Thursday, March 30, 2017
Second Coming
Bible Questions Answered:
“Will the second coming of Christ be
seen by all?...”
Al/ Calgary, Alberta Canada
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Yes, the church
of The Lord Jesus Christ, will have been secretly raptured up to
heaven for some 7 years. What follows on earth is the Tribulation
period. The Tribulation ends with Armageddon and the visible
return of The Lord Jesus, with throngs of angelic military force,
from heaven.
Joshua 5:13-15 NLT
13 When Joshua
was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw A Man standing in
front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to Him and demanded,
“Are you friend or foe?”
14 “Neither
one,” He replied. “I am The Commander Of The Lord’s Army.” At
this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am
at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to
do?”
15 The
Commander Of The Lord’s Army replied, “Take off your sandals, for
the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was
told.
Matthew 16:27 KJV
For The Son Of
Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then
He shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew 24:31 KJV (Be
sure to read the whole chapter.)
27 For as the
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so
shall also the coming of The Son Of Man be.
28 For wheresoever
the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
(A sign of
death and destruction.)
29 Immediately
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and
the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall
appear the sign of The Son Of Man in heaven: and then shall all the
tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see The Son Of Man coming
in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And He shall
send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall
gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
Matthew 25:31-46 KJV (Be
sure to read the whole chapter.)
31 When The Son
Of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him,
then shall He sit upon The Throne Of His Glory:
32 And before
Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one
from another, as
A Shepherd
divideth His sheep from the goats:
33 And He shall
set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall
The King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world:
35 For I was an
hungered, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I
was a stranger, and ye took Me in:
36 Naked, and
ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, and ye
came unto Me.
37 Then shall
the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered,
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we
thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw
we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King
shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done
it unto Me.
41 Then shall
He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and His angels:
42 For I was an
hungered, and ye gave Me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no
drink:
43 I was a
stranger, and ye took Me not in: naked, and ye clothed Me not: sick,
and in prison, and ye visited Me not.
44 Then shall
they also answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not
minister unto thee?
45 Then shall
He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it
not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.
46 And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into
Life eternal.
Matthew 26:64
KJV
Jesus saith
unto him (The High Priest), Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto
you, Hereafter shall ye see The Son Of Man sitting on The Right Hand
Of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark 8:38 KJV
Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My Words in this adulterous
and sinful generation; of him also shall The Son Of Man be ashamed,
when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
Luke 21:27 KJV
And then shall
they see The Son Of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Acts 1:9-11 KJV
9 And when He
had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a
cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And while
they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.
II Thessalonians
1:7,8 KJV
7 And to you
who are troubled rest with us, when The Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven with His mighty angels,
8 In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Jude 1:14,15 KJV
14 And Enoch
also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, The
Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints,
15 To execute
judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all
their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Revelation 1:7
KJV
Behold, He
cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which
pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him.
Even so, Amen.
At Christ's second coming (Christ 's birth, being the first.), 7
years of Tribulation, a time filled with the rule of Satan, the
Anti-Christ, and his false prophet, there will be war, death, sword,
and hell, will come to a close, ending with a battle to end all
battles, Armageddon. This is when The Lord will make His second
coming to earth.
Jeremiah 30:7
KJV
Alas! for that
day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Want to know just why you wouldn't want to be on earth, for these 7
years, read Revelation 4-20.
A great time of testing for the Jewish people, and all, who have
rejected The Promised Messiah, The Lord Jesus, God's Lamb,
Isaiah 49:15 KJV
Can a woman
forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the
son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Prayer:
Acts 4:12 KJV
“Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.”
Romans 6:23 KJV
“For the wages of sin is death;
but The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Created Savior?
Bible Questions Answered:
“I've started going to church and they
say that Lucifer and Jesus are spirit brothers. I'm not sure of
this, is this what the bible says...”
Glen/ Oakdale, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
No, it certainly does not! Anyone who
would teach that, has not come to The Light!
Angels (including Lucifer), are created
beings.
