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The intro of Andrea is just beautiful! I’m tired of hearing degree, degree, accomplishment, accomplishment. Mother of 5 and studies the gospel! AMEN

Dude... Does anybody else listen to the episodes of this channel and several times find themselves with their jaw dropped and their hands on the top of their head b/c of the depth and the connections made??

I LOVE THIS! Please have Andrea on again and do an extended version. I would watch 4 hours of this at a time. No joke. ❤

Men are so equally important and gravely needed. They go to war not because they are indispensable but because God put a warrior in men to protect lands, truth, women, children and gospels. Life wouldn’t start without them nor be sustained.

So us doing our family history and ordinances for our dead is like us sewing the cloth that will be tied around the hands at the wedding ceremony!

YES! Another wonderful WOMAN talking about deep doctrine. We need more LDS women speaking up with true deep doctrine, THANK YOU ANDREA! I cannot wait to finish this!!!

There is no better channel for truth seekers than The Stick of Joseph. Thank you all for finding and living your calling. You’re helping the Lord change lives.

The Beloved Bridegroom, by Donna Neilsen, is a good LDS book from the 1990s describing Hebrew wedding customs and how they symbolize our relationship to Christ as the bridegroom.

All of this should be in a Temple Preparation book.

More please!! I would love 10 more videos wirh Andrea at least. But definitely one that talks about wisdom. Such a great video!

I had to stop the video for a while and ponder in amazement after she brought up the new church symbol! I already felt this was a sign of his coming but this just blew my mind about the ketubah! ❤

Years ago, our Stake Pres had announced in every meeting for a month that everyone must be on time for Stk Conf. The High Counsel talked on spiritual preparation that month, and at 10am the doors to Stake Conference were locked. The whole of Stake Conference was on this parable, and one of the most spiritual I've attended. There were many who were so angry - family who had saved "their row" and the family members who were locked out. It was a very literal observation lesson, and painful for many, as I expect it will be for many, when that day comes.

Incredible! I felt the spirit so strong as I listened to Andrea share her discoveries. Andrea is my cousin and I can say that she is as wonderful in everyday life as she seems through the screen. A true disciple of Christ and example to me 💕

In the Galilean wedding tradition, the husband could visit the bride but with an escort, usually the Father. Aka the First Vision, and would otherwise send messengers. The Father would also accept the House but when exactly the wedding takes place is still at the Father’s discretion. Kirtland the House was received, since then we had our winding up of assets and Oliver Granger was made a merchant in the Lord’s name and would redeem and honor Oliver’s sacrifice in his own due time, which seems to have been fulfilled at the purchase of the Kirtland Temple this year. D&C 117 for reference. Really good stuff

I get so giddy when I find other members talking about things I have discovered but had no one to share the discoveries with Makes me so happy!!!

You can tell what an experienced mother she is by the way she handles the hosts -- laughing at their dumb jokes and helping them along when they don't understand. LOVE her.

Thank you guys for introducing us to Andrea, and Andrea for your willingness to share the beautiful research you've done to connect many threads that the Spirit has been illuminating for me these past 6 years. I always put it to receiving my temple endowment on this day 8 years ago, the anniversary of my late daughter's first birthday. She lived for 5 1/2 days after her birth. The Spirit and I believe my daughter's spirit, led me to the temple. My husband is not a member of the church. I was waiting for him. When I entered the Holy Temple for the first time, I had a moment in the Bride's chambers as I looked at my reflection, where I felt an inner joy, that today I was marrying my Christ. I felt impressed to bear testimony to that sacred experience even though I had grown up in the church and never once heard anyone describe their temple experience that way. I remember wishing my husband was there so that we could be sealed together. I didn't know how to resolve the feeling that in his absence, Christ was taking care of me, as my Beloved Groom. And He has all these years been there for me. He was there in my darkest hour, mourning the impending death of my daughter. He anointed me with His peace in the dark night, and all I felt was warmth envelope me from the crown of head down to the tips of my toes as I knelt in prayer, weeping and pleading. I have been seeking for confirmation that my obsession with Judaism was not looking beyond the mark. I felt the richness of the Jewish tradition become the beat of my heart. I was starting to turn away from these spiritual experiences thinking I was looking into it too much, even though it's transformed the way I study my scriptures. Like you I'm a Mum. My family ask me how I have time to study scripture while tending my kids and home. The truth is, time stopped existing for me when my daughter passed away. But my crisis opened my eyes and heart to Christ, to Temples, to the Restoration and I began my quest to trace the Restoration back to it's ancient origins. I have been fascinated by everything I've been learning. But nothing has been more breath taking than having the Spirit write the Jewish traditions on my heart. I haven't been able to find anyone in my circle willing to go down this rabbit hole with me, so I felt like the odd kid on the block, even my husband thinks I want to be a Jew. He's not entirely wrong but he's not entirely right either! I want to worship God and prepare myself appropriately because I have a daughter in heaven waiting and hoping that I'll make the necessary preparations to see her again. I'm making my spiritual wedding preparations and the Jewish feasts help me feel closer to Christ. I want to return back to that ancient wisdom because it's calling me. It brought me such joy to study/learn these things. I don't want to feel jaded by it, sometimes I do because I have noone to share them with. I feel when our Auckland temple is dedicated I will find the solace I'm seeking. It's been 7 years since my last visit. I've been pining for the temple ever since. You've helped clear up what my monthly fasts were mourning for. I have felt to mourn on my fast Sundays. I know the disciples didn't fast because Christ was with them. So I figured they and we must fast because He's not here. When we see Him we will feast again. Your added context of the wedding motif has helped to bring further clarity to these things. I look at the changing seasons by the moon's and I understand why we're called a Gentile Church. Because we are not keeping God's appointed times and feasts. One day I believe we will. I feel it in me every time I look up at night and see the waning and waxing of the moon. My children and I have tried to observe them the last 6 years so that we could learn after the manner of the Jews. The Bridegroom is coming. The Sabbath is the Bride's day in Jewish custom isn't it? The women light the candles. Perhaps the "wise" women light the Sabbath candles/lamps? Thank you for fanning my inner flicker again. I love your faith! Blessings to you and your family.

