Matthew 3:1-2 Kingdom of Heaven; Kingdom of God II

The Kingdom of God vs. The Kingdom of Heaven Matt 3:1-2 CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson continues our study on the differences between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God. SIMILARITY Kingdom ofHeaven Kingdom ofGod SIMILARITY At hand Matt 3:2 Mk 1:15 At hand Jesus preached it Matt4:17 Mk...

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Matthew 3:1-2 Kingdom of Heaven; Kingdom of God

Kingdom of Heaven Matt 3:1-2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When John began preaching he said, “Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”  However, when Jesus preached, he not only preached the kingdom of heaven, he also preached the kingdom of God (Mk 1:15).  The question arises, “Are these...

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Matthew 2:11 Gifts of the Wise Men

Matt 2:11 The Gifts for Jesus CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO The gifts of the wise men to Jesus represent some things about the Lord Jesus Christ.  They symbolize him as a King, as God, as the Temple, as a Priest, as an Intercessor, as the Messiah, as a Bridegroom and as...

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Matthew 2:1-10 The Wise Men

Matt 2:1-10 Wisemen CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO It is interesting that there were wise men in the east that saw a star and followed it to the King of the Jews.  Why men from the east?  How did they know to look for the star?  What kind of star could...

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Matthew 1:18-25 The Birth of Jesus

Matt. 1:18-25 The Birth of Jesus CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO From this study of the birth of Jesus, we see that he is: The Holy Ghost’s Son This was not a divine conception, in the sense that the Holy Ghost conceived seed in Mary by natural means.  Mary was a...

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Matthew 1:11-23 The Virgin Birth of Jesus

 Matt. 1:11-23 Why Jesus Came From A Virgin CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO Jechonias was a king that reigned during the time of the Babylonian captivity of Judah.  His name in the Old Testament is Jehoiachin (2 Ki 24:8).  He was carried away to Babylon during the captivity (2 Ki 24:15).  The...

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Matthew 1:2-17 The Genealogy of Jesus

Matt 1:2-17 The Genealogy of Jesus CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson is about the additions to and the subtractions from the Genealogy of Jesus. ADDITONS Although Jesus was a Jew and the line of men from Abraham to Joseph were all Jews, there are five Gentile women that were...

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Matthew 1:1 The Generation of Jesus

Matt 1:1 The Generation of Jesus CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Matthew opened his gospel, he introduced Jesus as the son of David and  the son of Abraham. God made covenants with both Abraham and David that will ultimately be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. That’s why Mathew shows Jesus’ line through these...

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Genesis 50 The Burial of Jacob

Genesis 50 The Burial of Jacob CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Embalming and Mourning (1-3)   Joseph commanded the physicians to embalm Jacob to preserve his body for the trip to and burial in Canaan.  Egyptians embalmed corpses to preserve them.  They removed the brain through the nostrils, the entrails through...

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Genesis 49:28-33 After Death, in the Old and New Testaments

Jacob gave his children specific instructions to bury him in the family buringplace, the cave in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham purchased when Sarah died (Gen 23).  Afterwards, the Bible says that he “yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people,” (v. 33).  The gathering unto his...

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