"Rejoice, O Beloved!"

By Parable Ministries

"Rejoice, O Beloved!" is a podcast built for new believers who want to know more about the Christian faith. This limited podcast is a carefully crafted curriculum with only 20 lessons. Each lesson pre... more

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January 12, 2026 3.6 Exile and Three Returns | Bible Overview
This lesson observes the fall of Israel and their subsequent exile to distant lands... but God pursues them and brings them back in three trips.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:52 The Fall of Israel
06:06 The Fall of Judah
10:52 Exile
16:44 The First Return (Temple)
23:07 The Second Return (People)
24:41 The Third Return (Walls)
29:12 Summary
30:37 Outro
Bible Passages Read (in order of reading):
2 Kings 17:6-23
2 Chronicles 36:1-21
Daniel 1:1-21
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
Jeremiah 31:31-34, 38-40
Ezra 1:5-7
Ezra 3:1-13
Ezra 7:1-6
Ezra 10:1-5
Nehemiah 1:1-11
Nehemiah 2:17-18
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32min
January 09, 2026 3.5 King Saul to Divided Kingdom | Bible Overview
This lesson follows the unification of Israel and her three kings before splitting between the north and south.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Samuel the Prophet
07:11 King Saul
09:45 David Anointed
11:32 David's Rise to Power
25:02 The Davidic Covenant
26:40 King Solomon
30:25 The Division on the Kingdom
36:02 Outro

Bible Passages Read:
1 Samuel 3
1 Samuel 8:1-22
1 Samuel 9:1-2, 15-17
1 Samuel 11:12-15
1 Samuel 15:10-12, 27-28
1 Samuel 16:1, 6-8, 11-13
1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel 19:1-3
1 Samuel 24
2 Samuel 1:1-4
2 Samuel 2:1-4
2 Samuel 7:8-17
1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12
1 Kings 3:3-14
1 Kings 6:1, 11-14
1 Kings 11:1-13, 28-33
1 Kings 12:25-33
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37min
January 07, 2026 3.4 Kadesh Barnea to Judges | Bible Overview
This lesson follows Israel's journey to the promised land and showcases God faithfulness ... and Israel's failures.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Leaving Mt Sinai
05:00 12 Spies
12:27 Transition of Leadership
16:00 2 Spies
20:03 Jericho
23:10 Unconquered Land
27:40 Israel Fails to Conquer
31:01 New Generation Turns from God
32:56 Outro

