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It's all fair game 866-34-TRUTH and we start over in Salt Lake City with Russ. Welcome to the line of fire. Good morning, Dr. Brown.

Hey hundred all air on in the book the in the early last line of chapter 19 on the bird God Moses, that one up yet God spoke to him and said go down he went down in the amount of the next is first truck on him.

Then God spoke all these words gave the 10 Commandments now in local churches November 10 at the.gave Moses the 10 Commandments and then giving the people, but according to this, according to the Bible that the gods go directly to the people.

So my question is did he speak directly to people or to Moses all hang up and left him on the radio yet so I thanks thanks for the questions. Russ yeah it's it's easily resolved sooner, God spoke to the people. Jewish tradition says he only spoke the first few Commandments and the people said stop and we can hear but clearly the Texas God spoke all these words because the people.

Later in chapter 20 think we have Diane and Asa Moses you speak and so thereafter God speaks to Moses. Moses speaks to the people right so for example, Exodus 21 to 24 recycle book of the covenant which deals with various laws about slavery and other things like that. God speaks to Moses.

Moses recent to the people they say amen will do whatever he says.

Then Moses goes on Mount Sinai gets everything else but but the reason that we see God gave the 10 commitments to Moses, and Moses gave to the peoples when Moses came down from Mount Sinai. God had written on stone the 10 Commandments and Moses brought those down to the people when he saw the rebellion he smashed the stones and anger.

Then when he went back to Mount Sinai subsequent time God wrote them out again so they had those physical 10 Commandments that were in the first Ark of the covenant that were were part of the, the sacred vessels and material in the holiest place of all and then lost and in captivity, but in any case. In any case, God spoke to the people. Then God wrote them on tablets for Moses. Moses brought them down and gave them to the people. That's what you've heard, Moses gave it but God spoke right let us go to Devon in Hawaii. Welcome to the line of fire. Or if you're surfing the sunlight that we need to get out of the wind, so we can hear you you there.

Yes, I can come about, what your book my question today is regarding they are chapter 14 to 3. How about Orthodox Jew used as an alternative way to state a habit of our interview on that yes so that's that's based on the serious mistranslation misinterpretation of the text so to help everyone understand this, we would say to a traditional Jewish person look you don't have any temple you don't have a sacrificial system you don't have sacrifices and offerings. On the day of atonement you don't have blood without blood there is no atonement. God has replace that with something greater. The blood of the Messiah, who died for our sins.

Traditional Jew would say God gave us other means of atonement, and when we don't have blood sacrifices we offer up our prayers and they go to Hosea 14 so I'm gonna read it to you first from the ESV so this is an evangelical Christian translation. Hosea 14 one return, O Israel to the Lord your God, you have stumble because of your iniquity. Take with you words and return to the Lord and say to him. Take away all iniquity, except what is good and we will pay with bowls the valves of our lips that would be a valid way of translating the text. So the Hebrew is not saying we will replace with bowls we will replace bowls with the vows of our lips. The Lord's prayer takes the place of sacrifice whose is not saying that number one. Hosea lived in the days when the temple was standing even though he was in northern Israel and Israelite could go to Jerusalem if they want to they could go from north to south to Jerusalem if they want to so nothing was stopping them from having access to the temple and annual sacrifices were being offered day of atonement. Lots of the sacrifices were going on. You know the counter missionaries would say well this is a time when there were northern Israel native access to Jerusalem, they did this and say no no no. Hosea wrote this. The temple was standing, but this is written for the future and the way some traditional Jewish undertreated translations would take this it is that we will replace bowls instead with the vows of our lips, but it's deafly not with the Hebrew says the ESV does a good job of understanding it. Take away all iniquity, except what is good and we will pay with bowls the valves of our lips and then I want to go to a a respected Jewish translation. The new Jewish version. Take words with you and return to the Lord say to him, forgive org forgive our guilt and accept what is good instead of bowls, we will pay the offering of our lips and it has those words, the offering of in in italics because it's not in the original text there trying to add something in to make sense of it and they would say that the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain now we go one step further, you could argue that the ancient Greek translation of the Septuagint. This is a Jewish translation couple hundred years before the time of Jesus with the Septuagint actually read this correctly and I don't want to get into the grammar it would make sense to folks you don't know Hebrew grammar, but just with a slight change of how we read this incident, you end up saying what we will render in return, the fruit of our lips. The Hebrew word for both this power ream. The Hebrew word for fruit is Paris.

