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Dr. Brown Facebook page and start with a question from Anthony with the descriptions of hell in the lake of fire where you think they will be like. In other words, do I picture a literal lake of fire and people literally burning forever and ever. – Is that what I picture other verses talk about weeping and gnashing of teeth. Other verses talk about being cast out into darkness. Other verses talk about being cut off other verses talk about being destroyed.

I understand these images are there to warn us understand these images are there to tell us of the horrific nature of future punishment. I do not believe that each metaphor you know cut the person pieces give him a portion with the hypocrite hypocrites that each metaphor, each description is meant to be taken with physical liberality as much as with clear force of oh my, there is terrible judgment in the future for those who reject God, let me say that these days it's difficult even to talk about the subject often even in church because we we kind of have a turned around the gods your frosts that he has to answer to us and he has to prove to us that he's good in anything he does this make us happy is contrary to the nature of God in minutes. It dangerously wrong doctrine he created us and he has the right look, I am not Calvinist but he has the right to create the whole universe and then the whole universe. If whatever he wants to do. He has the right to do is God.

But we know that everything he does is perfectly good and perfectly just a perfectly right and in harmony with his love and in harmony with his holiness. So here is what I will say about future punishment without debating the nature of without debating exactly what it will look like the future. Punishment according to Scripture, is horrific is irreversible and is of eternal consequence. Even those who believe in a doctrine of annihilation believe that this is of eternal consequence that someone will suffer as their sins deserve and there will be no more will not receive eternal life.

Therefore, the consequences are eternal centerpiece there horrific there irreversible moments to be too late on that data totally out of it or get another chance and of eternal consequence. All right, next question on Facebook. Paul is a believer drinks alcohol regularly can they lose their salvation is God's grace bigger than a weakness dissent are let me shout out as loudly and clearly as I can. Gods grace is bigger and greater than our weakness and God's grace is bigger and greater than arson does that give us a license to sin no does that say will submit civil have no consequence, no does that say that is impossible for us to willingly forfeit our salvation. No what it says is that every one of us even on our best day ever. We fall short of the infinite holiness of God. This illustration RC Sproul is used and he says let's let's have this person over here represents Hitler.

So one of the most wicked human beings that ever lived is as far as we know them and who knows how many were more wicked than Hitler. But in terms of public figures were most wicked human beings who ever lived, and then on the other side over here is Jesus right to get on the far left it on the far right Jesus and then you got someone a lost sinner. Not as bad as Hitler, right next to him compared to Jesus and others first gets Morgan's person and sanctify this person is transformed.

According RC Sproul. He still lie closer to Hitler that he is to Jesus that you could debate that you could debate that it depends how much emphasis you want to put on how deeply Jesus changes you and how much emphasis you want to put on how perfectly holy is compared to how perfectly holy. We are not where my Jewish leader friends Howie Morgan says one Jesus as I and that means you are not yet, so that we understand everything that he is in himself. We are not and that's where we need redemption Savior. That being said, the blood of Jesus avails for us 24 seven.

That being said, God's grace avails for us 24 seven and if you fall short drinking alcohol in and of itself is not a sin elicits a sin for you to drink. II don't drink alcohol abuse and for me to drink but it's not a sin for others drink in moderation, but it certainly sent to get drunk and let's see you get drunk when we can repent. God help me to feel miserable about this. You get drunk again two weeks later.

God I hate this helpmate are you need help and God wants to help you but you are not a drunkard who does this willingly and rejoices and it says hey I love getting drunk and I love getting high. Who cares about God. That's the one that has to question deeply all my what is going on and and am I hardened my heart against God, to the point of no return, but were always going to fall short in God's grace can carry so everyday life. My confidence is in the goodness of God love of God, the grace of God, because of which I seek to please him with all my heart and why fall short uncomfortable cleansing washing and then go on seeking to please him. Okay, next question is from Mike.

Also on Facebook what you think happened in Genesis chapter 6, the fallen angels come dominate with human women, which produce the femur was the line of Seth at the ring with lidocaine theory. I welcome any amendment recommended books resources of the subject as well. Okay Mike week we got you covered here got you covered.

