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Scriptures Genesis 6-9, John 14:6, Matthew 24:37, 2 Peter 3:9-11, Isaiah 65:17.

God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament. In Genesis 6-9, we discover that an object can be a foreshadowing of Jesus. What does the Ark of Noah show us about both God's judgment and His saving Grace?

Pastor opens today’s teaching with a reminder that the Old Testament speaks very powerfully about God’s plan in Christ Jesus, our Savior and also that God knows the end from the beginning and has left every generation with a clear witness of His goodness, His mercy, His grace and His holiness. Pastor opens with prayer asking the Lord to help us see the signs of Jesus’ coming, the signs of God’s goodness, the signs of God’s faithfulness and that we would bow before God in worship and praise and serve Him with our lives.

The Ark was a massive vessel built for one purpose - to save lives. But what does this object have to do with foreshadowing Jesus?  

Noah was a man who boldly proclaimed truth in his generation and who by faith built an ark as God had commanded him. His generation was a corrupt generation. - times that sound ominously similar to much of what we are experiencing in our world today. Noah found favor with God and God tells him to build an ark as it will save your lives.

God gave us a tangible expression of His grace and mercy and love in the person of Jesus, his only son, just as the ark of Noah was a tangible expression that God would provide a way out. God didn’t simply say build an ark, He gave Noah a divine plan, His plan, His purpose. The plan for the ark contains ONE door. There was one way into the ark - the place of safety, just as Jesus is the door, the ONE way to salvation. John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’”  One Door is the door to life, the door to the Father, the door to safety and deliverance, and that door is Jesus. The story of Noah’s Ark is not simply a story about the past, it is a foreshadowing of the future!

As we see things taking place around us, things that are ominously similar to things in the days of Noah, we are reminded of what Jesus said, “As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (Matthew 24:37). You and I do not want to miss what God has to offer. We do not want to trade a little temporary joy for eternal regret. What God calls us to is eternal joy and it’s found in Him who is the ark of safety, the door to life, the hope of the nations. It’s Jesus.

The ark of Noah was New World transport. Noah and his family went from the judgment and wrath of a holy God in a sinful world to a new world, a new world that had been washed and cleansed. It was just a shadow of what had been, but it is a foreshadowing of what is to come. Here’s what the Scripture says. This is what the apostle Peter wrote II Peter 3:9-10, he says, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.” Then Peter goes on. He says, verse 11, “Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.” 

The ark of Noah was the means by which God delivered Noah and his family from the old world into a new one. Jesus is the means by which God delivers us from a world that has fallen into a new heaven and a new earth. That is the promise of the Scriptures, not just in the New Testament, but in the Old. The prophet Isaiah quoted the living God by saying, “See, I am creating a new heaven and a new earth.” (Isaiah 65:17).

Jesus made it clear that He is the means by which we are brought to that new world. It is an incredible gift and it is something you and I do not want to miss. Noah’s Ark is a reminder that God once judged the world by water. The Scriptures declare a day is coming when the world will be purged and cleansed by fire. In the nuclear age that does not sound so far-fetched anymore does it? 

The day is coming when He will judge the world, but also remake it, and there is only one door and one means of safety into that new world and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is foreshadowed in the ark of Noah. He’s coming back soon. His called you and me is to repent, turn to Him, experience the fullness of His Holy Spirit, and the joy of knowing that not only is my debt paid, but life awaits me.

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Is the grave our final destiny? Scripture says, "no!" At the Lord's return, the dead will rise, the living will be changed, and for those who belong to Christ, there will be a glorious and eternal life with Him!

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 5 Scripture - Mark 11:19-33, 1-14, Matthew 21: 28-45, Isaiah 5, Psalm 118

Pastor takes time to discuss the chronology of Jesus' ministry, the length of His ministry, and the questions of Palm Sunday or Pam Monday along with Good Wednesday, Good Thursday or Good Friday.

Our teaching covers: ⁃ The rest of the story about the fig tree ⁃ The cleansing of the Temple ⁃ Total reliance on God ⁃ Living in the power of the Holy Spirit ⁃ Having faith ⁃ Prayer is powerful ⁃ Jesus' command to forgive ⁃ Jesus' authority ⁃ Denial of the power of God, the power of the Scriptures, the power of the prophetic word, the power of the Holy Spirit and the power of Jesus ⁃ God's authorization of John the Baptist ⁃ Jesus' brilliance and wisdom ⁃ Parable of the Two Sons ⁃ The continuation of Jesus' challenge of the religious leadership and His desire to have them and those duped by them come to an understanding of who He is. ⁃ Repudiation of the religious for not repenting and believing ⁃ Parable of the Tenants and the vineyard story in Isaiah 5 ⁃ The consequences of being caught up in spiritual blindness ⁃ The teaching on the Cornerstone and blindness in seeing Jesus for who he is, and the sharing of the Gospel to the gentiles. ⁃ The plotting to get rid of Jesus continues even though Jesus is there to seek and to save the lost ⁃ Conviction of sin and the response of "God have mercy on me!" Repenting and seeking forgiveness from The One who forgives. We need a Savior and our response is to be, I need Him!

