by Phil Fields
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March 31, 2024
<p><strong>NUMBERS 36:</strong><strong><br /></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Yesterday we heard about the boundaries for the nation of Israel, the 12 clan leaders appointed by the Lord, and about cities set aside for the Levites and cities of refuge— to protect from unjust prosecution of murder.</span></p> <p><strong>PSALM 48:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This psalm praises God for Jerusalem and shows that Jerusalem is a reflection of God's glory. It is clear that more than the earthly Jerusalem is the topic. God has prepared a city for us!</span></p> <p><strong>ACTS 7a:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Yesterday in chapter 6 we heard how grumbling in the ever-expanding group of believers in Jerusalem required that seven helpers (the first deacons) be appointed. (The word ‘deacon’ comes directly from a verb in Greek that means ‘to serve’.) One of them, Stephen, became the object of controversy with the Greek-speaking Jews. Before the council, his face shone with radiance like that of an angel. The false witnesses made two accusations against Stephen, and today we hear his defence against the first of them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NLT Translation notes:</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Acts 7:37 “Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[That Prophet is Jesus!]</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">42b ‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">43 No, you carried your pagan gods—</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">the shrine of Molech,</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">the star of your god Rephan,</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">and the images you made to worship them.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[This is not to be taken literally. This is hyperbole which highlights that the people were not faithful to the tabernacle.]</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">48 However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As</span> <strong>[God said through a prophet,//the prophet says,]</strong><strong><br /></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">56 And he</span> <strong>[said/told]</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.</span></p>
March 30, 2024
<p dir="ltr">I am releasing this episode number 12 of Joysightings at the DBRP feed in order to let you know about my recordings of Tales of the Kingdom and Tales of the Restoration, by David and Karen Mains. You can find the other chapters of these two books at Joysightings.info.</p> <p dir="ltr">It was perhaps in 1989 that a precious friend sent the two books to us, when we were living in the rainforest of Papua, Indonesia. Our children were at just the right ages to enjoy the full impact of these stories. It is a joy for me now to share these with you also. Each book consists of 12 chapters written as allegories. You will enjoy the deep symbolic meanings that underlie the story of characters with names like Caretaker, Mercy, and Hero.</p> <p dir="ltr">At the Joysightings.info site, the first chapter of Tales of the Kingdom is episode 12, and the first chapter of Tales of the Resistance is episode 25.</p> <p dir="ltr">When I made the podcast recordings, I was reading from the first edition of the two books of Tales, published in 1983 and 1986 by David C. Cook. The books have beautiful color pictures (one per chapter) by Jack Stockman. I tried repeatedly to reach out to David C. Cook to ask for permission to share these recordings on my podcast. In 2019 I reached out to David and Karen Mains via their Facebook page, and David answered giving his permission for my podcasts. Now in 2023 I discovered that the copyright for the books now belongs to Mainstay Ministries. In February I attempted to more formally re-confirm the Mains’ permission for my podcasts. However I found that the Mainstay Ministries website is not currently working and both numbers given for contacting them have been disconnected. If any of you listeners can connect me with the Mains family, I would appreciate it very much.</p> <p dir="ltr">The two sites I find for Mainstay Ministries are<br /> <a href= "https://www.sundaysolutions.com/">https://www.sundaysolutions.com/</a><br /> <a href= "https://kingdomtales.com/">https://kingdomtales.com/</a></p> <p> </p>
March 30, 2024
<p><strong>NUMBERS 34-35:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Yesterday we heard the listing of the stages of the nomadic journey of the people of Israel. God began giving instructions for the time when the people would enter the promised land.</span></p> <p><strong>PSALM 47:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This is a jubilant song of praise. This has been a special Psalm for our family. We remember singing this whole Psalm with one of our favorite churches. And when we were in Indonesia, they made a recording and we listened to it many times.</span></p> <p><strong>ACTS 6:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Yesterday we heard Peter and the apostles give fearless testimony before the Jewish high council. They were beaten, but counted it an honor.</span></p> <p><strong>NLT Translation notes:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Acts 6:5 Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following</span> <strong>[men//0]</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith).</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">10 None of them could stand against the wisdom</span> <strong>[given by the Holy Spirit//and the Spirit]</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with which Stephen spoke.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.</p>
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