The Faces of Opposition
This post presents limited research concerning the impact the Greco-Roman era had on events and conditions within the Book of Acts in Scripture. Spanning a timeline of 30 to 65 A.D., numerous concurrent and sequential …
The Path of Treasured Burden
When considering how God prepared Paul for his work among both Jews and Gentiles during his life, there were very specific outcomes both favorable and unfavorable to many people. Especially concerning those who were in …
The Seeds of Antioch
To further understand the birth of the early Church, it is necessary to recognize what occurred at Antioch in ancient Syria. After Stephen’s life was taken by people hostile to his testimony and faith in …
The Veil of Sacred Space
The temple was a cultural and religious gathering location of people throughout Israel. Either daily or on occasion, in observance of festivals, people of Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond would gather at the temple to fellowship, …
The Words of Life
Introduction Both the Old and New Testaments were compiled over a period of about 1,500 years. From about 1400 B.C. to 90 A.D., God used over forty different writers to author the Scriptures under the …
Message of the Prophets
This is an academic textbook about major and minor prophets authored throughout written Scripture. It is a comprehensive survey of each prophet in the Old Testament that provides a topical view from both pre-exilic and …
On Fertile Ground
From a cursory understanding of Middle-Eastern history, it is apparent that the empires that formed were superseded to bring about the arrival of Christ on Earth. Conditions were sovereignly orchestrated as each empire rose to …
The Chosen Servant
This post is about the prophecy of Isaiah concerning the Servant of Yahweh, as described in his first Servant Song (Is 42:1-7). Through the course of history, we come to recognize the characteristics of this …
The Final Admonition
The final admonition given to the post-exilic people of Israel included instructions concerning obedience of the Torah (the Mosaic Law) and to watch for the arrival of the Messiah. While the people of Israel returned …
The Spirit of Power
To assure the construction and completion of the second temple after Israel’s Babylonian exile, Zerubbabel was commissioned to undertake the project with supernatural help. As we read in Zechariah 4:6, Zerubbabel as governor of Judah …
Dancing with Fire
A recurring emphasis throughout this textbook concerns YHWH’s judgments upon Israel, Judah, and the surrounding nations. The stated causes of these judgments are identified as idolatry, “social injustice,” and empty ritualism, based on the authors’ …
The Faith That Counts
It was YHWH Himself who said, “the righteous shall live by faith (Hab 2:4). While speaking to the prophet Habakkuk, the context of this piercing message was about Judah’s injustices and how God appointed the …
Seeds of the Wretched
2020 Update: This is an edit to an earlier post. It has been a few years since I began to give these booklets out to people. Looking back, I suppose they have made a difference …
Altar of the Destitute
“With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands …
Burden of the Nevi’im
As Jonah was an obstinate and disobedient prophet of YHWH, he refused the LORD’s instructions to travel to the city of Nineveh in Assyria and warn them of destruction. Due to the great evil in …