Bible passages read:
Numbers 10:11-13, 29-36
Numbers 11:1-3
Numbers 13:1-3, 17-14:4
Numbers 14:11-24
Deuteronomy 31:1-8
Joshua 1:1-9
Joshua 2:1-24
Joshua 5:13-15
Joshua 6:1-11, 15-17, 20
Joshua 13:1-7
Joshua 23:11-13
Joshua 24:14-24
Judges 1:27-2:5
Judges 2:8-23
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34min
January 05, 2026 3.3 Egypt to Mount Sinai | Bible Overview
This lesson follows the Israelites exodus from captivity in Egypt to their journey to Mount Sinai, thus demonstrating God's faithfulness, justice and mercy.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Israel's Enslavement
03:19 The Calling of Moses
07:17 God's Judgment on Egypt's Gods
12:25 The Tenth Plague
19:17 Mount Sinai
35:03 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
I. B. 1. - famine
I. B. 2. - grow
I. C. 1. - fearful
I. C. 2. - reproduction
I. C. 3. - drowned
II. A. 1. - daughter
II. A. 2. - beating
II. A. 3. - shepherd
II. B. 2. - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
II. B. 3. - aware
II. C. 2. - resisted
II. C. 3. - partner
III. A. 1. - rejoiced
III. A. 2. - ignorance
III. A. 1. - reminding
III. B. 1. - gods
III. B. 3. - authority
III. C. 1. - two, third
IV. A. 1. - firstborn
IV. A. 2. - safety
IV. B. 1. - doorposts
IV. B. 2. - substitute
IV. B. 3. - Jesus Christ
IV. C. 1. - 400
IV. C. 2. - plundered
IV. C. 3. - mixed multitude
V. A. 1. - identity conference
V. A. 2. - instruction
V. A. 3. - relationship
V. B. 2. - then
V. C. 1. - calf
V. C. 2. - grieve
V. C. 3. - interceded
V. D. 2. - Jesus Christ
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36min
January 02, 2026 3.2 Abram to Jacob | Bible Overview
This lesson focuses on the patriarchs of Genesis and how God partners with them to save the world.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Covenant with Abram
07:17 Covenant Confirmation and Son of Promise
19:50 Jacob
27:35 God Working with a Flawed Family
28:25 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
I. B. 1. - barren
I. B. 2. - seed
I. B. 3. - virgin birth
I. C. 1. - stars
I. C. 2. - righteousness
II. A. 1. - self-maledictory
II. A. 2. - animals
II. B. 2. - sacrifice
II. B. 3. - life
II. C. 1. - Jesus, cross
II. C. 2. - ram
II. C. 3. - Jesus
III. A. 1. - barren
III. A. 2. - nations
III. A. 3. - Jacob
III. B. 1. - trickster
III. B. 2. - uncle
III. C. 1. - wrestled
III. C. 2. - heel-grabber
III. C. 3. - Israel
IV. A. 1. - world
IV. A. 2. - weakness
IV. B. 2. - relational
IV. C. 1. - mercy
IV. C. 2. - Son
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29min
December 29, 2025 3.1 Creation to Babel | Bible Overview
This lesson focuses on the first 12 chapters of Genesis, from Creation to the Tower of Babel.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Genesis
01:20 Creation and the Fall
20:32 Cain and Abel
25:03 The Flood
32:07 The Tower of Babel
35:20 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
II. A. 1. - form, void
II. A. 2. - Spirit, God
II. A. 3. - very good
II. B. 1. - image, likeness
II. B. 3. - stewards
II. C. 1. - everything
II. C. 2 - ate
II. C. 3. - Life
II. D. 1. - God, He
II. D. 2. - set apart
II. D. 3. - adoption, before
III. A. 1. - gifts
III. A. 2. - crouching, rule
III. A. 3. - exile
III. B. 1. - city
III. B. 2. - innocent
III. B. 3. - justice
IV. A. 1. - walked
IV. A. 2. - corrupt
IV. A. 3 - washing
IV. B. 1. - salvation
IV. B. 2. - Garden, Eden
IV. B. 3. - rainbow
IV. C. 1. - drunk
IV. C. 2. - overstep
IV. C. 3. - intervention
V. A. 2. - tower
V. B. 2. - language
V. B. 3. - mercy
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36min
December 26, 2025 2.4 Bible Reading Interview (ft. Hunter Hoover)
Jesse interviews Bible teacher Hunter Hoover about the construction of the Bible and how it was compiled.
Question Time Stamps:
02:35 "How has the Bible survived so long?"
11:06 "Has the Bible changed at all throughout its history?"
27:25 "How were the books of the Bible decided?"
48:29 "Why do we have so many English Bible translations?"
59:29 "Advice for reading the Bible?"
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December 22, 2025 2.3 How to Read the Bible
Let's open the Bible and learn the steps to read it comprehensively. It doesn't take any special knowledge or training to read the Bible, but it can help to have some tips.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 The Challenge of Translation
07:25 Understanding Scripture
15:03 The Bible's Different Genres
17:29 Advanced Study
19:24 Conclusion
20:17 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
I. A. 2. - original
I. B. 1. - word-for-word, thought-for-thought
I. B. 2. - idioms
I. B. 3. - both, one
I. C. 1. - committee
I. C. 2. - individual
II. A. 1. - context
II. A. 2. - backward
II. A. 3. - one
II. B. 1. - thought
II. B. 2. - interpretation
II. B. 3. - chapters, verses
II. C. 1. - write
II. C. 2. - more
III. D. 1. - one
IV. A. 1. - interpretation
IV. B. 1. - structure
V. A. 1. - enjoy
V. B. 1. - another
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21min
December 19, 2025 2.2 The Bible's Layout and Construction
The Bible is a big book! This lesson looks at its layout and explores the Bible's long history of construction.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:55 The Division of Scripture
02:02 OT Layout
05:17 NT Layout
08:25 The Bible's Construction
29:56 Formalization of Canon
34:54 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
II. A. 1. - 39
II. A. 2. - Messiah/Christ
II. A. 3. - reference
II. B. 1. - 5, five
II. B. 3. - instruction
II. C. 1. - 12
II. C. 3. - justice
II. D. 1. - relationship
II. D. 2. - God
II. D. 3. - size
III. A. 1. - 27
III. A. 2. - Jesus, church, teachings
III. A. 3. - forward, fulfillment
III. B. 1. - 4
III. B. 2. - 3
III. B. 3. - Paul
III. C. 1. - letter
III. C. 2. - Paul
III. C. 3. - leaders
III. D. 1. - prophecy
III. D. 2. - imagery, symbolism
III. D. 3. - scripture
IV. A. 1. - faithfulness, agreements
IV. A. 2. - Moses
IV. B. 1. - finished product
IV. C. 1. - prophets
IV. C. 2. - inspired
IV. C. 3. - relational
V. A. 2. - books
V. B. 1. - chapters, verses
V. B. 3. - Geneva Bible
V. C. 1. - sacred
V. C. 2. - contradictions
V. C. 3. - invitation
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36min
December 17, 2025 2.1 Approaching the Bible
The Bible is very important to the Christian Faith. In this lesson Jesse recognizes its importance and shows how we should open it with respect and expectation.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Cultural Awareness
05:35 Significance of Scripture
11:45 Biblical Meditation
15:56 The Holy Spirit and the Bible
16:56 Outro

Workbook Answer Key:
I. B. 1. - understand, Jesus Christ
I. C. 1. - drawing out
I. C. 2. - putting in
II. A. 1. - revelation
II. A. 2. - glorify, instruct
II. A. 3. - genres
II. B. 1. - inspiration, partnership
II. B. 2. - with, other
II. C. 1. - food
II. C. 2. - heavenly
II. C. 3. - Bible
III. A. 1. - meditation
III. A. 2. - filling, empty
III. B. 1. - Remembering
III. B. 2. - Ponder
III. B. 3. - Meditate
III. C. 1. - new
III. C. 2. - artistic
III. C. 3. - Old, New
IV. A. 1. - exegetically
IV. A. 2. - taken apart
IV. A. 3. - conform
IV. B. 1. - Holy Spirit
IV. B. 2. - Memorizing
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