Historical context of the new testament, i think every follower of our lord should at least briefly look into. This is just fascinating and faith enlargening too.

Beautiful-the peace that comes as a result of being grasped by that grace

how fascinating 🤔!thank you! I am glad that you are only an URL away Professor Wright!

Your voice is amazing. I was watching The Bible Project & boom KZread sent me to you. Thanks

@emanuelreyes8664

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! Lol

@claretterwagatore105

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Always encouraging to listen to you, Bishop Tom! Can't get enough!

Love these videos, even the ones from years ago are very helpful. Thanks!

Very well done! Thank you.

Thank God this came next in my list!

Eye opening 17 minutes!!😃😃 Thank you sir!! I will be listening to this several more times!!! ❤️💕💖🌞

wonderful teaching...AMEN

Thank you Mr. Wright for a beautiful lecture

Wonderful insight. Thank you.

These lectures are a blessing, thank you!

Thanks for the clear massage

Thank you for this video. Very useful. Referenced in my current assignment.

Thank you..

He explained the best:)

When we were on the Colosae tel last September, it was marked, under some kind of preparation for an archeological dig. The caretaker said there was an administrative or legal process in swing.

Thank you

you made it so clear and understandable Thank you

Amen 🙏

I was not sure what you would teaching , the end I was confirmed by God’s Grace ! I am going to dig more your teaching! Lots of theologian attracts your thoughts, I do not care , I need to find it myself !! But hold on !!

Prayerful Speech and Actions Col 1:1 1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven. 2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, 3as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

The phenomenon of Gentile God-fearers was widespread at that time, and scores of Gentiles were adopting various levels of Judaism and Jewish practice. Many were participating in synagogues and Jewish worship of God already, even before Paul’s influence. When Paul came to Antioch of Pisidia in Galatia, for instance, and entered the synagogue, he addressed those present who were among his Jewish brethren and referred to them as “you who fear God” (Acts 13:16 ) and “those among [my Jewish brothers here] who fear God” ( 13:26 ). These are Gentiles who were drawn to God who had adopted some of the practices of the Jews-without actually undergoing a legal conversion to Judaism to become Jews themselves (through immersion, circumcision for males, and an offering in the Jerusalem Temple). Paul brings the gospel to them as well as the Jews in many of the synagogues he visits in his travels, and he teaches these Gentile God-fearers who come to accept Israel’s Messiah that they do not need to become Jews in order to experience the blessings and covenants given to the Jewish nation. His “rule for all the communities” is that in Messiah, Jews are to remain Jews and Gentiles are to remain Gentiles, and that each should keep the commandments that apply to them in their particular legal status and situation (1 Cor 7:17 -19). And he, like his Jewish brethren in Jerusalem, the apostles and elders and “tens of thousands” (μυριάδες, Acts 21:20 ) of Jewish believers who remain zealous for the Torah, knows that Jews are still required to be fully Torah observant (e.g., Acts 21; cf. Gal 5:3 ). The Acts 15 decree also frames the situation in these terms. It applies four laws from Leviticus 17-18 (in the same order), which are said to be for “the sojourner who dwells among you,” to Gentile believers. Jacob (James) in issuing that ruling quotes from Amos 9 and notes that Gentiles have a special calling from God, too, along with Jews. They are called by the name of the LORD (Acts 15:17 ). If Gentiles have to become Jews in order to be a part of the Messianic Jewish community, he notes, then they are no longer Gentiles called by the name of the LORD, as the verse in Amos refers to them. Thus, both Jews and Gentiles play an important role in things and both have a place in the sukkah (shelter) of David which is being rebuilt, which Jacob refers to there.

@s.k.1452

2 жыл бұрын

You are in error... Read Galatians... Paraphrase: "I withstood Peter to the face, because he was wrong" because he withdrew from the gentiles to save face with the Jewish Christians... Paul then elaborates... Converted Christian Jews are free from ordinances, days, dietary restrictions... Etc... Hebrews/Romans makes it clear as well... All those - whether Jew/Gentile are free from ALL of the old covenant restrictions...

You need to read Dr. Michael Hizneres Book unseen realm he is a scholar of middle eastern languages helps you to get inside the mindset of those people and explain the spiritual realm just check it out

@heavenlogoswalker

3 жыл бұрын

You meant Michael Heiser.

@Mike-hr6jz

3 жыл бұрын

@@heavenlogoswalker are use the microphone and apparently that’s how it spelled it my Aren’t we critical I could have said judge mental whatever works

@heavenlogoswalker

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-hr6jz I mean you want people to check out his books right, I just want people to be able to find it.

@Mike-hr6jz

3 жыл бұрын

@@heavenlogoswalker whatever spellchecker

@Mike-hr6jz

3 жыл бұрын

@@heavenlogoswalker yeah sometimes quadriplegia has its drawbacks you judge mental a whole.

Ephesus in prison? Most I’ve read don’t believe this is the case... would be good to hear why you think this, please!

