The Millennium -The First Days of Forever: Lesson 5 No Old Testament book speaks more of the coming kingdom than Isaiah. In Isaiah, we also get what is probably the Old Testament’s most detailed look at the 1000 year reign of Christ in chapter 65. In these familiar passages, we should look to see an…
Hosea: Introduction The book of Hosea was written between 753-722 BC. This last year, 722, was the year of the exile of the northern 10 tribes of Israel by the kings of Assyria. The conquest of Israel actually took nearly 20 years, as the first captives were deported around 740 BC. Even in those dates,…
This is our last message in our study of Abraham. Over the last couple of stories, we have seen the blessings of God upon Abraham’s life. We saw him walk by faith and not by sight. His faith in his God has grown. He has learned that God is the God of blessings, he is…
The Millennium The First Days of Forever Lesson 4This lesson is entitled The 1000-year Sabbath.
Today, we finish looking at Genesis chapter 22. Remember what we looked at last time. We had the monumental event of Abraham’s life. God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac on the altar as a burnt offering. This whole situation was not for God, as if he needs anything, but it was planned for…
Early Shadows of the Kingdom Israel was always intended to be a kingdom that ruled over the entire earth and whose king was God himself. This has never been fulfilled on this old Earth and must and will be fulfilled.
Genesis 22:1-14 The text before us today is one that, hopefully, most Christians are acquainted with. Now, the enemy is most definitely acquainted with it and would like to see it erased from existence. You can see this in the world’s response to it. This story, to the world, is an example of the wickedness…
In this lesson, we take a brief look at the three main views of the millennium and compare their strengths and weaknesses.
We saw in the previous chapter that Abraham had moved his household to Gerar. Abimelech, the king of that area, took Sarah into his household because he believed that Sarah was an unmarried woman. Why did he think that? Because Abraham and Sarah used the line that they had come up with in Ur; Sarah…
The Promised Laughter 17 JAN 2021 We’ve made it to Genesis chapter 21. Aren’t you glad? The last couple of chapters in Genesis have been hard to read through. The graphic portrayals of the depravity of man can be overwhelming. Remember that Shem, Noah’s son is still alive somewhere in the Middle East. He has…