In Deuteronomy 18:18-19 we find the Messiah Immanuel spoken of in a veiled language of a spiritual reality. It is from this perspective that I will approach verses 18-19 which states this using the ESV translation and as always when the LORD within me gives me more I will add it. This passage has the following subject matter within it; Christ a Prophet, Hearken, Divine Condescension, Christ's words, Christ the Oracle of GOD, Obedience, Whosoever, Spiritual deafness, Hearing, and Accountability. And again keep this in your thinking as I am striving to keep this all in a spiritual context which the world's religions seldom do for they would rather keep man on a plan of the external. Such a plan is doomed for failure because it is against GOD and His Christ as the book of Revelation clearly depicts in its dealing with the harlot mystery Babylon an idolatrous and adulterous religion of the world.
Deuteronomy 18:18 "I will raise up for them a prophet like you (Moses) from among their brothers. And I will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. Whoever will not listen to My words that He shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him."
Warnings Continued:
Christ as Prophet,
Matthew 21:1-11, 45-46 "Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden (Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9).'" The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and He sat on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before Him and that followed Him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest (Psalm 118:26)!" And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee....When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking about them. And although they were seeking to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him to be a prophet."
Mark 6:14-16 "King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him." But others said, "He is Elijah." And others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old." But when Herod heard of it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."
Luke 7:11-17 "Soon afterward He went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great crowd went with Him. As He drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then He came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited His people!" And this report about Him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country."
Luke 13:31-35 "At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to Him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill You." Jesus said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish (am perfected) My (goal or) course (Luke 24:21). Nevertheless, I must go on My way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see Me until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord (Psalm 118:26)!'"
Luke 24:13-27 "That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them, "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" To this He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. For we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find His body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He is alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see." And He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures (Gen. 3:15, 12:3, Num. 21:9, Deu. 18:15, 2Sam. 7:12-16, Is. 7:14, 9:1f, 42:1, 53:4, Dan. 7:13, Mic. 5:2 and Zech. 9:9) the things concerning Himself."
John 4:15-26 "The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered Him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true." The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but You say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
John 6:1-14 "After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following Him, because they saw the signs that He was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up His eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward Him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little." One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?" Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill, He told His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign that He had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
John 7:40-44 "When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over Him. Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him."
John 9:13-17 "They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is the prophet."
Peter's second Sermon,
Acts 3:17-26 "Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the LORD, and that He may send the (anointed one) Christ appointed for you, even Jesus, Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets long ago. For Moses said, 'The LORD God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to Him in whatever He tells you (Deuteronomy 18:15, 18). And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people (Deuteronomy 18:19 with Leviticus 23:29).' And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed (Genesis 22:18).' God, having raised up His (appointed agent) servant, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness."
The LORD willing I will turn next to Hearken and Christ's Words.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 4
Again I am currently looking into Deuteronomy 18:15 and 16's warning before moving to verses 18 and 19 with their warning. And as has become my norm I will use the ESV translation as the standard of use because of it's simple language. And should the LORD give me more light to the passage ked at in reference to the subject I will add it at that moment. The area of this investigation is God's Majesty. Keep in mind that I am striving to reveal all things spiritual which are often denied by mans religions as they deal mostly in the external world's influences of an idolatrous and adulterous religion.
Warning:
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'"
GOD's Majesty,
1Chronicles 29:10-13 "Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. For both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank You, our God, and praise Your glorious name."
Job 37:21-24 "And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty (splendor, glory, honor and comeliness). The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness He will not violate. Therefore men fear (reverence and greatly revere) Him; He does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
Psalm 29:3-9 "The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in His temple all cry, "Glory!"
Psalm 45:3-5 "Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty one, in Your splendor and majesty! In Your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let Your right hand teach You awesome (dreadful and fearful) deeds! Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under You."
Psalm 93:1-2 "The LORD reigns; He is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; He has put on strength as His belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting."
Psalm 96:1-6 "Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless His name; tell of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary."
Isaiah 2:5-11 "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD. For You have rejected Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them! Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of His majesty. The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day."