I have done extensive interviews with Dr. Michael Heiser on this that I have a short teaching with the feeling. In short, I do believe it was angels that took on human form and made it with women and some something very ugly in the site of God and brought on the judgment. And yes produced nifty name so simplest thing to do. Go to my website ask Dr. Brown a SKDR Brown.org go there and just typing nifty lame and EPH IL IM nifty lame and you'll see a short teaching I did on it and then type it Heiser HEISER and we've done a couple of interviews and talked about these issues as well.

Again, not taking your calls today, but answering your Facebook questions and your YouTube questions and let's just see here okay let's go to Samuel next hayfield at Bethel church, Bill Johnson, Chuck Perry, Jesus culture the whole Bethel movement on charismatic. I believe FIFO ministry signs, miracles won the spiritual gifting offer today, but if you like the Bethel movement. Some of those at the top represent cares mania really value your opinion. Dr. Brown would appreciate your insight okay Samuel I don't comment on every ministry a person out there is without appropriate for me to do that in terms of of some say what you think about this when this one this one this one as if on the judge of everybody but when it's a group is prominent is Bethel and when the teaching is so well-known around the world.

It is important for me to comment other me say that I preached at Bethel some years ago on a Friday night and Sunday night and consider Chris Valentin and Bill Johnson friends.

Although I maybe spent a total of a couple hours talking with Bill, one of the hours on a radio show here and Chris, I've had a few meals together hung out together but were not in constant contact and some of the grass for ministry school have served in Bethel over the years. So number one I believe that Bill Johnson, Chris Fouts and love the Lord seeking to please him. I reject the idea that there false prophets and false teachers or help out right. Also, I don't believe that Bill Johnson himself puts a big emphasis on the glory cloud or things like that. I believe his emphasis is on people coming to know the love of God coming to genuinely know Jesus and follow him serving and blessing others and seeing feeling come to to the hurting into the sick, so I do believe those things about Bill and about Bethel. If you'll listen to the interview that we did discuss asked Dr. Brown.org in the digital library typing Bill Johnson.

If you do that you can listen to the interview for yourself right raised some of these questions to him and something she said yeah you're my son so that my daughter said this. It was ill spoken brought you we don't believe that we cannot clarify that or no.

That's a practice we don't believe in.

We rejected no people lying on graves of righteous men and women of the past and sucking up the anointing Bill Johnson repudiated that on the air, Chris Johnson, Chris Fouts is repudiated it so whatever accident happened Bethel. They rejected that being said, I don't agree with everything Bethel. I don't so these are brothers. I love and honor them but I don't agree with everything at Bethel. I don't agree with their eschatology. From what I can see it. It seems to be post-millennial, I'm hoping that they have a greater understanding of Israel. The teaching that there is no judgment in this age, and other words that God is not judging cities or nations that all the judgments at the cross and that there be a future day of judgment but no judgment.

I strongly reject that teaching in the idea of God always being a good mood when Bill clarified on the air.

We suggest this is what I believe. I believe that also that God is always good that God's that God is not bad mood. One day I cannot destroy some people today nice and I love every body know he's not schizophrenic he's not moody circle always in a good mood meeting always disposed to do good always disposed to bless kind consistent.

However, Bill agreed with this, we can grieve him.

He can be grieved. God also has anger so that teaching can be misused and misunderstood. So I appreciate the brothers there I believe God is working there and using Bethel to bless and help many. I definitely don't agree with all the theology and that would mean that they wouldn't agree with all of my theology. I believe they have a heart to really help and serve their larger region.

There they give 1/10 of all their income to the local city just to be a blessing to the city of Reading, which now is let a prayer for the massive forest farthest about so many homes in that greater region and I believe Bethel will shine in helping and serving others and I'm sure with a ministry that figure. Some cares mania associated with it's gotta be when you have that many people involved in Bill Johnson taking a laid-back approach and I'm actively correcting certain things with some of criticized him for you have some harassment associated with no question whatsoever, but I believe that leaders want to deal with that when it is their address this as meaning that I'm in a verify every prophecy or revision know that's not if you have an issue with the prophecy revision by all means take it up with the folks there. I'm not there defender about their apologist, so I recognize them as brothers and in the Lord see God use them in significant ways.

I have some issues with some of the doctrine and I'm sure in some French ports. There is cares mania is like that winter.