If you separate that that M that ma'am and put it at the beginning of the next word you end up with fruit from our lips. Notice Hebrews 13 quotes it as fruit from our lips so that may actually be with the Hebrew saying it may not even mention bowls at all. But if it mention bowls it saying we will pay with bowls the vows that we make. We will pay blood sacrifices so it absolutely does not teach that prayer takes the place of sacrifice, that is, that is. It's commonly used to say it but it definitely doesn't end. And if you want specific references Devon to where we cover this on video where you can watch it online. We get into this more specifically, where we write about it in our books just shoot us a note out through the website instructor Brown.org to shoot us a note with this contact and and if you want the specific places where we have online references. We can be further my books just let us know that help you answer. You are very welcome.

Yup, 86634 let us go to Neil in Wisconsin.

Welcome to the line of fire. Good afternoon Dr. Brown. God bless you, thank you so much I like your smile I wanted I wanted to ask you something, you're going to be playing in writing about what's happening up and soda correct this or answer. This morning I have.

I don't mean to sound flippant, but I had a God shot for the first time I can watch the tape of your dear man, George lost his life.

Yes, I just saw that and through a messianic Jewish I like mine, you can identify I'm pro law enforcement don't get me wrong, but in that manner was stepping on its neck. I saw a black uniform. If you know what I mean and I looked at the ground and I saw this man was in and I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I and I went back to the shower Last night they had a live stream citizen journalists on the ground five hours and I saw those witless crowd burning, no energy and in my heart went to Kishinev 1903 was the big pogrom is one of many and my heart just swept. I thought what is going on that same spirit of demonic chemo but spirit of Hitler rhythm get the right and I thought to myself what is happening to land.

I know this battle yet from the ground but it's really in the heavenly been fought for millennia. Yeah so Neil obviously does the slumlord unpack in terms of witnessing what you thinking just in the minute I have before the break we we must address the real issues of inequality and injustice and in even if let's just say theoretically this white police officer would've done the same thing to white theoretically I know that's true, you can raise serious questions about Webster, but either way it's terrible injustice. If it happens more regularly to black Americans than it is systemic injustice, but we we must hear the pain and the cry of African-Americans who say acute you're seeing this.

You're catching onto stuff. We dealt with for decades for centuries when you wake up to it. Let's do our best respond righteously of course we understand anger and the expression that the looting that does no good doesn't help anybody and only gets people want to push back against it.

As followers of Jesus here is as a white following Jesus white American like business is understanding justice gospel truth want what is best with this inequality.

Let us fix error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown on Facebook that renders pretty very much and have agreed with you on all issues. I've seen posted by you on Facebook. Amazing, wonderful, so glad to hear that good that we can be a voice for you. 866-34-TRUTH you get questions we got answers. Let us stay on the situation in Minnesota for a moment let's go to Monique in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Welcome to the line of fire.

I don't think many people can avoid it, but a lot of people do. My question was three like statement if that what can be used from the Scripture any direct picture meaning first. We all need to look for and what you can cut what the Scripture and that based on a lot of black Christian white. I think the main thing that we have to be on deal with it.

Get help at all. I have court, but some white you know we have to. Are we looking at it as equal. People that are equal like that. Are we looking at it like for what they are about to care about another part of the heart before you can write with you that one yeah absolutely so so Monique in terms of the killing George Floyd in Minnesota and the national pro that's that's followed again I've ever wanted to say about this. On the positive right on the positive side dear dear been immediate major statements from from the president saying we need to look into this immediately from the mayor from the governor of mayor of Minneapolis is it think and then the, the governor of Minnesota speaking up, and even say look, whether systemic injustice. We have to address so it's a little larger issues involved. Thank God for it.