Isaiah 57:14-21 "It shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from My people's way." For thus says the One Who is high and lifted up, Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the breath of life that I made. Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid My face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the LORD, "and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Micah 5:1-6 "Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for Me one Who is to be ruler in Israel, Whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore He shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And He will stand as a shepherd for His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they shall dwell secure, for now He will be great to the ends of the earth. And He is their peace.
When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and He will deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border."
Now there remains only God's Glory but I will leave that for your researching. I will the LORD willing look into verses 18 and 19 of Deuteronomy 18 before moving on.
Warning:
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'"
GOD's Majesty,
1Chronicles 29:10-13 "Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. For both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank You, our God, and praise Your glorious name."
Job 37:21-24 "And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty (splendor, glory, honor and comeliness). The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness He will not violate. Therefore men fear (reverence and greatly revere) Him; He does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
Psalm 29:3-9 "The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in His temple all cry, "Glory!"
Psalm 45:3-5 "Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O mighty one, in Your splendor and majesty! In Your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let Your right hand teach You awesome (dreadful and fearful) deeds! Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under You."
Psalm 93:1-2 "The LORD reigns; He is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; He has put on strength as His belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting."
Psalm 96:1-6 "Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless His name; tell of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary."
Isaiah 2:5-11 "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD. For You have rejected Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— do not forgive them! Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of His majesty. The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day."
Isaiah 57:14-21 "It shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from My people's way." For thus says the One Who is high and lifted up, Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the breath of life that I made. Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid My face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the LORD, "and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Micah 5:1-6 "Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for Me one Who is to be ruler in Israel, Whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore He shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And He will stand as a shepherd for His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they shall dwell secure, for now He will be great to the ends of the earth. And He is their peace.
When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and He will deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border."
Now there remains only God's Glory but I will leave that for your researching. I will the LORD willing look into verses 18 and 19 of Deuteronomy 18 before moving on.
Monday, June 26, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 3
Continuing with Deuteronomy 18's warning to hearken to the LORD Immanuel Messiah within verses 15 and 16 before looking at 18 and 19. We are about to look at Hearkening and GOD's Majesty before moving on to verses 18-19. Here is what 15-16 have to say as a means of review.
Warning:
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'"
Hearken to Admonition,
Deuteronomy 4:1-4 "And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. (But) For you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today."
2Chronicles 20:13-17 "Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. And he said, "Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you."
Job 34:10-15 "Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should do wrong. For according to the work of a man He will repay him, and according to his ways He will make it befall him. Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice. Who gave Him charge (authority) over the earth, and who laid the whole world? If He should set His heart to it and gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust."
Proverbs 7:24-27 "Now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Let not your heart turn aside to her (the hidden Harlot of mans religions) ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim (are mortally wounded) has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death."
Isaiah 51:1-3 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him. For the LORD comforts Zion; He comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song."
Micah 1:1-7 "The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple. For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains will melt under Him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place. All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards, and I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations. All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay (make desolate) waste, for from the fee of a (harlot...mans religions) prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return."
Mark 7:14-16 "Jesus called the people to Him again and said to them, "Hear Me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." ["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]
James 2:1 "My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the LORD of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He has promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?"
looks like I will have to share GOD's Majesty in my next post the LORD willing.
Warning:
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'"
Hearken to Admonition,
Deuteronomy 4:1-4 "And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. (But) For you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today."
2Chronicles 20:13-17 "Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. And he said, "Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you."
Job 34:10-15 "Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should do wrong. For according to the work of a man He will repay him, and according to his ways He will make it befall him. Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice. Who gave Him charge (authority) over the earth, and who laid the whole world? If He should set His heart to it and gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust."
Proverbs 7:24-27 "Now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Let not your heart turn aside to her (the hidden Harlot of mans religions) ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim (are mortally wounded) has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death."
Isaiah 51:1-3 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him. For the LORD comforts Zion; He comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song."
Micah 1:1-7 "The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple. For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains will melt under Him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place. All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards, and I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations. All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay (make desolate) waste, for from the fee of a (harlot...mans religions) prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return."