Join today on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown joining us today on a lot of ground you got questions.answers can encourage it to check out the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of articles and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of videos and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of radio archives are made multiplied thousands of archives thousands of hours of archives available waiting for you at the Esther to run website ask ADR Brown.org. Click on the digital library search away to your hearts content. I am answering questions that have been posted on Facebook and Twitter.

I solicited these on Wednesday so will post new ones. Now I solicit these on Wednesday to answer on today's broadcast. So when it takes more Facebook then switch over to Twitter Gyro ass. Is it true that those who died in similar resurrected have one last chance to accept Christ. Sometime after the rapture. If it is when asked what exactly does this take place. No, sir. Sorry to say is that a stitch of Scripture that supports that fact. Scripture says the opposite. Hebrews 927 explained that as it is appointed to men once to die, and after this the judgment. And it goes on from there.

But the heart of it, it's appointed to men once to die, and after this the judgment.

Lazarus and the rich man die and there's instant separation.

Sorry.

I wish it was true. I wish there's more mercy and another opportunity, another chance for everybody until everybody gets in and it's what you love to see but sorry, not a stitch of Scripture to support that right Joey does a person still have a chance to repent before death.

Despite knowing the truth. Can we judge a person's fate when they went to heaven or hell before they died. While we can certainly judge the fruit of someone's life. If someone has professed faith in Jesus and is clearly been a believer and is brought forth good fruit and character in the lives that they touch in the believer. Scripture says that we fully expect that their testimony is true and that there with the Lord forever.

In the same way if someone is a God marker in the closing words and right before they pass away as I hate you, God, and they pass away.

You can be sure there lost that God knows that they live a few more hours be all the doctors conceded they repent with anyone know okay.ultimately does the failure and will be as far as we know what was lost in the essay now can someone who's rejected the truth their whole life in their last days get saved.

It does happen. It's not the norm. It's unusual was Augustine who said that that we have the thief on the cross, repenting in his last hours that you give us hope.

But you just have one example seal try to make that into a normal expectation.

In other words, if you reject it, reject it, rejected hard your hard hard hard hard know it so hard now but in your life to be very difficult, repent.

But sometimes God where someone Delaware someone Delaware someone that loves them convicts them, wears them down and finally Esther come to the end and they realize this is over the face of eternity. They repent. After quite a few of my friends reliable people Jewish believers in Jesus. In particular we talked about this with quite a few of my friends, their parents, elderly parents came to faith on their deathbed.

I mean, from everything we can tell it was genuine that that is at that point the prayers and pray for decades, decades, decades brought came to realization as his people faced eternity.

Their hearts were softened by God's grace. And he cried out for mercy as for as her friends could tell were genuinely born again all right and plenty of cases where there hasn't happened a sanded all practicing Jews go to heaven before Christ and stop going after he died and was born again. What happened to believers and death before Christ. Sam is the right approach is that everyone who looked to God in faith believe the message that God gave and look to God and faith and walk in obedience is a fruit of the faith that person was saved before the cross or after the cross. In other words, those Jews that rub that remnant that put their trust in God and believe his promises right and then little by little, believe more and more of his promises that they were revealed that one believe God leaves, promises, and sought to walk in obedience as a sign of repentance and faith that was so unjustified by God with Abraham being the example that what about after the cross.

Same thing same thing. So those were looking forward to God's act of redemption, and those that were looking back to God's act of redemption, but either way, looking to God's act of redemption.

It's not like the whole Jewish nation say before Jesus and after Jesus. Nobody save though rather all those who were children of faith were say before and those were children of faith were saved after Esther what happens to believers and death before the time of Jesus there is scriptural debate.

Some say that there is a place they went to call paradise. 16 where they waited.

The final redemption and with the death and resurrection of the Messiah, he descends down to the netherworld and then sends in power and glory, and in doing so brings those with him who had been in paradise. Others believe that it was always the same folks went to heaven and were in the presence of God upon death. In Old Testament times, there is debate about the subject, but you could say that Jesus is that it cleansed the heavens that had been defiled by the sin and rebellion of of the woman became Satan and his other as other angelic colleagues.

This is a subject that is debated all right.

