The hour is late and there's no time to waste; now is when we prepare for the return of the king. Join me, the prophecy buff who tackles the tough stuff, for deep Bible study from an independent, Hebraic perspective.
Alexander Lawrence: Author, Speaker, Researcher, and Artist
We begin this episode with a discussion about COVID-19 and the passing of Brother Rob Skiba. After that, we discuss the division of the nations and their allotment under the seventy sons of God. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Questions answered during this episode: Did fire come down during the Babel incident, as it did during Pentecost (the reversal of Babel)? What about rushing wind and the overthrow of a system? Is there any historical evidence for the division of tongues? When exactly in history did the Babel incident occur, and how does that fit with the Septeon and Yeshua's first advent? Will the heathen ever succeed in bringing the whole world back under one government? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Why was the infamous Tower of Babel such a problem in God's eyes? There's more to the story than we were taught in Sunday school. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
This is the second half of episode 46 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Sidon, firstborn son of Canaan and founder of the Sidonians, played a huge role in the history of civilization, but most people couldn't say what it was. Today, we begin to explore the impact of Sidon (the giant?) on the story of the Bible. During the episode, I mention a video about the possible discovery of the remains of Atlantis, the fabled city of Poseidon. Here is the link to that video. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Schedules got crazy, and Terry and I weren't able to sync up to record a new episode, but I didn't want to leave you hanging for too long, so here's my offering: a recording of my inaugural sermon for the Disciples of Yeshua Congregation. (I fill the roles of overseer and lead teacher for DOYC, a new home fellowship based in Central Texas.) During this sermon, you'll learn about the four Hebrew words that describe classifications of people: natives (Strong's H249), strangers (H2114), immigrants (H1616), and foreigners (H5237). Most English translations fail to make clear distinctions between strangers, immigrants, and foreigners, but it's important that we understand the distinctions as a Hebrew would, because God's laws and expectations differ between each of these groups. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
From the Dead Sea Scrolls we learn that Canaan, father of the Canaanites, stole part of the territory that belonged to Shem. Thus, the stage was set for God, using descendants of Shem, to forcibly remove the squatters from the Promised Land of Middle Earth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
What exactly was Ham's sin, and what about it is instructive to us, today? The story of the cursing of Canaan, Ham's son, is necessary to discuss before we launch into the more pertinent topic of Canaan's impact on the world. Early in this episode, I (Alexander) mentioned a blog post about Daniel's four beast kingdoms. Click here to read that article. Also in the first portion of the episode, Terry described how Adonai's covenants are like Russian nesting dolls. He made just such a doll as a visual aid, and here is a picture of it --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
After Noah and his sons departed the ark, God Most High established a covenant with them, and with all their descendants. That covenant involved two dietary commands: Don't consume blood, because the life is in the blood. Feel free to eat any remeś (רֶמֶשׂ) thing that lives, in addition to plants. The first part is easy enough to understand, but the second part generates confusion. What is the meaning of the Hebrew word remeś? Does it encompass fish and fowl? Does it exclude or include unclean animals? These questions lead us into an analysis of Acts chapters 10 and 15. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
As we continue studying through Genesis and Daniel, we find ourselves emphasizing the fact that we don't have the mystery all figured out. We're gathering clues to help us understand end-times prophecies, but we haven't even assembled all the clues yet, much less connected them perfectly to construct an airtight narrative. Sometimes it can be difficult to not be dogmatic. Pride—that most universal of sins—leads us to convince ourselves that we know more than we really do. That attitude stunts further development, because growing in knowledge of the truth requires input from our brothers and sisters, with their unique perspectives and revelations. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
We didn't plan it this way, but our fortieth episode happens to largely deal with the forty days of wrath for the wicked and celebration for the saints. I'm going to chalk this nice synchronicity up to Providence. The episode begins with an explanation of chiastic, or mirror, structure found through the Scriptures, and likely built into the entirety of redemptive history. From there, it moves into discussion of the forty days: why it keeps popping up throughout the Bible, and why would we should expect one or two 40-day periods of paradigm shifts once we reach the Day of the Lord. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
We begin to unpack the prophetic symbolism found within the Flood narrative. Along the way, we consider whether or not the seven days of Noah's separation from the world could equate to seven years of protection for end-times believers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
"And God created... every living creature... after his kind: and God saw that it was good" (Gen. 1:21). Over and over again in the Book of Genesis, Moses records that God created creatures in distinct categories called "kinds," and that mankind, being created in the image of God, was set apart from all other kinds. After each bout of creation, we read that God looked up his work with pleasure, considering it good. Everything was made just the way it should be, and there was no need to improve on or reconfigure any living thing. Is it any wonder, then, that Satan would incite people to destroy the God-ordained distinctions between kinds by mixing what was not intended to be mixed? Noah lived in the first Hybrid Age, and his world was judged by deluge; we've now entered the second Hybrid Age, and the world will soon be judged by malestrom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
