Bonsall Bible Church

Job 38:39 - 39:30 We examine the end of the creative, geological, astronomical and meteorological presentation of God's wisdom and understanding with the numbering of the clouds and the bottles of heaven, and then it's on the the zoological presentation. We count the lion, the raven, the wild goat, the hind, the wild ass, the unicorn, the peacock, the ostrich, the horse, the hawk and the eagle. We see in them his wisdom, and follow His understanding through the scriptures, 11 animals in all, in anticipation of number 12, behemoth, and the 13th - Leviathan. We'll think about how God maintains everything all at once, and contemplate His omniscience. We'll look at the prophecies of power, terror and majesty related to the lion; the picture of the Fall told in the raven; the goat as he symbolizes bounty and sacrifice; the deer and a picture of hope; the donkey and the three fold witness at the triumphal entry; the unicorn and his horn of authority unified authority and power; the peacock and the apex of humanity in the fallen world; the horses of judgment, and the white horse of the LORD's conquest; the hawk bringing judgment from the north, and the eagle that can save, or scavenge.

Job 26-31 This week we cover Job's final discourse and discuss whether or not Job is speaking by inspiration of the Holy Spirit and the nature of rightly dividing the word of truth. We cover the nature of parables and prophecy in the Bible, and the 4 characters understanding of the nature of God and His judgment. We look at parallels between Job and Proverbs, and the structure of the book. We also seek to answer Job's 6 questions: 1. Why was I born? 2. Wouldn't I know if I were wicked? 3. Is God testing me? 4. How can a man be just with God? 5. If a man die, shall he live again? And 6. Where does wisdom reside?

This week we examine Paul's epistles for instruction regarding divorce and remarriage and we review our entire study. What we've established so far: 1. Marriage is an institution ordained by God that is “trans-dispensational”, meaning from Genesis through the gospels and through to today, it has never been altered, (described by Moses in Gen 2:24, and during Jesus earthly ministry in Mat 19, Mark 10, and by Paul in Eph 5). 2. Under the Mosaic law premarital fornication by a betrothed woman, adultery and contempt of the law are all capital offenses (Deut 22:20, Lev 20:10 & Deut 17:12-13). 3. Since the Law contains no instructions for the legal administration of “divorce according to the Law,” the writing of a bill of divorce, for any of the reasons debated by rabbinical scholars, before or since Jesus would be contempt of the law. Contempt of the law is a capital offense (Deut 17:12). 4. The mass divorce event recorded in Ezra was not commanded by God (Ezr 10:2-3) 5. There is a romantic subtext that runs through the Old Testament and the Gospels that figuratively presents God’s relationship with Israel as a courtship in the wilderness (Jer 2:1-2, Hos 2:14), a marriage (Jer 31:32, Ezk 16:8), an unfaithful wife, (Jer 2:20, Ezk 16:15, Hos 4:12), a divorce, (Jer 3:8, Hos 2:2), and God’s taking back of Israel, (Isa 54:5, Jer 31:31-34). God, “the husband” would have proof of adultery against his “wife” Israel (Jer 2:20 & 3:8). According to the Law, she should be put to death, (Lev 20:10, Deut 13:6). But the husband set aside the Law, in apparent violation of the law (Deut 13:9 & 17:12-13). Appropriating man’s tradition of divorcing their wives, He divorced her instead (Isa 50:1, Jer 3:8); He would then embody the violation by being “made sin”, (2 Cor 5:21) and then He would remove the “sin”, (both His symbolic “sin” and His wife’s actual sin) by conquering sin and death by His resurrection, (Rom 8:2, Rev 1:17), after which He will again appear to violate the law and take her back, (Lev 21:7, 13-14, Deut 24:4) after cleansing her by Great Tribulation, (Rev 14:4). 6. The so-called exception of sexual immorality as biblical grounds for divorce recorded in Matthew was spoken in parables against Jesus’ adversaries by the theme of the romantic subtext, and not as doctrinal instruction for the church today. 7. Seeking a divorce is a sin. The sin is taking God’s name in vain. We look at Paul's reference to "I, not the Lord," reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness, and Paul's analogy of earthly marriage and eternal life in Christ. We cover church authority, excommunication, the spiritual union of marriage, and what we are to do when a couple claims they can no longer live together.