Mark 7:14-16 "Jesus called the people to Him again and said to them, "Hear Me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." ["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]
James 2:1 "My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the LORD of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He has promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?"
looks like I will have to share GOD's Majesty in my next post the LORD willing.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 2
Continuing with verse 15 of Deuteronomy 18 and the Prophecies Jesus fulfilled.
Prophesy Fulfillment
Genesis 3:15 Would be the "Seed of Woman" Galatians 4:4 with Luke 1:1 and Revelation 12:5
Genesis 18:18 with 12:3 Promised Seed of Abraham Acts 3:25 with Matthew 1:1 and Luke3:34
Genesis 17:19 Promised Seed of Isaac Matthew 1:2 with Luke 3:34
Numbers 24:17 with Genesis 28:14 Promised Seed of Jacob Luke 3:34 with Matthew 1:2
Genesis 49:10 Will Descend from the Tribe of Judah Luke 3:33 with Matthew 1:2-3
Isaiah 9:7 with 11:1-5, 2Samuel 7:13 The heir to the Throne of David Matthew 1:1 and 1:6
Micah 5:2 Place of Birth Matthew 2:1 with Luke 2:4-7
Daniel 9:25 Time of Birth Luke 2:1-2, 4-7
Isaiah 7:14 Born of a Virgin Matthew 1:18 with Luke 1:26-35
Jeremiah 3:15 Massacre of Infants Matthew 2:16 with 2:17-18
Hosea 11:1 Flight into Egypt Matthew 2:14-15
Isaiah 9:12 Ministry in Galilee Matthew 4:12-16
Deuteronomy 18:15 As a Prophet John 6:14 with John 1:45 and Acts 3:19-26
Psalm 110:4 As a Priest, like Melchizedek Hebrews 6:20 with 5:5-6, 7:15-17
Isaiah 53:3 with Psalm 2:2 His Rejection by the Jews John 1:11, 5:43 with Luke 4:29, 17:25, 23:18
Isaiah 11:2 with Psalm 45:7, Isaiah 11:3-4 His Characteristics Luke 2:52, 4:18
Zechariah 9:9 with Isaiah 62:11 His Triumphal Entry John 12:13-14, Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12
Psalm 41:9 Betrayed by a Friend Mark 14:10, Matthew 26:14-16, Mark 14:43-45
Zechariah 11:12 Sold for Thirty Pieces of Silver Matthew 26:15, 27:3-10
Zechariah 11:13 Money to be Returned for a Potter's Field Matthew 27:6-7, 27:3-5, 8-10
Psalm 100:7-8 Judas' Office to be Taken by Another Acts 1:18-20, 1:16-17
Psalm 27:12, 35:11 False Witnesses Accuse Him Matthew 26:60-61
Isaiah 53:7, Psalm 38:13-14 Silent When Accused Matthew 26:62-63, 27:12-14
Isaiah 50:6 Smitten and Spat Upon Mark 14:65, 15:17, John 19:1-3, 18:22
Psalm 69:4, 109:3-5 Was Hated Without Cause John 15:23-25
Isaiah 53:4-5, 6, 12 Suffered Vicariously Matthew 8:16-17, Romans 4:25, 1Corinthians 15:3
Isaiah 53:12 Crucified with Sinners Matthew 27:38, Mark 15:27-28, Luke 23:33
Psalm 22:16 with Zechariah 12:10 Hands and Feet Pierced John 20:27, 19:37, 20:25-26
Psalm 22:6-8 Mocked and Insulted Matthew 27:39-40, 41-44, Mark 15:29-32
Psalm 69:21 Given Gall and Vinegar John 19:29, Matthew 27:34, 48
Psalm 22:8 Hears Prophetic Words Repeated in Mockery Matthew 27:43
Psalm 109:4 with Isaiah 53:12 Prays for His Enemies Luke 23:34
Zechariah 12:10 His Side to be Pierced John 19:34
Psalm 22:18 Soldiers Cast Lots for His Coat Mark 15:24, John 19:24
Psalm 34:20 Not a Bone to be Broken John 19:33
Isaiah 53:9 To be Buried with the Rich Matthew 27:57-60
Psalm 16:10 with Matthew 16:21 His Resurrection Matthew 28:9, Luke 24:36-48
Psalm 68:18 His Ascension Luke 24:50-51, Acts 1:9
With the above comes the Messianic Prophecies of the coming Messiah and because this is so long I will only should the passages for now. Meaning that the LORD willing I will again share each passage with its text.