This was so great. Layering with Dave, Mike and the Ancient Tradition Podcast = 🤯. I have never been this excited to dive deep into the scriptures. My love for Jesus grows daily. It’s all here for eyes to see and ears to hear. ❤ Well done Brothers and Sister.

She needs to put this on paper and write a book

Amazing! So glad I saw this when it first popped up! Thought I’d share a few additional thoughts that tie into this. 1) my dad was a temple sealer, and I had the opportunity to go with my wife and him to the temple and do some sealings about a half year before he passed away. He pointed out to me how the word “cleave” has dual meaning. To separate, and to bind. Man shall leave his parents and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh. But also, a butcher’s knife, an axe, what have you, is used cleave an animal apart. Now consider where you would cleave a sacrifice, and then consider what is in the temple in the middle of the sealing rooms, and how that is used for both versions of the word “cleave”. He also pointed out several differences in wording during the covenant for the bridegroom vs the bride, pay attention next time you do sealings 🙂 2) they shall become one flesh. I never considered how this phrase could be applied to us and Christ. We are to become one with him, even as a bridegroom and a bride become one flesh. In terms of the consummation of marriage, we’re talking about a sacred act that brings life, bears fruit, etc. this makes the allegory of the olive trees and the Lord of the vineyard’s statement (paraphrasing) “what good is this tree if it brings forth no fruit” even richer in meaning. IOW - what good is your bond to me, if it doesn’t bring forth your eternal life, to live with me, and be in my presence forever? The purpose of our relationship and covenants with Christ (his work and his glory) is to bring to pass the immortality and Eternal life of man-to bear fruit, or to give life to his covenant people, to take away their reproach. Love this symbolism! There is so much I feel like I’ve been learning lately that I never understood in the last 30+ years! Thanks for bringing on people who have learned and studied these things, so we can all learn with you! 🙂

Mind absolutely blown. Thank you all for the enlightenment. The world's so much brighter now, and the building of Zion makes so much more sense. Zion is the bridegroom's home...

Proclamation on the Family!!! We are told our duties as husband and wife. I was listening to a channel where the person spoke about the Garden of Gethsemane. He brought up the image of Christ coming out of the Garden dressed in red from our sins and us coming out clean through Christ's Atonement. I so much love to spend time in the scriptures and seeing things with new eyes.

I attended a wedding/sealing of a friend. The grooms mother was less active as were many other family members. My return missionary son was prompted to remain outside and stay with the grooms brother. It was such a testimony to me that while they may not understand the significance of personal worthiness to enter the temple, God knew they needed to be loved & taught.

