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God’s Covenant Concerning Israel

25 Mar

Deuteronomy 4:23-31 – 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

I was reading in my one year Bible this morning and came across this.  I’ve written quite a few times about the promises and covenant with Israel that God has.  Why?  Because replacement theology is very common in the world today amongst many denominations and people.  It helped lead to the holocaust and is a doctrine from Satan.

God has a promise, He will keep His promise.   Those who don’t read or follow the Word of God are many.  We need to read the Word so we are not led astray but what makes worldly sense to us.  We are fallen creatures.  We are very susceptible to hearing fallen doctrine and being fooled, if we don’t know the Word and the Truth.

 
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No Mind Has Conceived….No Mind From Earth Has Ever…

18 Feb

1 Corinthians 2:9 –

9 However, as it is written:

“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him”

I can think of some pretty cool things.  However, just like in my life, the Lord knows what I need more than I would choose.  He does a fabulous job.  Praise be to our wonderful Lord.

Which takes us to phase two.  Those verses up above mean….we can’t possibly imagine how great the Lord has made it for us in Heaven.  How AWESOME is that!

I’ve written on the story before and want to bring it up again.  One night back when I was in my late twenties (been awhile now :)) I just really wanted something to uplift my spirit from the Lord.  I didn’t ask for anything specific, just something encouraging.

The coolest thing happened.  I went to sleep and had a great dream.  You know what it was about?  Neither do I.  I wasn’t allowed to remember.  Am I freaking you out?

Here is what I was allowed to get from the dream.  I remember by my emotions that I was extremely in awe and excited.  I remember that I thought it was incredibly beautiful.  I remember coming out of the dream and away from what I was shown and saying, “Lord you have shown me more than I could ever have asked for!”

You know how I know it was from the Lord?  One I asked before I went to bed, which I never had before and still haven’t since.  Two, I wasn’t allowed to remember one of the neatest and incredible things that my mind enjoyed.

But I know this.  When I read the above scripture and add it to the wonderful gift that the Lord gave to me, I know that we cannot even conceive how great it will be.

Are you ready?  Are you living for Him?  There have been some recent signs in the stars with the meteor hitting in Russia and the asteroid flying close by.  Pretty wild that they happened on the same day.  There have been 15 earthquakes over 6.2 since January 30th.  Out of those, 7 were 6.8 or higher.  Also we have the Pope stepping down.  The Prophecy of the Popes isn’t biblical, but still pretty amazing.  According to it, this is the last Pope before Rome is destroyed.   Why is it so amazing?  If you’re Catholic, this isn’t the kind of prophecy that you’re excited about being fulfilled and yet it has been known for 400 years now.  Look into it.  It is interesting how it can fit in with things of Revelation.

I believe our King is coming soon.  Real soon.  God Bless.

 
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Israel’s Quest For Peace – Are They Looking To The Right Place?

26 Nov

Israel lives to just have peace.  This isn’t just the religious Jews but the non religious as well.  The Jews believe that Messiah will come and the most important thing is He will bring peace.  That is why they are ripe for antichrist.

The Messiah came and Him they did not accept.

John 5:43 – 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Right now there has been a cease fire between Israel and Gaza.  The only reason there was a cease fire is because the terrorists were running low on weapons and rockets and Israel was getting ready to go in with the ground forces to clean up.

Israel is ripe for antichrist.  It just wants someone to enforce peace.  Is that all the Christ was supposed to do?

No.

The Christ was to come and take away the sins of the world.

John 1 :29 – 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

They have never looked for that Messiah and still aren’t.

In a couple of days we’ll keep on that topic.

 
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Testimony Of Jesus Is The Spirit Of Prophecy

05 Oct

We have been talking about rather prophecy important to Jesus?  Today we look a little further.

How does the Bible start out?  With creation and then immediately into the fall of man.

How does it end?  With the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

The middle?  The redemptive plan from God sending His Son to pay the sacrifice for our sins.

Revelation 19:9-10- 9 Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Bible points to Jesus.  Throughout the whole Bible it does.  Through the line of Abraham all nations will be blessed.  Why?  Jesus is to come through his line.  When the Israelites made camp in the desert they set up a certain way.  If you were in a plane looking down on the camp it was in the shape of a cross.  The bible points to Jesus all throughout.  The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

 
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Does Jesus Indicate Prophecy Is Important –Part 2

02 Oct

Yesterday we concentrated on some scriptures that Jesus had for the Pharisees and Sadducees back during His first coming.

