We had a visiting, fill-in pastor on Sunday. Before I begin I'd like to vent something. For reasons I don't know or understand we refer to pastors who fill-in as "pulpit supply". That is such an impersonal and cold term and I wish it would go away. Back to the topic. The pastor spoke of the typology of Noah's ark and Jesus Christ. At some point, while he explained the various typologies, I had a thought: What if God listed the Ten Commandments in the order He gave them for a reason. See, we've gone and numbered them and because that is what we are familiar with we see God's statement as being ten commands. One site I found states… Read the rest of this entry »
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Bible lessons, studies or other deeper looks into God’s word.
The Ten Commandments
Posted by twotalents on May 15, 2006
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A tale of two kings
Posted by twotalents on March 5, 2006
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Okay, apologies to Dickens, but it fits the content of this post. Let us look at the biblical record of two Judean kings and examine how they pleased or displeased God. Read the rest of this entry »
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Waiting for the Messiah
Posted by twotalents on March 4, 2006
I read a story this morning which states the singer Madonna is looking to buy property in Israel.
US pop diva Madonna wants to buy a house in the Israeli town of Rosh Pina, where the ancient Jewish Kabbalah tradition expects the Messiah to appear at the end of the world.
Madonna is into Kabbalah, which I recently learned began as something taught to Rabbis who had achieved a higher scholastic level. Sort of an advanced studies course you might say. I find the story interesting for two reasons. Firstly, that Judaism has already failed to receive its promised Messiah (Yeshua, or Jesus) and that Madonna has turned her back on Jesus. She was raised Catholic, so she’s heard that Jesus is the Christ, received the Eucharist, etc. While I have major problems with the Roman Catholic presentation of the gospel message the crux of Jesus being the Christ is at least there within Catholicism.
At issue is whether Jesus is the Messiah promised to the Jews (i.e. the Christ, the Annointed One). If Jesus is who He said He was, then He is the promised Messiah. If He is the Messiah, then He was rejected by the Jews, because today most Jews are either atheists or still waiting for the Messiah. Let’s see what the scripture says. Read the rest of this entry »
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