We need to heed Him, we need to listen to Him and we need to call on Him.

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Up to Jerusalem is a study of the final weeks of Jesus' ministry concluding with His resurrection and ascension, using the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John together with material from ancient sources and recent discoveries. Up to Jerusalem is part four of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. Up To Jerusalem is the story of the plan of God to redeem the world, and the story of a Savior willing to obey the Father's plan. As we study Jesus' final days, we will be impacted as we discover the Love of God for each one of us.

This study is great for large group, small group or home group study and can be started at any time.

Throughout the Old Testament, God uses foreshadowings (a literary device that hints at what is to come) to point us to Jesus, the fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures.  God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament. 

Foreshadowings #1: Abraham & Isaac 

Scriptures Genesis 22:1-14, Isaiah 53, John 3:16

Pastor opens this new series with a story of a personal testimony of a man based on him reading Isaiah 53 and finding Jesus in the Old Testament.

The definition of foreshadowing - foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

While the Bible was written by tens of people over a period of 1500 years, it ultimately has one author and that is the Living God Himself. He has given us repetitious foreshadowings of Jesus the Messiah. 

Long before Jesus came we can see Him on the pages of Scripture.

Genesis chapter 22 begins, “Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.’”

Truth one: Genuine love is best shown in a father who is willing to offer up his only beloved son. 

A second truth:  The son was as good as dead for three days. In Abraham’s mind his boy was gone, but Abraham trusted God. In the same way the Lord Jesus was laid in the tomb, dead for three days, but then raised by the power of the Father and the Spirit. 

Number 3:  Worship and sacrifice on Mount Moriah. That’s where God told Abraham to go. We know from the book of II Chronicles that Mount Moriah is in Jerusalem, and it is the site where the temple was built. So what we see here is 400 years before God had even designated that site as the place for worship. Abraham and Isaac go there to worship the living God, and the sacrifice is made in the heart of what would become the city where Jesus died. 

Number 4: The father and son act in unity. The son was obedient to the father’s will. Isaac did what Abraham said. Isaac did not resist. He did not put up a fight. He simply laid down his life in obedience. In the same way that Jesus did for us.

Number 5: The son actually carried the wood. You cannot read that without thinking of Jesus carrying His own cross as he goes out to Calvary, to Golgotha, the place where he would be offered up. 

Number 6: Abraham spoke prophetic words, “God himself will provide a lamb.” And that is exactly what God did. This is a foreshadowing of the real lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.  The apostle Paul would say, “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed for us.” (I Corinthians 5:7). And we first get a glimpse of that here in Genesis 22. 

Finally, point number 7: After Abraham lays his son on the altar - the son goes willingly, no fighting, no objections. A picture of Jesus who will willing obey His Father by going to the cross and laying down His life.  

When we understand how much God loves us. When you and I come to grips with the fact that the Almighty Creator of the universe was willing to condemn His own Son so that you and I might live forever, what that produces in us is a change of heart and a change of mind and a change of direction. What it does is offers life. 

No matter what you may have done in your life, no matter how you may have failed, God wants you and He wants you desperately. All through the pages of His Word, He gives dramatic foreshadowings of that incredible truth. The purpose of foreshadowing is to reveal the author’s intent, and the intent of the Heavenly Father is that you and I know Him and experience life with Him forever. And that life is found in Jesus, the only Son whom He loves who gave His life for us all, who is risen from the grave, ascended to the Father’s side and is coming back, and coming soon. We do not want to miss that. Trust me. When He returns, no one will miss that. But you don’t want to miss what He has to offer. It’s just that simple.

The ultimate author of the scriptures is the God of the universe. He is boldly declaring time and time again the truth that He loves the world desperately and that He loves each one of us so much that He would not spare His only Son.

The measure of the Father’s love is that He will spare no expense to bring us back to Himself.

Pastor ends this teaching with an invite to give your heart to God and if you are a believer to recommit your heart to Him. And then encourages us to share this message with another person and then to pray for that person.