Genesis 3:15, 12:3, 49:10;
Deuteronomy 18:15;
Psalm 2:2, 45:2, 68:18, 69:21, 110:1, 118:22, 132:11;
Isaiah 2:4, 7:14, 9:2, 7, 11:10, 25:8, 28:16, 42:1, 49:6, 52:14, 53:2, 55:4, 59:16, 61:11, 63:1;
Jeremiah 23:5;
Ezekiel 17:22,
Daniel 2:34, 44, 7:13, 9:25;
Micah 5:2
Haggai 2:7
Zechariah 3:8, 6:12, 9:9, 11:12, 12:10, 13:7;
Malachi 3:1
From here I will move to our next verse which is verse 18 which deals with the Messiah being a Prophet, Hearken and the GOD's Mystery, the LORD willing.
Prophesy Fulfillment
Genesis 3:15 Would be the "Seed of Woman" Galatians 4:4 with Luke 1:1 and Revelation 12:5
Genesis 18:18 with 12:3 Promised Seed of Abraham Acts 3:25 with Matthew 1:1 and Luke3:34
Genesis 17:19 Promised Seed of Isaac Matthew 1:2 with Luke 3:34
Numbers 24:17 with Genesis 28:14 Promised Seed of Jacob Luke 3:34 with Matthew 1:2
Genesis 49:10 Will Descend from the Tribe of Judah Luke 3:33 with Matthew 1:2-3
Isaiah 9:7 with 11:1-5, 2Samuel 7:13 The heir to the Throne of David Matthew 1:1 and 1:6
Micah 5:2 Place of Birth Matthew 2:1 with Luke 2:4-7
Daniel 9:25 Time of Birth Luke 2:1-2, 4-7
Isaiah 7:14 Born of a Virgin Matthew 1:18 with Luke 1:26-35
Jeremiah 3:15 Massacre of Infants Matthew 2:16 with 2:17-18
Hosea 11:1 Flight into Egypt Matthew 2:14-15
Isaiah 9:12 Ministry in Galilee Matthew 4:12-16
Deuteronomy 18:15 As a Prophet John 6:14 with John 1:45 and Acts 3:19-26
Psalm 110:4 As a Priest, like Melchizedek Hebrews 6:20 with 5:5-6, 7:15-17
Isaiah 53:3 with Psalm 2:2 His Rejection by the Jews John 1:11, 5:43 with Luke 4:29, 17:25, 23:18
Isaiah 11:2 with Psalm 45:7, Isaiah 11:3-4 His Characteristics Luke 2:52, 4:18
Zechariah 9:9 with Isaiah 62:11 His Triumphal Entry John 12:13-14, Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12
Psalm 41:9 Betrayed by a Friend Mark 14:10, Matthew 26:14-16, Mark 14:43-45
Zechariah 11:12 Sold for Thirty Pieces of Silver Matthew 26:15, 27:3-10
Zechariah 11:13 Money to be Returned for a Potter's Field Matthew 27:6-7, 27:3-5, 8-10
Psalm 100:7-8 Judas' Office to be Taken by Another Acts 1:18-20, 1:16-17
Psalm 27:12, 35:11 False Witnesses Accuse Him Matthew 26:60-61
Isaiah 53:7, Psalm 38:13-14 Silent When Accused Matthew 26:62-63, 27:12-14
Isaiah 50:6 Smitten and Spat Upon Mark 14:65, 15:17, John 19:1-3, 18:22
Psalm 69:4, 109:3-5 Was Hated Without Cause John 15:23-25
Isaiah 53:4-5, 6, 12 Suffered Vicariously Matthew 8:16-17, Romans 4:25, 1Corinthians 15:3
Isaiah 53:12 Crucified with Sinners Matthew 27:38, Mark 15:27-28, Luke 23:33
Psalm 22:16 with Zechariah 12:10 Hands and Feet Pierced John 20:27, 19:37, 20:25-26
Psalm 22:6-8 Mocked and Insulted Matthew 27:39-40, 41-44, Mark 15:29-32
Psalm 69:21 Given Gall and Vinegar John 19:29, Matthew 27:34, 48
Psalm 22:8 Hears Prophetic Words Repeated in Mockery Matthew 27:43
Psalm 109:4 with Isaiah 53:12 Prays for His Enemies Luke 23:34
Zechariah 12:10 His Side to be Pierced John 19:34
Psalm 22:18 Soldiers Cast Lots for His Coat Mark 15:24, John 19:24
Psalm 34:20 Not a Bone to be Broken John 19:33
Isaiah 53:9 To be Buried with the Rich Matthew 27:57-60
Psalm 16:10 with Matthew 16:21 His Resurrection Matthew 28:9, Luke 24:36-48
Psalm 68:18 His Ascension Luke 24:50-51, Acts 1:9
With the above comes the Messianic Prophecies of the coming Messiah and because this is so long I will only should the passages for now. Meaning that the LORD willing I will again share each passage with its text.
