Insight and Understanding

12.06.23 | 14:58

Knowing God and serving God are not the same as trusting Him. Even His most faithful followers can find themselves uncertain and doubting. Supernatural situations require supernatural faith.

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Listen to Luke 1:1-25 (The whole chapter is 80 verses long! Stop when you hear, “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy…)

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Think about it: What is our response when God shows up in a supernatural way?

Timeline of Herod and Map of His Kingdom

Floor Plan of the Temple

Temple Interior View

The Nazirite Vow

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Sources: (In order of appearance)
Introduction to Luke 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Pax Romana

Barrenness

Bible Hub for meanings of original words

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB). Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. All rights reserved. (Hebrews 11:1)

Amplified Bible (AMP). Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved. (Hebrews 11:6)

Who prepared the way for Jesus? Your first thought may be John the Baptist, and you wouldn’t be wrong, but God was making preparations hundreds of years earlier through political rulers who knew nothing of his plans.

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Image of Roman Roads and Map of the Roman Road System

Map of Three Roman Roads in the Region of Israel

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Sources: (In order of appearance)

Dallas Theological Seminary Free Course: Historical Backgrounds for the New Testament

Israel Conquered by the Assyrians

The Lost Tribes

The Babylonian Exile

Jews Return to Judea

Did Jesus Speak Hebrew?

Septuagint 1 | 2

History of the Term Palestine

Roman Road System

Berean Study Bible, Public Domain (Genesis 50:20)

Giving thanks to God shouldn’t be limited just one day a year! Some scholars say one of the Psalm 136 was sung every day in the temple. Find out what it meant to ancient Hebrews and what it means to us today.

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Video Overview of the Book of Psalms

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Themes of the Sections of Psalms

List of every Psalm and Approximate Year Written

Chart of references to Messianic Prophecies in Psalms and Fulfillment in Jesus

Video of Psalm 136 Read in Hebrew with English Subtitles

Video Lesson How to Say Psalm 136:1 in Hebrew

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Sources:
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

Guzik, David. “Study Guide for Psalm 136” on blueletterbible.org

R. Laird Harris, editor, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., associate editor, Bruce K. Waltke, associate editor. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980. (TWOT 793a, 847)

Maclaren, Alexander. "The Psalms" Volume 3 (Psalms 90-150) (New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1903).

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The Treasury of David: Volume 3" (Psalms 111-150) (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1988).

Stedman, Ray C. “Adventuring through the Bible” (Grand Rapids, MI: Discovery House Publishers, 1997).

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 Q & A

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Fear is not God’s plan for us. If fear is a part of your life, learn how you can life in freedom.

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Mephibosheth’s Story:
2 Samuel 9:1-13 or podcast Episode 001 or the blog version of the podcast.

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I Samuel 21:10-15 | David’s Gath Adventure
Psalm 56 | Prayers while David was in custody
Psalm 34 | Praise after David was delivered
Psalm 34:4 | “I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.” (NIV)

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. (I Samuel 21:11, Psalm 34:4, 2 Samuel 9:13)

R. Laird Harris, editor, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., associate editor, Bruce K. Waltke, associate editor. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980. (TWOT 332b)

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God extravagantly restores what a hopeless orphan lost.

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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (2 Samuel 9:7)

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. (2 Samuel 9:7)

New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA. All rights reserved. Used by Permission. www.lockman.org. (Philippians 4:19)

The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips copyright © 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Administered by The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Used by Permission (I John 3:1)

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. (2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 17:28-29, 4:7)

2 Samuel 9 tells the story of Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson. Learn about the back story of the characters, and see a loving God who offers grace to one who feels worthless.

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Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission. (2 Samuel 9:8)

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