After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King\'s Valley).
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
and he blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
' }, psa_110_1_4: { w: 350, caption: 'Psalm 110:1-4 (referenced in Hebrews 1 and 5)', txt: 'The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
' }, f_cor_12_7_10: { w: 300, caption: '1 Corinthians 12:7-10', txt: 'To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\'s power may rest on me.
That is why, for Christ\'s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
' }, ph_4_4_9: { w: 300, caption: 'Philippians 4:4-9', txt: 'Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
' }, heb_1_1_3: { caption: 'Hebrews 1:1-3', txt: 'In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God\'s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
' }, heb_1_4_9: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 1:4-9', txt: 'So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"? And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God\'s angels worship him."
In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire."
But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."
' }, heb_1_10_12: { caption: 'Hebrews 1:10-12', txt: 'He [God] also says, "In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end."
' }, heb_1_13_14: { caption: 'Hebrews 1:13-14', txt: 'To which of the angels did God ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
' }, heb_2_1_4: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 2:1-4', txt: 'We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,
how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
' }, heb_2_5_9: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 2:5-9', txt: 'It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
But there is a place where someone has testified:
"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and put everything under his feet."
In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
But we see Jesus, who was made for a little while lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
' }, heb_2_10_13: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 2:10-13', txt: 'In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises."
And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."
' }, heb_2_14_18: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 2:14-18', txt: 'Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death–that is, the devil–
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham\'s descendants.
For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
' }, heb_3_1_3: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:1-3', txt: 'Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God\'s house.
Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
' }, heb_3_3_6: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:3-6', txt: 'Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Moses was faithful as a servant in all God\'s house, testifying to what would be said in the future.
But Christ is faithful as a son over God\'s house.
And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.
' }, heb_3_4_6: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:4-6', txt: 'For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Moses was faithful as a servant in all God\'s house, testifying to what would be said in the future.
But Christ is faithful as a son over God\'s house.
And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.
' }, heb_3_7_11: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:7-11', txt: 'So, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did.
That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, \'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.\'
So I declared on oath in my anger, \'They shall never enter my rest.\'"
' }, heb_3_12_15: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:12-15', txt: 'See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin\'s deceitfulness.
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.
As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
' }, heb_3_16_19: { caption: 'Hebrews 3:16-19', txt: 'Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the desert?
And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?
So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.
' }, heb_4_12_13: { caption: 'Hebrews 4:12-13', txt: 'For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God\'s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
' }, heb_4_14_16: { caption: 'Hebrews 4:14-16', txt: 'Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
' }, heb_5_4_6: { caption: 'Hebrews 5:4-6', txt: 'No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
' }, rom_8_1_4: { caption: 'Romans 8:1-4', txt: 'Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful humanity to be a sin offering.
And so he condemned sin in human flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
' }, heb_8_3_5: { caption: 'Hebrews 8:3-5', txt: 'Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.
If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.
They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.
This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."
' }, heb_10_1: { caption: 'Hebrews 10:1', txt: 'The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming–not the realities themselves.
For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
' }, heb_10_26_27: { caption: 'Hebrews 10:26-27', txt: 'If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
' }, heb_11_3_4: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:3-4', txt: 'By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God\'s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
' }, heb_11_5_6: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:5-6', txt: 'By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
' }, heb_11_7: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:7', txt: 'By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
' }, heb_11_8_10: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:8-10', txt: 'By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
' }, heb_11_11_12: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:11-12', txt: 'By faith Abraham, even though he was past age–and Sarah herself was barren–was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.
And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
' }, heb_11_13_16: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 11:13-16', txt: 'All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.
People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
Instead, they were longing for a better country–a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
' }, heb_11_17_19: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:7-19', txt: 'By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.
' }, heb_11_20_23: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 11:20-23', txt: 'By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph\'s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.
By faith Moses\' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king\'s edict.