Genesis 3:15, 12:3, 49:10;
Deuteronomy 18:15;
Psalm 2:2, 45:2, 68:18, 69:21, 110:1, 118:22, 132:11;
Isaiah 2:4, 7:14, 9:2, 7, 11:10, 25:8, 28:16, 42:1, 49:6, 52:14, 53:2, 55:4, 59:16, 61:11, 63:1;
Jeremiah 23:5;
Ezekiel 17:22,
Daniel 2:34, 44, 7:13, 9:25;
Micah 5:2
Haggai 2:7
Zechariah 3:8, 6:12, 9:9, 11:12, 12:10, 13:7;
Malachi 3:1
From here I will move to our next verse which is verse 18 which deals with the Messiah being a Prophet, Hearken and the GOD's Mystery, the LORD willing.
Saturday, June 24, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery carry a warning, part 1
I have paused at the Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery part 17 to take a fresh look at Deuteronomy 18's warning that was shared in part 3 of June 1, in each part of this warning. I will as always begin at the paragraph's beginning, to capture the complete thought. And as always I will use the ESV translation and when the LORD by His Spirit gives me more I will add it.
Warnings:
Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."
Our first verse is verse 15 which states this,
"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen."
Here are our topics of interest spoken of within this verse:
the Prophecies about Jesus,
Prophecies about Christ, or Messianic Prophecies,
Christ as Prophet,
Hearken,
GOD's Mystery,
Prophecies about Jesus: are absolutely trustworthy,
1Kings 8:56-61 with Psalm 93:5 "Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He spoke by Moses His servant. The LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His rules, which He commanded our fathers. Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He many maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other. Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in His statutes and keeping His commandments, as at this day."
Psalm 93:3-5 "The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore."
Psalm 111:7 "The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy; they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. He sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever. Holy and awesome is His name! The fear (reverence) of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!"
Ezekiel 12:21-25 with Daniel 9:12 "The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'? Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the LORD GOD: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.' But say to them, The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision. For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the LORD; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD."
Daniel 9:7-14 "To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which You have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against You. To us, O LORD, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. To the LORD our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in His (words a) laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. All Israel has transgressed Your (word as a) law and turned aside, refusing to obey Your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against Him. He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor (the benefit of grace) of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by Your truth. Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that He has done, for we have not obeyed His voice."
Matthew 5:17-19 Jesus is speaking. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them (bring them to fulfillment or completion). For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Luke 21:29-33 with Romans 4:16 "Jesus told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."
Romans 4:13-15, 16-25 "For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations (Genesis 17:5)"—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist (Isaiah 48:13, 51:2). In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be (Genesis 15:5)." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb (Genesis 18:11). No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able (Genesis 18:14) to do what He had promised. That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6)." But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe Him Who raised from the dead Jesus our LORD, He who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."
John 6:1-14 with John 1:45, Acts 3:19-26 "Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following Him, because they saw the signs that He was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up His eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little." One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?" To this Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill, He told His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign that He had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
John 1:43-51 "The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
The following it part of Peters second sermon,
Acts 3:17-18, 19-26 "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He thus fulfilled.
