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Locusts of the bible.

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Locusts
(This could be what we are faceing?)
And the fifth angel sounded...and locusts upon the earth...and their power was to hurt men five months. -- Revelation 9
[L]ocusts generally come out of the eastern parts: it was an east wind which brought the plague of locusts into Egypt (Exo 10:13); and the children of the east, the Arabians, are compared to grasshoppers, or locusts,
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.--Judges 7:12
[Midianite--son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians; the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian Peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh--Strong's
Amalekites-descendants of Esau.
grasshopper--Strong's 0697 'arbeh translated as locust 24 times in AV and 4 times as grasshopper]
and one of the names of a locust is, "Arbeh," not much unlike in sound to an Arab. To which may be added, that it is a tradition of the Arabians, that there fell locusts into the hands of Mahomet [Mohammad], on whose backs and wings were written these words;
"we are the army of the most high God; we are the ninety and nine eggs, and if the hundred should be made perfect, we should consume the whole world, and whatever is in it."
And it was a law established by Mahomet, ye shall not kill the locusts, for they are the army of the most high God; and the Mahometans fancy that the locusts were made of the same clay as Adam was: and besides the tradition before mentioned, they say, that as Mahomet sat at table a locust fell, with these words on its back and wings;
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"I am God, neither is there any Lord of the locusts besides me, who feed them; and when I please I send them to be food to the people, and when I please I send them to be a scourge unto them;"
five months is the time that locusts live, and are in their strength and power, even the five, hottest months in the year, from April to September.                 (The New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible)
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Among Mohammedans, "Lord of the locusts" is a title of God.
(Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871,
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown)
Locust, a well-known insect, which commits terrible devastation to vegetation in the countries which it visits. In the Bible there are frequent allusions to locusts; and there are nine or ten Hebrew words which are supposed to denote different varieties or species of this destructive family. They belong to that order of insects known by the term Orthoptera. This order is divided into two large groups or divisions, namely, Cursoria and Saltatoria. The first, as the name imports, includes only those families of Orthoptera which have legs formed for creeping, and which were considered unclean by the Jewish law. Under the second are comprised those whose two posterior legs, by their peculiar structure, enable them to move on the ground by leaps.
"With the burning south winds (of Syria) there come from the interior of Arabia and from the most southern parts of Persia clouds of locusts, whose ravages to these countries are as grievous and nearly as sudden as those of the heaviest hail in Europe. We witnessed them twice. It is difficult to express the effect produced on us by the sight of the whole atmosphere filled on all sides and to a great height by an innumerable quantity of these insects, whose flight was slow and uniform, and whose noise resembled that of rain: the sky was darkened, and the light of the sun considerably weakened. In a moment the terraces of the houses, the streets, and all the fields were covered by these insects, and in two days they had nearly devoured all the leaves of the plants. Happily they lived but a short time, and seemed to have migrated only to reproduce themselves and die; in fact, nearly all those we saw the next day had paired, and the day following the fields were covered with their dead bodies." (Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, M. Olivier)
Some kinds of locusts are beautifully marked, and were sought after by young Jewish children as playthings, just as butterflies and cockchafers are now-a-days.
The most destructive of the locust tribe that occur in the Bible lands...these species occur in Syria and Arabia, etc.
Locusts occur in great numbers, and sometimes obscure the sun--Exo 10:15; Jer 46:23; Judg 6:5; 7:12; Joel 2:10; Nahum 3:15
Their voracity is alluded to in Exo 10:12,15; Joel 1:4,7,12; 2:3; Deut 28:38; Psa 78:46; 105:34; Isa 33:4
They are compared to horses--Joel 2:4; Rev 9:7. The Italians call the lcoust "Cavaletta."
They make a fearful noise in their flight--Joel 2:5; Rev 9:9
They have no king--Pro 30:27
Their irresistible progress is referred to in Josh 2:8,9
They enter dwellings, and devour even the woodwork of houses--Exo 10:6; Joel 2:9,10
They do not fly in the night--Nahum 3:17
The sea destroys the greater number--Exo 10:19; Jeol 2:20
Their dead bodies taint the air--Joel 2:20
They are used as food--Lev 11:21,22; Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6
(Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, 1872)
Locust. Any of the common short-horned grasshoppers are locusts. The name is so used in the Bible and in any books in the English language written outside the United States. Unfortunately, Americans have given the name to the members of the cicada family; and another source of confusion arises from the fact that the scientific name Locustidae is given to the group of long-horned grasshoppers, including the katydid, while the true locusts belong to the family Acrididae.
(The Wonderland of Knowledge, The Pictorial Encyclopedia, 1965)
The book of Joel describes a plague of locusts.
1:2 Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:
palmerworm: a caterpillar that suddenly appears in great numbers devouring herbage.
locust: short-horned grasshopper; esp: a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation; cicada.
cankerworm: either of two geometrid moths and esp. their larvae which are serious pests of forest and shade trees.
caterpillar: the elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth; also: any of various similar larvae
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
palmerworm: 1501 gazam; from an unused root meaning to devour
locust: 697 'arbeh; from 7235; a locust (from its rapid increase).
7235 rabah; a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect).
cankerworm: 3218 yeleq; from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically the young locust.
caterpillar: 2625 chaciyl; from 2628; the ravager.
2628 chacal; a primitive root; to eat off:--consume.
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Life Application Bible:
palmerworm: cutting locust
locust: swarming locust
cankerworm: hopping locust
caterpillar: destroying locust
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Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament--Joel:
palmerworm: gnawer
locust: multiplier
cankerworm: licker
caterpillar: devourer
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The New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible:
Jerom relates...the Hebrews interpret the "palmer worm" of the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Chaldeans, who, coming from one climate of the world, destroyed both the ten and the two tribes, that is, all the people of Israel:
the locust they interpret of the Medes and Persians, who, having overturned the Chaldean empire, carried the Jews captive: [the area of the Medes and Persians at their height encompassed all or parts of: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia--see Task Force on Terrorism & Unconventional Warfare dated February 10, 1998.]
Persia is the old name for the southwest Asian country whose official name has been Iran since 1935. Formerly the two names were used interchangeably, and today the name "Persia" is still widely used as an alternate for "Iran."
In ancient times Persia was the center of an empire stretching from Egypt to the Indus River--one of the greatest empires in all history. It included within its boundaries all previous empires: those of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites. The later empire of Alexander the Great contained little territory not previously held by the Persians, and Alexander's empire was not so large as Persia under Darius. Even the Roman Empire had a smaller land area than the Persian (it was only larger if the Mediterranean Sea is included), although the Persians never achieved anything approaching the efficient Roman administration and control of conquered peoples.
For two and a half centuries, from its founding in the sixth century BC until its conquest by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, it was the dominant power of the ancient world.--Collier's Encyclopedia, 1963
the "canker worm" is the Macedonians, and all the successors of Alexander; especially King Antiochus, surnamed Epiphanes, who like a canker worm sat in Judea, and devoured all the remains of the former kings, under whom were the wars of the Maccabees:
the "caterpillar" they refer to the Roman empire, the fourth and last that oppressed the Jews, and drove them out of their borders.
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[T]his may point at the several invasions and incursions of the Chaldean army into Judea, under Nebuchadnezzar and his generals; first, when he came up against Jerusalem, and made Jehoiakim tributary to him;
a second time, when he carried Jehoiachin and his family into Babylon, with a multitude of the Jews, and their wealth;
a third time, when he besieged Jerusalem, and took it, and Zedekiah the king, and carried him captive;
and a fourth time, when Nebuzaradan came and burnt the temple, and the houses of Jerusalem, and broke down the walls of it, and cleared the land of its inhabitants and riches.
1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. [Vine, fig tree=Israel]
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1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Unawares, suddenly, and irresistibly: there is in the Hebrew text an elegant play on words, which may be rendered, as "wasting from the waster," or "destruction from the destroyer, shall it come"; even from the almighty God, who is able to save and destroy, and none can deliver out of his hands; "Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty" (Isa 13:6).--John Gill
[Day of the Lord, 6,000-7,000th year, the millennium, the Sabbath day of rest.]
And they [locusts] had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.--Revelation 9:11
Abaddon, Strong's 3; of Hebraic origin [11]; a destroying angel
11 abaddown; intensively from 6; abstractly a perishing; concretely Hades:--destruction
6 abad; a primitive root; properly to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causatively destroy)
Apollyon, Strong's 623; active participle of 622; a destroyer (i.e. Satan)
622 apollumi; from 575 and the base of 3639; to destroy fully
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2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; Here the trumpet is ordered to be blown with a broken quivering voice, a tarantantara, to give notice of approaching danger by the locusts, or those enemies signified by them, and to prepare for it, and return to God by repentance.--John Gill
2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. "Like morning dawn is it spread over the montains." The prophet's meaning is evident enough from what follows. He clearly refers to the bright glimmer or splendour which is seen in the sky as a swarm of locusts approaches, from the reflection of the sun's rays from their wings.--Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary
"The day before the arrival of the locusts we could infer that they were coming, from a yellow reflection in the sky, proceeding from their yellow wings. As soon as this light appeared, no one had the slightest doubt that an enormous swarm of locusts was approaching." (Journey through Abyssinia, Francis Alvarez)
2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. [This is unlike the locusts of Revelation who are told "not to hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads" (Rev 9:4).]
"Neither herbs, nor shrubs, nor trees remain unhurt. Whatever is either grassy or covered with leaves, is injured, as if it had been burnt with fire. Even the bark of trees is nibbled with their teeth, so that the injury is not confined to one year alone." (Histor. Aethiop., H. Ludolf)
2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Various writers...[have shown] that the head of a locust is in shape like that of a horse...whoever thoroughly examines the head of a locust will easily perceive that it is very like the head of a horse; "And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle..." (Rev 9:7a).--John Gill
2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them from fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.--Luke 21:25-27
2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks.
2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword [Strong's 7973 shelach; a missile of attack], they shall not be wounded.
"We saw this lately in the province (Palestine). For when the swarms of locusts come and fill the whole atmosphere between the earth and sky, they fly in such order, according to the appointment of the commanding God, that they preserve an exact shape, just like the squares drawn upon a tesselated pavement, not diverging on either side by, so to speak, so much as a finger's breadth...For there is no road impassable to locusts; they penetrate into fields, and crops, and trees, and cities, and houses, and even the recesses of the bed-chambers." (Jerome)
"For you may see the grasshopper like a hostile army ascending the walls, and advancing along the roads, and not suffering any difficulty to disperse them, but steadily moving forward, as if according to some concerted plan." (Theodoret)
2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.--Isaiah 33:4
And they [locusts] shall fill thy housese, and the housese of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went from Pharaoh.--Exodus 10:6
"And this we have frequently seen done, not merely by hostile armies, but also by locusts, which not only when flying, but by creeping along the walls, pass through the windows into the houses themselves." (Theodoret)
2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
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2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. Locusts do not usually come from the north, but from the south, or from the east; it was an east wind that brought the locusts into Egypt (Exo 10:13).--John Gill
(The locusts from Persia, though, would come mostly from the north.)
".In our times we have seen swarms of locusts cover the land of Judea, which upon the wind rising have been driven into the first and last seas; that is, into the Dead and Mediterranean seas; and when the shores of both seas have been filled with heaps of dead locusts, which the waters have thrown up, their rottenness and stench have been so very noxious as to corrupt the air, and produce a pestilence among men and beasts;" (Jerome)
For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.--Isaiah 34:2-4
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2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. [Notice the order of the locusts as compared to 1:4 (palmerworm, locust, cankerworm, caterpillar)
"And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions." Revelation 9:8
hair as the hair of women: An Arabic proverb compares the antennae of locusts to the hair of girls.
(The New Commentary on the Whole Bible: New Testament)
"Raymond Dillard, in his commentary on Joel gives the following information about locust plagues:
"In our generation areas having the potential for a locust outbreak are monitored by international agencies using satellite reconnaissance and other technology; incipient swarms are met by aircraft and trucks carrying powerful pesticides. However, if the locusts are not destroyed or contained shortly after the hatch, once the swarm has formed, control efforts are minimally effective even today. For example, in 1988 the civil war in Chad prevented international cooperation in attacking the hatch, and a destructive swarm spread throughout North Africa devastating some of the poorest nations and threatening Europe as well. It is difficult for modern Western people to appreciate the dire threat represented by a locust plague in earlier periods. Such outbreaks had serious consequences for the health and mortality of an affected population and for a region's economy. Scarcity of food resulting from the swarm's attack would bring the population to subsistence intake or less, would make the spread of disease among a weakened populace easier, would eliminate any trade from surplus food products, and would stimulate high inflation in the costs of food products. Disease outbreaks are further aggravated when swarms die; the putrefaction of the millions of locust bodies breeds typhus and other diseases that spread to humans and animals (see the description in Augustine's City of God 3.31). Baron (Desert Locust, pp. 3-7) catalogues many locust outbreaks known to have been accompanied by outbreaks of pestilence.
"It was only in 1921 that the mystery of the locust was solved. Prior to this date researchers wondered what became of the locust during the years in which there were no outbreaks. In 1921 B. P. Uvarov demonstrated that the swarming locust was none other than an ordinary species of grasshopper. However, when moisture and temperature conditions favored a large hatch, the crowding, unceasing contact, and jostling of the nymphs begin to stimulate changes in coloration, physiology, metabolism, and behavior, so that the grasshopper nymphs make the transition from solitary behavior to the swarming gregarious and migratory phases of the dreaded plague. Plagues continue as long as climatic conditions favor the large hatches. Once entering their gregarious phase, swarms, of locusts can migrate great distances and have even been observed twelve hundred miles at sea. The swarms can reach great sizes: a swarm across the Red Sea in 1889 was estimated to cover two thousand square miles. A swarm is estimated to contain up to 120 million insects per mile Baro Desert Locust, (Raymond Dillard, The Minor Prophets, “Joel,” p. 255- 56). "
(Explaining the reasons for each of the ten plagues) [The Egyptians] had been in the habit of saying to the Israelites, "Go forth, plant ye trees for us, and guard the fruit thereon." Therefore God brought the locusts into the Egyptian border, to eat the residue of that which was escaped which remained unto them from the hail, for the teeth of the locust are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw teeth of a great lion.
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This enemy of Israel bore the name Amalek to denote the rapidity with which he moved against Israel, for like a swarm of locusts he flew upon them; and the name furthermore designates the purpose of this enemy, who came to suck the blood of Israel. This Amalek was a son of Eliphaz, the first-born son of Esau...
In his [Amalek] expedition against Israel he made use of his kinship with them, by pretending, at first, to be their friend and kinsman. Before going over to open attack, he lured many unsuspecting Jews to death by his kindly words. He had fetched from Egypt the table of descent of the Jews; for every Jew had there to mark his name on the bricks produced by him, and these lists lay in the Egyptian archives. Familiar with the names of the different Jewish families, Amalek appeared before the Jewish camp, and calling the people by name, he invited them to leave the camp, and come out to him. "Reuben! Simeon! Levi! etc.," he would call, "come out to me, your brother, and transact business with me."
Those who answered the enticing call, found certain death at his hands; and not only did Amalek kill them, but he also mutilated their corpses, following the example of his grandsire Esau, by cutting off a certain part of the body, and throwing it toward heaven with the mocking words, "Here shalt Thou have what Thou desirest." In this way did he jeer at the token of the Abrahamic covenant...Moses did not himself set out to battle against this dangerous foe of Israel, but he sent his servant Joshua...
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The Oracles or first principles of Christ.

