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Jesus Demonstrates His Authority. A. The authority of Jesus in the life of the Gadarene demoniac. 1. ( Mark 5:1-8) The description of the demon-possessed man. Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit ...
- Yahweh Is the Self-Existent, Eternal God.
- Yahweh Is a Relational God. Yahweh is only used in the Bible when the author is talking about God’s personal relationship with his people. A great example of this is Psalm 19.
- Yahweh Is with Us.
- Yahweh Is the Unchanging God. Heraclitus said it best: “There is nothing permanent except change.” Our world is constantly shifting; everything is subjective, and lots of things seem to change day to day.
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- The *Whole Offering. v1 And the *LORD called Moses. (The *LORD) spoke to him from the *meeting tent. This is what he said. v2 ‘Speak to the *Israelites.
- The *Corn Offering. v1 ‘When anybody (wants to) bring a *corn offering to the *LORD, (that person must make it) with the *finest flour. They must pour *oil onto it and they must put *incense onto it.
- The *Peace Offering. v1 ‘Someone may want to offer a *peace offering. If he offers an animal from the *herd, it can be male or female. But he must offer a perfect animal to the *LORD.
- The *Sin Offering. Chapter 4 v1 The *LORD said to Moses, v2 ‘Say (this) to the *Israelites. The *LORD’s commands forbid you to do certain things.
- About The Book of Zechariah
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 *Vision 1: The Man on Ared Horse
- Chapter 1 *Vision 2: The Four*Horns
- Chapter 2 *Vision 3: The Man Whowas Measuring Jerusalem
- Chapter 3 *Vision 4: The Chiefpriest Has Returned to Jerusalem
- Chapter 4 *Vision 5: *Lampstandand *Olive Trees
- Chapter 5 *Vision 6: The Flying*Scroll
- Chapter 5 *Vision 7: The Woman Ina Basket
- Chapter 6 *Vision 8: The Four*Chariots
Zechariah wrote his book in the *Hebrew language. The *Hebrew word‘zechariah’ (or ‘zachariah’) means ‘God remembers’. Zechariah was a *prophet.This meant that he did two things. (1) He told people what God was saying about the present time. (2) He told people what God was saying about the future. Zechariah 1:1 says that the *prophet was the ‘son of...
Notes After the start of the book in verse 1, Zechariah began his bookwith a short speech in verses 2-6. It tells the people to *repent. This means‘to be sorry’ for the wrong things that they did. Also, it tells the people ‘topromise to try not to do these wrong things in the future’. Zechariah did notuse the word ‘*repent’. He used the words ‘turn...
Notes Verse 7 In Babylon, the 11th month of the year was called Shebat.It is not an *Hebrew word. The 24th day of Shebat is February 15th for us. Theyear was 519 *B.C. Verse 8 The rider on the red horse was probably an *angel. He saton the horse while the horse stood still. There were probably more *angels onthe other horses. Zechariah does not say...
Notes Verse 18 The *Hebrew says ‘And I lifted my eyes’. This is an*Hebrew idiom for (way to say), ‘I looked up’. Zechariah says, ‘Look!’ He wantsus to see in our imaginations what he saw. A *horn was a sign of strength.*Horns grow on the heads of some animals, like cows, goats and sheep. A *hornshows that an animal is strong and important. Verse 19...
Notes Verse 1 Read again the note on the start of Zechariah 1:18. Also,read Zechariah 1:16. There, God promised that his people would rebuildJerusalem. Now Zechariah saw a man with a *measuring line. The man was probablyan architect or a builder. Verse 2 The man probably was going to mark where the walls of thenew city should be. Walls would make t...
Notes Verse 1 The first three *visions were outside Jerusalem. This oneis in a court of law in *heaven. The *angel of the *LORD (who becomes the *LORDhimself in verse 2) is the judge. *Satan (‘the *satan’ in the *Hebrew Bible)accuses Joshua. He says that he has done something wrong. The *Hebrew words‘the *satan’ mean ‘the accuser’. Joshua is the ch...
Notes Verse 1 This links with Zechariah 1:8, ‘I saw (something) in thenight.’ Most Bible students think that Zechariah saw all 8 *visions in the samenight. Verse 2 Zechariah recognised a *lampstand. This is something thata lamp stands on. Here there were seven lamps. Each had a pipe that came from abasin. Probably, oil came from the basin and burne...
Notes Verse 1 A *scroll was the old form of a book. It was a very longpiece of paper or leather. People would roll it up to make a *scroll. Theywrote on both sides of the paper or leather. This *scroll was open. Therefore,everybody could read it as it flew past. Verse 2 ‘He’ was probably the *angel in Zechariah 1:9. The*scroll was an unusual shape....
Notes Verse 6 The *Hebrew word for ‘basket’ is ‘ephah’. It wassomething that people used to measure grain. Most Bible students say that inthe *Hebrew Bible it means the ‘*sin of the people’. It actually says, ‘This istheir eye in all the country.’ Verse 7 The basket called an ephah was not big enough to put anormal woman in. Perhaps it was an image...
Notes This *vision means that God’s Spirit will go through the wholeworld. God will overcome the evil rulers of the nations. And God will bringpeace. Verse 1 A *chariot is a special cart that soldiers used. Horsespulled them. *Bronze has two metals in it: copper and tin. *Bronze is also acolour: between yellow and brown. The two mountains were outs...
A third implication of the name I AM WHO I AM is that God does not change. In Malachi 3:6 God says, “I Yahweh do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.” Within the name Yahweh is the affirmation I AM WHO I AM. But if who God is not determined by any forces outside himself, then he is not subject to the changes we are.
- People Who Know God’S Name Trust in HimThe aim of all my ministry is the advancement and joy of your faith to the glory of God (Philippians 1:20, 25). Preaching is one means to that end,...
- The Most Important Name For God in The Old TestamentThe most common and the most important name for God in the Old Testament is a name that in our English versions never even gets translated. Wheneve...
- The Meaning of Yahweh from Exodus 3The most important text in all the Bible for understanding the meaning of the name Yahweh is Exodus 3:13–15. God has just commanded Moses to go to...
This account of the Shunammite’s son is one which teaches us about faith. It shows us something about what faith is and how faith works. The passage tells us very little about this woman and her background and how she became a believer or where she came from, etc. In fact, it does not even directly speak of her faith, but the events in the ...
1. ( Exodus 20:1) Preface to the Ten Commandments. And God spoke all these words, saying: a. And God spoke: It is proper to believe that God spoke these words to Israel as a whole, as they assembled together at the foot of Mount Sinai. There, God answered him [Moses] by voice ( Exodus 19:19 ), as Moses stood among the people at the foot of ...
