Jesus Teaches on the Resurrection, Part 2

Luke 20, Part 2 (cont) Jesus goes on in v. 37 to address the issue with the Sadducees as to whether there will be a resurrection. Moses at the burning bush called upon the God of Isaac, Jacob, and Abraham as though they were extant or still living, though we know at the time of […]

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Jesus Teaches on the Resurrection, Part 1

[Luke 20 Part 2] Jesus Teaches on the Resurrection: In part 2 of Luke 20, Jesus addresses several controversies of His day among the Pharisees and Sadducees. These groups argued over whether or not there was any resurrection, and if there was what it meant for certain problematic doctrines. Jesus answers these controversies and stuns […]

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The Authority with Which Jesus Spoke, Part 3

Luke 20, Part 1 (cont) The husbandmen of the vineyard will not render up the fruits of repentance, rather they beat and finally slay the servants that God sent to them, until He finally sends His son and they kill Him as well. The crucifixion of Jesus is immanent. From the time of Elijah till […]

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The Authority with Which Jesus Spoke, Part 2

Luke 20, Part 1 (cont) Today’s schools of higher learning instruct our young seminarians not to preach but rather to have a “talk” with the people. That may be a very egalitarian thing to do but it does not fit the modality of the example that Jesus gives. We need teaching AND preaching. We need […]

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The Authority with Which Jesus Spoke, Part 1

In Luke 20 part 1 Jesus is found by the scribes and chief priests speaking with great authority in the temple. He has turned over the tables of the money changers and taken full liberty among the leaders who are conspiring to assassinate Him. The leaders collude to snare Jesus in His words to which […]

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Hezekiah Celebrates Passover, Part 2

2 Chronicles 30 (cont) 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] of the hand of the Levites. 17 For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the […]

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Hezekiah Celebrates Passover, Part 1

In 2 Chronicles 30, Hezekiah completes the repairs on the temple that his father Ahaz had defiled. The sacrifices are reconstituted and the city of Jerusalem is once more a city of joy and holiness. Hezekiah in his zeal reaches out to the northern tribes and invites them to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the […]

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Surviving Between Moves of God, Part 2

Numbers 33 (cont) Num 16-37 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. 17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. 20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched […]

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Surviving Between Moves of God, Part 1

In Numbers 33, Moses recites the wilderness journeying of the children of Israel. These are called the “stations of the wilderness.” From Ramses to the plains of Moab, the Lord led the children of Israel for forty years by the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day. One would think this would […]

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The Blessing of Moses, Part 2

Deuteronomy 33 (cont): 12 [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of […]

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