' }, heb_11_24_28: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 11:24-28', txt: 'By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh\'s daughter.
He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.
He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king\'s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
' }, heb_11_29_31: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:29-31', txt: 'By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
' }, heb_11_32_34: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 11:32-34', txt: 'And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets,
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
' }, heb_11_35_40: { w: 300, caption: 'Hebrews 11:35-40', txt: 'Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.
They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated–
the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
' }, law_sin_death: { w: 350, caption: 'The Law of Sin and Death', txt: 'In Romans 8, Paul refers to the Ten Commandments –the Law of Moses– as the Law of Sin and Death because death was the required punishment was for all who broke it.
It wasn\'t carried out in many cases, yet that is what God told them was the penalty for not living the righteous life.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful humanity to be a sin offering.
And so he condemned sin in human flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:1-4)
' }, psa_2: { w: 400, caption: 'Psalm 2 (referenced in Hebrews 1:5)', txt: 'Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One.
"Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
"I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill."
I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
' }, s_sam_7_11_16: { w: 400, caption: '2 Samuel 7:11-16 (referenced in Hebrews 1:5)', txt: '"\'The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you:
When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with the rod of men, with floggings inflicted by men.
But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.\'"
' }, psa_104: { w: 400, caption: 'Psalm 104:1-9 (referenced in Hebrews 1:7)', txt: 'Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his angels, flames of fire his servants.
He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
' }, prophets: { w: 400, caption: 'The Prophets', txt: 'Prophets are people who tell others what God spoke to them.
OT: In the Old Testament, God spoke to Moses and Moses told the people what God said –he was a prophet. The same is true for Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, David, and the others.
NT: The Bible says that when Jesus came, He was the last one that God gave a message to tell the people.
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. (Hebrews 1:1)
According to the Bible, New Testament prophets are to tell others what Jesus has said!
' }, deu_32_36_43: { w: 400, caption: 'Deuteronomy 32:36-43 (referenced in Hebrews 1:6)', txt: 'The LORD will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
He will say: "Now where are their gods, the rock they took refuge in, the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up to help you! Let them give you shelter!
"See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
I lift my hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, while my sword devours flesh: the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders."
Rejoice, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people and let all the angels worship him.
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king\'s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet. Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
' }, psa_102_25_27: { w: 350, caption: 'Psalm 102:25-27 (referenced in Hebrews 1:12)', txt: 'In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
' }, psa_110: { w: 400, caption: 'Psalm&snsp;110 (referenced in Hebrews chapters 1, 7 and 8)', txt: 'The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
' }, pro_4_5_6: { caption: 'Proverbs 4:5-6', txt: 'Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
' }, psa_8: { w:400, caption: 'Psalm 8 (referenced in Hebrews 2:8)', txt: 'O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
You made him for a little while lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
' }, psa_22_1_11: { w:400, caption: 'Psalm 22:1-11 (referenced in Hebrews 2:12)', txt: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: "He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother\'s breast. From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother\'s womb you have been my God.
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
' }, psa_22_12_21: { w:400, caption: 'Psalm 22:12-21 (referenced in Hebrews 2:12)', txt: 'Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs. Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
' }, psa_22_22_31: { w:400, caption: 'Psalm 22:22-31 (referenced in Hebrews 2:12)', txt: 'I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you. You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.
The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him– may your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him– those who cannot keep themselves alive.
Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn– for he has done it.
' }, isa_8_1_18: { w:400, caption: 'Isaiah 8:11-18 (Referenced in Hebrews 2:13)', txt: 'The LORD spoke to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people. He said: "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, and he will be a sanctuary;
but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured."
Bind up the testimony and seal up the law among my disciples. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
' }, psa_95: { w:400, caption: 'Psalm 95 (referenced in Hebrews 3)', txt: 'Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah [quarreling], as you did that day at Massah [testing] in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.
For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways. So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."
