Hearing

I had an opportunity this morning that I am extremely grateful for.

For the past year or so I have had the privilege to take Precept Bible Study. It is a very in depth study of the Bible, using the Bible to study the Bible. I am now in my 3rd semester on the Book of Revelation. It has been an amazing journey, and one I am glad I decided to take.

At the revival I was saved at, the night in particular the message was out of Revelation. And since that night about 17 years ago, the Book of Revelation has been a favorite of mine. The lady leading the precept class is amazing, Linda Munsart. She is a wellspring of information. The cross references she just produces when people asks questions is amazing. She is a living, breathing Bible Google.

I have learned so much in the past year from her. I have read some commentaries in years past on Revelation that were insightful. My pastor even did an almost year long study of Revelation on Wednesday nights a few years back. I have all my notes from that. When I lost my Bible earlier this year I was so frustrated because of all the notes I had in it, and because of personal revelations I had written in the Book of Revelation. But the insights I have garnered from studying under Linda Munsart can never be underappreciated. I have done the homework, the readings, I have thought over the lessons for the past year - and there are times none of it has made sense. Then I get to class, and for an hour to almost an hour and a half for 12 Sunday's in a row I am blown away. She brings it all together. She makes the picture make sense.

Linda is married to a man by the name of Harvey Munsart. He is a delight to study with, as he is in his wife's precept class. He sits front row, and I sit behind him. That is how we have done it into this 3rd semester. He has added wonderful insights into her teachings as he has an interesting perspective. He is a messianic Jew.

A messianic Jew, or fulfilled Jew or a Jewish believer is one who has accepted that Jesus is the Messiah. This morning I had the privilege to hear his testimony as he shared it with the secondary students during chapel at the academy I work at. I heard him Sunday night mention that he had the opportunity to share and was looking forward to doing it. I asked my boss first thing Monday morning if I could attend chapel to hear the testimony.  Mr. Munsart came to faith in Jesus only through the Old Testament. His heart was opened to Jesus by spending months going through Old Testament scriptures and seeing the fulfillment of prophecy in Jesus. And on February 12, 2002 he became a fulfilled Jew.

His testimony was amazing, and his perspective on Jewish tradition/culture very enlightening. He has written a book (I received it last year) on his testimony and his in-depth study of the Old Testament scriptures. After I complete the Revelation Precept I plan on reading his book. As I have discovered (from in class and this morning's chapel experience) he is a man of detail, so I want to give his book the time it deserves.