Let's see we go to Joshua was a historical Jewish understanding of the afterlife do they believe in a place of torment for the wicked Joshua, the oldest sources that we have in rabbinic tradition of talk about the perfectly righteous going to be with God upon death. The perfectly wicked going to a place of torment and and never coming out, but that the vast majority people being not told me we could not tell the righteous will go to a place of suffering for period of time and then send. So they go down for prayer time and then they go up the idea in Jewish tradition over the centuries has more or less emphasized the place of Israel in the world to come. The place righteous Gentiles in the world to come, and that there is there is not a focus so much of what happens in the afterlife, but there is very very little concept in Judaism. It is there some the more ancient sources, but there is not a major emphasis in Judaism on eternal suffering eternal punishment, eternal hell.

I've met some ultra-Orthodox rabbis.

The tell me they believe in it that's was can happen to somebody like me for proselytizing tremor when juice Jesus but by and large that's not emphasized in your average Jewish person is walking the streets. The more liberal in their faith and understanding and would not expect that so may be a time of suffering, but that time land and then the person ultimately be in the presence of God set our our friend from a just go back out there we go set our friend from Moscow hate. I know my associate Eagle youth ministry associate answered some of your emails owes to add something to that, but so glad we been a blessing to it in in Russia. We must touch meet my brother so thank you all right Matthew 517 to 19 is a favorite place my secretary and friends look to coach the defendant Sabbath you please comment on what is Jesus brings up at all have as a claim to the whole context does the word law, human law of Moses, is it safe to say the entire most mosaic close to Phil by Jesus dying on the cross. Okay so number one issue is gonna be saying some things that are gonna sound very different, and so he says in Matthew 517 don't think I came to abolish the law of the profits and come to abolish but to fill none. Notice he says the law or the prophets is not just talk about the tour of Moses.

That's part of his talk about some of the whole of the Hebrew Bible even come to abolish but to fulfill. To bring it to its full meaning right now.

How does he bring say the sacrificial system to its full meaning by dying on the cross. Take your scent has been the priesthood, to the full meaning by being a great high priest about calling us to be priests. How does how to see bring that the tabernacle Temple into full meaning that the tabernacles among us, and then makes us into a spiritual temple. How does he take the moral requirements into the foreman he he brings them deeper. It's not just the outward act. It's the condition of the heart. So in this way, he fulfills that the holiday season. Yes.

Now here's the thing. There are certain things that have not yet been fulfilled like that. The fall feast and the feast of trumpets and young people were David Tolman Sukkot tabernacles. Those remain.

Those remain to be fulfilled. So there are still things in the process of being fulfilled by the Messiah, but what he Sabbath he brings to its fullness by bring us into Sabbath rest. Read Matthew 1128 to 30, and keep reading into Matthew 12 all right and and you'll see how it fits come to me. Take my yoke and the nets contrasted with the yoke of Jewish tradition so you cannot argue Matthew 576 Matthew 517 to 19, or 17 to 20 that everyone is called to keep the 70 Sabbath you can say for sure that we find fullness of meaning of Sabbath and Yeshua and and then when Jesus begins laying out the teaching of what it actually means after his initial expectations.

So so that's really when it begins. 517 Nancy 712 now explicates us on the show you what I mean it.

Whoever breaks the least of these commands on the layout. I'm talking about that is how I understand this more. I've written on that volume 4 of answering Jewish objections to Jesus, and EN.

My question is what would have meant anything to the Jews in the Assyrian period of Isaiah's day, meaning Isaiah 1 through 66. If we have one prophet Isaiah wrote the whole book in chapters 40 to 66. Especially for the 55 speaking of Jews in exile, which is over hundred years later coming out of exile so it's very possible in that the way to reconcile a lot of the book of Isaiah's Isaiah received this by revelation, but passed it on to his disciples, and it wasn't released until it was relevant in the Babylonian exile. That is a very very good possibility. Isaiah 8 references Isaiah and the disciples God gave him so you could make a good case for the fact that this was not revealed not released in Isaiah's day because it not would not have been relevant to the people not Isaiah 39 ends with a prophecy of the Babylonian exile. So you see this coming. You see this coming. It is prophesied right.