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What does Jesus mean when he offers us "living water?" What deep thirst of the soul does He promise to quench if we believe in Him?

Scripture - Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-14, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-19, Psalm 118, Zechariah 9:9, Galatians 5:22-23

We explore Palm Sunday – the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey to shouts of hosanna. It was the 10th day of Nissan on the Jewish calendar. The day when the Passover lambs were herded in and prepared for sacrifice in Jerusalem at the temple.

Palm Sunday on Nisan 10 - recorded in these gospels: Matthew 21:1–11 Mark 11:1-11 Luke 19:28-44 John 12:12-19

There are two dates that could be the date of the first Palm Sunday. Those dates are April 3, 30 A.D. or March 29, 33 A.D.

Jesus rides in on an unbroken donkey – one never before ridden on. This is biblically significant – a young animal, never previously ridden on was an animal that could be offered in a sacrifice as a gift to God. Jesus rides in on such an animal.

All donkeys across the world have the same markings on their backs. It is a long dark stripe that runs along their spine, along the center of their backs and another stripe that runs across from shoulder to shoulder, forming the sign of a cross. Every donkey carries a cross on its back.

When Jesus rode on the donkey into the city of Jerusalem, he was sitting on a cross.

in Zachariah 9:9 we read, "rejoice greatly, daughter, Zion! Shout, daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt the foal of a donkey. "

Jesus fulfill this prophetic word from Zachariah as he enters Jerusalem as a king riding on a donkey coming in peace and offering hope. "Hope for the nations." (more on this in the coming next weeks.)

As Jesus enters Jerusalem on the donkey – it is possible that there were as many as 2.5–3 million people there for the Passover based on ancient writings of Josephus and the rabbis.

The crowds are shouting "hosanna!" Hosanna means "Lord, save us!". This is an acknowledgment by the crowd that Jesus is the Messiah. The crowd knew who he was, and this hugely angered the chief priest, upsetting the status quo. BUT it also inaugurates the greatest life anyone can experience and that is a relationship with the living God through Jesus Christ.

Palm Sunday Nissan 10 - order of events:

Palm Sunday branches John 12:13 Pharisees object Luke 19:39-40 Jesus weeps Luke 19:41-44 Lazarus crowd John 12:17–19 Return to Bethany. Mark 11:11

As Jesus rode into Jerusalem, it is with a heavy heart because he knows what lies had; rejection by the religious authorities, the future for his disciples and believers and for Jerusalem. He knew that many would not receive him for who he is. The Messiah.

The story of Jesus going "up to Jerusalem" continues on Monday morning Nissan 11 – the next day after Palm Sunday with the story of the cursing of the fig tree.

The fig tree – they shed their leaves in November – new leaves in late March – paggim (early fruit)on branches in March – paggim come out early in spring. They come first before the figs. – Jesus finds no paggim -summer figs – August – October.

Jesus recognizes that not finding the paggim is more than just a biological event – this is prophetic. Fig trees are the symbol of the nation of Israel. Figs are symbolic of the people of Israel.

Jesus is hungry and the tree that should've been producing fruit had nothing on it. This is symbolic of the nation of Israel - so many were religious, but there is not spiritual fruit. Jesus curses the fig tree because God desires fruit. This speaks to those then and to us today. We are called to bear fruit. It says Galatians 5:22-23 "but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

These are what God does in the hearts of all who believe. If fruit is not there, it is a warning and a sign that calls us back to him in repentance. We don't want to just "look good" we want to be transformed by Jesus and with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit so we can bear fruit.

Jesus goes to the temple and finds money changers and a marketplace in the courtyard and cleanses it by turning the tables over and throwing them out. He says that his house is not a den of thieves, but is to be a house of prayer for all nations.

Pastor shares a detailed description of the layout of the temple and the courtyards.

The cleansing of the temple ends with Jesus miraculously healing the blind and the lame. This is prophetic. "Blind and lame" were not allowed into the temple or its courtyard. Jesus frees those who have never been welcomed into the temple area. In fact, he is announcing to everyone that he is the one who gives everyone access to God.

By Jesus' death, he will open the gates of heaven to all who repent and believe, join us next week for the continued story of Jesus going "Up to Jerusalem."

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Up to Jerusalem is a study of the final weeks of Jesus' ministry concluding with His resurrection and ascension, using the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John together with material from ancient sources and recent discoveries. Up to Jerusalem is part four of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. Up To Jerusalem is the story of the plan of God to redeem the world, and the story of a Savior willing to obey the Father's plan. As we study Jesus' final days, we will be impacted as we discover the Love of God for each one of us.

