Old Testament
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Series on Exodus Title: Then They Shall Know Introduction We are dealing in this section of Exodus with the formation of the covenant people of God, the Jewish nation. In the first part (5:1-7:5) we saw how God would exalt himself through the difficulty of this task. Moses is not sufficient, indeed, as Paul says,
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Series on Exodus Title: Deliverance in Difficulty Introduction We have been looking at the life of Moses and his preparation as a servant of the Lord. In chapter 4 we saw Moses comforted with the promise and presence of the Lord. The last thing we would expect, therefore, would be a troublesome, embarrassing, complicated and
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Series on Exodus Title: The Making of a Leader Introduction After eighty years of providential preparation to be the leader of God’s people, Moses has now been commissioned by God at the burning bush. Not all the tasks to which God’s servants are called are successful in the eyes of men. We need only look
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Series on Exodus Title: Facing the Grace and the Glory Introduction We now come to the beginning of the second forty years of Moses’ life. This is one of the great moments in human history. It is awe inspiring yet simple enough for a child to understand. All of those places where God calls his
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Series on Exodus Title: Patient Preparation Introduction Exodus is the book which records God’s turning the nuclear family of Jacob into a great nation, ruled by God and in covenant with God. This multiplication is a testimony to the promise God made to Abraham that his seed would be exceedingly numerous. But the organization of
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Series on Exodus Title: A Remarkable Deliverance Introduction Throughout the book of Genesis the emphasis has been on God’s family, and literally his people were a family. The book of Exodus is the story of the forming of that family into a covenant nation, a nation ruled by God which we call a theocracy. The
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I. THE CALLING OF GOD’S PEOPLEA. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MOSES 1:1-2:10B. THE CONFIRMATION OF MOSES 2:11-25C. THE COMMISSION OF MOSES 3:1-15D. THE COMFORT OF MOSES 3:16-4:31 II. THE COMMUNITY OF GOD’S PEOPLEA. THE SALVATION OF THE COMMUNITY 5:1-7:5B. THE SEPARATION OF THE COMMUNITY 7:6-11:10C. THE SACRAMENT OF THE COMMUNITY 12:1-13:12D. THE STRATEGY OF THE COMMUNITY
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: What Kind of People? Introduction And now we come to the last chapter and the last message on Daniel. Here we have a reiteration of prophecies previously given and some new information as well, but these are not the most important instruction in this chapter. What is really
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: Endless Rebellion Introduction Daniel 8-12 contains prophecies which run from Daniel’s life up to the end of history. We saw in chapter 8 the prophecy of Antiochus Epiphanes which was an event occurring before the coming of Christ and approximately 4 centuries after Daniel. Then in chapter 9
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: Prayer and Reality Introduction Daniel 8-12 looks at the consummation of history beginning with the abomination in the holiest from a time after Daniel but still in the Old Testament. So it commences with the story of Antiochus then brings us up to the Messiah and the anointing
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: The Reason for It All Introduction Here is the most famous or most infamous passage of prophecy in the Old Testament depending on your perspective. The seventy weeks of Daniel. is one of the most remarkably precise, historically accurate and theologically significant passages in the Old Testament. It
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: Prayer and Promise Introduction As we have seen, beginning with chapter 8, God is showing Daniel the future history of the world as it relates to His people. In chapter 8 we saw the prophecy of Antiochus and the abomination of desolation, that terrible persecution of the Jews
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Series on Daniel III. The Consummation Title: Desecration of the Temple Introduction In the distinct Aramaic section of Daniel, chapters 2-7 we saw the triumph of the kingdom of God and of God’s rule and purpose over heathen empires. The section we now begin reviews some of the same material and adds new but has
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Series on Daniel II. The Conflict Title: The Handwriting on the Wall Introduction Chapters 4 and 5 of Daniel, as we have seen, have a common theme, the vanquishing of human pride at its zenith in the fall of the great kings of Babylon. However, in chapter 4 with the dignity of Nebuchadnezzar laid in
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Series on Daniel II. The Conflict Title: Varnishing or Vanquishing Introduction This distinct Aramaic section of Daniel, chapters 2-7 is dealing with our faith in relation to the world. Overarching all in chaps. 2 and 7 is Daniel’s vision of the ages. Then in chapters 3 and 6 within that struggle we have the victory
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