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Ezekiel (Program #19) – The Altar
God’s eternal purpose is to have a building and the center of that building is the altar. This is a picture of the cross of Christ – apart from which we cannot have the church.
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Jeremiah (Program #20) – Jehovah’s Promise concerning the Restoration of Israel
The history revealed in the Bible is a history of the covenants that God made with man. In reality, only two of these covenants have great significance. The first of which from Exodus 25 was the covenant of law that God made through Moses when He gave Israel the ten commandments. The second covenant called the new covenant was also the last covenant. And though it was not enacted until the Lord Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross for our redemption. It was clearly foretold by the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter 31, listen to the word of this marvelous new covenant as spoken by the Old Testament prophet.
“Indeed, days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by their hand to bring them out from the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was their Husband, declares Jehovah. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares Jehovah: I will put My law within them and write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. And they will no longer teach, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for all of them will know Me, from the little one among them even to the great one among them, declares Jehovah, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.“
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Matthew (Program #56) – The Throne of the Kingdom and the Cup of the Cross
It is easy to read the gospels in the Bible such as Matthew’s gospel and be fascinated by the wonderful stories and the accounts of the many great miracles done by the Lord Jesus. But throughout this gospel, the Lord Jesus repeatedly spoke to His disciples of how He would go to Jerusalem and suffer the humiliating death on the cross to be raised on the third day. But despite His repeating of this most critical aspect of the gospel, His disciples were fully occupied with other things; like who among them will have the highest position in the coming kingdom.
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Isaiah (Program #45) – The All-Inclusive Christ in His Four Stages (3)
Isaiah 53 is one of the best known chapter in the Bible. Its detailed account of the crucifixion of Christ given seven centuries before the actual event has captivated believers and historians throughout history. Yet the short chapter end somewhat curiously. Its final verse says “Therefore I will divide to Him a portion with the Great, And He will divide the spoil with the Strong”. This imagery speaks of victory in warfare, the conquers dividing up the spoils of battle. How does this fit with the striking account of Christ’s suffering and humiliating death on the cross? Don’t miss today’s life study of the Bible.
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Hebrews (Program #31) – The Heavenly Ministry of the Heavenly Christ
Too many of us as Christians have stopped our progress at the cross but we have not gone on to experience Christ on the throne. Today’s message I believe we’ll get much help how to progress on our Christian life.
We’re going to see Christ today as the Great High Priest ministering in two aspects. I think this portion of Scripture may tend to scare some people off because they just don’t understand what these types and pictures refer to and how they apply to them. The message we’re hearing today so clearly defines both of these aspects – the priesthood according to Aaron and the priesthood according to the order of Melchisedec. We will get a full appreciation of what has been accomplished by Christ as our High Priest.
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