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The prophetic sign Jesus (Yahshua) gave for Peter's denial of Him is the crowing of the rooster. However, because of a translation error, the true meaning of the rooster is lost.
In this video, I invite you to go back to the original language used in the New Testament, which is Hebrew. So many people believe that it is the Greek language, but by studying the correct meaning of the rooster, you'll see a deeper meaning of what is really happening during the day Christ was crucified.
Don't miss this golden opportunity to learn more about the real identity of the rooster and unlock a deeper understanding of what it really means to deny God!
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What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the name of the Apostle Peter
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What is the first thing that comes into your mind? Well, some of you might be thinking about the story when Peter betrayed Yeshua
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And along with that story, there was this one particular sign. Of course, we know that Yeshua predicted that the Apostle Peter would deny him three times
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and that sign would be the rooster. You probably know about that
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And because of this incident, the rooster has been a common emblem of the Apostle Peter
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If you look into other churches, the rooster has been a symbol of watchfulness
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It's also a symbol of renewedness because of how Peter was renewed to his position
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And that's why when you go to some, churches, there are some roosters on their, perhaps on their rooftop, or somewhere within the
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vicinity of the church. And even in the movies or in the magazines or any other publication
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it seems that the rooster has been a common emblem that is related to Peter. That's why
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if you have watched Pinoy movies, perhaps, you would notice that when he is
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portrayed in heaven he has a rooster he's carrying a rooster you probably have seen that
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even in comics that for you to understand that is Apostle Peter
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that he has a rooster he's carrying that so there's no denying that
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the rooster has been a symbol of the Apostle Peter so let's just
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go to that passage brethren where we could see the instance where it says that this rooster has been used to identify the Apostle Peter
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Actually, this story or this part of the gospel is so important
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that it was mentioned in all gospels. So Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, they all mention this
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So let's go to one of the passages where we could read. Matthew 26, verses 33 to 35
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Matthew 26, 33 to 35, says here, Peter answered and said to him
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Even if all are made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble
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Yeshua said to him, assuredly, I say to you that this night before the rooster grows, you will deny me three times
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Then verse 35, Peter said to him, even if I have to die with you, I will not deny you
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and so said all the disciples. So it wasn't just the apostle Peter
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but also the other apostles or disciples. And then we found the fulfillment here in jumping to verse 69
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Now Peter sat of the same chapter. Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard
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and the servant girl came to him saying, You also were with Yeshua of Galilee
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But he denied it before them all saying, I do not know what you are saying. verse 71 and when he had gone out to the gateway
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another girl saw him and said to those who were there this fellow also was with Yeshua of Nazareth
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but again he denied with an oath I do not know the man
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and a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter
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surely you also are one of them for your speech betrays you then he began to curse and swear
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saying I do not know the man immediately a rooster crowed and Peter remembered the word of Yeshua who had said to him before the rooster crows
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you will deny me three times so went out and wept bitterly all right so that is the story
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you could read the same the same proclamation by Yeshua in mark 1430 Luke 22 34 and then John 13 38 So those are the parallel verses of this story
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Now, but brethren, what if I tell you that there is a fascinating, I would say fascinating and interesting mistranslation in this passage
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And because of this mistranslation, a very important message was kept hidden up until now
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until you know the true meaning of this verse. So what if I tell you, or what if I told you, that this is really a rooster
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It's not a rooster, but something else. Now, you might ask, Josh, it's not really important
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because a rooster or a doth or whatever it is, does it really have an implication that we should all understand
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Well, yes, because later I will show you the lesson that we can learn from this mistranslation
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So I hope that you are ready. So the first thing that I would like to mention to you that this is not actually
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a rooster. This is not actually a rooster. It is something else, as I will show you later
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So how do we know that this is not a rooster? Well, the first thing is that
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according to Mishna, Mishnah Babakama 7.7, so the Mishna is actually the earliest compilation
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of the rabbinic oral law. According to this Mishna, that roosters and chickens were
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forbidden in the city of Jerusalem. Because the chicken or the roosters are actually
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they kind of messy and because they could come and go anywhere else, they are
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concerned that these animals would go to the sacred places in the temple and it would
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desecrate the temple. So that is the reason that they don't allow roosters and
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chickens during at that time. So that is a according to Mishnah
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So if there's no rooster around the city of Jerusalem, how can Peter hear the crowing of the rooster
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If there's no rooster there? Now, some people would say, perhaps there's a rooster around the
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perhaps outside the city, and maybe the sound is very strong, and Peter could have heard that
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Well, that could be a possibility. But think about it, brethren. Have you heard about, have you heard a rooster crowing
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wing brethren. Typically, a rooster does not simply grow one time. It can grow a lot of times, multiple times. And what else? When one rooster grows
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and another rooster hears it what happens. The other rooster will answer. And then it would
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make, it would do, it will have a domino effect and every rooster would be growing and they would
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they would make all this kind of sound. So it's kind of difficult to see which one is really the rooster that Yeshua is talking about
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Maybe for the sake of argument someone would say that perhaps maybe Josh God could perform a miracle