This episode was mind blowing. I love that the gospel is so simple yet so complex. Thank you for showing us what is hidden in plain sight

To your question at the 11 minute mark, “Why did Joseph not tell us about this?” Certainly that question has been asked many, many times about this and other subjects, and the conclusion that seems to be most common is that he didn’t know. Personally, I think there is so much more that he knew that was impossible to tell - his time was limited - and just as in Alma 8:1, there were “many things which cannot be written” - perhaps he was commanded not to tell, because the Lord instructed him to hold back, because the people were not ready for it, or perhaps it was given only to him and not to be shared, or possibly he was able to share some things with others with instructions that they were not to record it. That’s a lot of speculation, I know. But, I need only listen to Elder Hollands talk in the most recent General Conference where he spoke of his experience in the hospital and said, “I cannot speak fully of that experience here…”, to know that the Prophets and Apostles are often instructed to not tell all they know. Why? I don’t know. We must each ask the Lord. Similarly, my wife and I witnessed Elder David B Haight give a talk, “The Sacrament, and the Sacrifice,” October, 1989, where he spoke as an apparent intimate witness of the earthly life of Jesus Christ. In a personal encounter with him later, he told my wife, “I had to careful about what I said.” Finally, read and watch Elder Bruce R McConkie’s final testimony in April 1985, “The Purifying Power of Gethsemane”, especially in context with the wonderful content you have shared with us recently from David Butler, and others, and likely from this video - which I have yet to fully consume. In His infinite mercy, The Lord reveals truth “line upon line” as we are prepared to receive it, and not before. We must be careful not to place limits on the prophets of the past for what they did not say … and my wife just said, “…but as you read the words of the prophets present and past, listen, and the Spirit will whisper more truth between the words if you listen with a humble heart.” P.S. this is not an admonishment to anyone but me. As we are sitting here watching and listening to this wonderful video, I’m feeling this as a personal admonition from the Spirit, and sharing it back. Thank you for diligent work to share with us this information (wisdom?). Truly, we are edified!

The fast represented by the year the bridegroom went away until the marriage, is mirrored in the year you must wait between baptism and temple attendance.

A couple months ago I was praying asking for help with researching the scriptures instead of just reading. I started reading and I was inspired to go down this rabbit hole of this topic. I’ve never been inspired like that before I terms of feasting on the scriptures. Yes, this is a very important topic.

This deserves more time. I'm going to have to relisten on my own

Man, this is amazing! I am so grateful for everything i learned from this. Its exactly everything i needed to hear at this time in my life…

Thank you so much for this! I’ve been praying for a greater understanding of the temple and the purpose of the symbols, etc. you have truly opened my eyes!

Wow… I never comment on KZfaq videos but THIS moved me deeply. I’m absolutely mind blown by how Andrea and the two of you so beautifully explain the depth of all the wedding and bridegroom symbolism. Thank you so much for this episode. I’m definitely sharing this one.

I love how she explains this! It was realization of this that motivated me to start sharing and do a channel. I can tell I only scratched the surface, thanks for sharing!

This is one of the best guests you've hosted. Thank you so much. A lot of things are making a lot more sense!

I've been thinking this for years, our church is a restoration of the ancient church. Meaning what Adam believed and taught. It's beautiful.

Glad to see you guys back with a new show. Thanks for your faithfulness

I listened to this yesterday and just got home from the temple today. I couldn't wait to listen to this again. I need to listen to this every time I go!

Wow! Trying to catch my breath... Wow! Wait... just WOW! Amazing stuff! I knew a little tiny bit about the Hebrew wedding stuff but my mind has been completely blown! Excellent work, Andrea! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! Please keep us posted on when your book hits the market...I surely want one!

Wonderful discussion! Love the symbolism and the confirmation that the Gospel truly has been restored!

This is so awesome to hear!! Thank you!!❤😊

WOW !!!! This is soooooo sacred and spiritual. I feel like I was in the Temple receiving instruction about the deeper layers of how Christ should be my focus, because the things that I should be doing, would in fact bind myself to Him. It's about preparing to be ready as in Father Alma, "for this life is a time to prepare to meet God" which is about "being loyal" to Christ our symbolic Bridegroom before He returns, at a time, that I know not. I'm going to need to watch this at least 3 times or more to pick up the Gold nuggets herein. God bless this good Sister and this Channel for inviting this Sister to enlighten our minds with much deeper understanding. This has really given me things to value more, and things to set aside as "distractions" for the greater good of being loyal to my Master, by doing a better job than I'm currently doing. Na te Atua kaha rawa i whakamoemiti ki a koutou e ngaa anahera o Tane nui a rangi. ❤

Today has been a treasure trove! Between you and Ward Radio on this day, my mind is blown! I can't believe how much I've learned! And put me on the waiting list for the book!

Learning after the manner of the Jews expands our understanding and knowledge of the gospel. Nephi was right.

GUYS. We need to get this woman together with Lynne Hilton Wilson on Scripture Central!!!!!!!!!🤯 This was absolutely ASTOUNDING!!!!!

