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In today's episode of Bible Backdrop, the famine has hit and Jacob's sons are forced to go to Egypt to buy grain. There they come face to face with the man in charge of selling the grain...the grand vizier...the man second only to Pharaoh. Joseph. But it's not just Joseph...they are face to face with their sin and it's consequences. And those consequences could be dire...If you are enjoying Bible Backdrop, please subscribe and leave a five star rating and review. You can also contact the show at the e-mail address mentioned in the episode. Also, tell a friend and have them subscribe!
What happened in Egypt during the ten plagues? Approaching the matter from a scientific perspective, our teacher, Will Barlow, brings to light some interesting connections. Probably most of us think God's miracles are akin to magical interventions where he breaks the laws of nature to perform a supernatural feat. As we saw last time, the bible doesn't require that view nor does it shy away from offering details occasionally about how God achieved the miraculous. Drawing on the work of Colin Humphreys, Barlow takes a close look at the events surrounding Israel's exit from Egypt, including the timing of the event, the number of people involved, the ten plagues, and the location of Mount Sinai. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7QRFotwkkw See below for notes. —— Links —— We are doing follow-up discussions to these episodes on YouTube. Check them out! See other episodes in this Scripture and Science Class Check out Barlow's previous podcast episodes Learn more about and support the church Barlow and his team are starting in Louisville, KY, called Compass Christian Church Find more articles and audios by Barlow on his website: Study Driven Faith Support Restitutio by donating here Designate Restitutio as your charity of choice for Amazon purchases Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here —— Notes —— The Miracles of Exodus • Background• The Ten Plagues of Egypt• A Possible Route Background Colin Humphreys received a Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. He is also an expert in chemistry, astronomy, and geology. He has spent a great deal of time and effort researching ways to reconcile Scripture and science. Dating the Exodus • If we take the evidence from Exodus 1:11, the Hebrews built the city of Rameses (1300 BC)• But 1 Kings 6:1 seems to indicate that the Exodus occurred 480 years before the Temple (1446 BC) Humphreys prefers the later date because it is easier to reconcile historically. How then can we understand the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1? The Septuagint says 440 years, and this is a great clue. Really, 480 years could be an approximation based on the numbers of generations since the prior events. Humphreys actually goes much further than this. He demonstrates that there are 14 high priests starting from Aaron and ending at Azariah, the high priest at the time of the construction of the Temple of Solomon. But Aaron is 2 generations old (age 83) and Azariah is at least one generation old: 13 - 2 + 1 = 12 generations 12 * 40 = 480 years Instead of 480 years, we can think in terms of 12 generations If a generation is actually 30 years, then 12 * 30 = 360 If a generation is 25 years, then 12 * 25 = 300 This puts Exodus 1:11 and 1 Kings 6:1 in harmony (~1300 - 1250 BC) How Many People? Numbers 1:45-46 So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel-- 46 all those listed were 603,550. This seems to imply ~2 million people in total Scriptural problems with this large number: • According to Herodotus, 600k men in the Israelite army would have been larger than the Egyptian army and the armies of the nations in the Promised Land • Exodus 1:15 names two Hebrew midwives, which would be inadequate for a population of 2M people• Deuteronomy 7:7 explicitly says that the Hebrews were the “fewest of all peoples” • Numbers 3:43 states that there were 22,273 first-born males. If you divide that by the approximately 1M total males, you end up with an average family size of approximately 50 sons and 50 daughters! How can we reconcile this? • The word translated “thousand” can also mean “group” (as in family, clan, or troop).• Humphreys proposes the translation of “troop” instead of “thousand” Numbers 1:21 those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500 [“46 troops and 500 men”]. 46 troops = 500 men ~10 men per troop ~10 men per troop matches with the clay tablets found in Tell el-Amarna This leads us to conclude that the total men, women, and children were approximately 20,000 at the time of the Exodus. Generations earlier, the “children of Israel” numbered 75 people. If we assume 2% population growth per year for 300 years, 75 people turns into 28,517 people. To get to 2M, you would need to average 3.5% per year. Historical sources estimate average population growth in Egypt during this era would close to 0.02% per year. The Plagues of Egypt Colin Humphreys gives one possible way to reconcile the plagues of Egypt with a scientific explanation of the events. “The concept that for the ancient Israelites the miracles of God involved God displaying his power through control of natural events like earthquakes is so important…”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus, page 23. • Nile turned to blood• Frogs• Gnats• Flies• Death of livestock• Boils• Hail• Locusts• Darkness• Firstborn • Nile turned to blood — a combination of extra red soil and the red tide of harmful algae blooms invade the Nile rapidly and kill all the fish (September at the height of the Nile)• Frogs — As the fish decay, the rotting smell would have driven the frogs and toads out of the Nile (Sept - Oct at the height of frogs) 3. Gnats — Possibly midges; able to reproduce and cause damage because the frogs and toads are gone (October/November)4. Flies — Probably the stable fly, with a terrible bite that punctures the skin (can cause infection); these flies swarm and reproduce quickly (November) 5. Livestock — African horse sickness and bluetongue are two viruses spread by the midges from the third plague that only affect hoofed animals and not humans (November - December)6. Boils — The stable fly is known to favor biting the lower bodies, which squares with Deuteronomy 28:35; the stable fly carries a bacteria that causes skin infection (December - January) 7. Hail — Exodus 9:31-32 notes that flax and barley were destroyed; this lines up with ancient Egyptian sources (February - March)8. Locusts — Exodus 9:33 suggests that the land was very wet, the perfect conditions for locusts to lay eggs. They also travel on wind like Exodus 10:13 says (February - March) 9. Darkness — could have been caused by a multi-day sandstorm, known as a khamsin. Extra red soil deposits from the first plague could have made this particularly severe (March).10. Firstborn — Mycotoxins on the grain from the damp conditions from hailstorm, sealed in the granaries due to the sandstorms. The firstborn animals and humans would have had priority on food. Why were the Israelites unaffected by the plagues? “The Israelite slaves lived in their own separate geographical location, the land of Goshen, which almost certainly was not in the prime property market area next to the highly desirable waters of the Nile, which the Egyptians would have kept for themselves….”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus “We have earlier identified the plague of gnats with the midge… and the plague of flies with the stable fly. Both would have been concentrated around the Nile…”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus “In addition, both the midge and the stable fly are weak flyers with a range of less than a mile…”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus “Hailstorms and sandstorms are frequently very localized, so it is easy to see that the geographically separate region of Goshen could have been spared by both the hailstorms and then the sandstorms causing the three days of darkness.”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus “The crops of the Israelites therefore would not have been stored damp in sand-covered stores and thus would not have developed mycotoxins, and the Israelites and their livestock would not have been poisoned by them.”— Colin Humphreys, The Miracles of Exodus, page 146. A Possible Route Humphreys uses Biblical, historical, and geographical information to determine a possible route for the Exodus. • Red Sea crossing at a location where backtracking was impossible and the water was somewhat shallow (Gulf of Aqaba) • The Biblical description of the “pillar of fire” by night and the “pillar of cloud” by day, along with the terrifying description of Mt. Sinai in Exodus are both consistent with a volcano• Using a variety of information, Humphreys locates a volcano that fits all of the evidence in Arabia (which is mentioned in Galatians): Mount Bedr All the way, Humphreys explains various items, like: • Water from the rock• Manna• Timing the route
The Acorn Woodpecker is found in parts of the western US. It chips small recesses out of trees to fit the acorns it will harvest throughout the fall. A family of Acorn Woodpeckers may use this storage tree, or granary, for generations. Some of them hold as many as 50,000 acorns. So does the Acorn Woodpecker just kick back and munch acorns all winter? Nope! In the weeks after a fresh acorn is lodged in a hole, it dries and shrinks. So Acorn Woodpeckers spend much of the winter shuttling acorns from one hole to another, finding just the right fit.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.
Nigel Beckles on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 8/16/22 About Nigel Beckles - Nigel Beckles (aka The Original Nigel Bee) actually started DJing at the age of 13 with his father being the co-owner of the successful ‘Georgian Club' which was one the first Black music nightclubs in the UK. As a youngster he spent many Friday and Saturday nights at the club watching DJ's perform and entertain the clientele. He worked for Choice FM London presenting weekly shows for over a decade, is a qualified freelance radio trainer and held DJ residences at several legendary nightclubs including Spots Club (Podium), Nightmoves, Peoples Club, Granaries and the King on the Rye. Nigel has also been a promoter of successful events in London, is a former director of Fairplay Promotions Ltd and still organizes or supports several events. He is featured in the book ‘London's Pirate Pioneers: The Broadcasters Who Changed British Radio' available at Amazon. He published his first book in 2015, is an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine and also the Creator of the ‘Interesting Conversations with Interesting People' Podcast Series featuring interviews with Award-Winning Therapists, Coaches and Authors and professional musicians. He has a qualification Radio Presentation/Production provides Audio Editing/Production Services for Podcasters. About The DJ Sessions - “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ's/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers. It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception. The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week. 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In addition to featuring international artists TDJS focuses on local talent based on the US West Coast. Hundreds of local DJ's have been featured on the show along with top industry professionals. We have recently launched v3.1 our website that now features our current live streams/past episodes in a much more user-friendly mobile/social environment. In addition to the new site, there is a mobile app (Apple/Android) and VR Nightclubs (Oculus). About The DJ Sessions Event Services - TDJSES is a WA State Non-profit charitable organization that's main purpose is to provide music, art, fashion, dance, and entertainment to local and regional communities via events and video production programming distributed via live and archival viewing. For all press inquiries regarding “The DJ Sessions”, or to schedule an interview with Darran Bruce, please contact us at info@thedjsessions.
Hour 1 * Cliven Bundy and Sons Win Appeal! – Obama DOJ’s Political Criminal Prosecution Comes to an End! * Appeals Court Condemns Obama DOJ’s Prosecution of Bundys – Throws out felony conspiracy and weapons charges against Nevada ranchers. * Finding “flagrant misconduct” by Obama administration prosecutors, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed felony conspiracy and weapons charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons and supporters. * Larry Klayman, the lawyer for Cliven Bundy, and in other cases other family members, had this to say: “My client Cliven Bundy, having been forced to endure the emotional distress and physical harm of being arrested and denied bail, being thrown in solitary confinement for no valid reason, denied right of counsel and a speedy trial and then, after about two years of illegal incarceration, had to endure a sham and fraudulent trial, where exculpatory evidence was hidden, prosecutors lied to the presiding judge, and where a whistleblower came forward to disclose that there had been a ‘kill list’ by some agents of the Bureau of Land Management on the heads of the Bundys, is now relieved that this nightmare is over. As Cliven’s and the family’s lawyer I too am relieved that justice has finally been done. * “We Are Facing The Greatest Assault On Our Civil Liberties In Our Lifetimes” – Chuck Baldwin. * NY’s attorney general Letitia James, sues to dissolve NRA – USA Today. Hour 2 * Glenn Beck has been nominated for the Radio Hall of Fame! Do You Agree? * Vice President Mike Pence calls Chief Justice Roberts a ‘disappointment.’! – When do We Impeach? * NYC sets visitor log checkpoints. * ‘Ballot harvesting’: Ex-attorney general warns new vote plan is ‘ripe for fraud’. * Pence: Spreading Mail-in Ballots Everywhere ‘Ripe for Fraud’ – Absentee Balloting Has Signature Checks. * Trump challenges governor after statewide mail-in voting approved: ‘See you in court’. * Trump vows to issue executive order on mail-in votes – ‘I have the right to do it’. * Chinese Company Sues Apple for Intellectual Property Theft. * China Bans Cell Phones in Granaries after Video Shows Moldy Corn. * The savaging of AG Barr and hydroxychloroquine doctors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support
* Glenn Beck has been nominated for the Radio Hall of Fame! Do You Agree? * Vice President Mike Pence calls Chief Justice Roberts a 'disappointment.'! - When do We Impeach? * NYC sets visitor log checkpoints. * 'Ballot harvesting': Ex-attorney general warns new vote plan is 'ripe for fraud'. * Pence: Spreading Mail-in Ballots Everywhere ‘Ripe for Fraud’ – Absentee Balloting Has Signature Checks. * Trump challenges governor after statewide mail-in voting approved: 'See you in court'. * Trump vows to issue executive order on mail-in votes - 'I have the right to do it'. * Chinese Company Sues Apple for Intellectual Property Theft. * China Bans Cell Phones in Granaries after Video Shows Moldy Corn. * The savaging of AG Barr and hydroxychloroquine doctors.
An insight in to where and how the Romans stored their food and other supplies.
Transcript -- An insight in to where and how the Romans stored their food and other supplies.
An insight in to where and how the Romans stored their food and other supplies.
Transcript -- An insight in to where and how the Romans stored their food and other supplies.
Cutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.xml Format)
Perception - Desensitization - Freemasonry, "Whole in Body", Reproductive Powers, Higher Orders, Genealogy, Breeding Offspring, Marriage Selection. "Synagogue" (from Greek) - Temple - Hebrew and Babylonian Talmud - Origin of Jewish Bible, 72 Priests Living in Egypt - Exoteric and Esoteric. Proctor and Gamble - Synthetic Estrogen, Baby Bottles, Plastic, Bisphenol-A - Breastfeeding, Mother's Milk - Women Losing Pelvic Structure - Caesarian Sections. Psychopathy, Granaries, Peat Bogs - High Associations of Secrecy (Gangs) - Masonic Obelisks on US-Canada Border - Enemies Within. Celtic Allergy to Tyranny - Survival Mechanism - Compartmentalization of Brain - Self-Preservation - IQ Drop. Cell-Phone, Cells, Worker Bees. Canada - Maple Leaf: Red=Dead Leaf, 12 (13) Points, Red and White (Egyptian Crown), Cultural Revolution - Parliament, Privy Council. Big Ben (Obelisk), Ben-Ben, Phallic Symbol, Arches, Symbolism - George Washington Monument - "Reflection" of Female. (Article: "Canadian retail chain pulls plastic water bottles" by Claire Sibonney, Yahoo News - Dec. 7, 2007.) *Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Dec. 20, 2007 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)