1 Samuel 4 through 6 tells the story of the Philistines capturing the Ark of the Covenant. For them to even put it on a cart they had to use the poles that were part of the Ark. In my other post, I…| Mark's Bible Study
Israel made the Ark of God after the Children reached Mt. Sinai. It took until the end of that year to finish it and the rest of the Tabernacle. Moses received the plans while being in God’s presen…| Mark's Bible Study
As Jesus was teaching, on the two mounts, on Tuesday of Holy Week, He had the Sadducees and Pharisees as antagonists and part of the audience. These adversaries challenged Him about doing miracles …| Mark's Bible Study
It is time in this series of sermons on the mounts to look at the mountains Jesus was teaching on. Jesus in Matthew 21:21 repeated a phrase He used in Matthew 17:20-this mountain. The Greek phrase …| Mark's Bible Study
Rehoboam has had a lot of adjectives used to describe him and most of them are negative. This early case of affluenza (can’t believe I used that word) however is a clear case of genetics and learne…| Mark's Bible Study
Silver in Bible times was a metal for money, art, and jewelry. Many items in the Tabernacle were made of silver such as curtain hooks, hooks to hold up the curtain rods, and sockets to hold the flo…| Mark's Bible Study
The meaning of Hezekiah is “strengthened of Jah.” Jah or iah is a short form of Jehovah; many names in the Bible end in iah. His life story is found in 2 Kings 18-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32 and Isaiah …| Mark's Bible Study
In this series of posts, I want to study Assyria. They were for several hundred years and many Books of the Bible, an enemy of Israel. Christians tend to focus of Egypt and Babylon and ignore Assyr…| Mark's Bible Study
Acts 9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12. And hath…| Mark's Bible Study
This post is about the kings of Assyria, Judah, and Israel (northern kingdom). The rulers are how we label and set times (years) for the actions we see in the Bible. The Bible has many historical notes in it that … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
Spiritualizing the influence of Egypt and Babylon has been done many times, I really cannot remember a sermon about the evils of Assyria. From my background studies I will say they were not nice an…| Mark's Bible Study
References for King Ahaz are: 2 Chronicles 28, 2 Kings 16, and Isaiah 7:1-12. Isaiah 14:28 is the year he died, and Isa 57:3 – 13 describe the actions of Ahaz. To get a good portrait of him you need … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
The IS LIKE post continues my study of Kingdom. IS LIKE is the phrase that will be my focus, most verses with this declaration occur in Matthew. The word like and relate terms are numerous in the Gospels, so I … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
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 la…| Mark's Bible Study
As I pondered about working on this post- Bear Fruit – Lift Up or Cut Off, I read Proverbs 30. It is addressed to King Lemuel and called an oracle (NIV); it had a footnote. The note said it could … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
Job 23:12 and Proverbs 30:8 have a phrase that caught my attention – Daily bread. When Jesus taught the Prayer, provisions was the first petition after acknowledging God and praising Him. In Matthe…| Mark's Bible Study
2 Samuel 9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
In Matthew 23:16+17 Jesus is giving the leaders of the Jews a lesson on gold and the temple. He is at the end of His forty months of ministry and will be on the cross in a few days. Early in His mi…| Mark's Bible Study
The Tree That Will Prosper comes from my reading of Jeremiah 17: 7-8. This word from the Lord starts in verse 5 and together they repeat the thoughts in Psalm 1. Psalm 1 starts with the positive an…| Mark's Bible Study
For the second block of study on the Kingdom, Matthew 12 and 13 are the two main chapters. Transitions of time and location are sketchy but to me, it seems that starting in Chapter 11 these make u…| Mark's Bible Study
This study is going to go on for a while! I hope to use this page to list links to the post as they are written. Several TV programs on Christian networks prompted my study, e…| Mark's Bible Study
Yeast – Before Passover “For seven days no yeast is to be found in your homes.” (Exodus 12: 19) NIV God had prepared His people to be out of Egypt. He had made the Egyptians weary of them and thei…| Mark's Bible Study
The Parable of the Sower is a favored parable because of Jesus explaining it. You don’t have to worry about various meanings because Jesus tells the disciples exactly what He wanted them/us to kn…| Mark's Bible Study
The trail of “breadcrumbs” in the Book of Matthew starts with the devil tempting Jesus, goes to the Sermon on the Mount, nourishes thousands (including Gentiles), rises to challenge Pharisees and S…| Mark's Bible Study
Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. (KJV) Our verse …| Mark's Bible Study
This post is a condensed reference for the names in Lo Debar – Another Look. I know I go against the popular narrative that Lo Bar was a dump, and that Mephibosheth was a pitiful, defeated in…| Mark's Bible Study
