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Last week we looked at the descendants of Noah and his sons. We read last week that all the families of the sons of Noah were listed by their lands and their languages. We saw the families of Japheth, Ham, and Shem listed by sons, grandsons, and further on. I explained that the lists were given in order…

Continuing our look at The King on His Throne. How God is the one who is in control of all things that are happening. Today we are looking at how The sovereign God who is faithful in preserving His people in exile. We have seen how God brought them into exile, now we will see how God is preserving them…

Intro: We have been making our way through the wonderful book of Daniel. - In chapter 1 we saw the faith of young Daniel, along with his 3 friends (Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah), who made the commitment not to defile themselves. - In chapter 2 we saw Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the multi-metallic statue…

Jigsaw puzzles - tactics? Edges first, having box helps to guide and clarify... Genesis helps us to make sense of the whole. Some would say that everything in the bible grows out of and in connection to the fact that: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Whilst some would have us…

Last week we looked at the covenant that God made with Noah after the flood, and we saw the sin of man manifest itself in Noah and his sons. Consistent with the early records of mankind, a genealogy is given of the descendants of Noah and his 3 sons. Recall God’s command to be fruitful and multiply.…

The Place of the Serpent In Numbers 13 , the Israelites had arrived at the border of Canaan. Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan to report on the land and its inhabitants. They came back with the news that what God had said was true - Numbers 13:27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you…

Humans invent dragons to represent the CHAOS in our world that we cannot CONTROL . Examples: Canaanite Mythology: Yam (the sea); Tunnan (sea dragon); Lotan (giant serpent); defeated by Baal Babylonian Mythology: Tiamat (the deep sea/salt water) defeated by Marduk If you keep bogies and goblins away from…

Creation Every story has a beginning. Some stories have amazing openings. A way to set the stage for all else that is going to take place. The opening introduces you to the main characters, themes, and anticipation for what lies ahead. This is something that good story tellers are masters at. Stories…

Divine Rest Is in a Temple In the traditional view that Genesis 1 is an account of material origins, day seven is mystifying. It appears to be nothing more than an afterthought with theological concerns about Israelites observing the sabbath—an appendix, a postscript, a tack on. READ GEN 2:1-2 In contrast,…

My topic for this morning is "service", and it seems like this should be a simple topic. As far back as the creation narrative, we see that humankind was created for service. In Genesis 2.15-17 , we read The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD…

Our first Scripture reading this morning is from the First Commandment as found in the book of Deuteronomy: “ ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “ ‘You shall have no other gods before me. For our second reading, I want to turn back one chapter,…

1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and…

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I: Me, an individual, a committee of one. PLEDGE: Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity. ALLEGIANCE: My love and my devotion. TO THE FLAG: Our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there’s respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom…

In this past Christmas season, was there a gift that you were excited about giving that was received with casualness or little appreciation. As a spouse have you tried to openly communicate with and understand your spouse only to receive the cold shoulder or more misunderstanding? Has your effort to…

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

Fill in some blanks The scripture gives us everything we need to take us to glory and for life and godliness. Sometimes we need to search scripture to help fill in blanks of a passage or even look to history records to help too. In our passage this morning we will see a shift at the end of one kingdom…

Introduction Continuing in the book of Esther. Esther 2:1-20 Going to break it up and talk about sections so that it is more manageable, and we are not Going to Get through all of that Today. After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and…

13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. 14 I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found…

God diverts and delays (but never dismisses) wrath.

Introduction Daniel 3 continues to describe the challenges that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah encountered during their forced relocation to Babylon. When faced with the option to defile themselves and disobey God, they bravely chose to obey. Despite all the problems, we see that God’s hand of…

Psalm 4 When you trust in God and encourage others to do the same, but our circumstances worsen rather than improve, how do you respond? That’s the situation David finds himself in as God’s king. As he encouraged the people of Israel to trust in God, they experienced some tough times, bringing David’s…

The Cosmos Is a Temple In some of the ancient Near Eastern texts, a temple is built as a conclusion to cosmic creation. But typically these are distinct, though related acts. The natural association between them is that the creative acts are expressions of authority, and the temple is the place where…

The imagers of God, eternal members in his family, have a lot more to do than cloud-lounging and singing. But discerning that requires grasping heavenly host (“angelic”) participation and reclaiming the nations currently under the dominion of evil, supernatural beings. A theology of the heavenly host…