SwordPlay - S3E15 (ep. 78) - 1 Peter 2 v.13-25

- What are the limits of the Christian’s submission/subjection to governing authorities? (v.13-14)

- Who was the king when Peter said these things? (v.13)

- What did Peter have in mind when he said to honor the king? (v.17)

- What does it mean to use your freedom as a covering for evil? (v.16)

- Why is loving the brotherhood and fearing God sandwiched between honoring all people and the king? (v.17)

- What does “for the sake of conscience towards God” mean for the slave? (v.19)

- Why doesn’t the NT condemn slavery outright instead of merely providing moral instruction? (18-20)

- Is Peter’s instruction to slaves compatible with critical (race) theory? (18-21)

- Who has been called to suffer? Why? (v.21)

- Was Jesus really sinless? (v.22)

- What does it mean that Jesus bore our sins? (v.24)

- Did Jesus bear our sins on a cross or on a tree? (v.24)

- What OT text does Peter interact with at the end of ch.2 & how does he apply it? (21-25)

This week’s Featured Creature: Lucifer

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SwordPlay - S3E14 (ep.77) - 1 Peter 2 v.1-12

- Clean-up: What text does Peter quote at the end of ch.1 & how does he apply it to his readers? (24-25)

- Why did Peter have to tell them to put aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander? (v.1)

- What does it mean to grow up into salvation? (v.2)

- What verse does Peter allude to in verse 3? (v.3)

- Who/What is the stone the builders rejected that has become the cornerstone & over which people stumble? (v.4, 6-8)

- What verses does Peter quote in verses 6-8 & how does he use them in his argument? (v.6-8)

- What does Peter mean when he says that people were “destined” to stumble over “the stone of stumbling”? (v.8b)

- How are Christians a chosen race? (v.9)

- How are Christians a royal priesthood? (v.9)

- How are Christians a holy nation? (v.9)

- How are Christians God’s possession? (v.9)

- What does it mean to proclaim His excellencies? (v.9)

- Who does Peter have in mind when quoting Hosea? (v.10)

- What are the dangers of fleshly lusts? (v.11)

- What does Peter have in mind for the Christian’s good deeds? What is the day of visitation? How would these gentiles glorify God in that day? (v.12)

This week’s Featured Creature: Qeteb

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SwordPlay - S3E13 (ep. 76) - 1 Peter 1

- How should “chosen by the foreknowledge of God the Father” be understood? (v. 2)

- What is meant by “the sanctifying work of the spirit?” (v.2)

- When and how did God cause them to be born again? (v.3, 23)

- What is our inheritance? (v.4)

- Why is salvation spoken of as a future prospect? (v.5, 9)

- What would determine if their trials were “necessary” or not? (v.6)

- What is the Spirit of Christ? (v.11)

- Where did the prophets predict the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow? (v.11)

- Why do angels “long to look (present tense)” at what has been announced to Peter’s audience? Are there still mysteries left unfulfilled? Are these good or bad angels? (v.11)

- Why are they told to prepare their minds for action? (v.13)

- What is the revelation of Jesus Christ? (v.13)

- What does it mean to be holy? (v.15-16)

- Why does God judge us on our works? (v.17)

- How did they inherit a futile life from their forefathers? (v.18)

- What does it mean Christ was “foreknown” before the foundation of the world? (v.20)

- In what regard is our faith and hope in God? (v.21)

- What does it mean to have a purified soul? (v.22)

- What is the living and enduring word of God? (v.23)

This week’s Featured Creature: Michael the Archangel

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SwordPlay - S3E12 (ep. 75) - 1 Peter Introduction

- Who wrote 1 Peter? (author)(v.1)

- When was 1 Peter written? (Date)

- To whom was 1 Peter written? (recipients) (v.1)

- What do we know about 1st century Asia Minor? (destination)

- From whence came 1 Peter? (provenance) (5.13)

- Why was 1 Peter written? (Purpose/Occasion)

- What is 1 Peter about? (Main emphases & Theme)

- What is the relationship between 1 Peter & 2 Peter?

This week’s Featured Creature: Resheph

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SwordPlay - S3E11 (ep. 74) - After Hours 2

- California Wildfires

- Vaccines

- Theology of Beauty

- Life Force

- Out-of-body/disassociation

- Music

- What are you reading?

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SwordPlay - S3E10 (ep. 73) - After Hours 1

- Covid 19

- Dreams

- Holy Spirit

- Spiritual oppression

- Occult/St. Germaine

- Age fluidity

- Dark relics

- What are you watching?

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SwordPlay - S3E9 (ep. 72) - Missions In Japan

- Interview with Paul Herrington discussing his time in Japan as a missionary during the 2011 tsunami

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- https://taylorsinjapan.com

- [email protected]

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SwordPlay - S3E8 (ep. 71) - Greek Esther

- What additions have been made to the book of Esther in the LXX?