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the LORD, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets long ago. Moses said, 'The LORD God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to Him in whatever He tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to this prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' God, having raised up His servant, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness."
The LORD willing I will look next at "Prophecies about Christ, or Messianic Prophecies."
Warnings:
Deuteronomy 18:15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?'— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him."
Our first verse is verse 15 which states this,
"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen."
Here are our topics of interest spoken of within this verse:
the Prophecies about Jesus,
Prophecies about Christ, or Messianic Prophecies,
Christ as Prophet,
Hearken,
GOD's Mystery,
Prophecies about Jesus: are absolutely trustworthy,
1Kings 8:56-61 with Psalm 93:5 "Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He spoke by Moses His servant. The LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His rules, which He commanded our fathers. Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He many maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other. Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in His statutes and keeping His commandments, as at this day."
Psalm 93:3-5 "The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore."
Psalm 111:7 "The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy; they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. He sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever. Holy and awesome is His name! The fear (reverence) of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!"
Ezekiel 12:21-25 with Daniel 9:12 "The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'? Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the LORD GOD: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.' But say to them, The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision. For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the LORD; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD."
Daniel 9:7-14 "To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which You have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against You. To us, O LORD, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. To the LORD our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in His (words a) laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. All Israel has transgressed Your (word as a) law and turned aside, refusing to obey Your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against Him. He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor (the benefit of grace) of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by Your truth. Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that He has done, for we have not obeyed His voice."
Matthew 5:17-19 Jesus is speaking. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them (bring them to fulfillment or completion). For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Luke 21:29-33 with Romans 4:16 "Jesus told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."
Romans 4:13-15, 16-25 "For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations (Genesis 17:5)"—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist (Isaiah 48:13, 51:2). In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be (Genesis 15:5)." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb (Genesis 18:11). No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able (Genesis 18:14) to do what He had promised. That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6)." But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe Him Who raised from the dead Jesus our LORD, He who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."
John 6:1-14 with John 1:45, Acts 3:19-26 "Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following Him, because they saw the signs that He was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up His eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little." One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?" To this Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill, He told His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign that He had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
John 1:43-51 "The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
The following it part of Peters second sermon,
Acts 3:17-18, 19-26 "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He thus fulfilled.
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the LORD, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, Whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets long ago. Moses said, 'The LORD God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to Him in whatever He tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to this prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' God, having raised up His servant, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness."
The LORD willing I will look next at "Prophecies about Christ, or Messianic Prophecies."
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery part 17
Great indeed is the mystery of marriage and its power of unity. One of the many secrets of GOD is found in the marriage union of two becoming as one. And for this reason if none other I will again look into this mystery. After all it is under the greatest of attacks known to man these days.
Our Co-operation as found in the Exemplified Marriage Relationship,
Genesis 2:15-17, 18-25 "The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit (suitable) for him." Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept the LORD God took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed."
Proverbs 31:10-31 "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears (reverences and reveres) the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates."
Godly Living,
1Peter 3:1-6, 7 "Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—by the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."
My studies would not be complete without looking at the warnings of scripture, so often ignored or just plainly overlooked.
Our Co-operation as found in the Exemplified Marriage Relationship,
Genesis 2:15-17, 18-25 "The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit (suitable) for him." Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept the LORD God took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed."
Proverbs 31:10-31 "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears (reverences and reveres) the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates."
Godly Living,
1Peter 3:1-6, 7 "Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—by the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."
My studies would not be complete without looking at the warnings of scripture, so often ignored or just plainly overlooked.
