God led the Israelites out of Egypt through Moses and protected them with pillars of cloud and fire. When they reached the sea, God parted the waters so they could cross safely but the Egyptian army was destroyed when they followed. Later, the Israelites rejected God as their king and demanded a human king instead. Samuel warned them of the abuses a king might commit but they refused to listen. Eventually, God agreed to their demand. Similarly, when Jesus came as king, he was rejected and crucified despite Pilate finding no fault in him.
What do the names Amorite, Makkedah and Joshua mean? How do these meanings apply to you? Why did the 5 kings hide in a cave while their armies were fighting and dying on the battlefield? What did Joshua do when their hideout was discovered? Why?
What happened to the kings when the battle was over, and Joshua had defeated their armies? Can you name five “kings” you are battling? They may be very personal: spiritually, mentally, emotionally or behaviorally. They may be in your family, or at work or school, or in your social life, or in your church.
Ai was a place where Israel had been defeated due to self-reliance (Joshua 7). In this chapter Israel once again faces the same adversary, this time victoriously. What made the difference? What past failure(s) in your life have your surrendered to God and discovered overwhelming victory? What is your current Ai? Based on the principles of Joshua 8 what action must you take in turning defeat in-to victory?
What do the names Amorite, Makkedah and Joshua mean? How do these meanings apply to you? Why did the 5 kings hide in a cave while their armies were fighting and dying on the battlefield? What did Joshua do when their hideout was discovered? Why?
What happened to the kings when the battle was over, and Joshua had defeated their armies? Can you name five “kings” you are battling? They may be very personal: spiritually, mentally, emotionally or behaviorally. They may be in your family, or at work or school, or in your social life, or in your church.
Ai was a place where Israel had been defeated due to self-reliance (Joshua 7). In this chapter Israel once again faces the same adversary, this time victoriously. What made the difference? What past failure(s) in your life have your surrendered to God and discovered overwhelming victory? What is your current Ai? Based on the principles of Joshua 8 what action must you take in turning defeat in-to victory?
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How is the Tower of Babel relevant to us today? Why did God judge the builders of the city and tower of Babel? What is the significance of Shem's genealogy?
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How is the Tower of Babel relevant to us today? Why did God judge the builders of the city and tower of Babel? What is the significance of Shem's genealogy?
The 4th book of the Apocrypha. The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. Judith with the Head of Holofernes – painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (MET, 11.15)
1 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book which details the history of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire as well as the founding and earliest history of the independent Hasmonean kingdom. It describes the promulgation of decrees forbidding traditional Jewish practices by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the formation of a rebellion against him by Mattathias of the Hasmonean family and his five sons.
The apocrypha is a selection of books which were published in the original 1611 King James Bible. These apocryphal books were positioned between the Old and New Testament (it also contained maps and geneologies). The apocrypha was a part of the KJV for 274 years until being removed in 1885 A.D. A portion of these books were called deuterocanonical books by some entities, such as the Catholic church.
Many claim the apocrypha should never have been included in the first place, raising doubt about its validity and believing it was not God-inspired (for instance, a reference about magic seems inconsistent with the rest of the Bible: Tobit chapter 6, verses 5-8). Others believe it is valid and that it should never have been removed - that it was considered part of the Bible for nearly 2,000 years before it was recently removed a little more than 100 years ago. Some say it was removed because of not finding the books in the original Hebrew manuscripts. Others claim it wasn't removed by the church, but by printers to cut costs in distributing Bibles in the United States. Both sides tend to cite the same verses that warn against adding or subtracting from the Bible: Revelation 22:18. The word 'apocrypha' means 'hidden.' Fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to before 70 A.D. contained parts of the apocrypha books in Hebrew, including Sirach and Tobit.
Keep this in mind when reading the following apocryphal books. Martin Luther said, "Apocrypha--that is, books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriptures, and yet are profitable and good to read." (King James Version Defended page 98.)
1 Esdras is the ancient Greek Septuagint version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use within the early church, and among many modern Christians with varying degrees of canonicity. 1 Esdras is substantially similar to the standard Hebrew version of Ezra–Nehemiah, with the passages specific to the career of Nehemiah removed or re-attributed to Ezra, and some additional material.
The Identity of a True Prophet
I. Prophecies During Times of Apostasy
A. False Accusation
B. Accurate Forecast
C. Aggressive Cancer
II. Is Outnumbered by False Prophets
III. Is Known for Being a Man of God
IV. Is Hated for His Style of Preaching
V. Will Face the Temptation to Compromise
VI. Is Faithful with God’s Words
VII. Will Expose Pretenders
1 1 Maccabees. This text was written in Greek about 100.docxdurantheseldine
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1 Maccabees. This text was written in Greek about 100BCE and recounts the Maccabean
Rebellion from beginning to independence of the kingdom of Judea.
Alexander the Great
1 After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had
defeated[a] King Darius of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had
previously become king of Greece.) 2 He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and
slaughtered the kings of the earth. 3 He advanced to the ends of the earth and plundered many
nations. When the earth became quiet before him, he was exalted, and his heart was lifted
up. 4 He gathered a very strong army and ruled over countries, nations, and princes, and they paid
him tribute.
5 After this he fell sick and perceived that he was dying. 6 So he summoned his most honored
officers, who had been brought up with him from youth, and divided his kingdom among them
while he was still alive. 7 And after Alexander had reigned twelve years, he died.
8 Then his officers began to rule, each in his own place. 9 They all put on crowns after his death,
and so did their descendants after them for many years, and they caused many evils on the earth.
