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Matthew Chapter 25

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on February 16, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 25
1. What is the parable Jesus teaches in Matthew 25:1-13?

2. What is the spiritual message of the parable?

3. Read Luke 12:35-40. What parallels do you see between the Parable in Matthew 25:1-13 and the parable in Luke 12? What differences?

4. What parable does Jesus tell in Matthew 25:14-30?

5. What is the spiritual message of the parable?

6. What do you learn about the Son of Man from Matthew 25:31?

7. What will happen when the Son of Man sits on his throne according to Matthew 25:32-33?

8. What will happen to those on the right hand according to Matthew 25:34-40? Why?

9. What will happen to those on the left hand according to Matthew 25:41-46? Why?

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Yitro – A story for Valentine’s Day!

Posted in Exodus, tagged , , , on February 14, 2023| 1 Comment »

YITRO
Based on Parashah Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23

Behold my bride!
She may not be pure
but she has come to Me
at the mountain
in the wilderness

She has placed herself
under my authority
yielding herself to Me
accepting My work of redemption
on her behalf

Tho’ I’ve freed her from bondage
she still thinks like a slave
afraid, unsure
misguided and unclean
she shivers, huddled before me

But I see her beauty
hidden beneath the layers
of Egyptian mud and sand
I sense her heart races at the
thought of Me
My mighty acts fresh in her mind

How I love her!
I will covenant Myself to her
My covenant love will keep her

I’m not naive about her
stubborn heart and wandering eye
But rather My kindness will
lead her to repentance
My steadfast love will win her over
I am her beloved and she is mine!

***
Beloved One!
I am so grateful
You came to rescue me
my enemy was too strong for me

You are beautiful, my beloved
You opened the doors of my prison
You set me free
You brought me here
Your mighty acts
take my breath away
my heart is racing at your closeness
my neck and cheeks warm
I’m expose and vulnerable before You

Great are You!
I pledge myself to You!

My face is dirty and my hair matted
What commends me to You?
My captors violated me
repeatedly, relentlessly
I have nothing to offer
all has been spoiled
my youth is also gone
What commends me to You?

I understand my attraction to You
My deliverer!
Mighty Warrior!
My hiding place
My shalom
I know why I need You
but why would you want me
there are so many more fair
and you are a King
You could have your pick
as many as You desire
Who am I?

* * *

Beloved!
I have chosen you
and groomed you
and prepared you
for this day,
our betrothal

This is the day Your Father Abraham
looked toward but never saw
I did not choose you based on
what men value

No, I am able to take such
at my whim should I desire them
the earth and its fullness are mine
I have no appetite for such
I long for deep, abiding connection
exclusivity, intimacy and covenant
I desire marriage, sweet Ysra’el
you are to become my covenant wife
you stand before Me
and this mountain–this day

I will speak life
provision
homeland
future
hope
blessing
treasure
over you

We will covenant
And our covenant will have no end.

Mary Beth
2/14/2023

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Matthew 24 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on February 9, 2023|

1. What do you learn from the following verses?
Daniel 9:24-27

Daniel 11:31-33

Daniel 12:11

12. What other warnings does Jesus give in Matthew 24:16-20?

13. Why would it be bad to travel in Israel in winter?

14. Why would it be bad to travel in Israel during Shabbat?

15. What explanation for His warnings does Jesus give in Matthew 24:21-22?

16. What warning does Jesus give in Matthew 24:23-26?

17. Copy Matthew 24:27 here. Meditate on this. What is His meaning?

18. What is the meaning of Jesus’ statement in Matthew 24:28?

19. What do you learn from the following verses?
Deuteronomy 28:25-26

1 Samuel 17:44

Psalm 79:1-2

20. What does Jesus say will follow immediately the trouble (suffering) of those days in Matthew 24:29?

21. What do you learn from the following verses?
Isaiah 13:10

Isaiah 34:4

Joel 2:10, 31

22. What sign will appear after that according to Matthew 24:30?

23. What will the Son of Man do according to Matthew 24:31?

Going deeper: Who are the elect? What do the scriptures teach about them?

24. What is the lesson from the fig tree that Jesus tells them to learn in Matthew 24:32-34? How does it apply to the second coming of Messiah?

26. Copy Matthew 24:25. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

27. What do you learn from Matthew 34:36?

28. How does Jesus compare the coming of the Son of Man to the days of Noah in Matthew 24:37-41?

29. What further instruction does Jesus give in Matthew 24:42-44?

30. What contrast does Jesus make between the faithful and wise servant in Matthew 24:45-51?

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Matthew 24 (Part 1)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on February 2, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 24
1. Where was Jesus according to Matthew 24:1?

