Greenland Bible Studies: March 2017

3/20/2017

I/II Kings, I/II Chronicles - Reigning King

SAMUEL

Remember in the book of Samuel, the people told the old prophet, “we don't want Judges or Prophets, we want a King to rule over us.” - God gave them Saul who became proud in his own eyes and the Kingdom was taken from him. This paved the way for the King God planned for Israel all along, the great grandson of Ruth and Boaz, King David – who is know as the greatest King Israel ever had. Then, David's son, Solomon took the throne and was known far and wide as the wisest man on earth. King Solomon is also the man God appointed to build the Temple for the people to have a place to come together to worship the Lord. (I Kings 5-8). It seemed things were going well for Israel but not so...now the reign of kings, good and bad in the book of Kings/Chronicles. King Solomon began marrying daughters of rival kingdoms to create an alliance with Israel and in the process worships other Gods (I Kings 9-11).

DAVID

SOLOMON

After the death of King Solomon – other Kings, good and bad, reigned – the Kingdom was split into two parts: Israel in the North, Judah in the South. (I Kings 12-16)

In His everlasting mercy, the Lord sends two more fiery prophets, first Elijah – who battles wicked King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel and second, Elisha. (I Kings 18 – II Kings 2) – who watches Elijah go to heaven in a whirlwind on a “chariot of fire and horses of fires,” (II Kings 2.12).

ELIJAH - AHAZ

ELISHA

HEZEKIAH

Then, Hezekiah (II Kings18.4) who “brake the images” of the high places.

JABEZ

Finally, the “Chronicles” of good men such as Jabez, an ordinary man, not a prophet, priest or king, who was “more honorable than his brethren” and prayed a prayer God granted, that would keep him clean from evil. (II Chr 4.10). Are you such an one for the Lord Jesus?

In all this, we see the Lord Jesus as He is and will be when He comes again, Reigning King.

We have studied Prophets of God's choosing to point His people to Himself, the Lord God Jehovah.

We have studied good kings and bad kings and good kings who ended up bad kings. They are all “types” of the one true King, the Lord Jesus.

As Prophet, Jesus knows all, is before all and knows what will be.

As King, Jesus is above all and Authority over all.

What characteristics of the individuals we have studied so far make you think of Jesus?

3/13/2017

I/II Samuel - Rejected King

(I Sam 8.4) The elders met with the prophet Samuel and rebuked the old man because of the way his sons behaved. They declared they wanted a King instead of a prophet or judge to rule over them. "Give us a King to judge us." (8.6) Thus, the Lord gave them what they asked for. But they were also warned that a king would take from them things a prophet would not. (8.11-17) i.e., taxes on property, land, possessions. This is what the people wanted instead of someone that would tell them of their sin. So, Samuel anoints Saul (10.1) although this was not God's perfect will for Israel.

Saul indeed won many victories but with each victory came pride. At first the people were happy. (10.24)
The prophet, Samuel is still preaching repentance as he emphasizes, "the Lord your God was your King." (12.12) Plainly, he pointed out who they were rejecting and warning of the consequences that would follow their continued wicked ways. (12.25)
With King Saul's pride comes impatience to listen and wait on the Word of the Lord from the prophet Samuel. During one campaign against the Amalekites, the old prophet told the King to destroy ALL. Men, women, children, animals, their king, Agag. (13.-1-14).
As previously noted, his pride was going to get in the way. Saul thought he knew best and brought back the "best of the spoils," from this battle. Samuel calls him on it. Saul said he only brought back the best sheep for sacrifices!
Can you believe it? A religious excuse for disobedience!
Samuel, like a father to a wayward child rebukes this stubbor king and says "the kingdom will be taken from his hands!" Then names his sin, rebellion! (15.23)
Pride, stubborness and rebellion have reaped their consequence. No more kingdom for the king.
He rejected God, God rejected him.
Just like we rejected the Lord Jesus in sin before He showed mercy by His sacrifice on the cross, burial and resurrection.

Will you reject Him too?

Ruth - Kinsman Redeemer

(1.1,2) Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, ... And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. ...

The sons each took a wife in the land of Moab, Orpah and Ruth. In time, Elimelech died, then, the sons died and their wives were left with only the mother inlaw, Naomi.

