Jewish diaspora
203How Alex Conquered the World
19 Aug 2024
44:51¶ 134
“God’s people meanwhile are scattered throughout the world. They have these things called synagogues where they meet on the Sabbath day to worship, to…”
45:13¶ 135
“This should sound really familiar because this was exactly what the church was going to be called. God already is working with a sort…”
193Cyrus, King of Persia
20 May 2024
30:10¶ 96
“Yes. God’s people did not all return to Israel. In fact, most of them didn’t, so they remained spread throughout the empire. And with…”
30:42¶ 97
“But even in the moment, here we have God’s people spread throughout the world, living in the world, living among Gentiles, witnessing to their…”
31:08¶ 98
“It also corresponds to the scattering of the seed. The people have been scattered and in a sense have died. There’s not a cohesive…”
165Esther
19 Jun 2023
55:50¶ 186
“Yeah. By the time we’re done with this we’re going to have God’s people scattered throughout a pagan world, living among pagan neighbors in…”
56:14¶ 187
“When the apostles go out, the synagogues are there and a lot of them just became churches, because all the practical everyday stuff was…”
54:14¶ 181
“What you have said already has sort of brought us there, and I mentioned it earlier. We’re coming to the end of old covenant…”
149The Peace of the City
19 Dec 2022
29:58¶ 92
“Now, he gets the bad news. “Yeah, Messiah’s coming, but first there’s what will seem to you like a detour of 70 years. But…”
32:38¶ 96
“The second thing is that all of these communities spread across the entire world as they knew it are the places the apostles are…”
30:57¶ 94
“Well, these are not the first hints but a strong hint towards the inclusion of Gentiles in the new covenant. You can see that…”
145Faith and Despair
21 Nov 2022
16:51¶ 59
“At the end of that time I’m going to bring a lot of you back, but by no means all. A lot of you…”
17:14¶ 60
“You guys are just going to keep spreading out all over the place, and many of you will never come back to Israel, but…”
17:49¶ 61
“There’s that. So eventually there will be Jewish communities spread throughout the known world with their synagogues, their preaching stations, with their completed Old…”
121Elijah's Job
6 Jun 2022
39:49¶ 146
“None of this gets explained now. It’s only with the coming of the New Testament that we begin to see what God was doing.…”
40:19¶ 147
“Some won’t. They’ll be out there. They’ll be hanging out with their brothers from Judah and Benjamin and Levi and they’ll form synagogues all…”
40:50¶ 148
“That’s not the plan anybody saw. “You’re going to scatter us among the nations, bring a few of us back so we’re here to…”