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The Oracles or first principles of Christ.
The bible is a Jewish book.
Romans 11:25 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, (JEWISH NATION) when I shall take away their sins. ( This was Paul writing to us Gentiles so we could understand what Jesus said in Luke 21:
Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, (AD 70) then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. ( This was Paul writing Romans 11:25 to us Gentiles so we could understand what Jesus said in Luke 21: The christian Jews and Gentiles left Jerusalem in a great Cloud of dust, most were already gone.
So we have had the days of Vengenance in AD 70.

Paul to the Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed (All) the oracles of God.3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? We are to provoke the Jew to What?) "Jealousy" Romans 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. (Gentiles) (Have we as saved Gentiles done this yet?)

Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they (the Jews) stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
The oracles of God occurs just three times in the Bible. Paul is emphasizing the great privilege and responsibility that was committed to the Jews when God gave His "oracles" to them, a word implying "divinely inspired utterances."> (The Common wealth of Isreal.) >What is it? Not the Ten Commanants! Steven althought called them Lively oracles. Paul said when the commandment came sin revived and I died. (When the Law was given at Mount Sinai we died also.
At Mount Sinai 3000 fell but at the Pentecost 3000 lived. So the law is aganst us it brings death, but the Oracles in Hebrews 6 brings life to the teachers and the hearers. See Romans 7:8-10
Romans 7:8-10 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. (Got it ) 9 For (we) I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and (we) I died. (Got it?,) 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Then the author of Hebrews rebuked those Hebrew Christians who had still not learned the very "first principles of the oracles of God," despite having been professing Christians for a long time (Hebrews 5:12). Finally, the apostle Peter urged his readers: "If any man speak, (Or write?) let him speak as the oracles of God" (1Peter 4:11.) That is, anyone who presumes to speak for the Lord must "Preach the word" (II Timothy 4:2). It is not our words, but His words that are "quick, and powerful" (Hebrews 4:12). The fact, Stephen called them "the lively [or `living'] oracles" (Acts 7:37-38). NIV 37 "This is that Moses who told the Israelites, 'God will send you a prophet like me from your own people." (He meant JESUS) 38 He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us. Deut. 18:15
Paul to Timothy below.
2 Timothy 4:2 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
The ten Commandants was taught to them in the wilderness before they were written on stone.)
Jewish Christans in Hebrews and also us Gentiles today.
Hebrews 5:12 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
He mentions Christ Jesus as being " Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek." In the Old Testament, the oracles of God, Melchizedek was held forth as an eminent type of Christ; and the account we there have of him contains many gospel mysteries. These mysteries the apostle was willing to point out to the Christian Hebrews; but he apprehended, that through their weakness in knowledge, they would not understand him; and therefore breaks off for the present from saying any thing about Melchizedek. (No meat for for them then at this time in this letter.)
There is an order of the way we teach the Oracles of Hebrews chapter six.
In Hebrew the word oracle is DEBIR (#1687 in Strong's). John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". John 1:14: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
Does the Word oracle mean the Word of God in the New Testament? I Peter 4:11; Hebrews 5:12; Romans 3:1-2; Acts 7:38.
1 Peter 4:11 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Preach the word, 1 repentance from dead works, 2 faith toward God, 3 baptisms, 4 laying on of hands, 5 resurrection of the dead, 6 eternal judgment. This was the word to the Christian Hebrews. Hebrews chapter 6
2 Timothy 4:2 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. (No doubt this was the doctrine of the Apostles.)
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (And the Lords Supper.)
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.Romans 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
A gathering in the Church or Home, heres what happens.
1Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
NOW WHAT IS THE WORD? "All six principles or oracles of Christ." What is the law? "Death."
Steven > Acts 7:38 This is he, (Meaning JESUS) that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him (Moses) in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (Christ was preached to them coming out of Egypt and in the wilderness.)
WHAT ARE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD NOW?
Hebrews 6 :1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of (1) repentance from dead works, and of (2) faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of (3) baptisms, and of (4) laying on of hands, and of (5) resurrection of the dead, and of (6) eternal judgment. (So there there or six of them here.)
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, (1) Repent, and be (2) baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the (gift of the Holy Ghost. KJV 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,> (Jews and Gentiles) even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. "(JESUS)" 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
When a person teaches the doctrine of Christ he must teach all six in Hebrews.Then on to perfection.
In all these references, it is clear that these "oracles of God"--that is, the Holy Scriptures--constitute the very utterances of the living God. They were given to and through believing Jews and are preserved for us now in our Bibles. They obviously should be believed, studied, obeyed, and proclaimed by all who consider themselves to be like Jesus.
The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is the agent of God’s regenerating of the human soul, effecting the change by the instrumentality of the Word of God (John 1:12-13, 3:5-8, Titus 3:5, James 1:17-18, 1 Pet. 1:21-25, etc.). This process of renewing the soul into the image of Christ continues all through the believer’s life until its consummation in the very presence of Jesus himself (John 15:3, 17:17, Rom. 12:1-2, 1Cor. 2:9-16, 2Cor. 3:17-18, 4:4, etc. concluding with
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
We can not restore Apostles but we can teach their doctrines and live by them.
The fact that many people reject the Bible, even claiming it is wrong in what it teaches, is irrelevant. Such claims merely display human arrogance. God's Word has been "for ever settled in heaven" and "is true from the beginning"
(Psalm 119:89, 160. It will endure even after this present world has passed away (Matthew 24:35 and will finally be the criterion by which its detractors will be judged in the last day (Revelation 20:12, 22:18-19.)
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 22:18,19, 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Brother Dillard Munsell All from the HOLY BOOK Pass it on to those who are hungry for the Life and bread of life of JESUS dillmunsell@yahoo.com. 6:30 bible study. Wed.

Ezekiel a man with a masters degree about labor force.

2011-05-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

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This is the Cleanup after the Lord's battle of Gog and Magog is finished around Isreal.
Ezekiel 39:8-29
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

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The Oracles or the first principles of Christ (.doctrine )

2011-04-19T20:58:00.000-07:00

So we have had the days of Vengenance in AD 70. For Jewish Church??

Hebrews 5:12 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

He mentions Christ Jesus as being " Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek." In the Old Testament, the oracles of God, Melchizedek was held forth as an eminent type of Christ; and the account we there have of him contains many gospel mysteries. These mysteries the apostle was willing to point out to the Christian Hebrews; but he apprehended, that through their weakness in knowledge, they would not understand him; and therefore breaks off for the present from saying any thing about Melchizedek. (No meat for for them then at this time in this letter.)

A gathering in the Church or Home, heres what happens.

1Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

NOW WHAT IS THE WORD? "All six principles or oracles of Christ." What is the law? "Death."
Steven > Acts 7:38 This is he, (Meaning JESUS) that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him (Moses) in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (Mose's) (Christ was preached to them coming out of Egypt and in the wilderness.)
WHAT ARE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD NOW?

Hebrews 6 :1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of
(1) repentance from dead works, and of
(2) faith toward God,
3 Of the doctrine of baptisms, (MORE THAN ONE) and of
4 laying on of hands, and of
5 resurrection of the dead, and of
6 eternal judgment. (So there there or six of them here.)
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. What is the milk?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, (1) Repent, and be (2) baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the (gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,> (Jews and Gentiles) even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. "(JESUS)" 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
When a person teaches the doctrine of Christ he must teach all
six in Hebrews.Then on to perfection BE mocked.

In all these references, it is clear that these "oracles of God"-that is, the Holy Scriptures-constitute the very utterances GIVEN by the Spirit of the living God. They were given to and through believing Jews and are preserved for us now in our Bibles. They obviously should be believed, studied, obeyed, and proclaimed by all who consider themselves to be like Jesus.

The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is the agent of God’s regenerating of the human soul, effecting the change by the instrumentality of the Word of God (John 1:12-13, 3:5-8, Titus 3:5, James 1:17-18, 1 Pet. 1:21-25, etc.). This process of renewing the soul into the image of Christ continues all through the believer’s life until its consummation in the very presence of Jesus himself (John 15:3, 17:17, Rom. 12:1-2, 1Cor. 2:9-16, 2Cor. 3:17-18, 4:4, etc. concluding with
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

We can not restore Apostles but we can teach their doctrines and live by them.

The fact that many people reject the Bible, even claiming it is wrong in what it teaches, is irrelevant. Such claims merely display human arrogance. God's Word has been "for ever settled in heaven" and "is true from the beginning"
(Psalm 119:89, 160. It will endure even after this present world has passed away (Matthew 24:35 and will finally be the criterion by which its detractors will be judged in the last day (Revelation 20:12, 22:18-19.)

