Swallow No Camels
I may strain a few gnats every now and then…..
Year: 2024
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Week 3 ——- What did Jesus do in the Wilderness? (Part 3) Matthew 4:1,2 — Luke 4:1-2 Some of my best Bible studies began because someone asked me a question. One of our group with us on this 70-week journey with Jesus asked me, “So what did Jesus do in the wilderness for 40 days?” …
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Week 3 What did Jesus do in the Wilderness? (Part 2) Matthew 4:1,2 — Luke 4:1-2 Last time, we introduced the idea of fasting and how it demonstrates our desperate need for God and how we desire God more than even the basic human needs. Don’t forget that in the Hebrew culture, all verbs…
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Resources will be added as we go. (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) The Chronological Gospels: The Life and Seventy Week Ministry of the Messiah. By Michael Rood. This book is what we are using to go day by day in Jesus’ ministry, based on Rood’s research on timing. There is a…
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Week 3 What did Jesus do in the Wilderness? (Part 1) Matthew 4:1,2 — Luke 4:1-2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was ________. Mathew 4:2 This is not a challenging crossword puzzle clue. Sometimes, I think I am hungry if I miss one meal. Sometimes, I think I am hungry right…
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Week 2 Going where you don’t want to go It is getting time for the evening meal, and you don’t want to eat at home. Then comes the classic question, “Where do you want to eat?” with the classic answer, “Anywhere is fine with me.” This must be very common because all across the country,…
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So this section is for those who want to “follow with their feet” on our 70-week journey with Jesus. I hope to be able to track Jesus’s movements over his ministry and give you my best estimate of how far he traveled and, hopefully, some information on the places he went. We will just have…
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Week 1 –Why the Wilderness? “Matthew 4: 1-2—Mark 1: 12-13a—Luke 4: 1-2” After Jesus’ baptism, Mark tells us he “immediately” was driven into the wilderness where he would be 40 days. All 3 gospels add the reason for this trip: “to be tempted by the devil,” and Matthew and Luke also add that he fasted…
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Note: Today I resurrected this post from my old blog as it is the 10 anniversary of this ‘day of my fear’. Tonight I will celebrate with some dear friends. God is good, Psalm 56:4 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust;…
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February 16, 27 A.D. Sabbath (Saturday) In the Jordan River -The Year of the Lord’s Favor #11 Week 1 The Baptism of Jesus, part 2 – Matthew 3: 13-17—Mark 1: 9-11—Luke 3: 21-22 In our first discussion (If you missed it: The Year of the Lord’s Favor #1), we discussed how all the prophets, after…
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Week 1 The Baptism of Jesus Matthew 3:13-15 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is…
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