Bible School with Reverend CoJo

Satan's bound in the bottomless pit, and Jesus is reigning on Earth, sounds perfect. But is the heart of man perfect? or is it just as corrupt as it has always been?

So the woman has been turned on by the dragon, and now let's see who cries over her. Its not for the reasons you would think nor the people you would expect

Themes 7 Scriptures Mentioned:The City of God - Salem (eventually Jerusalem) - Genesis 14The City of Man - Babel (Eventually Babylon) Genesis 10The Fall of Babylon- Isaiah 13 & 14; Jeremiah 50 & 51; Revelation 17 & 18Separation of God’s System from World System- John 17Revelation of the Church - Ephesians 3God Declares war on Satan - Genesis 3

God has been promising to do away with sin from the beginning. The cleaning crew has just arrived to wipe it off the entire Earth. its not pretty but neither sin.

What happens when the sweet sweet lamb, has had enough. We see the anger of thousands of years getting ready to erupt, and all we can say is woe!

The dragon has reared his many heads (literally) he is spewing all types of stuff out of those mouths. Lets dive in and explore the mysteries of this chapter

This woman is running through the wilderness trying to hide from the dragon. How could you carry the future world leader and get left behind?

References:Genesis 37Psalm 2Genesis 3 & 4Isaiah 14 & Ezekial 28Matthew 4

So there are 2 guys coming back to witness to a demonic world about Jesus. Who might they be? and where is this temple going to be built.

Themes and Scriptures Referenced: Joshua and Moses (Dueteronomy 11; Joshua 1) "Every where you place your feet..." "All things must be put under his feet..." (Psalm 8:6; Hebrew 2:8)The non-prayer issue (John 17:7-10; 1 John 5:19)Eating the book (Jeremiah 15:16; Ezekiel 2:9-10)

Scriptures Referenced:Joel 2 & 3Luke 8:28-30Isaiah 9:14-15 Amos 5:18-19Proverbs 30:27Psalm 115Psalm 135:82 Timothy 3:14-15

God tends to work in sevens. Seven seals, and now the seventh seal has seven trumpets, and they seem to be darker than the seals were. God intentionally wove this masterpiece together to cause reconciliation to all things. And this is just a piece of it

So you're in the middle of the tribulation and then God pauses to show you something. He hasn't forgotten his chosen people nor has he forgotten all those who didn't quite know to trust him.Cross References: The “Lord Lord Trap - Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:35 Covenants - Genesis 12; Geneis 13Seals - Ezekial 9:4-6Difference Between the Church and Post - Galatians 3:27-28Case for all 12 Tribes - 2 Chronicles 11:13Curse of Dan - Leviticus 24:10-16; Judges 18:1-2; 30-31; Deuteronomy 29:15-21; 2 Kings 10; Genesis 49:17; Jeremiah 4:14 & Amos 8:14; Judges 5:17New People - Isaiah 60:1-3; Isaiah 49; Joel 2:20-32 & Acts 2;

For years and years it has been foretold how the messiah would come, and when. Well here we are in the last leg of what's been foretold.We see these things foretold byContrast of Isaiah 61 & Luke 4:16-19Jesus briefs disciples about his return (Matthew 24-25; Luke 21-22; Mark 3-15)70 weeks of Daniel - Daniel 9:24-27

Revelation 5 is set in heaven with what seems to be conundrum that could cause much headache and heartache. Imagine for a moment, arriving in heaven, and thinking that n one could open the deed to the earth. Then enters Jesus Christ, who has literally paid the ultimate Christ and revival breaks out in heaven.Themes and Scriptures Mentioned The Kinsman Redeemer - The entire book of Ruth (its only 4 chapters). Jesus in his infinite forms - John 1; Matthew 22:41-46; Matthew 27:37

How amazing heaven will be… Let’s dive into what John saw.

So We’ve spent so much time talking about the seven letters to the seven churches, now let’s see how it plays a part in view of the rest of the the cannon of scripture.

Time's Up! Choose this day who you're going serve. Skirting the line is no longer the way. Why? Because Christ sacrificed more than we can imagine just to be able to commune with us. So it's time to decide whose side you're on.

Local Notes:Philadephipa the youngest of the 7 citiesFavored for Known for wine productionVirtual gateway for Asia MinorWas under the legal jusrisdicion of SardisSuffered at the hands of a large Jewish followingSpiritual: Are you faithful even when no one around you is for you?Do you show love, when they show hate?

First we talked about Ephesus the church that forgot their first love, which lead us right into the sanctuary of the church at Smyrna, who was consequently the suffering church. Pergamus, the Church that married the world was right behind them. It only got worse in Thyatira.Today we find ourselves in a church that feels all too familiar, unfortunateky they call Sardis the Dead church, let's uncover why... 

From crooked Popes to Jezebel, to chaos to workers guilds, Thyatia serves as a cautionary tale to us all about how to make an atempt to live, because if we don't we might find ourselves in the tribulation. I don't know about you, but I want no part of that.

