Douglas Jacoby Podcast

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Introduction Reanimation = back from the dead. Why this is important will be explained more fully in the 10th reanimation podcast. How does this tie in with the theme of purity? Keep in mind that in Jewish thought, death is associated with uncleanness. Some positive feedback: "I'm enjoying CLEAN in '17. Very needed lessons. I've often...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew & Greek words: chuldah = mole. See the Huldah Gates (entrance into Temple precinct). nevi'ah = prophetess (Greek prophêtis ) navi' = prophet (Greek prophétēs ) Prophetesses of the Bible: Old Testament Miriam (Exod 15:20) Deborah (Judg 4:4) Huldah (2 Kings 22:14-20) Isaiah's wife (Isa 8:3) Traditional extras (in Judaism): Sarah,...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Mikhál  = brook 'Avigail = my father is joy Bath-sheva'  = daughter of the oath David's wives: Ahinoam, Maachah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba—and possibly more Note: this does not include concubines (secondary wives) Michal: 1 Sam 14:50; 18:20, 28; 19:11-17; 25:44; 2 Sam 3:13; 6:14-15; 16-23; 1 Chr 1...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Introduction Our O.T. character today is a minor character. And yet doesn't mean he isn't important. The relationship between David and Jonathan (Saul's son, next in line for the throne) was intimate. Jonathan's son becomes disabled -- but this is not what matters most. Rather, what we are about to study is an excellent illustration o...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Introduction Previous studies in Section II (Leprosy) have studied four individual lepers. Today we will consider the lives of four lepers all together. Although these men are not healed of their leprosy, they end up in a positive, victorious place nonetheless. Scriptural study: 2 Kings 6:24-31; 7:3-5, 8-10. Siege conditions in Samari...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Scriptural study: 2 Chron 26:15b-21a The highly successful king lets success go to his head (vs.15-16). Pride goes before a fall. Prov 16:18. Deut 8:11-20 (please read Deut 8 if this is unfamiliar to you). The king becomes overconfident. His specific sin: He disobeyed the law of priesthood (he is not a priest, as a king of Judah). He...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Introduction Gehazi is the third leper in the Bible. He appears in 2 Kings 4, 5, 8. Chapter 4 gives us insight into the kind of person Gehazi was: not as spiritually aware as Naaman. Scriptural study: 2 Kings 5:15-27 Elisha will not be enriched by a Gentile (although now Naaman is within the covenant). Similar to Abraham’s stance in G...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Scriptural study: 2 Kings 5:1-19 Note: Naaman is also mentioned in the NT (Luke 4:27). Syria = Aram = Syria, not Assyria His qualities: Leadership Courage And the flaw of leprosy (both visible and humiliating). Physical and  spiritual health are found in the land of Israel (not Syria, where false gods are worshipped). See how God work...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Introduction 19 lepers are healed in the Bible, several in the OT and even more in the NT (though there's no healing of lepers in John and Acts). Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) can be cured, with multi-drug therapy -- and cheaply! The first leper in the Bible was Moses’s sister, though you could also argue it was Moses himself (Exod 4:6)....

