Study the Bible with Arthur Bailey

Today, our real challenge is that we cannot abide or continue in His Word if we have not learned His Word.  We learn of Yeshua through discipleship .  Yeshua told His Disciples to follow Him.  They heard what He taught and saw the miracles, signs, and wonders.  Then Yeshua sent them out and they performed miracles, signs, and wonders as a result of their discipleship.     We must abide in the trut...

YeHoVaH's display of Power and Authority over nature, the elements, and the resources of Egypt may appear to the denominational disciples, or the un-discipled, to be singularly targeted and focused on Pharaoh and the Egyptians. However, a closer look into what is written reveals that YeHoVaH is setting the stage, and laying the groundwork, for the Children of Israel to know who this Great and...

YeHoVaH desires for every last one of us to be successful in our faith walk.  When you begin to walk with the Master, it puts space between you and people who are not willing to walk with the Master the way that He desires.    John is trying to communicate to us that the condemnation is because light has come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.  Tho...

YeHoVaH had the power and authority to destroy Pharaoh the first day He sent Moses and Aaron to instruct Pharaoh to let go His firstborn son, the Children of Israel. Pharaoh's continual refusal and hardening of his own heart, in addition to YeHoVaH hardening Pharaoh's heart, set the stage for the demonstration of YeHoVaH's patience, grace, and mercy toward Pharaoh and the people of...

While Yeshua was teaching in the Temple Court,  the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery. They said unto Him, “Master this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.  Now Moses, in the Law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what sayest thou?” They were tempting Him that they might have reason to accuse Him. But Yeshua said, “He that is without sin among yo...

Pharaoh's hardened heart caused him to continually refuse to listen to Moses and Aaron's request to let the Children of Israel leave Egypt to serve YeHoVaH. As a consequence of Pharaoh not listening to YeHoVaH's servants, Moses and Aaron, YeHoVaH turns His focus to Egypt's economy.  Pharaoh's repeated rejection of YeHoVaH's single command of letting His people go, and...

We continue with John's testimony of what he saw and experienced as a follower of Messiah.  John introduced us to the Word, tells us that the Word was Elohim, the Word was in the beginning, and then John tells us that the Word manifested itself in the human form of the Messiah Yeshua.   John indicates, by capitalizing the word “Prophet”, that Yeshua is the Prophet that Elohim spoke about to M...

Miracle after miracle performed by Moses and Aaron did little to cause or convince Pharaoh to release the Children of Israel so they could go and serve YeHoVaH. Pharaoh's heart was hardened to the point that he would not listen to the council of those around him. Pharaoh would not relent even when they described the miracles being performed by Moses and Aaron as, "This is the finger of G...

Amongst themselves, the people acknowledged the plot of the religious leaders as Yeshua was speaking at the Feast.  Some were perplexed because they knew the rulers’ intents, but Yeshua was speaking openly.  Some wondered if the rulers had finally accepted Yeshua to be the Messiah.   Deuteronomy 18:18   I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words...

The miracle of turning the waters of Egypt to blood, performed by Moses to demonstrate the power of YeHoVaH to Pharaoh, his magician's, sorcerers, and wise men, does not persuade Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go. Instead, Pharaoh hardened his heart. The back and forth with Pharaoh and Moses, in actuality, was a back and forth between Pharaoh and YeHoVaH. In some instances, YeHoVaH har...

This teaching addresses several issues related to Yeshua and the keeping of the Law.    Did Yeshua keep the Law of YeHoVaH or was He a lawbreaker?  Were the Pharisees and Sadducees keeping the Law of YeHoVaH or some other law?  Was there a difference between the law of the Pharisees and the law of the Sadducees?  Did the people of Yeshua’s day observe the Law given to Moses or the Law of the Phari...

Moses, as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron, as Moses' prophet, were instructed by YeHoVaH to perform miracles before Pharaoh. The miracles demonstrated the power of the Most High in the sight of Pharaoh, his magician's, sorcerers, and wise men. Instead of yielding to the power of the Most High, performed through Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart became unyielding. This resulted in hardship...

In this portion of John, we see that Yeshua knew the world hated Him and that His brothers were a part of that world that hated Him.  At the Feast celebrations, no man spoke openly of Him for fear of the religious leaders.  The religious leaders had made open threats about killing Yeshua and they threatened to kick anyone who acknowledged Yeshua out of the synagogue.  Over the course of Yeshua’s l...