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Perhaps just because just on that time he could eliminate all other crows
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and then there's only one that would sound, perhaps that we do
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Well, if you would know the real meaning or the real reason why the rooster needs to grow
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you would understand that it doesn't need a miracle. And that's what I want to show you today
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So if it is not a rooster, what is it? What could be this word
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Now the answer lies in going back to the original text Okay Let go If you go if you let go back to Matthew 26 verse 34 brethren
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Matthew 26 verse 34. It says, Assuredly I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times
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Now if you look into the Greek word of the word crows, okay
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the word gross, it is actually Funeo. According to Thayer definition, this word means
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to sound, to emit a sound, and look at this brethren. This sound could be
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produced by a cock or a rooster or it could also be produced
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by a person. If it's a person, this phoneo would be to cry, to cry out, to
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cry a loud, speak with a loud voice. Okay, so this tells you that this word crow, the word crows
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it could either be referring, it could be a sound made by a man
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or it could also be a sound made by a crow or a bird or a rooster
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So in that case, brethren, how can we know if it is a man or it is a rooster
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then we have to go to the original word of the word rooster now this is very interesting
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brethren because if you look into the Greek word of rooster the Greek word for rooster is
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it's the word elector elector is the Greek word for rooster and um
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The word elector is, it doesn't give an implication that it could be a man, but it is just simply referring to a rooster
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So there's no choice. It's either, it's only a rooster. That's the word allector
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But look at this, brethren, if you're going to the Hebrew word of the word rooster, it is the word gaver
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Let me see. The word gaver. Now, this is very interesting, brethren
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Because the word gaver could mean a rooster or a man. A rooster or a man
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If you look into the historical, cultural, and religious context of this verse
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this gaver is actually referring to the temple crier. The temple crier at that time
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Now, who is this temple crier? And why is it called Gavre or rooster
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You see, brethren, if you go back to the time of Yeshua, they don't have an alarm clock
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They don't have our, just like we have our phone that we could set, we could have our digital clocks
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They don't have an alarm clock. That's why they need a temple crier
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This temple crier would climb up to one of the highest point of the temple
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and he would cry aloud so that he would, he would awake or he would
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rouse up the priests, the Levites and the people to prepare for the morning services
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so this is very interesting because because of the rule the temple
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crier is doing he is referred to a rooster or a gaver
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that's why he is called a gavel now when the Greek translators look into this verse and they saw that it is growing, the Gawber is growing and the Gopher is rooster
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So they used the Greek word, elector, because they know that they didn't have the cultural understanding of what this person is doing
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So what does it tell you brethren this proves that the New Testament is primarily written in Hebrew You see that brethren
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Because if it is a Greek, then we could see that there's a mistake or there's
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a mistranslation in the Greek manuscript. So we could see here that the Greek manuscript that we have
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is a copy of the original, which is the Hebrew manuscript. script. Okay? So what else is so
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interesting about here, brethren? What's interesting about this is that we need to ask, what is the temple crier
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is saying? What is so, what is so significant about the temple prior? Well, here it is
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brethren. The temple crier is said to have three proclamations that he made before
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before the morning sun. There are three things that he would shout out
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He would say, number one, all the priests prepare to sacrifice. Then he would also say, all the Levites to their stations
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And he would also say, all the Israelites come to worship. So you could see here, brethren, that when the Apostle Peter heard the temple crier
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he understood very well what it meant. He knew that there would be a sacrifice
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that would be happening. And that sacrifice is Yeshua. That's why he wept bitterly
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Because he realized that the sacrifice is just about to begin. And here he is already denying Yeshua
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It's an aga-a-a-a-a-a-a-ha. He already denied Yeshua. He didn't just He was not
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He was able In fact that He already denied Yeshua And that's why
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He was He wet bitterly Because he knew That what he did
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Was really what Yeshua has prophesied So you could see here Brethren
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That knowing that through the original word For the rooster is actually
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would give us more understanding of what happened on that day. So with this in mind, brethren
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what are the important lessons and the implications that we could learn
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we could get from this? Well, the first thing is that like what I mentioned
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this further proves that the New Testament was primarily written in Hebrew
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And then, and that the great manuscripts are actually a copy of the original
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Okay? Second, when we studied the word of God, it would help us to also consider the cultural and religious context of that verse
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If we would just take one verse and then we would not look into its biblical background
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its cultural background, we could easily mistranslate the verse. That's why if we're going to do a Bible study, you need to try to check the cultural and historical
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background that verse and you will have a very more bigger picture of what is happening in that text
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And finally, brethren, I think this is the most important lesson that we could learn here
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is that this shows us that there are still so many things we should learn about the Bible
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This tells us, brethren, that it doesn't mean that when we traditionally accepted things
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it doesn't make it automatically true. They should further convince us to constantly prove all things and study the word of Yahweh with all diligence, commitment, and passion for truth
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