Monday, June 19, 2017
The Revelation of Christ hidden as a mystery part 16
While taking a shower this morning the LORD impressed upon me the importance of how words work to cause acts and reactions in man. From the beginning of time words were used to create and recreate things. Words have either of two forces, the first as seen in Genesis 1 and 2 are positive, then in 3 we see the use of the negative to cause separation from the positive. Or the separation of light the positive from darkness the negative also seen in 1. Put it this way sin caused woman by her ignorance to question and ultimately doubt GOD's words this caused separation. Put in todays terms it cause antichrist to become effective as a negative within humanity from that moment on this known as the law of sin and death, having a time limit of its duration. Whereas light, life, love and union with God is also a perpetual law. Then in chapter 3 we see the promise of restoration to man the Christ then lost by separation. Later after it was proven that man could not abide under a Law of commandments, judgements and statutes which caused works of self efforts to come about, because it was with its does and do not's as a corral and school master of the weak and beggarly condition of natural earthy humanity. GOD brought to man a way of restoration through promises of His own doing and making of mans required obedience in a new law of faith in His faithfulness. This HE accomplished in His promised son Immanuel who was also the promised Messiah, a man of what appeared to be two names but it was and is one name, the similitude of Benjamin. In this the legalists under the Law argued endlessly, as there being two not one meaning. So words are indeed powerful and a cause of much contention in spiritually blind man. Today we re seeing the power of this effect in what has been labeled the resistance progressive movement of politicalized religionist. For mans history does indeed repeat itself if it we do not learn of Him who broke its cycles and outcome.
Now for my targeted subject of this post our Essential Success in a renewed Relationship Enterprise.
Essential Success in a renewed Relationship Enterprise:
To Sustain in Times of Weakness,
Exodus 17:8-13 "Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. When Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword."
To Give Success in Battle,
Judges 20:8-11 "Then all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house. But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot, and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin, for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel." So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man."
To Nerve for the Conflict,
1Samuel 14:6-15 "Then Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few." And his armor-bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul." Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them. But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us." So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing." And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel." Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him. And that first strike, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, killed about twenty men within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic."
To Inspire men to Improve their Conditions,
2Kings 6:1-7 "Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go." Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go." So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed." Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float. And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it."
To Encourage Reforms,
1Chronicles 12:38-40 with Ezra 10:4 "All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king. And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel."
This is sub headed "Reconciliation with GOD,"
Ezra 10:1-4 "While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law. Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it."
To Carry through Great Undertakings,
Nehemiah 4:15-20 "When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah, who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other. And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another. In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
To Give Men to Christ,
Matthew 18:19-20 with Mark 6:7 and Philippians 1:27 Jesus is speaking. "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them."
Mark 6:7-13 "Then Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And He said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them."
Philippians 1:27-30 "Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe Him but also suffer for His sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have."
My last area will be the marriage subject as our relation grows in the knowledge of Christ in such a relationship. Notice that I did not say religion because religion is in resistance to the knowledge of GOD in Christ and Christ in us as promised. in Genesis 3:15, where we first find the resistance spoken of in a veiled form as the heel that is bruised when bruising satin's head.
Now for my targeted subject of this post our Essential Success in a renewed Relationship Enterprise.
Essential Success in a renewed Relationship Enterprise:
To Sustain in Times of Weakness,
Exodus 17:8-13 "Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. When Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword."
To Give Success in Battle,
Judges 20:8-11 "Then all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house. But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot, and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin, for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel." So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man."
To Nerve for the Conflict,
1Samuel 14:6-15 "Then Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few." And his armor-bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul." Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them. But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us." So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing." And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel." Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him. And that first strike, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, killed about twenty men within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic."
To Inspire men to Improve their Conditions,
2Kings 6:1-7 "Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go." Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go." So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed." Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float. And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it."
To Encourage Reforms,
1Chronicles 12:38-40 with Ezra 10:4 "All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king. And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel."
This is sub headed "Reconciliation with GOD,"
Ezra 10:1-4 "While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law. Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it."
To Carry through Great Undertakings,
Nehemiah 4:15-20 "When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah, who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other. And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me. And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another. In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
To Give Men to Christ,
Matthew 18:19-20 with Mark 6:7 and Philippians 1:27 Jesus is speaking. "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them."
Mark 6:7-13 "Then Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And He said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them."
Philippians 1:27-30 "Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe Him but also suffer for His sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have."
My last area will be the marriage subject as our relation grows in the knowledge of Christ in such a relationship. Notice that I did not say religion because religion is in resistance to the knowledge of GOD in Christ and Christ in us as promised. in Genesis 3:15, where we first find the resistance spoken of in a veiled form as the heel that is bruised when bruising satin's head.
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