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There is none so blind as he who will not see, none so deaf as those who will not hear. This saying seems to go back to the 1500s to English author John Heywood, a man famous for his poems and collections of proverbs. The proverb appears to be adapted from biblical texts Jeremiah 5:21 ““Hear this, O…

The Rider of the Clouds A few of the fundamental elements of the Old Testament mosaic are familiar and we will not take the time to analyze those. One of these is kingship. The Israelite kingship had a quasi-divine flavor, which was common in the Near East - civilizations believed kingship was instituted…

Christmas, whether you are religious or not, is a time to assess the year that has past, look forward to the new year coming, and be renewed. We all want to take joy in what we do. We all want to live life to the fullest. We all want to know that our labor is not in vain and that our lives have purpose.…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn in them with me to Mark 12 , Mark 12 . What a weekend it has been. Winter has come a little early here to Spokane Valley - much to my children’s delight. It is a blessing to be with you all this morning…

Second Temple Literature Now, again, we could go off and talk about the worldwide, encompassing nature of the temple. And there was this inordinately literalistic-defying description of a temple 1,500 miles high and all this kind of stuff. This is known elsewhere in Second Temple Jewish literature, where…

The Unmistakable Deity of Christ Introduction Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. We assuredly need to believe that Jesus Christ is fully man as well in order to understand the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. God cannot die. So if Christ is not fully man, then there is no sacrifice for our sins.…

Summary Ezekiel 17 presents a riddle or parable of two eagles about the treachery of Zedekiah, the puppet governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to replace Jehoiachin, the Judahite king taken captive in an earlier wave of exile of which Ezekiel had been a part. Zedekiah would be captured in the last phase…

We began last week a new series, taking us through the New Testament. This is a 40,000 foot overview of the New Testament, so it’s not going to get down and see a lot of details, and we’re going to go fast. This is going to be a more “academic” type of series, but I guarantee you, if you’re reading through…

Matthew 5:1-12 What was the purpose of the beatitudes? Highlight our total depravity and point to our needs for a savior? **Describe a challenging but practical way of life the Jesus expect of his followers. This expectation also comes with a promise. Blessed Repeated nine times. All shown to be the…

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…

The Visit To Mary Mary was visited by Gabriel the Arch Angel 6 months after Zechariah was visited before that was 400 years the Messiah was going to be born of Mary She was a virgin and in her womb the Holy Spirit was going to put the embryo of the Human Jesus Gabriel is going to tell her about the man…

Chronicles is a book that draws the reader to look back… the writer does this in order to challenge the reader to both look and move forward, but unlike the past move forward with a right focus and intent. Today’s study of Chronicles will have us: Remember - from God’s perspective Reflect - how this…

It is common knowledge that the creators of Superman modeled the famous superhero after Jesus himself. Their inspiration came from the gospels and the gospels fueled their stories. Superman was the role model for generations of kids. In the first Superman movie, released in 1978, the young man Clark…

Summary - Rev 12 On what day was Jesus actually born? What year? Does the timing matter? Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25, but virtually all Christians know that day isn’t the real birth date of the messiah. While that is certainly the case, has the birth date of Jesus been lost…

Introduction: A man purchased a home. This home was an older home, but it was in the exact location that he desired to live. Because he was so excited about the location and because the housing market was booming at the time, he refrained from having a home inspection performed. However, a little while…

The Messianic Psalms: How Does The Psalms 2 Speak Of The Future Messiah? I. Introduction Poetry grips the reader, it enacts an ever-grasping hold on the mind, it is beautiful; poetry speaks to the heart and mind unlike any other literary genre. The Book of Psalms is God’s poetry, written under the direction…

Matthew 1:1-17 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 17 Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ are…

The story ofChag HaMolad, the story that we find in the New Testament, the details surrounding the birth of Yeshua, as an adult, coming into this story maybe for the first time or the first time in a long time, if you left your childhood faith, the events surrounding the birth of Yeshua, they're really…

Welcome Title Timeline Map Date of Writing: ca. 520 B.C. Author: Zechariah, the son of Berechiah Theme: The Lord of hosts mercifully remembers His people Original Audience: Primarily the Jews who recently returned from Babylonian exile but needed encouragement to finish rebuilding the temple; also anyone…

Genesis 38 Now it happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her. So she conceived and bore a son, and he named him…

Author: Micah, meaning “Who is like God?” מִיכָיָה - Mîy (who?) kâ (like) yâh (God) Date: He prophesied during the reigns of Jotham (750-731), Ahaz (735=715), and Hezekiah (715-686). Some of his prophecies predate the fall of Samaria (722 BC) while others come just before the Assyrian invasion of Judah…

Review: Yom Kippur was the day that the high priest would go into the holy of holies and offer a sacrifice of blood on behalf of the entire nation of Israel. This sacrifice, made once a year to cover sins, pointed towards the Lamb of God, who would be sacrificed once for all to take away sins forever.…

Introduction Second of Four Advent weeks Last week we saw the prophecy, now we will examine the genealogy. 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,…

This happens at a specific moment in the history of Judea and Rome. During the approximately 40-year reign of King Herod, client king of Judea with Rome’s backing. Through Herod, Rome made certain concessions to the Jewish political/religious ruling elite of Judea, who were charged with keeping their…