And the way that God's anger is described as long of nostril, that it's like this breath coming out of the nostrils that signifies anger. So we're not thinking in chapters, we're thinking in movements. And lots of cool things in the app. And then when the ruakh is withdrawn, that's de-creation or an undoing of creation. Both humans and animals receive Gods life-giving breath. But spirit, wind, and breath are all united by that idea. First, it "covered the debt that humans owe God for contributing to all of the evil and death in His world." Learn more Promote Your Podcast Sponsor this list Podcasters Contacts Export Contact List Religious Podcasts Zephaniah 1. Moving creature., Tim: Oh, there they translate it "moving creature. Joseph is one of the Bibles most famous characters, and in the Genesis scroll, his story is a climactic moment in the theme of exile that spans the whole book. So maybe just one. And it's not that they have ruakh. And in these pages, we're going to trace the theme of God's ruakh. 36K Share 2.4M views 6 years ago #BibleVideo #Ephesians #BibleProject Watch our overview video on the book of Ephesians, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of. It's about bringing land out. So it's as if already there's a transformation, the chaos into order by the presence of the ruakh of Elohim. Jon: And that leads to movement four, which would be then the Jacob stories. On average, it takes 4 to 6 hours to transcribe one hour of a recorded proceeding. Jon: So in this way, our spirit is just God's Spirit kind of being given to us. And even though we said in the video it's God's personal energizing presence, people were still a little dismayed that we used the word "energy. But one of them is going to be this habit, this muscle of reading movements and tracing a theme in an interactive way so that you could actually read, find the themes, unlock the themes. Explore Script References - BibleProject Believers should set their hope on their end-time inheritance. Show produced by Cooper Peltz. Do you have videos for children? And that's a whole nother thing. ", Jon: Because nephesh is often translated "soul.". That opens the door to the kind of more classic answers to this, rationality or intelligence or And people debate all these things. In the seven-day creation narrative it's God's ruakh that brings about life that culminates (00:28:00) in the images of Godthe humans who are called to rule. What was the beginning state? The wind is energizing the air. (00:54:00). Why Cant Jacob and Esau Both Be Blessed? The ruins along with the wicked, I'll cut off humans from the face of the land." Yes. Nishmat. But there develops a usage that ruakh can also come to talk about not just the life principle, but also the driving forces of our minds and our desires. It Will Be Worth It Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions. Tim: They're interconnected. We are starting something new. Yeah. Future scholars will be able to develop and improve the same basic material as new tools become available. God's Spirit only is mentioned in the first movement, Genesis 1 to 11. Jan 29, 2023. Or you might bring a different assumption to say the goal of these narratives is to set two perspectives on creation. The day. Who does God say he is? Just like in the garden. (00:09:00) And then, just so you know where this is heading in Genesis, movement two is a story of Abraham. The voice of Yahweh is sometimes depicted as a character in its own right. But inside the little ark, the breath of life remains in the remnant. So the humans break God's command and take from the tree they weren't supposed to. And then I look out in the world and I see the ruakh blowing in the trees and the grass. Book of Ephesians Summary: A Complete Animated Overview Video downloads To access our video downloads, log in to your account or create an account with us. And now you've got two images for God's Spirit. Tim: It's ancient Eastern literature that it would make sense. But just to bring us back, these are the opening lines of the first creation narrative in (00:12:00) Genesis 1 and 2. There's a separate $10 tier for that. And that comes up later, but isn't as prominent of a theme as it is there. This transcription was then converted into xml, and then into html, to produce the transcription as it appears on this website. It took us a long time and we're now thinking about the hot nostrils of God. So what this is laying tracks for is a really important design pattern that's going to appear. So they're saying not just, Jon: So they got the breeze in there, the wind, Tim: And King James, "the cool of the day.". Tim: But it's the phrase nephesh chayyah. And what sets them apart from the animals is not that they have life or breath or are living creatures. So we've just looked at three biblical passages. Not only does it not set us apart, it's the very thing that Tim: connects us to the animal and the plant world. Tim: Shrewd. But what does that mean? So it's kind of like the movements are the way it's organized into parts. Posters, study notes, videos, and more To download videos, study notes, script reference notes, video scripts, posters, reading plans, and more, please visit our Downloads page. Like little spring. (00:08:00). Jon: So how is saying that Elohim's ruakh is present different than just saying Elohim is present? The first question was the broadest most general question that relates to