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10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. 12 You shall…

Introduction Dark Powers Over the Nations: The Septuagint Dark Powers Over the Nations: The Pseudepigrapha Qumran and the “Lot of Belial” The Demon-Haunted Wilderness in Second Temple Texts Conclusion

Introduction Two weeks ago I preached the introductory message to this series. Introductory message - Driving home the point of synchronicity between the OT & NT. Brazen Altar - Represents the Cross of Christ A place of Substitutionary Atonement A place of bloody Sacrifice Brazen Laver - Represents the…

Lineage Anna’s lineage is identified as from the tribe of Asher in Luke 2:36 . 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, Asher was the 8th son of Jacob, the offspring…

Who was the primary audience for the prophets? Israel & Judah The Divided Kingdom Historical Context Exodus. 1500BC The Entrance into Canaan. The Judges & Samuel. The Kingdom United (Saul, David, Solomon). 1050 - 920 BC The Kingdom Divided (Rehoboam & Jeroboam). 922 - 901 BC Assyrian Exile of Northern…

James Of the three disciples in jesus’ closest inner circle, James is the least familiar to us. The biblical account is practically devoid of any explicit details about his life and character. He never appears as a stand-alone character in the Gospel accounts, but he is always paired with his younger…

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Pastor Mike reads verse by verse through 1 Kings 8, The Dedication of the Temple

End of David’s Reign 1 Kings 1-2 Describes the end of David’s reign. David's sons watched his strength slip away, waiting for him to die. Abishag a concubine is brought to David and even she cannot stir him. She is sent to keep him warm, and his sons start to plot against him. After Absalom was killed,…

Haggai Haggai 1 “On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year, the Lord’s message came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: “These people have…

Vision ‘24 1 Corinthians 3:6 “ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. ” 1 Corinthians 3:5–6 “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:7–9 “So then…

3 “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Travel is something we all do. But two strangers would never be travelling together. People would not travel with people they did not know. Two matters would have to be settled first. They would have to “meet”… that is , to know each other. Secondly,…

The Heart of Humility Introduction: In the Gospel of Luke, we come to a profound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ A parable that contrasts two men, two prayers, and two very different spiritual conditions. Imagine standing at a crossroads, two paths diverging before you, each leading to a destination…

Taking the Bible's Own Context Seriously In this second episode of the series on Bible study, we will discuss what interpreting the Bible “in context” really means — taking the Bible’s own primitive context seriously. Rather than filter the Bible through creeds dating from the 17th and 18th centuries,…

32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure…

1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots…

God Sends Jesus to Complete His Temple Project, God sends Jesus to complete his temple project. The temple theme binds together the the different phrases and events for the Garden of Eden, in Genesis 1–3 , to the Garden City (the New Jerusalem) in Revelation 21 . The temple is a palace for the divine…

There is a right and a wrong way to Live Jesus Gives us Eternal Life When Jesus Comes into a persons heart theres going to be some serious change 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in…

Jacob arrives in Haran. After staying with his uncle a month, his uncle offers him wages for helping. Jacob desires Rachel in exchange for seven years of service. In the morning (v.25) behold, it was Leah! Jacob comes to Laban, “You scoundrel! What have you done! Though we do not excuse Laban for his…

Luke 2:41-52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to…

Not Russia We are jumping ahead quite a bit to correct a false narrative that is common in Christianity, and very common today we will be in Ezekiel 38 & Ezekiel 9 today Summary these chapters are among the most familiar in the entire book of Ezekiel. This first of two episodes on these chapters focuses…

You Do Not Get Grace Without Enduring Any Tests v.6 While You May Have Some Things In Common, You Must Be Built Different v.9 Rather than Lay Down, Bow Down v.10 When You Use What You Got, You Will Get What You Need v.19

Have you ever been desperate? Desperate for anything? Occasionally when I get hungry, I experience what I describe as a sugar crash. It’s what the snicker commercials call Hangry. When I start to feel it coming on, it’s not that I get angry, just I get really focused on food. NOW I’ve found that in that…

The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Do Not Concern Material Origins Previous chapters proposed that Genesis 1 is not an account of material origins but an account of functional origins, specifically focusing on the functioning of the cosmos as God’s temple. In the last chapter we identified the seven days of…