Lessons to Lawyers and Pharisees He taught them lessons: Concerning Jesus and Jerusalem Lk 13:31 The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee”.  This was an idle threat because Herod wan’t going to kill Jesus, and when he had the opportunity he...

Names of Jerusalem Jos. 10:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jos 10:1 – Jerusalem.  Jerusalem means “city of peace.”  That’s an indication of what the city was under the reign of Solomon, whose reign typified the peaceful reign of Jesus, and will be during the millennial reign of Jesus.  But the city...

We have been studying a series on Israel.  In this lesson, we will see that nations fighting against Israel is not so much a fight with them as it is war with God.  In Rev 13:6 the beast “opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and...

Prerequisite for Peace Psalm 122:6 ; Isaiah 32:17 Our passage speaks of praying for the peace of Jerusalem. Jerusalem means city of peace and yet it has been one of the most fought over places on the face of the earth. Even today as we are giving this sermon there...

Heb 11:1 says, Faith is substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  In this lesson on Heb 11:1-16, we are going to study the evidence of faith. The elders obtained a good report by faith, v.2.  Paul wrote about the faith of some of the Old...

In Ezekiel 47-48 we will study the river coming from the throne of God, the trees lining the river, the land inherited initially by the tribes of Israel, and the city where the Lord will dwell, during his millennial reign. The waters that issued out from under the threshold of...

In Ezek 33:21-33 learns that Jerusalem has been broken up from a man who escaped.  Ezekiel’s mouth opens and he gives prophecies concerting Jerusalem, Judah, and the Jews who still remain there. Jerusalem is broken up after the siege 21 in the twelfth year of our captivity, 2 Ki 24:8-16;...

In Ezek 24:15-27, Ezekiel’s wife dies, and Ezekiel neither mourns nor weeps as a sign to Israel. The Lord’s Announcement and Instructions to Ezekiel In v.16 the Lord announces that he will take away Ezekiel’s wife with a stroke.  She is the desire of his eyes.  And when God takes...

The Day of the Parable of a Boiling Pot – Ezek 24:1-2 The exact day of the parable of a boiling pot is the day the siege of Jerusalem began. 2 Ki 25:1, it was in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month. ...

In Ezek 22:1-12, Ezekiel pronounces the abominations going on in Jerusalem, the bloody city.  And he proclaims that her time has come and her days have drawn near to be punished.  In v.2, the Lord asks, “Wilt thou judge the bloody city? Shew her all her abominations”.  This is just...