Live Bible Reading Matthew Chapters 1-3

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SPEAKER_00 0:06

Cody Cody had a very interesting idea. He wanted to go over the Gospels specifically instead of just doing like only a straight linear Bible read through. So that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna spend about 30 minutes reading through Matthew, and we'll go through all the gospels like that. And uh yeah, we'll see how this goes. We'll see how it goes. So all right. Are you boys ready?

SPEAKER_03 0:37

Ready, ready, ready.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

Let me type it in. Ready. Done a lot of Bible reading today.

SPEAKER_02 0:45

You want me to lead us in? You want me to lead us in, or we No, I I I've already done the intro, so you're right.

SPEAKER_00 0:51

I do need to lead us in. So welcome to Faith Fiction and Folklore, or as we like to try it, the triap, or as we like to call it the triap podcast, where we try not to mess the podcast up. If I can get the intro right, that'd be great. And today we are reading Matthew chapter one, starting a gospel study. And we might break up our Bible studies into sections. So the gospels, the epistles, the prophetic verses, the major prophets, minor prophets. You know, we might break it up into groups like that. We'll see, but we're starting with the gospels.

SPEAKER_03 1:23

So I've just I've gotten to a point before I mean I've gotten to a point in my life where it's like um like I I kind of I've read through a lot of the old testament and revelations and stuff like that, and it's it doesn't do a lot for me. Not that I necessarily don't like it, but it just I can't apply, I can't apply a lot of the old testament stuff or stuff from revelations to my life. Um, so it just doesn't do anything for me. So I don't understand why you would sit there and ruminate on it. But the gospels, now when you take like parables that Jesus talks about and apply those to your life, that does stuff like that will change your life. So I think it's really important to go over the gospels. So I just kind of want to start a section from that.

SPEAKER_00 2:11

Yeah, I uh I think that different parts of the Bible become more or less valuable to you at different phases in your life. Like when I was a kid, I didn't see any value, value in Psalms. But when I was in the middle, like when I went through basic and I went through that period of my life, I got a lot of value out of Psalms.

SPEAKER_03 2:29

So it just Yeah, I mean I can see that because like these these stories that we've been reading about like Jacob and Israel and stuff, like they're detestable people. I don't like them, but in that being, it's like like people have everybody's on a journey, like everybody has to grow through phases of life. So like it like the old testament might a meth head reading the old testament might go, oh okay, I could garner some good out of this, right? Because it's it's just such a black and white concept.

SPEAKER_00 3:03

I think the point is we're all meth heads, and so we gotta be humble, start dipping. We gotta be humble and you know realize that to God we're all junkies and we need grace. Yeah. So I think that's yeah.

SPEAKER_03 3:24

We're all junkies in God's eyes.

unknown 3:27

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 3:28

Amy McLennan says, probably Luke is my favorite. Uh I I like John. Uh probably my favorite of the gospels, I think. I haven't really thought much about what my favorite gospel is. I know my favorite writer is Paul, which is like, you know, nails on a chalkboard to poor Cody's ears. He doesn't like Paul.

SPEAKER_03 3:50

It is, because he's not a gospel writer.

SPEAKER_00 3:55

The old testament isn't supposed to Anna McLean says the old testament isn't supposed to make you feel good in opinion. The old testament is an example of how humans can be beasts, so don't do it. Yeah, cautionary tales, you know? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:12

So I was taught to look up to these people when I was a child, and I'm just like, what?

SPEAKER_00 4:18

Yeah, you were kind of given a whitewashed version in Sunday school, and it's very, it's very different when you read the Bible.

SPEAKER_03 4:26

You're like, oh, you mean Esther wasn't yeah, so you get into it, like you're you're taught to look up to these people, and you start looking into it, and you're like, Well, I'm already better than these people, I don't have to improve.

SPEAKER_01 4:41

Like you go to church and you get handed a coloring page about one of the characters, and colors this in, and then we'll have like one Bible verse.

SPEAKER_03 4:53

Look at all the different colors on his robe. Isn't he great?

SPEAKER_00 4:57

Well, yeah, the the brothers were awful, they just were awful. There's no two ways around it. The brothers were just what do you mean you wiped out a whole town? You're gonna kill us all. So Anna McLennan says, I don't go to go to a church, they don't explain it proper properly. Like, I understand that. Like, I try to go to church consistently, I struggle with it, and a lot of that has to do with um, yeah, you never hear that Esther was not part of a of a beauty pageant in a Bible sermon. It's like, no, the king was like forcing women into his harem and like dark stuff like that. And that that adds like a whole new context to Malachi's words about how God can use anything to accomplish a good, you know, like even terrible circumstances like that. But all of that kind of gets weakened because they don't want to tell you like just how bad those situations were and how dark things get. They whitewash too much, and I think that really weakens the message of the Bible, and it makes it harder for people to relate to it when they get older, you know, because they want to keep everything kid-friendly.

