Illumination: Hebrew Insights
Explore often missed details in the Bible. Discover Hebrew in first century historical context. Examine nuances of biblical translations. Join this journey as we dig into the Bible and realize its relevance today.
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Illumination: Hebrew Insights!
The goal in this journey of study is to illuminate details of God's story frequently overlooked.
You & I will do this by:
1 - Reading the Bible with better clarity,
2 - Exploring the Land of the Bible as the Fifth Gospel,
3 - Examining biblical literature, learning from theologians past and present.
As we delve into multiple facets of information—Scripture, the Land, Literature—we will come to understand why the Bible is a relevant book today!
We will uncover many truths we often miss as we rush through readings or hear in a once-a-week seating at worship;
or perhaps, you've never read the Bible.
In any case, this is the place for you!
We will explore historical contexts, translational differences, and Jewish cultural nuances that will only enrich your reading of Scripture and love of God's Story.
We will shine a light on many Jewish renderings of Scripture which is sure to ignite an insatiable desire to learn more.
Consequently, as we dig, we will illuminate the Sovereign Plan God has for humanity.
ברוך הבא Baruch Habah!
Episodes
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Join Illumination in this final feast, Sukkot. The LORD commanded the Israelites to celebrate this moed as a lasting ordinance. Listen to traditions from the times of wandering the desert, to the 1st century, yet prophecy of future fulfillment. We can uncover this final fulfillment as we come full circle in God's story of redemption, His dwelling with humanity once again. And who is invited? Every nation, tribe, people and language. How will you answer?
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Enter this ultimately solemn holiday as we uncover and discover Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This feast is demarcated in great detail as the one time a year the High Priest was allowed and required to enter the Most Holy Place in the temple on behalf of the people.
Today, we have One who tore that curtain from top to bottom, as we all who believe have access. Yet one day, there will be no access. May you permanently be inscribed in The Book of Life, before it is permanently closed.
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Join Illumination in the continuation of the Feasts of the LORD series. This first of the fall festivals, Yom Teruah or Rosh HaShanah focuses greatly on the Book of Life and repentance. This day also begins the 10 Days of Awe, a period of self-examination leading up to Yom Kippur.
And yet, there is messianic future fulfillment in this God ordained commemoration. Listen to past, present and future in this 5th of the 7 moedim.
Saturday Sep 27, 2025
Saturday Sep 27, 2025
Continue to explore the 7 Feasts of the LORD. Join Heather on the 4th Feast, Shavuot, a second harvest celebration. This Shavuot contains powerful biblical fulfillment with an impactful Christian parallel in the Church day of Pentecost. The Wind of God, His very Breath, His Spirit poured out for all who believe. Come Lord Jesus!
Monday Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
Join Illumination with Heather and Karl as we lead our first trip to the Holy Land!This 5-star trip will explore Old and New Testament sites in the land dubbed as the Fifth Gospel. Bible characters and locations will come alive.
In conjunction with our biblical pilgrimage, Illumination will also explore foods and wines of the Land. Listen to our auditory itinerary that gives broad brush strokes of our meticulously designed trip.
Below are some of the sites included:
Caesarea MaritimaMt Carmel MegiddoMagdalaCapernaumTabghaDan Nature Reserve with Caesarea PhilippiKursiBeit She'anA myriad of Jerusalem sites, complete with sloshing through Hezekiah's tunnel!The Israel Museum and Yad VaShemAnd more!
Additionally, an OPTION for a 2 day Petra extension.Continually pray for peace in the Land.And join us!
Find the written itinerary on:Illuminationhebrewinsights.com
Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Join Heather with friends, Kathy & Wendy, as they process chapters 9-12 of The Bible vs Biblical Womanhood. This segment covers troublesome translations in:
• 1 Peter 3:1-7• 1 Timothy 2:8-15• 1 Timothy 3• Titus 1-2
Again, listen, look up the passages, research and pray.
God has much to teach each of us!
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Join Heather with 2 more friends, Bethel and Dianne, as they unpack chapters 5-8 of Dr. Philip B. Payne's book, The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood. These four chapters cover the following contested biblical verses about women in ministry:
1 Corinthians 11
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Ephesians 5:21-23Again, listen, read, and pray. God has much to teach us all.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Join Heather on Illumination with friends, Cris and Dianne, as we dig into women's roles as depicted in the Bible. This episode illumines chapters 1-4 in Dr Philip B. Payne's book, The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood. Dialogue as taught in the book examines troublesome passages about women in leadership, focussing specifically on:
Genesis 1:26-31
Genesis 3:16
Women in the Old Testament
Romans 16
1 Cor 7-10, 12Pray, listen, and dig.
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Join Illumination as we explore the book, The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood.
Heather and friends share several highlights of this text by New Testament scholar, Dr. Philip B. Payne. Dr. Payne takes painstaking care to unearth cultural nuances of biblical times, tighter translations incorporating details of the time periods and scribal idiosyncrasies. Once you read this his informtaion, you can't unknow it.
This episode lays the groundwork for doctrines, parts of speech in English, and the difficulty of translating ancient languages.
Dig out your Bible and dig into his message.
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Join Illumination as Karl brings another array of archeological findings to the table. The Israelites in Egypt, though refuted by many archeologists, were actually there 3400 years ago. The evidence is compelling and the evidence doesn't lie!