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Dec. 2, 2022
Why We Can Trust our Bible
The biblical accounts of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob come alive when we study them in Israel – the very land in which they occurred. When viewing a 4,000-year-old mud brick gate to a city Abraham was said to have visited, we understand how accurate these stories are. Another indication of the trustworthiness of the biblical accounts is found in their raw honesty. The stories of the patriarchs have not been white washed nor do they try to cover up mistakes or failures. They are true and we can find great encouragement from them.
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Why We Can Trust our Bible (Out of Zion Episode #154)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, hey there, you're joining me today from one of my most favorite places in all of Israel.
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I'm standing here in front of a 4,000-year-old mud gate that we believe our Father Abraham
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may have walked right up those steps and through that gate.
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It's a 4,000-year-old gate.
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What a perfect place to talk about our story today from this week's Torah reading.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little inspiration
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and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
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You know, this week we are reading in Genesis 28, verse 10, through chapter 32, verse 3.
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It's called Vayetse, and it's about Jacob being sent or leaving to go to Patomorom to find a wife.
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You know, his father had done the same thing.
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He went back to Abraham's homeland to find a wife amongst the relatives there.
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And so Jacob goes to find a wife amongst the relatives, and he meets his uncle, Laban.
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And Laban has a beautiful daughter named Rachel, who he falls in love with, and he works seven years for her.
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And then when he marries her, he has the rough discovery the next morning that Laban has tricked him
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and has actually married the older daughter off to Jacob.
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So Jacob then does eventually marry Rachel as well and works another seven years for her.
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We've heard this story many times, and I'm telling the story here because we know that Jacob would have gone
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right through probably this area to continue going on north to Patomorom.
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Now, it may not cross right here, but it's just such a perfect setting.
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And as I said in the beginning, it's my favorite place.
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You know, coming here to Israel is when our Bible and these stories just comes alive because we realize these aren't just mythology.
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These aren't just spiritual stories to give us a moral lesson.
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This is history. These are stories that actually took place.
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And through archaeology today, we're discovering all of these ancient sites that we read about in the Bible.
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Now, I wish I'd been here a few weeks ago. I would have talked about Abraham from here.
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It's when Abraham was going after his nephew Lot, who had been kidnapped and taken beyond Damascus,
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that Abraham came through here and it says he came to this city.
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And so that's when we feel so confident he probably entered the city and spent the night.
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And then the next day pursued all the way north of Damascus where he was able to retrieve Lot.
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Isn't that amazing that we're able to see the very stones and the very places where these stories took place?
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That's why I encourage you to begin saving your money now so that you can come to Israel next year
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and experience your Bible come to life.
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Another thing that I find so encouraging that to know how true and accurate the Bible is in its honesty.
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These stories about Jacob and his trickery and all, they don't leave anything out.
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They don't whitewash it. It is raw honesty showing the shortfallings of the people.
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So these are just two reasons why we can know that our Bible is true. It is accurate and we can base our lives on it.
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And with that, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, hey there, you're joining me today from one of my most favorite places in all of Israel.
2
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:14,000
I'm standing here in front of a 4,000-year-old mud gate that we believe our Father Abraham
3
00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000
may have walked right up those steps and through that gate.
4
00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000
It's a 4,000-year-old gate.
5
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,000
What a perfect place to talk about our story today from this week's Torah reading.
6
00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:31,000
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little inspiration
7
00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000
and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
8
00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:43,000
You know, this week we are reading in Genesis 28, verse 10, through chapter 32, verse 3.
9
00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:52,000
It's called Vayetse, and it's about Jacob being sent or leaving to go to Patomorom to find a wife.
10
00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000
You know, his father had done the same thing.
11
00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000
He went back to Abraham's homeland to find a wife amongst the relatives there.
12
00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:06,000
And so Jacob goes to find a wife amongst the relatives, and he meets his uncle, Laban.
13
00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,000
And Laban has a beautiful daughter named Rachel, who he falls in love with, and he works seven years for her.
14
00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:19,000
And then when he marries her, he has the rough discovery the next morning that Laban has tricked him
15
00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,000
and has actually married the older daughter off to Jacob.
16
00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,000
So Jacob then does eventually marry Rachel as well and works another seven years for her.
17
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:39,000
We've heard this story many times, and I'm telling the story here because we know that Jacob would have gone
18
00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:46,000
right through probably this area to continue going on north to Patomorom.
19
00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000
Now, it may not cross right here, but it's just such a perfect setting.
20
00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,000
And as I said in the beginning, it's my favorite place.
21
00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:03,000
You know, coming here to Israel is when our Bible and these stories just comes alive because we realize these aren't just mythology.
22
00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000
These aren't just spiritual stories to give us a moral lesson.
23
00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000
This is history. These are stories that actually took place.
24
00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:18,000
And through archaeology today, we're discovering all of these ancient sites that we read about in the Bible.
25
00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000
Now, I wish I'd been here a few weeks ago. I would have talked about Abraham from here.
26
00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:32,000
It's when Abraham was going after his nephew Lot, who had been kidnapped and taken beyond Damascus,
27
00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000
that Abraham came through here and it says he came to this city.
28
00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:42,000
And so that's when we feel so confident he probably entered the city and spent the night.
29
00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:49,000
And then the next day pursued all the way north of Damascus where he was able to retrieve Lot.
30
00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:57,000
Isn't that amazing that we're able to see the very stones and the very places where these stories took place?
31
00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,000
That's why I encourage you to begin saving your money now so that you can come to Israel next year
32
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000
and experience your Bible come to life.
33
00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:14,000
Another thing that I find so encouraging that to know how true and accurate the Bible is in its honesty.
34
00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:20,000
These stories about Jacob and his trickery and all, they don't leave anything out.
35
00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:27,000
They don't whitewash it. It is raw honesty showing the shortfallings of the people.
36
00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:36,000
So these are just two reasons why we can know that our Bible is true. It is accurate and we can base our lives on it.
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00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:58,000
And with that, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
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