The Feasts of Israel

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Genesis Introduction
Union Church Bible Study
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Genesis Introduction
In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
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Genesis Introduction
Introduction to the study of Genesis is an
introduction to the study of the Torah
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Torah

• The Torah is the Hebrew name for the first 5
  books of the Bible
• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

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Torah
Torah is from the Hebrew root word Yarah. It is
an archery term to take aim A literaral
translation would be the true teachings of God
pointing us in the right direction, or the bulls
eye.
To take aim
Truth
The true teachings of God
Torah doesnt mean law.
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Sin
Torah vs. Chata Chata is another archery term and
means to miss the mark, or to miss the bulls eye.
It is translated in the scripture as sin. To sin
is simply to miss the mark.
Sin
Missed
Error
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Tanakh
Hebrews had three separately defined groups of
scriptures 1. Torah (that given to Moses
on Mt. Sinai) 2. Neviim (meaning Prophets)
3. Ktuvim (meaning Writings)
Today, what we Christians call the OT, Jews call
The Tanakh. Tanakh is an invented word it takes
the T from Torah, the N from Neviim, and the K
from Ktuvim adds a couple of vowel sounds and
presto Tanakh.
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Torah
Many say the Torah or Law has been superseded
by the New Testament, or that the Torah has
been eclipsed by the cross.
Sadly, in many congregations it is said that
the Torah is dead. That is like saying the
teachings of God are dead
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Mark Twain
The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Mark Twain May 1897
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Mark Twain
The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Mark Twain - May 1897
The report of the death of the Torah has been
greatly exaggerated!
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John 546-47
46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me for he wrote of me. 47But if ye
believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?
if you believed Moses is an idiom meaning
if you believed the Torah Torah is Full of
references to the coming Messiah If we
dont start at the beginning, how can we
comprehend anything?
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Psalm of David
Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the
book it is written of me,
Psalm 407
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Emmaus Road
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the
things concerning himself.
Luke 2427
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Emmaus Road
And they said one to another, Did not our heart
burn within us, while he talked with us by the
way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Luke 2432
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Book of Genesis
There can scarcely be another part of Scripture
over which so many battles, theological,
scientific, historical and literary, have been
fought, or so many strong opinions cherished.
Derek Kidner
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There are really only two ways to understand
origins.
1. Youre here by chance!
A person can see everything as the product of
random chance, result of a cosmic accident,
operating in an impersonal universe.
2. Youre here by design!
A person can see everything as the result of a
deliberate design by a Designer, the
craftsman-like work of a Person.
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Basic Questions
Who am I ? Where did I come from ? Why am I
here ? What am I suppose to do here ? Where
am I going when I die ?
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Basic Questions - Answers
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Answers to Basic Questions
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
Revelation 411
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Answers to Basic Questions
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
Revelation 411
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Genesis
The book has its name from the title it bears in
the Septuagint, (Genesis 24), which signifies
the book of the Generation but it is called in
Hebrew úéùàøá Beresith , In the beginning,
from its initial word.
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Genesis
Who Wrote Genesis and the Pentateuch?
  Author Moses The lawgiver and leader of
Israel during the exodus and wilderness
wanderings.
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Genesis
Documentary Hypothesis (Graf-Wellhousen
Hypothesis)

• Compiled by later editors?
• J Jehovahist, Yahwist
• E Elohist
• D Deuteronomic source
• P Priestly source
• J1, J2, E1, E2, P1, P2, K, L, N, S..

Written without any compelling historical,
linguistic, or textual evidence.
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Genesis
Nachmanides It is likely that Moses wrote it on
Mount Siani for there it was said to him,
Come up to Me unto the mount, and be there and I
will give thee the tablets of stone and the Torah
and the commandment which I have written, to
teach them.
Ex 2412
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Commentaries
In this study we will refer to the following to
aid in our understanding.
1. The Book of Enoch. We will use the Modern
English Translation of the Ethiopian Book of
Enoch. The Book of Enoch is quoted in Jude 14
from Enoch 19.
2. The Book of Jasher, Jasher is quoted or
referred to in Joshua 1013 and 2 Samuel 118.
3. Ramban, Commentary on the Torah, This is a
commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Moshe ben
Nachman, also known as Nachmanides.
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Genesis 11
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. 
Nachmanides 1194 - 1270
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Genesis Contains Accounts of

• the creation of the world
• its first inhabitants
• the original innocence and fall of man
• the rise of religion
• the invention of arts
• the general corruption and degeneracy of
  mankind
• the universal deluge
• the repeopling and division of the earth
• the origin of nations and kingdoms
• and a particular history of the patriarchs from
• Adam down to the death of Joseph including a
• space, at the lowest computation, of 2369
  years.