For the many many good police officers out there and and the police officers who risk their lives and to put themselves in harms way to enforce the law. Thankfully, one of my sons-in-law is is a police chaplain. One of my uncles was growing up as a New York City policeman. I spoke many years past the gatherings for cops for Christ. So I appreciate that the officers and those working to enforce the law and we understand that that for every bad Apple.

There are many good apples so only be clear when I say that the appreciative but we need to look at larger issues for sure and how we operate as a country and things in our history that may been set up a certain way that never got right. It would need to do that and and how we do it scripturally was believers.

Remember the prayer of Jesus in John 17 that we would be one in the call throughout the New Testament to be one to be unified and to love our neighbor as ourselves that we start there and therefore my brother's pain is my pain my sisters pain is my pain that I can't just look at something from a distance. That's one thing we look at the many many passages in the Old Testament say in Amos five. No famously quoted by Dr. King about justice pursuing justice and in Jesus emphasizing themes of of justice, mercy and faithfulness of this.

This should be important to us in simple Matthew 20 through these rebuking religious hypocrites. So we emphasize those themes so oneness and the Lord loving our neighbor as ourselves. Justice those things we would be very very important unequal weights and measures being an abomination to the Lord so that we want to see quality want to see things enforce them and in an equitable way and and those it just displaces the start.

If we start there will listen to each other learn from each other better listen during daily talk radio now for over 12 years is been a great learning experience for me and it's greatly help me.

I remember one black brother calling and one day went to a largely white church and he said what grieved him was there that another trauma like this, and something that black Americans felt across the country and I forget which specific situation was. But sadly there there been many and he said what grieved him was even expect the church to make this the big focus in the big emphasis in the ESA, but there was not a mention of it at all in the service for prayer at any just how how can we be suffering like this and you be so indifferent to it now to be thoroughly honest with you, as always them in my mind when I think about myself. I fight first and foremost a mythology sets identified and having trouble outside America 200 trips and spent humans of years of my life overseas. Some of the cultures I this is universal family were part of.

So I first and foremost identify as a follower of Jesus and then secondly is a male and and then thirdly, as a Jewish male follower of Jesus, then, fourthly, is a white, and fifthly, as an American, but in other words it in my consciousness. Whiteness is not like this. This hi singer this and in fact that I think of myself and these other categories. Before that, and in yet I recognize that even if I don't have a racist bias poem about absolute product of my environment not bring suck other learn from as you listen to others and desensitize will have to will have to and then slips together make a difference.

So, so that our kids and grandkids can grow up in a in a in a better place. 866-34-TRUTH all right.

Let us go to Todd, our friend Todd in Cedar Grove, North Carolina.

Welcome to the want of fire by Dr. Brown. My question is coming from Isaiah chapter 13 verses 19 through the end of the chapter speak about the destruction of Babylon like LaserDisc specifically about verse 21.

If the translation favors between the King James version and the deed King James version of the first failed and satyrs shall dance their and better than in the King James a bit of the other one if they have a wild goats shall taper dire and obscure is which of those two was correct, or is there a better translation yes so the caper versus dance that's just the same thing basically. So the question is is is it wild goats or is it satyrs so that Satan beings demonic kind of creature. The it either way as possible and if you look just so's a set here and he received a ream here that can be a wild goats, but it can also be a word for demonic kind of creature. So interestingly of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation couple hundred years before the time of Jesus. It translates with demons, so it demons will will dance their the new Jewish publication Society.

Translation translates with satyrs and I'm just looking at the utmost English translations look at ESV NIV C a CSV and NET translate with wild goats but there is a tradition and hand them to see the target and the Aramaic.

How does that read here of that. Okay so the okay yeah she Dean demons so it also. So the oldest Jewish translations understand it to be. Speaking of demonic creatures now elsewhere in Isaiah.

Demonic creatures are mentioned.

