Past, Present and Future Wonders of the Middle East Hymns 107 186 273 Reading Deuteronomy 28 : 58 to 68 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 1 Past Wonders In the Middle East 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 2 1
Pyramids Pyramids 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 3 Hanging Gardens of Babylon 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 4 2
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 7 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 8 4
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 9 Lion at the British Museum 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 10 5
Past Wonders Seven wonders 1. Old Testament 2. Hebrew Language 3. Birthplace of mankind 4. Birth of a Nation 5. Birth of Christianity 6. New Testament 7. Changing the world 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 11 Old Testament Prophecy Know the truth Text Book for living Orderly, Healthy and Peaceful Lives 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 12 6
The Bible writers in different countries Mediterranean Sea LEBANON SYRIA Tel Aviv TURKEY Jerusalem Memphis Thebes Nile ISRAEL SYRIA EGYPT JORDAN IRAQ IRAN Baghdad Red Sea SAUDI ARABIA Babylon River SAUDI ARABIA 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 13 Writers Writers and their messages Different: backgrounds centuries and places Give the same message? They do in the Bible! 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 14 7
The Bible writers 1450 BC 1000 BC 750 BC 630 BC 580 BC 440 BC 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 15 Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Mitochondrial EVE Human genetics - she was the most recent woman from whom all living humans today descend. Through the female, not the male line. Principle right but place and timing?? 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 16 8
Leviticus 26 v 33 I will scatter you among the nations Deuteronomy 28 v 64 Ezekiel 22 v 15 I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 17 Summary of the Jews story: A nation under king David Turbulent history Scattered round world Persecuted Survived for 1900 years no homeland Returned to homeland Jewish state formed 1948 Focus of world attention EGYPT LEBANON SYRIA Tel Aviv Jerusalem ISRAEL JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 18 9
Present Wonders The new Seven Wonders in full are: Chichén Itzá, Mexico Christ the Redeemer, Brazil The Great Wall, China Machu Picchu, Peru Petra, Jordan The Roman Colosseum, Italy The Taj Mahal, India. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 19 Present Wonders The new Seven Wonders in full are: Chichén Itzá, Mexico Christ the Redeemer, Brazil The Great Wall, China Machu Picchu, Peru Petra, Jordan The Roman Colosseum, Italy The Taj Mahal, India. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 20 10
Petra, Jordan 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 21 Israel will not remain scattered That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. Deuteronomy 30:3 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 22 11
Returned to homeland Jewish state formed 1948 David Lloyd George PM Ottoman Empire Palestine Captured National Home for my People Industrial Fermentation Conkers Acetone Cordite Explosive Propellants World War I Churchill Arthur Balfour Balfour Declaration to create the State of Israel Chaim Azriel Weizmann 1874-1952 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 23 Jerusalem centre of Middle East Tension 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 24 12
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. Zechariah 12:3 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 25 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 26 13
Psalm 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 27 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 28 14
53 jmurgatroyd 130502 29 Children of Israel Removed from their homeland in the 1 st Century. Returned in 1948. Spoken language that of the nation of residence not Hebrew. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 30 15
Language of the Old Testament Hebrew Abraham Genesis 14:13 Genesis 17:5 Jesus Acts 26:14 & 15 Became a Dead language 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 31 Father of Modern Hebrew. The prime mover in the revival of spoken Hebrew. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda 1858-1922 Now the official language of the State of Israel 40 years - Wonder 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 32 16
53 jmurgatroyd 130502 33 Present Day Wonder Nobel Prize Winners Jewish Population 2 in 1000 (0.2%) Muslim Population 200 in 1000 (20%) Jewish Prize winners 22 in 100 Muslim Prize winners 9 in total of which 5 have been for Peace!!! Data from 2012 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 34 17
Future Wonders Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. Zephaniah 3: 8 & 9 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 35 Zechariah 12 v 3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 36 18
The Return of the KING Prophecy from the Past Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts 1:11 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 37 The Return of the KING Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Mark 13:26 and Luke 21:27 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 38 19
Zechariah 8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 39 Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 40 20
Final Conflict Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 41 Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. One Language for the world 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 42 21
Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 43 Seven new wonders. Peace No Death No Sorrow/tears Joy and Praise Immortality No wars or disasters No Former things money so no root of evil No Lust of eyes, flesh nor Pride of Life 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 44 22
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Do we want to see it? Now is the time to look. Bible is the only place to look True Wonders Past Present FUTURE 53 jmurgatroyd 130502 53 27