2. Why would Jesus have been in the Temple (Sanctuary)?

3. What do His disciples point out to Him as they are leaving the Temple?

4. What does Jesus respond to them in Matthew 24:2? To what future event is He referring?

5. Where does Jesus go after He leaves the Temple according to Matthew 24:3? How far is this from the Temple?

6. What do the disciples begin asking Jesus according to Matthew 24:3?

7. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 24:4-5?

8. What signs or indicators does Jesus speak of in the following verses?
Matthew 24:6

Matthew 24:7-8

Matthew 24:9

Matthew 24:10

Matthew 24:11

Matthew 24:12

Matthew 24:15

9. Copy Matthew 24:13-14. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

10. What sign prophesied by the Prophet Daniel does Jesus say to look for in Matthew 24:15?

11. What application can we make from the teachings in this chapter?

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The Word of God

Posted in Hebrews, Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 1, 2023|

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Matthew 23

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on January 26, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 23
1. What command does Jesus give with regard to the Pharisees in Matthew 23:1-3?

2. What does Jesus say about the Pharisees in the following verses?
Matthew 23:4

Matthew 23:5

Matthew 23:6-7

3. What command does Jesus give the multitudes in the following verses?
Matthew 23:8

Matthew 23:9

Matthew 23:10

4. Copy Matthew 23:11-12. Mediate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

5. What woe to the scribes and Pharisees does Jesus deliver in the following verses?
Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:14

Matthew 23:15

Matthew 23:25-26

Matthew 23:27-28

Matthew 23:29-33

6. What does Jesus say about their oaths they swear in Matthew 23:16-22?

7. What prophecy is Jesus speaking in Matthew 23:34-36?

8. Copy Matthew 23:37. Meditate on this. What is Jesus referring to? (Provide scriptures to support your answer.)

9. What do you learn from the following verses?
Psalm 17:8

Psalm 91:4

10. What prophecy does Jesus speak over Jerusalem in the final verses of this chapter?

11. How do Jesus’ words relate to the prophecy of Jeremiah 12:7?

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God is King!

Posted in Psalms, tagged , , on January 25, 2023|

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Matthew 22 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on January 19, 2023|

1. What was the reaction of the Pharisees according to Matthew 22:22?

2. Who were the Sadducees? What did they believe about the resurrection of the dead?

3. What question do the Sadducees pose to Jesus in Matthew 22:23-28?

4. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 22:29-32?

5. What is the reaction of the multitudes according to Matthew 22:33?

6. What question does the lawyer ask Jesus according to Matthew 22:34?

7. What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 22:37-40?

8. What question does Jesus ask the Pharisees in Matthew 22:42? How do they respond?

9. What follow-up question does Jesus ask in Matthew 22:43-45?

10. What psalm is Jesus quoting?

11. What do you learn from Matthew 22:46?

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Matthew 22 (Part 1)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on January 12, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 22
1. What is the parable that Jesus gives in Matthew 22:1-14?

2. What is the spiritual message of the parable?

3. What do you learn from the following verses?
Hosea 2:23

Acts 28:28

1 Peter 2:9-11

4. Who are the Pharisees?

5. What do you learn about the Pharisees from Matthew 22:15?

6. What question do they ask Jesus according to Matthew 22:17?

7. What does Jesus ask them in Matthew 22:18-19?

8. What do they show Him in Matthew 22:19?

9. What does He ask in Matthew 22:20? What is their response?

10. Copy Jesus statement in Matthew 22:21. Meditate on this. How might this apply to your life today?

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Matthew Chapter 21 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , , on December 1, 2022|

1. What does Matthew say about the city of Jerusalem when Jesus entered?

2. What happened when Jesus entered the temple according to Matthew 21:12-13?

3. Copy Isaiah 56:7. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

Going deeper: How was this not a description of the Temple (Sanctuary) at the time of Jesus? What was happening in the Temple (on the Temple grounds) that Jesus was objecting to? Why?

4. Who came to Jesus in the temple? What did He do?

5. What do you learn from Matthew 21:15-16?

6. Copy Psalm 8:1-2. Meditate on this. What was Jesus’ point in quoting this to the chief priests and scribes?

7. Where does Jesus go to spend the night? How far is that from the Temple?

8. What happens in the morning when Jesus returns to the city according to Matthew 21:18-20?

9. What does Jesus tell them in Matthew 21:21-22?

10. Who comes to Jesus as He was teaching according to Matthew 21:23? What do they ask?

11. How does Jesus respond according to Matthew 21:24-25?

12. What is the response of the chief priests and elders ? Why?

13. What parable does Jesus tell in Matthew 21:28-31?

14. What is the spiritual teaching of the parable?

15. How does Jesus apply the parable to the chief priest and elders in Matthew 21:32?

16. What parable to does Jesus tell in Matthew 21:33-41?

17. What is the spiritual teaching of the parable?

18. How does Jesus apply the parable to the chief priest and elders in Matthew 21:42-44?

19. What is the reaction of the chief priests and the Pharisees (elders) according to Matthew 21:45-46?

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