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In this week’s episode, we move forward in our discussion through the “Silent Years”. As we look through the Jewish responses to Hellenism, we come to the Zealots. As we have done in the last few episodes, we will look at who they are, where they predominantly live, and what their worldview.

In this episode, we continue our talk through the five main Jewish reactions to Hellenism during the Silent Years. Carrying on from last week’s discussion on the Saducees, this week we are covering the Herodians & Essenes.

In this episode of IBR, we continue our walk through the “silent years” by beginning to discuss the five major Jewish responses to Hellensim. The first response we will discuss is the Sadducees. This history is absolutely crucial to understanding Yeshua’s criticism of this group in our Gospel accounts.

Many of us have heard the term “Hellenism” or “Hellenistic”, but how many of us know how Hellenism came about and how this worldview changed the world? In this episode, we introduce the beginnings of Hellenism and build a foundation for future episodes in how Hellenism affected the world of Judaism.

In this episode we begin our discussion of the Silent Years talking about the genesis of synagogue and the Jewish education system in the 2-3 centuries prior to and 1st century, during the time of Messiah.

During the next several episodes we are going to be preparing to approach the Gospel accounts. Before we get there, though, we want to have an understanding of the Israel our Messiah is born in to. For that, we have to spend some time in the so-called “Silent Years”. This episode is a refresher of the Biblical story so far, preparing us for our next several episodes.

Under King David, Israel experienced its golden age. The New Eden was being realized and the promises from Adam through Abraham’s family were being enjoyed by the promised people of God. Under King Solomon, something tragic happened that would necessitate God rescuing Eden from Israel. In this episode, we talk about these monumental events and what part they played in the history of Israel.

In this week’s episode, we reach back to wrap up last week’s episode and continue the conversation around why Moshe was denied entrance into the Promised Land. In the second segment we move from Moshe to King David. We explore some powerful Eden language and see how King David is a new Adam, bringing a new Eden.

There has been much speculation about why Moshe was not allowed into the Promised Land. In this episode, we look at a different perspective and consider another option for answering this timeless mystery.

In the final part of our walk through the desert, we wrap up our discussion on the common trees we find in the desert and turn our attention to the one who calls the desert home…the shepherd.