Notes from a man who keeps reading it again.
I’m not a pastor, scholar, or Bible expert — just someone trying to take God’s word seriously and share what I’m learning along the way.
The Bible starts off in a place of perfection. Man and woman in perfect unity with themselves, the creation, and God.
Genesis 1:1-6:8 TL;DR In the beginning, God existed independent of space or time.
Genesis 6:9-11:32 TL;DR After the flood, Canaan, son of Noah, seemed to have been tainted by the old world, carried things on.
Context Proverbs is the “do this and that will happen” book 2-Areas/Bible/Books of Bible/Ecclesiastes is the “life doesn’t work that way” book Job is the book that ties it all together All is Vanity Expectations vs Reality If righteousness and hard work don’t get us there, w...
Context Leviticus 23:9-14 The LORD said to Moses, (10) Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
Bible Study The great news for some of you is that all the verses are the same! 🎊🎉 But I did decide to add one additional question… Are you a fan or a disciple? Rather than offering YOUR own response this time around, I strongly encourage each of you to take time to reflect on the topics we’ve dis...
Hebrews Context Anonymous letter but knew the disciples, thought to be Paul or Barnabas (from Acts) Audience is unknown but they clearly knew the old testament, specifically the Abraham, Moses, and wilderness stories (therefore, likely Jewish, likely written initially in Hebrew) Ch 10, they ...
Table of Contents [Intro: The Rest of Matthew](#Intro: The Rest of Matthew) [Day 1 (Sabbath) - Matt 21](#Day 1 (Sabbath) - Matt 21) [The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem](#The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem) [The Cleansing of the Temple](#The Cleansing of the Temple) Matt 21-28? Questions [...
The Transfiguration Timeline puts this right around mid-Oct (let’s build tabernacles” The Spirit of Elijah This gets brought up on the way down the mountainside, right after the deciples “met” Elijah Not reincarnation but rather the “essenence” of something (nephesh) Watching for the end of ...
For context: Matt 17 is The Transfiguration (around the time of the feast of Tabernacles = roughly October) and takes place “…after six days…” from these events ** 1.
God’s Plan God wants to reveal His plan even more than we want to know it Verses: 1 Thes 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Yom Teruah Yom Teruah is the first fall feast – it marks the start of the fall feast season.
Matt 15 Bible Study Man-made Vs God’s Law Elijah prophecies that men will claim to be close to God but truly only teach their own doctrines.
God’s Heart for Orphans and Widows Deut 10:17-18,20 - God, who is great, cares for them. We should emulate him.
Who has heard of the Gideons or the Gideon bible? Gideon was someone in the bible! Judges 6 Intro (6:1-10) The Israelites are being oppressed by the Midianites, losing all of their food and drink to them The story offers context of a prophet the cries out to remind the people that God freed t...
Sukkot The Feast of Booths (סֻכָּה) — a thicket or booth (rude or temporary shelter) This one actually has a ton of references in scripture! Its commandment is laid out in three places: Lev 23:33-44 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On ...
Source: James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Context It was hard to find time to do anything outside of just work, eating, and sleeping All of us have been in a similar situation This has been a busy week! What Does the Bible Say about Being Busy? Rom 12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing...
Intro In preparation for this week, I stumbled across a frankly jarring story To preface this, some scholars actually recommend against reading these chapters because they’re really summed up in “we are a depraved flesh” and “don’t do as you desire, let God rule your life” HOWEVER We...
Context Written 520 BCE, contemporary with Zechariah, after the exile in 587 BCE, roughly 80 years before Nehemiah Written during the same time as Ezra (Ez 5:1) Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the ...
Matt 18 Pt1 Important Context: “In that hour…” this happens chronologically right after the events of Chapter 17 The Greatest and the Least Who is the Greatest in Heaven? This is a fair question in my book.
πεντηκοστῆς = pentēkostē = Pentecost, 50th ḥāḡ šāḇûaʿ = חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת = Feast of Weeks (7 weeks - 49 days - then feast is the next day) Historical Fulfillment Mt Sinai Giving of the ten commandments Exodus 19-20: On the On the first day of the third month after the Israeli...