Egypt was a land where its society and people worshiped many gods and was ruled by a king who surrounded himself with magicians, sorcerers, and wise men. It was to this land that YeHoVaH designated Moses as a god and his brother Aaron a prophet. If in fact Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was considered to be a god, as stated by many, YeHoVaH elevated Moses to be his equal. Likewise, Aaron, Moses' spo...

We pointed out last week that Messiah, the Word, became flesh.  When He says eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, He's speaking to them words that are Spirit, but they are hearing His words in the natural.  When you eat of His Word, consume His Word, you're eating His body and drinking His blood.   He dwells in you because you are consuming His Word! It's not something you do once...

The back-and-forth saga between Moses, Pharaoh, YeHoVaH, and the Children of Israel is interrupted by Moses reflecting on his family tree. Moses focuses on Israel's first, second, and third sons born of Leah, the older sister of Rachel, Israel's favorite wife. What are Moses' reasons for only focusing on three of Israel and Leah's sons and not the rest of the sons of Israel?  J...

From the time of Moses up until the time of Yeshua, the people of Israel were looking for the one that Moses and the Prophets spoke about. This Prophet, the Almighty was going to send, the Children of Israel must Shema!   Yeshua spent the bulk of His Ministry speaking to people who supposedly had the Word, but were following the traditions they had been taught as the Word.     The people had eyes...

Afflicted, heavily burdened, and realizing they are in trouble, the Officers of the Children of Israel direct their grievances toward Moses and Aaron. Then Moses and Aaron return to YeHoVaH to ask why He had brought trouble on the people.  Previously, YeHoVaH had revealed to Moses what He was going to do. However, YeHoVaH had not revealed to Moses how He was going to do it, the process, or the mea...

When Yeshua found out that the people were planning to try to force Him to be King, He departed and went into the mountain. Sometimes you have to get away from those who have an agenda for you that is contrary to your agenda.  It's dangerous if you don't have an agenda from YeHoVaH because you will find yourself being manipulated to fulfill somebody else's agenda.   Yeshua sent His...

The elders of Israel believed, bowed their heads, and worshipped upon hearing the news brought to them by Moses and Aaron. Truly, YeHoVaH had looked upon their afflictions!  Moses and Aaron must now deliver YeHoVaH's message to Pharaoh; a message that will not be well received. This message would create hostility between the Children of Israel, of that generation, and Moses. However, the host...

It is evident in Scripture that 5,000 men were fed, but there was also an unnumbered amount of women and children present for this miracle as recorded by John.  From the dialog recorded between Yeshua and Andrew, we see that Yeshua knew he was about to perform a miracle amongst His Disciples in the presence of the multitude .  Matthew, Mark, and Luke record Yeshua looking to heaven and giving than...

After Moses' reluctance and resistance to return to Egypt had invoked YeHoVaH's anger, Moses prepares to return to Egypt. Moses has finally accepted the assignment from YeHoVaH to deliver the message to Pharaoh, "Let Israel, YeHoVaH's firstborn, GO!"  On his way to Egypt to do YeHoVaH's bidding, Moses is unaware that YeHoVaH plans to take his life. Fortunately, Moses...

In this passage, Yeshua establishes His defense of who He is based on the testimonies of five distinct and valid sources.   John the Baptist   Yeshua’s own works   His Father, YeHoVaH  The Scriptures   Moses   Yeshua spoke of John as a witness, but spoke of His works given to Him by Father as a greater witness than John’s testimony.  Our works should bear witness of us just as Yeshua’s works bore...

In last week's Teaching, we discussed the implications of Moses asking YeHoVaH to state who He is.  Exodus 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?  The conversation between YeHoVaH and Moses on Mt Horeb continues...

In the Bible, there are times when Yeshua is referred to as Son; there are times when Yeshua is looked at as Elohim. In this passage of John Chapter 5,  Yeshua mentions Father ten times.  Yeshua makes it clear that the work He is doing is not independent of His and our Father YeHoVaH.    There are people today who see the work of Yeshua/Jesus as independent of the work of Father.  In fact, there a...