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Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge

Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge

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 A fascinating study! In each book of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation we will find Jesus! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the living word, it will impact you. Join us and let His Word change your life!2022 Cristianismo
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  • February 19 - Deuteronomy

    February 19 - Deuteronomy
    Feb 19 2026

    Deuteronomy is written by Moses and is the last of the five book he wrote .(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Deuteronomy is the conclusion of the Torah. It is the final message God gives through Moses to the children of Israel.

    Jesus considers this an important book. Matthew 4 tells the story of Jesus' temptation and He uses the words of Deuteronomy three times to battle and answer the enemy. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:13, 6:16 and 6:13.

    The Book of Deuteronomy was written in the 11th month of the 40th year of the Israelite wanderings - they are getting close to the Promised Land, they have almost arrived - they are only a few weeks for the end of their journey..

    This book can be outlined as three sermons of Moses:
    1st sermon - 1:1 - 4:43
    2nd sermon - 4:44 - 28:68
    3rd sermon - 29-33

    Deuteronomy is a legal document. Covenant. Treaty. So a second way to outline Deuteronomy is according to the Treaty Structure that was used at that time in history:

    Treaty Structure
    Preamble 1:1-5
    Historical Prologue 1:6-4:44
    Law/Stipulations 4:45-26:19
    General laws 4:45-11:32
    Specific laws 12:1 - 26:19
    Blessings & Curses 27:1 - 30:20
    Succession & Witnesses 31:1 - 34:12

    God establishes a treaty with His people - in Deuteronomy He is setting up a covenant with Himself as the High King over all - over the universe - and setting up His agreement - His treaty - with the Israelites. It is a legal agreement.

    Pastor shares that our motivation for following God's commands is not to earn His favor but because He first loved us and our obedience is a response to that love. We are called to be obedient not for forgiveness but because we are forgiven.

    Pastor shares a personal story showing the difference between:
    A performance-based life vs grace-based life. It's law vs love.

    The greatest commandment is found in Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Shema. "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"
    God is asking us to not just know this intellectually - but to show it - do it. As we read on we read in verse 5: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." We are to love Him with all we have, with every part of our being, with everything that we are.

    Verses 6-9 continue: "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

    We are to remember what God has done, to hold them close in our hearts, to impress them onto our children, write them on our door frames of our homes. When we know the mercy of God it changes the way we behave.

    We close the class looking at the prophetic words in Deuteronomy 28:68. Pastor shares the story of the fullfilment of these words in the summer 70 AD along with Jesus' words from the New Testament. In 70AD Josephus tells us that between 600,000 - 1.1 million died in that siege of Jerusalem and those that remained were sold off as slaves in Egypt.

    Pastor ends with two passages:
    Deuteronomy 18:15-19
    And
    Deuteronomy 34:10-12

    These are prophetic words of a Savior to come. One like Moses only greater. The Gospel of John tells us, "The law came through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." Jesus fulfills what the Torah was pointing to.

    Join us next time for our study of Joshua.

    Join us next week for a study of the book of Joshua.


    For all of our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year

    Our Bible in a Year study will walk you through the Bible book by book taking you from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus throughout both the Old and the New Testaments! In Ephesians 6, the word of God is called the sword of the spirit, and a sword is best used when you take it out of the scabbard to use it! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the Living Word, it has the power to impact us still today!

    Our website – https://www.awakeusnow.com
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  • February 12 - Numbers

    February 12 - Numbers
    Feb 12 2026
    Pastor considers the Book of Numbers to be one the more important books of the Bible. The Book of Numbers is the story of the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness starting 13 months after their deliverance and shares the importance of following God. The book opens with God having Moses take a census. And we see that the group was as many as 2 million total. The numbers show the incredible provision of God to guide, direct and feed this many people. God even provided the first "fast food" by providing manna for them to eat. We also see the hand of God teaching the Israelites to do things in His strength, to go where He leads, to go when He says to go and to go where He tells you to go. God is into details and this book is a carefully and accurately kept book of numbers! Chapter 1-10 are about the first 20 days beginning at the 13 month after deliverance from Egypt. God organizes them as they prepare to set out for the promised land. He goes into detail about how each tribe is situated, who goes first, how to lead, how to mark the tribes and which tribes go where with lots of details. Pastor shares the location of the Levites around the Tabernacle which was located in a position of being in the middle of everything. God dwelling right in the heart and center of His people. Pastor then follows up with the locations of each tribe. They are clustered into 4 groups with 3 tribes/each group and placed around the 4 locations of the Levitical groups. There is significance to Judah - the tribe from which Jesus will come - being positioned in the east and given the lead position. We are told each group had a specific flag for their group. Pastor shares what the image on each group's flag was according to ancient Hebrew tradition. Pastor draws some significance of the flags to Ezekiel chapter 1 and Revelation 4 and the living creatures described there. (Lion, Man, Ox and Eagle.) God's visible presence came down on the tabernacle as a cloud and by night was like a firelight. As it was in the center of the camp, all 2 million Israelites would see a visible sign of the presence of the Living God right before them. It was God's way of saying, "I am dwelling in your midst. You belong to me. You are precious to me. Follow me, go where I lead, don't do anything other than what I tell you to do and when I tell you to do it." When did they brake camp? They did so if the cloud lifted and they followed wherever the cloud lead them and when the cloud came down that's where they camped until the cloud again rose. Number 9:12 discusses the celebration of the Passover and compares it to John 19:36 and not breaking the sacrificial lamb's bones where we read that like the Israelite lambs of Passover, not one of Jesus' bones as the Lamb of God were broken. Twelve spies are sent into the promised land. When they return they say the land does flow with milk and honey, BUT the people there are powerful. Caleb advised to go and attack and take the land, but the other spies said it would be impossible because the people there were stronger. Even though Caleb and Joshua said God is faithful and would give them the land He had promised, the Israelites side with the negative accounts of 10 and say they would have been better off in Egypt. At this point God says that the spies spied for 40 days and that the people will wander one year for each day. Joshua and Caleb are the only two spies that live through the years of wandering in the dessert. The rest of the book of numbers is about the refining and purifying that God brought the Israelites through in preparation to enter the promised land. We see Moses, God's chosen, lead the people. Moses has authority but God is directing and leading. We see "The LORD said to Moses…" over 150 times throughout the book of Numbers. We close with the story of the bronze snake and how the people were instructed to look to the bronze snake on the cross to be saved from the venomous bites and we see how this points to Christ - John 3:14-16 "'Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.' For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Throughout the book we learn how important it is to do what God says, to obey Him, and to honor Him. God wants to be treated as holy because He is holy. For our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - go here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year Our Bible in a Year study will walk you through the Bible book by book taking you from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus throughout both the Old and the New Testaments! Our website – https://www.awakeusnow.com
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  • February 5 - Leviticus