Note: In verse 8, the names of these two places forshadowed what the Hebrews were going to do there. Meribah means "quarreling" and Massah means "testing".
' }, s_pet_1_1_4: { w:330, caption: '2 Peter 1:1-4', txt: 'Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Making One\'s Calling and Election Sure His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
' }, exo_16_11_18_31: { w:400, caption: 'Exodus 16:11-18, 31', txt: 'The LORD said to Moses, "I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, \'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.\'"
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.
When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was.
Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat. This is what the LORD has commanded: \'Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.\'"
The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed.
The people of Israel called the bread manna.
' }, deu_8_1_4: { w:330, caption: 'Deuteronomy 8:1-4', txt: 'Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers.
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
' }, num_11_4_6_10_17: { w:400, caption: 'Numbers 11:4-6, 10-17', txt: 'The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost–also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.
He asked the LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth?
Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, \'Give us meat to eat!\'
I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now–if I have found favor in your eyes–and do not let me face my own ruin."
The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel\'s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone.
' }, num_11_1_3: { w:400, caption: 'Numbers 11:1-3', txt: 'Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused.
Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.
So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them.
' }, s_sam_22_7_13: { w:400, caption: '2 Samuel 22:7-13', txt: 'In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
"The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.
Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his canopy around him–the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
' }, num_14_5_11: { w:400, caption: 'Numbers 14:5-11', txt: 'Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes and said to the entire Israelite assembly,
"The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the LORD.
And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them."
But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.
The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?"
' }, deu_1_22_28: { w:400, caption: 'Deuteronomy 1:22-28', txt: 'Then all of you came to me and said, "Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to."
The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it. Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us."
But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You grumbled in your tents and said, "The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, \'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.\'"
' }, deu_1_29_38: { w:400, caption: 'Deuteronomy 1:29-38', txt: 'Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."
In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore: "Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers, except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly."
Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, "You shall not enter it, either. But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.
' }, exo_14_21_28: { w:400, caption: 'Exodus 14:21-28', txt: 'Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.
The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh\'s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea.
During the last watch of the night the LORD looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.
He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, "Let\'s get away from the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt."
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen." Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.
The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen–the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
' }, creation: { w: 280, caption: 'The Creation Story', txt: 'Day 1: Let there be light (Jesus\' Birth)
Day 2: Separation (His Death)
Day 3: Dry Land Emerges(The Resurrection)
Day 4: Sun, Moon, Stars (The Trinity)
Day 5: Birds & Fish (Good & Evil)
Day 6: Animals & Man (Circumstances & Us)
Day 7: Rest (Living by Faith)
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
' }, mat_7_24_27: { caption: 'Matthew 7:24-27', txt: '"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
' }, luk_24_25_27: { caption: 'Luke 24:25-27', txt: 'Speaking to the men on the road to Emmaus...
He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
' }, f_cor_15_56_57: { caption: '1 Corinthians 15:56-57', txt: 'The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
' }, exo_24_3_4: { caption: 'Exodus 24:3-4', txt: 'When Moses went and told the people all the LORD\'s words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do."
Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said.
' }, tempted_body: { caption: 'Tempted in His Body (Matthew 4:1-4)', txt: 'Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Jesus answered, "It is written: \'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\'"
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down.
For it is written:
"\'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.\'"
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: \'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.\'"
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: \'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.\'"
Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
' }, isa_53_7_12: { w:400, caption: 'Isaiah 53:7-12', txt: 'He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the LORD\'s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
After the suffering of his soul, he will see and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
' }, joh_3_1_15: { w:500, caption: 'John 3:1-15', txt: 'Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother\'s womb to be born!"
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, \'You must be born again.\'
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.
"You are Israel\'s teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things?
I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven–the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
' }, exo_13_21_22: { caption: 'Exodus 13:21-22', txt: 'By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
' }, exo_19_9: { caption: 'Exodus 19:9', txt: 'The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you." Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
' }, custom_refs: { w: 400, caption: 'The custom of references', txt: 'It was the Hebrew custom to quote a phrase from a passage of Scripture with the understanding that the context of the quote was to be applied to the subject of discussion. It\'s much like a bookmark.
