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Scripture with the Fathers

Son of Athanasius

This podcast is a Scripture Study based on the interpretation of the Church Fathers

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00:20:45

Matthew 13.4; 14.1 End of Third Discourse and...

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2026/04/03

Jesus ends the third discourse and then goes to his home-town and those who "knew" Him take offense at Him at His wisdom and mighty works. So they were aware of the miracles He worked and the wisdom of His speech. We hear from Pope St. Gregory the great and of course St. John Chrysostom and St. Jerome. WE look back at Sirach and Genesis to get a full understanding of Jesus using parables to describe the Kingdom of God.

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00:22:59

Exodus 12.2 Memorial Day

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2026/03/31

We hear from St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Jerome and see that the Passover sacrificial offering is a type of the actual everlastic covenant that is sealed in the Blood of Jesus Christ. We begin unpacking the typology in light of the "Lamb of God." What does it mean to do something as a memorial? Is the bread of wine, used in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, greater than, a higher reality than the lamb offered in sacrifice at the first Passover? We hear from the

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00:22:39

Matthew 13.3 Three Parables about the Kingdom

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2026/03/27

We continue looking at the third discourse of Jesus about the kingdom of God. We begin with a quote from St. Jerome about the Mustard Seed and how the Gospel may be seen in this way. He compares the Gospel mustard seed to the Philosophies of Men, which at first blush seem great, but over time come to nothing. We continue Matthew 13 and the parables of the kingdom of God with the treasure in a field and a pearl of great price and a net. We hear, along with St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom and Pope

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00:21:04

Exodus 12.1 Negotiations Breakdown, Pharaoh's...

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2026/03/24

Pharaoh Mock God and in doing so provides the very curse he uses against God's servant Moses, is the very plague that God delivers to the Egyptians. We do a quick review of the first nine plagues and the movement of Pharaoh's heart from not knowing who God is to negotiating the terms on which the Hebrews can worship. Pharaoh wants to and attempts to set terms on where, how and who will worship the God of the Hebrews. In a fit of rage, Pharaoh curses and threatens Moses with death. In

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00:22:07

Matthew 13.2 Wheat, Tares and Mustard Seed

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2026/03/20

Jesus down shifts to teaching using parables and using analogous agricultural themes to teach heavenly realities about the kingdom. What is a tare? How did the farmer allow his field to be invaded at night, "while the servants were sleeping?" How can the kingdom of God be compared to a mustard seed? We turn to Chrysostom, Hilary, Augustine and Jerome for answers.

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00:21:12

Exodus 10-11 I AM Will Not Be Mocked

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2026/03/17

Locusts and Darkness lead up to the final plague as Pharaoh's heart becomes even more hardened. I AM has now destroyed the last of the agriculture of Egypt by the invasion of locusts, after which a supernatural darkness covers the land of Egypt for three days. Meanwhile the Hebrews experience none of these plagues, beginning with the fourth. Pharaoh tries to set terms for the liturgical worship of the Lord, the God of the Hebrews. Pharaoh's hardness of heart brings about more disaster and then

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00:24:00

Matthew 13.1_The Kingdom

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2026/03/13

Jesus gives his third discourse and explains the kingdom of God. However, there is a shift in the manner in which Jesus speaks and conveys this teaching. He explains the meaning to his disciples only, after the teaching to the crowds. Jesus is fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah in real time. The kingdom is explained in these sayings of Jesus in its various facets, what it is like, who it is that will enter and those who will not and each of their ends.

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00:22:30

Exodus 9 Pharaoh Recognizes God?

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2026/03/10

Systematically, "I AM" the God of the Hebrews, is systematically defeating the gods of Egypt, this time Apis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Nut, Shu, Tefnut, Senehem. Pharaoh at first ignores the plague, but upon the rain, hail and fire, pharaoh agrees to let the people go, and then goes back on his word. But in this pharaoh asks Moses to "entreat the Lord to relent the hail and I will let the people go," Is Pharaoh recognizing God? Pharaoh attempts to negotiate with God as he would as an

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00:26:42

Matthew 12.5 Jonah, Demons Return, and Jesus' Family

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2026/03/06

What is the sign of Jonah? Was it just one thing as Jesus articulates or is there more? He alludes to the third sign of Jonah and what that will be. We turn to St. Jerome and St. John Chrysostom to get insight. Is the return of the unclean spirit associated with the sign of Jonah? Next Jesus describes His true kindred as being those who do the will of His Father. In this statement, is He possibly rebuking His own mother? Was the one designated to be the Mother of the Word Incarnate somehow

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00:20:55

Exodus 8 Frogs, Gnats and Flies

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2026/03/03

God sends Moses to Pharaoh to demand, on behalf of God to let His people go to serve the Lord God. God gives Pharaoh a choice, let my people go or the Nile will bring forth frogs. Pharaoh says no and the frogs come forth. But the magicians of Egypt did the same. Then the gnats from the dust of the earth. The magicians fail. Snakes from sticks, Nile water into blood, frogs from the Nile; all duplicated by the Egyptian magicians. God brings gnats from the dust, the magicians fail and say,

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00:23:39

Matthew 12.4 The Spirit, the Tree and Its Fruit

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2026/02/27

Jesus shows us the way in which to be meek and gentle, even when we are being attacked. However, as the Pharisees continue the false accusations this time reaching a point to which they have committed the unforgivable sin; the sin against the Holy Spirit. What is this sin that will not be forgiven in this age or the age to come? How can we know what this is to avoid it?

