Bible Study for the Past Few Days {School}

10th September, 2012.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Study God's miraculous provision of food in Luke 9:10-17.
2. Study Mark 8:1-9 and determine if you believe this is the same incident or a different one. Give reasons for your answer.
3. Study Matthew 14:14-21 and compare it to the two passages above.

LUKE 9:10-17:

Overview of the verses: It happened just after the disciples returned from their preaching. Jesus took his disciples to a desert place belonging to Bethsaida. The people followed them. Jesus told them about the kingdom of God, and healed those that needed healing. The disciples asked Jesus to send the crowds away, so that they could find lodgings and food. Jesus said, "You give them something to eat." -- forgetting or ignoring the disciples' thoughts about lodgings for the people. 

Their response: "We don't have any more than five loaves, and two fish!"

Jesus' response: "Make them sit down." Then the people got full, and there were twelve baskets left over! (About five thousand men there, plus women and children)

Mark 8:1-9: 

NOT THE SAME STORY.

                 SUPPORTING FACTS:

1. The crowds had been with Him for three days,
2. They had 7 loaves, number of fish not mentioned,
3. There were only 7 baskets of left-overs taken up,
4. There were only 4,000 men there, besides women and children.

Overall: Jesus was teaching the multitudes. He felt compassion for the hungry (spiritually as well as physically) people, and fed them!

Matthew 14:14-21:

Same story as in Luke 9:10-17.

Overview of the verses: Many crowds. Jesus felt compassion. There were five loaves, and two fish. There were twelve basket-fulls remaining. About five thousand men, besides women and children, ate.

11th September, 2012.

ASSIGNMENT: 

1. Study God's miraculous provision of food for the prophet Elijah as told in 1 Kings 17:1-16.
2. Study Yahweh's (Jehovah's) provision of manna for the children of Israel during the Exodus.

1 Kings 17:1-16.

Overview of the verses: God sent Elijah to tell Ahab that there would be no rain for three years. Elijah was then told to hide by the brook Cherith, where the ravens would feed him, and he would have water. Elijah had to stay at the brook until it dried up--not sooner, not later. Only after what seemed the source of life was gone (water), and only God was left to rely on, did He send Elijah elsewhere. This time, he was sent to a widow. Not just any widow--it was "the widow of Zarephath." She was the one that was to take care of Elijah, and she didn't have anything to give him. But God provided, once again. And they lived.

Exodus 16:1-31.

Overview of the verses: The Hebrews were complaining because the food they were eating wasn't as good as the food in Egypt. God told Moses that He would feed them by "raining bread from heaven." God gave them quails to eat at night, and bread to eat in the morning. The Hebrews called it "manna", which means, "What is it?" God told them to gather just enough for their families to eat in one day. When they didn't, and gathered too much, it went bad. The manna tasted like wafers made with honey, and looked white.

12th September, 2012.

ASSIGNMENT: Look up all Scripture references to the Phoenicians (called Canaanites in the Bible), probably the first nation to send out extensive explorations. (the word "Canaanites" highlighted for ease of finding)

Overview of the Canaanites: Enemies of the Israelites. They were uncircumcised, and the Israelites were not allowed to marry them according to the law of Moses. The Israelites were supposed to drive all the Canaanites away when they moved in, but they didn't, and they were a constant problem almost always for the Israelites.

Genesis 10:18, “And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.”

Genesis 10:19, “And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”

Genesis 15:21, “And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

Genesis 24:3, “And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:”

Genesis 24:37, “And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:”

Genesis 34:30, “And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”

Genesis 50:11, “And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.”

Exodus 3:8, “And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”

Exodus 3:17, “And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Exodus 13:5, “And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”

WANT TO SEE ALL 54 VERSES? CLICK HERE!

13th September, 2012 (today).

ASSIGNMENT: Study Bible references to the seafaring towns of Tyre and Sidon.

TYRE: 

Overview of Tyre: King David must have had a good relationship with the King of Tyre, Hiram. Hiram supplied David with cedar trees. Cedar trees were expensive. Cedar trees were used in the building of the temple--only the best kinds of things were used there.

Joshua 19:29, “And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:”

2 Samuel 5:11, “And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.”

2 Samuel 24:7, “And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.”

1 Kings 5:1, “And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.”

1 Kings 7:13, “And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.”

1 Kings 7:14, “He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.”

1 Kings 9:11, “(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”

1 Kings 9:12, “And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.” 

SIDON:

Overview of Sidon: The Sidonians were famous for their woodcutting skills. It was a trade city. Not considered very highly by the Jews.

Genesis 10:19, “And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.”

Deuteronomy 3:9, “(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)”

Joshua 13:4, “From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:”

Joshua 13:6, “All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.”

Judges 3:3, “Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.”

1 Kings 5:6, “Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.”

Matthew 11:21, “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”

Matthew 11:22, “But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.”

Matthew 15:21, “Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.” 

WANT TO SEE ALL 36 VERSES ABOUT TYRE AND 19 VERSES OF SIDON? CLICK HERE.

P.S. I've got something really, really exciting to tell you soon. It involves a blog and a magazine. You might be able to figure me out, especially if you look at my profil---. Oops. Won't pop the secret yet! See you soon with an update.