Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

Matthew 21:18-20  Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.  19  And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.  20  And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!  We learned that the barren fig tree is a picture of Jesus examining our lives to see if we are producing fruit for His kingdom. A fig tree with full foliage but no fruit, pictures a religious hypocrite.  It is a person who professes faith in Christ or has some external religious appearances but lives just like the corrupt culture that surrounds us. Those who are barren fig trees are consigned to remaining barren and they will hear the Lord say "Depart from me ye workers of iniquity." Those fig trees who bear fruit for Christ's kingdom will hear the Lord say "Well don...

After His triumphal entry and cleansing the Temple of God at Jerusalem, Jesus healed all the afflicted ones who came to Him for help. He accepted the loud  "Hosannas" of the children and with His disciples, returned to Bethany for the night. Matthew 21:18  Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.  Jesus went to and from Jerusalem each day. In the evening He went to Bethany, or to some part of the Mount of Olives, and there abode all night.  Jesus then returned at dawn to Jerusalem, and taught in the temple. Matthew tells us that Jesus was hungry, and we may tend to overlook this detail. Each of the gospels record notes of manhood in Jesus that prove He was a man like us, with the exception of having no sin nature. John 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  John's gospel tells us that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and ...

Matthew 21:12-13  And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,  13  And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.  In our last lesson, we saw Jesus give strong condemnation of money changers and profiteering sellers of animals, who operated in the House of God. The zeal of Christ for His Father's house led Him to cast them all out of the temple precinct. We found the foundation for Christ's words and actions rooted in the law of God and in the prophets Messianic words.   We also noted that this was the second time Jesus cleansed the temple of money changers and sellers of sacrificial animals. Buying and selling inside the temple of God desecrated this holy place and Jesus restored its holiness with His actions. The Father's temple is a house of prayer not...

Here is where to find indexes containing all Bible lessons posted on this blog since its inception in 2019. Click on the drop down menu and look for the archives tab. Then find the date listed below to find the appropriate index. I hope this will help you find lessons on a particular book of topic that we have studied through. I just noticed that I failed to post where to find the index for all of 2024 lessons, so I included that too. I apologize for any confusion that omission may have caused. An index for all lessons posted from 2019 through 2021 , was published on  September 7, 2022. An index for all lessons posted in 2022 , was published  J anuary 24, 2023. An index for all lessons posted in 202 3 was posted on  February 28, 2024.  An index for all lessons posted in 2024 was posted on January 21, 2025. An index for all lessons was posted in 2025 was posted on January 24, 2026. Matthew 21:4-6  All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which ...