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Torah: Genesis 44:18-47:27 Halftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 Road Map Review Dividing the baby in two Two harlots Two choices: Esau and Jacob 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said Sometimes, you can feel alone even when you are with the one you love, especially when…

Preamble : Text : Zechariah 10:6-12 “I will make the house of Judah mighty, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will cause them to return, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am Yahweh their God, and I will answer them. “And Ephraim…

Preamble : Text : Zechariah 10:1-5 Ask rain from Yahweh at the time of the late rain— Yahweh who makes the storm clouds; And He will give them showers of rain, the plant in the field to each man. For the teraphim speak wickedness, And the diviners behold false visions And speak worthless dreams; They…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:24 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Review Three Weeks Three Weeks of Sorrow 7 Consolations: Introduction Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:24 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.” Comfort Vatomer Tzion Picture…

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…

This Week’s Theme : Put on the Christian Armor Word for the Week is Faith: It is a constant outlook of trust towards God, whereby human beings abandon all reliance on their own efforts and put their full confidence in him, his word and his promises. Memory verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us who are…

Introduction Author: Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the sons of Iddo (1:7). He is referenced in Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 as the “son of Iddo.” This second description is most likely using “son of” to mean “descendant of” as is common in the OT. Zechariah was a very common Jewish name, but and Iddo is mentioned…

Leviticus 23:33-38 We continue to study the Fall Feasts Today is our last feast: Sukkot Road Map We will speak about the the connection between Sukkot and Shabbat We will speak about the Special Feast of the Lord We will take a closer look at the feast in which Jewish men are supposed to go back to Jerusalem…

Just as successive alien armies swept through Syria and Palestine and claimed a right to each territory, so finally the Lord will see every proud city capitulate to him. Just as God’s people had been scattered in judgment for their rebellion against God, so finally the LORD will gather them back to Him.…

This Torah Portion: Genesis 18:1-22:24 Introduction 10 Steps I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bring the one -third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

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Continuing the Prophecy The prophecy starting in chapter 9 of Alexander the Great and the protection of God for Israel continuing with Jesus contrasted with Antiocus Eppipenes how God used Israel as His war machines against the Greeks Again this prophecy will be at the end of the tribulation beginning…

Zealous God for Israel! God loves Israel, loves his people and is zealous for them ( Zec8:2 ); that has been evident in what we have previously looked at. Though the major work of the prophet was completed, the temple was rebuilt, the work of the prophet not completed yet. Today we start to look at that.…

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…

For the past three years I have coached boys basketball at our local YMCA. The Y league is a developmental league. That means sometimes you get kids that have never played basketball, at least on a team, before in their lives. And some kids love to play and can’t get enough of the sport. Some kids are…

Introduction: We have been in a difficult part of the book of Luke. Because we preach book by book and verse by verse at CrossPointe, we don’t get to pick out what the next sermon is going to be. So we have been wading through some difficult teachings by Jesus as we have resumed the Gospel of Luke in…

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…

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…

The deepest level of loneliness is the anguish of unrelatedness, the disturbing realization of separation and estrangement. It is the pathos of longing to love a person and having your love resisted or rejected. Broken or estranged relationships cause the most distressing loneliness. It is being with…

Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Review We continue with the new cycle of Halftarah readings The Halfarah are supplementary scriptures that go alone with the Torah Portions The third reading from the book of Genesis is named Lech Lecha. It means "go forth." The first verse says, "Now the LORD said to Abram, 'Go forth…

TEXT: ZECHARIAH There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Zechariah began his prophecy about 2 months after our previous book,…

Revelation 11:3-13 . 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes…