NTB #3: Why is the Temple so Important?

templec4k1This week I am so excited, as I love to teach about the Temple in Jerusalem. I have been studying the Tabernacle, Solomon’s Temple and the Second Temple for almost two years now – and I have just scratched the surface. I put the links to the site where I am learning from at the end of the video and I will include links here as well. It is very important for all of us to know why the Temple was so important in the Bible – important to the Israelites, important to God – and so important to Yeshua (Jesus) that he violently reacted when people disrespected it! Paul was almost killed just because some people thought he defiled it! So, we are going to find out why David was called a man after God’s own heart, what David and Moses had in common, and what God had to say about his Temple being in ruins after the exile when everyone else was living in houses.

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If you are interested, this is the place where I learn about the Temple – not only is there a formal curriculum for gold-level subscribers, but there are also years worth of teachings and download about all sorts of very in depth topics such as the Feasts, eschatology, the writings of Paul, and one of my favorites is “The Heavens Rejoiced” – which proves from the Temple liturgies when Mary conceived our Messiah and when she gave birth to Him as well. My teacher is Joseph Good, and he is a Messianic believer who is well respected by the leaders at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem.

www.jerusalemtemplestudy.com

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David and Solomon: The Dynasty Begins – NT Backgrounds #2

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I talked about King David’s palace in Jerusalem, the former Jebusite fortress, and last week I talked about the first permanent Tabernacle/Temple structure in Shiloh – so I wanted to include some information about that as well.

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And here is an article from Breaking Israel News on the Shiloh dig.




Backgrounds of the New Testament #1 – Joshua to King Saul

joshuatojudgesblogOkay, so now for something completely different – it’s time to prep the kids so that they can understand the New Testament, which contains some of the most challenging writings in all of the Bible. I heard a Jewish scholar once say that the most esoteric Jewish writing of all time is the Gospel of John because it was written at such a deep spiritual level. However, we aren’t going to do that kind of background – if you want to understand deep spiritual things, check out my friend Dr. Dinah Dye.

However, there are a great many topics that the kids will have absolutely no trouble understanding and we are going to introduce many of them this year. We’re going to start with a quick flight through the rest of the historical books of the BibleĀ and then go more deeply into the history of the Babylonian exile, and the subsequent Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman Empires. We will also be talking about all the groups we read about in the New Testament. In a few weeks, I will introduce theMaccabeann revolt so that the kids can have some background on the celebration of Hannukah, which shows up in the Gospel of John. Hopefully, this year will be a lot of fun with Context for Kids!

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