Searching the Scriptures with Watchman Alexander

Searching the Scriptures with Watchman Alexander

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Searching the Scriptures with Watchman Alexander episodes

  • Searching the Scriptures #10: Meet My Black Messianic Pastor

    Pastor Jonathan Dade joins me to discuss a variety of subjects from Christian "cannibalism" to racial tensions and the route to reconciliation. Pastor Dade is the founder and senior pastor of Messiah Echad congregation of Georgetown, Texas. He holds an MBA from Washington State University College of Business and a Masters of Theological Studies from Colorado Christian University. He has a heart for his community, his city, and the original form of the Christian faith.


    In this episode, you'll hear about:

    • The recent solar eclipse and natural disasters in America
    • Advice for new preppers
    • How Christians can have differing opinions but still love each other
    • Maintaining our theological identity while still cooperating for good
    • The insidious elitism practiced by many Messianic organizations
    • The remnant of racism in the South
    • 1 hr 2 min
    • Searching the Scriptures #9: Which Prophecies Are Left? Part 2

      According to the Bible, what's going to happen between now and the Second Coming of Jesus? Quite a lot, actually, which is why this topic took two podcasts to cover, and even so I only scratched the surface. In this episode we continue our investigation by first turning a magnifying glass on the oracles of Daniel, then linking them to oracles from the other scriptures.


      You'll learn:

      • How 2 Baruch confirms Daniel 8
      • Why Rome never went away
      • About the 70 "weeks" (i.e., Shemitahs) of Daniel 9
      • About the last-days apostasy that has been ramping up for centuries
      • Why the Antichrist is called the Man of Lawlessness
      • How the Antichrist can be an ancient king but still fulfill the Messianic prophecies
      • And more
      • 1 hr 7 min
      • Searching the Scriptures #8: Which Prophecies Are Left? Part 1

        One of the ladies from my congregation recently asked me to give a rundown of the biblical prophecies awaiting fulfillment. This episode is part one of two episodes addressing that very thing. There are a lot of world-changing events still to come, and it's going to be quite the ride. If you want to know what to expect (and who wouldn't?!), don't miss these episodes.


        You'll learn:

        • The potential pitfall of studying end-time prophecies
        • The polarization that has already begun
        • Several components of the Blessed Hope
        • The meaning of the fig tree, olive tree, and vine
        • Why we should brace for a time of global calamity
        • The identities of the kings of the North and South
        • Why the Antichrist won't be Islamic
        • 1 hr 1 min
        • Searching the Scriptures #7: 7 Ways to Test Prophecies

          This is part two of our discussion about prophecy. How do we know whether or not we can trust a prophetic word given since the finalization of Scripture? It would be foolish to blindly believe anything uttered by a person just because he or she claims to have received it from Adonai. We should put the alleged prophet through a series of tests. In this episode, you'll learn the seven tests that I propose we all use.


          During listener Q&A, you'll hear about the Jubilee cycle and why it's most likely 49 years in length, not 50.

          1 hr 4 min
        • Searching the Scriptures #6: Lawrence Family Prophecies

          YHVH God gives awesome gifts to his kids, and one of those gifts is prophetic foreknowledge. Get to know your host a bit as he describes the times when he and his mother were given prophetic insights.


          During listener Q&A, you'll hear a likely explanation of why every other person is "taken" in Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-37, and when it will happen.

          1 hr 4 min
        • Searching the Scriptures #5: Detestable

          Thomas Dunn and Jared Chrestman of Angry Son Media join me to talk about their documentary film, Detestable, which pulls back the curtain on a world of unspeakable evil ignored by the secular media and the Church alike. In this unique film, Satanic ritual abuse survivors share their harrowing experiences in the hopes of raising awareness and making it more difficult for abusive religious organizations to operate in secret. Along the way, spiritual warfare expert Russ Dizdar provides insight into the strategies of the occult groups who perpetrate heinous crimes as part of their worship practices.

          YOU'LL LEARN:
          • The motivation behind the film
          • How the victims were located
          • The unexpected response from Christian viewers
          • How awareness of SRA can change lives
          • Why law enforcement can't uproot Satanic cult activity
          • 1 hr 2 min
          • Searching the Scriptures #4: Rapture Madness

            Can 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-Trib camp, he has co-authored a new book titled Reclaiming the Rapture. You can purchase it here.

            Mr. Hamp's website is douglashamp.com.

            YOU'LL LEARN:
            • Why the "types and shadows" argument doesn't hold up
            • The difference between wrath and tribulation
            • The amazing prophetic overview given by Isaiah (26:16-21) that puts wrath after the resurrection
            • How the two kingdoms and the Hebraic marriage factor into the argument
            • 1 hr 8 min
            • Searching the Scriptures #3: How to Not Interpret the Bible Like a Dummy

              You 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 tackled today.

              We don't need more of the same, we need to recover what we've lost as the Body of Messiah, and to get there we must seek the authors' original intent when studying the scriptures.

              YOU'LL LEARN:
              • What makes for good hermenuetics
              • The dangers of the ultra-literal method and the allegorical method
              • Why Leviathan and the beast kingdoms of prophecy are symbolic
              • How there can be two Yahwehs in the Bible
              • How we've misinterpreted the New Testament to justify changing the Sabbath
              • 1 hr 4 min
              • Searching the Scriptures #2: The 7,000-Year Plan of God

                Our 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 apostles could state that they were living in the "last days" 2,000 years ago
                • Why the biblical year may differ from the current astronomical year
                • 48 min
                • Searching the Scriptures #1: Unleaven Your Life

                  Mmm, 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 the "season" that the world is in
                  • 53 min

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                  The 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,…