This week we will examine Jesus statements in reference to divorce and remarriage. Hear what a parable is, (and isn't), and then hear the words of Jesus as He progressively revealed the purpose of His earthly ministry. We'll discuss what pastors teach as the doctrine of biblical grounds for divorce. Then we will read their "proof texts" for that doctrine. We will look at the definition of adultery, and consider other grounds cited as scriptural grounds for divorce. We will also study Jesus condemnation of those who break the least of the laws, and teach others to do so. What should be the doctrine of the church today regarding divorce? And we will answer the question: Is seeking a divorce a sin?

This week we will review God's most direct statement regarding divorce in Malachi 2:14-16. We'll then examine the mass divorce and disinheritance event recorded in Ezra and answer some key questions: 1. Was the command to divorce the pagan wives from God? 2. Was the event carried out "according to the Law?" 3. Should Ezra 10 inform the doctrine of "biblical grounds for divorce?" We'll discuss the chronological order of Esther, Nehemiah & Ezra, referring to the original languages in questions of biblical translations, and examine Joseph's contemplation of divorcing Mary, his betrothed when she was found to be with child.

This week we study references to divorce in light of the Hermeneutic of the Romantic Subtext and the Symbols in the Law and the Prophets. We'll touch on the respect for marriage and virginity in cultures past and present, the question of divorce for sexual immorality under the Mosaic Law, and divorce as a symbol of God's mercy. We'll see that intent is required to be married, the difference between chattel slavery as practiced today in the Moslem world versus servitude in ancient Israel, and the fact that God considers a wife and children the property of a husband. We'll examine the question of divorce for adultery in The Law, look at the punishments for both idolatry, and contempt of court under The Law, and who's heart was it that was so hard Moses suffered men under The Law to divorce their wives.

This week we recap the principles of the hermeneutic of the symbols and the romantic subtext. We will also review some other Bible teachers' statements regarding divorce and remarriage. We will look at the King James Version and other translations (and even some Hebrew) when studying Deuteronomy 24:1-4. We will review the requirements of the law for someone guilty of both adultery and idolatry. And then we will ask the question, "what's God to do" when His people ignore those requirements? We will see how God crafted the law, and His dealings with sinful man to produce restraint, consequences, and an impetus for confession, repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation. We will then continue a systematic review of (as best we can tell) every reference to divorce and remarriage in the Bible, and discuss how they should be understood by believers today.

This week we'll seek to define what it means to "rightly divide" the word of Truth. We'll answer the question, "what is a doctrine"? We'll examine the conspiracy to suppress sound doctrine for today, the value and pitfalls for Greek, Hebrew, and alternative English Bible translations, and Artificial Intelligence. We'll establish that there is both moral instruction and symbolic ordinances in thew Law of Moses. We will compare the institution of marriage and the institution of divorce. We will discuss the both the incidental, and the intentional profaning of the name of God (and the implications for Judgment Day). And we will establish the principles of the hermeneutic of the symbols and the romantic subtext for interpreting passages in the Law.

This week we review the definitions of love, marriage and good. We look at the original ordinance of marriage by God in Genesis via the 4 scriptural references to it, in the Old Testament, The Gospels and Paul's epistles. We review the concept of nakedness in scripture. We cover things that differ at different times through Bible history. We discuss why the primary reason for death and condemnation is not God's wrath. We'll review God's communication with, and instructions to man before the flood and after, the origin of divorce, and introduce the hermeneutic of the symbols and the romantic sub-text.

