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Learn the Most Important Skill in Biblical Interpretation

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This session is from the BibleProject Classroom Jonah class taught by Dr. Tim Mackie. The entire class is available for free on the BibleProject app at https://classroom-beta.bibleproject.com/jonah.

How can a repeated word help us understand what the biblical authors are saying? Repeated words often:
create a theme throughout a chapter
link words that are close to each other
link words that are distant from each other

In this session, we practice finding repeated keywords in different chapters of Jonah and discuss what they mean for the literary design of the book.

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  12. Jesus has a Father
    In John 8:54–55, Jesus answered, “If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.” Jesus knows the Father, but the world says “Jesus is God,” even after Jesus himself said the Father is “the only true God” (John 17:3) and has given him life (John 5:26). Those who claim Jesus as God are rejecting the very words of God through Jesus, for the words Jesus speaks comes from the Father first (John 12:48-50). Stop calling them both liars and repent.

  17. The Original King James Version does not have the word "hurl". This is the second teacher I have come across that focuses the lesson on the word that was changed and not on the original text. Are these later bible translations perserving Gods word or changing words to say what the translator thinks is the meaning? You are studying the wrong bible version if you are trying to teach the meaning behind the words because the later translator already gave his meaning and I believe it is wrong. Start with the original text and then start your interpretation.

  21. This was great! … Really enjoyed it … I've always felt that the Bible is masterfully written and was masterfully created, but Bible Project, your videos and teachings are taking my initial thoughts to a whole new level where that is concerned … amazing stuff … just endlessly meaningful … obviously a whole eternity would not suffice to plumb the depths of all of the interwoven threads! … btw I was thinking: while Jonah was going down*, the sailors were sending vows *up … Jonah was moving further and further away from God while his pagan companions were moving closer and closer to God … wow, so many lessons here but one thing that stands out to me is that we believers have to be so careful about how we outwork our faith … so often unbelievers and so-called 'heathens' just 'get it' way better than we do … Jonah was slumbering spiritually when he probably considered himself a 'woke' prophet of God … case in point: non-Christians know that Christianity is primarily about love – i.e. that love is supposed to be central to the Christian walk (not just talk), but a lot of believers walk in harshness and judgementalism, hating both the sin and the sinner … … finally, I would just love to see Jonah chapter 1 juxtaposed with the gospel account of the storm on the Sea of Galilee … again, wonderful information and insight here! … Tim, thank you so much and thanks too to your students and their perspectives as well!

  22. You actually might understand this. The Bible is a Compilation by others, from Cultural Influences that neither Europe or America had to experience. This is culturally appropriated material. It's not OURS even though we have been taught/conditioned to use it. We do not even use the material the same. To it's origins, it is a Cultural Faith learned from birth, practiced by everyone. To Europe and America, it is a Religious Practice that one can choose or not. The issue, is that it is only about beliefs, not proofs. Yet we, as believers search for proofs that do not exist in the material. This issue is not ours necessarily, as it is not really our material. Just the material we use. To see the proofs that are within, one has to forget everything one knows and has heard about all of it. Under no preconceptions or presuppositions ,the Bible is Behavioral Analysis 101. What are, as Humans, our biggest problems in our ' HUMAN natures'? Adam/ Males= Boasting./Pride. Eve= Poor Impulse Control. Cain= Poor Emotional Control. See us yet? All mingled now. Still here. In this regard, Jonah's most important fact is two fold. 1) Nineveh was spared because the Authority figure in place repented. 2) In illustration God, remembers and reminds us of Abraham at Sodom and Gomorrah. ' Should I not spare a whole city who cannot determine their left hand from the right'? ( being misled in ignorance.) Also, Satan ( Or, the Prince of Darkness) IS the system. ( Luke 20;19-20 for hindsight and perfect vision at it.) As is any system that seeks to keep people living in ignorance, ( darkness), to retain power. ( Congress/ Special Interest Groups/Media 2023.)

  28. I'm still having a hard time understanding the word "fear" of the Lord when we're supposed to LOVE God and God supposedly IS Love, according to I John. How can you both LOVE and FEAR the same person? I can't figure out how to do BOTH. As John wrote in I John 4:18 (NASB), "There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love." Also, in 4:7-8 (NASB, the preferred translation here), John wrote: "Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love." So it seems that John agrees with me that love and fear are in conflict. Is there anyplace where Tim Mackie explains this contradiction where God has to TERRIFY people into loving Him?

    I can understand the pagans being afraid of Yahweh because they have lots of gods, many of whom aren't very nice. But it doesn't say here that this experience caused them to LOVE the God who brought the storm over their ship and caused them to lose their cargo before they figured out God's own "chosen" people He was attacking, while they were just collateral damage. Doesn't God love EVERYONE? So are we to assume that all natural disasters and bad things that befall people are God's wrath being carried out? Because that's sure what this story of Jonah sounds kike to me. This is a MASSIVE stumbling block for me.

    Also, is it possible to get a copy of the "Instructor's Translation" being used for these classroom lessons? (I'm signed up for the class, but there is SO much reading for every week's lesson, I haven't even gotten up to the first CLASSROOM lesson after about 12 weeks; keeping the weekly assignments in an e-mail folder to I can do them when I catch up. I have a congenital reading disability. And having to interpret EVERY SINGLE WORD of the Bible individually in order to "interpret" & understand it … I'm 61 years old & have been trying my whole life to read the Bible, but I just CAN'T finish it because I can't understand it! And, yes, I DO pray for the Holy Spirit to help me understand and have study Bibles & read all the footnotes, & the more I read, the more I feel like I'm going BACKWARDS. It feels like I've been punished all my life just for being BORN! I certainly didn't ask to be born and honestly wish I HADN'T been. I would NEVER wish all my hereditary health & neurodevelopmental conditions on ANYONE else, ESPECIALLY someone I loved, which is why I have no children. As far as my part of the family line goes, this cruel syndrome ends with me.)

    Thank you.

  29. Hear this O House of Jacob, You who call yourselves by the name of Israel, And have come from the waters of Judah, You who swear by the name JEHOVAH And who call on the name of the GOD OF ISRAEL though not in truth and righteousness.

  31. It’s kinda crazy I remember falling in love w the Bible project cuz I’m an illustrator and it’s just amazing but I seriously love coming back after years and years and the guys are looking a little grey and white and old!!!!! Love it

  40. Thank you Jesus, I’m a changed an.I’m a new creature now and old things has pass away.
    No more homeless,hard drugs I now have a home and a blessed living – a child of God. hallelujah