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In the Beginning … Session 17 — The Flood

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For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

[2 Peter 3:5-7]

Is there geographical evidence in the earth of a world-wide flood?

Can we trust the Biblical account of Noah’s flood to be the true historical record of this catastrophic event?

Why is the validity of Noah’s flood day under attack and facing such scrutiny in our “modern” culture?

To discover answers to these questions and more, check out Session 17 in my Genesis study.

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The Feast of Tabernacles — The Dwelling Place of God is with Man

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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

[Revelation 21:3-4]

This week God’s people all over the world have been celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles — or Sukkot.

This amazing divine appointment shows us so much about God’s desire to dwell with His people.

Tabernacles reveals to us significant patterns of the past, reminds us of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, and points us to the prophetic promises of the coming Kingdom of God.

To discover more about his appointed feast of the LORD, feel free to access my previous posts and watch my latest teaching on the Regeneration Radio You Tube page below.

The Feast of Tabernacles Blog

The Feast of Tabernacles Future Fulfillment

In the Beginning … Session 16 — The Ark

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For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 

[1 Peter 3:18-20]

The so-called conventional wisdom of our progressive culture scoffs at the notion of Noah’s ark.

After all, how absurd to believe that Noah rounded up millions of species of animals and loaded them on a little toy boat to survive a global flood.

Laughable, they say.

Even many Christians have begun to doubt the historical account of Noah’s ark by acquiescing to the authority of the “scientific” community.

Maybe the ark and the flood story was merely symbolic or metaphorical of a spiritual lesson. Maybe the flood was localized and only affected the small indigenous population of Noah’s ancient community.

All of these objections and attacks on the Biblical narrative, however, can easily be answered historically and scientifically. With just a little common sense and logic, the perceived obstacles to Noah’s ark are erased and the Biblical account rings true.

To discover more about the historical accuracy and scientific validity of Noah’s ark, be sure to access the digital resources for Session 16 below.

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Yom Kippur and the Finished Work of Jesus Christ

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For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

[Hebrews 9:24-28]

This is the Day …

The Day of Atonement.

The holiest of God’s divine appointments.

Today is a day for the covenant people of God to humble themselves, examine their hearts, confess their sins, and boldly approach God’s throne to find mercy and grace in time of need.

May this be the posture of God’s people until the setting of the sun today … and beyond.

May God reveal Himself to you in a personal and powerful way, as you seek His face on Yom Kippur.

May the Lord Jesus be worshipped and glorified for His finished work as our Great High Priest and as our atoning sacrifice for sin, once and for all!

For more information of this sacred appointed day, feel free to access my previous teachings on Yom Kippur by clicking the links below.

The Feast of Yom Kippur {The Day of Atonement} – Part 1
The Feast of Yom Kippur {The Day of Atonement} Future Fulfillment

In the Beginning … Session 15 — Noah

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For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly…

[2 Peter 2:4-5]

The pre-flood world was much stranger than any of us could possibly imagine. Rebellious angels came down to the earth and committed forbidden sins, introducing all kinds of evil to mankind. Giant genetic hybrids roamed and ruled the earth, devouring the sons of Adam. All flesh had been corrupted or killed. Time was running out to save the human race and preserve the promised seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15).

Enter Noah.

By the time Noah and his family finished building the ark, they were almost certainly the last uncorrupted human family alive on the earth. The fate and future of the human race would be left up to eight souls.

God showed Noah grace in his generation and gave him an extraordinary assignment — the salvation of humanity — and we are here today because of Noah’s faithful obedience.

To discover more about Noah — the great hero of our faith — check out the next session in my Genesis study.

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The Day of Atonement — The Day of Final Judgment

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When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’

[Matthew 25:31-34]

At sundown on Tuesday October 4 through sundown October 5, God’s people all over the world will be observing the Day of Atonement — the most holy of God’s divine appointments.

The Lord Jesus is our Great High Priest who was raised from the dead and entered the heavenly temple to offer His own blood once and for all, partially fulfilling the Day of Atonement.

