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Jesus, the Lion of Judah

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break

Jesus, the Bright Morning Star

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What many people call the morning or evening star is actually a planet, usually Venus but sometimes Jupiter, Saturn, or Mars. When one of them appears close to the Sun as viewed from Earth, sunset or sunrise

Jesus, Scourge of demons

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It is fascinating to see the way demons acted around Jesus. According to Matthew 8:29, for example, when Jesus merely shows up where a demon-possessed man lives the demons inside him say, “What do

Lessons From the Old Testament: Principles of Counseling From Job

Recognize the value of silent sympathy. (Job 2:12,13; 13:5) Like God, be able to show kindness even to those who are suffering for their own sins. (Job 6:14-23) Beware of pious platitudes which ease

Lessons From the Old Testament: How NOT to Counsel People in Pain

Job’s “friends” did a masterful job of comforting Job those first seven days (see article). But when Job broke the silence (Job 3) and began to rue the day of his birth, their demeanor

Lessons From the Old Testament: How to Counsel People in Pain

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When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Perfect Form of Government

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit. (Judges 21:25) Does the Old Testament give us an ideal or perfect form of government to strive for? Yes and No. If we look at the form

Lessons From the Old Testament: Leadership

It is difficult to overestimate the weight God gives to leadership in the Old Testament. It begins with Adam, who is the representative leader for all of mankind. His decision to act in accord with

Lessons From the Old Testament: Conquering Our Canaan

That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!

Lessons From the Old Testament: Our Greatest Temptation

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate the sacrificial meal and bowed down

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (Tabernacles)

Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. (Exodus 23:16b) So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (The Day of Atonement)

Leviticus 16 Nine days after the feast of Trumpets, on the 10th day of the 7th month, Israel was to observe the Day of Atonement, or literally, the day of covering. This was because on this day the top

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (Trumpets)

The LORD said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work,

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (Pentecost)

While Passover has some overlap with the barley harvest in Israel, Pentecost has some relationship to the wheat harvest. Both Passover (Exodus 23:15) and Pentecost (Exodus 23:16a), which came 50 days

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (Passover)

One of the ways God ordered Israel’s life so that it would point to Him as their true God and away from foreign gods (who are not gods at all), was to arrange their weeks and months around spiritually

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