Ok, let's wrap it up today! This week we have studied God's love story. We know God called Abraham, a pagan Gentile, to become the father of the Jews...and the Gentiles! (See previous posts if that is confusing to you!) God's call upon Abraham was a 3-fold call: Birthing call Suffering call Priestly call Today, …
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Temple Mount and the Southern Steps in Jesus’ Day
Have you ever wondered what life was like on and around Temple Mount in Jesus' day? There are some things we know about, such as Jesus clearing the Temple courtyards of money changers who were turning God's house into a den of thieves (Matthew 21, John 2), Jesus taught in the Temple (Mark 12), and that …
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More Cool Discoveries in the City of David
Okay, many of us are familiar with the First Temple period (Solomon's Temple) and the Second Temple period (Herod's expansion of the Temple). But, what about BEFORE Solomon's Temple? We know the Temple was the center of worship for the Jewish people, and that prior to the construction of the first Temple, a portable tabernacle …
Incredible Archeological Findings at the City of David
Around 2010 or 2012 I first saw the City of David. I don't recall if it was freshly opened or if it simply was not well-excavated enough to be a hot tourist spot prior to that. But what I realized the first time there was that this was an incredibly important place of discovery. If …
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