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. At the end of the one thousand year's.
Revelation 22:18,19, 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. No doubt John meant all the bible or words of God.

Elder because of age and Brother Dillard Munsell All from the HOLY BOOK Pass it on to those who are hungry for the Life blood and bread of life from JESUS dillmunsell@yahoo.com.

Word From Yerushalaim

2011-04-19T20:10:00.000-07:00

Geography:
    Israel is only 1/6 of 1% of the land mass of the Middle East.
    Israel is roughly half the size of Lake Michigan.
    The Sea of Galilee, at 695 ft. Below sea level, is the lowest freshwater lake in the world.
    The Dead Sea is the lowest surface point on earth, at about 1,373 feet below sea level.
    Israel is the only nation in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in it's number of trees.
    Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited town in the world.
    The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem is the oldest, continually used cemetery in the world.
Demographics:
    Israel 's population is half the size of Metro New York City.
    Israel has only 2% of the population of the Middle East .
    Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
    Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation in the world - by a large margin.
    Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world - by a large margin.
    Israel has the highest number of engineers per capita in the world.
    Israel has the highest number of PhD's per capita in the world.
    Israel has the highest number of physicians per capita in the world.
    Israel has the largest percentage of it's workforce employed in technical professions in the world.
    Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation in the world, per capita.
    Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population has grown over the last 50 years.
    Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians, Muslims and Jews are all free to vote.
    Israel is the only country in the Middle East where women enjoy full political rights.
Economics:
    Israel has the largest number of startup companies per capita in the world.
    Israel is the world's largest wholesale diamond center, finally surpassing Antwerp in the 1970's.
    Most of the cut & polished diamonds in the world come from Israel.
    Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies outside of the US and Canada.
    Israel was the first country to have a free trade agreement with the United States.
    Apart from the Silicon Valley, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world.
Electronics:
    The cell phone was developed in Israel at Motorola's largest development center.
   The Voice Mail technology was developed in Israel.
   In the early 80's, IBM chose an Israeli-designed computer chip as the brains for it's first personal computers.
   The first anti-virus software for computers was developed in Israel in 1979.
   Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed in Israel by
Microsoft:
    Both the Pentium-4 and Centrino processors were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel .
   The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
   Israel has the highest number of home computers per capita in the world.
   The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ was developed in 1996 by 4 young Israelis.
   Israel was the first Middle Eastern country to launch a satellite, the Ofek 1, on September 19, 1988.
Culture:
    Hebrew is the only case of a dead national language being revived in all of world history.
   Hebrew had not been spoken as a native tongue by anyone for centuries.
    Today it is the native tongue of millions of people.
    Israel has more museums per capita than any other nation in the world.
    Israel has more orchestras per capita than any other nation in the world.
    Israel publishes more books per capita than any other nation in the world.
    Israel publishes more books translated from other languages than any other nation in the world.
    Israel reads more books per capita than any other nation in the world.
    The most independent and free Arabic press in the Middle East is in Israel.
Military/Security:
    Israel has the largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the US.
    Israel has the world's most impenetrable airline security.
    Israel spends more money per capita on its own protection than any country in the world.
Other:
     Israel's dairy cows are the most productive dairy cows in the world.
     They average 25,432 pounds of milk per cow per year, compared to just 18,747 pounds from American cows;
     17,085 from Canadian cows; 13,778 from European Union cows; 10,207 from Australian cows; and 6,600 from
     Chinese cows.
     Israel has more in-vitro fertilization per capita than anywhere in the world, and it's free.
     Israelis, per capita, are the world's biggest consumers of fruits and vegetables.
Of the 175 UN Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.

Of the 690 UN General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel
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STATISTICS ABOUT ARABS & JEWS

2011-04-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

STATISTICS ABOUT ARABS & JEWS
The following statistics offer a down to earth overview of the reality of the moral arguments in the Arab-Israeli conflict ............
Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: over 700
Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran: 0
Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem when it was under Arab rule (1948 to 1967): 1
Number of Arab refugees who fled the land that became Israel: approximately 600,000
Number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab countries: approximately 600,000
Number of Jewish states that have existed on the land called Palestine: 3
Number of Arab or Muslim states that have existed on the land called Palestine: 0
Number of terrorist attacks by Israelis or Jews since 1967: 1
Number of terrorist attacks by Arabs or Muslims since 1967: thousands
Number of Jewish countries: 1
Number of Jewish democracies: 1
Number of Arab countries: 19
Number of Arab democracies: 0
Number of Arab women killed annually by fathers and brothers in "honour killings": thousands
Number of Jewish women killed annually by fathers and brothers in "honour killings": 0
Number of Christian or Jewish prayer services allowed in Saudi Arabia: 0
Number of Muslim prayer services allowed in Israel: unlimited
Number of Arabs Israel allows to live in Arab settlements in Israel: 1,250,000
Number of Jews Palestinian Authority allows to live in Jewish settlements in Palestinian Authority: 0
Number of Arab countries that have been members of the U.N. Security Council: 16
Number of times Israel has been a member of the U.N. Security Council: 0
Number of U.N. Security Council resolutions on the Middle East between 1948 and 1991: 175
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions condemning Israel: 322
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions condemning an Arab country: 4
Number of U.N. agencies that deal only with Palestinian refugees: 1
Number of U.N. agencies that deal with all the other refugees in the world: 1
Percentage of Jews who have praised the Jewish terrorist: approximately 0.1%
Percentage of Palestinians who have praised Islamic terrorists: approximately 90%
Percentage of U.N. votes in which Arab countries voted with the United States in 2002: 16.6
Percentage of U.N. votes in which Israel voted with the United States in 2002: 92.6%
Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions condemning an Arab country for human rights violations: 0%
Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions condemning Israel for human rights violations: 26%
Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who defend Zionism and Israel: approximately 1%
Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who believe in diversity on college campuses: 100%
Statistics taken from Dennis Prager host of a national daily radio show based in Los Angeles.

(2)
The global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000, or 20% of the world population They have received the following Nobel Prizes for their contribution to the world.
Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz
Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1990 - Elias James Corey
1999 - Ahmed Zewai
Economics:
(none)
Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad
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The global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000, or about 0.02% of
the world population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes for their masive
contribution to all mankind.
Literature
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer Worl d
Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin
Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloc h
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phillips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charle s Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger
Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Markowitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Rob ert Fogel
Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abra ham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jaco b
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montal cini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phillip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
Muslims must ask "what can they do for humankind" before they demand that humankind respects them! Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel's part , the following two sentences really say it all:
If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.
If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.
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Have you changed your mind about Jesus yet?

2007-12-23T03:46:00.000-08:00

Have you changed your mind about Jesus yet?
Paul told Timothy to teach these things.
2 Timothy 1:7-11 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.--- (WE need more of it!)

8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (WOW)

10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: (For us all)

11 Whereunto I (Paul) am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.--- (UMM Not Jews?)

2 Timothy 2:10-23 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes,> that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (they) Read Romans 11:25 (Elect must be Jews not saved yet?--- Or when Romans was written?--(Tell me if you know.)

23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife.

2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, (humm) but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (You shall receive POWER after the Holy Ghost has come upon you )

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, -----(Boy have these people got some things to overcome)
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (Know your BIBLE!!!)

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (Has this been in the Church? Well know your Bible.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Note on Repentance: The fact that people are called "to turn" either "to" or "away from" implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning (repentance), a God given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There is with conversion, the free sovereign act of God's mercy and man's going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscience decision of turning to God. God has done His part, says faith, so we do our human part showing forth His work of grace on our heart through our walk. Turning to God includes acceptance of all God's total will for one's life.
Strong's 3341 metanoia = Change of mind, remorse, regret, repentance from evil to good or from good to better repentance is expected to manifest itself in conduct.

Acts 26.20 -The kindness of God leads to repentance.

Acts 26:20 20 But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Believe for the very works sake. = the Kingdom coming to earth.

(Thank God we are not left here on earth alone.)

Romans 2:4 Or despised thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, ( We should know we have repented. NO place for doubt?

Repentance toward God based on the death of Christ is permanent. The new birth brings this about. It cannot fail so cannot be repeated. The Death of Christ is central in our salvation and not any action (work) of ours. Salvation is of the Lord. He has purchased for us eternal salvation from death.

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Remember the Sabbath is>."Not something new."

