The eighth century B.C. prophet Isaiah was commissioned by God to confront his own Jewish people in the Southern Kingdom of Judah with their deplorable spiritual and cultural condition, calling upon them to repent and avoid the consequences of His judgment.

Then, as now, the question begs to be asked: “If my sinful condition is so extreme, then how can I possibly be cleansed and forgiven?”

It is this very question posed by Robert Lowry in the old Gospel song, “Nothing But the Blood,” when he asks, “What can wash away my sin? What can make me whole again?” and claims the answer from the Scriptures, “Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

In today’s edition of “Ancient Words, Modern Message” we will consider Isaiah’s powerful ministry as we begin a new six-part series entitled: “I Saw the Lord: Studies in the Book of Isaiah.”

At the heart of the prophet’s message are the poignant words of his challenge to his people expressed in Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”

With a Bible open to Isaiah chapter one we begin this episode entitled, “Whiter Than Snow."

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Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message.

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In just a few days people in the United States and around the world will be celebrating Christmas 2024, but as that celebration concludes in the evening of December 25, Jewish people around the world will be beginning their observance of the eight-day Festival of Lights, Hanukkah.

In this episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message, you are invited to join Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship, for his eighth “Bagel-side Chat.”

There are numerous traditional observances and activities associated with the annual celebration of Hanukkah, one of which is a favorite among Jewish children, referring to the game played with a special spinning top called a dreidel. But the dreidel is not just a toy; it is a teaching tool with which children are reminded of, and instructed about, the history of their people.

It is this instruction and its even greater application that is the subject of this “Bagel-side Chat,” an episode entitled, “The Tale of the Top.” Let’s listen in. . .

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Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday.

Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message.

If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners.

Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

While it is fashionable and generally inoffensive—as well as correct—to speak of God as being a God of love, it is incorrect to neglect the equal truth that God is holy and just and therefore a God of judgment.

It is the balance between the demonstration of God’s mercy and grace, and his holiness and justice displayed in judgment against sin, that is the theme of both the book of Jonah and the book of Nahum in which the Assyrian Empire and its capital city of Ninevah are the case study.

Given the natural proclivity for sin of every human being and the prospect of divine judgment against our sin, a logical question arises: How can I possibly withhold the trouble looming before me when I face God in judgment?

We will consider this troubling question and the comforting answer in this second and concluding study of the book of Nahum in the two-part series, “Nahum: Good News, Bad News.”

So, let’s open the Bible to Nahum chapter three for this episode entitled, “A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble.”

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Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday.

Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message.

If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners.

Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.