The LifeGiving Power of Hope

1
(No Transcript)
2

• The Beginning of the End defeat and exile
• (2 Kings 251-12)

3

• They (the Babylonians) killed the sons of
  Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his
  eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him
  to Babylon.
• On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the
  nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of
  Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial
  guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came
  to Jerusalem.

4

• He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal
  palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every
  important building he burned down. The whole
  Babylonian army, under the command of the
  imperial guard, broke down the walls around
  Jerusalem.
• Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried
  into exile the people who remained in the city,
  along with the rest of the populace and those who
  had gone over to the king of Babylon. But the
  commander left behind some of the poorest people
  of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
  (2 Kings 257-12)

5
(No Transcript)
6

• The Heart of Jeremiah stay and pray
• (Jeremiah 291-23)

7

• This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of
  Israel, says to all those I carried into exile
  from Jerusalem to Babylon
• Build houses and settle down plant gardens and
  eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and
  daughters find wives for your sons and give your
  daughters in marriage, so that they too may have
  sons and daughters. Increase in number there do
  not decrease.
• Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city
  to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to
  the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too
  will prosper. (Jeremiah 294-7)

8

• Gods Hand in History return and rebuild
• (Ezra 11-4)

9

• In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in
  order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by
  Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king
  of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his
  realm and to put it in writing
• This is what Cyrus king of Persia says The
  LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the
  kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to
  build a temple for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  Anyone of his people among you may his God be
  with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah
  and build the temple of the LORD, the God of
  Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem. And the
  people of any place where survivors may now be
  living are to provide him with silver and gold,
  with goods and livestock, and with freewill
  offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.
  (Ezra 11-4)

10

• Not my will, but Yours be done.

11
BRIDGES COMMUNITY CHURCHHAS EXPERIENCED

• Life Changing stories from the Pentateuch

12
BRIDGES COMMUNITY CHURCHHAS EXPERIENCED

• Life Changing stories from the Pentateuch
• Life Changing examples from the History of Israel

13
BRIDGES COMMUNITY CHURCHHAS EXPERIENCED

• Life Changing stories from the Pentateuch
• Life Changing examples from the History of Israel
• Life Changing lessons from the Wisdom Books

14
BRIDGES COMMUNITY CHURCHHAS EXPERIENCED

• Life Changing stories from the Pentateuch
• Life Changing examples from the History of Israel
• Life Changing lessons from the Wisdom Books
• Life Changing words from the Prophets

15
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 1. There is a God

16
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 2. Sin leads to death

17
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 3. God longs for covenant relationship with
  His children

18
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 4. God has the power and desire to deliver His
  children

19
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 5. God is never in a hurry He is more
  concerned with who we are becoming than when we
  get there

20
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 6. God will use whom God will use

21
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 7. God is holy and calls His children to grow
  in holiness

22
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 8. The cycle of sin is vicious

23
Cycle of Sin
24
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 9. God cares for the suffering

25
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 10. Gods wisdom will transform our lives if
  we let it

26
CELEBRATING CENTRAL OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS

• 11. God continues to call us back to Himself

27

• For I know the plans I have for you, declares
  the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm
  you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then
  you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me,
  and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and
  find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.
  Jeremiah 2911-13

28
(No Transcript)