Anchor of Hope

  (from Pastor Jason’s message on March 20, 2022)   It’s been about 500 years since the flood. It’s now that we meet the grandsons of Abraham, the twin sons of Isaac. Esau, the oldest twin, struggled with self-control, jealousy, and forgiveness. Jacob, the youngest twin, struggled with insecurity, deception, and greed.   We pick up their story in Genesis 25:19-23 (NLT):    This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel … and the sister of Laban …. Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins. But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So, she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked. And the LORD told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be st

  (from Pastor Jason's message on March 13, 2022) There’s a pivotal story in the chronology of the Bible that takes place in the record of the Book of Genesis. It involves a man named Abraham and his son, Isaac. It takes place on a mountain named Moriah that is of huge geographic significance in Biblical history. Today, that location is known by several names, including the Dome of the Rock, the Temple Mount, and the Western Wall or Wailing Wall. The Dome was built there by followers of Islam in the 6th century A.D. This is also the location of the second Temple that the Pharisees thought Jesus was talking about when He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days. This temple would be later destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.   This was also the site of the original temple, destroyed in 586 B.C. by King Nebuchadnezzar, but originally planned by King David and built by King Solomon in 1000 B.C. The Jews would return from Babylonian exile 50 years later and rebuild th