Preparation of a Kingdom

In His covenant with Abraham, God promised land and descendants...a kingdom.  He gave Abraham and His descendants the land of Canaan (Israel today), establishing "headquarters" for the earthly kingdom.  But a new kingdom is being developed!  This kingdom is a worldwide family made up of those who receive the Messiah.  (Jews and Gentiles)  In this …

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God’s Plan for Natural Israel

God has a plan for natural Israel and He is not done with them yet!  (If you missed yesterday's lesson, we defined natural Israel and spiritual Israel.  Without the definitions, today's lesson may not make sense.) Natural Israel (the nation and the people) are still the custodian of God's Word.  God has entrusted His Word …

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One Olive Tree, One Flock, One Family

Let's pick it up where we left off yesterday.  We've established, based on Galatians 3:7, 29, that those who are in Christ are descendants of Abraham.  God invites us (Gentiles) into a special family, and we will dive deeper into that today. Let's think of Israel in two ways: natural Israel and spiritual Israel.  Natural …

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Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord

"Baruch haba b'shem Adonai" (Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.) Friends, that will make no sense if you haven't been with us this week.  If you haven't, it's easy to catch up: just scroll back at least to yesterday (if not to Monday) to catch the discussion.  You will be …

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