Timeline 10th day = enter the city (palm Sunday; Luke 19:28-41) 14th day = inspection day (Jesus declared blameless; John 19:4) 15th day = Passover lamb is slaughtered first fruits = graves opened and brought to God (Matt 27:45-54; John 20:17,27) Pentacost/feast of weeks = Mt Sinai; 40 days...
Priorities and How We Can Side-Tracked even when We’re Doing Everything Right What Jesus Says Our Priorities Should Be Matt 6:33 “[speaking against anxiety about food, drink, cloth]: Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you” Matt 22:37-40 “Thou sh...
Context 1 John is anonymous but 2 and 3 are written by “the elder” and thought to be the disciple John or “John the elder”, a part of the larger group of followers of Jesus’s ministry “Dear friends” = ἀγαπητός = (agapētos) beloved, esteemed, dear, favorite, worthy of love “Little childr...
Outline, in the vernacular Chapter 1 We have been granted a power that leads to godliness and an abundant life, for God’s glory This power grants us a way to escape sinful desire Therefore: Supplement faith (G4102: pistis = consistency/conviction) with virtue (G703: Arete = excellence) Suppl...
Intro Hosea was written somewhere in the reign of Jeroboam II (786-746 and active up until 721, seeing the Assyrian takeover) Northern Israel (broke from Judah under Jeroboam I, 1 Kings 12) Hosea’s Marriage to Gomer The story Marriage Three kids: Jezreel Lo-Ruhamah (not loved) Lo-Ammi (not my people...
Context Written during the same time as Ezra (Ez 5:1) somewhere between 538 and 515 BCE Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
Chapter Overview Chapters 1-9 are about how to make certain sacrifices for certain things that may happen in daily life Laws of the burnt offerings Laws for grain offerings Laws for peace offerings Laws for sin offerings Specific examples of things that require sin offerings: If someone wi...
And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And ...
Important Context: “In that hour…” this happens chronologically right after the events of Chapter 17.
Context: let the children come … the first shall be last and the last first Parable of the workers A man hires people throughout the day.
Background When was it Written Dated to 57AD, likely written from the time that Paul was in Corinth Nero and Agrippa are still in charge This takes place about 5 years before the Great Fire (64AD), so persecution is slowly mounting What was Going on in Rome at the Time Jews considered themsel...
Context One Sub One Important Question: .
Context Introduction (1-6) [8 Visions / Dreams](#8 Visions / Dreams) [Dream 1 / Dream 8](#Dream 1 / Dream 8) [Dream 2 / Dream 7](#Dream 2 / Dream 7) [Dream 3 / Dream 6](#Dream 3 / Dream 6) [Dream 4 / Dream 5](#Dream 4 / Dream 5) [Bonus vision](#Bonus vision) Conclusion (7-8) [Messianic Kin...
Overview King Ahasuerus throws a 7 day party Queen Vashti holds a party for the women On the last day, the king requests the queen join.
Context Written around the time that the Israelites were returning to the land after the Babylonian captivity The book is written in a way that never mentions prayer nor God, but points to God Written as a chiastic (abccba) with the focal point of Mordecai’s exaltation Book Overview The king...
Intro Daniel [Chapter 7](#Chapter 7) [Chapter 8](#Chapter 8) Prayer [Vision of War](#Vision of War) Zechariah Ezekeil Isaiah [The Gospels](#The Gospels) Revelation Intro Lots of stuff scattered around: Daniel - four beasts (eagle, bear, leopard, horned beast) Zechariah Ezekiel Isaiah The G...
Ex 27 - alter was used for sacrifices Some was for good others for the priests Anything on the alter was God’s Sin offering Fat to god, meat to priests Lev 17:11 - life is in the blood Jesus our sin sacrifice Ephesians 5 Heb 10:14 Rom 5:9 Our righteousness - rom 5:17-19, eze 36:27, deut 6...
Context In reading this past week, a few topics kind of bubbled to the top and certain words stuck in my head, two of them were Judgement (insofar as obeying the Law) Melchizedek Of the two, while both are important, Melchizedek is interesting Melchizedek (מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק) is a combo of t...
www.catholic-pages.com/pope/hahn.asp sidroth.org/articles/upon-rockwhat-rock Pope Black text is taken from Dr Scott Hahn’s post on the Papacy Red text is my own thoughts Blue text is a direct quotation taken from scripture (NIV translation biblegateway.com) Green text is comments from Ken Robinson P...
