MBM-UK - Weekly studies

As we begin our penultimate study of Haggai, this week we discuss the significance of the 24th of Elul in the context of the prophecy and make some comparisons with the passage in Luke 8 regarding Jairus' daughter and the woman with the issue of blood. We also introduce the connection with John 10. This is the 1st part of a two-part study concluding Haggai.

This week we discuss the implications of the command to build the Temple and how it corresponds to the festival of Hoshanah Rabah, which is also spoken of in the gospel of John and 1 Kings at the inauguration of the 1st Temple. We discuss the implications of this for the building and inauguration of the Messianic Temple.

This week we look at the time of the beginning of the rebuilding of the Temple and also the completion of the walls of Jerusalem and how they correspond to the biblical calendar. We also discuss how the Tablets of the Covenant correspond with the 1st and 2nd Temples and how the 3rd Temple is associated with the 3rd set of Tablets of the Covenant.

In the second part of our study we look in more detail at the timing of the instruction to build the Temple and begin to examine the lineage of Zerubbabel and how he fits a picture of Messiah and the hope of the Messianic Age. Notes are available at www.mbmukfamily.com

We begin a new study looking at the prophet Haggai. This week we take an overview of events in the context of Ezra and Haggai, focussing particularly on the specific dates mentioned in Haggai. We discuss how these correspond to events both past and future to Haggai and how these may impact the building of any future Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah.

In our final study we look at how closely associated the book of Zephaniah is asscoiated to the Moed of Shavuot and the book of Ruth. As in our previous study we see how the english does not always convey the full meaning and implications of the Hebrew. We see how the fulfillment of Zephaniah is not just pointing to the period of the prophet but also to the times when Messiah comes and all nations will be joined to Israel, Torah and the festivals.

In this discussion we look at the second chapter of Zephaniah. We discuss how the english partially obscures the intended meaning of the opening verses and the implications of the overall understanding of the text. We see how these link in to many of the parables that we know of in the Apostolic Writings and the connections with time of the firstfruits harvest leading to Shavuot.

This week as we conclude chapter one, we focus on how compromise enters through the idolatry of commerce and how the subtle desire of popularism infiltrates how we operate.

This week's study is entitled the The Fish Gate, the Quarter and the Mortar, in reference to verses 9-11 of Zephaniah 1. Look at ancient maps and the connections with the area of Gaza and it's connection with this prophecy.

This week we take a look at the subject of the Day of the Lord and how this has been interpreted by christianity in comparison to the context of Judaism and the Hebrew scriptures. We look at the Apostolic writings and how the themes flow from the Hebrew scriptures to understand the dynamic nature of the book of Zephaniah.