This study is great for large group, small group or home group study and can be started at any time.

"Am I a good person?" Many in our culture have been taught to answer "Yes," but the Bible says "No" -- we are all born sinful, and our best efforts still fall far short of God's perfect holiness. Only salvation through Jesus Christ can make someone a child of God!

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 3 Scripture - Luke 19:11-27, John 12:1-11, Psalm 45:4, 6-8, Mark 14:10-11, Hebrews 1:8-9

Jesus has set his face toward Jerusalem and will carry out the heavenly Father's will.

People were expecting the Kingdom of God to appear suddenly - political deliverance - a great king to rule - but Jesus continued to emphasize the difficulties that lie ahead as well as the glory that would come in the future.

Today's teaching begins with the Parable of the Mina. A mina is equivalent to 3-4 months pay. The story tells of a king and 10 servants, each are given a mina, the king goes away and then returns asking for an accounting of the mines each had been given.

In this parable - Jesus is trying to show how he too will go away. The kingdom of God is coming - but the final fulfillment is in the future - His second return. But while the king is away and we await His return - those of us that follow Him are called to wisely use what He has given us.

As Jesus continues heading "Up to Jerusalem" He stops in the town of Bethany to dine with friends: Mary, Martha, Lazarus and others. Just weeks earlier Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. During the meal, Mary pores expensive perfume on Jesus' feet - perfume worth about 1 year's wage. Judas speaks up that it was a waste of money that could have/should have gone to the poor, but Jesus speaks up in Mary's defense saying, "You will always have the poor but you will not always have Me."

Anointing with perfume had remarkable application and significance for devout Jewish people in the 1st century. They were eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Messiah - Messiah means the Anointed One and now Mary anoints Jesus. She even wipes His feet with her hair - showing complete surrender - she gave Jesus everything, possibly even her life savings in this act of devotion.

On the next day Jesus would be riding into Jerusalem on a donkey as their king to the cheers of Hosanna (Save Us!) - as Mary does the symbolic, prophetic act of anointing Jesus, she's not just showing devotion to Him and not just preparing His body for death, she is announcing to all that He's her King, she serves Him and that He is the fulfillment of the Scriptures.

Judas is angered so much by Mary's act that he goes to the chief priests to betray Jesus. These chief priests had seen the miraculous healings, they knew of Jesus raising Lazarus, and they knew what people were saying about Jesus, but their own hearts were hardened. They wanted to kill Jesus and Lazarus as well. Mere recognition of something being true doesn't always change the heart and mind, only God changes them. Only when we encounter Jesus for who He really is are we then changed and that is an action of God. This is why we are called to be humble before God, to believe and repent and to follow him.

The next day (Palm Sunday) Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. Did He still smell of the perfume Mary had put on Him? He was hailed with Hosannas and the waving of palm branches. Riding in on a donkey was a symbol of peace.

Something else was coinciding with Jesus coming into Jerusalem on this specific day. This was the 10th Day of Nissan for the Jewish people, which was the day that all the lambs that would be sacrificed for the Passover in 4 days were herded into Jerusalem. The very day that Jesus, the Sacrificial Lamb of God, also enters the city. This is not a coincidence.And 4 days later as the lambs were slaughtered for the Passover meals to celebrate their freedom from bondage to Egypt, Jesus would be hung on the cross shedding His blood for our freedom from sin's bondage. Nothing here is coincidental. Jesus is the fulfillment of all the Father has promised!!

3 Key Events that lead to Jesus' arrest, death and crucifixion: ⁃ Resurrection of Lazarus ⁃ Anointing by Mary ⁃ Jesus in the temple courts

These three incidents enraged the chief priests and were the final straw in their desire to get rid of Him earlier than originally planned.

We will pick up next week with the cleansing of the temple.

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Up to Jerusalem is a study of the final weeks of Jesus' ministry concluding with His resurrection and ascension, using the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John together with material from ancient sources and recent discoveries. Up to Jerusalem is part four of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. Up To Jerusalem is the story of the plan of God to redeem the world, and the story of a Savior willing to obey the Father's plan. As we study Jesus' final days, we will be impacted as we discover the Love of God for each one of us.

This study is great for large group, small group or home group study and can be started at any time.

Through redemption by the blood of Jesus, we are now part of God's Royal Family. We should conduct our lives so that they honor the King!

