The Tabernacle Today

Dream On 

September 29, 2019

Sunday PM Service

Daniel 2:1-23

Daniel is a book that shows believers that they can be faithful in the midst of anti-God conditions; Daniel is also a book that describes an unchanging Messianic ______________ to come that will overshadow all earthly kingdoms.

There are _______ times we are told of visions in the book od Daniel, and 10 of Daniel’s 12 chapters contain dreams.

Daniel 2:4-7:28 is in Aramaic, the language the Babylonians, or Chaldeans, spoke! It is also mostly in the third person.

The bad man has a nightmare                                              V. 1

Almost all of the dreams that non-believers had in the Bible were some type of what I would call an OR ELSE _________________.

“My life’s dream has been a perpetual nightmare.”    -Voltaire

In contrast, almost all of the dreams that believers had in the Bible were words of ________________ and guidance to help them face what was coming.

The bad man is a ____________ man                                  V. 2-6

The impossibility of the request is underscored                  V. 7-11

We get two key admissions in verses 10-11:

1. It is impossible for a man to know what another dreamed
2. Only the “gods” could ___________ a dream like this

The King calls for the death of _________ the so-called wise men                                                                                                 V. 12-13

Relational capital gives Daniel a window of __________________                                                                                                            V. 14-16

Matthew 6:33

Mark 10:45

The beauty of a _______________ meeting                        V. 17-18

Acts 13:1-3

The __________________ comes!                                       V. 19

“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully…Behold I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them…”                -Jeremiah 23:28, 32

You will not have a dream or vision that ________________ the Bible’s truth; If you have one, it will encourage you to persevere in your Christian walk!

Don’t forget to _________________ God for answered prayer                                                                                                     V. 20-23

Exodus Chapter 16

September 25, 2019

The theme of this chapter is that “Where God guides, He _________________.”

Israel travels to the wilderness of Sin                                                                       V. 1

How long had Israel been out of Egypt?

When the food runs out Israel ______________, and God provides                      V. 2-16

We too often sin when we are hungry, angry, lonely, and/or tired (HALT).

What food is the Lord referring to in verse 4?

According to verse 4, what will God be testing with the gathering of Manna?

The word for test is Nacah (Strong’s 5254). Nacah means to test, adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try. It occurs 34 times in Hebrew. Another Hebrew Word, Bachan means to examine, try, prove. It occurs 28 times.

What’s the difference between testing and tempting?

The ______________________.

God tests to produce righteousness & growth; Satan tempts to produce sin and destruction.

Let’s look up some other occurrences –

Ex. 20:20                      Deut. 8:2                     Deut. 8:16                   Judges 2:22                

I Ch. 29:17                   Psalm 11:4-5               Jer 17:10                      Zech 13:9        

I Cor. 3:13                    2 Cor. 13:5                   I Th. 5:21                     I John 4:1

What a sight verse 10 that must have been!

How is manna described in verses 14 and 31? What would that be like today?

Israel ______________ to obey the simple manna commands                              V. 17-31

God holds Moses ______________ for the sinfulness of the people he’s leading!

James 3:1                    Hebrews 13:17

Some manna was timelessly preserved to celebrate God’s ________________      V. 32-36

Verses 32-34 give us the first reference to something that is going to be very important – what is it?                               Hebrews 9:4

This sermon was recorded at the Tabernacle on September 22, 2019.  This sermon was preached by Edwin Stephens during "Youth Night," an annual service led by the Tabernacle Youth Group.  The title of Edwin's sermon is, "But God!"

Pray and Don’t Give Up!                    Luke 18:1-8

September 22, 2019

One ship drives east and another drives west

with the selfsame winds that blSepmow.

‘Tis the set of the sails and not the gales,

which tells us the way to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,

as we voyage along through life:

Tis the set of a soul that decides its goal,

and not the calm or the strife.

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox

God wants us to pray instead of ________________ up!                         V. 1

The Parable of the Persistent Widow                                                             V. 2-6

Jesus loves it when His people keep on praying and don’t give up!

Our Righteous God _______________ Do Right by us                               V. 7a

7 Key Areas in understanding the nature of God by Charles Stanley

God loves to hear our prayers _____________ than we actually pray   V. 7b

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.        -Hebrews 7:25

God will do His _________________ when we pray                                   V. 8a      

Revelation 6:9-11

“Rejoice over her, O Heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her.”            -Revelation 18:20

John 3:36

When Jesus returns will He find us doing _____________ part?            V. 8b

_______________________ is the language of faith!

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.                                                       -Hebrews 11:6

Exodus Chapter 15

September 18, 2019

Exodus 15 gives us another “first” in the Bible – the first written “_______”

Job 38:4-7

IS it hard for us to understand the emotion in these songs, the great relief that comes when those who would have done you harm are judged?           

The Song of Moses                                                                                   V. 1-19

The Song of Moses shows that praise should be _________________

‘My’ appears 3362 times in NKJV -A few dozen times there are 4 or more occurrences in one verse. Think of these strong emotion verses that contain 4 or more “My’s”:

Genesis 26:5                        I Samuel 2:29                      2 Samuel 18:33     

I Kings 6:12                          I Chronicles 29:3                Psalm 18:2              

Psalm 31:10                         Psalm 32:5                           Ecc. 2:10                  

Song 5:1                                Song 5:2                                Isaiah 42:1              

Isaiah 56:7                           Isaiah 63:3                           Jeremiah 4:19        

Lamentations 2:11             Hosea 2:5                             John 18:36              

John 20:17                           Rev. 3:12                 

From Verses 6-18 let’s think about God’s “body parts”:

Verse 13 has the first occurrence in Exodus of one of the Bible’s Key Words – the word Hesed (2617). Here translated ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________, it is also often translated lovingkindness. The ESV usually translates it Steadfast Love; the CSB usually translates it Faithful Love.

My lips will glorify You, because your faithful love is better than life.                                                                                                    -Psalm 63:3

Zephaniah 3:17

Now Israel was not just a people that had been delivered by God, they were a people God was _________________ somewhere – back to the Promised Land the Patriarchs had received the Abrahamic Covenant in.

It’s one thing for Israel to sing about their enemies trembling because of what Yahweh had done, but is there evidence that happened?

Joshua 2:9-11        

The Song of Miriam                                                                                  V. 20-21

This is the first reference to a prophetess of _____ references in the Bible

The Bible would have us learn from everyone who has solid biblical insight, both men and women. However, The Old Testament did restrict the role of the priests to men, and the New Testament does restrict the role of pastor/church leaders to men (1 Tim. 2-3). It makes clear those who exercise authority and clarify the church’s doctrine must be men.  

The Lord provides water                                                                        V. 22-27

Moses does something we are getting used to when the people complain to Him. What does he do?

Verse 26 gives an amazing promise to Israel as they moved toward the Promised Land – are Pentecostals right when they say we can claim it today in this “Church Age”?

Conditional, Limited-time-only Promises given to Israel in previous dispensations CANNOT be claimed by the church today. We CAN and should learn the _________________ lessons about God’s character and His desire to bless us when we trust and obey Him (See Romans 15:4).