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Eunuchs in the O.T. Eunuchs were excluded from the assembly of the Lord and from the priesthood. “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord" (Deut 23:1). And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Rahab Study Outline Hebrew Names Rahab: means “large,” “extended.” New Testament scriptures has it spelled the same in Hebrews and James (Ra’ab). However, the Gospel of Matthew used a slightly different spelling (Rahab as in Rachab) in the Koine (common) Greek. Jericho: means “a place of fragrance” and called the “City of Palm Trees”...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Yonah (Jonah) – may mean “dove." 28x in the Bible. Further study: Passages referred to in this podcast 2 Kings 14:25 Jonah 1-4 Jeremiah 18:1-10 Luke 9:52-55 Exodus 34:6 Romans 12:21, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Peter 2:21 Even more: Did God resurrect Jonah? Click here . Listen to an entire seminar on Prejudice and Separation,...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew: 'Amos (Amos) – “borne, burden." 7x in Amos Further study: Passages read or referred to in this podcast: Amos 1:1, 7:10-17, 7:1-9; Jeremiah 37; Galatians 1; Amos 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9; Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 7:1-9. Amos 2:6-7a, 3:2-8, 4:1-2, 5:14, 4:12, 5:18-24, Micah 6:8, 6:1-6, 8:4-6, 8:9-12, 9:7-8, 9:13-14a. Advanced: Consider A...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Hoshea’ (Hosea) – salvation. 3x in Hosea, 1x in Romans. Gomer (Gomer) – possibly "complete" (possibly completion of ripeness) or "vanishing." 1x in the Bible. Yizre’el (Jezreel) – “God scatters” Lo’-ruchamah (Lo-Ruhamah)– “Not pitied” Lo’-‘ammi – (Lo-Ammi) “Not my people” Further study: Cited in this podcast: James 4:4;...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Daniel: Daniyy’el (Daniel) -- "God is my judge." 79x in the Bible. Dan'el (Danel) -- "God is judge." Alternate spelling. Daniel's companions: Chananya or Chanyahu (Hananiah) – God has been gracious. Misha’el (Mishael) – Who is what God is? ‘Azaryah or ‘Azaryahu (Azariah) – God has helped Further study: Passages covered i...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Yehezqe’l (Ezekiel) -- "God will strengthen" Only 2x in the O.T. (in the book of Ezekiel) Further study: Passages referred to in this podcast: Ezekiel 2, 3, 4, 24, 33 (18) Further material: Ezekiel 34: Messianic prophecy Ezekiel 26: Tyre Ezekiel 16: Allegory Ezekiel 47: John 7 Ezekiel 36: Free Will Ezekiel 38: Gog & Mago...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 145x in the O.T.  Note: 5 additional Jeremiahs in the O.T. Barukh (Baruch) --  Blessed. Jeremiah’s assistant. 23x in the O.T. Further study: Jeremiah 1:1-3,6-9,17-19; 6:10-16; 7:1-5; 23:25-26. Passages on Baruch in Jeremiah 32, 36, 43, 45. Opposition to Jeremiah 36, 37, 38, 39. His questi...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) Salvation of Yah(weh). 32x in the O.T., 22x in the N.T. Qadosh -- holy. Over 60x in Isaiah alone. Shear-Yashuv – "A remnant will return" (one of Isaiah's sons) Maher-shalal-chash-baz – "Quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil" (literally, "swift booty, speedy prey") 'Immanu'El (Immanuel) -- "With us...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Chokhmah -- wisdom. ( Ch as in loch, not as in chihuahua.) Iiwweleth -- folly. (There are other words for foolishness in Hebrew, but this is very common.) Peninim -- corals. The good wife is more precious than corals (Proverbs 31:10). Many versions say "rubies" or "jewels." The Greek (LXX) has "costly stones." Further st...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: ‘Iyyov (Job) – perhaps “persecuted." 60x in the O.T. Further study: In this podcast: Job 1:1-22, 2:7-13, 3:1,24-26, 19:25-27, 31:1-40, 32:1, 40:1-8, 42:1-17 Job’s physical condition: 2:7,8,12; 7:4,5,14; 16:16; 17:1; 19:17,20; 30:17,28,30 Ezekiel 14:14,20 James 5:11 Even more: Job is part of the Old Testament Wisdom Liter...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words/names: ‘Ester (eh-STAIR), “star,” 55x in the Bible. After the Babylonian goddess Ishtar Persian Sitâr Hadassah – myrtle. This was Esther’s original name. Mordecai, 59x. It seems that his name is influenced by Marduk (the Babylonian national god). Haman, 54x. He was an Agagite, a descendant of the Amalekites, bitter foes o...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: ‘Ezra’ (Ezra) –  "help. 25x in the O.T. Nekhemyah (Nehemiah) – “Yah[weh] comforts," 8x in the O.T. Further study: Ezra & Nehemiah Ezra: Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah 8 Nehemiah: Nehemiah 1-13 The occasion of Nehemiah 8: was it the renewal ceremony required by Deuteronomy 31:10-13? Nehemiah 8:3 (NAS and Hebrew, not NIV) says that E...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: Yoshi’yahhu (Josiah) -- “healed by Yah[weh]” Appears 55x in the Old Testament. Further study: Mentioned in passing: Deuteronomy 2:27, 5:32, 17:20, 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 1 Kings 22:34; Psalm 119:72. See the parallel account in 2 Kings 21-23. Contrast Josiah's reaction with the dismissive attitude of his grandson Jehoiakim, i...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website . Hebrew words: Menashsheh – Manasseh (“Who makes me forget”) About 25x in the OT. Further study: Passages covered in this podcast 2 Chronicles 33:1-22 2 Kings 21:16 Mentioned in passing: Ezekiel 34, Daniel 4, Romans 5, Further: Parallel account in 2 Kings 21 Apocryphal: The Prayer of Manasseh 1-15. The complete text follows. O Lord Alm...

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website . Hebrew words: ‘Uzziyyahu (contraction of Azariah, ‘Azaryah) = “Yah(weh) is my strength.” The king is mentioned several dozen times in the Bible. Further study: Our chapter: 2 Chronicles 26. Exodus 28:36-39 Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 5:2 We also read Deuteronomy 17:18-20. A parallel chapter: 1 Kings 15 Deuteronomy 8. In a microcosm, Uzzia...