That's the introduction and unluckily not who I meet discomfort cover my people, says your God speak tenderly to the heart of Jerusalem that the exile is now size is well-being, not the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH dear Jim is Dr. Michael Brown got questions got asked to friends welcome to today's Friday broadcast. I post on Wednesday on Facebook and on Twitter sit on the answered questions on social media on the broadcasting front in early. We just have wall-to-wall calls and I love that I took a bunch of extra calls on Wednesday as well of you that listened know that but I want to answer bunch of social media question. Sometimes it's the only way that you're able to ask me because work schedule, unable to call in. Maybe in another part of the world, and it doesn't work well the calling, so I solicited all the questions on Wednesday on Facebook and Twitter and I'm answering them now so I I know that hate no problem. We have a lot more time to answer questions and days ahead.

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Starting with Dave just a few examples of early church fathers anecdotally suggest in the gift of tongues was still active in their day that are not familiar with any who actually claim to possess the spiritual gifts are knowledged in any of the church fathers claim to speak in tongues.

I don't know that most of them wrote about themselves operating supernaturally as much as they talked about what God was doing is no question they talked about miracles. They talked about demons leaving people.

They talked about prophecy.

They talked about feeling no question about that. Now some and they talked about tongues to a number of them did know some claimant when they talked about tongues adjustment for languages spoken supernaturally not this idea of a language that no one understands that part can be debated, but they certainly spoke about tongues being given supernaturally. They had no clue that these things had ceased in those early centuries when they wrote about this happening in that happening, there's a there's a great series of books, three books by Jeff college or Jeff Oliver Pentecost to the present right Pentecost to the present. It's three volumes so the first one deals with the church fathers in one of the testimonies I love to share with you my favorite is Augustine right so Augustine's route 4th century were most influential church leaders and he did not believe that divine healing apostolic miracles were for his day and what happened was, as he was writing his classic book city of God, as he was writing that they begin to document miraculous healing seats.

He referred to as apostolic type humans maybe had to document them in the two-year period documented 70 healing miraculous, which for the rails II got her go back and look at Scripture and reevaluated his theology and recognize that the gift of healing was for his day as well. Right.

Let's see Arthur is very important that you interview other Jewish Christian believers for many reasons. I don't do a ton of interviews just testimonies. I know hundreds and hundreds and hundreds thousands of messianic Jews.

Hundreds of leaders and we've only done a handful of interviews over the years, but Jan, I'm glad to talk to Jewish Christians for many different perspectives that here's the deal if I talk with say a Roman Catholic Jewish Christian, and we talk about testimony salvation a certain point were probably going to end up time a doctrinal differences don't do that a lot on the heirlooms have a Catholic on another Catholic I discussed doctrinal differences just estimate a focus of mine, but I very happy doing. Sure never been against it just hasn't happened because of circles in which I travel. Brian Jewish question did Jews attend synagogue any day of the week or just on Sabbath sacrifices made daily for various sensor just on Sabbath up. I don't know exactly type. You're talking about, the synagogue was the development that took place after the Babylonian exile and it was a development ultimately sprayed by the Pharisees. A couple hundred years under 50. So years before the time of Jesus that they began to develop these so that Judaism would still be centralized in the temple, but Jews could practice their faith more seriously wherever they live in the synagogue will gathering service. Nothing written in Scripture about it. Some develop a Jewish tradition, but Jesus himself. Of course, participated in it.

You don't have a set rule but prayers were prayed daily in synagogue and study Scripture daily in synagogue was, not just on the Sabbath and sacrifices were not made in synagogue. Of course the remain in the Temple of Jerusalem that was seven days a week that the different days a week. Aside from Sabbath people could bring offerings and then on the Sabbath.

It would just be the priests and Levites offering sacrifices, but sacrifices were offered every day in general, the tell me the perpetual offering that happened, morning and evening all the time that was ongoing and people would bring their sacrifice, especially at certain times of the year. I can describe foreknowledge's holiness stressed to the church today are two distinctly different questions as far as foreknowledge. We understand that God knows things before they happen.

