Welcome to Open Line Chat right now. Doctor Michael Riedel is with us to answer your biblical questions. And you can try to get those in because we've got a lot already at four, two, three, 629 8900. But if we don't get to you today, we will continue through next week. Doctor Melnick, welcome, and let's get started with a trip that some people are surprised that you're actually going to take this year.

Welcome to Open Line Chat right now. Doctor Michael Riedel is with us to answer your biblical questions. And you can try to get those in because we've got a lot already at four, two, three, 629 8900. But if we don't get to you today, we will continue through next week. Doctor Melnick, welcome, and let's get started with a trip that some people are surprised that you're actually going to take this year.

We're we're heading to Israel. It's really you know, we're not going to go to Gaza where there's a war going on, but we will be in Israel, where things are safe and secure, and we're going to obviously do a biblical, uh, and, and gospel tour. We're going to walk where the Messiah walked. We're going to see biblical sites, uh, old and New Testament, but also we're going to I think it's important that we show solidarity with what's going on in Israel. We're going to see some of the. Some aspects of, of, uh, Israel, modern Israel today and, uh, do our best to show our heart and concern for the people of Israel. And so, uh, that's, uh, that's coming up in September. People are interested. They can go to npr.org and click on the link there. I think they'll they'll be, uh, it's it's a great, exciting, uh, first trip in a number of years. A couple of years for me. So.

We're we're heading to Israel. It's really you know, we're not going to go to Gaza where there's a war going on, but we will be in Israel, where things are safe and secure, and we're going to obviously do a biblical, uh, and, and gospel tour. We're going to walk where the Messiah walked. We're going to see biblical sites, uh, old and New Testament, but also we're going to I think it's important that we show solidarity with what's going on in Israel. We're going to see some of the. Some aspects of, of, uh, Israel, modern Israel today and, uh, do our best to show our heart and concern for the people of Israel. And so, uh, that's, uh, that's coming up in September. People are interested. They can go to npr.org and click on the link there. I think they'll they'll be, uh, it's it's a great, exciting, uh, first trip in a number of years. A couple of years for me. So.

Oh, wow. Okay. I didn't realize that.

Oh, wow. Okay. I didn't realize that.

Yeah, well, the war has been going on for a year and a half.

Yeah, well, the war has been going on for a year and a half.

Wow. Okay.

Wow. Okay.

And, uh, we weren't going to go when it wasn't safe, so.

And, uh, we weren't going to go when it wasn't safe, so.

All right, thank you so much.

All right, thank you so much.

I would go, I would go personally, but I wasn't going to take a group until it was safe.

I would go, I would go personally, but I wasn't going to take a group until it was safe.

All right. Thank you so much for letting us know about that. And got a question for Suzanne.

All right. Thank you so much for letting us know about that. And got a question for Suzanne.

Okay, let me pull that up here really quick. This question from Suzanne, uh, says this, um, in Exodus 38 eight, it states that there were women ministering at the entrance of the tent of meeting. They donated mirrors for bronze basin. For the bronze basin, please. What type of service did these women do? How did they minister? And I couldn't find out exactly what they were doing.

Okay, let me pull that up here really quick. This question from Suzanne, uh, says this, um, in Exodus 38 eight, it states that there were women ministering at the entrance of the tent of meeting. They donated mirrors for bronze basin. For the bronze basin, please. What type of service did these women do? How did they minister? And I couldn't find out exactly what they were doing.

Uh, well, women serving in the Tabernacle is not something that should be surprising. In first Samuel chapter two, verse 22, it says, uh, now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Now, that was a wrong thing to do, obviously, but it mentions there that there were women who were serving at the tent of meeting, and they were behaving immorally. Those wicked sons of Eli. The verse I often like to point out is in the book of Psalms, uh, chapter 68, verse 25, where it says, singers lead the way. This is the procession from the in the sanctuary when the temple is already built. Singers lead the way and with musicians following among them are young women playing tambourines. And so the idea that there were likely young women serving in the temple as part of the worship teams, uh, dancing, carrying tambourines, that's, uh, and singing along with the worship teams that were at the doorway of the tabernacle and the temple as processions came to the temple. That's what they were doing. They were part of the worship team. And, uh, what I think is also interesting is people, I think, misunderstand Jephthah's daughter. Uh, they think when he sacrificed her, he actually committed human sacrifice. But what he did is he gave his only daughter up, his only child to serve in the temple tabernacle at that time. Uh, and, uh, that's why she lamented. Uh, it says that she went out to lament her virginity. Well, that was because she was never going to marry now, and she was never going to have children. And, uh, not that she was going to be sacrificed on the altar.

