Posted by: thaishin | November 4, 2022

The meaning of the term ‘Evangelical’

Open line on moody radio Oct 29, 2022 hour 1

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Tricia, as you drag in the mailbag, I see you are holding a book –

Tricia Mcmillan:

Yes

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

It’s our current resource “The fifty most important theological terms”. It’s a great help. Here’s why. I ask you: what is a good word in that book that most people don’t understand and you have picked one that is spoken so often but most people don’t understand it.

Tricia Mcmillan:

It is. It is the word ‘Evangelical’. It is used a lot in christian circles and a lot in the secular world, even the secular world is starting to use it. And so it gets thrown around a lot and I thought we might know what it means or what it used to mean but what does evangelical mean?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

I was in seminary 43 years ago and I have a professor explain the word to me. I have never understood it before. I thought it meant someone who is an evangelistic person, someone who want to share the gospel, right? That’s not what it means. Does it?

Tricia Mcmillan:

No

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

It refers to someone who believes in certain fundamentals of the faith. That is a simple explanation. Fundamentals of the faith like the doctrine of inspiration of the bible, the inerrancy of the bible, the full deity of the Lord Jesus, the tri-unity of God, the need for personal faith decisions in the Lord Christ Jesus, substitutionary atonement and His resurrection. Right, that’s what it’s talking about, someone who believes that but also someone who, compared to fundamentalists in the past, who were culturally closed to society, evangelicals want to engage society. That was how the term developed …Now, I think it’s when it gets thrown around, and most people use it to mean, just as I understood it to be evangelistic, don’t you think?

Tricia Mcmillan:

Yeah. Or even like right wing fundamentalist…

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Right, their political perspective …exactly. So, that’s a great term and one that we really should understand …

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Posted by: thaishin | October 29, 2022

Where did the Israelites get their supplies in the desert

Open line on moody radio October 15, 20122, second hour

Question from listener:

I have a question about when the Israelites are in the desert, in Exodus and Leviticus, we have all kinds of talk about the fire on the altar, about the lamps not going out, we have serveral million people cooking food to eat, they are in the desert, I am wondering where they got wood, where they got oil to keep the lamps burning, where they got the grain for the grain offering?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

They have truck stops along the way

Listener:

Ha ha ha

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

It seems to me, we presume a couple of things, one is that in the wilderness there’s no trees, no shrubs, nothing like that and there are little areas of oasis that there are trees and there is shrub. I mean the real question is in the wilderness is where did they get water? And they go places where there is water and sometimes the water is bitter, remember? It has been made sweet and other places Moses have to strike or speak at the rock for the water to come forth, right?

Listener:

But God does that miraculously …

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

But, my point is that when you have those places that are oasis in the desert, that there is shrub trees all around and so you do have them in the desert and people have access to that. Secondly, with what we know with the story of Joseph, is that there were Ishamaelites who were working as traders going from the north through the fertile crescent down to Egypt and they have to pass through the Sinai peninsular and so it seemed to me that they would likely be encountering people, getting grain, getting oil, things like that, traders, so when I say truck stops, I was only joking but there were traders that were passing through and back then, people believe in free enterprise too and so they saw all those people in the wilderness, the traders would say ah! let’s pass through there and we will sell goods to them! So, that’s what happened.

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

Prophecy of 70 years of captivity by the Babylonians

The captivity period of 70 years for the kingdom of Judah by the Babylonians was prophesied in Jeremiah 29:10

Jer 29

4 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

10 For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.  -nkjv

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. -kjv

4 This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles I deported from Jerusalem to Babylon:

10 For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place. -hcsb

4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The sixth crown: the martyr’s crown

The sixth crown: the crown of being faithful until death

Rev 2

10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. -nkjv

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. -kjv

10 Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown[e] of life. -hcsb

10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. [g]Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. -nasb

10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The fifth crown: the crown of glory

The fifth crown: the crown for faithful pastors, faithful shepherds of the flock

1 Peter

4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. -nkjv

4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. -kjv

4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. -hcsb

4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading [f]crown of glory. -nasb

4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The fourth crown: the crown of life

The fourth crown: the crown of life for those enduring trials and temptations and persecutions

James 1

12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. -nkjv

12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. -kjv

12 A man who endures trials[c] is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God[d] has promised to those who love Him. -hcsb

12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has [l]been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. -nasb

12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The third crown: the crown of righteousness for those who love Christ’s appearing

2 Timothy 4

8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. -nkjv

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. -kjv

8 There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing. -hcsb

8 in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. -nasb

8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The second crown: the crown of rejoicing for being a soul winner and witnessing for your faith in Christ

1 Thessalonians 2

. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? -nkjv

19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -kjv

19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you? -hcsb

19 For who is our hope, or joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His [ab]coming? Or is it not indeed you? -nasb

19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 24, 2022

The first crown: the crown for living a disciplined godly life

Pastor Joe Helm preached in sermonaudio.com about the rewards of the believer.

He preached that he found six crowns reward in the bible.

The first crown: the crown for living a disciplined godly life

1 Cor 9

25 And everyone who competes for the prize[j]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. -nkjv

25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. -kjv

25 Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away. -hcsb

25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. -nasb

25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. -niv

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Posted by: thaishin | October 23, 2022

Differences in the landscape of Israel in the first century and the present

Openline radio program on 19 Jun 2021

Michael Rydelnik:

To say that there was no wood in the land of Israel in the first century is certainly a mistake. Of course there were trees, part of the problem is people look at the land today as it is…, there’s still trees there, there’s no question about it. Here’s the great secret that people don’t know about the land of Israel, it looked entirely different in biblical days than it does now. Here’s why. From 1500 to around 1900, 1517 I think until 1917, the Ottoman empire controlled the land of Israel. It was under Ottoman empire from Turkey. It was ruled from Istanbul. One of the things that the Ottomans did was they put up a tree tax and people were charged taxes based on the trees that they had on their property. So, guess what people did? What do you think they will do to avoid taxes? They cut down the trees …and as a result of that, they cut down the trees and they lost the top soil and the land became very infertile. The land of milk and honey became the land of desert and swarm. Part of the birth of modern Israel was to reclaim the land and that’s why the Jewish national fund has been planting trees all over Israel.

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