The prophecy given to Abraham, that his descendants would be “strangers in a country not their own,“ is beginning to come true. (Genesis 15:13) I am sure that Jacob and his sons knew of that prophecy, but it was not foremost in their mind at the time. They may have thought that it wasn’t their generation that it applied to. A lot of us look at prophecies in scripture and think that it is not our generation that it applies to. Don’t be so certain. We do not know the future. At any rate, Jacob and all of his family, possessions, servants, flocks and herds packed up and headed to Egypt.
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WHY DID GOD CHOOSE MARY AND JOSEPH?
December 10, 2023 Reading: Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38 Focus: Luke 1:26-27 Father God, Help us to see why You chose Mary and Joseph to be the parents of Your Son. Help us to strive to have the faith that they did in a confusing, stressful situation. Help us to accept Your guidance with the obedience…
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THE FAMILY TREE
The prophet Daniel, told of ‘the Anointed One’ coming to Israel about 500 years before he was born. The prophecy in the focus verse talks of 490 years. Seven years of that prophecy has not yet occurred, but 483 years after Jerusalem was rebuilt after the Babylonian captivity, Jesus was crucified. The decree, recorded in the book of Nehemiah, was made in 444 BC (according to our calendar). The calendar that we use is a more ‘modern’ calendar than the one used back in the day. A 360-day year was used at that time. So, 483 years X 360 days is 173,800 days. 173,800 divided by 365 equals 476 years. 444 BC plus 476 years (there is no zero year by the way), is 33 AD. Based on this calculation, this is the year Jesus was crucified. Judaism uses 490 years (70×7) of the prophecy rather than 483 years (69×7). They will not see the 62 ‘sevens’ plus the 7 ‘sevens’ as the Messianic prophecy. This allows them to say that Jesus is not the Messiah, based on their calculations.
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WHY BELIEVE THE BIBLE – PART 2
There are a lot of arguments concerning the validity of the Bible. In Why Believe the Bible – Part 1 we went through the secular issues such as documentation, archaeology, various sciences, medicine and so on. I will be referring to some of that information in today’s blog. Now, let’s look at the book itself. What are the main arguments? Here are just a few. I may have to write a Part 3 and Part 4, because there are so many more arguments beyond these four and some explanations may be longer than others in the telling. So, Part 2 will be discussing how we got the Bible, who wrote it and God’s part in the writing and how it is unique among other religious texts.
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The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
Have you ever been so afraid that you did the wrong thing and it made it worse? Well, that is just what Abram did. Abram knew how beautiful his wife was and he was afraid that someone might kill him just to take her. So, he told her to say that she was his sister. I don’t know what he was thinking. All he wanted to do was deceive the Egyptians so that they wouldn’t take Sarai.
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THERE’S HOPE IN THESE NAMES
Now, I know, chapter 5 might seem boring but there’s hidden treasure here. Now, I know, chapter 5 might seem boring but there’s hidden treasure here. It states who begat who and how old Dad was when the son was born. But it is an interesting chapter because it also shows an unbroken line of men who worshipped God. It is the beginning of the lineage of Jesus. Two of the Gospels in the New Testament give the full lineage of Jesus.