2007-12-09T15:57:00.000-08:00

Another view of the sabbath, Church's history? Posted by Dillard Munsell dillmunsell@yahoo.com
Remember the Sabbath is>."Not something new."
Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions about Sunday
The vast majority of Christian churches today teach the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, as a time for rest and worship. Yet it is generally known and freely admitted that the early Christians observed the seventh day as the Sabbath. How did this change come about?
History reveals that it was decades after the death of the apostles that a politico-religious system repudiated the Sabbath of Scripture and substituted the observance of the first day of the week. The following quotations, all from Roman Catholic sources, freely acknowledge that there is no Biblical authority for the observance of Sunday, that it was the Roman Church that changed the Sabbath to the first day of the week.
In the second portion of this booklet are quotations from Protestants. Undoubtedly all of these noted clergymen, scholars, and writers kept Sunday, but they all frankly admit that there is no Biblical authority for a first-day sabbath.
Roman Catholic Confessions
James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89.
"But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify."
Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed., p. 174.
"Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?
"Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her-she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority."
John Laux, A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies (1 936), vol. 1, P. 51.
"Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the New Law, that He Himself has explicitly substituted the Sunday for the Sabbath. But this theory is now entirely abandoned. It is now commonly held that God simply gave His Church the power to set aside whatever day or days she would deem suitable as Holy Days. The Church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days."
Daniel Ferres, ed., Manual of Christian Doctrine (1916), p.67.
"Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
"Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of, and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.'
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (1877-1921), in a signed letter.
"Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day'? I answer no!
"Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons"
The Catholic Mirror, official publication of James Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"The Catholic Church, . . . by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday."
Catholic Virginian Oct. 3, 1947, p. 9, art. "To Tell You the Truth."
"For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the[Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible."
Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957), p. 50.
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
"Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
"Answer. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics Are Asked About (1927),p. 136.
"Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday .... Now the Church ... instituted, by God's authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. We have, therefore, the same authority for Purgatory as we have for Sunday."
Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Society (1975),Chicago, Illinois.
"Regarding the change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your attention to the facts:
"1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man.
"2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, yes, the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulation of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws.
"It is always somewhat laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legislation, demand the observance of Sunday, of which there is nothing in their Bible."
T. Enright, C.S.S.R., in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, Feb. 18,1884.
"I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church."
Protestant Confessions
Protestant theologians and preachers from a wide spectrum of denominations have been quite candid in admitting that there is no Biblical authority for observing Sunday as a sabbath.
Anglican/Episcopal
Isaac Williams, Plain Sermons on the Catechism , vol. 1, pp.334, 336.
"And where are we told in the Scriptures that we are to keep the first day at all? We are commanded to keep the seventh; but we are nowhere commanded to keep the first day .... The reason why we keep the first day of the week holy instead of the seventh is for the same reason that we observe many other things, not because the Bible, but because the church has enjoined it."
Canon Eyton, The Ten Commandments , pp. 52, 63, 65.
"There is no word, no hint, in the New Testament about abstaining from work on Sunday .... into the rest of Sunday no divine law enters.... The observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent stands exactly on the same footing as the observance of Sunday."
Bishop Seymour, Why We Keep Sunday .
We have made the change from the seventh day to the first day, from Saturday to Sunday, on the authority of the one holy Catholic Church."
Baptist
Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, a paper read before a New York ministers' conference, Nov. 13, 1893, reported in New York Examiner , Nov.16, 1893.
"There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week .... Where can the record of such a transaction be found? Not in the New Testament absolutely not.
"To me it seems unaccountable that Jesus, during three years' intercourse with His disciples, often conversing with them upon the Sabbath question . . . never alluded to any transference of the day; also, that during forty days of His resurrection life, no such thing was intimated.
"Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history . . . . But what a pity it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of the sun god, adopted and sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism!"
William Owen Carver, The Lord's Day in Our Day , p. 49.
"There was never any formal or authoritative change from the Jewish seventh-day Sabbath to the Christian first-day observance."
Congregationalist
Dr. R. W. Dale, The Ten Commandments (New York: Eaton &Mains), p. 127-129.
" . . . it is quite clear that however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath - . . 'Me Sabbath was founded on a specific Divine command. We can plead no such command for the obligation to observe Sunday .... There is not a single sentence in the New Testament to suggest that we incur any penalty by violating the supposed sanctity of Sunday."
Timothy Dwight, Theology: Explained and Defended (1823), Ser. 107, vol. 3, p. 258.
" . . . the Christian Sabbath [Sunday] is not in the Scriptures, and was not by the primitive Church called the Sabbath."
Disciples of Christ
Alexander Campbell, The Christian Baptist, Feb. 2, 1824,vol. 1. no. 7, p. 164.
"'But,' say some, 'it was changed from the seventh to the first day.' Where? when? and by whom? No man can tell. No; it never was changed, nor could it be, unless creation was to be gone through again: for the reason assigned must be changed before the observance, or respect to the reason, can be changed! It is all old wives' fables to talk of the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day. If it be changed, it was that august personage changed it who changes times and laws ex officio - I think his name is Doctor Antichrist.'
First Day Observance , pp. 17, 19.
"The first day of the week is commonly called the Sabbath. This is a mistake. The Sabbath of the Bible was the day just preceding the first day of the week. The first day of the week is never called the Sabbath anywhere in the entire Scriptures. It is also an error to talk about the change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. There is not in any place in the Bible any intimation of such a change."
Lutheran
The Sunday Problem , a study book of the United Lutheran Church (1923), p. 36.
"We have seen how gradually the impression of the Jewish sabbath faded from the mind of the Christian Church, and how completely the newer thought underlying the observance of the first day took possession of the church. We have seen that the Christians of the first three centuries never confused one with the other, but for a time celebrated both."
Augsburg Confession of Faith art. 28; written by Melanchthon, approved by Martin Luther, 1530; as published in The Book of Concord of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Jacobs, ed. (1 91 1), p. 63.
"They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath Day, a shaving been changed into the Lord's Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it seems. Neither is there any example whereof they make more than concerning the changing of the Sabbath Day. Great, say they, is the power of the Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten Commandments!"
Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the Christian Religion and Church Henry John Rose, tr. (1843), p. 186.
"The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always only a human ordinance, and it was far from the intentions of the apostles to establish a Divine command in this respect, far from them, and from the early apostolic Church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday."
John Theodore Mueller, Sabbath or Sunday , pp. 15, 16.
"But they err in teaching that Sunday has taken the place of the Old Testament Sabbath and therefore must be kept as the seventh day had to be kept by the children of Israel .... These churches err in their teaching, for Scripture has in no way ordained the first day of the week in place of the Sabbath. There is simply no law in the New Testament to that effect."
Methodist
Harris Franklin Rall, Christian Advocate, July 2, 1942, p.26.
"Take the matter of Sunday. There are indications in the New Testament as to how the church came to keep the first day of the week as its day of worship, but there is no passage telling Christians to keep that day, or to transfer the Jewish Sabbath to that day."
John Wesley, The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., John Emory, ed. (New York: Eaton & Mains), Sermon 25,vol. 1, p. 221.
"But, the moral law contained in the ten commandments, and enforced by the prophets, he [Christ] did not take away. It was not the design of his coming to revoke any part of this. This is a law which never can be broken .... Every part of this law must remain in force upon all mankind, and in all ages; as not depending either on time or place, or any other circumstances liable to change, but on the nature of God and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each other."
Dwight L. Moody
D. L. Moody, Weighed and Wanting (Fleming H. Revell Co.: New York), pp. 47, 48.
The Sabbath was binding in Eden, and it has been in force ever since. This fourth commandment begins with the word 'remember,' showing that the Sabbath already existed when God Wrote the law on the tables of stone at Sinai. How can men claim that this one commandment has been done away with when they will admit that the other nine are still binding?"
Presbyterian
T. C. Blake, D.D., Theology Condensed, pp.474, 475.
"The Sabbath is a part of the decalogue - the Ten Commandments. This alone forever settles the question as to the perpetuity of the institution . . . . Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand . . . . The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the Sabbath."
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Abraham’s servant looks for Isaac a bride.

2007-10-19T12:57:00.000-07:00

ELEAZAR, Abraham’s servant looks for Isaac a bride.

“Then "ELEAZAR" he prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a girl, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I'll water your camels too” -let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master’… After she had given him a drink, she said, ‘I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.’ So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.” After doing a little investigation I have found that camels can drink up to 20 gallons of water at a time. The account tells us Abraham’s servant had 10 camels with him, so when Rebecca watered the camels she packed potentially 200 gallons of water up out of the well, or ¾ of a ton of water: 1,600 lbs!

While this is an interesting piece of information, my point is that this is one very dramatic account of what took place when Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac. Rebecca was quite a girl. The account to me is just fascinating. Abraham tells his servant the Lord will send an angel ahead of him to provide success for the mission. The servant asks the Lord to demonstrate who he has chosen for Isaac by having the girl offer to water the camels. Clearly the angel has provided success!
While I don’t anticipate such dramatic events in my life, I nonetheless note that the Lord has made provisions for success for me as well… “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” 2 Peter 1:3-4. I suspect I would be just astonished to know in how many ways the Lord has provided for success for me in this life in very personal ways. I suspect we would all be!
BY Trevor V. Fisk trevorf@gracehill.org

CAMEL TRAIN ....Words of an old song about this wife for Isaac called Rebecca.

"Twas a day in early springtime,
By an ancient wayside well,
Eleazar paused to rest his camel train,
He had found a bride for Isaac
E'er the evening shadows fell,
And his weary journey had not been in vain.
So he took rhe fair Rebecca,
Decked in jewels rich and rare,
Back to Abraham and Sarah far away,
Where Rebecca loved her Isaac,
And he loved Rebecca fair,
Oh! it must have been a happy wedding day.

So the blessed Holy Spirit,
From the father God above,
Has come down to earth to find a worthy bride;
For our Isaac over yonder
Has prepared his tents of love
And he wants the fair Rebcca by his side.
We have left our kinfolks gladly;We have bid this world goodbye.
We are going to a land beyond the sea,
Where we'll soon behold our Isaac
In a home beyond the sky.
What a happy, happy wedding that will be!

We are on our camel journey
To the land beyond the sea,
Where our Isaac waits to meet his happy bride.
What a holy consumation!
What a glorious jubilee!
When we see the the fair Rebecca by his side.
That will be a joyful meeting,
When the camel train comes in,
When Rebecca leaves her camels by the way,
When we close our weary journey
Midst a joyful noise; -and,then,
That will surley be a happy wedding day!

O, get ready, the evening shadows fall.
Don't you hear the the ELEAZAR call?
There is going to be a wedding!
Our joys will soon begin,
In - the -evening, - when the camel- train comes in. Gen. 24

Genesis 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Zechariah 14:6-8 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. 8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Something for us to look for?)
Study with us. Dillard Munsell dillmunsell@yahoo.com WED. 6:30

PROVERB AGANST THE KING OF BABYLON

2007-10-14T17:56:00.001-07:00

Lucifer: A PROVERB AGANST THE KING OF BABYLON
"HOW ART THOU FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, (GRACE) O LUCIFER,
The name "Lucifer is found only once in the Scriptures, as quoted above, from Isaiah 14:12, and the popular belief held by many is that this is a reference ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE DEVIL. Over many centuries, people have been taught that this mysterious personage was once in heaven, but was cast out because of rebellion against God. Why such a belief should be held, is hard to understand, as will be seen from the following. Here is the complete verse.
Isaiah 14:12-13 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: KJV
Isaiah14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! KJV
About Josephs dream.
Genesis 37:8-10 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars (His brothers) made obeisance to me.10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I( Jacob) and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Another one like Joseph.
Revelation 12:1-5 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman (Israel) clothed with the sun, (JESUS) and the moon under her feet,(Old Prophets) and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: = (Jesus apostles. 2000 years ago) 2 And she being with child (JESUS and his Church) cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; = (Where the people of God were.) and behold a great red dragon, = (Civil powers over Israel in Jesus day) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.= (The kingdoms over the world from Babylon to Rome over time.) 606 BC to 1798 AD = 2520 years.
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, (Gods people) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Herod 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (Where JESUS is now.)
Matthew 2:7-10 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Herods Work every child from two years and under must be killed.) The stars of heaven, OK!!
Matthew 2;18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Matthew writes of this in Jeremiah to let us know who he was writing about.) HEROD and the young children.
NOW IS LUCIFER THE DEVIL OR A MAN?
If the popular view is held, that Lucifer is "the Devil" and was cast out of heaven, then all these verses contradict each other, for why would LUCIFER want to "ascend into heaven?" How could he exalt his throne above the "stars of God" seeing that a REBEL in heaven is an impossibility? God is supreme and always has been. Again, how could LUCIFER "weaken the nations" and "be cut down to the ground". Would he not have much less power over anyone after being "cut down to the ground"? Why would he wish to sit upon "the mount of the congregation, (Where the High Preist were) in the sides of the north?"
WHAT ARE THE "SIDES OF THE NORTH?
Study what is meant by "the sides of the north". The answer is to found in Psalm 48:2, "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, IS MOUNT ZION, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king" So LUCIFER desired, for some reason, to have control of Jerusalem. Then in verse 15 he was told he would be "brought down to hell,(Grave) to the sides of the pit". Thus he would be buried, and if so, he should not still be troubling the nations. Verse 16 goes on to say..."Is this "THE MAN" that made the earth to tremble?" So he was A MAN. Verses 18-20 tell of his end and compares it with the other Kings of the nations who were laid in the grave in glory. Then, still dealing with this 'so called Devil', imagined to be LUCIFER, verse 21 says...."prepare slaughter for his children".
WHAT IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF THE MATTER?
This whole record is concerning the King of Babylon. "For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off from BABYLON the name, and remnant, and son and nephew, saith the Lord." So Lucifer's people, son and nephew, name and remnant, were to be "cut off". Thus, if Lucifer's children would be slain, he also would be involved, and this miserable end mentioned in verse 20, could not be applied to the DEVIL, supposed to be an all powerful spirit being with horns and hooves and supposed to torture people eternally .
It is not reasonable for anyone to believe that LUCIFER of Isaiah 14:12-19,21 could be a fallen angel with magical powers, but yet be "cut down"......."cast down like an abominable branch" thrust through with a sword and his children destroyed. Who was this person and what had he done to bring such retribution upon himself? Why not study the WHOLE CHAPTER, instead of taking out just two verses, and weaving around them the story of a mystical character with extraordinary powers?
With this thought in mind, look at the start of Isaiah 14. "For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they (the strangers) shall cleave to the House of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the House of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were and they shall rule over their oppressors."
THE KING OF BABYLON
Now note carefully the words of the following verses> AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow,( This was about Cyrus king of the Medes and Persians who let them go back home to build the walls of Jerusalem again even in troublous times.)
Isaiah 14:3-4 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! Then the story continues and pictures the ultimate breaking of the power of Babylon and it's King; and then, in words of "symbolism" how he had fallen from his high estate as the First World-Ruler, and how he had been brought low.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Sons of God from Seth Adams sons married the sons of men.) They left their favor with God. There were Giants in the land men of renown from this union of wifes.
Nebuchadnezzar's dream
Anyone reading Daniel's wonderful interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel 2:37) will see what a proud position this King had held, for God had given him the greatest of all empires up to that time. He had been used as a scourge against Israel, but retribution was to come, for this great King was driven from his throne by seven years of madness. This was an enormous "come-down" for a great King who had caused all the nations "to tremble". His fear was upon all nations and one after another they fell before him. No wonder the Prophet said of him...(Isaiah 14:16-17)..."Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms: that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of the prisoners?"
Here was a Dictator, one who had conquered Israel with a great slaughter by God's will. He had taken them to Babylon...he had conquered Syria, Egypt, Moab, Ammon, and Arabia and many other lands. His pride and arrogance knew no bounds, and one day, in the Palace of Babylon, he made the boastful speech....."Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the Kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?" (Dan 4:30) Even as the last words were upon his lips, a voice from heaven passed judgement upon him and he was driven from his throne...(Daniel 4:31). Do you not see in this impious speech, the same outline as Isaiah 14 speaks of " I WILL ascend above the heights of the clouds; I WILL be like the most high." (Isaiah 14:14). Like the Jews in the temple!!And Nebuchadnezzar burned it in 606 BC.
ISRAEL BLESSED AFTER THE OPPRESSOR CEASED
But note again the words of Isaiah 14:1-4. God was to return and bless Israel and to bring them back to favour again, even though they were about to go into captivity. Israel DID return from Babylon, but the prophecy, in it's fullness, has not been completely fulfilled. Then note the words...."It shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou was made to serve, THAT THOU SHALT TAKE UP THIS PROVERB AGAINST THE KING OF BABYLON How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!."
The City of Babylon DID CEASE, and it truly is desolate. But Israel, the people whom Nebuchadnezzar oppressed, are back in their land. The parable is yet to be taken up against their many destroyers, who all sought to bring fear and dread upon Israel. Yet they are relieved of this fear and dread by the Father. As we read."The Lord will give thee rest from thy sorrow". (Isaiah 14:3)
Genesis 6:1-3 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. When the Children of Seth \, Eve said I have begoten a man of the Lord. Then began men to call upon the name of the lord. But guess who didn't call on the name of the Lord . Cains children. "RIGHT"
The Lucifer of Isaiah 14 was not a fallen angel. HE WAS THE KING OF BABYLON!
Dillard Munsell dillmunsell@yahoo.com