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00:21:56

Exodus 7 Pharaoh's Hard Heart

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2026/02/24

God hardens Pharaoh's heart. Pharaoh hardens his heart. Pharaoh's heart was hardened. So which is it? Who is hardening Pharaoh's heart? How can we decipher what is happening to Pharaoh's heart? In the first plague the waters in the Nile become blood. Why blood? What is God doing in these plagues on Egypt? Who is God executing judgment upon with these plagues.

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00:23:00

Matthew 12.3 Who is it that Binds the Strong Man?

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2026/02/20

Matthew shows us a facet of Jesus as the warrior king, the goel, who comes to rescues His people; to take back that which belongs to Him. Jesus in demonstrating that which Isaiah wrote foreshadowing the anointed of God, the Messiah who would rescue the people from the tyrant, announces to His accusers, the Pharisees that He is that one. In doing so Jesus declares that, "if it is by the power of God, i.e. the Holy Spirit, that he "binds the strong man," then the kingdom of God is upon

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00:21:18

Exodus 5 and 6 Setting the Stage

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2026/02/17

We are introduced to the coming conflict between God and the gods of Egypt. Pharaoh, representing the tyrant of the devil responds to the modest request of a three days journey to enter into a feast, or liturgical sacrificial worship of God. Pharaoh does not know God and therefore intensifies the work required so as to consume all of the time of the Hebrews so that they cannot be idle. The worldly see time in rest (Hb. sabat) looking forward and back (Gen.2:3) as a time for rest in the Lord to

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00:23:03

Matthew 12.2 Lord of the Sabbath

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2026/02/13

What is the proper understanding of the Sabbath Rest? Is it lawful to do good or evil, to save life or kill? In the Gospel of Mark, we see in the same event as recorded in Matthew 12. But why does Jesus ask this question? The reference interestingly enough is in the Old Testament. We look at Jesus equation of Himself with the Temple and as such He is the Lord of the Sabbath. We look to the Fathers to understand how all of this not only reveals Jesus' divinity and at the same time causes the

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00:20:24

Exodus 4.2 Moses' Journey Back to Egypt

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2026/02/10

First God calls Moses to go to Egypt to Free His people, then God was going to kill Moses on the over-night stay. How can we explain this? What was the reason for God's seemingly turn around from calling Moses to intending to kill him? Why is Zipporah doing the circumcision? Why does God call Israel His "first born son"? What is the significance of the first born son?

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00:22:21

Matthew 12.1 Hints at the New Priesthood

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2026/02/06

Jesus makes reference to King David and his men from 1 Kings 13 and also Leviticus and Deuteronomy in refuting the Pharisees' accusation that He was breaking the law of the Sabbath. Jesus first insults his accusers by asking them, "have you not read...?" Certainly they had, but Jesus is pointing out once again, that their interpretation of the law was legalistic, in the same manner in which Lucifer uses Scripture. What does the law (of Moses) say of healing on the Sabbath? Jesus

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00:22:32

Exodus 3.2, 4.1 God's Essence and Moses Mission

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2026/02/03

We continue in our discussion of the Essence of God as revealed to Moses, and the significance of giving someone your name. God sends Moses on a Mission and Moses objects. God answers Moses' objections and provides the necessary ezer (in Aaron) grace and tools to carry out the mission God gives to Moses. How one of these signs is repeated in the book of Kings and Jesus repeats the sign of His own word in the Gospel of Mark and thus declaring that He is the God that spoke to Moses!

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00:22:14

Matthew 11.4 Jesus Thanks His Father

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2026/01/30

Jesus prays to His Father. Does this mean that He is a being less than the Father? However, Not only the Fathers, St. Augustine, St. Chrysostom and St. Hilary, but Dr. Edward Sri agree, Jesus' prayer is conversation with His Father and they all confirm that Jesus is of the same divine substance as His Father, yet a different person. Jesus ends this prayer with the image of being yoked to Him, for the burden is light. We look back to the prophet Isaiah and the Book of Sirach to understand the

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00:23:19

Exodus 3.1 I AM Who AM

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2026/01/27

Moses the prince of Egypt becomes a shepherd and while tending the flock of his father-in-law, the Priest of Midian, he sees a burning bush. From this apparition of this unusual sight, Moses hears the Lord and for the first time in Scripture reveals His name. What is in a name? If it is God's name, a great deal. We learn what the Fathers drew from this and the significance of the name, I AM Who I AM.

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