Sermons and Prophecy

A DIGNIFIED ENDING Text: 1 Chronicles 28-29 Date: 18 September, 2011 from the series Death of a  Pilgrim Introduction: (Let us Read: 1 Chronicles 29:26-30)         26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. Death of David        28 Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. 29 Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of Gad the seer, 30 with all his reign, his power, and the circumstances which came on him, on Israel, and on all the kingdoms of the lands. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by Th...

"The Death of Moses" Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:1-12  September 11, 2011 from the series The Death of Pilgrim INTRODUCTION The following chapters deal with certain administrative matters, repeat certain admonitions and predictions from earlier chapters -- both in prose and poetry -- and give us Moses' blessing of the tribes of Israel one by one. There is much of interest and importance in this material, and I was greatly tempted to expand this series of sermons still further, but I restrained myself. Much of the matter we have encountered before in the book and, I think, it is time to be done. But, we could not finish without attention to the stirring conclusion which narrates the death and burial of, shall we say it, the greatest man but one ever to live in this world. 32:49 To the east of the north end of the Dead Sea. 34:3 The places mentioned are listed in the order they would appear to a man facing ...

Text: Genesis 50:22-26 Date: 04 September, 2011 from the series Death of a  Pilgrim A COFFIN IN EGYPT Intro duction we have been looking at the series "The Death of a Pilgrim". let us together read Genesis 50:22-26. New American Standard Bible (NASB) Death of Joseph   22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees. 24 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely [ a ] take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He [ b ] promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely [ c ] take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and [ d ] he was embalmed and placed in a coffin...