Sunday, Easter Morning, 31 March 2024; 10:30 AM

Dr. Robert L. Cole will be our guest expositor at our Good Friday worship service (today, 29 March 2024) and at our Resurrection Sunday Morning Service, 10:30 am, 31 March 2024. Dr. Cole will show that Psalm 23 is not about me or you, but about the same future future king of Israel mentioned in Psalm 22. It was Jesus who quoted Psalm 22:1 while hanging on the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The problem of the death of the king in Psalm 22 is solved in Psalm 23 with the resurrection of the king. In other words, Psalm 23 picks up where Psalm 22 left off.

Tim ColeMarch 29, 2024Psalm 22, Psalm 23, Canonical Bible Study, Hebrew Bible, My God, my God, Easter, Resurrection, Jesus Messiah

The Lamb King: Death and Resurrection, Psalm 23

Easter, How to do Canonical Study, Canonical MondaysTim ColeApril 11, 2022Easter, Jesus' Death, Resurrection, Resurrection of Jesus, Psalm 23, The Lord is my shepherd

Garden Harmony: John’s Portrait of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

How to do Canonical Study, Canonical Mondays, EasterTim ColeApril 4, 2022Easter, Garden of Eden, Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus death and resurrection

Eyes Opened

God teaches us one of the major doctrines of the Bible through story. The doctrine of the entrance of sin and death into the human race is shown to us in story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:1-7. So—if we as Bible readers are taught one of the major doctrines of the Scripture—the entrance of sin and death into the human race, barred from God’s presence--by means of a story, should we also not expect to see the tragic effects of sin and death reversed by means of a follow-up story? Is there such a story in the New Testament of the curse in reverse? When we approach the Bible canonically, that story comes to light almost as a Xerox copy of Genesis 3. Have a look.

Joseph--A Better Adam and Foreshadow of Christ

The biblical character known by the name of Joseph is not usually found in the same sentence as the resurrection of Christ. Joseph and Easter Sunday seems worlds apart. Even more strange is to find the name of Adam associated with Joseph and with Jesus Christ. But mere appearances can be deceiving. The story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50 is linked integrally with Adam who lost Paradise and with Jesus who regained access Paradise for the sons and daughters of Adam. The Bible was written canonically. When we begin to read the Bible canonically, all the dots—Adam—Joseph—Jesus—begin to connect into a seamless story.

Tim ColeMarch 28, 2021Adam, Joseph, Genesis 37-50, Luke 24:25-27, Resurrection of Jesus, Paradise, Easter

Peter: Jesus’ Twin

There are three people in Luke-Acts who look like triplets. The triplets repeat the same patterns.

For example, all three are raised from the dead. All three people give the Holy Spirit to believers. These same three people all heal a man, lame from his mother’s womb. Strikingly, the same three men raise people from the dead. All three are attacked and seized by mobs. All three are invited to the home of a Roman soldier. All three receive the Spirit from above. Patterns are repeated. Coincidence?

Tim ColeJuly 14, 2017Jesus, Luke-Acts, Easter, Resurrection