the existence of God. Remember all the way back when the opening two lines that describe the disorder in the pre-creation chaos, you remember their conflicting (00:25:00) images, if you take them literally. A brand-new Thematic reading plan constantly highlights the bigger picture so . Tim: Yeah, that's right. In Genesis 2:7, God forms Adam from the ground, but hes lifeless until God breathes the breath of life into his nostrils. But even though you have adam from the adama, you've just got a pile of mud or like a statue. And then in the last movement, in the Joseph's story. Where can I download the BibleProject mobile app? Carissa: And obviously, there are lots of themes through this movement. TGC Course | Introduction to 1 Peter - The Gospel Coalition But despite Gods promises to them, they continually act out of greed, division, fear, deception, and lack of trust in Yahweh. FAQ The Bible Recap And then later narratives are going to just pick up both of those and connect them together because they're just two ways of talking about the same thing. We'll just step around the rabbit hole as we've gone down it many times. Tim: Yeah, creating life out of nonlife. Desiderius Erasmus was a 16th-century scholar especially known for his work preparing Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. Thanks for listening to this episode of BibleProject podcast. - Part 1 Related Media This is part 1 in a 19-part study on Tough Issues. Read and engage the story of Scripture. So they're in a garden with trees. Tim: In fact, the Genesis scroll has four large literary movements. Right? And it's the garden of Eden story. So that's kind of like a bridge to the second appearance of this theme in Genesis 1 through 11. I was actually just studying the crossing through the sea narrative in Exodus. I have had this experience so many times with my kids. And the point is they are two coordinated images. In this episode, Tim and Jon conclude our study of the Genesis scroll with a final look at the theme of exile. And then when God says, "Why are you hiding?" Thanks for joining us. Because you weren't trying to say it's just energy. Before that we looked at post modernism. Both humans and animals receive this life-giving breath. At least to the modern English soul. Carissa: Yeah. But I kind of want to sit for a second still with this idea that I think my assumption would be, oh, the reason why humans are special is because (00:32:00) we have this thing. Tim: And then I think we ended on energy. Theme Sacrifice and Atonement Script References Torah Series Numbers Script References Luke - Acts Series The Resurrection of Jesus: Luke 24 Script References Luke - Acts Series The Prodigal Son: Luke 9-19 Script References Theme Blessing and Curse Script References Theme Tim: Yeah. Thats animating energy too, and its the very thing I take in when I inhale. Anyway, we're getting ahead of ourselves. This new thing that we're doing is we're walking through the Bible movement by movement tracing one theme in that movement. And what he means is who can understand the purposes or plans? One, two, and three. Jon: Yeah, and it's not because of nephesh. God describes himself as "compassionate." Episode Archive 343 episodes of The BEMA Podcast since the first episode, which aired on 25 August 2016. After Gods human representatives try to become like God and determine good and evil for themselves, Gods ruakh appears in a storm that will later be called the. And humans too. Corrections, layout features and anything else considered noteworthy are tagged so that they may subsequently be displayed, searched and analysed as required. So it's a cool example of, again, how these later narratives will develop the images and invite you into a really profound insight into the character of God that you need to sit with. Carissa: And the Eden narrative you mean Genesis 2:4. Does Moses convince God to change his mind? Tim: Just a later Psalm that picks up this imagery (00:21:00) and language of the ruakh in Genesis 1. Jon: Where the land doesn't have enough water. Jon: Yeah, Joseph and his 11 brothers. There's an invisible energy that I breathe in and breathe out. Jon: Yeah. So Genesis 1 through 11 and Gods Spirit. And this (00:04:00) conversation is going to be on the movement Genesis 1 through 11, which is the first movement or the first scroll of the Bible. So the first thing they do is hide from each other, hide their bodies from each other. Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) And that's in Genesis 2. Tim: Yeah, exactly. Jesus saw himself as the one who would drink the cup of Gods wrath, which meant dying in Israels place at the hand of Rome. Download, share, and enjoy! [Arabic Holy Bible] [Armenian Holy Bible] . There are no reviews yet. And then I look out in the world, and I see the ruakh blowing in the trees and the grass. That's really interesting. And the Bible doesn't say what is it about humans, our anatomy, our whatever. So to describe God's ruakh here means, as the reader, we're thinking, oh, like life is about to happen. read it to be WISE, believe it to be SAFE, and practice it to be HOLY. Listen in as Tim, Jon, and Carissa review a familiar story with insight that helps us understand Gods anger and judgment. Carissa: Yeah, yeah. That's kind of the baseline. The golden calf story in Exodus shows us how all humanity tries to worship God on our own terms. Hand-illustrated Bible Project