Facts That Everyone Should Know About Israel

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Two peoples claim the same land in the Middle East. Whose land is it? Who is right: Israel or the Palestinians? Does it belong to both peoples? Who has the right to decide to whom the Land belongs? Israel? The Arab League? The United States? The United Nations Security Council? The United Nations General Assembly? How should it be decided? By the Koran? By the various competing claims of history? By voting? By war? When the Word of God speaks
authoritatively on any subject, that is the final word. God has much to say about the Land and people of Israel in His supernatural revelation, the Bible, which is the very Word of God.
Fact #1. The Jewish people are the Chosen People: After Adam and Eve sinned, humanity deteriorated so badly that God destroyed the early world of men with the Great Flood. Noah and his family knew the Lord, and were spared, but after they came out of the Ark and started repopulating, their descendants abandoned God, became idolatrous, perverse and evil. Then God created a special nation to be a light to the other nations. The Creator of the universe specifically chose the nation of Israel to be that unique people who would witness to His reality. "For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the people who are on the face of the Earth" (Deuteronomy 7:6).
"You are My witnesses," declares the Lord, "and My servant whom I have chosen, in order that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me. I, even I am the Lord; and there is no Saviour beside Me" (Isaiah 43:10-11). If the Chosen People were faithful to our calling, God promised to bless us
above all the other nations, so that the nations of the world would know that the God of Israel is the true God who alone can save us, by reconciling us to Himself, thereby restoring us to peace, joy, blessing and life. But if we were disobedient to our calling, the Lord promised to severely punish us so that the nations of the world would learn a lesson from us, and know that it is a terrible thing to disobey the God of Israel. Either way, through our obedience or disobedience, the Chosen People would witness to the other nations of the world that the God of Israel is to be reckoned with.
Fact #2. The Land of Israel belongs to God: "The Earth is the Lord's and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it" (Psalm 24:1). Since the entire world belongs to God, He has the right to apportion it as He chooses, and He specifically gave the nations their lands based on the Jewish people's right to the Land of Israel! "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance" (Deuteronomy 32:8-9).
Fact #3. The Chosen People needed a Chosen Land, and so the God of Israel strategically chose the Land of Israel for the People of Israel: "This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the centre of the nations, with lands around her " (Ezekiel 5:5). The Land that God chose for us is located in the centre of the nations, connecting the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia. Because of this strategic location, the Jewish people had ample exposure to all the nations of the world.
Fact #4. The Land of Israel was given by God to the descendants of Abraham as an everlasting possession: "The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this Land'" (Genesis 12:7). God further said to Abraham: "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. And I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession" (Genesis 17:7-8).
Fact #5. Even though Abraham had many sons, the Land of Israel wasn't given to Ishmael, or to any of the other sons of Abraham, but only to Isaac: "Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!' But God said 'No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him'" (Genesis 17:18-19). God rejected Abraham's request that Ishmael be the heir of the covenant, and appointed Isaac instead. Years later the Lord God appeared to Isaac and said, "to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. And I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the Earth shall be blessed" (Genesis 26:3-4). Knowing that Isaac was the heir of the covenant, which included the
Land of Israel, Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. He gave gifts to his other sons, but he sent them away to the lands of the east, not wanting the heir of the everlasting covenant to have rivalry over the Land of Israel from his siblings (Genesis 25:5-6).
Fact #6. Even though Isaac had two sons, the Land wasn't given to Esau, but to Jacob: One night Jacob had a dream while fleeing from his brother Esau. In his dream the Lord said to him, "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the Land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants." (Genesis 28:13). God later appeared to Jacob and said to him, "the Land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and I will give the Land to your descendants after you" (Genesis 35:11-12). This promise deeds the Land of Israel to the descendants of Jacob - the Jewish people of today.
Fact #7. There is no doubt about Israel's God-given borders because they are described for us in detail in the HolyScriptures: "The Lord said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever... Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you'" (Genesis 13:14-17). "The Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying, 'To your descendants I have given this Land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates'" (Genesis 15:18-21). "I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates" (Exodus 23:31). Therefore we must conclude that the entire Land of Israel, including Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank"), Gaza, the Golan Heights, and all of Jerusalem, was given by the God of Israel to the people of Israel in perpetuity. We, and we alone, have been given the title to the Land of Israel as a permanent inheritance by the Lord. No human government or coalition of governments has the right or authority to cede portions of the Land of Israel to anyone else.
Fact #8. In addition to the everlasting covenant (which includes the Land), God swore an oath to give the Jewish people this Land: Keep in mind that it's absolutely impossible for God to break an oath (see Hebrews 6:16-18). In the Holy Scriptures, this oath is reiterated more than forty times. Here is just one example: "He has remembered His covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance'" (Psalm 105:8- 11). There is no other passage in which there are so many words used to describe God's unyielding commitment to Israel: covenant, word, oath, confirm, commandment, a thousand generations, statute, everlasting covenant. A person has to have a terrible bias not to understand that God is assuring the Jewish people the perpetual right to the Land of Israel in the strongest possible language.
Fact #9. Israel's sin and resulting exile from the Land of Israel never annulled God's covenant with His Chosen People, nor did it permanently abrogate our right to the Land of Israel: "Yet in spite of this (Israel's disobedience), when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors" - which includes the Land of Israel (Leviticus 26:44-45). Our exile from Israel was meant to be temporary! In Deuteronomy 30:1-5, Moses specifically predicted that we would experience a time of obedience and blessing within the Land, followed by a period of disobedience and exile from the Land, followed by spiritual restoration to God and physical restoration to the Land: "So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the Lord your God has banished you, and you return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your
heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the people where the Lord your God
has scattered you. If your outcasts are at the ends of the Earth, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back. And the Lord your God will bring you into the Land which your fathers possessed,
and you shall possess it." It's no coincidence that after two thousand years of exile, the Chosen People are being restored to the Land that our fathers possessed, and simultaneously, we are being spiritually restored to God through the Messiah, as is evidenced by the growth of the Messianic Jewish movement in Israel and around the world.
The Son of God Himself predicted that because the majority of Israel did not believe He was the Messiah, Jerusalem would be destroyed, and we would be exiled among the nations, but eventually, we would return to Israel (Luke 21:23-24). This prophecy began in 70 AD when Jerusalem was destroyed, and then again in 135 AD, when the Second Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire was crushed. We were scattered to the nations, and lost political control of Jerusalem. However, over the past 2,000 years, there were always some Jewish people who remained in the Land of Israel. Starting in the 1880's, this prophesied regathering of Jewish people to Israel picked up speed, and now there is a reborn nation of Israel, withJerusalem as its capital, with 5.3 million Jewish people regathered from more than 70 countries, just as Israel's Messiah predicted.
Fact #10. In His prophetic Word, God promised to regather us to "our ownLand": "I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own Land... And you will live in the Land that I gave to your forefathers" (Ezekiel 36:24, 28). Again Ezekiel predicts: "Thus says the Lord God, 'Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own Land'" (Ezekiel 37:21). Jeremiah adds: "'Behold days are coming' declares the Lord, when it will no longer be said, "As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt," but, "As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north
and from all the countries where He had banished them." For I will restore them to their own Land which I gave to their fathers'" (Jeremiah 16:14-15). Ultimately this regathering to our own Land will be greater than the Exodus out of Egypt!
Fact #11. In His prophetic Word, God calls this restored Land "Israel" - not "Palestine": "I will open up your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the Land of Israel" (Ezekiel 37:12). The name "Palestine" comes from the Philistines, the ancient enemies of the Jewish people. "Palestine" was the derogatory name given to the Land of Israel by the Romans after they conquered us. But throughout the Word of God, this Land is always called Israel - never Palestine.
Fact #12. God, speaking to us through the prophet Ezekiel, informs us that this Land is specifically reserved for the Jewish people: "You O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown. I will multiply men on you, all
the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt" (Ezekiel 36:8-10). 2,500 years ago Ezekiel told us that in the Last Days the Jewish people would be restored to our Land. The Land would begin to prosper and the Jewish population would greatly increase. In the past century these prophetic words have been coming to pass. The Land of Israel, which lay barren for centuries, has seen increasingnumbers of the sons of Israel returning to our ancient homeland, repopulating the cities and cultivating the Land.
Fact #13. 2,500 years ago the Lord also told us that the Jewish return to the Land would provoke a reaction from Israel's neighbours: "Because the enemy has spoken against you "'Aha' and 'The everlasting heights have become our possession'... Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My Land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and scorn of soul, to drive it out as a prey" (Ezekiel 36:2-5). Even though the nations surrounding Israel would claim possession of the Land of Israel for themselves, and try to drive out its rightful Jewish inhabitants, God repudiates the claims of these nations. Even though the majority of the Jewish people were exiled from our Land (there always was a remnant of Jewish people who remained within Israel), that doesn't give anyone else the right to claim the Land of Israel for themselves. If a landlord has some bad tenants that he evicts from his property, he does not expect anyone else to enter his vacant property and claim it for their own. Due to our sins, the Landlord of Israel evicted most of us from the Land, but that didn't give the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders, the Ottomans or the Arabs the right to claim God's holy Land for themselves.
Fact #14. God will severely judge any nation who divides up any part of this special Land: "In those days and at that time when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My Land" (Joel 3:1-2). When Messiah Yeshua returns, the fortunes of the Jewish people will be fully restored, and the nations will be summoned to Jerusalem, where they will be judged for scattering the Jewish people and dividing up our Land.
Fact #15. Eventually this conflict over the Land of Israel will entangle the entire world: God, speaking through the prophet Zechariah in 12:1-3, in the Sixth Century BC, predicted: "Behold I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around" (the nations will react to the regathering of the Jewish people with senseless behaviour and irrational hatred); "and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples" (Israel's Islamic neighbours want to destroy the hated "Zionist Entity" because the Islamic worldview teaches that the entire world will ultimately come under the control of Islam. A Jewish state in the midst of the Moslem Middle East is by its very existence an insult to Allah and Islam, and must be destroyed. Islam can have no true and lasting peace with Israel - only a temporary cease-fire. Hostilities will once again be renewed when Islamic strength is renewed. At its core, this is a religious conflict - not a political or economic one); "all who lift it will beseverely injured." (The nations of the world will be drawn into this conflict and try to remove the Jewish presence from Jerusalem. However, be warned - every nation that tries to remove the Jewish people from our Land and capital city will be severely injured). "And all the nations of the Earth will be gathered against it." (The world's united nations will wage a final world war in the Middle East, directed against Israel). It's amazing to see this 2,500-year-old prophetic scenario shaping up before our very eyes! Zechariah's prophecy continues and informs us that the army of the united nations will be defeated; God will destroy all those nations that fight against Israel; Israel will be miraculously saved and recognize Yeshua as the Messiah!
Fact #16. This will be a time of great difficulty for the Jewish people, but we will be miraculously delivered out of it: "Alas! for that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob's distress, but he will be saved from it" (Jeremiah 30:7). The fires of anti-Semitism will reach their hottest point in the near future, but with God's help, we will come through our fiery trials to a time of unparalleled salvation. Israel's salvation and blessing will then overflow to the other nations of the world.
Sadly, many Christians won't accept these facts because they accept "Replacement Theology," the erroneous teaching that God is finished with the Jewish people, and has replaced Israel with the Church. Speaking to us through the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord specifically warns against having a theology that denies Israel's future destiny: "Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the Lord chose, He has rejected them?' Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight. Thus says the Lord, 'If My covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of Heaven and Earth I have not established, then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from His descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them'" (Jeremiah 33:24-26). All of God's promises to the Jewish people will literally be fulfilled! Christians must repudiate "Replacement Theology." No one who claims to follow the Messiah ought to teach or believe that the Jewish people have been lost, destroyed, replaced, superseded, permanently set aside or continually exiled from our Land.
Don't ignore the admonition given by Rabbi Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, specifically directed to Gentile Christians, which I paraphrase here: "do not be arrogant toward the natural branches, the Jewish people. God chose them to be the root of the Tree of Salvation. They support you - you don't support or replace them! Only some of them were broken off from the Tree of Salvation - not all of them. Moreover, it is God's plan to graft the entire Jewish nation back into the Tree of Salvation, so don't be arrogant or conceited toward the Jewish people. Be respectful to them, lest God punish you! " (Romans 11:17-24).
Someone observed that knowing that God will not break His covenant with the Jewish people, even in spite of our sins, should be reassuring to every Christian. If God broke His covenant with the Jewish people (which includes the Land of Israel) due to our sins, what about twenty centuries of Christian history? It's true that there has been a faithful remnant within the Church, just as there has always been a faithful remnant of true Believers within Israel, but there has also been an endless succession of anti-Semitism, heresy, apostasy, greed, immorality, division, and ceaseless struggles for power and prominence within the visible Church. Professing Christians have subjected fellow Christians to torture and death in the name of Christ. If God can annul His covenant with Israel, then He can just as easily annul His covenant with the Church! But the faithful God will never break any of His covenants with Israel or the Church.
If you are a Christian you need to stand by Israel, and support Israel as much as possible. God's ancient promise in Genesis 12:3 is still very much in effect: "I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse." And God, speaking to Israel, promises, "Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonoured; those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent " (Isaiah 41:11-12).
Christian churches should regularly pray "for the peace of Jerusalem," asking God to send King Messiah back to Jerusalem, so He can rule on the throne of David, bringing peace to Israel and the other nations. There will never be peace in the Middle East, or on Earth, until Messiah Yeshua is ruling from Jerusalem over a restored Israel populated by Messianic Jews. We
need to pray for our Arab brothers, that they too might come into relationship with the God of Israel through Messiah Yeshua.
Rather than persecuting us for the death of Yeshua, and engaging in any form of anti-Semitism, true Christians must reach out to the Jewish people with love and mercy, and help us find God and the Messiah. Because of the way that God has used Israel to bring salvation to the other nations, every true Christian is under a special obligation to help the Chosen People, who have stumbled, come into a right relationship with God, which includes Messiah Yeshua. Rabbi Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, declared: "Salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous" (Romans 11:11). True Christians should have compassion on us, love us and make us jealous of their relationship with the God of Israel. Your peace and joy, your love and mercy, and your knowledge of God and Messiah should challenge us to re-evaluate our rejection of Yeshua.
Finally, Christians need to support those who are reaching out to the Jewish people with the Good News about Messiah Yeshua, supporting those that not only bless Israel, but also bring us the Good News.
Bible study 6:30 dillmunsell@yahoo.com