@g.valverde2986

3 жыл бұрын

He was an escapee

I'm sorry but I'm so distracted about why the left corner of your mustache is missing

@jaccy3349

2 жыл бұрын

Lol Bahahaha 😆 I had to rewind several times because I'm laughing so hard lol hahaha!!! Smh 🤦🏻‍♀️ The things we get distracted with... LOL 🤣🤭

@paulmiller7775

2 жыл бұрын

He was musing while shaving "hmmm in the NT is a mustache Wright or is it wrong? hmmmm oooops!"

We’re you saying that Paul was in Ephesus when this was written? I was told he was imprisoned in Rome. No matter, just wanted to iron out the details

@Mike-hr6jz

3 жыл бұрын

Troll you KZread troll.

@MrAustin517

3 жыл бұрын

Was that a positive response or negative? Just seeking clarification. Anyway, thanks for the response, I think

@Mike-hr6jz

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MrAustin517 let the AI tell you how to think or what you think.

@MrAustin517

3 жыл бұрын

Mike, appreciate you taking the time to respond, but responses are terrible. It’s been a month and I have received clarity on my original question. Thanks for....not very much

@bmide1110

3 жыл бұрын

The matter is debated. Many scholars think Rome. Wright and some others think Ephesus. I personally am unsure.

Why do you believe the book of Revelation is canonical?

i cant read the bible but i can read napoleon pseudo code and visualbasic

What Paul is telling the Colossians, the Christian World, and the Jews, though he couldn't possibly know himself, is that the power of Almighty God, and Jesus/Yeshua, himself, is locked up in the true, electromagnetic nature of the universe. That Almighty God is an electromagnetic God who requires us to follow special electromagnetic laws that upbuild our spirit, upbuild our health and upbuild our standing before our Deity. It's all very complicated made simpler by following the accurate teaching of Jesus.

@s.k.1452

2 жыл бұрын

Colossians:. In the Beginning was God the Father.... Unseen, everywhere, without border, all powerful...... His image (Jesus) The Son- was the first creation.... Jesus was then given ALL power... Jesus then created AND reconciled all creation to himself before the foundations of the earth... Now switch over to Ephesians = All of the elect(Jesus was the first among many brethren)were already chosen and reconciled... The mystery of this is revealed "according to His good pleasure" to each of the elect at "His time"... Even the plan of redemption was complete before time but was only revealed 2000 years ago(He was slain before the foundation of the earth)... ALL things are already done... Jesus WILL get His sheep - that were predestined -according to His timing... This mystery will be revealed more and more the closer His return to Rule and reign for 1000 years gets... All is done, if you are His, He will reveal that to you... Then read Romans 8 chapter.... Be free and begin to KNOW that Jesus has made his elect Sons of God and heirs to the King..... We are Kings.... THAT is why Jesus is the "King of Kings". Not knowing who Jesus is, or Who you are in Jesus is the enemies biggest victory!

@trevorbates9017

2 жыл бұрын

@@s.k.1452 If we read the Holy Bible and allow it to be our guiding force into God's and Jesus's knowledge then obey their righteous laws then we are doing everything necessary to harness their righteous teaching and in following their salvation plan just as the seven churches in Asia are advised to do, then Wormwood will be copable with...the fact that their teaching involves a repairing force, a rebirth force, and a never ending, healthy, living cell replication force, as well, is just the luck of those who will be saved by their willingness to adopt our Deities righteous code.

@normantaylor1711

Жыл бұрын

@@s.k.1452 Jesus is the Logos, meaning HE is God and The Creator (not created being). HE is the very thought, mind, intention and plan of God, that became flesh. HE is the Word that creates because HE is God. Firstborn of all creation refers to HIS position in the Kingdom. The good news is that God HIMSELF reconciled us to HIMSELF through HIMSELF. No angel or other creation could ever replace the sacrificial work of God Himself. Hence, those who believe HIM (accept His Word and follow) shall be saved (eternally preserved by the eternal Word).

