:03:13
I mean they some of the questions they asked
1:03:16
him It's like those are debates they had for
1:03:17
centuries. Yeah in the debates. Sometimes we
1:03:19
still have to this day Yeah, but it's like they're
1:03:22
trying to get him trapped in this like more intellectual
1:03:28
debate, which isn't unimportant, but he's saying
1:03:31
like, yeah, that's not what my ministry's about.
1:03:34
My ministry is a spiritual military move. So
1:03:37
even going back to the cult, it was unique also
1:03:41
that it was a young donkey was a cult, because
1:03:45
that signifies new kingship. And so he's like,
1:03:50
I'm coming in and I'm telling you that I'm the
1:03:53
king. And I'm also the new guy in town. Like,
1:03:56
this is new. This is happening. And so like,
1:04:01
so what did Jesus accomplish? It's like, well,
1:04:03
that's one of the biggest things that he accomplished.
1:04:06
But what's fascinating about that, and this is
1:04:08
why I think it's so important that he did those
1:04:11
things before his crucifixion. And also, I mean,
1:04:15
that was part of why they crucified him. They're
1:04:17
like, oh man, he's trying to do some stuff. And
1:04:20
he is doing things. That's the other thing. It
1:04:22
wasn't like he's talking about it. He's actively
1:04:24
casting these things out. So they're like, we
1:04:27
need to get rid of him. But what's interesting
1:04:30
about it is he didn't, and this is gonna sound
1:04:33
really touchy for some people potentially, so
1:04:36
hear me out, is when Jesus was doing his ministry
1:04:41
on earth before his death and resurrection, He
1:04:45
was not worthy to retake the earth. Because we
1:04:49
see that echoed in Revelation, where it's like,
1:04:52
no one is worthy to open the scroll. But then
1:04:55
Jesus shows up, who had been slain and resurrected.
1:05:01
And he's like, oh no, I'm worthy to open the
1:05:04
scroll. Why is he worthy? It's like, well, it's
1:05:06
because of his death and resurrection. Before
1:05:09
that, he wasn't worthy to open the scroll. Because
1:05:12
he was not... Preeminent over all things but
1:05:16
after his resurrection we see this in Is it Colossians
1:05:21
or is it Corinthians it might be first Corinthians?
1:05:27
It says that he's preeminent over all things
1:05:30
including death I think it'd be more Colossians,
1:05:33
but yeah, I think it might be Colossians Yeah,
1:05:35
but it's like that's that's an important thing
1:05:37
though. It's he's the firstborn among the dead,
1:05:40
right? And it's like yeah before that he wasn't
1:05:42
He wasn't preeminent over everything. Right.
1:05:45
But after his resurrection, he was. Well, and
1:05:48
even the temptation of the devil. Yeah. In the
1:05:52
wilderness saying, hey, you can have all of this.
1:05:55
Yeah. He's not saying like you can be the king.
1:05:59
He's saying the spiritual authority that you're
1:06:02
about to come disrupt. Yeah. I actually can give
1:06:05
it to you because I've already invaded that space.
1:06:07
Yeah. And Jesus is like, no. I'm gonna take what's
1:06:11
rightfully mine. And it made me, also what you
1:06:14
were saying made me think about the fact that
1:06:16
like the Jewish Sanhedrin, so the council of
1:06:21
the priests and the rabbis that are together
1:06:27
in that space that actually accuse Jesus, because,
1:06:31
and the way that they accuse him is like, they're
1:06:33
like, hey, Caesar, he's trying to take your throne.
1:06:37
And Caesar's like, He doesn't seem like much
1:06:40
of a threat to me. And they're like, no, he's
1:06:43
trying to take your throne. He's saying things
1:06:45
of a false Caesar. And he's like, I don't think
1:06:50
that's what's going on here. And they're like,
1:06:52
no, we don't want a king other than Caesar, right?
1:06:56
And Jesus is like, okay, you guys said this before.
1:07:03
You guys said this way back in the day before
1:07:07
Saul. Yeah. I'm your king. Yeah. And you wanted
1:07:13
a king like every other nation. Yeah. And so
1:07:16
I gave you Saul. And now I'm here again and you
1:07:20
still don't want me as king. Yeah. And what does
1:07:23
Caesar do? He writes King of the Jews. Yeah.
1:07:28
Yeah. Right. Yeah. Which is like, whoa. So he
1:07:33
recognizes the spiritual space and writes King
1:07:37
of the Jews above, and they said, they're like,
1:07:41
no, no, no, no, no, he's not our king. And he's
1:07:44
like, no, King of the Jews, the original what
1:07:49
Yahweh was in that space, which is beautiful.