Now the question is how does he know them, the Calvinist would say because he ordained them. He set the ball in motion and he knows exactly how that ball is gonna roll because he set it in motion and he said in specific motion and he set the walls and floor rather than to the roll-on in specific ways so he knows the outcome in advance. That's how God knows from the beginning from the end the sun like my viewpoint that would be the viewpoint of my Calvinist friends, but we both agree. God knows the beginning from the end and he knows exactly who will be saved and will optics. He knows and he knows world history before it happens noticeable.

Now there are others who argue for a moment is him and middle knowledge of philosophical position that I like to get into because it's not a position that I hold to, nor is it one that I can clearly articulate in a way that is satisfactory to everyone involved my view based on Isaiah 5715 in an the concept of God being eternal having a beginning and end.

He inhabits eternity. She created time. He inhabits eternity so I don't see God as stuck to history as it unfolds and asked the white see what happens or he ordains everything so he knows what's going to happen or by setting the ball in motion.

He knows what reactions it's going to get as it goes know I believe he inhabits eternity.

He sees everything and therefore therefore he knows everything before it happens. And yet he sees decisions will make with it the choices that he's given us. He sees decisions we make any knows how those decisions will go so he can tell you whether you will be in heaven or BNL but not because he ordained you to having you go to hell because he already sees the choices we will make and he responds to us as we act not based on while this is gonna be the desired outcome so I American respond here but I will respond here know he response was based on his promises.

Basins were based on's character and he works out everything ultimately according to the plaintiff's goodwill, but foreknowledge is God seeing events is holiness stressed enough in the church today not to my knowledge, not in America. No way, no shape, no man know how what you however, he said no way express very little gifts of legalism being people overhead with the Bible and said you can't do this you can't do that but holiness in general.

No no no no, absolutely not stressed I gonna not read my book on sin, the more for more on that relay joy. Many Jewish sources outside the Old Testament that say the blood sacrifice alone was essential for salvation know and we wouldn't say salvation we say forgiveness, the emphasis on blood sacrifice was forgiveness and atonement. Salvation is a very important Old Testament concept as well.

But salvation is not normally associated with the sacrificial system what's associated with the sacrificial system is the concept of atonement and forgiveness.

Again, all related registered to be specific there.

No, we remember we don't have a lot written Jewish sources from before the time of Jesus and right around the time of Jesus. When we have a decent amount of their limited number and scope.

What we have a mountain of a massive amount a sea of his rabbinic writings after the time of Jesus and the rabbis will argue they go way back.

They go way back before the time of Jesus holy back to Moses course I don't accept that because a nontraditional Jew accept assortments which is one of the reasons I'm not a traditional Jew. That being said, we clarify this right. That being said, here's what I think is important to know there is Talmudic discussion I get into this in volume 2 of my series answering Jewish objections to Jesus.

There is Talmudic discussion that says that the power of the sacrifice is the power of the blood, but others would say but that's only in the context of blood sacrifice. In other words, that that the power of the sacrifice is not the fat is not the limbs is not the hide it's the blood yet. Other forms of atonement right there is a debate among Jewish scholars as to whether these rabbinic sources say there is no atonement in the blood, which is in harmony with Leviticus 1711 and he resigned 22 or other say no, no, they're just about blood sacrifices that that's where the power is in the blood between other means of atonement outside so there is a debate about other Jewish sources from a few centuries after Jesus do they affirm that there is blood atonement, and it's the only means of atonement, or did they say as far as the sacrifices the blood has the power I discuss it again, volume 2, of answering Jewish objections to Jesus right Joseph, please explain the principles of midrash and how to do well. Also, please comment on the oldest midrash by Dr. John David picture. It's a fascinating work and how some of Paul's letters are midrash the first six books of the Old Testament. I'm not familiar with Dr. pictures works on my can do justice here.

I don't know Dr. pictures work at all, but I do not believe based on my knowledge of Paul's letters and base my knowledge of the first six books of the Bible that you can say that his letters are midrash on the first six word books of the Old Testament so the Pentateuch and Joshua, I believe that having read his arguments the same base everything I know about Paul's letters. The first six books and see that Mr. midrash Fisher started with the definition it is.

It is homiletical interpretation of the Scripture is not exegetical is not opening up the verses line by line, word by word and drawing out the meaning is rather using them as a platform as a springboard and then from there taking off with all types of homiletical edifying stories, preaching sermons, things like that.

