The first two chapters of Job are pivotal in understanding the whole book.
In this first chapter, we see that Job is blameless, upright and shuns evil. He is concerned for his children and so offers burnt sacrifices for them regularly.
After having sought the whole earth, satan sets his heart on Job to destroy him and so approaches God for permission.
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Job: An Ancient Poem of a Real Life
Tonight we introduce the book of Job, which is without question the most unique book of the entire Bible.
It is not only the oldest book in scripture, it is the historical account of a pivotal time in this man’s life, written in a form of poetry which also takes it’s place along side Proverbs and Ecclessiastes as Wisdom literature.
It is the ONLY book of the Old Testament which never mentions any patriarch, any prophet, the law of Moses, Israel, circumcision, the covenant, the temple, the Ark of the covenant, the priesthood or any other reference to the rest of scripture.
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Thru the Bible: Zechariah 9&10
Nearly 200 years from the time of this prophecy Greece would run a circuit all around Judah, making war and conquoring but leave Israel untouched. Tyre was to be a major part of that campaign. The last land to be actually conquored would be Persia itself thus bringing the empire’s dominion to an end all under the leadership of Alexandar the Great.
This prophecy is a starting point. It moves on past Alexandar and the Grecean Empire to the time of the Maccabean revolt when Israel would achieve independance from Greece, just before Rome took their place.
All of this was prophecied by Daniel MANY years before Zechariah, but Zechariah’s served both as a witness to these things AND added more details about this time.
In this prophecy greater Israel, meaning the Northern Kingdom is represented in Ephraim and the southern kingdom in Judah.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:47:03 — 179.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 06/21/23 Message: By Request: To Sabbath or not to Sabbath? Pt. 4 – Lingering Issues ***Video is HERE*** Share this: By Request: To Sabbath or not to Sabbath? Pt. 4 – Lingering Issues Tonight we are looking again at some final lingering questions we have about the Sabbath and observing it under the New Covenant. Now this is our fourth teaching and I have thought for sure at the beginning of each of them that surely, this will be our last teaching on this… and I as much as […]
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:48 — 117.0MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 06/07/23 Series: Thru the Bible Message: By Request: To Sabbath or not to Sabbath? Pt. 3 – Lingering Issues ***Video is HERE*** Share this: By Request: To Sabbath or not to Sabbath? Pt. 3 – Lingering Issues Tonight we will be wrapping up our teachings on the Sabbath, at least as far as I am able to go into it at present. What we have learned so far are these things: Sabbath means “to cease” or “ceasing”. God was deliberate in making the week 7 days long. He was […]
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