Stephen De Young, goes back to what I explained earlier: our understanding of the Judaism of Jesus day has been tinctured by Rabbinic Judaism, which we anachronistically assume reflects the tradition of the Pharisees. Fr. I dont think theyre such long questions. It includes that, but the way that they tell the story is designed to teach you how Christ, in this case, is the fulfillment of what was given in the old covenant. It is being explicitly pitched as a defense of Eastern Orthodoxy as such. Its not about some abstract concept or mechanism of salvation; its about the ritual that everyone that the people receiving this Gospel would have known, or, if they were coming in from the nations, they would have been told about this: it was part of their inheritance now, because theyre becoming part of Israel. Stephen De Young and Ancient Faith Radio, Fr. Andrew: No, I dont think so, but yeah [Laughter] Hello, all of you Jonathan Pageau fans out there. Like, no ones ever going to call it the Day of Purgation; it just doesnt have a ring to it. So Luke 24, you get Christ on the road to Emmaus. The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Andrew: [Laughter] That is true, but you cant have the parallel with Shark Week then. And as we talked about last time, at a fair amount of length, Passover representing this manumission, this freedom from slavery, slavery to sin, freedom from slavery to the hostile powers. Taking away the sin of the world is to remove the taint, the corruption, the impurity of the whole world, which is what the goat for Azazel does; he takes the impurity out, out of the camp and out into the wilderness, although in this case its the whole world; the whole world becomes the camp now. So, yeah, but that understanding of it is responsible for a lot of Western Christianity. Like, its lovely; its a very nice idea. Thats why this is the day when everything has to be purified. Consequently, I greeted the arrival of Fr. So it was covering all of the commandments that had been broken, which was pretty much all of them. So Greek words in the New Testament are treated as these sort of independent entities without reference to what theyre translating, and then that allows you to pack a whole bunch of things in. What is being atoned for? So, uh, right. Hes our staff philologist. Is atonement purely theoretical? Dr. Stephen De Young, creator of the popular The Whole Counsel of God blog and podcast, traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview. Stephen writes in the preface, the Orthodox Churchproclaims that its liturgical ritual and way of life are in complete continuity with that of the apostles This book makes that case. Then the books conclusion has a couple pages suggesting that the Eastern Orthodox Church of today is the most faithful continuation of the apostles legacy. So, actually, there is really important theology and teaching and doctrine thats in these three letters. Stephen: So the name of this angel is Yahweh-God. Partially reviewing what the paper states about the Bible specifically. Andrew Stephen Damick finish their three-part series on sacrifice. They come into power in the same way that our sin brings us under the power, brings us into bondage under those hostile powers. Fr. Stephen: And are listening to that Mexican radio station that used to come through on my microphone. Andrew: Yes, maybe well do that in a future episode. With the Day of Atonement ritual, theres two goats, a goat for Yahweh and a goat thats sent off to Azazel, but I thought in Matthew 25 it said that goats go to hell. Fr. Stephen: No, no, enjoy what you like. [Laughter]. So theres a whole bunch of things like that, where weve picked it up and we assume its there in the text, and it actually isnt when you go check. Fr. So you see, for example, the teaching of the works of Azazel. Stephen De Young begins the discussion of Romans 1. Its sort of spiritual entropy, so to speak. Galatians, Introduction - The Whole Counsel of God - Ancient Faith Its just regular I mean, the tent-covering of the tabernacle was made from goat hair. Andrew: Yeah, his single most popular and famous work. Maybe Fr. So, sort of prophetically, it said theres going to be this sort of eschatological Day of Atonement thats going to take care of Azazel and take care of this sin and corruption and take care of sacred space sort of once and for all. Fr. Andrew: Yeah, so we have in our notesbecause everyone loves it when we read from Enochic literature1 Enoch 10:8. You know, that makes total sense. Fr. Fr. Dr. Stephen De Young is Pastor of Archangel Gabriel . Fr. Fr. Ive seen that myself. In Hebrews 2:14, it says that inasmuch as the children have taken part of the flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared in the same, so this is talking about why Christ became incarnate: Why did Christ become incarnate? Andrew: Yeah, so there is some overlap there, but, yeah, its not a perfect, total, categorical overlap. Fr. But thats how granular we get. Fr. Stephen De Young is the author of God Is a Man of War and The Religion of the Apostles from Ancient Faith Publishing. Stephen is also the host of the Whole Counsel of God podcast from Ancient Faith and author of the Whole Counsel Blog. Stephen, where is that word from? I do I will say, I acknowledge the King James Bible has some errors in it, translation errorsand we just lost all of our KJV-only listeners the one. But, yeah, thats all based on a mis-translation. Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Other sacrificial rituals where you see the laying-on of hands, thats to designate the animal as a sacrifice. Thats just a good guiding principle here, super, super important; makes all these references to atonement in the New Testament make a lot more sense. Andrew: Yeah, just list off the commandments. [Laughter]. And by the way, those handful of later Greek usages seem to be based on the Jewish use of it, meaning its used in contexts where someone is making some kind of offering to a supernatural being, to a spiritual being. [Laughter]. Fr. This element of the eschatological Day of Atonement, that Azazel is finally defeatedits not just sending him back his sin while he continues to control the rest of the world out there, but hes done away with and disposed ofis, as we said Hebrews is going to be peppered all the way through here. Its not like magic wood that they went and found in the enchanted forest. Stephen: And the pivot-point, when we go from the end of St. Lukes gospel to the beginning of Acts, is the story he tells twice, and thats Christs ascension into heaven, which he tells at the end of his gospel, and then again at the beginning of Acts he narrates Christs ascension again. Fr. Stephen: Right, and that enlightenment imagery, like the caduceus and those kind of things that are attached to Baphomet is the same kind of things. We are working to restore the entire archive of Fr. Email Newsletter, Terms of Use Privacy Policy Permissions Content Disclaimer, The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century, The Whole Counsel of God: An Introduction to Your Bible. Welcome to the second half of the show, here on Goat Week at The Lord of Spirits podcast. Andrew: Yeah, it was created for English Bibles to translate a couple of words, one from Hebrew, one from Greek. Im like, its: You have two goats And now theres going to be all these rumors: See? Fr. You also find in 1 John 5:19 the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.. Theres a lot of people standing around; this is the person whom were setting apart for this purpose. Yeah, theres more to it than that, of course. Fr. Fr. Welcome! Stephen: Theres a tendencyand this is not an indictment of anybody, because, I mean, Ive heard scholars whom I greatly respect publicly talk about, when theyre talking about sacrifices in the Old Testament, say, Oh, yeah, the priest would put the sins on the animal and then kill it, and Im like thats its just not there! Well, okay, so theres a little bit of backstory here, and again, Luke, using this detail about Christ being on the road to Emmaushes actually on the road to Emmaus, but everyone knows what Emmaus is famous for. And now were going to turn towards the New Testament. Andrew: Its a response. We understand your hunger and your thirst to know more, and we appreciate and laud that. Mike Schmitz), The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Instagram, RSS & iTunes Facebook I mean, there are basic problems with that; for example, thats how people are ordained in the New Testament, is by the laying-on of hands. Stephen: Right, well, we cant hang that on all Protestants, but, yeah, sometimes. The Whole Counsel of God on Apple Podcasts Stephen De Young Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century Kindle Edition by Stephen De Young (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 357 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Great on Kindle Great Experience. Bible Studies - Saint George Orthodox Christian Cathedral Stephen: Well, he actuallyI think youre mixing him with Pompey, the Roman general, Fr. Dan: Oh, yeah, Im here! So thats what were going to do now. Fr. Fr. Stephen: No, it has nothing to do with that. This is not just redundancy and you happen to pluralize the word the next time. Andrew: Yeah, the GOATiest. Just so you all know, its really good. Yeah, yeah. But its in Leviticus 16, and the purpose of it We often think of it in terms of: Well, this is atoning for people or Israel and the bad stuff they did, but the ritual is explicitly stated to be atoning for the altar of incense, atoning for the ark of the covenant, atoning for the space within the tabernacle. And while they were driving the goat out, they would sort of mock the goat and spit at the goat as a sign of them rejecting their sins. And thats what described, like in Daniel, as the abomination of desolation, because it rendered Yeah, they couldnt use the Temple any more after that. Fr. [Laughter] I dont know. Again, this isnt just a random connection. Fr. Now the thing that has been done in part is now being done totally in full. Andrew: Okay, well, so related to that, actually, we have a caller. Were the Nephilim Genetically Psychopathic? Fr. I remember as a boy going to the Christian Booksellers Association annual convention (publisher-funded trips to the convention was one of the perks of having a well-known Christian author as a dad) and relishing a cassette tape I picked up of a new translation of the Bible. Andrew: Hey, Dan. And that just sort of beautifully anticipates St. Gregory the Theologian, whereand now hes speaking in the context of christology, although, I mean, if you understand christology in this full sense, it really just lights upwhere St. Gregory says, What is not assumed is not healed. And now hes talking about: Christ has to be fully human.
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