Naomi had no means of income and no way to make a living so she went back to Bethlehem. She told the daughters inlaw who were of Moab to go back to their people. Orpah - BUT

(1.16) And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

When Naomi realized how much Ruth loved her, she was certain to thank God for that love in the loss of her two sons. So, Ruth and Namoi continued on their journey back to Bethlehem, “the house of bread.”

When they returned to Bethlehem, Naomi's friends, whom she had left ten years before (1.4), did not recognize her because of the grief she had suffered. She told them (1.20, 21)) the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...

At the time, Naomi did not see that the Lord had given her Ruth, so she really wasn't alone or empty...

Ruth and Naomi had to eat, and the custom in those days was to take the leftovers from a kinsman's field. So, Ruth went into the fields and “gleaned ears of corn.”

One day Boaz came to his field and saw Ruth. When he asked who she was he was told “The Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.” It was also told to Boaz that she had asked to “glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.” In other words she humbly asked permission before she took even the leftovers.

Boaz was so mesmerized or taken by her beautiful, humble manner he approached her and reassured her she could take as much as she needed. Ruth, realizing who she was speaking to, i.e., the Master of the field, said (2.10) “...Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?”

Boaz proceeded to tell Ruth he had heard of her kindness to her mother inlaw in the death of her husband. How she had left all to care for this widow. Not only did he tell her of the things he knew of her but sent her home with far more than she could've gathered on her own. (2.11-17)

Because of Ruth's great love and kindness to Naomi, Naomi wanted to give back to Ruth. With her years of wisdom and according to the laws of her people, she instructed Ruth to go to the threshing floor in the evening where Boaz would be. After he fell asleep, Naomi told Ruth to lay down at his feet until he awoke and then he would tell her what to do... (3.1-8)

Ruth's simple act of obedience and humility was about to be honored more than she could've ever imagined.

Boaz recognized Ruth's virtuous character and wanted to marry her but under the customs of their law, their was a nearer kinsman than he – he told Ruth to go back home and wait.

He also had to wait until the other relative was notified that Naomi's land could be sold to the nearest relative. You see, Boaz honest and righteous man that he was, knew he wasn't the nearest kinsmen to Naomi. So He sat down with the other relative and 10 other witnesses to prove the matter.

He told the man about Naomi's land. At first the man said, okay. But Boaz told him that if he agreed to buy the land then he must also marry Ruth, the Moabite woman and any children born to her would be part of the inheritance. The man did not want to share any of his lands with Ruth or their children, he selfishly wanted to keep it all for himself.

So, he told Boaz he would not marry Ruth.

Then the man took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz as a legal representation of the agreement. Another unusual custom among the Jews.

Boaz was then free to take Ruth for his own.

(4.13-17)

So Boaz took Ruth and she was his wife: ...and she bare a son..And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel...

...And the women...(said) There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”

You see, by providing Naomi with the Kinsmen the redeem her from the death and poverty all around her, the Lord gave her life and hope for tomorrow by giving her the “Kinsmen Redeemer.” The blessing she could have never forseen through Ruth was to be the great, great grandmother of Israel's greatest king, King David.

Judges - Judge

What is a Judge?

Websters defines a judge as “A civil officer with authority to hear and determine cases, civil or criminal, between parties, or ...one who can discern truth ... Webster's final authoritative definition if of The Supreme Being. Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25.
Do YOU know what a judge does? ex. He sits on a high seat above the court and says “please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? (where do you put your left hand? - on the bible)

EXECUTE this scenario by having students “raise right hand and put LH on bible” or He might say “order in the court!” or He might proceed to explain:
Then in our mock court, he might say something like this:

“In the matter of _God the Father and righteous Judge__vs. __(student name's)__ we are here today to try the case regarding (willful sin) if (student name's) are found guilty but have been washed by the blood of the Lamb, then I will judge him accordingly in his life and the next. If (student name's) is found guilty and do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as his/her personal Saviour, in the free pardon of sin, then (student name's) are condemned and will spend eternity in torture, darkness, and hellfire forever and ever. A place where “the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.” (Mk 9.48)

Why did God send judges? Over and over we are told because “Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,” or they sinned by worshiping other gods -

Attend your ear to the following judges – did they judge rightly?

