Mark 5 includes a version of the story of Jesus casting demons out of the demoniac and into swine. We don’t see much of that happening today. But the story is as relevant as ever when one understand the context and metaphor.
by Gregory Williams
Air Date: August 10, 2024
Show Notes
- 00:02:05 John the Baptist; Pharisees; Zealots; Jesus Existed
- 00:08:54 Religion; Temples; Worship; Altars
- 00:12:05 Conversation; Pure Religion; Pontius Pilate
- 00:19:23 The Way; Synagogue; Free Bread
- 00:28:50 Corban; Exodus; Moses; Pax Romana
- 00:38:30 Worship; Oaths
- 00:47:10 Baptism; Gabbai; Mokhes; Real Money
- 01:02:20 Pure Religion; Daily Ministration; Caesar; FDR; LBJ; Merchandise
- 01:19:50 Exercise Authority; Biting One Another; Covet Your Neighbor’s Goods;
- 01:24:57 Polybius; Turtledove Goddess of Sumer; City of Blood; Republic; Bondage of Egypt; Social Security
Paul’s Notes
Revealing important understandings; Parables; John’s baptizing; Existence of Jesus; “Moses”; Understanding mankind; “Human”?; “Monster”?; Existence of Jesus; Temple function; Iceland example; Gleaning; Gospels; Original authors; Spiritual reality; John the Baptist’s doctrine; The Way of Charity; Ruben’s temple; Welfare by charity or force; Jesus’s side trip? Beelzebub?; What Jesus meant; Mark 5:1; Unclean spirit?; Son of God?; Unbindable man; Cutters; Our spiritual nature; Hiding from God – sitting in darkness; “Worship”; Forced Oaths?; Penalty of perjury; Binding your conscience; “Demoniac”; Torment; Greedy for gain; Why Jesus came here; Parthia; Calling out the spirit; Out of the country?; Space between two places; Spirit and truth; Why choose the swine?; Jesus allowed it; Lots of pigs and lots of herdsmen; v16; Understanding the message; Becoming susceptible to possession; Or letting in Holy Spirit; Healing daughter of Synagogue leader; Woman with blood issue; v29; Focus of belief; “Virtue”?; “dunamis” – power/strength; Believe, have faith; Death?; Kingdom for the living; “Be Not Afraid”; Talitha cumi; “Not to be that way with YOU”; Different dimensions/realms; Biting your neighbor; Unethical?; Man and woman relationship; Debt; Using your neighbor; Why democracies fail; Demonic thinking; Doing the will of the father; god(ess); City of blood; Bondage of Egypt; Possession in the bible; Mt 17:15; Peace.
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