So there is a mention later on in Isaiah in the wilderness, places and things like this, but Todd it's it's a matter of debate. Now I'm in a have to make a decision is him working the early stages of a commentary Isaiah which includes a new translation that will be doing so I'll have to make my decision at that time. At the moment which regularly and I'm not sure but either is valid.

Either is valid. It's a matter of of debate 866-34-TRUTH let's go to Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin is not there we go over in Georgia to Lauren, you are on the line of fire. Dr. Brown how are you doing well. Thank you. I am Christ Fellowship Church and Dr. Bell you are here with a couple months ago I really yes and I don't yes I mean I'm thinking your class and we are reading the authority of the believer right now. Okay. Are you familiar with Angelo MacBook not Angela Mike's book, but previous books on the authority of the believer from differently to faith leaders going back to Kenneth Hagan. My question is referring to, and can't really question that she would like to try and you know he meeting Andrew Womack pretty much stating that okay that Lucifer was cast out of had I and he is saying in his book that Lucifer was back to the earth to minister and McCartney enter the garden of Eden to Adam and Eve, but my question would be with what is considered ministry wet with ministry between better compactors to be true. There's not a stitch of evidence for the 100 that is 100% speculation. It's based on Lucifer being cast down would come from Isaiah 14 and that is in judgment.

These Centers in judgment because he exalts himself comprised of Ezekiel 28 is the other passage that speaks of is of of this guardian angel or this cherub being in the garden of God and being glorious the idea that he was that he was the chief minister over worship in in in heaven and that it speaks of musical instruments. The Hebrew almost certainly does not speak of musical instruments there so that's it. That's the traditional view that's been passed on. So the question is asked was Satan before his fall. A glorious angel and was he in God and any rebel acid on this is what you just read to me said to me is 100% without any scriptural funding and I would say raw speculation is there.

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Here again is Dr. Michael Brown is the questions we've got answers so why go back to Lauren in Georgia yes so other question you were wondering about an entry will ask authority of the believer where he talks about Lucifer. Of course, in that comes from the Latin Lucifer, which goes back to the Hebrew Hillel Ben Shahar shining one son of the Dawn, but in any case, did he provide scriptural basis for this idea that that Lucifer was originally in the garden of Eden to minister to Adam and Eve did he give any Scripture for that. There were others no Scripture for zero and I would say is correct what Scripture says there when Jalan God gave me unconditional authority and God only gave him traditional Tory. My other question is at what point did birthday. Okay, I have to return enter and to turn evil and become actual faith and at what point did he turn right so again. That second statement about Satan being jealous of Adam and Eve zero scriptural support for zero the stench that a hint zero is in CERO okay to be totally perfectly clear is not in the Bible. Pure speculation. Now even Adam and Eve having unconditional authority or mankind having unconditional authority will obviously when we sin to disobey God. We we lose things and and and and there are consequences. But in any case, the only real references we have to his fall and come from Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, which is kind of let's go behind the scenes into the spiritual behind the king of Babylon and the king of Tyre and see this happening behind the scenes there and we don't know at what point that happened in other words, when was Satan cast down to earth as Satan. When did he become the adversary was it be before the creation of Adam and Eve, was it was cast down from heaven before the before the earth was was inhabited by those and tell us but everything I read their is 100% speculation. Now look at there may be other great points in the book. You know, but just test everything by Scripture right around you are you are very welcome.

You're very welcome hey look, don't just believe something because you heard from somebody find out where to get that from. I remember as a new believer being astounded by some insights and some leaders has wow I read that I didn't know that you know in this item in the tabernacle stood for this because this number related to that's like wow how do you get to know. That will give reading the Bible over and over and over and cover to cover than really inhibits like there some idea that somebody had they heard from somebody else. Let's test everything by Scripture, and I without equivocation stand behind what I said. The way I said it terms of the dogmatic nature of it. 866-34-TRUTH. Let us go to my goal in Ohio. Thanks for calling the line of fire. Hello Dr. Brown, are you Dr. I am blessed. Thank you for I have a question on the question of returning to how to engage currently with the culture and my question here is, in all my life in all of the Christian your article not to engage with politics. Christians don't do better that you know we sort of talked about or monk back but my question is that you know it all out. I thought coming up. Maybe I was supposed to be a pastor. That's all about I ever saw it all, but you know and but increasingly I love the word of God has never left my life and I are still of theology and all that but increasingly are becoming more center Marcus Musburger my heart that God morsel question report in all doing more things politically, and I guess my concern is on like you know I've been struggling here. It's really difficult at the black conservative what you know of a black person who the Christian with conservative values engage the culture properly and really you know what to do castigated and I'm like, man. I sing like you no harder need to speak out about Elder other individuals that do share the values that are scared to go and there's a lot going on right now and I'm trying to figure out sure I'm at a crossroads. Still, like what do I do it or how to move forward. I have plans to help the community and start an organization that would help low income families in a huge way.