In our English language we do the same thing. One example that comes to mind is "Don\'t pay attention to him, he\'s just crying Wolf". That\'s a common reference to the children\'s teaching story about a shepherd boy who lied to get attention. After being fooled too many times, the town\'s people quit believing his cries for help and didn\'t come to his aid. So the boy ended up being eaten by the wolf.
When a person is said to be "crying wolf" it means he is lying and will end up being hurt because of his lies. The speaker of that common phrase assumes that the hearer is familiar with, and will apply, the whole story.
A example from the Bible is found in Hebrews 2:12 where it says: "So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. He says, \'I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises.\'" That comes from Psalm 22. The implication is that there is much more of that psalm that applies to God\'s Son.
So when a phrase from an Old Testament passage is quoted, the whole passage should be examined to understand the rest of the story. This is especially true with quotes referring to Jesus.
- God Communicated with the Hebrews in extraordinary ways
- Jesus Contrasted with the Angels
- What God Says about Angels
- The Father\'s Description of His Son Jesus
- The Purpose of Angels
- The Son\'s Message is More Important than the Angels\'
- Jesus\' Message Has Eternal Consequences
- Wait, Watch and Welcome the Son
- The Priesthood
- The Change of the Priesthood
- Accept God\'s Word as Fact and Grow Up
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,
' }, hos_6_1_2: { caption: 'Hosea 6:1-2', txt: '"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
' }, psa_16_7_11: { caption: 'Psalm 16:7-11', txt: 'I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You will make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
' }, psa_17_15: { caption: 'Psalm 17:15', txt: 'And I—in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
' }, isa_53_10_11: { caption: 'Isaiah 53:10-11', txt: 'Yet it was the LORD\'s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though you made his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
He will see the result of the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; knowledge of him my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
' }, isa_26_19: { caption: 'Isaiah 16:19', txt: 'But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
' }, dan_12_13: { caption: 'Daniel 12:13', txt: 'As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.
' }, job_14_13_15: { caption: 'Job 14:13-15', txt: 'If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my release to come.
You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
' }, job_19_25_27: { caption: 'Job 19:25-27', txt: 'I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And after I awake, though this body has been destroyed, then I will see God;
I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
' }, lev_16_20_22: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 16:20-22', txt: '"When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.
He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites–all their sins–and put them on the goat\'s head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task.
The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert."
' }, lev_16_11_14: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 16:11-14', txt: '"Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain.
He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
He is to take some of the bull\'s blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover."
' }, lev_16_15_19: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 16:15-19', txt: '"He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull\'s blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.
In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
No one is to be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel.
"Then he shall come out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull\'s blood and some of the goat\'s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
' }, lev_4_22_26: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 4:22-26', txt: '"\'When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, he is guilty.
When he is made aware of the sin he committed, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.
He is to lay his hand on the goat\'s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man\'s sin, and he will be forgiven.
' }, lev_4_3_5: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 4:3-5', txt: '"\'If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
He is to present the bull at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the LORD.
Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull\'s blood and carry it into the Tent of Meeting.
' }, lev_4_13_15: { w: 350, caption: 'Leviticus 4:13-15', txt: '"\'If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD\'s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, they are guilty.
When they become aware of the sin they committed, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull\'s head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
' }, baptism: { w: 200, caption: 'Baptism', txt: '- The History of Baptism
- Baptism\'s Four Purposes
- John\'s Baptism
- Jesus\' Baptism
- Apostles\' Baptism
- Paul\'s Baptism
- Is Baptism Essential?
- Baptism In Whose Name?
- Conclusions About Baptism
Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ.