Colossians 1:16,17 KJV
16 For by Him were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for
Him: (Angelic realms)
17 And He is before all things, and
by Him all things consist.
Colossians 2:9,10, NLT
9 For in Christ lives all the
fullness of God in a human body.
10 So you also are complete through
your union with Christ, who is
The Head Over Every Ruler And
Authority.
15 In this way, He disarmed the
spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by His
victory over them on the cross.
The
Angelic Realm:
Romans
8:37-39 KJV
37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that
loved us.
38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians
1:19-22 KJV
19
And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who
believe, according to the working of His mighty power,
20
Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set
Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
21
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that
which is to come:
22
And hath put all things under His feet..."
Ephesians
3:9-11 NLT
9
I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God,
The Creator Of All Things, had kept secret from the beginning.
10
God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His
wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities
in the heavenly places.
11
This was His eternal plan, which He carried out through Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Ephesians
6;11,12 KJV
11
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Lucifer
A Created Angel:
Isaiah
14:12-15 KJV
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:
14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like The
Most High.
15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezekiel
28:13-19 KJV
13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was
thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was
prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have
set thee so: thou wast upon
the
holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of
the stones of fire.
15
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
16
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of
thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee,
O
covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted
thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that
behold thee.
19
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:
thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Because
Angels Are A Created Race, They Are “Not,” God, And Not To Be
Worshiped.
Colossians
2:18,19 NLT
18
Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or
the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these
things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,
19
and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body.
For He holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments,
and it grows as God nourishes it.
Revelation
19:10 KJV
And
I fell at his feet to worship him (angel).
And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and
of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for
the testimony of Jesus is The
Spirit Of Prophecy.
Revelation
22:8,9 KJV
8
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which
shewed me these things.
9
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow
servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the
sayings of this book: worship God.
Our
Eternal Savior:
Psalm
106:48 NLT
Praise
The Lord, The God Of Israel, who lives from everlasting to
everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise The Lord!
Isaiah
9:6 KJV
For
unto us A Child is born, unto us A Son is given: and the government
shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, The Mighty God,
The
Everlasting Father, The Prince Of Peace.
Isaiah
63:16 NKJV
Doubtless
You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel
does not acknowledge us. You, O Lord, are our Father; Our Redeemer
from Everlasting is Your name.
Micah
5:2 KJV
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.
John
1:1-3 KJV
1
In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The
Word was God.
2
The same was in the beginning with God.
3
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made
that was made.
John
10:30 KJV
I
and My Father are one.
I
Timothy 1:17 KJV
Now
unto The King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, The Only Wise God, be
honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 1:1-14 NLT (Jesus Christ Is God’s Son)
1
Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors
through the prophets.
2
And now in these final days, He has spoken to us through His Son. God
promised everything to The Son as an inheritance, and through The Son
He created the universe.
3
The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character
of God, and He sustains everything by the mighty power of His
command. When He had cleansed us from our sins, He sat down in the
place of honor at the right hand of The Majestic God in heaven.
4
This shows that The Son is far greater than the angels, just as the
name God gave Him is greater than their names. The Son Is Greater
Than the Angels
5
For God never said to any angel what He said to Jesus: “You are My
Son. Today I have become your Father.” God also said, “I will be
His Father, and He will be My Son.”
6
And when He brought His Supreme Son into the world, God said, “Let
all of God’s angels worship Him.”
7
Regarding the angels, He says, “He sends His angels like the winds,
His servants like flames of fire.”
8
But to The Son He says, “Your throne, O God, endures forever and
ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.
9
You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has
anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone
else.”
10
He also says to The Son,“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the
foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
11
They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old
clothing.
12
You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old
clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.”
13
And God never said to any of the angels, “Sit in the place of honor
at My right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a foot
stool under your feet.”
14
Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people
who will inherit salvation.
Hebrews
7:3 KJV
Without
father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of
days, nor end of life; but made like unto The Son Of God; abideth a
Priest continually.
Revelation
22:13 KJV
I
am Alpha And Omega, The beginning And The end, The First And The
Last.