What really is the difference between the Mosaic (Old) and Messianic (New) covenants? Is the New Covenant fully in effect now? How does the Law factor in? I cut through all the confusion with an episode-long Q&A about law and covenants. Here's the link to my Artify Me! shop, mentioned in the opening segment. It's a photo-to-portrait service that's high quality yet reasonably priced. Check it out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" (Job 38:4-7) The Book of Job is not the only biblical text featuring these mysteries sons of God. In this episode, Terry and I point out some of the most pivotal scriptures about God's sons and the divine council, and we explain why being monotheistic does not mean disregarding the existence of divine principalities. This week's listener Q&A topics: Is it wrong to smoke a cigar? What about cigarettes? Is eating (certified) kosher a form of idolatry? What is the "gift for the common good?" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Ancient Hebrew scriptures teach that some of the Sons of God mated with mortal women and produced children called Nephiliym. These children were not only hybrids, but giants, huge both in stature and infamy. This episode is an introduction to the giants and a refutation of the Sethite theory, which robs the Genesis 6 account of its supernatural component. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Not every biblical genealogy presents the same timeline. The discrepancies may have been purposefully brought about by God's providence to prevent us from making exact calculations. Also in this episode: Why the pattern of human innovation and technological progress may have begun in the ungodly line of Cain How the names of the antediluvian (pre-Flood) patriarchs compose a prophetic message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Most of this episode is dedicated to answering the question, Are Jubilee cycles 49 or 50 years? Along the way, the Watchman contemplates whether the Jubilee year begins in the spring or the fall. Don't miss the addendum at the end of the episode! Also in the episode: Who was Cain's wife? Did men in the days of Enosh begin the call upon YHVH, or did they begin to profane his name? Here's the link to the Hanukkah greeting cards mentioned during the preamble: https://www.zazzle.com/hanukkah_words_messianic_greeting_card-256872097042605807 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Death is a mighty enemy (1 Cor. 15:25-26) and the last that will be defeated (Rev. 20:14), but did you realize that God uses death to benefit us? As with every negative thing, the Almighty can bring good out of bad. That's exactly what he did by removing mankind's access to the Tree of Life. Our Q&A this week is from Richard Jenkins, who asks whether the Jubilee cycle is 49 years or 50 years. Our answer will be split into two episodes in order to do the question justice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
It would be remiss of us not to address proponents of Serpent Seed (a.k.a. Dual Seed) theory while we're hanging out in Genesis 3. If some bloodlines today originated with the mixing of Eve's seed with Satan's seed, that would have far-reaching implications. Is it something worry about? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
This one could be called "The Curse: Part Two." We discuss both the subjection of women to their husbands, and what it means that the earth brought forth thorns and thistles. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Terry and I spent most of this episode discussing the curses leveled against mankind and the nachash (serpent). We also discuss the meaning of the two "seeds" mentioned within the curses. Our listener question involves the relationship between salvation and following God's precepts, and also how we handle divine commands that cannot currently be upheld to the letter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Were Adam and Eve clothed in light before the Fall? Was the serpent in the Garden of Eden a talking snake or a serpentine spirit, or both? Terry and I tackle these questions as we continue our study of Genesis. During the Q&A we address: The identity of Melchizedek The importance of the location of Jerusalem If you like this podcast, please consider a one-time or recurring donation to help defray ministry costs like website hosting and newsletter service. Also, don't forget to visit my Youtube channel and my blog! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
Completing our analysis of Genesis chapter 2, Terry Arnold and I discuss what it meant for Adam to "keep" the Garden of Eden, why knowledge is not the forbidden fruit, and whether or not Adam was originally unisex. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
After a long hiatus, I'm back, and I'm not alone. Please welcome co-host Terry Arnold II! Together, we're picking up where I left off in our study of Genesis in order to lay the foundations for proper biblical exegesis. My apologies about the sound quality this time around. My computer was accidentally recording from the wrong microphone. The quality will be back to normal in the next episode. To have your question answered in a future episode, please send an email to questions@watchmanalexander.com, with your name and state or territory in the subject line. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/watchmanalexander/support
In this third installment of my three-part series about Shabbat, I present guidelines for observing the seventh day. These guidelines are derived from Scripture alone, not from Jewish tradition. During the intro, I ask that my listeners check out the Kickstarter for my new novel, Reign of the Rebel. Here's the link to that Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2vZSDiX You'll learn during this episode: What the Parable of the Ten Coins really means Why Y'shua told his disciples to pray that their flight from Judea won't be on Shabbat What is means to kindle a fire on Shabbat Whether or not its okay to make Gentiles work for you How to identify the principle behind the command
Did the Sabbath change from the seventh day to the first day of each week? The vast majority of professing Christians say that it has. But as anyone who reads the Bible knows, the majority is often wrong. In the first installment of this miniseries about the Day of Rest, I talked about the Sabbath being a permanent sign for the people of Adonai. There are no biblical passages whatsoever—zip, zero, zilch—which indicate a change in one of the Ten Commandments. In installment number two, I unpack the Bible verses which detractors leverage to fool the unstudied into believing that the Sabbath has been either abolished or altered. You'll learn that none of these verses, taken in proper context, say what Christian teachers claim that they say. I finish the episode by offering quotes from the people who claim to have officially altered God's sacred day.