This week we’ll conclude our study on love and marriage with the Sons of God and the Nephilim Giants of Genesis 6, Abraham and Keturah, Jacob and Rachel, (the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother), and Leah, Bilha and Zilpah, the Bible and Polygamy, and the Apostle Paul on marriage.

This week we go to the scripture for the power of reading, hearing, and speaking the Word of God, we hear about witnessing to the lost, and explain why we're video (and audio only) podcasting the gospel. We'll examine God's original instruction and intent for the first marriage, we'll search the scriptures for the definition of "love", and go to the Psalms and the three-fold telling of the story of the rich young ruler to find out what the meaning of "good" is, (and if any of us are capable of it).

This week we examine the scriptural record of love & marriage. We'll go from our wedding day to accounts from Moses, Jesus and the Apostle Paul regarding marriage in the literal, figurative, and prophetic senses. We'll look at the institution of, and administration of marriage in heaven and on earth. We'll also examine the three stories in Genesis where Abraham and Isaac deny they're married and see what these might tell us literally and figuratively about marriage and the economy of God. We'll also look at the difference between a man seeking a wife in godliness with Isaac & and in unbelief with Lamech & Esau.

Study with us as we look at the history of grace and law in the scriptures. Hear how Abram and Sarai insisted on working out God's promise of a son, and how quickly Abraham complies with God's demand for works compared to how long it takes him to receive God's grace freely. God joins Himself eternally to Abraham regardless. Hear about the difference between "the cool of the day" and "the heat of the day". God tests Abraham on Mount Moriah then offers grace to Moses, (but Moses insists on the rod). Find out why it might be that people cannot help but want to work for righteousness with God, how the law is our schoolmaster, (the the Jew first and also to the Greek). Hear the children of Israel demand the correction of law by promising to keep it, and hear Paul tell us how to behave once the law brings us to Christ.

Why do we prefer law over grace? This week we begin an examination of the history of grace and law in scripture. We'll define grace and law, then cover grace and law in then garden with God's first commands to eat and be fruitful, with Adam and Eve, in the modern church, with satan, with Cain, with Enoch, with Noah, and with Abraham. We'll also cover the number one topic of all human conversation for all time, and how so many of the kings of Israel and Judah walked.

This week we discuss "Proof Texting" and the difference between reading the Bible as a collection of proof texts versus reading it as a coherent story, understanding the nature of God and salvation, the judgment seat of Christ, the appearance of God's glory in scripture, God's purpose for creating the nation of Israel, the poetic nature of the book of Isaiah, doing all unto the glory of the Lord, God's glory in the age to come, diminishing God and elevating man, the reconciliation of heaven and earth, the things before creation recorded in the Bible, how God got glory and why, and God's ultimate purpose for creation.

This week we will examine the question of god's purpose for the creation, and mankind especially. “Did God create the universe and mankind for the purpose of glorifying Himself? Or was it for love? or was there some other purpose?” And furthermore, what exactly is glory? What exactly is love? And can we better comprehend the purpose of the creation, in hopes of having a better relationship with our Creator, and of being a better witness for Him. We'll do our best to define glory, look at the concept of glory in the historical narrative of the creation week, the first mention of glory in the scripture, how glory relates to men, how glory relates to the relationship between god and man, Moses choice between law and grace, and Moses' sarcastic reference to glory in Exodus.

Exodus Chapter 14 This week we'll examine searches for the location of the Red Sea crossing, physical evidence and spiritual belief, and God's message to Pharaoh that hardened his heart. We'll examine the type of faith miracles produce, the process of belief in a fallen & proud world, the miracles of Jesus, and walking by faith and not by sight. We'll hear the Israelites accuse Moses and God of evil, consider the superstition of the ancients versus modern Christian rationality, witness the parting of the Red Sea, and analyze the Egyptian's cry of God's name in their defeat.

