Heidelberg Catechism—Lord's Day 28

🌊 COVENANT-BREAKERS: DIVORCE DELUSIONS Floods can sweep away cars, homes, and entire communities. But there are DELUSIONS sweeping away marriages, children, families - and souls. "I made a mistake." "I didn't know what I was doing." "My feelings changed." "I just want to be happy." But what does GOD say about vows, regret, changing feelings - and the marriage covenant? 🔥 A crucial warning for husbands, wives, families, and churches. "He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not." - Psalm 15:4 ⚠️ Is "I made a mistake" a Biblical excuse for breaking a wedding vow? ⚠️ What if keeping your vow now hurts? ⚠️ Does God say, "Follow your heart" - or warn that trusting your own heart is foolish? ⚠️ Can hormonal upheaval (like from junk food) make dark feelings and temptations stronger - without removing responsibility? ⚠️ Are some women destroying tomorrow because of what they feel today? ⚠️ Can family, friends - even Christians - sin by meddling in a lawful marriage? ⚠️ Are feminism, Hollywood, social media, and weak preachers teaching women to baptize rebellion as "healing"? ⚠️ Can a righteous husband still face divorce precisely because he refuses to compromise God's truth? ⚠️ What happens when a covenant-breaker prays - but refuses to hear God's law? ⚠️ And what happens to the CHILDREN when adults decide their present feelings are more important than yesterday's vows? 🔥 Before you trust your feelings...before you break your vows...before you help someone else destroy a covenant - HEAR THIS WARNING.

There are scholars with PhDs in theology, New Testament Greek, Biblical Studies—trained in apologetics and defending the faith, who have been deceived and have gone astray. There are people who have lived incredibly godly lives, made huge sacrifices, served on the mission field or as pastors, and who have been led astray and now deny the faith. If there are people smarter than me, more well-versed than me, godlier than me, more self-controlled than me, and more zealous for the Lord than me who have been led astray, how can I be assured it won't happen to me? There is some false teacher out there somewhere who could outsmart you. Peter sees it, and he rips off their masks and exposes their strategies so you and I can avoid the shipwreck of faith that has overtaken so many before us. This text may not be the most heartwarming passage in the Bible, and nobody puts it on a coffee mug or bookmark. But it could very well save your life! After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I spent the next 27 years serving as a youth pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and host of the Food For Your Soul radio broadcast. Along the way, I also earned a Master of Sacred Literature and a Doctor of Religious Studies. For more content from D. Richard Ferguson, visit TreasuringGod.com. Follow on social: • Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrell.r.ferguson/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DRichardFerguson

Ezekiel ends with the division of the land of Israel in the Millennial Kingdom. Daniel opens with a story of the young man of God and his companions, making the best of a terrible situation, and giving glory to the God of their fathers.

Measurements of the Millennial Temple. Description of the offerings and activities. The prince. The Lord's portion of the land in that day. And the earth is rewatered after its poisoning from war.

We previously considered 7 major Divine Covenants, 5 necessary and 3 incidental aspects. We now consider their function and relationships, very briefly from 8 perspectives: A basic distinction, grace or works. The parties to Abraham's covenant. The delay in establishing or ratifying in the first 3. Shadow vs substance in the first 6. The same covenant may be seen in different perspectives. Covenants allude to a federal arrangement. Distinction and relationship between covenant and testament. Priesthood is founded on covenant and mediated it. Moses mediation of a failed covenant failed, to teach us how to look for better. How the Messiah is the New Covenant and fulfils all 8 aspects, especially as Surety and Priest. Food for spiritual growth.

The sermon analyzes Genesis 27 to illustrate how spiritual blindness stems from prioritizing fleshly appetites over divine truth. It examines Isaac's forty-year decline, where his love for Esau was tied to food rather than God's word, leading to a household ruled by manipulation and deception. The preacher contrasts this with the modern generation's inability to discern right from wrong despite technological fluency, warning that ignoring biblical evidence hardens the heart. Ultimately, the message urges believers to guard their affections and feed on Scripture to maintain spiritual clarity and protect their families from the consequences of living in the flesh.

Gog and Magog: mentioned in Revelation as a battle after the Millennium. Here in Ezekiel, it seems it is a battle before the Millennium, when Christ comes. Armageddon. WW3. Why can't it be both? And we begin the study of the Millennial Temple!

The haunting vision of the dry bones. They are resurrected. They are restored Israel, coming back to their land! Then we begin the war that may follow Israel's restoration, or may come at the end of the Millennial period (Revelation 20:7-10).