1:07:53
And he doesn't say like, after all of that, he
1:07:57
doesn't say like, all right, and then, And then
1:08:01
now, since you're my disciples, I've been resurrected
1:08:04
and I can come in and out of walls, which is
1:08:07
pretty cool. We should talk about that. That's
1:08:09
actually a whole episode right there. It is,
1:08:11
yeah. It's like, now that I can do all that,
1:08:15
he's not like, all right, now go in and take
1:08:18
Caesar's spot. No, what he says is go into the
1:08:23
earth, go into all the earth, and proclaim the
1:08:27
good news. that you don't have to be afraid of
1:08:31
the spirits of the air anymore. Because we are
1:08:35
now ruling and reigning. And you'll take those
1:08:38
spaces in my name and you'll go where I haven't
1:08:43
gone. You'll take me there. That's the whole,
1:08:47
like, you'll do greater things than I've done.
1:08:49
Well, in what way? Well, he came for the lost
1:08:52
sheep of Israel. The whole point was to retake.
1:08:55
what Yahweh said was his in the spiritual space.
1:08:59
And then what happened, his spirit gets poured
1:09:02
out on the earth, and he goes, hey, by the way,
1:09:07
what I was coming to take back wasn't just this
1:09:10
one region, it was the whole thing. I'm reversing
1:09:14
Deuteronomy 32. It's this, now I'm taking over
1:09:18
the whole earth, and how does he do that? Through
1:09:21
the church. by the Spirit. Yeah. So it's no longer
1:09:25
about Israel anymore. So what land is sacred?
1:09:29
The whole earth. The whole earth is. Yeah. So
1:09:32
Jesus is not like, it's not about that. It's
1:09:36
the whole earth. I mean, it's interesting because
1:09:40
even if you look at the kingdom of Solomon, which
1:09:42
was very vast. Yeah, yeah. Physically. Yes. Yes.
1:09:47
And then we see how the spiritual influence overtook
1:09:51
him. Yes. And brought Israel to where now they're
1:09:54
being ruled by the Roman Empire. Yeah. Through
1:09:56
a lot of things happening. Yeah, he opened the
1:09:59
door. Yeah. For everything. Yes. Like literally
1:10:02
everything. It was a pretty big downfall. Yes.
1:10:05
It was just very slippery slope down. Yeah, yeah.
1:10:07
And then we see kind of an echo of that through
1:10:11
Jesus, who's like, OK, we're going to do that,
1:10:14
but we're going to do it in a spiritual way.
1:10:15
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, even the point when they
1:10:19
try to call him out, it's like, well, who do
1:10:22
we pay our taxes to? Oh, right. He's like, look,
1:10:26
I don't care. Give to Caesar what's his. And
1:10:29
he was like, guys, I've been talking about fish
1:10:31
this whole time. I'm really hungry. Go get the
1:10:33
fish. Look, open the fish's mouth, and what's
1:10:36
in the fish's mouth is a coin. It's some money.
1:10:38
And what's on the coin? It's Caesar's face. Give
1:10:41
him back his coin. Now, give him his coin. Give
1:10:42
me the fish. What the fish? That's my symbol
1:10:47
by the way. You will write it on your door post.
1:10:59
You will create mosaics on the ground in your
1:11:01
churches. It'll be really cool. You will make
1:11:03
stickers and put them on the back of your car.
1:11:06
What's a car? You'll find out. Oh, give it time.
1:11:09
Actually, you won't find out. You will be long
1:11:11
dead. Don't write that down. But yeah, so I guess
1:11:16
to answer the question, which I think is cool,
1:11:19
like, so what did Jesus even do when he was here?
1:11:21
It's like, yeah, we do see where he invades those
1:11:24
physical spaces, and he addresses the temple,
1:11:28
the church at the time, the followers of Yahweh,
1:11:33
and he's like, guys, no, no, no, no, no. And
1:11:38
then he showed them, like, no, this is what I'm
1:11:41
doing, because this is what I've been talking
1:11:43
about the whole time. And they still missed it.
1:11:47
Yeah. So he goes through while he's there and
1:11:50
reclaims the spiritual ground that was rightfully
1:11:55
Yahweh's back in Deuteronomy 32. Which is cool,
1:11:59
because when you look at that, it's like, well,
1:12:01
Deuteronomy 32, God claims the land of Israel.