I you have it widespread in rabbinic literature and you have it in the New Testament where a New Testament writer may take a verse from the Old Testament and use it in a different way and apply it in a different context, but our goal should not be midrash Eric is much as our goal should be to open up the Scriptures exegetical he sold to draw out, read out from what's written in the word and then to preach in a practical way to make application of the work so that they were called to model ancient midrash, but we are called to preach and we are called to teach okay we come back I'm going to answer a bunch more Facebook and twitter questions. Thanks so much for joining us here on Minnesota is wonderful as the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown why I love answering your questions. Thanks for posting request. I apologize in advance for not being able to get all of them but I try my hardest know. Every time we do calls. There was people I can't get to Outlook on the screen at just the I wish I could answer your question so thank you give me the joy of answering and hopefully getting your getting joy as we answer your questions with time does fly. Does it not back to twitter which remake of the social justice movement, how should we respond first. Don't throw the whole thing out. In other words, social justice is good in this generation, especially the younger generation really has a passion for justice passion for equality but it's often misguided.

It's often based on this information, it's often based on exaggerated presentations. It's often based on turning people into victims were not. It's often based on attacking those in a majority as if all of them are evil so it's a flawed movement, S.

J. W. Social justice warrior, the intentions may be good and what we wanted to say amen to Ament your heart for justice. We hate injustice. We hate oppression.

We we hate things that are ugly and and contrary to justice. But let's talk about justice. Let's talk about what's best and ultimately what we want to demonstrate is God's ways are best in God is the ultimate liberator the one who brings justice okay assignment Leviticus 22 here. There are so many laws related to cleanliness is God really concerned about our external claim in this village uses the New Testament was not bothered about his disciples. It was almost Hansen why did God show discrimination against the disabled in verse €21 onto something there. Simon, the cleanliness is not the big issue. It's without blemish. This is qualifications of priests as you read it. Certain handicaps disqualify someone's hunchbacked disqualify some of with crushed testicles is qualified, you say that seems unfair or does. But God was conveying a lesson through this about holiness, but purity about separation. God was conveying something to us that not living like this today because it's not earthly priests in an earthly sanctuary that were looking for but those serving in a heavenly sanctuary by the spirit those serving in the sanctuary of the body of the Messiah worshiping the king.

We hate each as living stones in his temple. So it is something we apply now we learn from it, we we understand every word, every jot and tittle of terrace import. We now make application from it in our own lives and say, yes, yes, that was a lesson cleanse yourselves. Second Corinthians 71 having these promises that God will dwell in our midst will be your father will be sons and daughters started with the next rotation to to separate from the that the unclean Sigg printing 614 271 was a safe, having therefore these promises of the beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God to that's our calling and in Jesus cares deeply about this and he never despise those things he cares deeply what he teaches is what really matters really defiles that which we eat, although he himself kept a kosher life according to the Bible as disciples did that. Is that what you eat or what you eat with unwashed hands was a later Jewish tradition if you eat with unwashed hands. Okay, so what then happens is that they'll defile the food you eat. The food maybe your free default. No, because you look at the filed by that because you don't get morally or spiritually defiled something physically unclean. If if you stepped in mind and you sure got dirty. That doesn't spiritually defiled, he would spiritually defiled used to is to give your heart to lost her degree your anger and unbelief in that's what defiles us right so we learn we learn from these passages about the holiness of God and what he requires of his people. David, how is the snake able to speak to Eve in the garden was indwelt by Satan speaking supernaturally. We take this literally or metaphorically great. Quite out all the sum of love by the way, thank you, thank you, not just for posting questions were for posting great questions on Facebook and twitter really thank so number one this on a natural explanation right. We know that the stake did not ever in its in its history that we can trace have vocal cords that could produce human speech so either. It was Satan speaking to the suit, this the snake supernaturally or the snake was given ability by God supernaturally to speak either just be like my thumbs speaking you know your niece speaking and Satan works through the snake or it's meant to be understood metaphorically. Now either way. The lesson is 100% the same that Satan deceived Eve second Corinthians 11 that that he seduced Eve he deceived her.

