How did Joseph Smith mend the rift between the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and the New Testament? Dr. Shon Hopkin discusses how the biblical themes of a fortunate Fall, covenants, and sacrifice prepare us to understand the time of Jesus Christ and our own. Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): followhim.co/episodes Facebook: www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Executive Producers Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Producer Kyle Nelson: Marketing & Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Show Notes/Transcripts Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design Will Stoughton: Rough Video Editor Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Krystal Roberts: French Transcripts Igor Willians: Portuguese Transcripts "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com/products/let-zion-in-her-beauty-rise-piano 00:00 Welcome to Part I 02:11 Introduction to Dr. Shon Hopkin 03:59 Background to this week’s lesson material 07:52 Ancient worldview and the example of casting lots 10:00 The Ancient Near Middle Eastern people believed under the earth was watery chaos 11:42 The differences between Genesis and the Pearl of Great Price 14:56 We are nerdy at followHIM (Documentary Hypothesis) 17:25 Adam and Eve are real people and their lives were symbolically important and literal vs. figurative 24:29 Does the Christian world use the Hebrew Bible (and call it OT or Hebrew Bible)? 31:15 The Law and the Prophets are books in the Hebrew Bible 34:48 Help meet is discussed 38:51 Early dating and marriage and mirroring one another vs. later in a relationship 42:25 The Serpent is introduced and the ambivalence of the symbolism of the serpent 44:36 Dr. Hopkins personal story about his wife and snakes in Texas 47:27 Dr. Hopkin defines multivalency 50:05 The number of words Lucifer uses vs. Jehovah 53:42 Eve as the perfect hero or as the progressive hero 1:01:10 Complimentary opposites 1:02:09 Adam models ownership 1:06:17 The Fall is a disaster without the Savior and the Atonement 1:12:41 End of Part I