Joe | February 19, 2010
Last November, we studied the seven letters of Jesus in the book Revelation. We looked at the letters from three aspects:
Contemporary
Composite
Chronological
As a recap, the churches Jesus wrote to were:
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamum
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
These churches represented the following periods in church history:
“The Light of Asia,” the period just after Pentecost.
The Persecuted Church
The Pagan Church
The Church of Romanism
The Protestant Church
The Revived [...]
Category: Isaiah, Matthew, Revelation | No Comments »
Tags: parables, Parallels, Prophecy, truth
Joe | September 7, 2009
We ended our study last time at Job chapter 14, looking at the first series of discourses between Job and his three friends.
From Job 15:1 to Job 37:24, there is a second round of discourses between Job and his friends. For brevity’s sake, I’m skipping ahead now to chapter 38 to God’s first reply to Job. God [...]
Category: Agnosticism, Atheism, Christian Living, Encouragement, Ezekiel, Job, Revelation | No Comments »
Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Job, Parallels, pride, Prophecy, sin, suffering, wisdom
Joe | April 11, 2009
Yesterday was Good Friday. Yesterday, we pause to reflect on the day that Christ died for the sins of the world.
Two thousand years ago on this day, the disciples of Jesus were probably in shock or despondent over the events of yesterday. Jesus had repeatedly told them that He would have to suffer and die [...]
Category: Hebrews, Isaiah, John, Luke, Mark, Psalms | 4 Comments »
Tags: crucifixion, david, forgiveness, holy week, love, Parallels, passion week, Persecution, pontius pilate, Prophecy, salvation, sin, truth
Joe | April 10, 2009
After Jesus and His disciples shared the Passover meal, they set out for the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. The hour had come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Jesus left His disciples in the garden while He went a little further to pray. He asked them to remain [...]
Category: Genesis, Isaiah, John, Leviticus, Luke, Matthew | 8 Comments »
Tags: authority, blood, crucifixion, eternity, forgiveness, gethsemane, holy week, hope, israel, judgment, law, love, obedience, Parallels, passion week, Prophecy, salvation, sin, suffering, trials, truth
Joe | February 5, 2009
The widow Ruth, a Moabite and a foreigner in Israel, has sought a kinsman-redeemer in Boaz according to the Law of Yahweh. The kinsman that Naomi, her mother-in-law, and she have chosen is Boaz. Being a righteous man, Boaz has told Ruth that although he is a kinsman, there is one closer than he. According [...]
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Tags: kinsman-redeemer, law, levirate marriage, Parallels, Ruth
