Dwelling Places

Intro by Gary Kleinveld

Worship with Lucia, Vaughn and Joshua

Dwelling Places and So will I

Dwelling places: a picture of the Kingdom

We’ll take a peak at the beginning, the Davidic Monarchy and Solomon’s court

(Isa 11.9)

Lost in translation: an example from Hebrew Alphabet

Aleph beit–בראשית and Tav:

There is always a desire to build a house for His presence Yet there is no place created by us that can house Hims.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

  1. Under the reign of Solomon, we witness a type of precedent to Christ’s kingdom expression on the earth, reaching its fullest extent to date.

Deuteronomy 17 , 2 Samuel 7

the prophet Nathan & David

  • The play on the word house and “Name.”

the promise of God and David’s response

the covenant formula; “Israel has become your people and you have become their God” (verse 24), which finds its final expression in the eternal city of God (Rev.21.3).

God’s Presence

There were two kinds of reign for a king – reigning in battle and reigning in peace.

Solomon’s very name is derived from the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, more than the absence of war.

  • Kingdom celebration and multiplication:
  • Kingdom peace:
  • Kingdom life:
  • Kingdom mission:

The Davidic monarchy ushered in a period of great worship. Solomon built a magnificent temple.

God is king of all the earth(Ps.47.7),

How Do We Experience God’s Reign?

The Lord is King, His kingdom is here and is coming in Glory. What we experience now in part, will be completely established in His return. So we pray, Let your Kingdom Come Oh Lord.

Matters of the Heart

Intro by Lynette Kube

Worship by Grace Family Collective

Beauty for Ashes, Where you belong, Taste and See

New English Translation:

Mark 6: 54 summation of Jesus’s activities.—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Act 2   Religion versus Faith

Chapter 7: Cleanliness is next to Godliness

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. 2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

The covenant root of their thinking was that people outside of their reality were unclean. This is perfectly portrayed by Peter’s response to the revelation of the sheet let down from heaven.

The tradition of the elders

5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?” 6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

Moses Ex 21:17 and Lev 20:9

10 For Moses said,

Corban was a 2nd temple practice that endorsed the practice of saying no to your parents needs in order bring your offering to God, (via the Temple 0f course) 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition

Listen to me

, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand. 15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

Can you stomach this?

19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.”

20 He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.

The enemy within

23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

Come Home, The Father is there, waiting for your return.

A Journey of Grace

WE start with a reflection of 5G church.

Go into a time of worhip

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

12 to equip (katartismos) the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

katartismo had three uses:

  1. mending nets
  2. setting broken bones
  3. outfitting a ship

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God —a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.

14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

End with some praise and thanksgiving.

16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.

Darkness into light

Welcome by Brandon and Lynne: Jesus walks on the water

Revelation Song: by Vaughan

Dealing with blindspots in the Faith in the context of second Temple worship and systems.

Paul’s journey from Destroyer and persecutor to Proclaimer of the Faith.

The impact of Stephen’s execution on Paul’s message.

The Jerusalem churches focus compared to the church in Antioch.

How our cultural and spiritual history affects our view of others and,

Ultimately how the Lord always took relationship over temple worship.

 

Beyond the Empty Tomb

We have a quick survey of the Tensions in Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus’s trial.

WE consider, the occupation, the tension, political climate and general atmosphere at the time of the passover that year.

We look at the role players and weigh their historical influence of the events of that week.

Since much time has passed and many historical facts are lost in translation, piece together the outcome of the ‘çourt case’ and consider how it impacted the leaders of the temple as well as the followers of Jesus.

How is it possible that such an influencial Rabbi could be found guilty of a Capital offence?

Would they come after his followers and where could they go?

Who took the body of Jesus?

Oh my, could it be?

 

Hosanna To The King

On this Palm Sunday, we celebrate Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

We lead of with some worship led by Joshua and Lucia Smith.
Then we dive right into Psalm 118 and the Gospels account of the week before Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.

Solitary confinment is not equal to lonliness.
The value of Solitude and the notion that segrgation cannot divide hearts.
We look at Jesus in the wilderness in preparation for a life of servant leadership.
Crowd behaviour and its influences.
How people’s hearts differ and motives are hidden in mass actions.
Finally how the tension of the Kingdom is necessary to reveal hearts.

with Craig Kube

Isaiah 42

The Servant Song

Presenting the case that it was given to Israel to prepare them for what was to come:

A time was coming where the Lord was going to introduce a New thing, former things would be wrapped up in it.

It was to be a fullfilment of the old and an ushering in of the new.

Jesus announced that it was fullfilled in the reading when He announced himself publicly for the first time, and it was witnessed by John the baptiser that the Father and Holy Spirit confirmed Jesus at his baptism.

Craig Kube Sun 1 December 19

How do we see ourselves? Through which lens do we look.

Is it pride or faith?

Since we’re building in the Lord, He should build.

Are we getting distracted?

Are we getting discouraged?

What are you listening to, or who are you listening to?

Do you know that your enemy is defeated?

Are you aware of what you have access to through the Holy Spirit?

Texts from Nehemiah, Joshua, Luke, Corinthians, Romans, John and Deuteronomy.