This is everything you need to know about the Creator's set-apart day. Is Sabbath (Hebrew: Shabbat) the first day or the seventh? Should Christians concern themselves with it? Did Jesus disregard Shabbat?
On today's show, I continue laying the foundation by analyzing days five and six of the Genesis Creation account. You might want to have handy a Bible and a Hebrew concordance, because English translations don't suffice when studying Genesis chapters one and two. In this episode I talk dragons, blood, and living souls. Sounds like an episode of Game of Thrones. Who says the Bible is boring? During the show you'll learn: *That aquatic dinosaurs are listed among the animals listed on Day 5 *That God's definition of life is not the same as the modern scientific definition *That the spirit and the breath of God are connected but not analogous *That some animals—a surprising number of them—have souls like human beings
What do Star Trek, Monty Python, and Airplane have to do with each other? Not much, but you're going to get dosed with all three. Oh, and you'll learn more about the Book of Genesis, or whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you my friend Taylor Joseph. We met while he was living in Central Texas last summer. He's since moved back to his home state of California, but he came to visit Amanda and I for a few days prior to Hear the Watchmen 2018, where he functioned as Lead Coordinator for Mike and Jeannie. In this special hour-and-a-half episode, we have a "coffee shop" chat about humility, dealing with discord in the ekklesia, the pitfalls of social media outreach, and Taylor's experiences as a Lyft driver. There's a lot of laughter and only a smidgen of irreverence. I think you'll enjoy the informal discussion.
Reportedly, there has recently been a surge in the number of Messianics and other Christian Israelites who are denying that Y'shua is Messiah. This is a tragedy of the highest order, for it is written, "A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?" (Heb. 10:28-29). Rather than continue with our current study of Genesis, I've decided to pause it and dedicate this episode to preventing further destruction by the defectors and Jewish anti-missionaries so active these days. Turncoats are abundant in the Torah Observant or Hebrew Roots Movement because many of us became bitter and isolated. Read: vulnerable to the attacks of Satan. We got upset at having been partially misled by Christian theologians, then went overboard and started questioning everything before having passed through that initial outrage and tempering it with wisdom. Guess what? Satan uses resentment as a foothold. The closer someone is to the truth, the more that the Adversary steps up his attacks. But that's not the only problem. I suspect that many people joined the HRM just because it was out-of-the-ordinary without being obviously wrong or cultish. They were bored Christians who got excited about the new fad. They came all pumped up about being “in the know,” but that feeling never lasts. Once the freshness wore off, they were left vulnerable to the anti-missionaries who showed up offering even more knowledge. But knowledge of facts and concepts is not the same as knowledge of a person. These turncoats evidently never knew the Savior. The fact is that many who called themselves Christians were living like sheep without a shepherd. They never listened to the Savior's voice in the first place; they were just going with the religious flow. Once they became aware that church leaders were badly misinterpreting parts of the Bible, they left off following those men... only to wander into destruction because they couldn't hear the call of the True Shepherd. In this week's recording, I get back to basics so that we aren't standing on a shaky foundation. We need to firmly grasp what the Word of Elohiym has to say about the identity of Messiah so that we aren't fooled by false teachings. Anti-missionaries are particularly leveraging the doctrine of the Trinity to bring people away from Y'shua. I want to show you what the Bible really says about the godhead so we can say that "we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul" (Heb. 10:39).
