Righteousness being #1 with God is a reminder to myself not to start the study process with many of my paradigms. The Father’s thoughts overwhelmed mine and left me with an open-ended study. I am n…| Mark's Bible Study
My study on Daughter Zion has pushed my “tent flaps” out and left me with a lot of questions because of my observations. This post is not going to answer many questions and there may not be a lot o…| Mark's Bible Study
The Number Sixteen in the Bible Ses (6) and asar or esreh (10) are the Hebrew words that are used to form sixteen (16). The number sixteen is not used in the New Testament. There are ,however, six…| Mark's Bible Study
These are the first-born children of both Abraham and Isaac. Hagar gave birth to Ishmael but he was not considered the “promised child” and Esau (see Three Books and The Day) sold his birthright to…| Mark's Bible Study
My objective for this edition of Looking in Luke was to comment on the training and mentorship of Paul, Silas, and Timothy. But; I quickly found legend, tradition, and objective observers. From my prospective the Bible is not legend or … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
Proverbs 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. (NIV) When I read this, recently, I thought of how the kings and people of Israel have acted from the time of … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
When you open the Book, Father God will open the Word for you. This strange study-help started because of verse 20, I saw four different “God” words there and did a text analysis in Bible Hub. Then the large number … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
How David and the other writers of the Psalms introduce and address their work started this post. About 130 Psalms have God, Lord God, or Lord at the very beginning (verse 1). I compared this to Je…| Mark's Bible Study
3 posts published by Mark during September 2025| Mark's Bible Study
I am looking in Luke because he is a scholar, doctor, and the world-traveling companion of Paul. He accomplished his purpose to lift up Jesus by using many of the same stories as the other Gospel writers. The Holy Spirit … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
A morning Bible reading, a God-thought, and a Sunday morning sermon led to this post. My morning read started with Luke 4. When I had finished the first temptation of Jesus a small thought said, “The Second Adam passed the … Continue reading →| Mark's Bible Study
Well, I will start by contrasting Cruelization and Civilization. (Yes, I made up a word.) As I have studied the ancient empires of the Hittites, Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon then added in Persia, Gr…| Mark's Bible Study
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
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 nee…| 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
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
