Click here to listen to this lesson. From The Beginning The apostle John begins this letter with the reality of the incarnation and its saving importance. The first four verses of 1 John form an introduction and thesis to the whole letter. This introduction has a familiar sound to the beginning of the author’s gospel. [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. The next offering that God instructs to his people to bring before him is the grain offering. What was the purpose of the grain offering? The Hebrew word behind the English reading “grain offering” is minha and is used in a number of contexts. Sometimes minha is used [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. The book of Leviticus is a continuation from where the book of Exodus leaves off in the story. Exodus concludes with the tabernacle being completed and the glory of the Lord filling the tabernacle. The Lord calls Moses to the tabernacle (also called the tent of meeting) to [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am [...]

Introduction: In this series of lessons we have been trying to take a look at the message of the New Testament from the eyes of the people alive in the first century. We have been asking the question: what would the apostles’ message sounded like to the average Jew and Roman. Last week we noticed [...]