In Numbers 29, we see time and again that three animals are offered, bulls, lambs, and rams.
Context One Sub One Important Question: .
The great news for some of you is that all the verses are the same! 🎊🎉 But I did decide to add one additional question… Are you a fan or a disciple? Rather than offering YOUR own response this time around, I strongly encourage each of you to take time to reflect on the topics we’...
Context Over the last several years, one of the big things I’ve grappled with personally has been the fine line between Love and “tough love” - acting stern with the end goal of steering someone away from a path of destruction (a Love heart, not a malicious one) Verses like “He who spares...
Books One New Man Translation + Companion Glosssary Archelogical Study Bibile Chronological Gospels JSP (vocally hebrew translators) vs NIV (vocally english translators) Online Blue Letter Bilble Interlinear Word by word translation Strongs concordence Commentaries Parallel view Bible Co...
Group questions On an individual level, how do we make the best of this situation As a group, how do we help each other and our community through this crisis? What scriptures are you leaning on in this time? What has God shown you through them? Intro COVID-19 has tossed us into a lone...
Traits Others-focused / Generous Sacrificial loving Encouraging / non-critical / show gratitude 90% affirm, 10% correct / exhort Give it freely, even when it’s not being received Eph 5:25-27 Husbands, Love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansi...
Overview Predestination is used to refer to God’s unchanging plan for the world extending particularly to salvation Predestination allows for all people to fall in either “unconditional election” or “reprobation” Double predestination is the idea that not only does God cho...
Context Over the last couple of weeks, my sister has been sending a few texts updating me on their current situation.
When was Jesus Born John the Baptist Luke 1 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[fn] of the division of Abijah.
Context Over the last few weeks, there seems to be a whole slew of things referencing the lies of the world, particularly the idea of “wolves in sheep’s clothing” of religions like Mormonism or Charismatic Christianity This week, let’s discuss a few of the common lies t...
Context Last year, we covered the same topic from a different angle.
What Are the Weightier Matters What Jesus says is first: Love God, Love people “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest comm...
The Lord’s Prayer Where do we see it Matt 6:5-15 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites.
Question Is it ok to do “just anything” unto God? For example: Is it ok to pray to saints if I’ve come from Catholocism Is it ok be “spiritual” and a Christian? Is there anything wrong with studying other religions? Thoughts The answer: kinda… Let’s start with the story of the Golden...
Context Ephesians was written while Paul was in Roman prison around 60AD Ephesians was a coastal town that Paul had visited - and stayed for anywhere from three months to about two years - earlier in his ministry (see Acts 19) This was written to the church in Ephesus, several of which mem...
Division and Unity - A Letter to the Corinthians High Level of Corinthians First Corinthians covers a TON. We’re not going to cover it all today.
Context - Yom Kippur Yom haKippurim literally translates to “Day of coverings [of ones mouth],” which a day to be reminded and cleansed of sin One of God’s feasts (appointments) This is the day when the High Priest would pour the blood of a goat over the Kaporet (the Hebrew for the ...
1 & 2 Peter Context Shimon / Simon = Hebrew When proclaimed Jesus as Lord, Jesus changed his name to Kefa (Aramaic, Matt 16:18-19), meaning “Rock” The word “rock” in Greek, then, is Petra, which is transliterated into English as Peter This is why you see him sometimes called “Simon Peter” or “Si...
Context James 1:2-18 My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Context If you haven’t seen it yet, The Chosen is a Christian telling of the story of Christ as an online TV series, almost like a Game of Thrones centered around Jesus Back in October, the trailer for season three was dropped and a single line sparked some controversy The sc...
Context The last few weeks, one of the bible teaching shows I frequent has had a guest on who leans into the Bible as a legal text That is, the Bible builds upon itself, laying out a foundation of rules and precepts that we are to follow not for salvation, but for sanctification While I tend to agre...
Context Probably written before 50AD Written by James (Jacob), the brother of Jesus.
Context Lived and written around the same time as Isaiah Overview The Judge is coming (1) Pay attention! God’s might is coming to judge the sins of Israel Idolotry has spread even to the leaders Land Robbers will Lose their Land (2) Those that plan out evil (theft of land, fraud, not sharing w...
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