Making Sense of Life Through The Biblical Story Podcast

In today’s episode we will look at the transition to a new generation in Israel, and the issues that need to be addressed if they are going to fulfill YHWH’s purpose once enter the Land. 

In this episode, we’re look at a particularly enigmatic character who comes on the scene in Numbers. He is not an Israelite, and he’s lukewarm, at best, in his orientation toward YHWH, but YHWH’s prophecies through him are an important part of The Story. His name is Balaam.

In today’s episode we are going to watch Israel struggle with the concept of holiness through the 3 stories in Numbers that cover most of their 38 years of wandering. 

In today’s episode, we’re going to see Israel continue to fight their relationship with YHWH bringing catastrophe on themselves as they journey toward the Land Promised to Abraham and his seed over 700 years earlier.

In this episode, we’ll be looking at God’s budding relationship with the nation of Israel. We concluded the last episode with the Tabernacle erected, and YHWH filling it with His presence and glory. But with that event, not even Moses could enter the Tabernacle. In this episode, we’ll see YHWH take the necessary steps to make Israel’s relationship with Him functional.

In today’s episode we’re going to be looking at the beginning of Israel’s relationship with God, giving the bulk of our attention to the incident involving the golden calf, and the impact of their actions on this newly established relationship with YHWH. 

In today’s episode we’re going to see the relationship that God has been pursuing with Israel — the one that He promised to Abraham over 700 years earlier — be formalized in the covenant with Israel at Mt. Sinai — the covenant known as the Mosaic Covenant, or the Old Testament Law.

In today’s episode we’ll be looking at God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt, considering, not only the plagues leading up to the death of all the firstborn in Egypt, but also the rituals that God gave the Israelites to commemorate these events, the truths those rituals communicate, and how all of this moves the Story forward.

My computer is out of commission and I will not be able to produce an episode this week.

In this episode we’ll pick up the story of Israel enslaved in Egypt, and see how YHWH raises up Moses to be His instrument through which He will fulfill His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.