Mr. Bruce Malone, founder of Search for the Truth Ministries, visits to share his wisdom concerning the age of this wonderful rock we call Home. Is it meeeeellions of years old? Hardly. I used to be an old-earth creationist, but I switched sides several years ago. It's easy for us humans to arrogantly impose our ill-informed ideas on the scriptures and imagine that they will synchronize. I fell into that trap—trying to make excuses for the Bible so that it wouldn't step on any scientific toes. Don't get me wrong, I love Science, but the real thing, not the God-rejecting belief system that uses the label to bring respectability to its foolish agenda. So I've invited a scientist to the show to tell us why the "scientific" version of history is bunk. Mr. Malone is a chemical engineer who holds 17 patents with Dow Chemical. He has a sharp, analytical mind, and it was that mind, when engaged in a study of the Word of God, that led him to the conclusion that geological and archaeological evidence supports the biblical notion of a young Creation. Since then, Bruce Malone has spent 30 years bringing the scientific evidence for creation to churches and colleges at seminars throughout the United States and 12 foreign countries. He has also authored six books on the evidence for creation with over 500,000 copies in print. I highly recommend the materials available for order on Search for the Truth's website. Two items you should be sure to check out are The Rocks Cry Out and Have You Considered: Evidence Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. In this episode you'll learn: The definition and importance of the term uniformitarianism How analysis of recent geological processes supports a global flood How the Flood would have drastically altered the planet What we can deduce from the existence of copious amounts of coal beneath the earth Why the discovery of soft tissue in dinosaur bones is a big deal How to engage and combat those who bend scripture to cram it into a modern scientific worldview
Engage in an analysis of the Hebrew words that the Bible uses to describe the cosmos. Is the earth flat? Are we under a dome? Does it even matter? This episode is going to challenge you!
If you don't firmly grasp the beginning of the story, you won't be able to get your head around the end of it. Thus I take a fine-tooth comb to the Book of Genesis and start to examine the creation account. This is the first episode in the Laying a Foundation series.
Jon Pounders of Now You See TV joins me to talk about the advanced capabilities granted to humankind by the fallen Watchers. The wonders of modern civilization have their origins in the antediluvian world. Be sure to watch Jon's program on YouTube or Vimeo. He and his team dig into great topics that mainstream Christian shows won't touch. They invite on a wide range of excellent guests.
Author Todd Bennett gives listeners an introduction to a growing movement that seeks to return Christians to the Hebraic roots of their Faith. This Second Reformation is picking up steam for good reason as people become exposed via the internet to biblical concepts which seminary men never preach about (or never preach from the correct historical perspective). Are you ready for the fullest expression of Kingdom life? Start here.
Christian Jose Polanco took out his phone and started recording when his 16-year old unbelieving nephew received a prophetic vision that left him a blubbering mess. I came across the audio of that incident, which had been shared with the hosts of A Minute the Midnight, and knew immediately that it was a genuine message from YHVH. Let the wicked man be warned and the Bride get herself ready, because the days are evil.
Picking up where I left off last time, I finish discussing the meaning of the fall holy days (mo'ediym) of YHVH. An extended Q&A follows, and I explain that the 7th seal, 7th trumpet, and 7th bowl judgments are identical. In the process, I construct a basic timeline of the last weeks of this present age and the first weeks of the Messianic age.
This episode centers around the prophetic meaning of the fall holy days of YHVH. Specifically, what is the Day of Trumpets all about? Will the Resurrection be on that day? Is there something important about the ten Days of Awe?
Pastor Jonathan Dade joins me to discuss a variety of subjects from Christian "cannibalism" to racial tensions and the route to reconciliation. Pastor Dade is the founder and senior pastor of Messiah Echad congregation of Georgetown, Texas. He holds an MBA from Washington State University College of Business and a Masters of Theological Studies from Colorado Christian University.
In this episode we continue our investigation by first turning a magnifying glass on the oracles of Daniel, then linking them to oracles from the other scriptures.
The Bible is full of prophecies. Which ones haven't yet been fulfilled? We begin discussing what the Bible reveals about our future.
There are a lot of charlatans running around these days, claiming to speak on behalf of the Most High. From modern (so-called) prophets and apostles, to those who have long since changed our world, we look at the dangers of false ambassadors and why they shouldn't be trusted.
Get to know your host a bit as he describes the times when he and his mother have received foreknowledge from the Lord.
Tom Dunn and Jared Chrestman, makers of the documentary film, Detestable, talk with me about the realities of Satanic Ritual Abuse, and how we should respond to the phenomenon.
Pastor Douglas Hamp joins the Watchman to discuss the lack of scriptural support for a pre-Tribulation Rapture. He's co-author of the new book, Reclaiming the Rapture.
Hermeneutics for Dummies! Our topic for this episode is the methodology that we use to interpret the Bible. Both the ultra-literal method and the allegorical method are pitfalls to avoid. I list 7 tips to proper interpretation and give examples—the 2 Yahwehs and the persistence of the Sabbaths—of how neglecting the rules of interpretation can lead to doctrinal confusion.
How long have we been here, and how long will we remain? Is there any way to know for certain? If you believe the Bible, then yes—not to precisely to the day or hour, but we can get a general idea of the timeline. We're almost done with 6,000 of the 7,000 years of human history.
Topics covered include: An introduction to the Watchman; the tendency within Christendom to divide over minutia; the spiritual lesson behind the week of Unleavened Bread; and what to expect from this podcast.
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