Uh, well, women serving in the Tabernacle is not something that should be surprising. In first Samuel chapter two, verse 22, it says, uh, now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Now, that was a wrong thing to do, obviously, but it mentions there that there were women who were serving at the tent of meeting, and they were behaving immorally. Those wicked sons of Eli. The verse I often like to point out is in the book of Psalms, uh, chapter 68, verse 25, where it says, singers lead the way. This is the procession from the in the sanctuary when the temple is already built. Singers lead the way and with musicians following among them are young women playing tambourines. And so the idea that there were likely young women serving in the temple as part of the worship teams, uh, dancing, carrying tambourines, that's, uh, and singing along with the worship teams that were at the doorway of the tabernacle and the temple as processions came to the temple. That's what they were doing. They were part of the worship team. And, uh, what I think is also interesting is people, I think, misunderstand Jephthah's daughter. Uh, they think when he sacrificed her, he actually committed human sacrifice. But what he did is he gave his only daughter up, his only child to serve in the temple tabernacle at that time. Uh, and, uh, that's why she lamented. Uh, it says that she went out to lament her virginity. Well, that was because she was never going to marry now, and she was never going to have children. And, uh, not that she was going to be sacrificed on the altar.

I know I was so relieved to hear that. Um, that that understanding. So thank you for clarifying that. And we've got a question, uh, based on Isaiah 4211 4211, just to give you a moment to get there. And the question is, is this a messianic description of Jesus leading up to Isaiah chapter 53?

I know I was so relieved to hear that. Um, that that understanding. So thank you for clarifying that. And we've got a question, uh, based on Isaiah 4211 4211, just to give you a moment to get there. And the question is, is this a messianic description of Jesus leading up to Isaiah chapter 53?

Uh, Isaiah 4211 let the desert and the city shout. The settlements where Kedar dwells. Cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Selah sing for joy. Let them cry out from the mountains. I think that they probably picked the wrong verse. But if you read Isaiah 42, this is the first of four servant songs. It goes through verse nine, and then there's a praise song that comes out of it in verses ten and following through about verse 13. So but Isaiah 42 one through nine is descriptive of the Messiah. This is my chosen one, in whom I have put in, whom I delight in him I have put my spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. And then it talks about a bruised reed he will not break, nor a smoldering wick he will not extinguish. And that's the verse that the Lord Jesus uses in the book of Matthew, uh, chapter 11. I believe it is when he talks about his ministry, To those who are hurting.

Uh, Isaiah 4211 let the desert and the city shout. The settlements where Kedar dwells. Cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Selah sing for joy. Let them cry out from the mountains. I think that they probably picked the wrong verse. But if you read Isaiah 42, this is the first of four servant songs. It goes through verse nine, and then there's a praise song that comes out of it in verses ten and following through about verse 13. So but Isaiah 42 one through nine is descriptive of the Messiah. This is my chosen one, in whom I have put in, whom I delight in him I have put my spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. And then it talks about a bruised reed he will not break, nor a smoldering wick he will not extinguish. And that's the verse that the Lord Jesus uses in the book of Matthew, uh, chapter 11. I believe it is when he talks about his ministry, To those who are hurting.

Okay. Yeah, I that's one of my favorite passages, actually. The bruised reed and the smoldering wick. And it brought me great comfort. And even in that eight years where I was really just questioning, just do I have any value for him anymore? I wasn't serving in ministry was a hard season for me, but I knew that even though I was bruised, he would take care of me and he wouldn't snuff out that flame, right? That there's a little bit of ember there that he would kind of breathe back to life when the time was right. That's the picture that I get from that particular passage.