But I'm like okay do I do better to artist Pastor Patricia spent quite a lot of pastors don't really like the other Michael speaking out about it so vital.

Thank you for asking me thank you for for trusting me to be of help to you. Number one, you don't go to pastor or into any area of ministry without a real definite calling. If there are other things you feel you could do equally then you're not called so the seven negative that right this this a negative armor when I was writing my doctoral dissertation and they said you'll you'll know when you come on the right subject and I said how they know this about.

If it doesn't bother you that someone else really wrote on your theme and you have to do some else and that's that your theme efforts appear to devote the time and effort energy to something that's Your baby right well a thousand times more the work of ministry.

It has to be a divine calling.

There has to be divine quipping look I I live in controversy day and night. As you know, and I got hated from every side you be amazed you have to smile or work grimace when you see I get attacked from every angle, but it's no problem because this not my idea was God call me when I'm when I'm under financial pressure with no pain pills or where we going to get money from tip to do this outreach or something. I remind got got us some idea I can come up with is this is your idea so you have to know that your call you after that word that commission so thank God that that you you don't have that because you you have burdens to do other things and and and often that's what hamstrings as we think will be only calling this a calling to preach words in the Bible. I mean I talked about gifts and in Romans 12 real gift of giving or or just you know, encouraging people to veto being kinder talks about gifts of administration and I and I know for sure that there are business people that financially gave to our ministry teetimes are to our school that have just as much reward in heaven for the missionaries we have out in the field as we do, who taught them important to them. I know businessmen who look at the world differently than pastors and ministry leaders that have different mentalities, different ways of doing things and and I don't one of them, a businessman, God burdened about abortion.

God burden for pro-life issues and he's now pioneered work that is now being replicated in other cities and states and it's multiplying.

It's amazing that he came at it.

The business mentality sold what I would do if I were you, is give yourself to what's in front of you with passion discography about justice does God care about, therefore, does God care about quality discussed. These are all big issues to God through the whole Bible right so how how much more does does God want to give you expressionless and look as you say there other people in the black community that have lighter convictions about conservative values but you don't speak up or maybe just feel that the owner with a can of her voters, Democrat, etc. and obviously neither party is gonna fix America right it has to be the church correct answer exactly but if you say hey a look on the coming she was Republican or Democrat, I'm come to Xarelto.

Jesus generally what you find to do.

Start with whatever initiative there's there and then as you do with either you get the ship in motion. The next step will be clearer. The next step, but I honestly believe Michael just feel in my heart is with speaking. As you lean into this, you'll feel wind behind them where you don't you start back when you when you feel that go with it and and this is how we change the world for good.

All right. God is so much talk bro you are you are very welcome sir and and you know, let me just say this this womanist thing again, thank you for the call and yeah I I'm in the field of God's affirmation of Michelson hate you go for, but they did. We don't get involved in politics.

We don't get political meaning that that we don't just go on with the polls say the week about what God says in his word says and will get political meaning. Okay, I'll scratch your back if you scratch my back and you'll make deals with the good old boys no records were involved in the political system not be reliving this what you pay taxes involvement political system. Your helping finance it right and we should vote take out the options we have here. But let's break this down your kid comes home in first grade he comes home crying from school because of the early aspects of the sex ed curricular again. I constricted it and now he's taught certain things is like mommy. There is a picture of two boys kissing in my teacher said that's a good thing is is in the Pocono Prince and print King and King and mommy gets upset to say you know you love and can bless a kid all that reaffirm mommies and daddies.

