Today we take a look at the most detailed biblical account of Jesus’ birth as we look at Luke 2:1-21.

In part two of a three part series on the birth of Jesus we focused on Matthew 1:18-25 and Joseph.

Jesus’ genealogy is given in two places in Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Matthew traces the genealogy from Jesus to Abraham. Luke traces the genealogy from Jesus to Adam. However, there is good reason to believe that Matthew and Luke are in fact tracing entirely different genealogies. For example, Matthew gives Joseph’s father as…

Ezekiel 47:1 (NIV) The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). This Sunday in our final lesson from our Ezekiel series we will look at Ezekiel 47-48 and the river of…

Ezekiel 44:4 (NIV) Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the Lord filling the temple of the Lord, and I fell facedown. The final vision given to Ezekiel is of a glorious new temple filled with God’s glory….

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. This passage speaks of attitudes and actions we must take. Context: After describing how we look at our leaders as we live in the light of eternity and how we handle each…

One big message that we are seeing God give through Ezekiel is an explanation of how things are going to be different in Christ’s kingdom when the Spirit comes. Israel has lost their king but God describes how He will send His Shepherd to lead and rule His people, establishing a covenant of peace with…

Ezekiel 38:1-2 (NIV) The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog… Who in the world are Gog and Magog? Over the years many have attempted to assign these two powers mentioned in Ezekiel to nations of current times. But is that what…

Ezekiel 37:15-17 (NIV) The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with…

The valley of bones. Ezekiel 37:1-3 (NASB) The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He had me pass among them all around, and behold, there were very…