What is the normal Christian life?

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Very different from the life of the avg. Christian
Let’s consider the written word of God
It’s no longer I.....but Christ!!

Gal 2:20

I have (been / past tense) (crucified / now dead) with Christ; and it is no longer I that lives, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith, of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

How can a simple thinking boy from Ballard county Ky. think like this? I’ve always been taught to take charge of my live!! But this is a higher way of life not only in thinking but also living.
As people we have two problems
Sins & Sin

Romans chapters 1- 8 There are two lines of thought, first line is (Sins plural) second (Sin singular) Why is this?

First - --- (Sins Plural) all the sins I have committed against God which are many!!

Second - (Sin singular) The nature of sin that is working in me. No matter how many sins I commit it’s the one (sin / or sin nature) that leads me to do them. I need forgiveness for my (SINS) but more importantly, I need deliverance from the Power of sin, the (SIN NATURE).

Sins and the forgiveness of them deal with the Conscience but the power of sin (SIN NATURE) deals with my life style. Do I have a nature that causes me to continually and habitually commit sins? The Bible says that our ultimate goal in life is to Please God. Heb 11:6 / 1st Thess 4:1

We have only one nature contrary to what most church people believe.
Hey, the light is shining!! I’m learning something here. When this light shines in my heart, the heart cries for forgiveness, then I realize, not only am I committing sins but there must be something wrong within me that causes me to do it, I find out it’s the Sin nature I have. God’s Solution! Now Jesus has Come, Died, Buried, Rose, Ascended, and he’s Coming back.

Rom 6:6 knowing this, that our (old man / sin nature) was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; Is it possible??

Rom 6:13 Who or what ever has control of us will be the one in whom we serve. Sin or Righteousness. We have only one nature contrary to what most church people believe, the sin nature died with Christ on Calvary.

But look what Christ provides for us = 2nd Pet 1:4 Great and Precious Promises.

2nd Pet 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Remember the (old nature / sin nature) has been crucified; it died with Christ Rom 6:6 when something dies it must be buried. If you are a born again filled and walking with God’s Spirit then you have a new divine nature. You received it because God promised it. 2nd Pet 1:4

What will cause me to be able to think like this? Paul says to reckon yourselves to this.

God makes it very clear in his word that he has only one answer to ever human need and that’s Jesus the Son of God. In all his dealing with us he works by taking us out of the way and substituting Christ in our place.

Two substitutions

#1- Jesus (died) instead of us for our forgiveness. A substitute on the cross to secure our forgiveness.
#2- Jesus (lives) instead of us for our deliverance. A substitute with in us to secure our Victory.

All our questions are answered in this truth that it’s no longer I.....but Christ!!

Hebrews 4:10 This is entering into his rest when we cease from our work, STOP wrestling!! Let Christ live predominately in you he will solve all your problems by the exchange = Your work for His Rest, Hey! What a trade!! Christ always gives us the best deal, OH what a Savior!!
Conclusion; If Christ lives in me then it’s no longer I that rule its Christ. If he rules where do I fit in all of this? Hey, I’m resting, he’s working and I’m happy! David Gunn dgunn@brtc.net

The second death in the Book of Revelation.

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There is a third type of death in Scripture that is different from spiritual death and physical death. This can be known as eternal death, or the second death. For the thousands of people we know and hear that teach the bible very few will ever touch on the second death.
Psalm 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalm 1;5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

In the Book of Revelation we read.

Revelation 2:11 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. KJV

Unless spiritual death is reversed in this life, the result will be eternal death. This is unending separation between God and all who reject him through his son Jesus.
Matthew 8:21-23 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Note! By this we know people who don't know the Son of God are dead.) He called him Lord and he was a disciple. Where will his dead father and the dead who buried him be at the final judgement?

The final judgement for dead unbelivers

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Book of Life is mentioned seven times in the book of Revelation
( Revelation 3:5,13:8, 17:8, 20:12,15, 21:27, 22:19 ).
1 Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
2 Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
3 Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
4 Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
5 Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:14 And death and hell (GRAVE) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
6 Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Believers are not affected by the second death.

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Lake Of Fire is the second death.The final judgment, or the lake of fire, is the time when the second death occurs.

Read about the six principles of the doctrines of Christ. Eternal judgments Hebrews 6:1-2 http://keepinminddavedill.blogspot.com/2006/12/six-principles-or-oracles-of-god-is_10.html A Long study!!
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (Grave) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. KJV
2Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels (Sons of God Seths seed and cains) that sinned, but cast them down to hell, (Grave) and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Revelation 20:14). And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. KJV
Then death and Hades (Grave) were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. The Beast and false prophet are in a lake of fire fighting each other./ a lake of fire is not the same as the second death lake of fire. >It is war on earth.

The second death is reserved for unbelievers.

Those who experience this death are all those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life.
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The City new Jerusalem

Revelation 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. NIV

Eternal Death

Eternal death, or the second death, is the ultimate form of separation. If a person dies in a state of spiritual death, they enter eternity separated from God. This is the second death. Once a person has experienced the "second death" there is no hope for them, it is irreversible. God is an all comsuming fire.
At the end of the one thousand years the dead stand before God. ("dead.")

Revelation 20;12-15 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell (Grave) were cast into the lake of fire.(Notice>>) This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. KJV = ( Is WHAT? ) > Death not Eternal life!!) (Get mad I don;t care!!)

Death is the one thing in life certain to occur. It is a one hundred per cent certainty.

Summary Physical death is the separation of the body from the spirit. Spiritual death, the way all of us are born, is the spiritual separation of each of us from God. Eternal death, or the second death, is the eternal separation of a person from God. There is no escape from the second death. It is the state of punishment. Every one not in the book of life, "Right")

It is where the last enemy is destroyed "Death"
1Corinthians 15:25-26 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Where?
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
The bible also speaks of the grave and death having power over men alive or dead:
Matthew 10:28 (Jesus) And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Grave). Does this mean the soul can be destroyed in Hell? Yes>
(Psalm 49:14) "Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them."

Men of God before the flood in Noahs Day who married the sons of men.

(Rom 5:14) 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
2nd Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels (These were the Sons of God , Adams First son cain and his children to Noah) that sinned, but cast them down to hell, (Grave) and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (note ! The last Judgemet, Not the first resurrection.
Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. (A son of God.) But he cain killed his brother Able. God drove cain away from the sons of God.
Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: (A man of faith.)
Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Real angels do not take a wife. they don't have children.

