Darron's Christian Biblical Studies

The Feast of Trumpets Numbers 29:1-8 Num 29:1-8 "On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,   2   and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;   3   also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram,   4   and one tenth for each of the seven lambs;   5   with one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;   6   besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering, according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.   7 "On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict your...

Steadfast Faith 2 Kings 18:1-7a; 20:16-21 I.             Hezekiah's Heritage, 2 Kgs. 16:2-4 1.         Hezekiah became the 13th king of Judah in 715 BC. He was one of the best kings of Judah , but he was also the son of Ahaz, one of the worst kings since the days of Ahab. 2.         The Bible has this to say about the reign of his father Ahaz: 2 Kgs 16:2-4 “Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.  3 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.  4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.” 3.   ...

Gethsemane , Gabbatha & Golgotha Mark 14:1-15:47 I.             Gethsemane , Mk 14:32-42; John 17:1-26 The Garden of Gethsemane , which was just east of Jerusalem on the hillside of the Mount of Olives , was a favorite retreat for Jesus, where He would go frequently for rest, prayer and fellowship with His Disciples. After Jesus had eaten the Passover meal with His disciples, they went out to the Garden of Gethsemane , where the Lord, as it were, surrounds Himself with two rings of prayer-supporters, as a king in battle might be surrounded by his bodyguards. As they enter, Jesus leaves eight of the disciples at the entrance and goes further within with the three, who were His closest companions. To these three, Peter, James and John, the Lord revealed something of the inner struggle that was His: this is one of the points of His life at which we see how real the temptations in the wilderness were. It is at this po...