Searching the Scriptures with Watchman Alexander
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe hour is late and there's no time to waste; now is when we prepare for the return of the king. Join me, the prophecy buff who tackles the tough stuff, for deep Bible study from an independent, Hebraic perspective. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchmanalexander/support
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Searching the Scriptures #4: Rapture Madness
August 04, 2017 23:35 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBCan we talk about the damning lack of verses supporting the pre-Tribulation Rapture theory? It's rather absurd, really, that so many of us have fallen for this Dispensationalist invention that can only be supported by supposed types and shadows because it can't offer even a single direct verse as evidence. Pastor Douglas Hamp joins me as my first guest on StS, and he drops some valuable insights into what the Bible does and doesn't say about the Rapture. A post-Trib convert from the pre-Tri...
Searching the Scriptures #3: How to Not Interpret the Bible Like a Dummy
August 02, 2017 16:12 - 1 hour - 60 MBYou don't want to be one of *those* people, do you? You know, the ones who collect heresies like they were beanie babies because they make the Bible say what they want it to. To coin a phrase from Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, "It's the hermenuetic, Dummy." Okay, maybe I tweaked that quote, but just as the economy was the big issue that needed to be addressed by the incumbent in '92, mainstream Christianity's interpretive method is in some ways a major problem that needs to be ...
Searching the Scriptures #2: The 7,000-Year Plan of God
August 02, 2017 15:30 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBOur collective story is not yet very long. The Bible teaches that human history is unfolding along a timeline of only 7,000 years, with the last thousand years comprising the Messianic kingdom to be install upon Yeshua's return. Where are we on that timeline, right now? And how should that affect us? YOU'LL LEARN: The divine nature of cycles of seven What early church members thought of the idea of a Septeon (i.e., eon of 7 divisions) The many passages that teach the Septeon Why the apo...
Searching the Scriptures #1: Unleaven Your Life
August 02, 2017 06:01 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBMmm, that new podcast smell. There's nothing quite like it. This pilot episode begins with a bit about Watchman Alexander, then moves to the topic of Christian "cannibalism" before addressing the issue of leaven as a symbol in the Bible. YOU'LL LEARN: How being qualified in the Kingdom of God is different than in the secular world One of the main ways in which God's flock commits self-sabotage The true meaning of leaven in Scripture and why it matters What the Bible says about knowing ...