Ehud whose name means “I will be thanked, I will be praise.” 3:12-30 was left-handed and killed Eglon, king of Moab. V15 “...when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer...(who slew the enemy king with a two-edged sword (v16) into his fat belly) (v22) – (v29) and slew about 10,000 men and there escaped not a man.” No enemy was allowed to escape
Deborah (the exception, not the rule – but still under the authority of the ruler Barak) whose name means “bee” (maybe because she had stinging words a cowardly man 4.6 “didn't the Lord tell you go into battle”) 4:1--5:31 urged Barak to attack the mighty army of the Canaanites, which he did and their 900 “chariots of iron” and slew all of them.
Othniel (oth·nē·āl) whose name means “lion of God.” 3:7-11 a nephew of Caleb, delivered Israel from the Mesopotamians. V10 - “the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered...king of Mesopotamia into his hand...”
Gideon whose name means “hewer” or to cut or chop down 6:11-8:35 led 300 Israelites to defeat the entire army of the Midianites. “Little is much when God is in it.” Gideon actually saw the angel of the Lord (6.21) who told him he would not die in the battle (6.23). Gideon, though a timid leader, took the Lord at His word. To execute the battle for the Lord, God only allowed 300 men out of 22,000 for Gideon's campaign against the Midianites. The Midianites numbered (7.12) “as the sand by the seaside.” So, for illiteration's sake 300 against 100,000 – that's over 300 to 1! Yet by the Lord's direction with the tactics Gideon used, that is Gideon, whose name means to “cut down,” did just that – get this, without EVER using a weapon! I ask you, does the Lord need the might of many men for battle? Does the Lord need our pitiful weapons for battle? What is the greatest weapon for battle? Prayer and obedience
Jair (ya ear) whose name means “he enlightens” 10.3-5 – this man had many sons and many donkey's which just means he was a rich man in his day – most times it is the rich men who are in a seat of authority. So who is the richest and owns it all?
Jephthah (yif·täkh') whose name means “he opens” 11:1--12:7 was a harlot's son who defeated the Amorites. He had the heart of a judge but was made rash or quick decisions without thought of the consequences. He vowed to make sacrifice of of the first thing he saw after the enemy was defeated. The first thing he saw when he returned home was his only daughter – to give her to God in sacrifice meant his name would never live on in sons – but we know, by reading this scripture, that his name did live on, because we are told of him in this book. Everything God does is eternal...
Ibzan (iv·sän) whose name means “their whiteness” 12.8-10. The only thing we know about Ibzan is he had 30 daughters. We also know that he married them to outsiders. Thus the Lord ushered in the Gentiles in the NT who were before known as “outsiders.”
Elon (a loan) whose name means “mighty, strong” 12:11-12 All we really know of him is the meaning of his name and that he judged for 12 years (12 being the number of government, consequentially) as in “the government shall be on His shoulders” (Isa 9.6)
Abdon (Av doan) whose name means “servile or dependent like a servant” 12:13-15. He was also a rich man in that he had 40 sons 30 nephews and 70 donkeys which was a sign of wealth in his day. This man judged 8 years – eight is the number for resurrection or new beginning.
Samson whose name means “like the son” 13:1--16:31 delivered Israel from the Philistines. Known for his great strength. But forgot where his help came from and was fooled by a woman and suffered for it. But at the end of his life, Samson destroyed more enemies than the span of his life.

By comparing scripture with scripture, look at the meaning of the names of these 10 judges –

Where do you see Jesus?

I will be thanked-I will be praise, (Ps 150.4 let everything that hath breath praise the Lord)

bee, (I Cor 15.56 the sting of death is sin)

lion of God, (Rev 5.5 the lion of the tribe of Judah...hath prevailed)

to cut or chop down, (Heb 4.12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”)

he enlightens (Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light unto my path...Ps 119.105),

he opens (Eph 1.18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling... ),

their whiteness, (Isa 1:18 sins white like snow, Rev 1:14 His hair white like wool)

mighty – strong, (Isa 9.6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.)

dependent like a servant, (Phil 2.7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, )

like the son – what was gained by Samson's death? Destroyed more enemies by his death than in life (Rom 5.10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. )

Okay, you are the judge, what will you do? You are the Judge, will you judge righteously?

Two women, one baby. Both women have a baby. One woman rolls over in the night and smothers her baby by accident. This woman take the other baby unknown to its mother. This is discovered and now the two women dispute who is the true mother. What would you do?

