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How is Jacob's dream a temple experience? Dr. Jeffrey R. Chadwick joins the podcast to discuss Jacob's miraculous dream, how the Abrahamic Covenant applies to every human being, and how the scattering of Israel is a fortunate scattering.
Dr. Camille Fronk Olson returns and instructs regarding the importance of covenantal marriage, how the Matriarchs and Patriarchs allowed trials to cause them to grow closer to the Lord, and how the people in the Old Testament allow us to see their need for redemption.
Was Rebekah particularly suited to counsel Isaac and what does this teach us about men and women working together? Dr. Camille Fronk Olson teaches the strength of complementary strengths in familial relationships, the strength of covenantal relationships, and how the Hebrew Bible demonstrates a need for the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Peterson continues to discuss Genesis 18-23 and the impossible choices Sarah, Hagar, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac make as they heed the Lord's commands, wrestle with identifiable human emotions, and reap considerable blessings. Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): https://followhim.co/episodes
How do the ancient Near Eastern traditions regarding hospitality affect the story of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah? Dr. Daniel Peterson explains how Abraham, Lot, and Sarah learn to trust the Lord and wrangle some of the more difficult passages regarding Sodom and Gomorrah.
Dr. Jennifer Lane continues and relates how covenants with the Lord bless the entire human family through sacrifice. We also discuss “cutting a covenant,” the essential nature of the temple, and how our Kinsman-Redeemer will consecrate every loss for our benefit.
How is a covenant not like a contract? Dr. Jennifer Lane instructs how covenants are familial arrangements about family and belonging. We discuss what it means in the ancient Near East to be a kinsman-redeemer, how covenants create familial bonds, and how the need for redemption applies to us today.
Dr. Krystal Pierce returns, and we discuss the wickedness in Noah's day helps us prepare for the Second Coming, the importance of covenants, and how tokens of covenants allow us to remember the Atonement and the Savior.
Can we bend God's will toward our own? Dr. Krystal Pierce shares her expertise about postdiluvian culture and shares insights into the archeology of ziggurat temples, the tower of Babel, the Flood, and the sociality and calling of Noah.
Dr. Avram Shannon continues to discuss the creation of a Zion people, a God that weeps, and man's redemption through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.