videos explain difficult concepts and themes "better than seminary" alongside scripture text. Before today's episode, I want to make sure that you know about something really exciting. In Genesis 1, Gods Spirit is the invisible power (breath) that animates humans and all creation. Because purposes are also invisible. And it's a great way to think about how the scrolls are designed that you get this melody, these themes, these ideas, (00:10:00) and then they're repeated in these large blocks. So we begin with a summary statement. It's an invisible energy that I breathe in and breathe out. And then the next line describes it as a dark, chaotic ocean. Tim: Whatever this appearance of the sound of Yahweh coming and blowing through the garden, it clearly makes them afraid because they hide. And then I use that experience to go out and create paradigms for how I see the world. It is a non-denominational ministry that characterizes itself as being "grounded in the historical, conservative Christian faith.". I think that's also an intentional too. And that goes from chapter 2 verse 4 to chapter 3 verse 24. In this episode, Tim and Jon start exploring the third movement of Genesis, tracing the theme of blessing and curse. Jon: All right. When our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: "Consider the end." John Piper Mar 5, 2023. Please share it with your friends! And those are all connected ideas. Carissa: And sometimes this one's translated as "cool." Wordproject: The Holy Bible International - in the major languages of But in both cases, it's the ruakh from God's nostrils. Most notably, he prepared the first critical edition of the Greek New Testament in 1516. Throughout the story of the Bible, God singles out different people, like Jacob, to be the conduit of his blessing to all humanity. So that's Genesis 2. Tim: Even if I come in and I'm not angry, there'll be like a somber tone. And maybe in English I would use the word "soul" more. Timbuktu Manuscripts (or Tombouctou Manuscripts) is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali. Carissa: Great. And so also, here, you can talk about a creature being born, a deer being born as the sending out of God's ruakh to create. Book of Ecclesiastes Summary: A Complete Animated Overview Thats what the author of Genesis is showing us in Genesis 1:2. That's ruakh. So what God proceeds to do is first bring up water out of the ground. "Cool of the day" doesn't give you the sense of a garden storm. We can observe in the world around us the wind blowing in the trees and the grass, and it animates the movement of those plants. So make for yourself a little wooden Eden." Jon: So what sets us apart from the animals being called the image of God doesn't have to do with having a spirit. Messages | Desiring God I've just gotten into the habit of transliterating the Hebrew word. Yahweh Elohim breathed into the nostrils the breath of life. And it's not the word ruakh. Bible from 30,000 Feet - 2018, The Take your knowledge of the full scope of Scripture to soaring heights with The Bible from 30,000 Feet. Tim: Correct, yeah. And where did the curse come from? Is God the same in the Old and New Testaments? Be the first one to. The main video in which The Bible Project explains the atonement is " Sacrifice and Atonement ". Join the one in a thousand users that support us financiallyif our library is useful to you, please pitch in. How you can help: Subscribe to a language-specific YouTube channel so you can be updated when we post a new video. Quick thinking. 57min October 26, 2020 Episode 10 Two Men Named Jesus Despite generations of rebellion and sin, God continues to pursue his people with his promise-keeping loyalty and generosity. And we got to chapter 3. But you know from reading Genesis 1 that anything comes out of anything because of the ruakh all the way back right there in that pivot verse, verse 2. It's something else. Download Free Bible Posters - BibleProject In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa discuss what it means to be saved from God's wrath by embracing the life of Jesus and a whole new set of natural consequences: lives given over to love and righteousness. Carissa: It's like Yahweh or Elohim storming in. So not always, but often there's afternoon winds. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa discuss what it means to be saved from Gods wrath by embracing the life of Jesus and a whole new set of natural consequences: lives given over to love and righteousness. Yeah, exactly. What will he do to make sure his blessing comes to all nations? Jon: But we got in trouble calling it energy because once you start getting into the theology of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit's more than just an animating life force. The presumption is wind refers to the temperature. Tim: Yeah, that's right. When this narrative opens, the land is dry and barren, devoid of human, animal, and plant life (and incapable of sustaining such creatures anyway). So invisible, animating energy. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa explore how God's anger toward Israel and the nations is portrayed in the Hebrew Bible. Let's look at a great example. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa follow the theme of Gods Spirit through the second half of the first movement of Genesis. So every living creature within this worldview is living on borrowed ruakh or borrowed nishmat. Podcast Transcripts! A movement of Scripture is a large section of chapters and stories that all together (00:02:00) make a coherent, beautiful whole. Like the book of Genesis has four movements. Verse 29. The collections include manuscripts about art, medicine, philosophy, and science, as well as copies of the Quran. After that decision, the ruakh appears in the garden along with the sound of God. The biblical authors dont give us a systematic explanation, but they invite us to wrestle through our deepest questions and encounter a clearer, more nuanced picture of God. And then we'll just keep going from there. I think that's how the imagery works. Calling God's invisible, energizing presence ruakh is a metaphor. Gods Spirit appears in eight passages in this movement. In the Bible, Gods anger and judgment are not always associated. Why does the author of Genesis make a point to name Gods Spirit in Genesis 1 and 2? Go to a specific video, click on the 3-dot icon under the right side of the video, and then select Show Transcript (seen below). Which is what Genesis 1 set you up to hope for. Tim: Every living thing is animated by God's Spirit in the biblical story. Remember back to Psalm 104. Jon: It feels much more Eastern, which I guess this is an Eastern document. Codex Sinaiticus - Transcription Tim: Separating the waters, land emerges out of the water. Genesis: God's Spirit in Creation - BibleProject Jon: It's not that they have ruakh and it's not that they have a nephesh. In my translation I've translated it "being.". Tim: It refers to a whole embodied living creature. Here they translate it creatures with life. And then when it's applied to humans, they translate it "living soul. And so these are the important lines in Genesis 2:7. Because tehom is almost always negative. But what exactly does it mean when God blesses someone? Carissa: Dark deep waters. It sounds nice. There's three parts to it. Carissa: And reading the movements, for me at least, can be helpful because you can see the structure of a whole section that's united and coherent. HOME Continue learning about the Bible by watching videos, listening to podcasts, and taking clas Jon: I'm sitting here with Tim and Carissa. Jon: Hey, this is Jon at BibleProject. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa look at how the Hebrew Bible uses the word "grace" to communicate one of the core attributes of God. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, "It will be . And you're like, "Whoa, de-creation.". By training our minds to read the Bible in movements, we can see the structure of larger sections of Scripture united by themes, which greatly influences the way we understand the meaning of entire sections of text. BibleProject creates free resources to help you experience the Bible. But they make things happen in the world. Everything we make is funded by generous supporters around the world. Tim: So right now, the mission before us, we could trace many themes, as you said, Carissa, through Genesis 1 through 11, which is the first literary movement. Carissa: You know what's interesting is that Genesis 2 passage, the breath of life, He breathed into their nostrils the breath of life. And then the Genesis 3 passage you were just talking about when there's the stormy wind, I'm thinking about an angry God. Creation of a scholarly, machine-readable transcription, linked by word to the manuscript images, is providing textual scholars with possibilities for research and analysis never before available. + all lower tiers. Carissa: That maybe this was a way to talk about a certain time of day. Such transcriptions of biblical manuscripts in printed form have been part of scholarly activity since at least the eighteenth century. Tim: We've probably talked about these two verses more than any other two verses in the Bible over the seven years in this project. In. Tim: So here I'm comparing translations. Sitemap, The transcription of Codex Sinaiticus was funded by the. Okay. 37K Share 2.1M views 6 years ago #BibleVideo #Ecclesiastes #TheBibleProject Watch our overview video on the book of Ecclesiastes, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow. So in Hebrew, you don't really think of those things as separate ideas. One is the first part is Adam and Eve. So its as if already there's a transformation of the chaos into order by the presence of the ruakh of Elohim. 27K 1.9M views 6 years ago #Galatians #BibleProject #BibleVideo Watch our overview video on the book of Galatians, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. We exist to experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. We are looking at the fourth question and it concerns the trustworthiness of the bible. Why are the biblical authors so obsessed with the east? It can also mean windan invisible power (breath) that animates humans and all creation. People in the Bible trusted God because he had proven himself trustworthy and reliable again and again. Second thing is they hear the sound of Yahweh Elohim. But there's one tree, the tree of knowing good and bad. And that's an animating energy. 