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04 06 2025 The Principle of “First Mention” · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sunday, April six,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's Word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series how to Study the Bible, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the principle of first mention. The principle
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  Speaker 2: of first mention. Before we get into that, I'd like
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  Speaker 2: pray and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for giving us this new day, this new
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  Speaker 2: work week, and I'm asking you to please fill us
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  Speaker 2: with your holy spirit. Please teach us the principles of
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  Speaker 2: Bible prophecy and help us not to get lost in
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  Speaker 2: the details, but rather be found by you because of
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  Speaker 2: the detail tales. In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again the principle of first mention. Now the Bible writer,
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  Speaker 2: the lesson writer talks about some things from university, and
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  Speaker 2: I remember working in the university setting for about fifteen years,
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  Speaker 2: and I agree. Most academic programs begin with a general
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  Speaker 2: survey course, often given the number one oh one, and
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  Speaker 2: I would add or one oh five, And basically that
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  Speaker 2: is what govers a broad understanding of the principles of
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  Speaker 2: what we will learn in subsequent courses. Okay. And so
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  Speaker 2: the lesson writer also says, when you read through the
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  Speaker 2: entire Bible, you quickly discover that God also has a
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  Speaker 2: survey course in the book of Genesis, where it introduces
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  Speaker 2: ideas that will be examined in more detail throughout the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the Bible. Generally speaking, the first time a
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  Speaker 2: concept or a symbol is mentioned in the Bible, particularly
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  Speaker 2: if the opening chapters of Genesis, you will discover that
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  Speaker 2: it establishes a general understanding of that concept, which will
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  Speaker 2: help you understand how it's going to be used later.
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  Speaker 2: And so what I did was to come up with
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  Speaker 2: a few examples of this, a few examples of this.
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  Speaker 2: So hopefully you have your Bible's handy, and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to Genesis, chapter two and verse nine. Of course I
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  Speaker 2: started this conversation yesterday, but let's continue, okay. So the
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  Speaker 2: first mention of the tree of life in Genesis chapter
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  Speaker 2: two and verse nine, and out of the ground God
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  Speaker 2: made the Lord God to grow the tree of life
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  Speaker 2: also in the midst of the garden. And what this
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  Speaker 2: establishes is the source of eternal life. Really it's God,
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  Speaker 2: but he has us to eat from that tree to
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  Speaker 2: give us that longevity, God's provision and then access to immortality.
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  Speaker 2: And it's in the center of Eden. Later we see
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  Speaker 2: in Revelation chapter two and verse seven to him that
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  Speaker 2: overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
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  Speaker 2: the eat of the Tree of life. Of course, now
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  Speaker 2: this is after humans decided to turn our backs on God,
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  Speaker 2: to sin and to hide in the bushes and to
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  Speaker 2: be naked and hide ourselves, and God having to now
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  Speaker 2: implement the plan of salvation so we can be saved
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  Speaker 2: and God will restore at the appropriate time our access
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  Speaker 2: what to the Tree of life, just like we see
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  Speaker 2: in the Garden of Eden. Number two, we have another
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  Speaker 2: mention of the serpent in Genesis chapter three and verse one.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, now the serpent was more subtle than
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  Speaker 2: any beast of the field which the Lord God had made,
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  Speaker 2: And he said unto the woman. So this establishes and
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  Speaker 2: I'm pausing right there, this establishes deception. So we know
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  Speaker 2: where the source of this deception is. We know that
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  Speaker 2: the serpent is the devil. But we'll get back to
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  Speaker 2: that in a moment. Opposition to God subtle working and
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  Speaker 2: the serpent the devil is the enemy of truth. And
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  Speaker 2: we see in Revelation chapter twelve and verse nine, that
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  Speaker 2: old serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the
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  Speaker 2: whole world. You see, so we see him in living color.
