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Today's episode of Help Me Teach the Bible was recorded in 2016.

You can find episodes on every book of the Bible, along with topical conversations on Bible teaching at tgc.org slash podcasts.

Here is a father who has a loved and favoredoured son, who is despised and suffers at the hand of his brothers,

and then is raised up from a pit, and the one who they despise becomes their hope of salvation and their hope of continuance through the generations.

Well, who's that pointing to it?

Welcome to Help Me Teach the Bible.

This is the podcast for people who love God's Word.

And we go to God's Word for more than just a little pick-me-up or inspiration for the day.

We go to God's Word because we know that

when we open God's Word, we will hear God speak to us. He will enliven this word that is living

and active. And because we love God's Word and because it has spoken to us, we want to be capable communicators of God's

word to other people. And we recognize that the word of God has a Holy Spirit author emphasis

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