Then Adam with his eyes wide open, then rebels and does what is taught not to do. Hence the fall so the lesson is exactly the same. If there are metaphorical images in Genesis 3, that's fine. But the Bible continues to teach speak about the serpent so could've there been a spiritual being posing as a stake him he could read all kinds of things. The most natural simple meaning is that snake was very shrewd and it was speaking but we understand that's the stake is a symbol of Satan that he is the serpent elsewhere in Scripture. Genesis 315 is applied in Romans 1620, that that God of all peace will crush Satan under your feet.

Snake will be under our feet. Genesis 315 so what's more important is not that the snake literally be not smart, shrewd being indwelt by Satan. Satan, represented by the snake and and and yes the snake made with a certain kindness and craftiness by God or shrewdness I should say and then snake therefore using Satan. Therefore, using the stake they can be literal if we metaphorical the meaning overall is the same as literal that had to be something miraculous right. Let's see if Jesus is omniscient. Why did he not know when he be returning back. He slept in the if he is all-powerful, why need to sleep is all-powerful, why need to eat and drink Christmas fully human, fully human, so he didn't know everything by his own choice, but his own choice here. Learn to speak, by his own choice and learn to walk his own choice incarnating is as a baby it wasn't faking being a baby, mom mom him his first Hebrew words wasn't faking that this thing is over. I can speak a 9 million languages that I was going that he wasn't faking it. It wasn't thinking alike. I could sprint around the world without taking a breath, but instead I'm making believe I have to crawl know he was fully human and fully God so in his humanity. He didn't know everything had to be revealed to him by the spirit.

That's why he didn't know before he had died and resurrected. No one is returning as he was still in the flesh. Now he sees not he is in glorious form glorified body and therefore knows everything. Mr. Brown. I read from the 611 King James version of the Bible and noticed with a very first person you can James Estates have instead of having estate in the King James is nuking James misleading thoughts please Joshua, I don't think your reading from the original 1611 King James. If you were so much of the language would would be spelling different, and some of it even unintelligible to see your reading from a revision of that at some point so great. She probably messaged my avatar, it's Genesis 11 in the beginning God creates the heavens and the earth show mime is dual inform is neither singular or plural reason for that is debated but either translations but does mean having is like you go to heaven but heaven is meaning the rest of the universe that have ends heaven leads the earth, so translate heavens's is perfectly legit.

If you say having is a similar way, speaking of the whole is perfectly to just two different ways of saying the same thing. Okay, let's go down to the next one. Stephen what's your favorite Christmas.

I said any question can be asked on notice that British spelling there because in England you refer like potato chips and things like that is Christmas I delete any yet don't need any of them.

What I did what I enjoy.

This is basic lace potato chip or Fritos but I haven't eaten anything that like four years now.

All right, let's see. The author responded to that already.

Yvette, when leaders sermons are about utilizing the gifts and talents local congregation, but then don't use them especially prophetic.

The opposite of what Scripture says to do okay. I'm not sure if I got the question clearly, the word encourages us to seek God for spiritual gifts and to use them to his glory and to edify others. James what happened to the people that were raised from the dead in Jerusalem they die again or go up with Jesus. You know the Bible doesn't tell us.

Matthew is the only one who records that at the end of his gospel that when Jesus died a great earthquake and different things happen in the veil of the temple being rented to an end. Many holy ones, the past getting up and walk around. Obviously it's a prophetic foretaste of what's gonna happen if a Sgt. like zombies and they got we don't know. Did they then disappeared it with a rapture drop with with with Jesus or before him.

They certainly didn't go to heaven together with him is not attested 500. So Jesus said did they disappear. God is to come home that they walked back to their graves and get back out in it's odd is that, but it's clear this is a foretaste that with the death of the Messiah, the prices paid a foretaste of the future resurrection of the dead, but we know nothing beyond what's written there. Matthew nothing. Hey listen friends if we been a blessing to what you pray for me were on the front lines. Our team is going forward sacrificially with joy to touch as many people will have a greater impact which you prayed is that the words we speak will be even more full of God's spirit. God's truth impact normalized pray that God would amplify our voice so together we can really make a difference if you can help with a one-time gift of any kind, a size that would really be a blessing to, especially during the summer months to asked Dr. Brown a SK DR Brown.org. Click on donate. Thank you so much for standing with us.

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