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  Speaker 2: In Genesis we see how he moves toward the woman Eve,
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  Speaker 2: and then in Revelation chapter twelve, the church, the people
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  Speaker 2: of God, the same serpent, that devil Satan is a
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  Speaker 2: deceiver of the entire world. In Genesis chapter three and
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  Speaker 2: verse fifteen, we see the seed the seed, I will
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  Speaker 2: put enmity or hostility between thy seed and her seed.
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  Speaker 2: Gods speaking to the serpent, or really the devil about
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  Speaker 2: the hostility he would put between God's people and of
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  Speaker 2: course the devil. This establishes conflict. It's appropriate promise and
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  Speaker 2: the deliverance of God's people. Let's keep going, and the
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  Speaker 2: Bible continues here in Galatians chapter three and verse twenty nine.
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  Speaker 2: They that are in Christ, the people who are Christ's
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  Speaker 2: will be the seed, the seed that is a part
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  Speaker 2: of the beneficiaries. We are the beneficiaries according to promise, okay,
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  Speaker 2: And so of course the Messiah is the key to this.
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  Speaker 2: In Genesis chapter three and verse twenty one, the Bible
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  Speaker 2: reads and Adam also and to his wife, did the
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  Speaker 2: Lord make coats of skins? This gives us the first
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  Speaker 2: mention of sacrifice. Of course, these coats of skins had
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  Speaker 2: to have come from what an animal? The sacrifice? Okay,
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  Speaker 2: covering for sin. Death is required because somebody has to
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  Speaker 2: pay the penalty for sin. Divine provision and substitution. Later
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  Speaker 2: we see in John chapter one and verse twenty nine,
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  Speaker 2: Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sins
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  Speaker 2: of the world. And so these principles show that the
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  Speaker 2: foundation of meanings are given by God. Their basic concepts,
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  Speaker 2: the symbols and the patterns, the frameworks of truth, prophetic keys,
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  Speaker 2: and consistent usage, and these are designed by God. Well,
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  Speaker 2: what are the benefits? God gives us clear understanding? Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I know you're looking for application. I want you to
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  Speaker 2: pick up the application guide at your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're going to run out of time. The
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  Speaker 2: benefits also are consistent interpretation. We don't have to guess
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  Speaker 2: how many times have you been in church? Maybe while
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  Speaker 2: we're even studying these lessons, you know, and people are
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  Speaker 2: making up all kinds of different interpretations, and it's like no, no, no, no, no no,
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  Speaker 2: It's right. In the Bible. There is a biblical foundation.
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  Speaker 2: There is proper context, reliable patterns, safe guidelines, and of
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  Speaker 2: course that equals sound doctrine, sound doctrine. The lesson writer
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  Speaker 2: invites us to read several texts in the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the lesson, from Isaiah chapter forty and verse seven, Malachi
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  Speaker 2: three sixteen, and Hebrews thirteen and verse eight. Let me
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  Speaker 2: give you three key principles that come from that reading.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to read those and then come into
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  Speaker 2: the community at your daily portion dot com and let
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  Speaker 2: us know what your findings were. Okay, but here are
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  Speaker 2: three principles that come to my mind. Number one, God's
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  Speaker 2: word is permanent. God's word is permanent. The things that
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  Speaker 2: we see on planet Earth as they are now, they wither,
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  Speaker 2: they go away. But God's words stands firm. It's always
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  Speaker 2: and eternally valid. It's a reliable God's word is a
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  Speaker 2: reliable foundation and an enduring message. It is not a
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  Speaker 2: Kindergarten view. It is not something that we read just
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  Speaker 2: to get started. It is permanent. Number two, God's character
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  Speaker 2: is consistent, and then Christ's nature is consistent. So we
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  Speaker 2: want to be clear while we are looking at the
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  Speaker 2: Book of Genesis and look for the key principles that
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  Speaker 2: will drive our understanding through Bible prophecy. Take it a
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  Speaker 2: great day, peace, Thanks.
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  Speaker 1: For joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah.