In The Beginning

In The Beginning (Part 1)

April 22, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Zechariah 14:9, Genesis 1:1–5, Proverbs 30:4, Revelation 22:13, Deuteronomy 6:4

Genesis 1:1 Topics covered include: - Genesis 1:1-5 - As foundational verses from Genesis through Revelation - Yeshua in Genesis 1:1 - A declaration of perfection - Elohim - Unpacking The Majestic Plural - Genesis 1:1 and the Targums - The Memra personified - Divine unification - The first and the last - The Shema - Yachid vs. Echad - Calling on the name of the Lord - For You have magnified Your word above all Your name - Let Us make man in Our image according to Our likeness - Keith Green video - A life changing revelation - Additional declarations of the divinity of Yeshua Bible Verses Covered: - John 5:46 - Genesis 1:1 - Joshua 2:11 - 1 Kings 18:24 - Proverbs 30:4 - John 1:1-2 - Revelation 22:13 - Isaiah 48:12 - John 10:30, 33 - Deuteronomy 6:4 - Zechariah 14:9 - Joel 2:32 - Romans 10:9, 13 (Quoting Joel 2:32) - Isaiah 45:22-23 - Philippians 2:9-10 - Acts 4:12 - Psalm 138:2 - Psalm 56:4 - Revelation 5:13 - Revelation 5:8-9 - Genesis 1:26 - John 1:3 - Colossians 1:16-17 - Matthew 12:8 Other Sources Cited: - Targum Neofiti Genesis 1:1 - Targum Pseudo Jonathan Numbers 21:8 - Targum Pseudo Jonathan Genesis 21:33 - Targum Pseudo Jonathan Exodus 12:23, 26-27 - Targum Neofiti Genesis 22-14 - Targum Onkelos Genesis 28:20 - Video - Keith Green Interview - 100 Huntley Street, March 1978

In The Beginning (Part 2)

May 6, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • 1 Corinthians 12:4–6, 1 Peter 1:2, John 14:23, Genesis 1:2, Ephesians 4:4–6

The Divine Godhead Topics covered include: - In the Beginning - The Earth was Without Form, and Void - Who was God? - The Godhead According to Paul - The Godhead According to Peter - The Godhead According to Yeshua - The Holy Spirit - An Impersonal Force? - The Way, The Truth, The Life / The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit - The Divine Godhead - By the Mouth of Two or Three Witnesses the Matter Shall be Established - God's Signature in Creation Bible Verses Covered: - Genesis 1:1-2 - Ephesians 2:17-18 - Ephesians 4:4-6 - 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 - 1 Peter 1:2 - 2 Corinthians 13:14 - Matthew 28:19 - John 4:24 - Acts 5:3-4 - Psalms 106:33 - Isaiah 63:10 - 2 Corinthians 3:17 - Galatians 4:6 - Philippians 1:19 - 1 Peter 1:11 - 2 Peter 1:21 - John 14:6 - John 16:13 - Ezekiel 36:27 - 1 John 5:6 - John 6:63 - Job 33:4 - Colossians 1:16 - Romans 8:9 - John 14:21-23 - Deuteronomy 19:15 - Luke 24:44 - Genesis 41:32 - Matthew 18:20 - 2 Corinthians 12:2 - Genesis 2:7 - Genesis 2:24 - Romans 1:20 - John 18:17-18

In The Beginning (Part 3)

May 20, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Genesis 1:1–5, Isaiah 4:1, Revelation 1:4, Zechariah 4:1

The Fullness of the Godhead Topics covered include: - The Revelation of the Fullness of the Godhead - The Goal of the Devil - Commentary on the Writings of John - Revelation 1:1 - The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Seven Lamps - Seven Spirits of God - Seven Churches in Asia - The Seven's in Revelation - The Eyes of the Lord - Blotting out of the Book - He who Intercedes - The Structure of the Two Greatest Commandments - The Zohar and the Triune God Bible Verses Covered Include: - Genesis 1:1-2 - Revelation 1:1 - Revelation 4:5 - Revelation1:4 - Isaiah 4:1 - Revelation 5:6 - Zechariah 4:1-2, 10 - 2 Chronicles 16:9 - Jeremiah 17:10 - Revelation 2:18, 23 - Exodus 32:33 - Revelation 3:5 - Romans 8:26, 34 - Mark 12:28-31 - John 14:15 - 1 John 3:23 - John 6:29 - Colossians 1:4 - Ephesians 1:15 - Philemon 1:15 - 1 Corinthians 12:3 - Deuteronomy 6:4 - Isaiah 48:12, 16 - Luke 4:18 Other Sources Cited: - The Zohar, Vol III,288, Vol II,43 - Dr. Gary Hedrick, Do Christians Worship Three Gods? - Commentary on the Zohar - Dr. Gary Hedrick, Do Christians Worship Three Gods?