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Genesis anticipates all false philosophies
Atheism (Genesis says the world was created by
God) Pantheism (Genesis says God is
transcendent and distinguishable) Polytheism
(Genesis says there is One God) Materialism
(Genesis says that matter had a beginning)
Humanism (Genesis says that God, not man, is the
ultimate reality) Evolutionism (Genesis says
God created) Uniformism (Genesis says God
intervenes in His creation)
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• All major doctrines have
• their roots in Genesis
• Sovereign election Disciplinary
• Divine Incarnation Salvation
• Rapture of the Church Justification
  by faith
• Believers Death and Resurrection
• Security Palestinian Covenant
• Separation chastisement The Antichrist
• Priesthoods (Aaronic and Melchizedek)

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Golden Rule of Biblical interpretation Dr.
David L. Cooper, Hebrew Scholar   When the plain
sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no
other sense therefore, take every word at its
primary, ordinary, usual literal meaning unless
the facts of the immediate context, studied in
the light of related passages and axiomatic and
fundamental truths, indicate clearly otherwise
  David L. Cooper, The God Of Israel (Las
Angeles Biblical Research Society, 1945) front
page.
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William Tyndale
Thou shalt understand, therefore, that the
Scripture hath but one sense, which is the
literal sense. And that literal sense is the
root and ground of all, and the anchor that never
faileth, whereunto if thou cleave, thou canst
never err or go out of the way. And if thou
leave the literal sense, thou canst not but to go
out of the way  
(William Tyndale, quoted by Pentecost op. cit.,
p27) William Tyndale (1494-1536)
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People in the Bible who read the Bible translate
it literally
In the first year of his reign I Daniel
understood by books the number of the years,
whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the
prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years
in the desolations of Jerusalem.
(Dan 92)
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The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things (Jn
1613). You dont have to believe people, you
can do your homework. (Acts 1711).
The Presuppositions
God means what He says and says what He
means. The Bible is an integrated whole. Every
detail is there by design (Mt 517,18). Nothing
is trivial All things for our learning (Rom
154). God is His own interpreter.
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THE LAW OF FIRST MENTION
     The Law of First Mention may be said to be
the principle that requires one to go to that
portion of the Scriptures where a word or
doctrine is mentioned for the first time and to
study the first occurrence of the same in order
to possibly get a fundamental inherent and
significant meaning of that word or doctrine.
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• Why Study the Book of Genesis?
• It is the Book of Beginnings
• (Law of First Mention)
• Creation Murder
• Man Sin
• Woman Sacrifice
• Sabbath Grace
• Marriage Agriculture
• Home City life
• Childhood Races
• Trade Languages
• Chosen people etc.

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Misquote of Ben Franklin
Jack of all trades, master of none
Jack of all trades, master of One. A cultured
person is one who knows Something about
everything Everything about something. A
Christians specialization must be the Bible.
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Three Levels of Bible Interpretation