Prayer:
Romans 6:23 KJV
“For the wages of sin is death;
but The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans
10:9l, 10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Bible Lesson: Prophecies And Their Fulfillment. Bible Prophecy: Messiah Betrayed.
Bible Lesson: Prophecies And Their
Fulfillment.
Bible Prophecy: Messiah
Betrayed.
Bible Text:
The Prophecy:
Betrayed By A Friend:
Psalm 41:9 KJV
(the post-exilic age. B.C. 1042-B.C. 1023)
Yea, Mine own familiar friend, in whom
I trusted, which did eat of My bread, hath lifted up his heel against
Me.
Betrayed For 30 Pieces Of Silver:
Zechariah 11:12,13 KJV (B.C.
487)
12 And I said
unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear.
So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And The Lord
said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was
priced at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast
them to the potter in the house of The Lord.
Messiah's
Betrayer, Would Have A Short Life, His Home Would Be Empty (Potters
Field), He Would Be Replaced.
Psalm 69:24,25
NLT (The post-exilic age. B.C.
1048-B.C. 1023)
24 Pour out
your fury on them; consume them with your burning anger.
25 Let their
homes become desolate..."
Psalm 109:5-8
KJV (The post-exilic age. B.C.
1048-B.C. 1023)
5 And they have
rewarded Me evil for good, and hatred for My love.
6 Set thou a
wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall
be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days
be few; and let another take his office.
Bible Fulfillment:
Betrayed By A Friend:
Mark 14:10,17,18 KJV (A.D.
33)
10 And Judas
Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray
Him unto them.
17 And in the
evening He cometh with the twelve.
18 And as they
sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which
eateth with Me shall betray Me.
Betrayed For 30
Pieces Of Silver:
/Matthew
26:14-16 KJV (A.D. 33)
14 Then one of
the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said
unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you? And
they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from
that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
Matthew 27:3-5
KJV (A.D. 33)
3 Then Judas,
which had betrayed Him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and elders,
4 Saying, I
have sinned in that I have betrayed the Innocent Blood. And they
said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast
down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and
hanged himself.
Messiah's
Betrayer, Would Have A Short Life, His Home Would Be Empty (Potters
Field), He Would Be Replaced.
Acts 1:15-26 NLT
(A.D. 33)
15 During this
time, when about 120 believers were together in one place, Peter
stood up and addressed them.
16 “Brothers,”
he said, “the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, who
guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long ago by The
Holy Spirit, speaking through King David.
17 Judas was
one of us and shared in the ministry with us.”
18 (Judas had
bought a field with the money he received for his treachery. Falling
headfirst there, his body split open, spilling out all his
intestines.
19 The news of
his death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they gave the
place the Aramaic name Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood.”)
20 Peter
continued, “This was written in the book of Psalms, where it says,
‘Let his home become desolate, with no one living in it.’ It also
says, ‘Let someone else take his position.’
21 “So now we
must choose a replacement for Judas from among the men who were with
us the entire time we were traveling with The Lord Jesus—
22 from the
time He was baptized by John until the day He was taken from us.
Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus’
resurrection.”
23 So they
nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and
Matthias.
24 Then they
all prayed, “O Lord, you know every heart. Show us which of these
men you have chosen 25 as an apostle to replace Judas in this
ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.” 26
Then they cast lots, and Matthias was selected to become an apostle
with the other eleven.
Betrayal:
Mark 14;43-46
KJV (A.D. 33)
43 And
immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and
with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And he that
betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely.
45 And as soon
as he was come, he goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master,
Master; and kissed Him.
46 And they
laid their hands on Him, and took Him.
Proverbs 27:6
KJV (B.C. 700)
Faithful are
the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
“Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword”
Oscar Wilde, The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
Caesar could not envision the betrayal of his nephew Brutus, “Et
tu, Brutus?”.
Nor we Julius Rosenberg, or Aldrich Ames. And as long as our world
remains, self controlled, there will always be betrayers.
