Tag: wilderness
February 14th: Genesis 44 and Matthew 4
February 13th: Genesis 43 and Matthew 3
Led Up Into the Wilderness (Matthew 4)
Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and calls his first disciples.
A Voice In The Wilderness (Matthew 3)
John the Baptist’s ministry provides the setting for the manifestation of Jesus.
The Temptation in Gethsemane
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Matt, Derek, Andrew, and I discuss the temptations of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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Theopolis Podcast: Q&A with Peter Leithart and James Jordan (Circumcision, Leprosy, Goliath)
Peter Leithart, James Jordan, and I answer three questions sent in by listeners: 1. why weren’t the Israelites circumcised in the wilderness? 2. What is the meaning of the second sign of leprosy given to Moses? 3. Is the strong man of Jesus’ teaching to be connected with Goliath?
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The Family of Abraham: Part 11—Sending Out the Bondwoman
In this episode, I discuss the birth of Isaac and the sending out of Hagar and Ishmael.
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Are David’s Five Smooth Stones Related to Christ’s Five Loaves?
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s video on the five stones David picked up when facing Goliath.
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Why Doesn’t Eleazar Die in the Wilderness?
What does the entrance of Aaron’s son Eleazar into the promised land say about the curse upon the generation which rebelled at the edge of the promised land? We see him in Numbers 3, Numbers 4 (apparently as an adult), Numbers 16, in Numbers 19, and we see him taking over Aaron’s office in Numbers 20. Unless another Eleazar is meant, he doesn’t die until Joshua chapter 24. Based on the curse in Numbers 14 “your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward” are we to conclude that Numbers had described Eleazar as assisting with priestly service at some age younger than twenty, or is this an indication that the curse isn’t to be taken literally, and that some men from that generation other than Joshua and Caleb survived?
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