Bible Unbound

S1E35 - Matthew: The Perfected Israelite

Episode Summary

Thank you to all of our Patreon supporters who help support the program! If you want to become a patron you can at https://www.patreon.com/Bibleunbound In this episode of Bible Unbound, we finally launch into the New Testament gospel with Matthew. Matthew's gospel account is through and through Jewish, marking off every one of our boxes for WHO the snake-crusher will be. He does not tarry in his expectation for Jesus calling him the snake-crusher right away. But will Jesus do and say all that we expect? Not even close. Let's explore!

Episode Notes

Summary:
Thank you to all of our Patreon supporters who help support the program! If you want to become a patron you can at https://www.patreon.com/Bibleunbound

In this episode of Bible Unbound, we finally launch into the New Testament gospel with Matthew. Matthew's gospel account is through and through Jewish, marking off every one of our boxes for WHO the snake-crusher will be. He does not tarry in his expectation for Jesus calling him the snake-crusher right away. But will Jesus do and say all that we expect? Not even close. Let's explore! 

Credits:
Written and produced by: Austin Smith 
Theme music by: Philip Reeves
Licensed Sounds and Music by: Epidemic Sound
Featuring:
Our Last Hope - Dragon Tamer
Crying Winds - Deskant
By Grace - Clarence Reed

Timestamps:
0:00-3:00 – Introduction to Matthew's Genealogy
3:00-18:00 – Summary of Matthew 
18:00-18:30 – Interlude/Selah
18:30-23:00 – What are the Gospels?
23:00-27:00 – Analysis of Matthew

Outline of Snake-Crusher Through Matthew:

• Breaks through the silence — Matthew 1:1
• Human — Mathew 2
• Righteous — Baptism (chapter 3:14)
• Just — Sermon on the Mount (chapter 5)
• Unexpected — Loves people back to life — Passionate for people — Healings and miracles (8-10) ALL the healings and miracles end as people don’t EXPECT them to
• Wise — Parables (13 - 20)
• Preaches repentance — Flips tables (chapter 21)
• Prophet — chapter 23 and 24
• Submissive to God’s will — Matthew 26:36 the garden of Gethsemane
• Sufferer — Crucified and dies ( chapter 27)
• Messiah — Perfect representative — King — Christ — Matthew 27:37
• Priest — Temple curtain split (27:51)
• Snake-Crusher — Warrior — Defeats God’s enemy  Defeater of Death  — Undying — Resurrection (chapter 28)
  • The greatest miracle of all: the defeat of death is utterly unexpected
• Redeemer of the land  — Ushers in Eden — Kingdom of God — chapter 28:16 (or see Acts)