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Torah Portion: Exodus 27:20-30:10 Haftarah Ezekiel 43:10-27 Road Map Review Two Two Two Two Two Two oxen: Two sticks W‌e spoke about two Hebrew = ibri ( Genesis 14:13 ) Bitterness Pride Shema - if we do not train ourselves to listen, how can we be assured that we will hear the trumpet? We considered…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46 :18 Review Map of the 40 year journey Amalek’s Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking Desires offerings Red Heifer Distortion - Corruption 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple. 22 But…

Exodus 25:1-27:19 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. Pentacost Shavuot are to be viewed as seven times the…

We are at the end of the book of Ezekiel restoration is in sight let’s look at how we got here and the powerful vision of restoration Chapter 1 - The glory of the Lord Chapters 2-3 - Ezekiel’s Commission The Efficacy of the Spirit The Internalizing of the Word The Voice of Compassion Chapters 3-7 - Destruction…

Introduction B’har [ bhar] = translated as on the mountain Fifth word in the Parashah (Torah Portion) and 32nd. weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of the readings The Parashah tells us the laws of the Sabbatical year: Shmita- and limits the debt service ration REST and FREEDOM Only the FREE can…

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. In Part 1 we looked at how Israelites thought about the concept of “temple” and how that concept led John to conflate the expectation of a new temple and see fulfillment of that expectation in a city (the new Jerusalem)…

1 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 3 ‘Who is…

Why all these cubits? 14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring…

Summary Revelation 11 is well known for two major items: the two witnesses and the reference to the temple court. Both are controversial. Who are the two witnesses? Are they individual people? Old Testament prophets who did not die (Enoch, Elijah)? Are they symbolic? Does the temple reference in Rev…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Intro My Wife Laura and I got married almost 10 years ago! Although separate, once joined in the covenant of marriage we came together as one and have lived in peace, harmony and joy ever since! Now we all know that marriage isn’t all smooth sailing, Laura and I have plenty of past and present problems,…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

We continued our review of Isaiah 53, and of Acts 8, viewing the Gospel of Isaiah, and the remainder of Luke's account of Philip and the Ethiopean.

Daniel’s Prayer 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass…

Haggai 2:1–9 places this oracle on day 21 of this seventh month, corresponding to October 17, 520 B.C., which was in the busiest month in the Israelite festal calendar (Feast of Trumpets, day 1 [ Lev. 23:23–25 ; Num. 29:1–6 ]; Day of Atonement, day 10 [ Lev. 16:2–34 ; 23:26–32 ; Num. 29:7–11 ]; Feast…

The Second Coming and Subsequent Judgments What is the second coming? The second coming is that event when Jesus Christ—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will gloriously return to the earth at the end of the present age (after the tribulation period) and set up His 1000-year kingdom on earth. The very…

Revelation 7:1-17

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11…

Revelation 21:22 . 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. Jeremiah prophesied this in Jeremiah 3:16-17 . 16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord , they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant…

Revelation 21:9 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” Here, the theme of us being God’s bride is continued with the image of God preparing us as we participate in the…

Review: We learned that Pentecost is significant to Christians because it marks the institution of the church - the institution where Jew and Gentile are both welcomed by God. No longer is there a middle wall that separates Gentiles from God and from His chosen people. In Christ, the head of the church,…

Revelation 11:1-2 . 1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city…