In The Beginning (Part 4)

May 27, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Genesis 1:1–5, Exodus 3:13–14, Titus 3:4–6, Hebrews 1:8–9

I Am (He) Topics covered include: - Monotheism - Yeshua's Life or Death Proposition - From the Beginning - A Battle of Identities - Before Abraham was I AM - The Godhead in Titus - The Good Shepherd - Mighty God - My Master - What the Father says to the Son Bible Verses Covered: - Genesis 1:1-2 - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=504s-25, 53, 56-59 - Exodus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=193s-14 - Isaiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=2590s-11, 13 - Titus 3:4-6 - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=611s - Psalms 23:1 - Psalms 80:1 - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=616s - Matthew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=1156s-17 - Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=519s - Isaiah 9:6 - Isaiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=621s - Genesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_tyig5jhg&t=1477s, 64-65 - Hebrews 1:8-9 Other Sources Cited: C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity - Book 2 Chapter 3

In The Beginning (Part 5)

June 10, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Acts 13:32–33, Psalm 2:7, Genesis 1:1–5, Isaiah 7:11–14, Hebrews 2:17

Isaiah, King Ahaz and the Ebionites Topics include: - Isaiah, King Ahaz and the Ebionites - A Virgin? or A Young Maiden? - Immanuel - The Word Became Flesh - Micah & Bethlehem - Arius and Yeshua as a Created Being - Glorifying the Father and the Son - The Firstborn and the Preeminence - "Today I Have Begotten You." Bible verses covered: - Genesis 1:1-2 - Isaiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh27quojwas&t=431s-14 - Song of songs 6:8 - Matthew 1:18-23 - Hebrews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh27quojwas&t=137s - Micah 5:2 - John 17:5 - Isaiah 42:8 - Colossians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh27quojwas&t=75s-16, 18 - Psalms 89:27 - Psalms 2:7-8 - Acts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh27quojwas&t=812s-33 - Hebrews 1:3-5 - Hebrews 5:5 - Hebrews 8:4 Other sources cited: - Origen, Against Celsus - The Ecclesiastical History of Salminius Hermias Sozomenus - Deposition of Arius - Alexander of Alexandria

In The Beginning (Part 6)

June 24, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Genesis 1:1–5, Proverbs 8:17, 1 Corinthians 1:24, Proverbs 8:22, John 20:18–20

The Deistic Nature of Yeshua Part 1 Topics covered: - Proverbs 8 - A Portrayal of Wisdom - Yeshua - The Wisdom of God - If You Seek Me, You Will Find Me - Keep My Ways - Life and Death - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=502s - The Passage of Contention - Solomon's Writing Style - Acquired? or Created? - At the Beginning of His Way - Poured Out from Everlasting - My God and Your God - My Lord and My God Bible verses covered: - 1 Corinthians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=84s - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=497s - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=861s - Deuteronomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=269s - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=509s-32 - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=855s - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=515s-36 - 1 John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=143s - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=502s - Proverbs 4:5 - Proverbs 19:8 - Proverbs 4:7 - Proverbs 23;23 - Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=503s - Ephesians 1:4 - Psalms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=1334s - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=1216s-17 - Hebrews 1:8-9 - John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=1218s-20, 24-29 Other sources cited: - Jewish Publication Society - Commentary on Proverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=502s - Enoch 49:1 - Lexham English Septuagint - Deuteronomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=617s, Deuteronomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkgfatnkq8&t=1738s, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 6:4

In The Beginning (Part 7)

July 1, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • 1 Corinthians 15:22–28, Zechariah 14:9, Colossians 3:11, Philippians 2:6, Daniel 7:13

One With the Father Topics covered include: - The Anti-Trinitarian's Favorite Verse - Peter's Warning - The Danger of Isolational Analysis - Examples of Isolational Analysis - The Reign of Yeshua - One With the Father - Functional Subordination - Co-Equal with God - Blasphemy! - The Perfect Circle - Yesterday Today and Forever - All in All - In That Day - A Practical Application Bible Verses Covered: - 1 Corinthians 15:28 - John 5:31 - John 8:14-15 - John 5:22 - John 8:51-52 - John 11:25 - John 7:7 - John 5:18-19 - 1 Corinthians 6:12 - 1 Corinthians 15:22-28 - Daniel 7:13-14 - Psalms 45:6 - Isaiah 9:7 - Luke 1:33 - 2 Peter 1:11 - John 6:38 - John 7:16 - 1 Corinthians 11:3 - Philippians 2:6 - John 5:17-18 - John 10:27-33 - John 14:28 - John 17:1 - Colossians 3:11 - Zechariah 14:9 - John 14:20

In The Beginning (Part 8)

August 5, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Isaiah 46:9, Genesis 1:2, Acts 26:17, Isaiah 45:7, 1 John 1:4