Judas' heart loved the things of this world, and where today, are his
30 pieces of silver, gone, forever gone.
And now the most important question, where does our heart lie?
I John 2:15 KJV
Love not the
world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of The Father is not in him.
Amazing
Grace
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
Author: John Newton (1725-1807)
John Newton, Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779)
Hear the music, copy and paste the following URL into your web
browser, and hit enter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYx_N_jHPaM
Prayer:
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV
"...but thou art a God ready to
pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness..."
Matthew 10:32
KJV
Everyone who acknowledges Me
publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before My Father in
heaven.
Jesus, be merciful to me a sinner. I
confess and forsake my sins, and ask you to forgive me, and make me a
child of God, for you have said, “...whosoever shall call on the
name of The Lord shall be saved.” Acts 2:21 KJV
Thank you for dying for me, taking my
place in judgment, that I might be pardoned. I take you as the
Savior, and Lord (Master) of my life. Help me to read your word,
confess you, and live for you.
Amen.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Prayers - Does God Hear The Prayers Of Sinners?
Bible Questions Answered:
“What I want to know the answer to
does god hear sinners when they pray?...”
Wendy/ Gloucester, England
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Of course our The Lord hears, the
prayers of those who want to claim Him as their Savior!
But if the question is...Does God hear
prayers of sinful people, who have no desire of asking
The Lord to be their Savior, the answer
must be... yes!
Certainly God in His Omniscience,
knows all things!
Job 31:4 KJV
Doth not He see my ways, and count
all my steps?
Job 34:21 KJV
For His eyes are upon the ways of
man, and He seeth all His goings.
Psalm 147:5 KJV
Great is our Lord, and of great
power: His understanding is infinite.
Isaiah 46:9,10 KJV
9 Remember the former things of old:
for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none
like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure:
Hebrews 4:13 KJV
Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
I John 3:20 KJV
"...God is greater than our
heart, and knoweth all things.
The questions is not, does God hear,
but rather, does God, answer the prayers of the lost?
And the answer to that question is,
yes, if it is something that leads to their salvation, no, if it is
anything else.
God does hear and answer the prayers of
His children!
Galatians 4:6,7 KJV
6 And because ye are sons, God hath
sent forth The Spirit Of His Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a
servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
II Peter 1:3,4
NLT
3 By His Divine power, God has given
us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received
all of this by coming to know Him, the one who called us to
Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence.
4 And because of His glory and
excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are
the promises that enable you to share His Divine nature and escape
the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
The next important
question is, are you, a child of God?
John 6:37,47 KJV
37 “...him that cometh to Me I
will in no wise cast out.”
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
Isaiah 45:22 KJV
Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
THE
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN OF PRAYER
There’s a garden
where Jesus is waiting,
There’s a place
that is wondrously fair;
For it glows with
the light of His presence,
’Tis that
beautiful garden of prayer.
Refrain:
Oh, the beautiful
garden, the garden of prayer,
Oh, the beautiful
garden of prayer;
There my Savior
awaits, and He opens the gates
To the beautiful
garden of prayer.
There’s a garden
where Jesus is waiting,
And I go with my
burden and care
Just to learn from
His lips words of comfort,
In the beautiful
garden of prayer. [Refrain]
There’s a garden
where Jesus is waiting,
And He bids you to
come meet Him there;
Just to bow, and
receive a new blessing,
In the beautiful
garden of prayer. [Refrain]
Author: Eleanor
Allen Schroll (1920)
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Psalm 68:19 KJV
Blessed be The
Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even The God Of Our
Salvation. Sela
Psalm 103:2 KJV
Bless The Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all His benefits:
Psalm 116:12 KJV
What shall I render unto The Lord
for all His benefits toward me?
James 1:17 KJV
Every Good Gift and every Perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from
The Father Of Lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Rapture - The Hour Of The
Bible Questions Answered:
“Jesus doesn't
know the hour of the rapture, so how could he be god knowing anything
else....”
Natsue/ Niiza,
Japan (Saitama Perfecture)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Mark 13:31-33 KJV
31 Heaven and
earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.
