Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - Is Christ also YHWH?
Is Jesus the Christ God? It's a fundamental question concerning your faith and salvation, and yet some say He isn't. And yet there are numerous places where Jesus' name is substituted for God's.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament Framework. Today a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2:This is the passage that Peter quotes on the day of Pentecost, coming right out of Joel 2, 28-32. But before we read it, let's look at verse 27 to see who is saying this In verse 27,. Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel. Remember, god wants to dwell with us here. He's speaking about dwelling among Israel and that I am the Lord, your God, lord there. And you see, probably in your version it's capitalized. Each letter is capitalized, even though some of them are smaller. Whenever you see, this all caps Lord.
Speaker 2:In the English Bible it is translating Yahweh. Okay, that is the word underneath it in the Hebrew. So the person here that is speaking is Yahweh, right? And in verse 28, yahweh says it will come about after this that I'll pour out my spirit on all mankind. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions, even on the male and female servants. I will pour out my spirit in those days. I will make wonders in the sky and on the earth blood, fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood. Before the great and awesome day of the Lord Wednesday night class day of the Lord. Okay, this is great and awesome. Okay, so it's amended by an adjective great and awesome. So this talks of the day of the second coming, but before the great and awesome day of the Lord, it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, there will be those who escape, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls, because that's the Old Testament passage. It's talking about God delivering Israel.
Speaker 2:While we're here, just ask yourselves a question Did these things happen on the day of Pentecost? Before we go, look at the day of Pentecost. Did the moon turn to blood? Did the sun turn to darkness on the day of Pentecost? Did people dream dreams on the day of Pentecost? No, dream dreams on the day of Pentecost? No, we don't read anything about that. Did people prophesy on the day of Pentecost? No, what did people do on the day of Pentecost? They spoke in tongues. Question did this passage say anything about tongues? Yes, no, maybe, no.
Speaker 2:Isn't this interesting that peter picked this up and quoted it on the day of pentecost in order to explain tongues, when joel never even talked about tongues. Joel talked about a lot of other things that would transpire. There is one thing here that did happen on the day of Pentecost, and it's in verse 28 and 29. I will pour out my spirit on all mankind In verse 29,. I will pour out my spirit.
Speaker 2:On the day of Pentecost was there a pouring out of the spirit? Yes, that is actually the only thing from Joel that happened on the day of Pentecost in Acts, chapter 2. And so what happened? You know, on the day of Pentecost, speaking in tongues, how did the people try to explain it? You remember how they tried to explain it? Oh, these people are drunk, you know, or something like that, or out of their mind. So what is Peter doing by quoting Joel 2? He's saying no, they're not drunk, they're not out of their mind. There's been a pouring forth of the Spirit. Okay, he's not saying this has been fulfilled. The sun will turn dark, the moon will turn to blood, all before the great and terrible day of the Lord, which is the day of the second coming. So these events that Joel predicted actually occur during the 70th week of Daniel.
Speaker 2:But because of this similarity of the pouring out of the Spirit, he quotes this passage. And so let's go over to Acts, chapter 2. Now, that's all things that Yahweh said he would do. Right, in Acts, chapter 2, we've already had the tongues. You'll notice, in verse 16, where Peter says you know, verse 15, these men aren't drunk. You know, it's only 9 am, is what he's saying. I mean, what do you mean? They're drunk already. I mean, my goodness, they haven't even had their scrambled eggs yet. He says verse 16, but this is what? Or tuta esen, this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel. And then he quotes what we just read, okay, from Joel 2.28 and following.
Speaker 2:Now, in that passage, yahweh would pour out the Spirit. But come down to chapter 2, verse 33, as he's explaining it 2.33,. Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God. Now, who was exalted to the right hand of God? Right Christ. Verse 32, right, this Jesus, god raised up again, to which we're all witnesses. Therefore, this Jesus, of course, having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you both see and hear who? Who poured forth Jesus? Now, wait a minute. The Old Testament said Yahweh would do this On the day of Pentecost it says Jesus did this. What does that indicate to us? That Jesus is Yahweh? Okay, this isn't that complicated, right, you can see a Christ for Yahweh substitution.
Speaker 2:Let's go to another one 1 Corinthians 10.9. Well, let's do the Old Testament first right. Numbers 21, 5 through 6. Numbers 21, 5 through 6. Genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers Fourth book Numbers 21, 5 and 6.
Speaker 2:You know, you remember, there in the wilderness there's a lot of grumbling that goes on, god delivers them, and so forth, through a lot of this. In verse 4, they set out from Mount Hor, by the way the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The people became impatient because of the journey. In verse 5, the people spoke against God and Moses. Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water? We loathe this miserable food, I can kind of imagine. And so the Lord? Okay, and you see, it's all kept right. Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people so that many people of Israel died. So who sent the fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people so that many people of Israel died. So who sent the fiery serpents? Yahweh? Because who were they tempting or testing? Testing the Lord Yahweh.
Speaker 2:Now let's go over to 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 9. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 9. 1 Corinthians 10, verse 9. And I might ask a few of you if you have a different. I have the New American Standard Bible 1995 version, so I may ask some of you if you have a different reading here.
Speaker 2:In verse 9, it says Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. So that's the same story in Numbers 21,. Right, they tried the Lord, they tested Him. Right, they tested Yahweh and they were destroyed by serpents. That word Lord there in verse 9, does anybody have another translation? Yes, the Net Bible. Let us not put Christ to the test. Anybody else have anything else? Let us not put Christ to the test. Anybody else have anything else? Let us not tempt Christ. You say well, why does one of them translate Lord and the other one Christ? Usually when you see Lord in the New Testament it's a Greek word, kurios, lord. But this is actually the word Christos in the Greek text, all Greek text. So who did they test in the wilderness? The Messiah, the Christ. This is a Christ for Yahweh's substitution, showing that Christ is Yahweh.
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