SPEAKER_02 6:12

Yeah, so yeah, 100%. Yeah, you can't relate to it. You're like, I don't even know what this is.

SPEAKER_00 6:19

And then he said, and then Anna is getting on to you, Cody. She says, uh, don't make fun of Jokop Joseph and his coat. I love him. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:32

Well, all right.

SPEAKER_00 6:33

Joseph is one of the good guys. Joseph is one of the good guys. He is, he's the only yeah, he he's he's not whitewashed, he had it legitimately rough.

SPEAKER_03 6:41

So yeah, he he built up Egypt and all that. So and fair enough, Anna. All right, I'm gonna start Matthew.

SPEAKER_00 6:50

I've got one more comment from Anna, and then you can start uh Matthew. Okay. Joseph and his days in the pit and his coat speak to me. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:01

Verse one, Matthew. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob, Jacob begat Judas and his brethren. Judas begat Fairies and Zara of Thamar, and Fairies begat Ezram, and Ezra begat Aram, and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Nason, and Nason begat Salmon, Salmon begat Booze, Rachel of Rachab, Booze of Rachab.

SPEAKER_00 7:32

Rahab. That says booze, buddy. No, you're right, you're right. I'm getting ahead of myself. I apologize. Go on.

SPEAKER_03 7:39

And Booze begat Obed of Ruth, and Obad begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias. And Solomon begat Roboam. And Roboam begat Abia. And Abiah begat Asa. I used to know her name Asa. Asa begat Jehosaphat. No, you're not Jehosaphat. Josophat.

SPEAKER_00 8:05

Josaphat.

SPEAKER_03 8:06

Josaphat. Okay. Josaphat began Jo Ram and Joam begat Osias, and Osias begat Joatham and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekius, and Ezekius begat Manassas, and Manasseh begat Amon. Oh, is that Amon from that YouTube stream? Just kidding. And Amon begat Josiah, and Josiah begat Jaconius and his brethren. About the time they were carried away to Babylon. And after they were brought to Babylon, I lost all my text. There it is. After they were brought to Babylon, Jaconius, that's a ridiculous name. Begat Salothel. And Salothel begat Zorabbal. And Zorabbul begat Abiwid. And a bewid begat Elaikim. You want me to take that over? I know. Elaikim begat Azor, and Azor begat Sadok. Sadok begat Akim, Akim begat Eliud, Eliad begat Ela Eliazar, Eliazar begat Mathan, and Mathan begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who was called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 generations, and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are 14 generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 14 generations. Strange sentence. Then Joseph, her husband, being just a man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And shall she bring she shall bring forth a son and shall call his name Jesus? For he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken to the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us. So he directly disobeyed the angel.

SPEAKER_00 10:49

No, that's another prophecy. So like right here in 22, this is Matthew quoting a prophecy. Right? So Jesus actually also means Emmanuel is the idea. So like the angel told.

SPEAKER_03 11:12

I've never found that. I've looked it up several times.

SPEAKER_00 11:14

Well, let me finish my thought and we'll check it. So the idea is that she brought forth uh the son. Um the angel said that you shall call him Jesus. And then now this was all done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Lord, the by of the Lord by the prophet, saying the prophet's probably Isaiah, let's say. Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call him his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us. In other words, he's the son of God. Like it's a messianic prophecy, it's a messianic term.

SPEAKER_03 11:48

Right, I get what they're saying, but he's doing not with these.

SPEAKER_00 11:51

Oh, no, no. You're Matthew's moving away from the story. Like, we're no longer in the story when he says this. So the story technically ends with the angels, uh, for they shall and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. That's the end of the story. 21 is the end of the story. So his name was Jesus. And then that's Mark, and then you move to 22, which is the narrator interjecting into the story. Does that make sense? Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Lord the prophet, saying, Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is being interpreted, is God with us. So this is the Messiah. Emmanuel is another term for Messiah, and he's referencing the messianic prophecy from Isaiah, I believe. We can check that, but that's the basic idea. It might be a different prophet. So let me check specifically who Matthew is referring to in chapter one. So I think it's Isaiah, but we'll check. Which prophet is Matthew referring referring to in Matthew chapter one? Isaiah, and this is Isaiah chapter seven. So do you want to look up chap Isaiah chapter seven, Cody? Or no? Okay. So does that make sense, like what's going on?

SPEAKER_03 13:33

Uh it's it's a great apologetic. It's a great apologetic.

SPEAKER_00 13:37

Why are you unconvinced? Like it's uh to me, I'm just looking at it going, this is basic storytelling. He tells a story, and then you zoom out of the story, the narrator interjects at the end of the chapter. He's not saying Emmanuel's not meant to be his literal name. Emmanuel is a title like king or lord. Emmanuel is not a name, it's it's yeah, it's a it's an honorific. Does that make sense?