32 But of that
day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in
heaven, neither The Son, but The Father.
33 Take ye
heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Our Lord in coming
to earth to be mankind's Passover Lamb, divested Himself of all His
Divine glory, and riches He had with The Father, and Holy Spirit,
before creation. His Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience, as a
Man, He laid aside, His Divinity to become our Savior.
Divest:
To strip or
deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights;
dispossess.
(Dictionary.Com)
Kenosis:
The doctrine that
Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human
suffering.
(Dictionary.Com)
II Corinthians 8:9 KJV
For ye know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for
your sake He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.
Philippians 2:5-11 NLT
5 You must have
the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6 Though He was
God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.
7 Instead, He
gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form,
8 He humbled
Himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
9 Therefore,
God elevated Him to the place of Highest Honor and gave Him the name
above all other names,
10 that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under
the earth,
11 and every
tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God The
Father.
By reading Mark 13:32, we may not infer that Christ's earthly
knowledge was not great knowledge.
John 2:24,25 KJV
24 But Jesus
did not commit Himself unto them, because He knew all men,
25 And needed
not that any should testify of man: for He knew what was in man.
John 16:29,30 KJV
29 His
disciples said unto Him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest
no proverb.
30 Now are we
sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man
should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
John 21:17 KJV
He saith unto
him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me? Peter was
grieved because He said unto him the third time, Lovest thou Me? And
he said unto Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I
love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed My sheep.
Acts 1:24 KJV
(Matthias chosen as an Apostle.)
And they
prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
In The Lord's
intercessory prayer, He asked The Father...
John 17:5 KJV
And now, O
Father, glorify thou Me with thine own self with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was.
The resurrected
Savior's glory with The Father has been fully restored, and our Great
High Priest, intercedes for us, to The Father.
Hebrews
4:14-16 NLT (Christ Is Our High Priest)
14 So then,
since we have A Great High Priest who has entered heaven,
Jesus The Son
Of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
15 This High
Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the
same testings we do, yet He did not sin.
16 So let us
come boldly to The Throne Of Our Gracious God. There we will receive
His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Prayer:
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV
"...but thou art a God ready to
pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness..."
Matthew 10:32
KJV
Everyone who acknowledges Me
publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before My Father in
heaven.
John 1;12,13 KJV
12 But as many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Bible Lesson: Prophecies And Their Fulfillment: Bible Prophecy: Christ's Triumphal Entry.
Bible Lesson: Prophecies And Their
Fulfillment:
Bible Prophecy: Christ's
Triumphal Entry.
Bible Texts:
The Prophecy:
Zechariah 9:9 NLT
Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in
triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you. He
is Righteous and Victorious, yet He is Humble, riding on a donkey
riding on a donkey’s colt.
Isaiah 62:11 NLT
The Lord has sent this message to
every land: “Tell the people of Israel,‘Look, your Savior is
coming. See, He brings His reward with Him as He comes.’”
Prophecy
Fulfillment:
John 12:12-15
KJV (Jesus’ Triumphant Entry)
12 The next day, the news that Jesus
was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of
Passover visitors
13 took palm branches and went down
the road to meet Him. They shouted, “Praise God!
Blessings on the one who comes in
the name of The Lord!
Hail to The King Of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and
rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said:
15 “Don’t be afraid, people of
Jerusalem. Look, your King is coming, riding on a donkey’s colt.”
Matthew 21:1-11
KJV
1 And when they drew nigh unto
Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then
sent Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the
village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied,
and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto Me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you,
ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will
send them.
4 All this was done, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and
a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as
Jesus commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt,
and put on them their clothes, and they set Him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread
their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees,
and strawed them in the way.
Hosanna: "Save, we
pray!"
Psalm 118:25,26
KJV
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O
Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the
name of The Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of
The Lord.
9 And the multitudes that went
before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to The Son Of David:
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of The Lord; Hosanna in
the highest.
10 And when He was come into
Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is
Jesus The Prophet Of Nazareth Of Galilee.
