Bible Studies

In the next section of Matthew there is a picture that is easily missed by the Western reader. Read Matthew 2:1 (out loud) to find out where Jesus was born. In Day 4, we found out that names had [...]

In Day 5 of the study we read about King Herod (along with his chief priests and teachers of the law) and the Magi – two very interesting groups of people to be involved in the documentation of [...]

In Day 6, we read how God protected the Magi by warning them in a dream not to return to Herod. We find that God also needed to protect Joseph, Mary, and Jesus from Herod. God sent them to Egypt. [...]

In Matthew chapter 3, we learn about a person named John. To get some background on this person named John we have to go to the gospel of Luke. The first chapter of Luke tells us about John’s [...]

In Jesus’ baptism, there is pattern that was repeated throughout the Jewish Bible whenever a major reset was occurring. The pattern was chaos, the Spirit hovered, new creation emerges, Shalom [...]

On Day 9, we looked at the “reset pattern” found in the Old Testament. We then looked at how that pattern was repeated in the baptism of Jesus. Today we will pick up where Jesus was led into the [...]

On Day 10 we learned about Jesus’ time of temptation in the desert where he demonstrated what was in His heart and His desire to keep the commandments. Today we look at what it meant to "repent [...]

During the 400 years between the time of Malachi, the last Old Testament prophet, and the coming of Christ, a man by the name of Alexander the Great lived. Some people believe that Alexander was [...]

On Day 12 we learned that Alexander the Great unknowingly paved the way for Jesus. Jewish people were spread throughout the region. The Jewish Bible had been translated into Greek so Jews and [...]

Today we are going to look at the relationship between a rabbi and his followers. Schools were associated with the local synagogue in first century Galilee. Apparently, each community would hire [...]