If there was a synagogue community there, the Colossians were likely a part of that community, since Paul defends their participation in “food and drink,” which is an inherent part of the Lord’s festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths mentioned in 2:16 . These, Paul says, are relevant and worthy to be participated in since they all have to do with the Messiah and with “things to come” (in the future), not with “things that were to come (in the past). The term in Greek refers to the future, and in Hebrew, a language in which Paul is fluent, “coming” is another way of talking about future things-for example, “the World to Come” (העולם הבא ha-ʿolam ha-bba). Side note: For Paul’s fluency in Hebrew rather than “Aramaic” (contra BDAG), see Buth R. and C. Pierce, “Hebraisti in Ancient Texts: Does Ἑβραϊστί Ever Mean ‘Aramaic’?,” in R. S. Notley and R. Buth (eds.), _The Language Environment of First Century Judaea: Jerusalem Studies in the Synoptic Gospels_ 2 (Leiden: Brill, 2014): 66-109. In Colossians 2 Paul is defending their participation in these biblical celebrations against the ascetics who are judging them for participating. They are teaching “human commands and doctrines” ( 2:22 , not biblical ones) and attempting to impose their “ascetic practices” ( 2:18 ) for “severe treatment of the body” ( 2:23 ) to “curb self-indulgence” ( 2:23 ). Their “regulations” ( 2:21 ) involve abstention, not indulgence: “Don’t handle, don’t TASTE, don’t touch” ( 2:21 ). This is in contrast to the “food and drink” in verse 16. Earlier in the chapter, Paul says the Colossians have been circumcised in Messiah with a circumcision not done with hands ( 2:11 )-that is, done by the Lord. Elsewhere, Paul speaks in terms of the circumcision of the heart (Rom 2:29 ). In that context he connects this to Gentiles “doing the things of the Torah” (Rom 2:13 -15). He says this is evidence that they have “‘the work of the Torah’ written on their hearts” (Rom 2:15 ). This is a direct reference to Jeremiah 31:33 , which says the new covenant involves the Lord writing his Torah on Israel’s heart. Here in Romans Paul sees this PRO-TORAH promise of the new covenant as applying to Gentiles who “do the things of the Torah” (Rom 2:14 ). This is right in line with what the Scriptures say about the Lord circumcising the hearts of his people (more on this below). And notice the Spirit is also involved in this heart circumcision (Rom 2:29 ). The explicitly stated purpose of this is seen in Ezekiel. “I will place my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.” (Ezekiel 36:27 ) The Spirit is given to “cause” Israel to keep the Torah. This is also seen in Romans 8:4 . “. . . in order that the Torah’s requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Notice the connection with the Spirit and the fulfillment of the Torah. Note that in Jewish parlance, “to fulfill the Torah” (לקיים את התורה) means “to do” it. (It also means to properly interpret and apply it, which is how Jesus is using the terminology in Matthew 5, by the way.) It doesn’t mean to render it obsolete or to only be declared “in the right” without actually doing the commandments it contains. Paul also says in that section: “The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s Torah. Indeed, it is unable to do so.” (Romans 8:7 ) This is another indication his “fulfillment” language in verse 4 is in line with how Jews speak of “fulfilling the Torah” in terms of “doing the Torah.” Romans 2:14 is also elucidative here, where Paul speaks of Gentiles who “do the things of the Torah” and verse 13 just before it, where he says plainly, “For the hearers of the Torah are not righteous before God, but the doers of the Torah will be justified” ( 2:13 ). The same connection is made in Deuteronomy 30 between the Lord circumcising the hearts of his people and their renewed Torah observance. “The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. [. . .] Then you will again obey him and follow all his commands I am commanding you today. (Deuteronomy 30:6 , 8) Paul is working off of this background in both Romans and Colossians. This is further proof that he is defending the Colossians’ participation in “things of the Torah” (cf. Rom 2:14 ) in Colossians chapter 2 and not the other way around. The phenomenon of Gentile God-fearers was widespread at that time, and scores of Gentiles were adopting various levels of Judaism and Jewish practice. Many were participating in synagogues and Jewish worship of God already, even before Paul’s influence. When Paul came to Antioch of Pisidia in Galatia, for instance, and entered the synagogue, he addressed those present who were among his Jewish brethren and referred to them as “you who fear God” (Acts 13:16 ) and “those among [my Jewish brothers here] who fear God” ( 13:26 ). These are Gentiles who were drawn to God who had adopted some of the practices of the Jews-without actually undergoing a legal conversion to Judaism to become Jews themselves (through immersion, circumcision for males, and an offering in the Jerusalem Temple). Paul brings the gospel to them as well as the Jews in many of the synagogues he visits in his travels, and he teaches these Gentile God-fearers who come to accept Israel’s Messiah that they do not need to become Jews in order to experience the blessings and covenants given to the Jewish nation. His “rule for all the communities” is that in Messiah, Jews are to remain Jews and Gentiles are to remain Gentiles, and that each should keep the commandments that apply to them in their particular legal status and situation (1 Cor 7:17 -19). And he, like his Jewish brethren in Jerusalem, the apostles and elders and “tens of thousands” (μυριάδες, Acts 21:20 ) of Jewish believers who remain zealous for the Torah, knows that Jews are still required to be fully Torah observant (e.g., Acts 21; cf. Gal 5:3 ). The Acts 15 decree also frames the situation in these terms. It applies four laws from Leviticus 17-18 (in the same order), which are said to be for “the sojourner who dwells among you,” to Gentile believers. Jacob (James) in issuing that ruling quotes from Amos 9 and notes that Gentiles have a special calling from God, too, along with Jews. They are called by the name of the LORD (Acts 15:17 ). If Gentiles have to become Jews in order to be a part of the Messianic Jewish community, he notes, then they are no longer Gentiles called by the name of the LORD, as the verse in Amos refers to them. Thus, both Jews and Gentiles play an important role in things and both have a place in the sukkah (shelter) of David which is being rebuilt, which Jacob refers to there.