To find the answer to this dilemma, read I Kings 3.16-28

Joshua - Captain of the Lord's Host

Joshua 5:14

Joshua 5.13-14

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

What is a Captain? Primarily, he is a military commander but let's read the definition in Websters and Strong's concordance

Captain - (W)a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who commands a company,

(H8269)prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain - vassal, noble, official (under king)

If this office is “under a king” but is a “Chief officer,” - who is the second person in the Godhead?

God, the Father, God, the Son...

What is the name of the Son? Jesus

Who are we looking for in Joshua? Jesus

Who is the Captain of the Lord's Host? Jesus

If Moses was a type of the Lord and Joshua was “under Moses,” would you say Joshua was a type of “captain?” yes

Let's look at Joshua's life, the battles he fought and what could be applied to the Lord Jesus.

The book of Joshua opens this way:

Rest but armed:

The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

1.4 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

Then, it's time to go to battle!

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 4.14

Jericho: (6.12-27) 7 times they marched around – on the seventh trip around the great walled city, the priests blew the trumpets, the people shouted and “the walls came tumbling down.” Who teaches obedience? Jesus
Ai (7.2-6) – this fight was lost because of bad intelligence, he trusted the wrong men. Did the Lord ever give bad information? No, His Word is always right and true (Ps 19...righteous altogether)
Ai and Bethel (8.1-29) – Ai again with an added city – the Captain, Joshua – made strategic decisions that won this fight. If one follows the Word to the letter, will the battle be won? Yes, of course
Amorites (10.1-27) – in this battle we find the Captain actually “chasing” the enemy (10.10) away from God's people. Have you every fought for something or someone else? Who fights our battles when we cannot? The Lord Jesus

Many times, the Captain, Joshua, was told by the Lord (8.1, 10.25) to “fear not.” This message he passed on to the army. In any fight, it's “okay” to be afraid. But if one is in the Lord's will while fighting enemies seen and unseen, then you can rest assured you will previal.

What a bold, courageous man, this Joshua. A fighting man, a man of war.

Jesus said: “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. “ (Mt 10.34)

Of the 13 Campaigns against 7 Kings that Captain Joshua led, they lost only one and that was because of bad intelligence from the spies! (7.2-6)

Listen to the words of modern day leaders to their fighting men.

(Have students take turns wearing the Captains hat and think of how they would feel and present the following speeches):

The Captain will carry out the plans of the General

Who is our Captain? The Lord Jesus – Who is our General? God

From General Patton of WWII:

Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is (just not true). . . .When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big-league ball players and the toughest boxers. ... Battle is the most significant competition in which a man can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.

... Only two percent of you right here today would be killed in a major battle. Every man is scared in his first action. If he says he's not, he's a ... liar. But the real hero is the man who fights even though he's scared. Some men will get over their fright in a minute under fire, some take an hour, and for some it takes days. But the real man never lets his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood....

An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, and fights as a team..

All the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters. Every single man in the army plays a vital role. So don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. What if every truck driver decided that he didn't like the whine of the shells and turned yellow and jumped headlong into a ditch? ...Every man does his job. Every man is important. The ordnance men are needed to supply the guns, the quartermaster is needed to bring up the food and clothes for us ...Every last ... man in the mess hall, even the one who boils the water to keep us from getting (sick) has a job to do.

And you should have seen the trucks on the road to Gabès. Those drivers were magnificent. All day and all night they crawled along those ...roads, never stopping, never deviating from their course with shells bursting all around them. Many of the men drove over 40 consecutive hours. We got through on good old American guts. These were not combat men. But they were soldiers with a job to do. They were part of a team. Without them the fight would have been lost.

Sure, we all want to go home. We want to get this war over with. But you can't win a war lying down.

Some of you men are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out under fire. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that you'll all do your duty. War is a bloody business, ...
I don't want any messages saying 'I'm holding my position.'.... We're advancing constantly ...

There will be some complaints that we're pushing our people too hard. ..Pushing harder means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that... Even if you are hit, you can still fight. …

General McArthur of WWII
To the Philippine People: I Have Returned

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil — soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples. We have come, dedicated and committed, to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring, upon a foundation of indestructible, strength, the liberties of your people.

