Intro to the Old Testament I Handmaidens, Harems and Heroines I Lynne Hilton Wilson

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Join Lynne Hilton Wilson for an inspiring journey through the Old Testament, centered on Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah. For many, approaching the Old Testament can bring mixed emotions—eagerness, uncertainty, even apprehension. As one of the oldest collections of sacred writings in the world, its ancient cultures and stories can feel distant or unfamiliar. Yet within these pages are deeply recognizable human experiences and powerful gospel truths. In this video, Lynne Hilton Wilson helps viewers see how the lives of men and women from the Old Testament point us to Christ. Though their circumstances were different from ours, they knew family joy and conflict, faith and doubt, success and failure. Most importantly, they exercised faith, repented, made covenants, and held fast to the promise of a Savior. As we learn how God moved in their lives, we begin to see how He moves in ours. This episode invites you to rediscover the Old Testament not as a distant or intimidating book, but as a living witness of Jesus Christ, echoing the psalmist’s testimony: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

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0:00.0	Genesis 1 through 24 have the major doctrinal changes of the entire Joseph Smith translation.
0:06.5	Unfortunately, we do not have all that he did.
0:10.0	In fact, we only have a small portion.
0:13.0	The vast majority of women across the four standard works come in the Old Testament.
0:18.0	Going back to the text, this is a difficult book to understand.
0:22.4	And one of the reasons is...
0:27.6	And welcome back to Scripture Central. I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson, part of the team that tries to build enduring faith in Jesus Christ
0:34.9	by illuminating and defending restored scripture.
0:38.2	And I am thrilled to be welcoming you back.
0:40.9	Shalom into the Old Testament.
0:43.1	We're going to be walking in steps of our ancients.
0:47.2	And this book is difficult and it's wonderful and it's hard.
0:52.1	And I'm thrilled to be able to go through it with you in a little different focus this year for 2026.
0:59.1	I've been vacillating over a title.
1:01.6	And one of my research assistants came up with handmaidens, harems, and harlots.
1:07.8	And I've adjusted that a little bit because I wanted to focus on some of these
1:12.7	unheard voices in the Old Testament.
1:15.8	So I think the title would like to use is handmaidens, harems, and heroines, find the
1:22.7	Messiah in the Old Testament.
1:25.7	And as we go through the Old Testament this year, these unheard voices I would like to bring forward.
1:31.3	I think most people know of Adam and Eve and Sarah and Abraham,
1:36.3	but there are thousands of women that we do not always reference.
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