Who were these
people, so determined to make Jesus, their King?
Luke 4:28-30 KJV
(Nazareth. Read verses 14-30)
28 And all they in the synagogue,
when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust Him out
of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city
was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
30 But He passing through the midst
of them went His way,
John 10:17-20
KJV
17 Therefore doth My Father love Me,
because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from Me, but I
lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father.
19 There was a division therefore
again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a
devil, and is mad; why hear ye Him?
Were these the very
same people, who were shouting hosanna (Jesus, Save us we pray!) Yes!
If they so hated
Him, how and why, did they wish Him to be their King?
As much as they
hated, having their sins exposed, even more they hated Roman rule
over their land, and lives.
And so selfishly
they tried to make Christ (The miracle worker) their King, hoping to
banish Rome and its tyrannical rule.
But though they
would make Him King, Jesus refused, for He had come to be their
Passover Lamb, and Savior, not king.
John 18:33-37
NLT
33 Then Pilate went back into his
headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you
The king Of The Jews?” he asked Him.
34 Jesus replied, “Is this your
own question, or did others tell you about Me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate
retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to
me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is
not an earthly kingdom. If it were, My followers would fight to keep
Me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But My Kingdom is
not of this world.”
37 Pilate said, “So you are A
King?” Jesus responded, “You say I am A King. Actually, I was
born and came into the world to testify to The Truth. All who love
The Truth recognize that what I say is true.”
The Jews, being
denied their delivering King, rushed to Pilate, to have Him
crucified.
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate
retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to
me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
Even from the
cross, they taunted Him...
Matthew 27:42
KJV
He saved others; Himself He cannot
save. If He be The King Of Israel, let Him now come down from the
cross, and we will believe Him.
Their eyes being blinded, they did
not understand that on Passover, God would sacrifice His own spotless
(sinless) Lamb, for the sins of all the world.
I Peter 1:18,19
KJV
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with The Precious Blood Of
Christ, as of A Lamb Without Blemish And Without Spot:
John 1:29 KJV
The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb Of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world.
I Corinthians
5:7 KJV
"...Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us."
II Corinthians
5:21 NLT
For God made Christ, who never
sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made
right with God through Christ.
Prayer:
Acts 2:21 KJV
“And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.”
Acts 4:12 KJV
“Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.”
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Fiery Serpents
Bible Questions Answered:
“God sent fiery serpents to kill his
people?...”
Cally/ Oceanside, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Numbers 21:4-9 NLT (The Bronze
Snake)
4 Then the people of Israel set out
from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the land
of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey,
5 and they began to speak against
God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in
the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here
and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
6 So The Lord sent poisonous snakes
("fiery serpents" KJV) among the people, and many were
bitten and died.
7 Then the people came to Moses and
cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against
The Lord and against you. Pray that
The Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the
people.
8 Then The Lord told him, “Make a
replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are
bitten will live if they simply look at it!”
9 So Moses made a snake out of
bronze (Brass speaks of judgment) and attached it to a pole. Then
anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and
be healed!
It was God's
intentions that His people march into the promised land through
Kadesh-barnea, but the people rebelled against The Lord, and refused.
Now marching
through the Sinai dessert, in their rebellion, they became
discouraged, and began to complain.
It would do all
well to understand, God is not simply a God of blessing, but of
judgment as well!
Deuteronomy 28:
Blessings 1-14
Cursing 15-47
Isaiah 30:18 KJV
And therefore will The Lord wait,
that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted,
that He may have mercy upon you: for The Lord is A God Of
Judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.
Malachi 2:17 KJV
Ye have wearied The Lord with your
words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied Him? When ye say, Every
one that doeth evil is good in the sight of The Lord, and He
delighteth in them; or, Where is
The God Of judgment?
Numbers 21:6,7
NLT
6 So The Lord sent poisonous snakes
("fiery serpents" KJV) among the people, and many were
bitten and died.
7 Then the people came to Moses and
cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against
The Lord and against you. Pray that
The Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the
people.
Why were the people turning to Moses
and The Lord? They were, because of the fiery serpents!