We need part 2 please! Sent this to several friends. Tying these scriptures together was amazing. Thanking each of you for the years of hard work it takes to make information like this available.

Have Andrea back on ASAP! Also thank you guys for being good hosts and letting your guests speak!

Magnificent! To Andrea, thank you for sharing your life’s work with us. For the longest time I have been trying to research Jewish traditions and culture to better understand scriptures. I’ve come across Rhonda and Farrell Pickerings site and although they know their stuff, they’re at levels well beyond what I can comprehend. You’ve laid this out so well and clear. I truly hope and wish that you will return, or start your own channel that we can learn more about Jewish traditions and cultures that help us relate to scripture, and bring it back to life. Thank you thank you thank you! Best video on KZfaq!!! @thestickofjoseph, please don’t forget to post her notes as you promised!!

She needs a KZfaq channel! That was an amazing commentary! I want more!!!

My mind was blown so many times listening to this. Absolutely beautiful, thank you ❤️

Who else has listened to this more than once!

This has been such a feast of love and light! Thank you so much! I will be rewatching and studying this in depth but the first time was delicious to my spirit💖✨

This was so intriguing. Fabulous discussion. This is one I will have to rewatch. Thank you!

You guys put out these videos that have SO much in them. I feel like I need a written summary of each one so that I can remember what was there and what to even ponder and study again! Love your content you guys!

Hey guys, Really appreciate all you do seeking for truth and sharing your findings with us. Please have Andrea on a 2nd or 3rd time!! A book would be amazing! I would love it if you could ask Andrea for material all of us can go read and study in the meantime to further educate ourselves as she mentioned there is so much she wasnt able to touch on.

I am so amazingly stunned, in positive ways, just like the first talk with Mike Day! I'm looking forward to Andrea's book ... she should do a series. The first just lays out the Jewish wedding traditions. The next in the series can show how the scriptures and Christ reflect the wedding traditions, like she did in the podcast. Maybe we should all offer to babysit her kids for her so she has time to write. Thank you for having her on! (Jackson, this is Barbie! -- that is the Barbie you met who is old enough to be your grandmother!)

Mind blown! Thank you, Andrea, for sharing your knowledge with us. Guys, have her back on SOON!

Thanks for talking about the fast in this vid. I’d never thought about it that way. Never heard of a Jerusalem window either. The restoration is fascinating. Trying to get us (the church) up to speed must be a ton of work.

Mind blown! Mic drop. Thank you Andrea for the 20 years you’ve put into gathering this information, and thank you for the gift of sharing it with us. Thank you Hayden and Jackson for publishing this video. ❤❤❤❤❤

YES!, im so glad you're listening to "The Ancient Tradition" I can not believe that it's a coincidence that at the same time I'm reading, "In the language of Adam" I am also learning some of the same principles from "Jack Logans" podcast. This to me is evidence of another way the Lord is hastening His work. I can't help but shout! "The Lord is extending the Saints’ understanding"

Wow I have heard bits and pieces of this and have seen in the scriptures bits and pieces , but to have it laid out in such a beautiful and thoughtful manner Wow! Thank you Sister and SOJ Brothers , this is so inspiring, amazing and spiritual. Thank you ❤

This video has been life changing for my family. Thank you

I just made another connection. When a person gets baptized, they are making a promise, but they have to "wait a year" before going to the temple to receive their endowment. Just like the bride has to wait a year while the groom "goes to prepare a place for her"?

This was amazing. Andrea was amazing. Those were amazing and profound insights she shared.

Thank you so much Andrea for opening the scriptures unto us

Something to add; short version. When groom proposed, he drank from cup of wine and presented to bride. IF she accepts, she drinks from same cup. If she rejects proposal she refuses to drink. Neither will drink wine until their wedding day. Also, Numbers 6 talks about Nazarite vow. One doesn't drink wine during vow. End vow with lamb sacrafice. Wedding symolizes relationship between Christ and Church. At last super, Christ when he offers the wine as part of sacrament, is playing part of groom and making marriage proposal. Apostles accepted marriage vow when they drank. Gives me new meaning when I take the sacrament. Each week we renew our marriage vow/covenant with Christ. After last super Christ vows not to taste of wine. This has 2 purposes. 1, He is invoking Nazarite Vow and will end it by offering himself as the lamb sacrifice. Second, he is playing out the role of the groom who vows not to drink until their wedding night. Know who else makes that vow? The bride (church). Name me one church outside of ours that as a covenant doesn't drink alcohol. We are playing out the role of the good Bride. Makes me look at WofW differently. That's the super condensed version.