Japanese Surrender Ceremony

Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain death — the seas bear only commerce men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed.

“Old Soldiers Never Die:” Farewell Address to Congress

I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.

Speech to West Point Cadets: Duty -Honor – Country

Duty – Honor – Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

How many battles did Joshua lose? one

Is Joshua a type of the Lord Jesus? yes

What is Jesus' name in the book of Joshua? Captain of the Lord's Host

Did, has or will Jesus lose ANY battles? No

Who is your Captain? Jesus

Deuteronomy - Prophet, like unto Moses

Students dress up in robes and think of themselves as a prophet; walking among the people, praying, meditating on God's Word.

*Deut 18:15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
Deut 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

A prophet is “one who speaks for another.”

Once again, in the middle of more laws and rules, another office is named: Prophet

CH Spurgeon said: “Through His divine grace, the Lord did not leave our fathers altogether without a word from Himself even after the Fall, for between the days of Adam and Moses there were occasional voices heard as of God speaking with man. Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob... But as you remember, while in Egypt there was no voice heard from God, until Moses, the Deliverer...

Because the people would not hear the voice of thunderings from Mt Sinai, they felt the need for an “interpreter,” or one who would tell us what God said. Thus the verses in *Deut 18.15 and 18.18.

Who's words did Moses give from Mt Sinai? (God)

Who is our modern day prophet? That is, who tells us what God is saying through His Word? (the preacher)

ACTIVITY: Have students act out as if they were the prophets speaking the words. Stand on steps as “lifted up above the people” to be heard for first two, sit at table and write for third.

The Prophet Spoke God’s Word

God told Ezekiel: You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious (Eze 2:7).

Amos wrote, Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:7,8)

Daniel wrote down a dream that God had given him: set as desk and pretend to write (Dan7:1, 2). In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head ...: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea...

The prophet is called a man of God (1 Samuel 2:27). (students act out each trait)

The prophet is a servant and messenger of the Lord (Isaiah 42:19).

The prophet was called a seer (Isaiah 30:10).

The prophet was a man of the Spirit or “inspired man” (Hosea 9:7).

The prophet was a watchman for the people (Ezekiel 3:17)

Even Kings Must Obey The Prophets (Deut 17:18, 19).

(using costumes/crown, one is king, one is prophet – portray king listening intently to the prophet)

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book...

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

There Were False Prophets Who Existed (students act out proud, arrogant man who thinks he is right)

While God raised up His true prophets, Scripture also warns of the existence of false prophets:

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die (Deut 18:20).

God judged the false prophets during the time of Moses:
(pretend to be a false prophet getting swallowed up b/c of false teaching)

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men. And they served as a warning sign (Num 26:10).

(side note – let this be a warning for lying!)

The Old Testament Prophets Continued Until John The Baptist

Jesus said, “For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John”(Matthew 11:13).
(pretend to be John the B. calling out for “Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world” Jn 1.29) – honest, sober

What manner/attitude would a prophet have?

Moses (meek), Ezekiel (bold), Amos/Daniel (obedient), John the Baptist (fiery)

Would meek, bold, obedient or fiery men have been accepted in the eyes of nonbelievers? (No)

Would they have seemed to fit in? (No)

Think about it.

If Bro. Phil asked you to put blood on your door posts, what would you think? (Moses)

If Bro. Phil asked you to pray three times each day even though you might be put in jail for it, what would you do? (Daniel)

If Bro. Phil said he saw visions of creatures with four wings and feet like a calf and the color of brass, what would think about him? (Ezekiel)

If Bro. Phil dressed in animal skins and ate grasshoppers, would you still come to hear him? (John the Baptist)

All these attributes are things seen in prophets. True prophets, that is.

What is the defnition of a prophet?

A prophet is one who speaks for another.

Who was Jesus speaking for? (God)

Was He a servant of God? Jn 4.34, 6.38, 14.9 “If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father.”

Was He a prophet? Did He speak of another? Yes, He spoke of His Father, God

Was He a priest? Yes, like the High Priest in Leviticus, He offered Himself a sacrifice

What does He mean to you?

Do you believe as a prophet, He spoke the Words of God?

Was He God? “Emmanuel, God with us”

Do you see Him in Deuteronomy?

What is He in Deuteronomy? (prophet)

Walking among the people, praying, meditating on God's Word.