Luke 20:34-36 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: (Note here after the resurrection.) 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Genesis 6:1-3 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God (So called angels in 2ndPeter 2:4 ) saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Real angels do not take a wife.
These men of faith will receive a better resurrection. But they that married the sons of men death reigned over them. See Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Jesus said something similar: (Note. What great love God he has for his souls.) A second death!
(Luke 20:38)." But he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him," KJV Is He your God today through Jesus our Lord??
Dillard Munsell Got something better about the second death send it to me. dillmunsell@yahoo.com
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Jesus is More than redemption

2006-12-22T03:46:00.000-08:00

John 1:1-18 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection, and Purpose of God is the most important point of history.
We Learn from Gods word some wonderful trues
#1 God made and keeps his promises Gen 3:15, 2nd sam 7:13, Micah 5:2
#2 Christ obedience brings salvation
#3 Jesus is truly Savior & Lord
#4 The Church bride spotless & sin free

This is the true meaning of Christmas

God has only one plan, (plan A) -not plan ABCD. Everything is going according to plan
That plan when finished is not just redemption only but a spotless bride for Jesus the son.
1- The plan began in the creation of Earth and all things that are in it, man being the very capstone of creation.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Word was God and the Word became flesh: (If) the Word was God and the Word became flesh, then God became flesh. God became man. Jesus was a human being and Jesus was God. ( All God all Human)someone said Christ remained what he was(God), and became what he was not. (Flesh
In John 1:1 is about his
#1- His Being = Eternal (before the beginning as messiah)
#2- His Deity = Not only with God, but he was God
#3- His union = With God Father, The word was with God
2 - God Keeps promises = The Baby who appears in Bethlehem manger is God from eternity.
Micah 5:2 but thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Luke 2:11For unto you is born (this day) in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
Galatians 4:4 when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son V:5 to redeem
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Gov. shall rest on him, name wonderful, counselor, Prince of peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Father.
3 - Christ obedience brings salvation
Phil 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect / by obedient, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
4 - Jesus is Savior & Lord
Phi 2:9 God highly exalted Jesus, and gave him the name which is above every name;
V: 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,
5 - The Church his bride spotless & sin free
Eph 5:27 We have been taught to think all of our lives as sinners needing Redemption thoughts of sin and the fall, the church as saved sinners, looking backward, thank God for beginnings but Redemption is not the end of the story. Jesus talked about a Glorious Church without Spot or wrinkle looking, forward the church is a Divine Creation in Christ Jesus our Lord. I will build my church hell can’t stop it, Church was born at Pentecost
The eternal purpose of God from eternity is that his Son has a body to express his life in. Looking at the plan from this standpoint The Church is something that is beyond Sin. A Glorious and Spotless bride. The church is a Divine Creation in Christ. A Building, a house
#1- In Romans 5:6 = we sinned, Fallen man = Christ died for sinners, the ungodly.
Rom 5:1 we are now Justified by faith = (Righteous positional), but that’s not all of it
God will have a Glorious & Spotless sinless Bride. Are we the bride? Jesus will not have a sinful, spotted, unclean bride.

Church born at Pentecost, Did Christ become one with the church as in marriage?
Eph 5:32 If so, Positional the Church is spotless and sin free or he’s not one with it.
Can there be a church and Christ not be the head and married to it?
Cleaning process a spotless bride
#3- Eph 1:4 = Choose us before the foundation of the world (plan A in action),
(Eph 5:25) husband love your wives as Christ loved the church V: 32 Marriage but Christ speaking of the church and is at the very heart of the gospel) God loved the church and gave himself for it.
Eph 5:31 / Gen 2:24 for this (cause / woman taken out of Adam) shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. , (Eph.5:32 this a great mystery but I speak of Christ & the Church, Marriage and becoming one.
Eph 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
#1 - V:23 (because) the husband is the head = (as the part most readily taken hold of- sense of seizing)) of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the (savior /of the body
#2 -V: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it or Lives his life for it.
#3 –V:26 (So) he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
#4 – V:27 (So) he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. – For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh . Jesus speaking of the Church.
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. So Christ lives to save us.
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Six principles or oracles of God is the word of God.

2006-12-10T18:44:00.000-08:00

Six principles or oracles of God is the word of God. Sunday, August 06, 2006
Hebrews 6:1-2 The Six principles or oracles of God is the word of God.Jesus and all his followers taught these Oracles. (1) Repentance, (2) Faith toward God, (3) Doctrine of baptisms, (4) Laying on of hands, (5) Resurrection of the dead, (6) Eternal judgment. Read your Bible!! These are the word of God?
Number five and six are in the hands of God. Number one, two, three, and four, is given to us as his people to do the work of God.Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of (1) repentance from dead works, and of (2) faith toward God, 2 Of the (3) doctrine of baptisms, (More than one) and of (4) laying on of hands, and of (5) resurrection of the dead, and of (6) eternal judgment.The writer here was not saying to forget them but let me show you what we should be doing as childen of God, ("that is going on to perfection") (The writer in the scriptures says they should go on (past) after knowing these six teachings.) To mature us for the work of ministry. Know that Jesus has paid your account for sin. Believe that he is your High Priest.Hebrews 6:3 NIV And God permitting, we will do so. (In other words>Not having to teach you these any more.It is time to Grow up!!) Believe Jesus is the one I sent!! To the Jew first then the gentile. Go not in the way of the gentiles Jesus said to them he sent out to do his works.
Acts 3:26 Unto you (Jews) first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.(What does it mean to have tasted these things and then fall away?) Hebrews 6:4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. (You must really think on this one.(verse 4 to 6). Christians kill one another over these verses. My point is to find what the six principles of the doctrines of Christ are, not to start a debate about being saved always saved. This verse Hebrews 6:4 must be understood.Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye (Babes in Christ) ought to be teachers,(Gone past the six these principles) ye have need that one teach you again that which be the first principles of the oracles of God; (six of them) and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (This is where we should be.)Who was given these six Principles? Can us gentiles accept Romans 11:28 below, this is strong meat to some Christian folk. They are the ELECT!! We have been made fellowcitizens with then in the body of Christ. We did not replace them.Romans 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they (The Jews Israel?) are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. (election,) (The election is not us saved gentiles). (This in Romans 11:28 blows replacement theology out the window. All prophecy conserning Israel even in unbelief will be fulfilled.You will notice they have come back to their land as the prophets spoke, when they have secured the land Ezekel 36,37,38.and many more will be fulfilled.)Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? What is the meat of the word of God? To us Gentiles it's the next Verse in Romans. It is meat for the gentile church to wake up and see he is returning to them. Israel!!Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (this is not principle No.1) (This one only means all promises to Israel in gods word will be fulfilled concerning Israel even in unbelief. Gifts and calling.)> All the promises. "This verse does not do away with Acts 2:38" Repent, and be baptized: (#1) repentance (#3) doctrine of baptisms. More than one, Water, Spirit, Fire.Peter Acts 2:38-"Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." It was no accident that he mentioned repentance first. In God's divine order, repentance must precede water baptism (No3) (doctrine of baptisms) (More than one) and receiving the Holy Ghost. I know we don't like that word Ghost, but for now be calm.Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were ( principle No.3) baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? (Another baptism?Yes) 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his (No.5) resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. ("Have (#2) faith toward God and his word that you died with him"!)Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? / Two questions? (Why didn't he say none here?) But look at second verse.2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them ( The Jews / Israel) were committed the oracles of God.3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? (Notice again!!)> Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. This is only his prophetic word toward them the Irsael in the land now. (No.2) faith toward God) Jesus said, heaven and earth will pass away but my word abides forever. (Now his word is to all Jews and gentiles > (1) repentance, (2) faith toward God, (3) doctrine of baptisms, (4) laying on of hands, (5) resurrection of the dead, (6) eternal judgment. For Salavation. And all the Law and Prophets.4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.Romans 3:1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. NIV (So then the oracles is the word of god.) Six of them for the preaching of the word of God. To save us who beleive on his name...Jesus.The Laying on of Hands has great significance as a Covenant Rite in the Bible. This is the method used to bestow a special divine blessing or a special form of recognition. It can be a formal family or public announcement or blessing relating to a point of honor, or a special spiritual request. Even if there is no audience, the Angels are watching and recording. Jacob blessed his sons.
Hebrews 11:21 By (#2) faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the (#4) laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were (#3) baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Notice now it is time to act. Peter and John two common and unlearned men.Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. KJV /NIV says Message in place of word.Acts 2:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,Mark 5:23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.Mark 16;17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." NIV.>>> KJV they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.Acts 28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him..Another way to lay hands on people.Matthew 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. Luke 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. (Early church persecution.)THE REASON FOR THESE SIX PRINCIPLES / Then we will no longer be infants.People who say they have these five Gifts of the minristy should know these six oracles. You want to be a preacher?? Read your bible.Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.Ephesians 4:11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. (Wow in the church!!! yes!) 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. NIV (Today preachers want to carry the money bag, "sorry had to write that.")Ephesians 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; (Not Hebrews 61-2) for to make in himself of twain one new man, (THE BODY OF CHRIST) so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, (Gentiles) and to them that were nigh. (Jews) 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. ( That Spirit is Jesus) 19 Now therefore ye (gentiles) are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, (The Root) and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; (All Jews untill Paul and Peter had it out in Acts 15) 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (So? Where is GOD?) 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (? Where is GOD?)> In the body of christ. Lule 21:24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Over half of the Bible, the Old Testament, was originally written nearly all in Hebrew. The New Testament was originally written nearly all in Greek. If we carefully read what John wrote in his Gospel account, we see that the Logos was with God, and was God, but was not a God, because there is only one God:Pontius Pilate had a sign posted above Jesus Christ as He was on The Cross. It said, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." In what 3 languages was it written? John 19:20, Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. In some translations of The Bible, oracle, from the Latin word oraculum, meaning to speak (oral and orator are derived from the same word) is used to translate the original Hebrew word of the Scriptures which means speak or word. In the Old Testament, where it was used singularly, it referred either to the Most Holy Place of the Temple, or the Word of God. In the New Testament, oracle is used in a plural form to translate the original Greek word log-ee-on (to which Logos is related), which means words or utterances of God."So teach" >(1) Repentance, (2) Faith toward God, (3) Doctrine of baptisms, (4) Laying on of hands, (5) Resurrection of the dead, (6) Eternal judgment, have been on earth sence God was here. For they were God. Then they were given to the Jews. "Right." And the Jews fell away from them when they continued not in them when Christ came. The big picture is only the remnant did. Acts 7:38 "This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, 39 whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected.Romans1:18-20 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth (Notice)> in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, (Who?) they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.If you know God and fall away there remains no more what ?(#1) Repentance) for Hebrews 6:4 It is impossible ?Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the (#3) Doctrine of baptisms) baptism of (#1) repentance for the remission of sins; (1) Repentance, (2) Faith toward God, (3) Doctrine of baptisms, (4) Laying on of hands, (5) Resurrection of the dead, (6) Eternal judgment. Read your Bible!! (The word of God.)Luke 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, (John) Prepare ye the way of the Lord,(Jesus) make his paths straight. 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, (Get right with your brother first. (fruits ) Bring a little love gift with you then put it on the alter.Luke 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: (#3) Doctrine of baptisms) 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. Two baptisms here. "Right" Then water makes three.Luke 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. (The time had come for more power to be given to Jesus to fulfill all rightousness with John.)Acts 4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the (#5) resurrection from the dead. So teaching the resurrection is the word of god.Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the (#5) resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. ("So",) Let us teach the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.) It is the word of God.Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Have you been with Jesus? Of course not you will say, but now I know him after the Spirit.(#4) Laying on of hands,(#4) Laying on of hands, Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them,( #4 ) Laying on of hands,) and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and (#4) laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the (#3) Holy Spirit."1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Acts 20:21-22 how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks,c (#1) repentance toward God and (#2) faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,1 Thessalonians 1:8 For from you the word of the Lord has "sounded forth", not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your (#2) faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. (What?) ("They understood what these Oracles meant". > (1) Repentance, (2) Faith toward God, (3) Doctrine of baptisms, (4) Laying on of hands, (5) Resurrection of the dead, (6) Eternal judgment. Read your Bible!! The oracles are the word of God. John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the (#5) resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. >To the second death.> Rev.20:14 Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. Rev. 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who have part in the (#5) first resurrection. (Just) The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.NIVRev. 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. KJV Rev. 20:12 And I saw the dead, >(Unjust)<>(Lake of fire is (what?)> This is the second death. Not life!!
Dillard Munsell dillmunsell@yahoo.com