    February 5 - Leviticus
    Feb 5 2026
    Pastor takes us on an exploration of the Book of Leviticus, a book that many would choose as their least favorite book of the Bible. However, what we will see in Leviticus is the foundation of true worship, the foundation of God's plan for the world and His people. This book may surprise you - as you see it's filled with some really good instruction. Exodus speaks of WHERE to worship God. Leviticus speaks of HOW to worship God. (Sacrifices and Festivals). The life of God's people revolved around worship and Leviticus sets forth life time patterns of how to worship God. Differences between Israel's Worship and the worship of other nations: - Sacrifices for the Israelites had nothing to do with discerning the future. Instead they were all about an innocent victim dying to cover sin. A foreshadowing of what Jesus would do on the cross. He was the perfect, innocent Lamb of God who shed His blood to cover our sin. - Sacrifices for the Israelites were linked to God's Covenantal relationship. He keeps His word. He keeps His promises. - God's moral and ethical nature demands holiness. Holiness was not a part of the ancient worship culture. We, today, often do not see God as holy. We read the importance of lifestyle and living in a way that honors God. The Six Foundational Blocks in Leviticus: - Worship - daily and continuous, joyful and God-directed, and specific directions to the priests on how to worship. - Sacrifice - is at the heart of genuine, biblical worship and points right to the sacrifice of Christ. We sin and we need a Savior to cover our sin. Sacrifice is God's preview to what Jesus will do because our sin demands restitution, something to shed its blood to pay for our sins. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. He paid the price for all. - Penitence - come before God humbly admitting our sin. Recognizing our sin. - Priesthood - God placed intermediaries - priests - mediators - that went to God on behalf of the people. They had to make sacrifice to cover their sin before going to God in the Holy of Holies. - Blood - shedding of blood brings forgiveness. They were not to eat or drink blood as it was sacred. Life is in the blood. Blood is atoning - through the blood of Jesus. - Lifestyle - Biblical faith is more than intellectual knowledge. It is a way of life. God shares His plan for how we live, our relationship with Him, and the right way to live - a God-pleasing way. We want to live His way because it is the best way. When we are caught up in sin and not living how God desires that we live we can also know that the Lord wants us back and He says, "There is no one that I cannot change! There is no one outside the reach of My love and My mercy and My grace." He alone gives us the strength to change our ways, to turn back to Him in repentance. Covered in the Blood of His Son, Jesus, our sins are forgiven and we are changed and our life-styles are changed. Because we understand that we are saved, we want to live as God has told us to live. Pastor ends with a study of the Festivals in Leviticus 16 & 23: Passover - celebrate deliverance from Egypt when they put the blood of a lamb on their doors and God passed over and freed them. Jesus went to the cross at Passover - He is the Passover Lamb slain for us. Firstfruits - The first of the crops are offered to God specifically on the day after the first Sabbath of Passover. Jesus died on Passover and he rose on the Day of FirstFruits. Jesus is the Firstfruit of God. Weeks - celebrated 50 days after Passover. It is the time when the harvest is brought in. It's a time of celebration. It is our day of Pentecost - it is God saying He is bringing in the harvest through His Holy Spirit. Trumpets - the Jewish New Year - a reminder that we are a new creation in Christ. Atonement - the high priest brings out 2 goats. One is slain to cover the sins of God's people. The other goat "carries away the sins" of the people as it is let go. Tabernacles - reminder of how their ancestors were lead through the wilderness and protected for 40 years as they waited to come to the promised land. This is a picture of the final harvest when Christ returns. God will fulfill everything He has said. Leviticus points to the Lord Jesus - His first coming and His final appearing. For our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, a study guide for each book of the Bible, extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year Our study will walk you through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus in both the Old and the New Testaments! In Ephesians 6, the word of God is called the sword of the spirit, and a sword is best used when you take it out of the scabbard! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! It is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And it has the power to impact us still today!...
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