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 2 Scripture - Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43, Luke 19:1-9

"Up to Jerusalem" are words used by several of the Gospel authors - this phrase is teleological, meaning it has evidence of design, purpose, and planning of the Heavenly Father. And it shows the heart of Jesus as He steadfastly walks the route that leads to Jerusalem where He knows the coming events of betrayal suffering, crucifixion, and paying the full penalty for our sins against the Father. Jesus was willing to take on all the filth of the human race.

The feeling of many at the time of Jesus was that now that the Messiah is here - now everything will fall into place and the kingdom of God will - after waiting and waiting centuries - finally be established on earth.

As a precursor to our story today, Pastor shares the controversy surrounding Jericho and the controversy of Jesus' appearance in Jericho along with a look at the geography and topography of Jericho. He shares archeological discoveries and information on the ancient city of Jericho, plus archeological evidence indicating the truth of scriptures and the timeline of the scriptures. The evidence is compelling.

Pastor addresses the "discrepancies" in the verses we will explore today: Matthew 20:29-34 - two blind men and Jesus leaving Jericho Mark 10:46-52 - one blind man begging and Jesus leaving Jericho Luke 18:35-43 - one blind man begging and Jesus approaching Jericho.

What accounts for the differences? Two blind men vs 1 one man and Jesus leaving Jericho vs approaching Jericho. Pastor poses an interesting answer that shows all three accounts to be true. Meaning there was 1 man, there was 2 men, Jesus was leaving and He was approaching!

There is evidence pointing to TWO cities of Jericho during the New Testament times. One a rebuilding of the Old Testament Jericho and a thriving newly built Jericho. Pastor shares some great insights on this. One city was just a bit south and west of the other. If Jesus was leaving the older Jericho location He would have then been entering the newer, modern, bustling New Testament Jericho location. The authors were describing the story from different vantage points. Same story, just written from differing frames of reference. Also, Mark and Matthew wrote for the Jewish audience and would have been more inclined to speak of ancient Jericho, whereas Luke's audience was gentile so Luke would probably focus on the newer more busy and active newer Jericho.

How do we reconcile 1 or two blind men? As we read the story we see one is very vocal. So much so that the crowds try to shush him. Matthew noticed both men, but Mark and Luke noticed the vocal one, the one who kept calling to Jesus and would not stop.

Mark 10:46-52: The outspoken one's name is Bartimaeus and he calls out to Jesus, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Bartimaeus' description of Jesus as the "Son of David" is a way for Bartimaeus to express that he understands who Jesus is, the Messiah. While Bartimaeus was physically blind, he had great spiritual sight in order to address Jesus in the way he did. He could "see" very clearly who Jesus was.

When Jesus answers him, Bartimaeus tosses aside his cloak - a most valuable possession - and jumps to his feet going to Jesus. "What do you want Me to do for you?" Jesus asks. "Rabbi, I want to see!" Bartimaeus answers. Jesus responds, "Go! Your faith has healed you!" And immediately Bartimaeus receives his sight and follows Jesus "Up to Jerusalem."

This is not simply an historical description of something that took place - it is a declaration that shows us that by faith we too are changed - forever changed - just like Bartimeaus.

Following the healing of Bartimaeus,,"Up to Jerusalem" continues in Luke 19:1-9. Jesus enters the newest Jericho and there he meets Zaccheaus, singles him out and goes to his house. Jesus continues to show us that He is concerned about us individually!

Zaccheaus, like Bartimaeus, is transformed. Zaccheaus tells Jesus he will give away 1/2 of all his possessions and payback 4-fold anyone he cheated. Zacchaeus is a transformed man because he met the Transformer, Jesus the Messiah.

Today's teaching ends with Jesus saying to Zacchaeus, "Today, Salvation has come to this house, for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Salvation had indeed come! And that Salvation come to us, too, for Salvation is found is none other than Jesus.

Up to Jerusalem continues in Luke 19:11 where we read many in the crowd were thinking that the Kingdom of God was going to appear suddenly. But Jesus knows the road to Victory is paved with His blood, and the road to the kingdom is a road of sacrifice.

Join us next time for the parable of the 10 minas - another controversial story!

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Up to Jerusalem is a study of the final weeks of Jesus' ministry concluding with His resurrection and ascension, using the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John together with material from ancient sources and recent discoveries. Up to Jerusalem is part four of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. Up To Jerusalem is the story of the plan of God to redeem the world, and the story of a Savior willing to obey the Father's plan. As we study Jesus' final days, we will be impacted as we discover the Love of God for each one of us.

This study is great for large group, small group or home group study and can be started at any time.