SPEAKER_03 14:08

Okay, so does anybody else carry that title? Or is that the that's a title for messiah? Okay. I was that was never made clear to me. Okay. I'm just telling you. It's part of it. Like every everybody has always said Emmanuel and Jesus are the same name, and it's this doesn't matter.

SPEAKER_00 14:27

Well, it's because Emmanuel's an honorific. It's like it's like, yeah, it's a title to right.

SPEAKER_03 14:33

So we have the thought he's an idiot. If you say so. It's fine.

SPEAKER_01 14:43

It's just it's just simply part of part of a prophecy that Jesus is Lord and He's King.

SPEAKER_00 14:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:52

He's going to be king.

SPEAKER_00 14:54

Right.

SPEAKER_01 14:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:56

Okay, I guess I'll finish it up here. So it'd be a little quicker for me to do so, I guess. So you don't have to find your spot because I've been jumping around. Uh then Joseph being raised from sleep as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife, and he knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus. Matthew chapter two. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east of Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet, and thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judea, art not the least among the princes of Judah? For out of thee shall come a governor that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when they when he had privily when then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And Calyx is here. Yo yo yo, Calyx. He says, Yo yo yo. So Hey Calix. Alright.

SPEAKER_03 16:32

What time the star appeared? That's an interesting phrase there. What time? It's not one you see often.

SPEAKER_00 16:39

So what time the star appeared. Amy McLean says, there is something special about Luke. I'm not sure what it is. I don't know. I I like it. I think it's probably I could be wrong in saying this, but I kind of feel like it's the most linear, like chronological, like it's the most easily understood version of the gospels for Westerners, maybe because it's told more like a story in chronological order as opposed to thematically or in reference to prophecies. Like the other gospels seem to be structured a little bit differently, but Luke does seem to be like the most biographical, if you will, of them. So at least that's what I that's what I think. I could be wrong, but that's what I think.

SPEAKER_01 17:28

Well, wasn't Luke wasn't Luke like a writer? Yeah, well he was a doctor.

SPEAKER_00 17:33

So he was pretty, by all accounts, he was pretty analytical. He was also the one that was like taking documentation and stuff from he wasn't just taking like account like the account of Peter. He wasn't just listening to anecdotal accounts, like he was also kind of putting it all together after the fact, if that makes sense. So it was like more of a an Right. Yeah, he wrote and then he wrote Acts. Yes. Yeah, uh uh Amy McLennan says, yeah, more logical. Yeah. Yeah. So he was more, he thinks more like a I guess like a Roman or a Westerner than some of the other literary genres of the gospel. Because, like, for example, Mark, Mark is more thematic. So it's like you have a story and then you have an idea, and then you have another story that's also connected to the first story and the idea. It's called a Markian sandwich. And so the way he structures it isn't necessarily always chronological.

SPEAKER_03 18:33

So, you know, the writers had different is there a reason that I would like that more than the rest of the world.

SPEAKER_00 18:41

Yeah, because it's thematic. Like some people don't think linearly, some people think in terms of concepts, you know.

SPEAKER_03 18:48

Yeah, I think I do that.

SPEAKER_00 18:49

So, you know, Mark might be might end up being your favorite.

SPEAKER_03 18:54

So I've been trying to figure out why it's my favorite, but yeah, you might be honest something.

SPEAKER_00 18:59

It's just, you know, that's one of the good things about having four versions, is people just think differently. So yep. Yeah, so uh uh Amy McLennan says, I have read early accounts of doctors and they make no money. Yeah, a doctor's life is very hard.

SPEAKER_03 19:18

If they're doing the job correctly, no, they're not gonna make any money.

SPEAKER_00 19:22

Hmm. So if they become billionaires, it's almost like there's an agenda. Hmm. Almost like that, so all right, I've lost my place because we're uh that's my fault. All right, hang on.

SPEAKER_03 19:37

Um, they're asking what time the star appeared.

SPEAKER_00 19:39

Yeah, what time the star appeared. So we're on eight. And they sent, and he sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed, and lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy, and when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and fell down and worshipped him, and when they had opened their treasures they presented unto him gifts, gold and frankinc frankincense and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and they be thou there until I bring and be thou there until I bring thee word, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophets, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. So here's another prophetic moment there. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceedingly wrot, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which had diligently inquired, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted because they are not. So uh here we got another. Moment from or another comment from Amy McLennan who says, Yeah, anyways, Luke is my favorite. So there you go. Um moving on to 19. Oh, here. And then she adds, I named my cat Myrrh. She is a black cat. I swear I am not a witch. I bought her for 20 can from some person on the internet.

unknown 22:26

I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 22:27

It's a can like 20, 20 Canadian dollars from. Where are you from?