Okay. Yeah, I that's one of my favorite passages, actually. The bruised reed and the smoldering wick. And it brought me great comfort. And even in that eight years where I was really just questioning, just do I have any value for him anymore? I wasn't serving in ministry was a hard season for me, but I knew that even though I was bruised, he would take care of me and he wouldn't snuff out that flame, right? That there's a little bit of ember there that he would kind of breathe back to life when the time was right. That's the picture that I get from that particular passage.

Yep. And it's quoted by the Lord Jesus about himself. Uh, in Matthew 12 it says in Matthew 1215, when Jesus became aware of this, he withdrew from there that they were trying to, uh, destroy him. Huge crowds followed him, and he healed them all. He warned them not to make him known so that what might be spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled. And it describes those very verses that we just read, and the nations put their hope in. His name is how it ends.

Yep. And it's quoted by the Lord Jesus about himself. Uh, in Matthew 12 it says in Matthew 1215, when Jesus became aware of this, he withdrew from there that they were trying to, uh, destroy him. Huge crowds followed him, and he healed them all. He warned them not to make him known so that what might be spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled. And it describes those very verses that we just read, and the nations put their hope in. His name is how it ends.

Okay. Thank you so much. If you're just joining us, you are listening to online chat with Doctor Michael Riddell. He's answering, um, biblical questions from the Tennessee Valley. And we're going to continue this conversation after Big Daddy Weave. Let it begin. It is 842. This is the second day of Holy Week.

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Doctor Michael Riddell is with us. And and, Michael, thank you so much for just joining us each and every Monday and answering questions out of the Tennessee Valley. We got another one for you.

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Okay. This comes from Jim. And he's saying, what's the festival in John chapter seven verse 37. Succoth and did the people shout Hosanna?

Okay. This comes from Jim. And he's saying, what's the festival in John chapter seven verse 37. Succoth and did the people shout Hosanna?

Well, first of all, uh, John seven two says, the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, and the Lord, the brothers, go up and the Lord says, I'm not going to the festival in verse eight. Uh, Uh, and then he stayed in Galilee. And then verse ten, after his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly, but secretly, because it was not time for him to be followed up there. And so he goes up there and he's spending time, uh, in Jerusalem at the Tabernacle. This is one of, uh, at the Temple Tabernacles or Sukkot was one of the festivals that was a pilgrimage festival that people had to go to Jerusalem for. So he went, uh, and it says, now Sukkot is a week long festival. So it says in verse 37 on the last and most important day of the festival, and that is Hoshana Rabbah, or the great Hosanna, that that's what the last day of the festival is called. Now, what is the deal with this? they. Atsuko, you would take the four species they were called and they included palm branches as one of the four myrtle branches. Goodly fruit. Uh, and, uh, I forget the fourth one, but. And they made a lulav out of it. Yeah, it's like a the branches held up and a goodly fruit, which is a citron, like a lemon, big lemon. And you shake them all around you people would hold these and shake them above their heads and beneath their feet and on their sides. And this would indicate the time when the Messiah would come and he would reign over the whole world, all around us, over the 70 nations of the earth. And that's why they shouted, Hosanna! Save now! May it happen now. Um. And what I think is interesting is, do I have time to talk about two other events that take place?

Well, first of all, uh, John seven two says, the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, and the Lord, the brothers, go up and the Lord says, I'm not going to the festival in verse eight. Uh, Uh, and then he stayed in Galilee. And then verse ten, after his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly, but secretly, because it was not time for him to be followed up there. And so he goes up there and he's spending time, uh, in Jerusalem at the Tabernacle. This is one of, uh, at the Temple Tabernacles or Sukkot was one of the festivals that was a pilgrimage festival that people had to go to Jerusalem for. So he went, uh, and it says, now Sukkot is a week long festival. So it says in verse 37 on the last and most important day of the festival, and that is Hoshana Rabbah, or the great Hosanna, that that's what the last day of the festival is called. Now, what is the deal with this? they. Atsuko, you would take the four species they were called and they included palm branches as one of the four myrtle branches. Goodly fruit. Uh, and, uh, I forget the fourth one, but. And they made a lulav out of it. Yeah, it's like a the branches held up and a goodly fruit, which is a citron, like a lemon, big lemon. And you shake them all around you people would hold these and shake them above their heads and beneath their feet and on their sides. And this would indicate the time when the Messiah would come and he would reign over the whole world, all around us, over the 70 nations of the earth. And that's why they shouted, Hosanna! Save now! May it happen now. Um. And what I think is interesting is, do I have time to talk about two other events that take place?

