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Acoustic Nun ™ #21 Theophany & Typology Genesis 1-22 Part 2

Yahweh left lots of clues throughout history about how he planned to complete his mission. Some of these clues are called "Types". Specifically, types that describe, foreshadow, the person and work of the Messiah, Jesus. This episode references a few typologies from Genesis 1-22.

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Acoustic Nun™ #22 Chosen Grandson: Part 1

Yahweh established a covenant with Abraham and Sarah (see previous 3 podcasts) and Yahweh passed those covenant promises on the their only son, Isaac. But Isaac and his wife Rebekah had twin sons. Which of the two would inherit the covenant promises and responsibilities? What criteria would Yahweh use to choose between the two?

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Acoustic Nun™ #23 Chosen Grandchild Part 2

Yahweh's unusual choice of Jacob as the inheritor of Abraham's covenant promises unfolds through treachery and betrayal. Sibling rivalry and death threats cannot derail Yahweh's missional plan to rescue humanity from themselves. Yahweh meets Jacob to reassure him of his critical role in furthering Yahweh's goals through dreams, wrestling matches, name changes and death bed blessings. Despite Jacob's struggles against humans and Yahweh himself, God's Mission moves steadily onward.

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Acoustic Nun ™ #24 Yahweh Gets Personal

Throughout the book of Genesis, God uses a very generic title for himself, leaving it up to human beings to get to know him based on his words and actions without knowing his name. In the early chapters of the book of Exodus he gets personal by revealing his true name, I AM. What that name means, conveys Yahweh's personal traits meant to draw us close to him so we can become like him.

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Acoustic Nun™ #25 Yahweh Goes Global

Having finally introduced himself to Moses and the enslaved Hebrews in Egypt by sharing with them his personal name, Yahweh makes himself known to the world community. So that no one confuses his status among the many gods of the world, he confronts and humiliates the great gods of Egypt, elevating himself in the eyes of that part of the world as the God above all gods in a great battle between Yahweh and the spiritual powers of Egypt.

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Acoustic Nun™ #26 Yahweh Goes Global Part 2 Death & Redemption

Yahweh’s grand entrance onto the world stage was marked by a statement of his might and mercy as he overthrew the ancient gods of Egypt and redeemed his people from centuries of slavery. In this episode he displays his mastery over life and death while using the first Passover ritual to unveil another glimpse into his ongoing mission to reconcile and restore all creation to himself through his Messianic self.

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Acoustic Nun™ #27 Mosaic Covenant Part 1: The Binding

Ancient Israel, freed from Egyptian oppression, meets with Yahweh, their redeemer. Yahweh instructs Moses in how to lead a sacrificial ritual that will bind the people into a covenant relationship with them, conditional upon both parties keeping their promises to each other. This covenant is known as the Old Covenant or Old Testament. The ritual itself, however, gives us additional insight into Yahweh's Missional objective that would unfold centuries later in a covenant that would replace the Old Covenant with a New one, the New Testament.

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Acoustic Nun™ #28 Mosaic Covenant Part 2: Categorical Laws

The Mosaic Covenant, commonly known as the Old Testament, revolves around Yahweh's commitment to be a God to his chosen people and his people to obligate themselves to follow his laws. These laws consists of Moral, Social and Ceremonial Laws. In this podcast we will define these categories, give a few examples of laws therein and state whether or not they are still in effect during Yahweh's New Covenant era established by the person and work of his covenant representative who replaced Moses and the Old Covenant, namely, Jesus the Messiah.

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Acoustic Nun™ #29 Mosaic Covenant Part 3: Moral Law

What does our Moral Imperative for human beings rest upon and arise from? What is supposed to shape our Moral Disposition? This podcast seeks the answer to these questions based on the testimony of Yahweh from creation, through the Old Mosaic Covenant to the New Messianic Covenant and beyond.

Is it true that "All You Need Is Love"? Well, it depends on what kind of Love you are talking about and who the object of your love is. Old and New Testaments agree that Love is all you need if you Love Yahweh, Father, Son and Holy Spirit with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.

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Acoustic Nun™ #30 Mosaic Covenant Part 3: Social Law

Yahweh's Social Laws, based his command to love our neighbors as ourselves, can be organized into 3 main categories.

1. Caring for the disadvantaged, the poor, fatherless, widows and foreigners.

2. Maintaining Justice for all in the courts

3. Defending the Personal and Property rights of others.

This podcast quotes from the Mosaic Covenant giving examples of these social laws that are still in effect in Yahweh's New Messianic Covenant era today.

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