Imagine this. Jacob does everything in his power to trick his father he was Esau, so that his father would bless him with the birth right and it actually works! He gets the blessing, he gets to carry on the lineage of Abraham! THE FATHER ABRAHAM!! But it doesn't come without a cost, only because he decides to be shady and shidty, he has to leave his mother and father's home because his brother Esau is out to get him, LITERALLY. He actually say that, "When I see him, I'm going to kill him." I paraphrase, but you get the point. So he goes into the wilderness has this dream about gates in ladders that kind of tells the whole future of mankin (but who knew that then?) to end up at Laban's house. When he gets to Laban's town he lays eyes on the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and decides that'g going to be his wife, only to find out that her dad, (his uncle) is an even bigger trickster than he is.... Buckle up this is Bible School!!

We learn a plethora of things here in this passage:1. Esau was guilty of bartering divine privilege for carnal gratification, sleeping in on Sunday. 2. Don’t think you have to help God. If Rebekah would have not devised the plan God would have worked it out his way.3. Don’t be blind by you own affections to what God wants to do. Isaac was stuck on Esau, God was stuck on Jacob. Isaac wasn’t sensitive to the prophecies of God.4. Did Jacob earn the blessing? Nope. Something worthy of being grateful for in our own weaknesses.5. Jacob found the acceptance of his father by hiding behind the name of the first born beloved son. He was clothed in his clothes (type of Christ: we’re clothed in his righteousness).

Here we see the beeginning of fued that lasted for ages. We learn several valuable lessons from this off the wall encounter from this set of twins: 1. People will use your weaknesses to get what they want even when they are closest to you2. When God has prophesied a thing it doesn't matter what circumstances there are, he is going to make room for what he has promised.3. God doesn't need your help. Even when you try to tip the scales, he is still going to do what he wants

Today we chronicle through Genesis 23 to see Abraham preparing to bury his wife Sarah. We see how he appraches the elders of the city, and how God has made room for him to thrive and obtain everything that he needs in a foreign land. There are some practical ways that Abraham approaches his business dealings that as Christians we often avoid, which can leave us holding the bag in situations we were meant to thrive in.

Much like Job "Though he slay me yet will I trust him." God placed Abraham in a situation that most of us would fail, almost instantly. "Kill my kid?..." "How could God ask me to kill my kid?" But Abraham trust God enough to go up that mountain trusting that.  

Christ instructed John to write 7 letters to 7 churches. All of the churches have a specific message. Which church do you belong to? let’s check out Pergamus, the compromising church.

As we continue our chronicle through the Bible we have landed in the ever so controversial story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Let's compare and contrast the likeness of this evil society with the one that we so conveiniently call home. The comparisions are scary.

The Father of the faithful, a man listed in the Hall of Faith, Abraham is truly a man that goes down in the bible's Who's who. To understadn where he came from will set the ground work for your understanding of much of what will transpire in the 65 books that follow Genesis. Most people just know him as the father or many nations (and he is definitely that), but let's take a deeper gander into who he was, and what was really going on around him, that he would be regarded in both New Testament and the Old Testament, the Torah, and the Quaran.  

Christ instructed John to write 7 letters to 7 churches. All of the churches have a specific message. Which church do you belong to? let’s check out Smyrna, the suffering church.  

Christ instructed John to write 7 letters to 7 churches. All of the churches have a specific message. Which church do you belong to?

I've been saying it for a while now, but all history, genoalogy adn science points right back to God. Who would have though that a a couple of chapters that most of us gloss over are actually a key to many of the questions we have about this world that we live in. WHo would have imagined that the beginnings of the Persians, the British, the Assyrians, the Russians, a total of 70 country/families are represented right here in the recounting of the table of nations. Then who really knew that the reason that God scattered the languages was because they were making a mockery of his diety, and not because they wanted to reach him. Humans are something else, and its all documented here in the bible. There is nothing new under the sun, and here is even more proof.  Get excited because I'm excited! This is Bible School!

IN all of God's anger Anger one guy and his family found favor. God worked out a plan over the course of 600 years to redeem man, but was man willing to listen....nope.

It turns out that Noah's name means rest, and apparently the fate of humanity rested on the shoulders of Noahs obdience (well kind of). There was foul stuff goin on in Noah's day, and God was far from pleased, but it turns out that Gd was pleased with Noah's heart

We all ask the question, "Where does hate come from?" Guess what... We find our answer right here in the foundation of the World. Hate has long had it's root in the fall of man, but it crept in with Cain and Able, ever since we haven't been able to shake it's ugly disposition. This is an excellent passage to explore the beginnings of prejudices and where racism spurs its ugly head. If one feels threatened he typicall resorts to destroying the the one who presents the threat

So I'm sure we've all be confused about how exactly the fall of man really worked. Sure we have the basics like they ate from the tree, and God Got angry, and that's why we have to struggle for almost everything. Do we really know what happened in the Garden, and why this is the foundation for the need for a gospel? No? That's cool, so let's dig just a little deeper into the real reasons chapter three sets the stage for the rest of the Gospel.

I'm an heir to what? How could it be so. Take a venture into what this word really means

In the Beginning God created the heavens and the Earth... Sure most of us have heard it, but how mmany of us truly believe what exactly happened. How many of us truly have a grasp on what was in the beginning. When was the beginning. Who was there? Let's dive in the word, and find out