Nerd out on us, Doctor Rydell. We would love to hear this.

Nerd out on us, Doctor Rydell. We would love to hear this.

What happens is, uh, on that very day, there was a, uh, a water libation where they poured water on the altar in the temple. When the after the sacrifices. And what the Lord says, he stood up and he said, if anyone is thirsty, he should come to me and drink. Uh, and and then he says, the one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flowing from deep within him. So he there at the midst of the water libation, he is saying, and the water libation was to indicate that when the Messiah comes, the knowledge of the Lord would cover the earth as the waters cover the the sea. And so he says, well, you believe in me. Rivers of living water will flow from your innermost being. The people, you could just hear what they're saying immediately. Is this the prophet? Others said this is the Messiah. Some said, surely the Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he? Uh, and so they get into this thing because what Jesus has said is, hey, that water libation points to me. And, uh, the second thing that they did at the Great Hosanna is there was a torch festival. A torch ceremony where the priests and the Levites would carry torches up to the Temple Mount. And the light was so great that you could even see the light up in Galilee that far away. That's how far away you could see the light. Now, I know a lot of people are really committed to the King James Version, but I'm going to say, if you look at your Bible, uh, 753 through 811 are in brackets in any modern Bible because it is not in the earliest versions of the Bible. I don't think it really is. It's a great story, probably a true story, but not part of John. Uh, about the woman caught in adultery. If we take that out and you. You think about this. They're debating over whether Jesus is the Messiah or not. It's during the torch ceremony on the great day of the feast. What does Jesus say in verse 12? He spoke to the to them again. I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. He is not just proclaiming himself as the one who brings the knowledge of the Lord that covers the earth, but also he's the light of the world, which the torch ceremony pointed to the time when Messiah came and brought his light to the whole world.

What happens is, uh, on that very day, there was a, uh, a water libation where they poured water on the altar in the temple. When the after the sacrifices. And what the Lord says, he stood up and he said, if anyone is thirsty, he should come to me and drink. Uh, and and then he says, the one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flowing from deep within him. So he there at the midst of the water libation, he is saying, and the water libation was to indicate that when the Messiah comes, the knowledge of the Lord would cover the earth as the waters cover the the sea. And so he says, well, you believe in me. Rivers of living water will flow from your innermost being. The people, you could just hear what they're saying immediately. Is this the prophet? Others said this is the Messiah. Some said, surely the Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he? Uh, and so they get into this thing because what Jesus has said is, hey, that water libation points to me. And, uh, the second thing that they did at the Great Hosanna is there was a torch festival. A torch ceremony where the priests and the Levites would carry torches up to the Temple Mount. And the light was so great that you could even see the light up in Galilee that far away. That's how far away you could see the light. Now, I know a lot of people are really committed to the King James Version, but I'm going to say, if you look at your Bible, uh, 753 through 811 are in brackets in any modern Bible because it is not in the earliest versions of the Bible. I don't think it really is. It's a great story, probably a true story, but not part of John. Uh, about the woman caught in adultery. If we take that out and you. You think about this. They're debating over whether Jesus is the Messiah or not. It's during the torch ceremony on the great day of the feast. What does Jesus say in verse 12? He spoke to the to them again. I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. He is not just proclaiming himself as the one who brings the knowledge of the Lord that covers the earth, but also he's the light of the world, which the torch ceremony pointed to the time when Messiah came and brought his light to the whole world.

And so I'm just geeking out over this. Um, Michael, just thank you so much for that picture. Now, I know about the brackets, and I know that, um, you know, from, uh, 53, I think. Yeah. Through eight. 11.

