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Bible studies with some side notes, by and for a small flock of believers, who meet to read God's eternal Holy Word, to gain wisdom and understanding. (cf. Prov. 119:169)



Wednesday, November 28, 2012

"The Kingdom, When?", asked the disciples...

At the beginning of the book of Acts, the disciples asked Christ about restoring the Kingdom to the Jews. We looked at what Scripture says about what that will really be like.

  • Acts 1:4-8
  • Deut  28:9-14
  • Is. 49:1-6
    • Gal. 3:1-21
      • 1 Tim 2:5
    • Gal. 3:20-22
      • Rom. 8:9-20
    • Gal. 3:22-27
      • Is. 11:2-5
    • Gal. 3:27-E
  • Is. 49:3-6
    • Ps. 22-22-E
  • Is. 49:6-8
    • Is. 61:1-9
  • Is. 49:8-11
  • Is. 66:5-15
    • Zech. 14:16-E
  • Is. 66:15-E
This is the summary of the passages we read that tied in with what those apostles knew about the planned destiny outlined for the Jews at Sinai.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Mark ch. 7: Scriptural content of study 11/25/12

Firstly, I apologize for not catching the 'outage' when the battery died in the recorder I use to capture the studies.

Secondly, I would like to list all the passages, without (my) commentary, for each of our listeners to glean what they will from the Word.

So, here are the chapter and verses, in order, as we read them:  ("Book"  "ch":"verses")

*(see below for explanation on the format for the content of the study).

  • Mark 7:1-9
    • Isaiah 29:1-4
      • Gen 3:13-14
    • Is 29:4
      • Micah 5:10-E** 
    • Is 29: 5
      • Dan. 2:31-35
    • Is 29:5-7
      • Ps. 73:1-9
        • Job 1:7 
        • 1 Peter 3:8
      • Ps. 73: 9-E
    • Is 29: 7-E
  • Mark 7:8-16
    • Jer. 17:9-10
    • Jer. 18: 7-12
    • Heb. 4:12
  • Mark 7: 20-E
  • 1 Cor. 1:4-E
    • Jer. 9:23, 24, 22
*N.B.   The content of each level of the outline is linked to the content of the verses/passage in the level just above it. I have found that this format of indenting related passages as they are 'jumped to", such as when the study leader says, "hold your places here, and turn to..." or "put your finger here, and go to...", best signifies a scriptural commentary, (i.e. corroboration of the idea just given) on what was just covered in scripture.
** E = 'end of chapter'. Even when reading continues into the next, I have used this to abbreviate that we finished the chapter.
*** If this type of 'blog-post' is worth continuing for each of our studies, please provide feedback as a 'comment' to this post, (or any post, really), and I will provide the passage references presented as I did above.

Again, I apologize for not noticing when the battery died, and replacing it immediately, to minimize the interruption in the flow of the study.