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The Naked Bible Podcast

Naked Bible 371: Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus, with Seth Postell According to Acts 15 the Jerusalem church concluded that Gentile believers do not have to keep the Law to be in right relationship with the God of Israel. Nevertheless, many Gentile believers today wonder whether their love for Yeshua (Jesus) and faithfulness as his followers ought to be expressed by observing the Law. What of Jewish believers in Jesus? Does Acts 15 assume that Jewish believers in Yeshua must be Torah observant? Did not Jesus and Paul teach believers to “do and observe” the Law? What about New Testament passages that suggest believers are not under the Law, and that the Law became obsolete with the making of the new covenant (Heb. 8: 6– 13)? Dr. Seth Postell joins us today to answer these and other questions. The conversation focuses on his important (and highly recommended) book, Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah Fulfills its Goal in Yeshua (co-authored with Eitan Bar and Erez Soref). His thesis is straightforward: The purpose of the Torah, Genesis through Deuteronomy, is that it is an historical narrative whose purpose is to lead Israel through the broken Law and beyond, namely, to Yeshua, the Messiah. Dr. Postell is a key leader at One for Israel, a multi-faceted non-profit ministry with the express goal of reaching Israelis and Arabs with the good news of Yeshua. He is also Academic Dean at Israel College of the Bible, the only Hebrew-speaking evangelical Bible college in the world. Discount Code: SEEINGJESUS gives 30% off on Logos or paperback and lasts until the end of the month (April 2021). Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah Fulfills its Goal in Yeshua

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Welcome to the NakedBiblePodcast, episode 371, reading Moses, singing Jesus with Seth

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Postel, the layman, Trastrick Lennon, and he's a scholar.

0:36.1

Dr. Michael Heiser, hey Mike, what are you doing?

0:39.4

Well, you know, I'm staying busy as always.

0:42.6

I've, I've, I've, I've really been anticipating this, this particular interview.

0:49.1

So part of my week, you know, has been not only reading Seth's book, but also again, going

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on back and looking at some of the source material in my, you know, in my library that's

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behind it.

1:00.2

So it's been nice, you know, it's actually a nice change of pace so that the normal business.

1:04.8

Yeah, and you really, really like this book.

1:07.6

So you're going to put your foot down and kind of force people to read this book and,

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which is good.

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I think when you can find a definitive answer on something, you know, and you could say,

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hey, this is my answer.

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Go as always.

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Yep.

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A good thing.

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Yeah, this is, this is going to be, you know, my, my go to reference, you know, and that's,

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