1:12:05
Yeah. And so Jesus does retake in a spiritual
1:12:09
way, the boundaries of Israel. But then because
1:12:12
of his resurrection, he's like, now we can take
1:12:14
the rest of it. Because that portion was already
1:12:18
his. There were just some other invaders occupying
1:12:20
it. He's like, no, no, no, you don't belong here.
1:12:23
This actually belongs to me. And now yours belongs
1:12:25
to me too. Which is why you kind of see it's
1:12:29
like, did Pentecost have to happen? Yes, the
1:12:32
spirit of God had to be poured on the earth so
1:12:35
that each one could be... filled with the spirit
1:12:38
in order to speak and proclaim the gospel with
1:12:40
boldness. But the apostles already had that ability
1:12:46
by Jesus' authority pre -Pentecost. So it already
1:12:53
started with Jesus after the resurrection. The
1:12:57
spirit of God on the day of Pentecost being put
1:12:59
on the earth allowed it to happen outside of
1:13:02
just the apostles. and spread into the church.
1:13:06
And then that would spread across the whole earth.
1:13:09
Yeah. Yeah, that's awesome. I really liked it.
1:13:12
It was a fun. Can I finish with a thought that
1:13:14
like? No. OK. What's your thought? Three. And
1:13:20
I don't think you see this coming, but I feel
1:13:22
like this is actually like kind of a cool way
1:13:24
to think about this. Yeah. So in John two, John,
1:13:29
the synoptic gospel, chapter two. I don't know
1:13:33
why I had to say synoptic gospel. It says, on
1:13:35
the third day there was a wedding at Cana in
1:13:38
Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus
1:13:41
also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
1:13:44
When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said
1:13:47
to him, they have no wine. And Jesus said to
1:13:49
her, woman, what does this have to do with me?
1:13:53
My hour has not yet come. His mother said to
1:13:56
the servants, do whatever he tells you. Now,
1:14:01
there were six stone water jars there for the
1:14:04
Jewish rites of purification, each holding 20
1:14:08
or 30 gallons. Jesus said to the servants, fill
1:14:11
the jars with water. So the water was for the
1:14:17
purification rites of the Jews. Jesus says to
1:14:23
the servants, fill the jars with water. So the
1:14:26
wine jars, fill it with the purification water
1:14:29
for the Jews. and they filled them up to the
1:14:31
brim and he said to them, now draw some out and
1:14:34
take it to the master of the feast. So they took
1:14:36
it. When the master of the feast tasted the water,
1:14:39
now had become wine and did not know where it
1:14:42
came from, though the servants who had drawn
1:14:44
the water knew. The master of the feast called
1:14:46
the bridegroom and said to him, everyone serves
1:14:49
the the good wine first, and when people have
1:14:52
drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have
1:14:54
kept the good wine until now. This is the first
1:14:57
of his signs. Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and
1:15:02
manifested his glory and his disciples believed
1:15:05
in him. He was not the first wine, he was the
1:15:09
second. He wasn't the first Adam, he was the
1:15:15
second. And what was the water? It was purification
1:15:19
water meant to purify the Jewish rights. And
1:15:24
he took that water and turned it into wine, the
1:15:27
better wine for the wedding ceremony. And what
1:15:33
do the Pharisees say to Jesus? They say, hey,
1:15:39
how come your disciples don't fast? and pray
1:15:45
and fast and withhold from drink the way that
1:15:51
John the Baptist do. How come they don't do that?
1:15:55
And Jesus' response is, well if the groom's at
1:15:58
the party, it's time to drink wine. Yeah. So
1:16:05
he's like, I don't think you understand who I
1:16:08
am. You haven't figured it out yet. I'm kind
1:16:10
of a big deal. The groom's here, we drink. We
1:16:15
have the best wine. We partake in that because
1:16:19
we're celebrating right now because I'm here.
1:16:22
Once I leave, then you can fast. While I'm here,
1:16:27
we're celebrating. I like that. That's cool.
1:16:30
Because it's the second Adam's first arrival.
1:16:36
And then he will one day come back in glory.
1:16:42
That's cool. And that's his first miracle. I
1:16:43
like that. That's the first way, and then it
1:16:46
says, and his disciples believed in him. But
1:16:49
that also happened where? It happened at Cana
1:16:52
in Galilee, which is a pretty important spot.
1:16:57
That's important. The land of Canaan. The Sea
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of Galilee. I think we know. You know. So what
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did Jesus even do while he was on the earth?
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He took it back. Three, two, one.