Psalm 119:67 KJV
Before I was afflicted I went
astray: but now have I kept thy Word.
Jonah 2:5-7,10 KJV
5 The waters compassed me about,
even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were
wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the
mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast
thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I
remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy
temple.
10 And The Lord spake unto the fish,
and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Is God, unkind in
His judgment?
Hebrews 12:5-13
NLT
5 And have you forgotten the
encouraging words God spoke to you as His children? He said,
“My child, don’t make light of
The Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when He corrects
you.
6 For The Lord disciplines those He
loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child.”
7 As you endure this divine
discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own children.
Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
8 If God doesn’t discipline you as
He does all of His children, it means that you are illegitimate and
are not really His children at all.
9 Since we respected our earthly
fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the
discipline of The Father of our spirits, and live forever?
10 For our earthly fathers
disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But
God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in
His holiness.
11 No discipline is enjoyable while
it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a
peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this
way.
12 So take a new grip with your
tired hands and strengthen your weak knees.
13 Mark out a straight path for your
feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become
strong.
Is God, unkind in
His judgments, no, for it is because of His great love, that He tries
to stop wayward man, and turn him to the right, the way of blessing
and life!
I Corinthians
10:9-13 KJV
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as
some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of
them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened
unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon
whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken
you but such as is common to man: but God is Faithful, who will not
suffer (allow) you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it.
Numbers 21:8,9
NLT
8 Then The Lord told him, “Make a
replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are
bitten will live if they simply look at it!”
9 So Moses made a snake out of
bronze (Brass speaks of judgment) and attached it to a pole. Then
anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and
be healed!
Looking at the
fiery serpent, awakened the lethargic consciences of the people, for
looking at the serpent, no doubt reminded them of the poisonous
biting criticism they had given Moses, and The Lord, who so lovingly
had provided for them.
James 3:2-18 NLT
2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes.
For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could
also control ourselves in every other way.
3 We can make a large horse go
wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.
4 And a small rudder makes a huge
ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are
strong.
5 In the same way, the tongue is a
small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great
forest on fire.
6 And among all the parts of the
body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of
wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life
on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
7 People can tame all kinds of
animals, birds, reptiles, and fish,
8 but no one can tame the tongue. It
is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Sometimes it praises our Lord and
Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image
of God.
10 And so blessing and cursing come
pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this
is not right!
11 Does a spring of water bubble out
with both fresh water and bitter water?
12 Does a fig tree produce olives,
or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water
from a salty spring.
True Wisdom Comes from God
13 If you are wise and understand
God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works
with the humility that comes from wisdom.
14 But if you are bitterly jealous
and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up The
Truth with boasting and lying.
15 For jealousy and selfishness are
not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and
demonic.
16 For wherever there is jealousy
and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every
kind.
17 But the wisdom from above is
first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and
willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good
deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
18 And those who are peacemakers
will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
LOOK
AND LIVE
I’ve a message
from The Lord, hallelujah!
This message unto
you I’ll give,
’Tis recorded in
His Word, hallelujah!
It is only that you
“look and live.”
Chorus
“Look and live,”
my brother, live,
Look to Jesus now,
and live;
’Tis recorded in
His word, hallelujah!
It is only that you
“look and live.”
I’ve a message
full of love, hallelujah!
A message, O my
friend, for you,
’Tis a message
from above, hallelujah!
Jesus said it, and
I know ’tis true.
Life is offered
unto you, hallelujah!
Eternal life thy
soul shall have,
If you’ll only
look to Him, hallelujah!
Look to Jesus who
alone can save.
I will tell you how
I came, hallelujah!
To Jesus when He
made me whole—
’Twas believing
on His name, hallelujah!
I trusted and He
saved my soul.
Author: William
A. Ogden, 1887
Public Domain
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Prayer:
Matthew
10:32 KJV
Everyone
who acknowledges Me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge
before My Father in heaven.
John
6:37,47 KJV
37
“...him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”
47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath
everlasting life.
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