Antiochus Epiphanes and Renegade Jews
10 From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; he had been
a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of
the Greeks.
11 In those days certain renegades came out from Israel and misled many, saying, “Let us go and
make a covenant with the nations around us, for since we separated from them many disasters
have come upon us.” 12 This proposal pleased them, 13 and some of the people eagerly went to the
king, who authorized them to observe the ordinances of the nations. 14 So they built a gymnasium
in Jerusalem according to the customs of the nations,15 and made foreskins for themselves, and
abandoned the holy covenant. They joined with the nations and sold themselves to do evil.
Antiochus in Egypt
16 When Antiochus saw that his kingdom was established, he determined to become king of the
land of Egypt, in order that he might reign over both kingdoms. 17 So he invaded Egypt with a
strong force, with chariots and elephants and cavalry and with a large fleet. 18 He engaged King
Ptolemy of Egypt in battle, and Ptolemy turned and fled before him, and many were wounded
and fell. 19 They captured the fortified cities in the land of Egypt, and he plundered the land of
Egypt.
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Persecution of the Jews
20 After subduing Egypt, Antiochus turned back in the one hundred forty-third year and went up
against Israel and came to Jerusalem with a strong force. 21 He arrogantly entered the sanctuary
and took the golden altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its utensils. 22 He took also the table
for the bread of the Presence, the cups for drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the
curtain, the crow.
40 Days and 40 Nights_Jesus Our Promised LandStephen Palm
At Kadesh Barnea, on the borders of the Promised Land, Israel sends out spies to spy out the land. For 40 days and 40 nights they walked through the land God promised them. They found it to be exactly how God described the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Ten of the twelve spies are overwhelmed and completely lacking in faith. They sow fear in the hearts of their fellow Israelites and disbelieve in God’s ability to deal with the giants before them. This unleashes a rash of 40s. God purposes to destroy Israel, but, once again, Moses intercedes for another 40 days and 40 nights. God relents, but there is a consequence. They will not enter the Promised Land for 40 years. Instead, they will wander in the wilderness waiting for the faithless generation to completely die off. It is a restless period in which the younger generation longs for peace and rest. As we enter the New Testament era, we again find God’s people longing for peace and rest. Although they are in the Land of Promise, they are there as servants of Rome. But Jesus, the Prince of Peace, came with a message that God’s Promised Land is more than a place, it’s a relationship with one who is our true Promised Land. He came to give us peace by solving our greatest need… a new heart and a different kind of spirit.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
2. THE REJECTED KING
Intro: The Children of Jacob (Israel) were slaves
in the land of Egypt for 400 years, they were
freed from the bondage by their king no other
than the GOD Himself. God used Moses to led
them to promised land ( Canaan ).
3. God’s Protection
Exodus: 13:20-31
• 20 And they took their journey from Succoth,
and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before
them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them
the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give
them light; to go by day and night: 22 He
took not away the pillar of the cloud by day,
nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the
people.
4. Exodus: 14: 21-25
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over
the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to
go back by a strong east wind all that
night, and made the sea dry land, and the
waters were divided. 22 And the children
of Israel went into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the waters
were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left.
5. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after
them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it
came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD
looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host
of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot
wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the
Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for
the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians
6. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea shore. 31 And Israel saw that great
work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the
LORD, and believed the LORD, and his
servant Moses.
7. THE REJECTED KING
I Samuel 8:1-22
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto
him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons
walk not in thy ways: now make us a
king to judge us like all the nations.
8. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when
they said, Give us a king to judge us. And
Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And the
LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the
voice of the people in all that they say unto
thee: for they have not rejected thee, but
they have rejected me, that I should not
reign over them.
9. 8 According to all the works which they
have done since the day that I brought them
up out of Egypt even unto this day,
wherewith they have forsaken me, and
served other gods, so do they also unto
thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their
voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto
them, and show them the manner of the
king that shall reign over them.
10. 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD
unto the people that asked of him a
king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner
of the king that shall reign over you: He will
take your sons, and appoint them for himself,
for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and
some shall run before his chariots.
11. 12 And he will appoint him captains over
thousands, and captains over fifties; and
will set them to ear his ground, and to reap
his harvest, and to make his instruments of
war, and instruments of his
chariots. 13 And he will take your
daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
12. 14 And he will take your fields, and your
vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the
best of them, and give them to his
servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of
your seed, and of your vineyards, and give
to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And
he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young
men, and your asses, and put them to his
work.
13. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and
ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry
out in that day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not
hear you in that day. 19 Nevertheless the
people refused to obey the voice of
Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have
a king over us;
14. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of
the people, and he rehearsed them in
the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD
said to Samuel, Hearken unto their
voice, and make them a king. And
Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go
ye every man unto his city.
15. John 19: 1- 22
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged
him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns,
and put it on his head, and they put on him a
purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the
Jews! and they smote him with their
hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and
saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you,
that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
16. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the
crown of thorns, and the purple robe.
6 When the chief priests therefore and
officers saw him, they cried out, saying,
Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto
them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I
find no fault in him.
17. 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away
with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto
them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief
priests answered, We have no king but
Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto
them to be crucified. And they took Jesus,
and led him away. 17 And he bearing his
cross went forth into a place called the place
of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew
Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and
two others with him, on either side one, and
Jesus in the midst.
18. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS
OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE
JEWS. 20 This title then read many of
the Jews: for the place where Jesus was
crucified was nigh to the city: and it
was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and
Latin.
19. 21 Then said the chief priests of the
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of
the Jews; but that he said, I am King
of the Jews
22 Pilate answered, What I have
written I have written.