Running the Race

2006-06-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hebrews 12:1-4 Running the Race David Gunn 6/10/06
Life is a marathon not a 100 yd dash. (Click on David)
Bro Richard & Pam are working, preaching & witnessing, Bro Bo is watching and praying, Bro. David & Kathy are Building / sending mail and Witnessing, Bro Phelps is praying & Laboring in the harvest, Bro Jim and Vicci are doing Surgery and teaching & Praying, Bro Bob & Virginia are Mowing, cooking, cleaning, praying& witnessing. But we are all in a RACE!!! Not a sprint, but a marathon.
The Bible teaches very clearly that life is / a race / a battle / a walk / a journey / -
Some people don't even know that life is a race, so they just stroll through life aimlessly.- some people are in the race but never finish, because they get sidetracked, distracted, disqualified without ever becoming what God intended their life to be. But some are running to win, prepared for the long distance, Focused, and determined. Nevertheless; we are all in a Race for our Lives.
We all know about the Olympics, of course Paul has described our life’s journey with God as a marathon.(1968, Olympics in Mexico) man from Tanzania. Said my country did not send me 7,000 miles around the world just to start in the race, but to finish in it. (Paul said I have finished my course!!) I have kept the faith, I have a Crown.
Are you in the RACE this morning? Have you finished your RACE? If you’re not dead then you haven’t finished the RACE.
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, ( Hero’s of Heb 11) let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, focusing on sin doesn't help me get rid of the sin, you get rid of sin by keeping your eye on Jesus and then your not distracted & overcome by it.
Rules of the race. Stay Focused on Jesus. Heb12:1-4 > says
1 - Someone has already successfully won the race, so you can too. (Cloud of whiteness) They are not just observing you; they stand as a faithful witness of God’s grace faithfulness and Sovereignty.
The stress is not on the idea that they observe us, but rather that we look to them as those who set the pace for the endurance in faith for the race. Heb 11: hero’s of faith.
2 - The race is long, lighten your burden. Lay aside weight & sin that besets us (Thwarting) sidetracking us.
Pam, Richard, Jim Vicci when bicycling wears those lightweight tight clothes what do you call them? ha!! The light weight is not for speed, but for endurance.
3 - Run with patience / that says it’s a long run - let us lay aside - let us run with endurance - looking unto Jesus.
The instructions are for a long distance race, not the sprint. In a race, the runners divest themselves of anything which would hinder them. They run to win!!
4 - God has designed the contest and the course. God has set it before us. It his idea, don’t get the idea it all up to you, he started it and he will finish it, and he will sustain you in it.
Heb 12:2 God is the author and the finisher of our faith. Ph 1:6 He that begun a good work will finish it.
1st Corinthians 9:24 says, "You also must run in such a way that you will win. 9:24 says Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, and one receives the prize. So run that you may obtain. Run to win!!! Bro. Richard tells us we are not competing against each other. We have one opponent, we are to run the race, we are to observe the rules, we are to finish, and we are to receive a crown. On the course and in the race there are obstacles.
As a Gideon speaker I’ve spoken to some congregations that was not real friendly. You're looking out there, and you have the sense that almost no one's is with you. They're thinking, "Who is this guy? What is this stuff that he's talking about?" Bo says. I look for a friendly face.
Sometimes there only one, nodding, and agreeing with me. I keep my eyes on them, if I'm going to make it through my Gideon Report. Overcome the obstacles, keep focused, and RUN!!
That's why it's important to keep your eyes on Jesus. He's with you. He's that friendly face. He won't give up on you until he completes the work that he's started in you. He loves you He endured the cross because of what it would accomplish in our lives.
Acts 20:24 Paul said Troubles do not move me because, I do not consider my life dear to myself So that I may finish my course with joy!!! Testifying of the gospel of God’s Grace.
1st Timothy 4:7-8 At the end of Paul's life he said, "The time of my death is near. I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful, and there’s a Crown. Will we be able to say this as Paul?
I don't know how you're running the race right now. But I do know it's not too late to finish well. I do know it's not too late to get rid of the distractions. Keep your eyes on Jesus the Author & Finisher of your faith. Be not weary in well doing because you will reap IF you faint not!! Amen!!
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Your brother in Christ, David Gunn

Keep in mind: The promise of the Father?

2006-04-20T13:41:00.000-07:00

Keep in mind: The promise of the Father?
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Are not we all that one bread

2006-04-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

Do Christians know who they are? Or not we all that one body? Or not we all that one bread? The Lord's Supper Passover and breaking his bread and the one Cup blood of the new covenant.
Romans 12;4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: (Note> Or other things to say about the body of Christ. I'am the foot let me walk a while.
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Corinthians 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. Note but we are no good if we are not broken and others hear what we have to say. Let your prophets speak two or three and if any thing be revealed to one that sits by let the first hold his peace, (Now days every one who wants to be a preacher wants to be the Pastor, the one who collects the money. "Yea, Lets build this church large.")
Paul> 17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, (not building) there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21 for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk. 22 Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God. NIV/ (Note> " not a building") and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25 In the same way, ("after supper he took the cup,") saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death ("Note and Kingdom") until he comes." Note >("Until he comes" indcates new second phase in my fathers Kingdom after all that is bad is removed.) He himself will be there and with us. There will be no need for a Temple, Sun or Moon in that City for God and the lamb will be the light of the city.)
27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.(Died) 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32 When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Now what is (without recognizing the body of the Lord ) > Would it not be each other?
33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. 34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. (Note hungry indicates it not a big Supper, but a remembrance of his death tell he comes. And when I come I will give further directions. ( Wonder what they were?1 Corinthians 10:17
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. (Now are you going to share that bread?) Will it it remain one loaf of bread? The Testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. When the so called church don't let their people share this bread they are quenching the Spirit in one another. When you have a program in advance when the Spirit moves on the people they must sat there tell you are finished with last weeks program when god is finished with it. Pastors and Elders talk till they are blue in the face and never realize there or other parts in the body of like (people)., Let them speak two or three, the spirits of the prophets or subject to one another. Show me a church like that!! They are bread also that we need to grow to perfection.Who is the man that has the word of wisdom let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churchs!! Is there liberty in your gatherings or does someone else have full control. How about being lead of the spirit what does that mean? I'am afraid God is going to judge us for desiring special favors from the goverments of the world. We or in the world but not of the world. Beware of the bread of the pharaise.
One cup
Matthew 26:26-28 (New International Version)
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."
27 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (A good picture would be it became twelve cups, it divided or enlarged its self.) then 3000 then to all that are called. See Luke 14:17
Divide it among you.
17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." ( As soon as he rose from the dead the new covenant was in force.) "Question do you think he drinks it with us when we have our little commune. Or will he wait tell he comes again. Is it a rememberance thing now? But will he literaly show up and drink it with us? "Yes" and now he is with us in the Spirit Only for we know him no longer after the flesh but the Spirit. Rom 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." ( In other words break what I have given to you and freely give to others.) Note> When your group shuts out others from this breaking of bread "you have closed doors." So your bread it is like the bread of the Pharisees.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware.
Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (The angels don't have this bread that we have).20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, but your own. Let us be careful that we know what the body of Christ is. It is People!!. So let them break the bread Jesus gave them. It is more than eating a piece Of bread and drinking juice from a plastic cup. His words were Spirit and they were life.
Here is the Key to the communion of the body of Christ (I Cor. 10:16)
I Cor. 10:16 The cup of blessing, (figurative,) The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? (Paul meant the teaching of the Gospel.)
In the NT. it is used most frequently of the sufferings of Christ, Matt. 20:22, 23; 26:39; Mark 10:38, 39; 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; also of the evil deeds of Babylon, Rev. 14:10
Luke 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
"This cup is the new testament in my blood" (1 Corinthians 11:25). Since there is only one New Testament, it is necessary to infer that there should be only one cup, which represents it. If they did not observe the supper there, then where? In their homes (Acts 2:46). Divide it" 3000 first day of Pentecost Answer: It is debatable whether the cup of Luke 22:17 has anything to do with the Lord's supper. Many commentaries say that it pertains to the Passover instead of the supper. Even if it refers to the Lord's supper, the contents of the cup can be divided by all drinking from the cup. "Divide" is the only word in Luke's account that can correspond to the word "drink" in Matthew and Mark's accounts. Therefore, we must conclude that "divide" means "drink" in Luke's account. 3000 drink the first day it was poured out, after the many drink and ate his body, Jesus said unless you eat my body and drink my blood you have no part with me. Amen Dillard Munsell dillmunsell@yahoo.com

The promise of the Father?

2006-02-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

The Promise of the Father? (Holy Ghost) 2006 Arranged David Gunn
Blogger Dillard Munsell
Joel 2:28 - Luke 24:49
Pentecost is the Jewish( festival of Harvest,- feast of weeks) (Ex 34:22)To Christians it’s the fulfilment of the Promise of the Father, the coming of the Holy Ghost. The Birth of church.
Pentecost Greek = signifies fifty = Celebrated 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus.
(3,000)
God has made many promises to mankind, some for their good some for their destruction.
#1- Gen 3:15 Promised a Savior #2- Gen 6:17 Promised a Flood #3-Joel 2:28 Promised the Spirit.
Acts1:4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, sayeth he, ye heard of me: - Luke 24:49
For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own power.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Holy Ghost is coming with Power to accomplish a Mission.
Testify of Jesus Death, Burial, Resurrection, ascension, return.
Joel 2:28 Says; I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.
#1-Sons and daughters shall prophesy
#2-Old men shall dream dreams
#3-Young men shall see visions Upon my Servant and Handmaidens Also comes the Spirit
A- Luke 24:49 Jesus said Behold (I send) the promise of my father upon you.
1- Jesus promise his people = (THE SPIRIT).
2- What were the Disciples expecting? = Joel 2:28 prophesy, dreams, visions
3- He come at = (Pentecost) Unite 16 nations - feast of harvest!!!
4- Were they surprised? = (Yes) the demonstration of the Spirit.
Power came with the Spirit.
There was a morning and Evening sacrifice, a wave offering of Wheat and Barley at 9:AM The very time when the Holy Ghost fell Wheat best loaf - Barley loaf less Symbolizing Jew and Gentiles. The means by which The Lord would unite both into one NEW body. Jews& Gentile.
The mystery, "hid in God", was the divine purpose to make of Jew and Gentile a wholly new thing -"the church, which is his Christ's body," Born of the Holy Spirit, (1Co_12:12); (1Co_12:13), and in which the earthly distinction of Jew and Gentile disappears.
Acts 2:1-12 READ
What came was a Great sound
#1- Great sound (as) of mighty rushing wind, > but there was no wind.
#2- Cloven tongues as cow foot (as) of fire that sat upon each of them.> But not fire.
#3- They were filled with Holy Ghost. And the ability to speak with language that 16 nations unde
#4- They spoke with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Jesus or Joel said nothing!!!!
God’s gifts and power will meet all the necessary needs
Luk 10:20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. This was before Pentecost.
Disciples had salvation before they were Baptized with the Holy Ghost at Pentecost.

The Promise of the Father was coming for a (particular Purpose).
Give Power for the witnessing
Luke 24:46-49, Jesus said to them that (repentance and remission of sins) should be preached in my name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem .And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from high. .
Day of Pentecost
They are to preach the Gospel but wait for an (enduement) of power from on High (clothe). Not a word was said about the languages because everybody who preaches must preach in some language, but what language it is is not important as long as they understand. So the Lord didn't say anything about what language; but the great important thing is they are to preach the Gospel and they must have an enduement of power from on High.
What Was the Meaning of (This Pentecost)? Power to Win Souls!
Church was born,, Gospel preached to 16 nations, miracles of tongues ,Oneness
Acts 2:41 They that received his word were baptized: and there were added that day about 3,000 souls .We need to be burdened about what God is burdened about.
Acts 1:8 the Lord told them, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." What then they to expect at Pentecost? The Holy Ghost is to come on them and they are to receive power to (witness for Jesus) at Jerusalem and then in all Judea and in Samaria and to the uttermost part of the world. It is a time when the power of God coming to win souls.
The Holy Ghost came with power for the Disciples to be a witnesses for Jesus.
Spirit = gave Tongues so all could understand the Gospel.
Spirit = gave power to witness for Christ.
Spirit = gave conviction to the sinner to repent.
#1 - The disciple were with one accord in the upper room. 120 that day
A -They had faith in the Lords word.
B- They believed that Jesus had risen from the dead.
C- They all believed in prayer.
D- They all believed in God’s instruction go and wait.
E- They believed in each other.