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We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we begin a series to explore the TV series, The Chosen. This background survey is highlighting the behind the scenes takeaways from the roundtable and goes more deeply into what they were tapping into when they "added" content to instill a background to the biblical narrative by tapping into the biblical worldview. In Part 1, we explored from whence did the author get the name Lilith in this Chosen episode for Mary Magdalene? Is this unbiblical? Launching off the Chosen's Roundtable of scholars and their discussions we look more into the matter. Why is this important? What is the importance of name and identity in the Bible. Let's delve more deeply than what the roundtable offered. Here, in Part 2, we continue our discussions and uncover the connections to Christ that lie beneath the Jewish traditions being conveyed in this episode on exorcism. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we begin a series to explore the tv series, The Chosen. This background survey is highlighting the behind the scenes takeaways from the roundtable and goes more deeply into what they were tapping into when they "added" content to instill a background to the biblical narrative by tapping into the biblical worldview. From whence did the author get the name Lilith in this Chosen episode for Mary Magdalene? Is this unbiblical? Launching off the Chosen's Roundtable of scholars and their discussions we look more into the matter. Why is this important? What is the importance of name and identity in the Bible. Let's delve more deeply than what the roundtable offered. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of the concept of the first firstfruits in the Bible as it relates to our previous discussion of the firstborn. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we begin our exploration of the concept of the first firstfruits in the Bible as it relates to our previous discussion of the firstborn. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of the concept of the firstborn in the Bible to understand how Christ can be the firstborn in Col 1:15, 18. In Part 2 we look at what this means for us who follow Christ in our new birth. The humble are exalted in God's upside down kingdom. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of the concept of the firstborn in the Bible to understand how Christ can be the firstborn in Col 1:15, 18. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar by focusing on when Solomon built the 1st temple which essentially is rebuilding Moses's tabernacle. Here, we focus on 1 Kings 6:7 where God wants to prepare us as his sanctuary. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the twelfth tribe/son of Israel in Benjamin. Here, we explore the implications of how Rachel names her son and Jacob renames him and how God uses the symbolism of in the example of Jesus and his pursuit of the cross to turn all mounting into joy. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the tenth tribe/son of Israel in Joseph. Here, we explore Part 2 of the implications of Joseph and how God uses the symbolism of adding to show the example of Joseph's life to add where the whole world was against him to subtract. No matter what he faced, he found a way by God's grace to bring a quality like none other among his peers. Rachel wanted another son and this tells us there is more to Joseph than we may know needing to add another episode to address this dynamic. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the tenth tribe/son of Israel in Joseph. Here, we explore the implications of Joseph and how God uses the symbolism of adding to show the example of Joseph's life to add where the whole world was against him to subtract. No matter what he faced, he found a way by God's grace to bring a quality like none other among his peers. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the tenth tribe/son of Israel in Zebulun. Here, we explore the implications of Zebulun and how God uses the symbolism of honoring to redeem us to our rightful place form the beginning over the powers. There is a territorial war in the cosmos and our world for rightful rule and God's election in the kingdom to which many have rebelled. God is calling believers to return to their rightful place in the upside down kingdom to be restored and become even as he is and to be holy for he is holy! We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar by turning to Peter where Jesus gave him his namesake changing his name from Simon to Peter to rebuild upon the Rock his living temple. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the ninth tribe/son of Israel in Issachar. Here, we explore the implications of Issachar and how God uses the symbolism of hiring to redeem. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar by turning to Malachi where God continued his discussions on purification and purging the dross from his people. During the era of the 2nd Temple after the exile, apathy sets in. Today apathy rules the day, and we look to how we can shake things up to get us back on track. People then were giving God their worst doing the bare minimum. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the eighth tribe/son of Israel in Asher. Here, we explore the implications of Asher and how God wishes us to experience the "Good" life with ties to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar by turning to Haggai where God called his children to rebuild the temple. During the construction of the 2nd Temple, apathy sets in. Today apathy rules the day, and we look to how we can shake things up to get us back on track. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the seventh tribe/son of Israel in Gad. Here, we explore the implications of Gad and what we can discern from the text as there are two possible ways to understand why Leah named the child Gad and what it might mean for us as we learn from them. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar by turning back to Elijah in 1 Kings 17 & 18 and his battle on Carmel to reunite God's people back to God where thy struggle like Rachel with a whole lot of nothing. God is so awesome he warrants patience. God is doing amid his people not seeing it. They see God as nothing while he sees them as everything. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar with the sixth tribe/son of Israel in Naphtali. Here, we explore the implications of where we find our struggle in life in truly with God and how we live in our daily lives reflects how we truly trust God in all things despite what life brings. Rachel's true struggle is why God has chosen to keep her womb closed, but it appears God is priming the pump by letting her know her day is coming. So, how do we trust God when we are not seeing God's promises fulfilled? We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series on rebuilding the altar and our discussion on the tribe of Dan where we turned to Matthew 16. Here, we explore the implications of where Jesus chooses to establish his kingdom of light on Hermon the headquarters of the powers of darkness in the region in the ANE. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives. Stay tuned for our future episodes as we continue to discover more mysteries of the Bible in the sessions that follow.