They go talk to your your school superintendent said no. This is approved by the school board for the for the whole county. When I go to school board. Many russet stackers at a single person with Christian values on school board. I think I can. That's politics involved in politics, but you're getting a ball for righteous purposes. 866-34-TRUTH David in New York.

What is the modified diving with your question.

I may have to answer on the other side of the break, but divergence or are you there welcome to stop their yard and go for yet go for a walk to perfect monitoring.

I really do look up. I think that and got blood all the work that you do.

I've been hearing on the Internet. 80th communities commonly used and if you do a reaction video totally to spelling in the future but whole day at 914 been used by some communities as justification for abortion was wondering what you thought about that. There's no question in the Bible that there is sin that people reap what they sow in in the ancient world and in much the world today. There is nothing more important than having children. Nothing more important for a woman to be able to have children and nurse children. And this is a prayer of judgment.

These people who have been believing us these people who have been killing us. These people been killing our children. May the same thing happened to them. Judgment something bad, something negative is not a positive value. The judgment and called for an people are killing may they suffer the same thing. The others, it's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown this is David just to chapter document judgment from God futures Israel because of his real sin because of his return away from the Lord because of his prostitution to other gods and what Israel would do would be sacrifice children to idols and other gods read about that in Jeremiah 1 of the reasons that God brought down the kingdom of Judah was they were sacrificing babies to the gods. God said oh yeah you do that judgments can come on you so so they would like this when God brought judgment a foreign nation would come in a besieged city and and and people would starve to death in that city and soldiers would commitment butcher people. This was judgment because of sin are those things look at is positive or good, or therefore we we should we should celebrate starvation and we should encourage slaughtering people know it's judgment. So yes, God brings judgment.

Look, there is a difference between someone breaks into your home is about to rape and kill your family and and passing police officer sees it and shoots and kills that guy. So that was a good saying that he did that saved your family versus someone just walks at your house and shoots you was cold-blooded murder. The other is saving lives.

God brings judgment and the judgment is often severe right that is totally different in the severe judgment is merited is righteous solely different than just choosing the color baby in the womb for convenience or other reasons totally different.

Hey, thank you for the call.

All right, let's go to Justin in Fort Worth, Texas.

Thanks. Recall in the line of fire. A dark brown. I have a question about the name Yahweh in the Old Testament but I just got a copy of the tree of life version of the Bible you and I had originally at the top but getting it. I can email to some representative there. No person that I could talk to and I asked if in the Old Testament. Yahweh was written out or you evened the four letter and the response that she gave what we do not think give utterance unspeakable name of God, no Confederate but added and I would I got it anyway and it really I love reading it and reading at night, but the but I know that a common messianic Jewish thing I mean, as they Gentile turn Christian. I have no problem paying the name Yahweh and I just wonder know know know this is not at any time. Justin suits a couple things. One is there is debate about the pronunciation. I I am, but I believe you can make a very strong case for Yahweh but you cannot be absolutely dogmatic about it. You can make strong cases against other pronunciations, but you could say because were not 100% sure we don't use the name rather we referred to him as Lord recently that that's totally valid right of the other thing is that because this is a Bible that is made for Jewish people don't believe in Jesus as well as for believers. We don't want to offend Jewish sensitivities because of which we say all deny Lord which would be the way traditional Jew would would say when they see the divine.

Then they would say all deny Lord so that would be another valid reason for doing it. We want this Bible to be a Bible that reaches the Jewish community that doesn't yet believe so rather than offending sensibilities.

We put it the way someone else with. There are some who believe that we should not other. The name on that one of them. I I believe it's perfectly fine to to audit causing missiles we do with respect same with the name of Jesus utter his name started with redneck. There are some unique messianic yeah yeah that that that some of them just out of their own convictions.

