The title of the book is The Preacher. All is vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:2) The vanity described by Solomon means fleeting and without substance. Vanity is an account of mankind and his life on this earth Job 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. Psalm 62:9 […]

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Text: Jeremiah 29 Jeremiah writes an epistle, a letter, to the Israelite captivity in Babylon explaining how to be fruitful in a strange land. He also warns about false prophets among the people and names them. Be fruitful in a foreign land (vss 1-7) Learn to accept the chastening hand of God. How? By accepting […]

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Redeemer is alive during Job’s trial For I know that my redeemer liveth… Job knows his redeemer is alive. He knows the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ who 1,700 years later will be born, is alive at the time of his trial. The Lord Jesus Christ is alive. He was alive 3,800 years […]

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Text: Psalm 24 Asking (vss 1-3) Note the questions in verses 3, 8, and 10, Who is the King of glory? The King is the same as the Shepherd in Psalm 23. The identity of the King was a mystery to the Jews because they would not believe God. David prophesied the coming King was […]

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Text: Jeremiah 27-28 Jeremiah is given a visible illustration to visually affect the hearts of the people. He takes a yoke and puts it on himself. Jeremiah tells Israelites and certain surrounding nations that they will all be put under the yoke of the king of Babylon. Their only hope was to submit themselves to […]

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Text: Exodus 12 The final plague is the death of the firstborn. The Israelites were given a command to take the life of a lamb and sprinkle the blood on their doorposts so death would pass over them. The lamb had to be carefully selected and tried. It was the blood of that lamb that […]

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Text: Luke 4:33-44 Now, let me address the obvious question. Why were these miraculous things going on then, but we don’t seem to see that today? In the same way that the old covenant was introduced with power under Moses followed by teaching, the new covenant would be introduced with power followed by powerful teaching. […]

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Peter will remind the congregation of the words of life that need to be held onto. These are Peter’s last recorded words to the believers he was ministering to. Words of life are about Christ Jesus 1:2 Grace and peace through the knowledge of God by the words of God 1:3 All things that pertain […]

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Text: Jeremiah 26 The following events record a public trial of the most notable prophet in Jerusalem at the time of the Babylonian siege on Jerusalem. Peter said the prophets oftentimes signified the Spirit of Christ when it testified of the sufferings of Christ. This is an instance of that signification of Christ’s sufferings in […]

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Text: Exodus 10:21-11:10 Now, the lights go out in Egypt.  Felt darkness (vss 21-23) The darkness over Egypt is so visceral that it stimulates these other senses and feelings. It reminds me of sin and the way sin is explained as darkness. In sin you’d say give me a little bit of darkness, but not […]

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