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INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 11 1. THE LAND OF THE MESSIAH ............................................. 13 2. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE MESSIAH ............................16 3. THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH ............................................18 4. THE PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE ................................ 24 5. THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN ......................................... 26 6. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT .................................................. 28 7. THE BOYHOOD IN NAZARETH ......................................... 30 8. JESUS IN THE TEMPLE ........................................................ 32 9. A CARPENTER’S SON IN NAZARETH ..................................35 10. THE BAPTISM OF THE MESSIAH .........................................37 11. THE TEMPTATION OF THE MESSIAH .................................41 12. THE FIRST APOSTLES ......................................................... 43 13. THE FIRST MIRACLE .......................................................... 45 14. THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE ..................................... 47 15. JESUS AND NICODEMUS .................................................... 49 16. JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN ................................ 51 17. THE SYNAGOGUE IN NAZARETH .......................................55 18. THE MIRACLES .................................................................. 58 19. MESSIAH AT BETHESDA’S POOL .........................................61 20. MESSIAH’S MINISTRY IN GALILEE .................................... 63 21. THE MIRACULOUS CATCH ................................................ 66 22. A BUSY DAY IN CAPERNAUM ........................................... 70 23. THE CALL OF MATTHEW ...................................................73 24. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT .........................................75 25. THE CENTURION’S SERVANT HEALED ...............................77 26. THE WOMEN DISCIPLES ....................................................79

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27. JUDGMENT PREDICTED .......................................................81 28. THE PARABLES .................................................................... 83 29. A GREAT DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE MESSIAH ................. 90 30. RAISING JAIRUS’S DAUGHTER AND HEALING

THE WOMAN WITH AN ISSUE OF BLOOD ................... 93 31. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND ...........................95 32. JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA ................................................ 99 33. THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND ...................... 103 34. THE GREAT CONFESSION ............................................... 106 35. THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION ...............................110 36. FINAL LESSONS AT GALILEE .............................................. 113 37. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND

THE PEREAN MINISTRY ............................................... 117 38. A LESSON FROM SAMARIA ................................................118 39. TEST OF DISCIPLESHIP .................................................... 120 40. THE 70 SENT OUT ..........................................................122 41. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN ..................... 124 42. LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY ..............................................126 43. WOE UNTO YOU, PHARISEES .......................................... 128 44. PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL ...........................................132 45. A GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT ..................................135 46. MESSIAH, THE GREAT DIVIDER? .....................................137 47. DO NOT JUDGE — REPENT ...........................................141 48. THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE ..................................... 143 49. DID JESUS BREAK THE SABBATH? ................................... 145 50. STRIVE TO ENTER THE STRAIT GATE ...............................147 51. SPIRITUAL LESSONS ABOUT WEDDINGS

AND SUPPERS ............................................................... 149 52. A LOST SHEEP, A LOST COIN, AND

A LOST SON ................................................................. 151


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THE LAND OF

THE MESSIAH

The land of the Bible has been called many names: Canaan, the Land of Milk and Honey, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, Israel, and many more. Th is is one parcel of land that has a unique relationship with God. He even calls it “my land” in Jeremiah 2:7. God loves this land, and cares for this land. Listen to Deuteronomy 11:12, “A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.”

It was this land where God called a man named Abram, for a specifi c plan and purpose. After Yahweh blessed Abram, his name was changed to AbraHam, signifying the breath of God had touched him. Th e land where God brought Abraham is the same region called Israel today. Th is little piece of land is the center of the world, and holds such an important place that nations have been fi ghting over it for thousands of years.

Israel is the hinge between three continents — Europe, Asia, and Africa. If one could control Israel in Bible times, they could control the important trade routes that connected the three continents.

Th e land of the Bible has a variety of scenery as well as a va-riety of climates and terrain. Even though Israel is only about 50 miles wide, and covers only about 8,000 square miles you will fi nd mountains and plains, fertile fi elds and deserts, often just minutes apart.

In Israel there are seven species of produce that are considered to be a blessing from the Lord: dates, pomegranates, olives, fi gs, grapes, wheat, and barley. Th ese symbols have been found on thousands of ancient coins and stone carvings throughout the land. Over 3,000


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species of plant life and 450 species of birds are found in the land of Israel.

God promised to bless the people who blessed Israel, and to curse the people who cursed Israel, and this has stood true throughout the centuries. Th is land is called “the glory of all lands” (Ezek. 20:6). Th e word “glory” in Hebrew is kabod, which means “beauty and honor.” Th is land is glorious because this is the place from which God prom-ised to bless all the earth. Th is is the land where the Messiah, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, walked nearly two thousand years ago. Th is is the land where Jesus was born, lived for 33 years as a man, was crucifi ed, bur-ied, and rose again. It all happened here.

Th ere is one place in Israel, the Dead Sea, that is the lowest point on planet Earth, 1,300 feet below sea level. It’s interesting that God came to the lowest point on earth, in order to redeem mankind. Th is series is all about the man, Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, who has changed the course of human history. Just to think, it all started here


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In S

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g Walk This Land with Me

God gave this land to the seed of AbrahamAnd for their sins He gave himself as a lamb.Messiah came to set His people free,Where He walked, His glory you can see.Messiah, take my handAnd walk this land with me,And walk this holy land with me.

Show me Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum,Samaria, Jericho, Jerusalem.Messiah, take my handAnd walk this land with me,And walk this holy land with me.

The mountains and hills of Galilee,The place where You walked on the sea.Messiah, take my handAnd walk this land with me,And walk this holy land with me.

Messiah came to set His people free,Where He walked, His glory you can see.Messiah, take my handAnd walk this land with me,And walk this holy land with me.

in the land of Israel, and two thousand years later, we have the won-derful privilege to walk on the very same land where the Savior of the world chose to walk. So since this land belongs to the Messiah, we will ask Him to take us by the hand, and walk with us through this Holy Land, and show us where it all took place.

Written by Carroll Roberson. Copyright: Jesus Is Real Music (BMI)


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