Some of them and of identification with their people are their own background of look you have to be very careful. I have seen Jewish believers become sensitive to things in their history and heritage that are excellent and wonderful. I've seen others that become sensitive to things that I think are not helpful. So on the scriptural level.

I have zero problem with speaking God's name again, but simply do it. With reference in terms of it. If I'm if I am doing outreach if I'm writing books and do my best in these books to communicate to Jewish people, especially traditional people.

I will absolutely not say Yahweh or something like that. I would say of the Lord are all deny or or etc. also, it all depends on the purpose, but yes, some messianic Jews would adopt that your sensitivity. That's why a traditional view does not even write out GLD God or LORD Lord, they have a space G – DL – OID you'll even see that someone will write rather than writing out Elohim in Hebrew the misspell of the scholar Elohim differently so that you don't actually say. Although use of combinations other sham for for all deny, and Hashem, but just an idle. I don't share that conviction is perfectly fine to say his name, but again in a Bible like this in the Bible. It's gonna reach a wide range of Jewish people using Adonai was it was a great choice. Thank you. You are very welcome.

866-34-TRUTH let us go to James on Long Island. Welcome to the line of fire. Hey you got back to work with Michael you very well, I have an original research, but I haven't confirm that you got started get it.

About regarding sword yeah got it. Hey James, I don't know how you I'm on the how you did it you snuck through and got back on on pretty quickly.

But that's that's that's right will let you stay with your question.

Go ahead sir.

My mom, my question is about 2022 young verse starting tonight.

Talk about a token of rigidity on the web looking at it. Good token of virginity guy was a mandatory thing… And must provide to the father was what Dr. case. No note. This was okay that the whole purpose of this is if there is an accusation that the man claims rights of the token of virginity would be of a bloodied cloth from the wedding night, showing that she was a virgin right yet so the father is not the one that's concerned. It is this the husband who makes an accusation that she wasn't a virgin.

But what protects her is here, the tokens of virginity and then that can be then shown. But no, there was not a a a mandatory custom where after the wedding night that the husband without service to the father that with the been the sunshine is virginity. The assumption is that you clean up your work good on the one on top. You realize that you must of been men in our paperwork or contracting of even fixing that father Carol provided in the architect a woman could drink and stoner me.

The father and NNN in the other text is fair that if a woman slept with in the minutes would be sold unless she would not be talk to somebody and that this case rightly so here, so here's what I think you just reading in one too many things okay okay not that it was mandatory. Rather, it was customary. In other words it's assuming it was done, but it is nowhere where it's mandated in the law. Rather, this would indicate it was customary because the father could say hey look. Here's the proof. So I look at it is customary rather than mandatory, and that that should answer that question for you hate James thanks for calling.

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If you can ask your question quickly. We can try to answer before at a time. All right my call be really quick here I was, after I asked her for about 10 years and up something that has been just a frequent issue in our current climate and culture are the folks getting spayed when they're in the restorative shared materials finance loan in order not married yet and shared materials and trying to guide them towards marriage when it can't happen yet or sensitivities working around that when you address this biblically with folks, take them there. Let them know what you time to get married or this is the next step.

How you deal with report living together you force them to separate or do you great. Yeah so I so I'm not an active pastoral ministry, but been involved visit church elder briefly pastor Jennifer year's offices. These are questions that that do come up so it's only coming amidst this all the time can give you policy but a few things if it's people couple. It's been together for a good period of time, so their living as if they're married, they just never got married. Now they get saved they realize that they they should be married to this. There's no big deal in terms of we compatible as an Army think they live like a married couple. For years we had that in one case a couple with children of some of our students share the gospel with them.

They came to faith so we set a date few weeks out, and they separated sexually until until then.

So just to honor the Lord even though they do know slept together for years before that to honor the Lord. They separated and then when they did their their marriage, then they became active in the store in the same house, but they do separated sexually if it's a situation where the thing is clear that they're not ready to marriage gonna take time, then you have to work with them practically located's get you moved out what you can stay with us for this something short-term versus should be married then go ahead and do it otherwise. Plan to simply pay for question short answer may trigger the website asked her to Brown with plenty of great resources waiting for you