And Darkness was on the Face of the Deep Topics covered include: - What is the Bible? - History - Theology - Prophesy - What Was - What Is - What Will Be - All at the Same Time - Genesis 1:2 - The Earth Was Without Form and Void and Darkness Was on the Face of the Deep - Choshech - Darkness as an Evil Malevolent Entity - Paul's Assignment to Turn Gentiles From Darkness to Light and From the Power of Satan to God - The Timing of the Angelic Host - Commentary on Isaiah 45:7 - Did God Create Evil? - Choshech in the Primary Contexts Of - Darkness / Wickedness / Judgment - The Historical Context Regarding Cyrus, Zoroastrianism, and Gnosticism - Darkness Was on the Face of the Deep - God Said, "Let There Be Light" Bible verses include: - Isaiah 46:9-10 - Genesis 1:2 - Colossians 1:13 - Hebrews 2:14 - Acts 26:17-18 - Isaiah 45:7 - Genesis 1:31 - Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Ezekiel 28:15 - 1 John 1:4-5 - James 1:13 - Exodus 14:19-20 - Amos 5:18 - Joel 2:1-2 - Micah 7:8-9 - Jude 1:13 - Matthew 8:12 - Deuteronomy 32:39 - Isaiah 45:5 - Genesis 1:3 Other sources cited: - JPS Commentary on Genesis 1:2 - Commentary on Isaiah (45:7)- Spence Jones, H.D.M. - LXX Genesis 1:2

In The Beginning (Part 9)

August 12, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Genesis 1:1–5, Psalm 135:6, Isaiah 40:3–5, Psalm 118:27, Luke 1:35

And God Said, "Let There Be Light" Topics Include: - Brief Review of Genesis 1:2 (Part 8) - When the Spirit of God Moves - Then God Said, "Let There Be Light" - The Evening and the Morning - The Light of Creation - The Glory of the Lord - The Lamb is its Light - The Light and the Sacrifice - Hope - The Power of the Light - And God Saw the Light, That it was Good - God Divided the Light from the Darkness - Great Division - Enmity Between the Serpent and the Woman - War with Her Offspring - The World will Hate You - Standing for the Light - Hating the Light - The War on the Light Bible verses: - Genesis 1:3 - Psalms 135:6 - Isaiah 40:3-5 - John 1:6-7 - Revelation 21:22-23 - Psalms 118:27 - Isaiah 53:10 - John 1:4-5 - 2 Corinthians 4:6 - Genesis 1:2 - Luke 1:35 - Genesis 1:4 - Matthew 10:34-35 - Proverbs 29:27 - Genesis 3:14-15 - Revelation 12:1-2, 13, 17 - John 7:7 - John 3:19-20 Other sources cited: - LXX Genesis 1:2 - Jewish Publication Society Commentary on Genesis 1:3 - http://washingtonpost.com - Conservative Christians have waged a war against the U.S. being a secular, civic republic. May 23, 2022 - Berkeley Research - Crisis of Faith: Christian Nationalism and the Threat to U.S. Democracy. Edward Lempinen - September 20, 2022 - Headline: Christian nationalists - wanting to put God into U.S. government. September 17, 2022 - Headline: Christian flags at U.S. Capital riot - Fox Business: Bombshell report claims Biden admin using taxpayer money to wage covert war on conservative, Christian groups - Kristen Altus - May 25, 2023

In The Beginning (Part 10)

August 26, 2023 • Daniel Joseph • Romans 16:20, Genesis 1:1–5, Genesis 1:16, John 1:5

The Power of the Light Topics include: - Light as the Foundation Stone of Creation - John Ramirez Testimony on the Power of Light over Darkness - Philo of Alexandria - On Creation - Sending out the Seventy - Walking Victoriously in the Light - Sin Lies at the Door - Ruling over Sin through Yeshua - The Bride of Christ Clothed in Light - The Sun and the Moon - Philo of Alexandria - On the Natures of Light and Darkness - Psalms 119:42 - Walking in the Truth of God's Law - The War Scroll of Qumran - The Coming Persecution of Christians - The Light Called Day and The Dark Called Night - Jacob and Essau - Evening and Morning - The First Day - One Day - The Second Coming of the Light Bible verses include: - Genesis 1:3, 4, 5 - John 1:5 - Luke 10:1-3, 17-19 - Revelation 12;10-11 - Genesis 4:7 - Revelation 12;1 - Romans 16:20 - Genesis 1:16 - 1 John 1:6-7 - Psalms 119:142 - Matthew 7:23 - Matthew 24:21 - Revelation 13:7 - Zechariah 14:5-7 - Matthew 24:29-30 Other sources include: - Video: John Ramirez Testimony on the Power of Light over Darkness - Philo of Alexandria on Creation - 33 - War Scroll 1Q33 - The Dead Sea Scrolls, Vermes, Geza. - An Anthology of Genesis Rabbah - Jacob Neusner - Philo of Alexandria on Creation - 35 - Philo of Alexandria on Creation - 15 - Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews - 29

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