Follow Him Podcast: Genesis 1-2, Moses 2-3, Abraham 4-5—Part 2 w/ Joshua Sears | Our Turtle House

Dr. Sears returns and teaches how God's naming pattern helps identify a creation's purpose and how God can organize and create meaning out of chaos, and how that applies to our individual lives and trials. You will come to understand the Creation, the grand vision of Moses 1, and God's love in powerful new ways in this episode. Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): https://followhim.co/episodes Facebook:   / followhimpod.  . Instagram:   / followhimpo.  . Enjoy this podcast? Download the Our Turtle House app and access thousands of hours of fun and inspirational firesides, talks, devotionals, and podcasts (including the FollowHim podcast) that your whole family will enjoy! Get the app here: http://turtle.link/app "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com... 00:00 Welcome to Part II 00:07 Clarification on the use of the Hebrew Elohim 04:49 Differences in Creation accounts 07:31 Water in creation account 09:56 Four rivers mentioned 15:25 Review of where the Book of Moses and the Book of Abraham came from 21:17 The Joseph Smith Clarification or Joseph Smith Illumination 21:55 Begin by comparing the Creation stories 24:24 Third person vs. first person point of view 25:48 The Divine Council 29:52 God the Father and God the Son 32:25 Four versions of the Creation are different testimonies, like the Gospels. 36:04 The Purpose of scripture 39:44 God “broods” across the face of the water and God organizing 45:53 The purpose of Creation 49:23 Dr. Joshua Sears shares his testimony and his academic journey 57:25 End of Part II #followhimpodcast #comefollowme #oldtestament