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  • The Sign of the Branch: The Dead Stump Reborn

    Jesus had critics who questioned his authority.  He would answer them by pointing to the prophets that came before, claiming that they foresaw his life.  Here is one example where Jesus said to his critics: You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures…

  • Simple but Powerful: What is the meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice?

    Jesus came to give himself as a sacrifice for all peoples so that we could escape our corruption and reconnect with God.  God declared this plan at the beginning of human history.  He then signed it in the sacrifice of Abraham by pointing to Mount Moriah where Jesus’ sacrifice would be provided.  Then the Jewish…

  • Where does ‘Christ’ of Jesus Christ come from?

    I sometimes ask people what Jesus’ last name was. Usually they reply, “I guess his last name was ‘Christ’ but I am not sure”. Then I ask, “If so, when Jesus was a little boy did Joseph Christ and Mary Christ take little Jesus Christ to the market?” Hearing it that way, they realize that…

  • Moses’ Farewell Speech: History marching to the beat of its drum

    Moses’ Blessings & Curses in Deuteronomy Moses lived about 3500 years ago and he wrote the first five books of the Bible. We call them the Pentateuch or the Torah. His fifth book, Deuteronomy, contains his last proclamations made just before he died. These were his Blessings to the people of Israel – the Jews,…

  • What are the Ten Commandments? What do they teach?

    Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible. These books describe the birth of the Israelite nation thousands of years ago.  Moses’ mission was to birth this nation to become a light to surrounding nations.  He began by leading the Israelites (or Jews) out of slavery in Egypt through a rescue known as Passover.…

  • Passover Sign of Moses

    After Abraham died his descendants were called Israelites.  500 years later they had become a large tribe.  But they had also become slaves  of the Egyptians. The Exodus The Israelite leader was Moses. God had told Moses to go to Pharaoh of Egypt and demand that he free the Israelites from slavery.   This began…

  • Abraham: How God will Provide

    Abraham lived 4000 years ago, traveling to modern-day Israel.  God promised him a son that would become a ‘great nation’. But he had to believe and then wait until he was very old to see his son born.  Jews and Arabs today come from Abraham, so we know the promise came true and that he…

  • Getting Righteousness – Abraham’s example

    Previously we saw that Abraham obtained righteousness simply by believing. That all-important sentence puts it like this: Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6 Belief is not about the existence of God Think what ‘believe’ means.  Many people think that ‘believe’ means believing that God exists.  We think that…

  • The Ageless Promise to an Unnoticed Man

    Today’s global news headlines will quickly be forgotten as we move on to other amusements, championships or political events. The highlight one day quickly becomes forgotten the next. We saw in our previous article that this was true in the ancient time of Abraham. The important achievements that held the attention of people living 4000…

  • An Ancient Journey that Affects us Today

    Even though Israel is a small country it is always in the news.  The news continues to report on Jews moving to Israel, on the technology invented there, but also on conflict, wars and tensions with surrounding people.  Why? A look at Israel’s history in the book of Genesis of the Bible reveals that 4000…