However, Jesus will finally fulfill this divine appointment when He returns as King of heaven and Judge of all the earth.

Even today, we as God’s people have a unique opportunity once a year to deny ourselves, examine our hearts, confess sin, and ask God for forgiveness and mercy, as we prepare to stand before the Judge of all the earth.

To discover more about the most holy day on God’s calendar, check out my latest video teaching on the Day of Atonement, posted through Regeneration Radio. As always, if you find this study helpful, be sure to like and subscribe for my most recent content, and help me spread the good news by sharing this in your own personal network!

In the Beginning … Session 14 — The Giants of Genesis 6

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The Nephilim (giants) were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

[Genesis 6:4]

Who are the Nephilim?

Did giant hybrid beings actually walk the earth at one time?

How does the Bible account for the origin and identity of these giants?

How do the giants of Genesis play a central role in the violence and evil in the world before the flood of Noah?

To discover the answer to these questions and more, be sure to check out my latest session in my Genesis Study.

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In the Beginning … Session 13 — Another Divine Transgression in the Days of Noah

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When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

[Genesis 6:1-4]

Who are the sons of God in Genesis 6, and what were they doing with the beautiful daughters of men?

Distant View of Mt. Hermon, which according to Enoch was the place where the watchers descended in the days of Jared.

How can we explain the fact that the earth was filled with a hybrid race of giants called the Nephilim in Noah’s day?

How are the giants connected to the violence on the earth and God’s ultimate judgment by way of the flood?

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The Feast of Trumpets and The Return of the King

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“And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other … But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.“

[The Lord Jesus — Matthew 24:31, 36]

We are fast approaching the fall Feasts of the LORD and the high holy days, beginning with the Feast of Trumpets at sundown on September 25.

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Just as the Lord Jesus fulfilled the spring feasts in astonishing detail during His first coming, I am convinced that Jesus also will fulfill the fall feasts at His second coming to the very day.

God’s covenant people were commanded to keep and celebrate these divine appointments each and every year as dress rehearsals in preparation for the prophetic fulfillments through Messiah. Furthermore, we get to continue to celebrate these amazing holy days in perpetuity as we gather together to worship King Jesus!

The Feast of Trumpets is unique in comparison to all the other appointed times because it is the only feast that does not have a predetermined date on the calendar. On the contrary, the Feast of Trumpets can only be announced upon the official sighting of the new moon in the evening sky, which designates the beginning of the seventh month. Because the observation of the new moon is required before Trumpets can begin, this appointed feast arrives “on a day and at an hour that no one knows.”

Does that sound familiar?

It should because those are the exact words that the Lord Jesus uses in His most popular teaching about His second coming.

Contrary to popular belief, when Jesus says that no one knows the day or the hour when He will return, He is not referring to some secret rapture event in which He could return at any moment to whisk away the church without a trace, leaving the rest of the world behind in bewilderment.

Many in the church have grossly misinterpreted this passage to say something that it does not, primarily because we have forgotten the Feasts of the LORD, and without a Biblical context, we cannot understand Jesus’ teaching.

Jesus was making a direct reference to the Feast of Trumpets in the Olivet Discourse, as the day and an hour that no one knows. Jesus tells His disciples to know the signs and the general season of His second coming, so that we should be aware when His return is very near — even at the door!

Jesus knew better than anyone that as the beginning of the seventh month drew near, there would be at least a two-day window of waiting and watching before the new moon would appear. So in regard to the Feast of Trumpets only, Jesus is saying that we may not know which day or the precise hour of His return, but on the other hand He commands us to know when His coming is near.

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In the Beginning … Session 12 — Old as Methuselah

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Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

[Genesis 5:21-24]

Did the inhabitants of the pre-flood world actually live to be 800 or 900 years old?

What was different about the pre-flood environment that would have been conducive to longer lifespans?

Who was Enoch and what does it mean that God “took him?”

To discover answers to these questions and much more, check out Session 12 in my Genesis study!

Methuselah — one of the oldest trees in the world.

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