Join us for our final episode of 2024, where we go through the first two chapters of the book of Luke, reading about the events leading up to and about the birth of Jesus. We discuss the beautiful emphasis that God’s Word contains on the salvation that Jesus offers us, and how His arrival that we celebrate is not only a fulfillment of prophecy but a beautiful picture of God’s purpose, provision, and promise.

Scripture

Luke, chapters 1-2

Isaiah 9:6-7

Hebrews 2:14-18

References

Strobel, Lee. “The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence of Jesus” (https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christ-Journalists-Personal-Investigation/dp/0310209307)

Mary Did You Know (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pae1ZfxWw)
The Shepherd, The Chosen Christmas Special (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uNpj9Cd3FA)

We encourage you to listen to part one of this discussion, as well as our episodes on Genesis 6 and God's Divine Council before listening to part two of Division of the Nations.

In part two of two of our discussion on the Division of the Nations we continue our explanation of the events of Genesis 11 - the Tower of Babel - through the clarifying lens of Deuteronomy 32. Here, Moses uses the division that occurred at the Tower of Babel as a teachable moment, a reminder to the Israelites to obey God’s commands. God’s disinheritance of the nations (and assignment to the sons of God) at Babel reminds us of God’s portion - Israel - and how His preservation points us to Jesus.

Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:8

Deuteronomy 32

Psalm 82

Genesis 11

Genesis 10

Genesis 2

Genesis 6

Revelation 4

1 Enoch 6-8

Genesis 10:24

Jasher 27

Psalm 2

Psalm 7

Psalm 8

Matthew 24:6-13

Isaiah 55:8-9

Revelation 20

Genesis 3:15

Ephesians 6

Ephesians 5:11

2 Corinthians 3:16-18

Deuteronomy 32:7

References

Brian Godawa (https://godawa.com/)

Dr. Michael Heiser, The Unseen Realm, ch 14, (https://drmsh.com/books/)

Dr. Laura Sanger, Roots of the Federal Reserve and Generation Hoodwinked (https://nolongerenslaved.com/)

Pangaea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea)

United Nations (pause and consider these two words and what entity they represent, while also considering our discussion in this episode):

• 2030 Agenda (https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n15/291/89/pdf/n1529189.pdf)

• Global governance (pay special attention to language on “AI governance”) (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2024/09/press-release-sotf-2024/)

CERN (https://home.cern/about/who-we-are/our-mission)

Shiva statue at CERN (https://cds.cern.ch/record/745737?ln=en)

Episode Notes

Join us as we share personal stories connected to Thanksgiving memories, historical context for the holiday, as well as discuss what it means to give thanks to God in our everyday life. We even share what we have on our Thanksgiving tables…and according to Shan, you truly can put gravy on everything.

Scripture

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

1 Chronicles 16:34

Psalm 85

Psalm 23

The book of Job

References

Reckless Love by Cory Asbury

Highlands Benjamin William Hastings

Hard Fought Hallelujah by Brandon Lake

Gratitude by Brandon Lake