I missed the introduction at first and when i was listening to andrea I assumed she had her own podcast. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable but she spoke so naturally in this video. Like she had done it countless times. I was disappointed to find out she doesn't have a podcast!! There were so many hints of facts from her that I wanted further explanation! I could listen to her for hours. I'm excited to read her book but I hope she will do more interviews too. Or start her own, hint hint :)

This is just what I’ve been needing!

I learned about this a few years ago. The wedding feast is all about the gospel.

I feel like she has totally opened the scriptures to us.. And I was very aware of the Hebrew bridal imagery and its association with the work of the Lord in our behalf.. studied it for years.. but she has taken this to a whole new level.. Excellent presentation.

I feel like I need to start my scripture study all over again. Amazing! Jaw is on the floor!

Thank you so much for sharing this! I have always puzzled over the imagery and symbolism of the bridegroom and marriage and how it somehow symbolizes Christ, but I never really comprehended it and all the connections throughout the scriptures until now. I need to listen to this several times with my scriptures in front of me. If Andrea has not written a book about this, she really should.

Books don’t get read. This needs to come out quickly. Andrea needs to do her own KZfaq channel!

I loved this so so much. Truly we need to understand the Jewish history and traditions to understand the meaning in our scriptures. Thank you for sharing Andrea!

Yes!!!! I have been studying this too!!!! Here is a great resource! Beloved Bridegroom Finding Christ in Ancient Jewish Marriage and Family Customs by Donna B. Nielsen foreword by Dr. Robert J. Norman

You guys have become my favorite Gospel channel. Thank you for all you do! You find REMARKABLE guests.

Appreciate you guys!

I'm geeking out hard core in the best way possible! I'll be sharing this with so many people!

Another awesome podcast, thanks guys. Andrea offers some great insights. My wife and I met in the Swiss Temple and had a powerful experience in the sealing room. Four months later we were sealed. We are now both Termple workers once. week in the Preston, England Temple.

This is the some of the most amazing instruction I have ever heard. 🎺 watch and listen.

Absolutely amazing! Thank you all!

A brilliant segment. Thanks Andrea for sharing your thoughts - loved the connections and how you helped illuminate the scriptures. I have made new meaning to scriptures.

Wow!!! I loved this! I felt the spirit so strongly. Thank you for this feast!!!

Woah! This was so good and made so many connections. This will enlighten my understanding forever to come.

I love that this was posted on Joseph Smith's martyrdom anniversary. He died knowing and proclaiming truth.

This BLEW my mind! The Bible makes so much more sense to me now. Thanks for inspiring me to love the scriptures and search them more diligently!

Yes, by all means, Andrea you need to write a book. Also, if you became a wedding planner that follows many ,if not all, of these original customs to educate us. It just might start a cool movement that creates more LDS weddings too. Good luck!!!

Ther is a podcast on the ancient religion of China. Pre AD. It was monotheistic worshiping the creater. This helped me realize that the Gosple of Noah, Abraham ect was all over the world . I would like to learn more. Thanks for this.

Her beginning with her faith crisis that led to her amazing scripture search is mind blowing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Andrea!

Wow! I need to go read the scriptures again, too! There's so much beautiful, deeply meaningful symbolism in there I never knew about! Thank you to Andrea, Dave, and Mark, and of course, you brothers for all the knowledge and inspiration you've shared!

This was so good thank you so much for having this lovely sister on and sharing her knowledge with us and I hope she writes a book I would sure love to purchase it

I want more of this! I was sad ashen this ended! I was learning so much.❤

Excellent presentation! Thank you. 🌹

I am astounded and want to run through the streets and tell everyone ! I’m bursting thank you thank you thank you!!! Sooo many puzzle pieces I feel like the puzzle is almost completed now!!!! Holy cow. Such a deeper sweetness in so many many touching tender ways in my testimony of The Father and the Sons love and mine even more for them which I didn’t think was possible- this joy and learning and light is so eternal life springing in my soul thank you. I can’t wait and i love making way for weddings and I so am for this Great and Marvelous One!!

Please! Please! ! have your guest come back and do a series . I'm begging for more.

That was so beautiful! Andrea, thank you!!!

This was beautiful, thank you!

It's wonderful to see all the Temple symbolism. Thank you dor sharing. ❤

I loved this. What a blessing to be her child and grow with wisdom and understanding. Thank you!

Great episode and your content has just been getting better and better. Watch a movie Called Before The Wrath. All about a Galilean wedding tradition which is different and so eye opening.

We are seeing so many things like this appearing. We are part of the continuing restoration!