- How do we know that these are additions to the original story?

- What kind of copies do we have for Greek Esther?

- What similarities does this vision have to apocalyptic imagery in the Bible? (A:4-10)

- Why are the humble people in the vision seen as eating (“devouring”) the honorable? Cannibalism? (A:10)

- What is a Bougaion and why is there no mention of Haman being an Amalekite or Agagite? (A:17)

- What methods of persuasion/manipulation does this letter use to convince the populace of cooperating with this plan?

- What reason does Mordecai give for God to save them? (C:8-10)

- Why does Esther put poop in her hair? Was that common? (C:13)

- If God had already “determined” (NRSV; or “planned,” LES) what He was going to do (A.11/11.12), His sovereign control recognized by Mordecai & Esther in their prayers, why pray?

- What kind of overtones should be seen in Esther’s description of being “resplendent?” (D:2)

- Should Esther’s comparison of Artaxerxes to that of an angel be considered blasphemous? Was she lying? Was this righteous deception? (D:13-14)

- Who wrote this decree - the king, Esther, Mordecai, all of the above?

- Why is Haman referred to as a Macedonian? What is the truth behind Haman’s hidden motivation? (E:10, 14)

- Why does it say Haman was crucified instead of hanged or impaled? (E:18)

- Why would beasts and birds be included in the threatened wrath? (E:24)

- Should Esther F be our hermeneutic for interpreting apocalyptic literature? (F:3-6)

- Why were these additions made to Esther?

- How do we know which text we should prefer, the Hebrew or Greek Esther?

- Which version of the story is better in terms of storytelling?

This week’s Featured Creature: Rephaim

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SwordPlay - S3E7 (ep. 70) - Esther 6-10

Chapter 6 Summary and Questions:

- Should the king’s insomnia be seen as an act of divine guidance which leads to the reading of the chronicles? (6:1)

- Did Haman’s wife & friends not know that Mordecai was a Jew before their declaration of Haman’s inability to succeed against him? (6.13; cf. 5.13)

Chapter 7 Summary and Questions:

- Was Esther’s hidden Jewish identity key to the Jew’s salvation? (7:3)

- Does the king really not remember agreeing to Haman’s plot? (7:5; 3:10-11)

Chapter 8 Summary and Questions:

- Why is it important to know that Haman was the son of Hammedatha? (8:5; 3:1, 10)

- Which people in their right mind would still attack the Jews after this new edict had been decreed? Shouldn’t this eliminate the potential for any conflict? (8:11)

- How would people become Jews? That seems stronger than the language of being a proselyte. (8:17)

Chapter 9 Summary and Questions:

- Why did the Jews not take any plunder after killing their enemies? (9:10, 15, 16)

- Why was the author so concerned about the feast of Purim fading from their memory? (9:28)

Chapter 10 Summary and Questions:

- Do we have the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? (10:2)

- Why was it important to note that Mordecai rose to be second in command? (10:3)

- Does the Church have authority to prescribe festival days/holy days? (see 9.29, “gave full written authority”)

This week’s Featured Creature: Cherub/Cherubim

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SwordPlay - S3E6 (ep. 69) - Esther 1-5

- When was the book of Esther written? Manuscripts?

- Why is Esther absent from the Dead Sea Scrolls?

- What is Purim?

- Why was the book of Esther written? Audience?

- What are some historical difficulties in Esther?

- Why is Esther canonical?

Chapter 1 Summary and Questions:

- What time frame does the story of Esther take place? (1:1)

- Why Did Queen Vashti refuse to come when the King called? (1:12)

- What does it mean to be a wise man who understands the times? (1:13)

Chapter 2 Summary and Questions:

- How could Mordecai be one of the exiles from Jerusalem? (2:6)

- Why is Esther also called Hadassah? (2:7)

- Was Mordecai raising Esther as a daughter or a wife? (2:7 LXX)

- Did Esther have a choice to be chosen for the harem? (2:8)

- What kind of advice did Hegai give to Esther? (2:15)

- Why were the two guards angry? (2:21 LXX)

Chapter 3 Summary and Questions:

- What is an Agagite? (3:1)

- Why are lots being cast before Haman? (3:7)

Chapter 4 Summary and Questions:

- Does Mordecai manipulate Esther? (4:8 LXX)

- Has the king’s regard for Esther begun to wane? (4:11)

- If Mordecai knows that the Jews will be delivered somehow, then why did he react with wailing? How does he know that Esther would perish if no one knows her race? (4:1, 14)

Chapter 5 Summary and Questions:

- Why were the gallows built so high? (5:14)

This week’s Featured Creature: Seraph/Seraphim

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