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Its also the very element we inhale that allows us to live. Humans have a ruakh, like our animating breath. Open the Bible Story is a guided journey through the Bible. So there's this connection of images. And also, important, we've talked about this in the past that when darkness is over the face of the chaotic ocean it's called tehom, which was the Hebrew word for the abysmal, chaotic ocean waters. It's like the analogy is drawing those things even closer than farther apart. And its stated twice in a nice little chiasm, where the humans are told to rule, God said, "Let them rule." Relationship building. In the cool of the day. Yeah, that's right. You think of them as kind of one idea. Jon, why do I have spirit/wind there? Method 1 Writing the Transcript Download Article 1 Block out time to transcribe. So that's the idea here. Tim: Really, it's the story of Jacob's sons or otherwise known as the story of Joseph and his brothers. Oh, man, yes. 1 Peter 1:1-2; 2:4-10. Tim: When darkness is over the face of the chaotic ocean, it's called tehom, which was the Hebrew word for the abysmal, chaotic ocean waters. Both humans and animals receive God's life-giving breath. Yeah, that's right. It's that they are given God's authority to rule. So here's a later biblical author who's totally got Genesis 3:8 on the brain. The snake deceives the humans, tricks them into thinking that choosing death is actually the way to life. (00:05:00) Rather, the biblical authors gave a design to this and what we're calling movements. 25 August 2016 | Season 1 | 16 mins 9 secs 0: Introductory Lesson 1 September 2016 | Season 1 | 38 mins 19 secs 1: Trust the Story The time will vary based on your typing skills as well. The biblical authors are opening a door for us to ponder and meditate on, man, well, it's not just that we represent God. Genesis 3:8 So how would they hear the sound of Yahweh walking in the garden? Like a storm. And this is why we're tracing words through. The first movement of the first scroll of Scripture is Genesis 1-11, in which we will trace the theme of Gods Spirit. Rather, the biblical authors created a design (what were calling movements) signaled by repetition and symmetry. Jon: This is all backstory to where we're at. Okay, that's the second appearance of this theme. In Genesis 1:21, the creatures, (00:34:00) the birds and the fish are all called nephesh chayyah (living creatures). In fact, the original scrolls didnt have chaptersEnglish translators added those later. Jon: Which is often translated as "soul" in your Bible. Carissa: Yeah, it sounds so mystical in English to me to say their (00:23:00) spirit is taken from them. [Amharic Holy Bible] . The land emerges out of the water. Jon: Which is almost the opposite of what we think of as a soul. Dive into the book's story and explore related videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject. The Hebrew word for spirit is ruakh, which means breaththe invisible life-energy of a person. A transcription of a manuscript is as exact a copy as possible, reproducing its precise text letter by letter. I'd love to be a personal energizing presence or have one. Jon: Same with the Columbia River? Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with Scripture. Tim: Correct. Where can I find transcripts from your videos? So the point is that when the sound shows up in this apparently physical, some sort of, manifestation (00:45:00) there's wind. Carissa: So the ruakh is all about animating life. (00:03:00) But the moment that Elohim's ruakh, his life-giving presence and breath, is there, you don't refer to that deep abyss as tehom anymore. The Blue Letter Bible (BLB) was housed under Koinonia House (the ministry of Chuck and Nancy . Why does the author of Genesis specifically identify not just God but the Spirit of God in this passage? So the fear, the hiding, the wind is all connected sequence there. Tim: Your living being. It'll swallow you up and make you drown in it. Read Scripture Scripts Book : Read Scripture Video Transcripts Jon: Yeah, we'll get through the Torah in 2022 is the idea. Who Wrote the King James Bible? | Britannica Support The Bible Recap JOIN THE RECAPTAINS. So calling Gods invisible Spirit ruakh is a metaphor, taking my visible, human experience of ruakh in and out and seeing ruakh at work in the world, and coming to the conclusion that the beautiful mind behind all this all this must be a result of that beings ruakh. It consists of a file or series of files containing in plain text a letter by letter reproduction of the text of the manuscript. This physical experience and image becomes a picture of the beautiful mind behind all of creationhe energizes and sustains all life. So this is Yahweh showing up like. And those movements are even connected to each other by these repeating patterns. Its a metaphorthe basic image of ruakh is breath or wind, so invisible, animating energy. Tim: Yeah, quit being a statue, become the real thing. And then within each movement, there's parts. Jon: So we're still in the Eden literary unit. And we're going to be tracing the theme of Holy Spirit or God's ruakh. I wonder if there's a connection there between like the breath of God it can be life-giving; it can also be described as anger. (For a reminder on what a "critical edition" of the Greek New Testament is,. There are many chronological plans on the app, so be sure to use the one we've linked. The opening and closing parts mention Elohim's involvement in creation. Tim: Yeah. The flood is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible, yet this story of judgment seems to be missing something important: Gods anger.

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