SPEAKER_03 22:33

We're heard around the world.

SPEAKER_00 22:36

Well, that's cool. Yeah, we got two cats here. I think they were just feral. They came wanting food and then never left.

SPEAKER_01 22:44

So yeah, one keeps curious about what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 22:51

Yeah, well, at least it's not meowing in my window anymore. I'm always scared that's gonna get picked up by the mic. So, anyway. So, yeah. Uh Canadian dollars. That's what I thought. Canadian dollars. So not can Canadian dollars, Cody. Thank you, Amy. So, yeah. So we're on 19. Uh but with Amy with uh so she also spins a laughter face, and I think that was you for for you, Cody. So there you go. She paid, I think she's laughing at you because you know who would pay for a cat with cans? Soda cans. It's true. It's true. Unless you really like Mountain Dew. I guess if you really like Mountain Dew. Take my cat. I don't care anymore. Anyway, okay. Moose Bob, we got focus. Cans and vegetables, there we go. Don't worry, she has a microchip in there. There you go. There you go. All right, 19. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child's life. And he arose and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archilius did yeah, Arch Archilius or Archilius did reign in Judah Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither. Notwithstanding being warned of God in the dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. So, yeah, I think I got all that right. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophets, he shall be called a Nazarene.

SPEAKER_03 24:50

See, this this whole part is really up in the air to me. It's like it's like, well, I know you told me to do this thing, but I'm gonna do this other thing because I'm scared. And then it was still prophetic. Well 22 and 23.

SPEAKER_00 25:06

Let me look at this.

SPEAKER_03 25:11

Like Joseph was not obedient to God. That's my point. Like, he didn't name Jesus what he said, like all this stuff. He didn't go where God told him to.

SPEAKER_00 25:20

Hang on, I'm reading, I gotta read this a little closer before I respond to you, because I think I know what's going on, but I want to make sure.

SPEAKER_03 25:27

Yeah, no worries. Think about your answers.

SPEAKER_00 25:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 25:34

There's a clip of TA West in a in a uh interview with TMZ, and and he's like sitting there, they asked him a question, he's sitting there thinking about the answer for a couple seconds. They're like, Do we need to take a break? He's like, No, you asked me a hard question. I'm gonna sit here and think about my answer. Keep filming.

SPEAKER_00 25:51

There you go. Okay, so here's what's going on. I don't think Joseph is disobeying. He's just saying, go into the land of Israel. So that's like the whole nation.

unknown 26:02

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 26:04

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 26:05

Nazareth is north. It's on the Sea of Galilee. Oh, so like it, like Israel is technically the whole country, but you have Judea, and then you have like Israel, and then you have like Samaria, which I'm not exactly sure what counts as Samaria and what doesn't. But the bottom line is you know, you had the civil war in the old testament. So like technically the whole thing is Israel, but the north is still also called Israel, but the southern kingdom is referred to as Judah or Judea. So, but yeah, technically the whole thing is just Israel. Does that make sense? Okay, so now there's yeah, Nazareth is in Israel, it's by the Sea of Galilee. Whereas the area Joseph was scared to go back into was like Bethlehem and Judea. So he just went further north.

SPEAKER_02 26:56

Yeah. Headquarters. Yep. I got you.

SPEAKER_00 26:59

Okay, so that is chapter two. And we are on to chapter three. In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of the of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a lurk and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his meat was locust and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the regions round about Jordan. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the regions round about Jordan. So I guess this is saying he this is the area he roamed. And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. And when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees can't come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits, meat for repentance. And think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the tree, therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. For John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, and lo the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him, and lo a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. And that's chapter three.

SPEAKER_01 29:51

That's legit. Indeed.

SPEAKER_00 29:54

All right.

SPEAKER_01 29:56

He was well pleased.

SPEAKER_00 29:57

So yeah. Um Amy McLennan says, Oh, maybe it's okay when Bill Gates says I should eat bugs and be happy. No, Klaus Schwab.

SPEAKER_03 30:12

Klaus Schwab and John the Baptist, sir. I mean, they're pretty close.

SPEAKER_01 30:17

Just the Baptist.

SPEAKER_03 30:19

Klaus the Baptist. You will eat the locust and the honey, and you will be filled with the third of God.

SPEAKER_00 30:30

I'm trying to decide if you would be happy. Well, that was a pleasant way to end this section. So there you go. That's the first three chapters of Matthew. We hope you enjoyed this episode of Faith Fiction and Folklore. If you did, we would love it if you would subscribe to us on YouTube or follow us on Rumble. We can also be found on X, Instagram, and Facebook. And we are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio. Thank you again very much for listening, and we'll see you next time.