Hebrews with Ben Witherington, III

Today I sit down with Dr. Ben Witherington, III, Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. Ben has written over 60 books, numerous articles, he has led several tours to the lands mentioned in the Bible, and has appeared on dozens of television programs on PBS, CNN, and the BBC to discuss topics like Easter, the historical Jesus, and even Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with one of my doctoral professors about a book many Christians don’t really know much about, the letter? sermon? homily? to the Hebrews.
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  • @SB_McCollum
    @SB_McCollum2 жыл бұрын

    Yay, Apollos!!! I’ve always thought that, too, but so many are just obsessed with Paul, as if Paul had won the lots and been made the twelfth apostle.

  • @timcummiskey1178
    @timcummiskey1178 Жыл бұрын

    Great show, F.F. Bruce book on Hebrews is highly recommended.

  • @faithinthefolds2034

    @faithinthefolds2034

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for listening, Tim! And you're right, F. F. Bruce always has something worth checking.

  • @charlesheck6812
    @charlesheck6812 Жыл бұрын

    I really appreciated this talk, and I learned some things, but not to nitpick Jesus was not a human person. He was a divine person with a human nature. It’s important not to confuse nature with person. What we have with Jesus is one person, not two. But two natures, yes.

  • @Matt-Pursley
    @Matt-Pursley3 ай бұрын

    What is the possibility that this doesn't "sound" like Paul because Paul is writing in a different genre than his pastoral epistles? When I think of how the early church referred to John as The Theologians it seems possible that Hebrews is Paul wading into theology as the first century understood that genre of theological writing?

  • @faithinthefolds2034

    @faithinthefolds2034

    3 ай бұрын

    That’s a good question, and one I haven’t considered before. The difference in genre would naturally make for some difference in presentation; I sound different in emails than I do in sermons, for example. I think the early church wrestled with Hebrews also, because they felt it was like Paul’s letters but they placed it after Philemon in the canon; given its length and significance, I think they might have included it after the Corinthian letters if they were convinced it was from Paul. Just a thought … Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

  • @Matt-Pursley

    @Matt-Pursley

    3 ай бұрын

    @@faithinthefolds2034 Thanks for taking the time to respond. 👍 I’m not apposed to it being written by someone else. It seems to me, the general reception history of the first centuries said it was Paul. Modern scholarship, I think, too quickly ignores reception history. Immediate testimony seems strong enough to deserve better criticisms than style to rule Paul out. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @SpotterVideo
    @SpotterVideo4 ай бұрын

    Who was the Bible scholar that studied under the Pharisees? Who understood the relationship between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, and referred to that concept in his writings found in other parts of the New Testament? See 2 Cor. 3:6-8, and Galatians 4:24-31. New Covenant Whole Gospel: Who is now the King of Israel in John 1:49? Is the King of Israel now the Head of the Church, and are we His Body? Why did God allow the Romans to destroy the Old Covenant temple and the Old Covenant city, about 40 years after His Son fulfilled the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34 in blood at Calvary? What the modern Church needs is a New Covenant Revival (Heb. 9:10) in which members of various denominations are willing to re-examine everything they believe and see if it agrees with the Bible, instead of the traditions of men. We need to be like the Bereans. It will be a battle between our flesh and the Holy Spirit. It will not be easy. If you get mad and upset when someone challenges your man-made Bible doctrines, that is your flesh resisting the truth found in God's Word. Nobody can completely understand the Bible unless they understand the relationship between the Old Covenant given to Moses at Mount Sinai and the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary. What brings all local churches together into one Body under the blood of Christ? The answer is found below. Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him. He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth. Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by husband unto them, saith the LORD: Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? What did Paul say about Genesis 12:3 in Galatians 3:8, 3:16? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis? Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart. Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36) We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24. 1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. The following verses prove the Holy Spirit is the master teacher for those now in the New Covenant. Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Act 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. Watch the KZread videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay. .

  • @TruthSetFree-zm1ep
    @TruthSetFree-zm1ep Жыл бұрын

    ONE COMMENT?!?! Blasphemy!!