And so I'm just geeking out over this. Um, Michael, just thank you so much for that picture. Now, I know about the brackets, and I know that, um, you know, from, uh, 53, I think. Yeah. Through eight. 11.

53 through 811.

53 through 811.

So that that. But I've never actually just read through and thought, oh my word, he's going straight from the the libations. I am living water and I am light. And that's the same teaching the same.

So that that. But I've never actually just read through and thought, oh my word, he's going straight from the the libations. I am living water and I am light. And that's the same teaching the same.

Yeah. The same two things that are happening at the Temple Mount on Hoshana Rabbah. Uh, there's the torch ceremony and the water ceremony. The water libation.

Yeah. The same two things that are happening at the Temple Mount on Hoshana Rabbah. Uh, there's the torch ceremony and the water ceremony. The water libation.

This is absolutely amazing. Yeah. Michael, thank you so much for just bringing Scripture to life for us and answering questions we have time for for one more Toby.

This is absolutely amazing. Yeah. Michael, thank you so much for just bringing Scripture to life for us and answering questions we have time for for one more Toby.

All right. So, wow. Um, this is, uh, from Janice, and it's John 528 through 29. Jesus said that there will be a time when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out. Those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. I thought those who are in Christ went to be with the Lord in heaven, even though we won't have. I'm sorry. I'm trying to read have a new body yet. So what do these verses mean?

All right. So, wow. Um, this is, uh, from Janice, and it's John 528 through 29. Jesus said that there will be a time when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out. Those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. I thought those who are in Christ went to be with the Lord in heaven, even though we won't have. I'm sorry. I'm trying to read have a new body yet. So what do these verses mean?

It means that there's going to be a physical resurrection someday. It doesn't really refer. Everyone's going to be resurrected, not all at the same time, but everyone will be resurrected believers who are considered righteous because they have believed. They will be resurrected to life. Uh, those who have done wicked and not believed, and they are standing based on their own sins. They will be resurrected as well. There's your. As C.S. Lewis said, you will never meet a mortal person. We're all looking at immortals. Um, and that's one aspect. The other. What she's asking is what happens to the immaterial portion of humanity when we die. This is just talking about the physical body, that there will be a resurrection. But the Philippians one says that the immaterial portion, that spiritual aspect of us, the spirit, goes to be with the Lord immediately. Philippians one talks about Paul says, for me to live is Christ, to die is gain. He talks about that if I go to be, it's better for me to stick around here with you and minister to you. But I would much rather go to be with the Lord. Uh, also second Corinthians five talks about absent from the body is present with the Lord. The Lord Jesus, even upon his physical death on the cross. What does he say, father, into your hands I commit my spirit. So the spiritual part of the person goes to be with the Lord at the resurrection. Our bodies will be resurrected and reunited with that immaterial part, the material with the immaterial. But now will be Immortally will have immortal bodies.

It means that there's going to be a physical resurrection someday. It doesn't really refer. Everyone's going to be resurrected, not all at the same time, but everyone will be resurrected believers who are considered righteous because they have believed. They will be resurrected to life. Uh, those who have done wicked and not believed, and they are standing based on their own sins. They will be resurrected as well. There's your. As C.S. Lewis said, you will never meet a mortal person. We're all looking at immortals. Um, and that's one aspect. The other. What she's asking is what happens to the immaterial portion of humanity when we die. This is just talking about the physical body, that there will be a resurrection. But the Philippians one says that the immaterial portion, that spiritual aspect of us, the spirit, goes to be with the Lord immediately. Philippians one talks about Paul says, for me to live is Christ, to die is gain. He talks about that if I go to be, it's better for me to stick around here with you and minister to you. But I would much rather go to be with the Lord. Uh, also second Corinthians five talks about absent from the body is present with the Lord. The Lord Jesus, even upon his physical death on the cross. What does he say, father, into your hands I commit my spirit. So the spiritual part of the person goes to be with the Lord at the resurrection. Our bodies will be resurrected and reunited with that immaterial part, the material with the immaterial. But now will be Immortally will have immortal bodies.

That is amazing. Michael, thank you so much for just being with us each and every Monday morning.

That is amazing. Michael, thank you so much for just being with us each and every Monday morning.