More Sabbath Controversies
AUGUST 17 - Nº 229 Matthew 12:1-14; Mark 2:23 – 3:6; Luke 6:1-11 The Pharisees were extremely upset with Jesus. They wanted to kill him....
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Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
AUGUST 16 - Nº 228 John 5:1-18 The Pharisees and teachers of the Law had to decide whether Jesus was the Deliverer God had promised to...
Healing a Leper and a Paralyzed Man
AUGUST 14 - Nº 226 Matthew 8:2-4; 9:1-8; Mark 1:40 – 2:12; Luke 5:12-26 While Jesus was teaching in one of the villages, a man came to...
Jesus Cleans Out the Temple
AUGUST 7 - Nº 219 John 2:13-23 Every year Jewish families were expected to travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover (see #44 -...
Jesus Grows Up
AUGUST 2 - Nº 214 Matthew 2:12-23; Luke 2:39-52 When Herod realized that the Magi had left Israel without reporting back to him (see #213...
Gifts from the Magi
AUGUST 1 - Nº 213 Luke 2:22-38; Matthew 2:1-13 God sent special people into the lives of Joseph and Mary to confirm that their baby was...
The Messiah Is Born
JULY 31 - Nº 212 Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20 Soon after Mary returned to Nazareth, Joseph had a big decision to make. His fiancée was...
Gabriel Visits Mary
JULY 30 - Nº 211 Luke 1:26-80 The angel Gabriel appeared at the Temple in Jerusalem to tell an elderly priest named Zechariah that he and...
God Breaks the Silence
JULY 29 - Nº 210 Luke 1:1-25 The Old Testament prophets predicted the coming of a Messiah. They prophesied about a Savior who would...
400 Years of Silence
JULY 27 - Nº 208 Galatians 4:4 For 400 years God did not speak to His people. He did not send messengers to warn them or inform them of...
Malachi: The Last Old Testament Prophet
JULY 26 - Nº 207 Nehemiah 13; Malachi 1 – 4 The Jews who returned to Judah from Persia had rebuilt the Temple with the help of...
The Walls Are Completed
JULY 25 - Nº 206 Nehemiah 4:15 – 6:14; 8:1 – 9:38; 11:1-3 Since the men rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem were facing murderous threats...
Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem
JULY 24 - Nº 205 Nehemiah 1:1 – 4:14 Zerubbabel had rebuilt the Temple (see #198 - July 17 & 199 - July 18), and Ezra had re-taught the...
Ezra, the Priest
JULY 23 - Nº 204 Ezra 7 – 10 There is a 58-year gap between chapter 6 (when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem—see #199 - July 18) and...
The Temple Is Completed
JULY 18 - Nº 199 Ezra 5 – 6; Haggai 1 The Jewish settlers who had moved back to Jerusalem were struggling. Not only were they threatened...
Zerubbabel Returns to Rebuild the Temple
JULY 17 - Nº 198 Ezra 1:1 – 4:6; 4:24 – 5:2; Isaiah 44:28 – 45:5; Haggai 1 – 2; Zechariah 1 – 14 Darius the Mede (also known in history...
Daniel’s Dreams
JULY 16 - Nº 197 Daniel 7 – 12 Daniel had interpreted many important dreams for others. But one night, he had a troubling dream of his...
Dry Bones Come to Life
JULY 11 - Nº 192 Ezekiel 24:15-27; 33:21; 37 One day God brought shocking news to Ezekiel. His wife was about to die. Then God gave him a...
Ezekiel’s Street Theater
JULY 10 - Nº 191 Ezekiel 1-4; 8-11 Eight years after he first invaded Judah’s capital city, King Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem again...
Babylon Invades Judah
JULY 3 - Nº 184 2 Kings 24:1-17; 2 Chronicles 36:5-10; Daniel 1:1-7; Jeremiah 22:18-19; 24; 29 It wasn’t long before the Babylonians, led...
The Scroll Is Burned
JULY 2 - Nº 183 Jeremiah 26; 36; 45 Jeremiah had been prophesying in Judah for 23 years when Jehoiakim became king. Early in Jehoiakim’s...
The Book Is Found
JUNE 28 - Nº 179 2 Kings 22:3 – 23:3; 2 Chronicles 34:3-33 Josiah was only eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He obeyed...
A Summary of Isaiah’s Prophecies
JUNE 26 - Nº 177 Isaiah 1 – 12 During the last year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah (see #168 - June 17), a prophet named Isaiah had a...
Fifteen More Years
JUNE 25 - Nº 176 2 Kings 20; 2 Chronicles 32:24-33; Isaiah 38 – 39 King Hezekiah became very sick. The prophet Isaiah went to him with a...
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