• Primary Interpretation
• Practical Application
• Prophetic Implication

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Jewish Rabbis Teach Four Levels of Interpretation
Peshat The Simple Level Remez The Hint
Level Drosh The Regal Level Sohd The Hidden Level
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The Principal Discovery
Job Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
Deuteronomy Joshua Judges, 1 2 Samuel, 1 2
Kings 1 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah Esther Psal
ms Proverbs, Ecclesiastes Isaiah Jeremiah,
Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Minor
Prophets Matthew Luke John, 1,2, 3 John,
Revelation Mark, 1, 2 Peter 14 epistles James Jude
? Moses ? Samuel ? Ezra ? David
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel The
12 Matthew Luke John Peter Paul James Jude
2000 years
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66 books
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Geometry of Eternity
Eternity
Past
Present
Future
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Isaiah 5715
For thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy I dwell
in the high and holy place, with him also that is
of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones.
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Isaiah 5715
For thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy I dwell
in the high and holy place, with him also that is
of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones.
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Hidden Codes in the Bible?
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing but it
is the honor of kings to search out a matter.
Proverbs 252
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Hidden Codes in the Bible?
The secrets of the Torah are revealed ...in the
skipping of the letters.
Rabbi Moses Cordevaro, 16th century
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Equidistant Letter Sequence?
Equidistant Letter Sequence?
Rips explained that each code is a case of adding
every fourth letter to form a word.
R
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Read the code
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Genesis
r,a'h' taewgt yImV'h tae yhila/ ar'B'
tyviareB. ynEP.-l tp,x,rm. yhila/ xWrwgt
Aht. ynEP.-l v,xowgt Whbow" Whto ht'ygth'
r,a'h'wgt rAa-yhiygtw rAa yhiygt yhila/
rm,aYOw yIM'h v,xoh !ybeW rAah' !yBe
yhila/ lDeb.Yw bAj-yKi rAah'-ta, yhila/
ar.Yw _at_ dx'a, Ay rq,bo-yhiygtw br,,-yhiygtw
hl'ygtl' ar'q' v,xolwgt Ay rAal' yhila/
ar'q.Yiw
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TORH
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Exodus
WaB' AtybeW vyai bqoy tae hm'ygtr'c.mi
yaiB'h laer'f.yI ynEB. tAmv. hL,aewgt hd'WhywI
ywIle !Am.vi !beWar. !miy"ngtb.W !luWbzgt
rk'XF'yI rvea'wgt dG" yliT'p.nwgt !D'
yIr'c.mib. hy"h' _at_seAywgt vp,n" yib.vi
bqoy-r,ylt yaec.yO vp,nlt-lK' yhiygtw aWhh
rADh lkowgt wyx'a,-lk'wgt _at_seAy tm'Y"w
t
w
r
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TORH
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Numbers
hn"V'B ynIVeh vd,xol dx'a,B. deAm lh,aoB.
ynysi rBd.miB. hv,mo-la, hw"hygt rBedygtw
rmoale yIrc.mi r,a,me t'acel. tynIVeh
tAmve rPs.miB. t'boa tybel. t'xoP.v.mil.
laer'f.yI-ynEB. td-lK' varo-ta, Waf
t'lGgtl.gUl. rk'z"-lK' hT'a t'aob.cil.
t'ao Wdq.p.Ti laer'f.yIB. ab'c' aceyO-lK'
hl'.mw" hn"v' yrif., !B,mi !rohawgt
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HROT
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Deuteronomy
rmoale taZOh hr'ATh-ta, raeBe hv,mo lyaiAh
ba'Am r,a,B. !Der.Yh rb,eB. hZlth rh'B'
tb,v, k,l'-br rmoale brexoB. Wnyleae rB,Di
Wnyhela/ hw"hygt bgltNltbW hl'peV.bW rh'b'
hb'r'B' wyn"kev.-lK'-la,wgt yrimoa/h' rh WaboW
k,l' Ws.W WnP. tr'P.-rhngt ldoG"h rh'N"h-d
!Anb'L.hwgt ynInK.h r,a, Y"h _at_Axb.W hw"hygt
Bv.nI rv,a r,a'h'-ta, Wvr.W WaBo r,a'h'-ta,
k,ynEp.li yTitn" haer. h,yrexa 'r.zl.W
h,l' ttel' bqoyl.W qx'c.yIl. h'r'b.al.
k,yteboal
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HROT
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Torah Codes

• 49 (72) letter sequences
• Genesis TORH
• Exodus TORH
• Leviticus ?
• Numbers HROT
• Deuteronomy HROT

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Leviticus
Intervals of 7

• rmoale deAm lh,aome wyl'ae hw"hygt rBedygtw
  hv,mo- la,ar'q.YIw

y
h
w
h
YHWH
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The Torah Always Points to YHWH
Genesis Exodus Leviticus
Numbers Deuteronomy
hwhy YHWH
hrwt TORH
hrwt TORH
twrh HROT
twrh HROT
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The Torah was written by Moses approximately
3,500 years ago. Many of the names that are
encoded in the first chapter of Genesis were
placed there long before each person was born.
Thus far, I have found over six thousand encoded
words in the first chapter, which includes about
2,000 Biblical names of persons who are mentioned
in the plain reading of the Scriptures at various
places in the Bible. Only the supernatural Mind
of God could have foreseen the future
generations, their names, and the time they would
appear on the scene. Not only are many of their
names encoded, but certain, undeniable facts
about their lives and relationships with others
of their time are meticulously embedded in the
written Word. Yacov and Yaphah Rambsel
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Mark 159
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I
release unto you the King of the Jews?
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John 1915
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him,
crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I
crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We
have no king but Caesar.
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John 1919
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the
cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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Pilates Epitaph
HaYehudim v Melech HaNazarei Yeshua
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John 1921
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews but that
he said, I am King of the Jews.
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The End ?
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The Beginning!
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