What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
' }, gal_4_4_7: { caption: 'Galatians 4:4-7', txt: 'But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
' }, rom_4_13: { caption: 'Romans 4:13', txt: 'It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
' }, heb_11_17: { caption: 'Hebrews 11:17', txt: 'By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
' }, heb_1_1_2_emp: { caption: 'Hebrews 1:1-2', txt: 'In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
' }, psa_16_7_11: { caption: 'Psalm 16:7-11', txt: 'I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
' }, psa_17_14_15: { caption: 'Psalm 17:14-15', txt: 'O LORD, by your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life.
You still the hunger of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
And I–in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
' }, isa_26_19: { caption: 'Isaiah 26:19', txt: 'But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
' }, isa_53_10_11: { caption: 'Isaiah 53:10-11', txt: 'Yet it was the LORD\'s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
' }, job_14_13_17: { w: 310, caption: 'Job 14:13-17', txt: '"If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
' }, job_19_25_27: { caption: 'Job 19:25-27', txt: 'I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him with my own eyes–I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
' }, dan_12_13: { caption: 'Daniel 12:13', txt: '"As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."
' }, hos_6_1_2: { caption: 'Hosea 6:1-2', txt: '"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
' }, law_grace: { w: 250, caption: 'Law (Legalism) vs. Grace', txt: '- The Law\'s Purpose
- The Old Covenent vs. the New
- The Meaning of "It Is Finished!"
- The Solution to Man\'s Problems
- Doesn\'t the Law Still Apply?
- Enter into God\'s Sabbath Rest
- Beware of the Teachers of Law
- Luther\'s Preface Preface to Romans
- May I Have Your ID Please?
- Are You Still Struggling?
- Being In Christ
- Translated From Death To Life
- The Old Is Gone
- The New Has Come
- New Relationship with God In Christ
- In Summary
"As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD.
"And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."
The reference to "worm" has to do with the glow that can be seen in burning charcoal. In this case it\'s describing an unending existence in torment.
' }, dan_12_1_3: { w: 310, caption: 'Daniel 12:1-3', txt: '"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise.
There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.
But at that time your people–everyone whose name is found written in the book–will be delivered.
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever."
' }, joh_1_1_5_14: { w: 350, caption: 'John 1:1-5, 14', txt: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
' }, gen_14_17_20: { caption: 'Genesis 14:17-20', txt: 'After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King\'s Valley).
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!"
' }, gen_14_1_7: { w: 350, caption: 'Genesis 14:1-7', txt: 'In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.
Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who were dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.
' }, gen_14_8_12: { w: 350, caption: 'Genesis 14:8-12', txt: 'Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
They also took Lot, the son of Abram\'s brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.
' }, gen_14_13_16: { w: 350, caption: 'Genesis 14:13-16', txt: 'Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
' }, faithful: { w:300, caption: 'Hebrews: Faith, Faithful', txt: 'The Bible term "faithful" refers to a person\'s heart that is controlled by faith in God.
Examples:
Jesus\': Hebrews 2:17, 3:2, 3:6, 10:23, 10:38
Moses\': Hebrews 3:5
Peoples\': Hebrews 4:2, 6:1, 6:12, 10:22, 10:39, all of chapter 11
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
' }, mat_3_16_17: { caption: 'Matthew 3:16-17', txt: 'After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."
' }, mat_17_5: { caption: 'Matthew 17:5 – At the Transfiguration', txt: 'While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"
' }, deu_4_9_10: { w: 300, caption: 'Deuteronomy 4:9-10 – Before the reading of the Ten Commandments at Mount Horeb', txt: '"Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.
Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, \'Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.\'"
' }, heb_7_11_16: { w: 400, caption: 'Hebrews 7:11-16 – A Change of theNow if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?
For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.
For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.
And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
' }, deu_27_26_28_1_2: { w: 300, caption: 'Deuteronomy 27:26-28:2"Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.\' And all the people shall say, \'Amen.\'
Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
\'All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God...\' "
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