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Exodus 27:20-30:10 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. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

49:1-3 - The Servant’s identity called from the womb - identity comes from God (what are the sources we look to for our identity?) - this calling is connected to speaking for God, words that will act as a sword or an arrow, driving God’s words home into the hearts of those that hear Him Jesus’ identity…

Isaiah 49 Now, as promised we are slowing down a bit in our study of Isaiah. I mentioned when we first started the book that the book has two themes, chapters 1–39 . Judgment. Chapters 40–66 speak more of salvation and comfort. What I haven’t mentioned yet as I’ve been waiting to get to this part is…

Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. For centuries Israel offered sacrifices to God for sin. Over and over, blood flowed, testifying that the penalty of sin was death. But over and over, a substitute stood in place of the sinner. Countless animals died under the priestly knife as…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

Messiah as Ideal Israel 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid…

Summary This episode in our series on John’s use of the Old Testament in the book of Revelation looks at Rev 1:7-20 . In these verses John repurposes the divine council scene in Daniel 7 , specifically the descriptions of the Ancient of Days and the Son of man. He also takes readers to Isaiah 11 and…

Isaiah 49-50

Retribution from God 1-39 Restoration by God 40-66 Section 1- Restoration by Cyrus Chapters 40-48 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord . Section 2- Restoration by Jesus Chapters 49-57 There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God. Section 3- Restoration by the Hand of God Chapters 58-66…

Jesus’ outline of Revelation: What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be: Jesus’ judgement in the seven seals, trumpets and bowls. Revelation 4-22 . Revelation 2:12 . 12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Romans 6:14 provides us a summary and explanation of the commands expressed in verses 12 and 13, that sin shall not be master over we who died to sin, for we have been transferred to the reign of grace.

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

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)…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Acts 9:1–6 (CSB) 1 Now Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest 2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

Jeremiah Major prophet - BC 627 -580 Name means “Yahweh Exalts”. Known as the crying prophet Why do you think his nom de plume is the Crying prophet? Preparing the people for the enviable fall of Jerusalem Descendant of Abiathar - banished by Solomon. Baruch is his scribe Call and Mission of Jeremiah…

Ephesians 3:5-9 Last Wk—Began study of Eph 3 —Where Paul is ready to pray for the Ephesian believers. He is about to begin his prayer in vs 1 “for this reason—that is based on the truths in chapter 2,”but before he takes another opportunity to reemphasize those same truths in vv2-13. Prayer resumes in…

Water is necessary for survival; Jesus reveals himself as the source of living water which will forever nourish his people.

Darkness that can be felt When I was a kid I remember going through one of the caves in the Ozark Mountains (Bridal Cave - Indian Burial Cave - Marvel Cave???. As we descended into the cave some distance from the entrance, we stopped and the guide told us that he was going to turn out of the lights.…