Weekly Bible Study The Exodus Story Part IX Exodus Chapter 13 This week we'll look into the dedication of the first born, phylacteries, the mezuzah, the symbolism of the forehead & the hand, the Mark of Cain, the Antichrist, & the Mark of the Beast and the end times. Then God's uncertainty about Israel's ability to face the Canaanites in war, the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire, and walking by faith and not by sight.

Exodus Chapter 12 This week we'll consider the "beginning of months" before the Passover, the concepts of repentance, propitiation, forgiveness, resurrection, redemption, and eternal life for both ancient Jews and modern day Christians, collective versus personal salvation, and the Jewish hope for eternity as compared to the Christian hope. We'll ponder some interesting possibilities regarding where, when, and who Job was, and what he understood about salvation, the resurrection, and the redemption of the body, Moses methodology for implementing God' commands, belief by sight rather than by faith, and whether or not miracles are for today. We'll also examine the question of how many people left Egypt with Moses, and the significance of the Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and circumcision.

Exodus Chapters 9-11 The Final Five Plagues Against Egypt This week we'll learn about the murrain among the cattle of Egypt, the boils and the blain (and who was left standing and who was not), and God's warning to Pharaoh that this contest could escalate into a life an death struggle. We'll look at how and when God "raised up" Pharaoh for judgment, hail and locusts and the nature of lightning, when "all" doesn't mean every single one, (which is almost always), and Exodus versus modern claims about the "worst weather ever!" We'll follow the hardening of Pharaoh's heart and the diminishing of his court, his supposed concern "for the children," God's negotiating tactics, Pharaoh's death threat and God's answer, the mixed multitude, and just how long the plagues against Egypt might have lasted.

Exodus Chapters 5-8 This week we study Pharaoh & Moses, Patton and Soros, war and deception, taskmasters, officers and collaborators. God swears to uphold His promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and give the land to the Israelites. God Chooses Levi for the earthly priesthood. Who hardened Pharaoh's heart, and how? God preaches to the Egyptians. Yahweh mocks Egypt's Gods and punishes Pharaoh's sin against the Hebrew babies. God puts His miracles up against the sorcerer's tricks. And God separates the people under His protection from those relying on Pharaoh!

Exodus Chapter 4 Find out why the King James uses the term "borrow" for the expropriation of riches out of Egypt by the Hebrews, how Moses was predestined to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt, and why God was so patient with Moses, (and with us). We'll answer the question, "does God make people disabled? Hear why the law Moses is going to give Israel is beggarly and inadequate for salvation, but why God had to give the law to mankind. Find out why Zipporah called Moses a "bloody husband. And hear about the faith of the Children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt.

Exodus Chapter 3 Where is the backside of the desert? Where is Mount Sinai? How did the bush burn, but not be consumed? God opens a dialog with Moses. How do we hear from God today? Why the difference between fear and pride are the difference between Heaven and Hell. What are the borders of the Promised Land? And didn't God know taking land from one people and giving to another would cause conflict? The names of God given to Moses, the name Jesus takes for himself, and Moses resistance to God's call. Also we'll look at the long-suffering and wisdom of God toward Pharaoh.

Exodus Chapter 2 This week we'll examine Moses humble introduction, tyrannical commands, a mother's daring, Pharaoh's daughter, and total depravity. Also we ask: did Moses commit murder in Egypt? Stephen's account of Exodus 2, and how the account in Hebrews 11 differs from the account in Exodus 2. Moses' marriage outside of Israel, The Priest of Midian, Moses' identity in Midian, and God's thoughts when Israel's cries come up before Him at the end of Exodus Chapter 2.

Exodus Chapter1 This week we study the controversy of the 70 and the 75 who went down into Egypt with Jacob, (and the 33 and the 66), God's recommendation for family size, the fear of God, OpenAI vs Noah Webster, the etymology of the word "Pharaoh", God versus the tyrants, and the Egyptian Hebrew midwives.