Today let’s see what He says about the importance of looking for Him during His second coming.

Matthew 24:42-44 – 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Immanency!  It says the Lord could come at an hour you do not expect Him.  That means from the time He took off into the clouds till He does really appear.  So much for looking for Him at the end of the seven year tribulation.  I would know exactly when He would come back.  Yet it is healthy for all of us to live like it’s today.  It should keep us focused.  It should keep our eye on the real prize, not some earthly one.

What else has He got to say on the subject?

Luke 12:35-40 – 35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

How can we keep watch?

By reading God’s Word and knowing the signs of His coming.  It is important to Jesus that people study God’s Word and are paying attention to the prophecies.  It will be good for those servants.

 
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Does Jesus Indicate Prophecy Is Important?

01 Oct

Does Jesus Indicate Prophecy Is Important?

Let’s examine some scripture to see if Jesus thought that to know prophecy is important.

Matthew 16:1-3 – 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

2 He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

It appears that Jesus was reminding those who were in charge of looking for His coming that they were missing it.  He also seemed to be upset about that.  I would say this scripture indicates that Jesus wants us to know the prophecies.  Let’s look on.

Luke 12:54-56 – 54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?

In this scripture which somewhat parallels the other He even gets a little more specific and states, “how is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?”   So not only were they missing the sign of the times, they were missing that very present time.

They were missing the very one they were supposed to be looking for.  Yet they were looking for the Messiah.  They weren’t looking for a lot of things, but mainly the Messiah.  And yet they still were missing Him.  Why?  Their hearts were looking for the wrong thing.  Had they really been looking for the Messiah they would have started to recognize Him.  They were seeking world power and getting back on top instead of under the Romans.  They didn’t want God or the Messiah Himself, but what came in their minds with it.

Has anything changed?

I don’t think so.  I look around at even Christian friends and they are still chasing after everything but the Messiah, and yet they still try to convince themselves they are.

We’ll continue on this subject tomorrow.

 
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The World Is Ripe In Deception – Part 2

26 Sep

Yesterday we talked about how the world is ripe for deception.  The fact is we are ripe in deception.

Who is ripe?  Not just the unsaved, but those Christians who don’t know God’s Word.

The next verse is one that is in the Tribulation but I see major deception already to those who have focused on the world and this life and have fallen asleep.

Revelation 13:11-14 –   11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

If you are not in the Word of God and not wearing the Armor of God, you will fall into certain amount of deception.  It’s just too alive and rampant right now.  In today’s world right is wrong and wrong is okay.  Things continue to get so bad, that those things that used to seem bad are nothing to worry about in our own minds.  They seem small anymore.  The problem is its all evil.

3 John1:11 – 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

So we see that it is important to do good not evil, but how do we know what is what?  God says what’s good and what is evil.  If you don’t know the Word, you won’t know what it is.  Because right now the world is trying to convince people the exact opposite of good and evil.

Isaiah 5:20 –20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Don’t be deceived; study your Word of God and His love letter to you.

 
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The World Is Ripe In Deception- Part 1

24 Sep

Yes I didn’t write for deception because that would mean it is to come.  Deception is everywhere.

Who is being deceived?  I’ve been watching pretty closely and here is what I see.

Anyone who does not pay one hundred percent to the scriptures is being deceived.  That means Christians and those who are not Christians.  The body that has not attempted to make a good effort on putting on the Armor of God is living in their own hopeful world.

So where is the deception Pat?  The shorter answer is, “where is it not?”  It’s in our Country rampantly.  It never shines more than during an election process.  It’s in the whole world.

Who gets deceived?  The one who doesn’t know the Word of God.

The argument can be made that it has always been that way.  True, but at least there were more who did know it only 50 years ago that was passing on the Truth to others.  Now deception is coming from the pulpits.  Why?  Because they are not teaching the Word of God as if it is Truth.  They pick and choose.  When the world looks strongly at something that the Bible opposes, they choose the world.  They say you can’t trust the Bible, so we have to pick and choose what works for us.  That’s a doctrine that comes from demons.  Oh yeah, deceiving spirits are alive and well in America.  If you read your Old Testament they used to infiltrate the prophets (false prophets) that weren’t in tuned to God.

If you believe everything is great and always believe it will be in this country for you, you’re deceiving yourself.  It wasn’t too long ago a man named Hitler was busy over in Europe and those complacent fooled themselves that he will be happy just doing the next little thing on his agenda.  His agenda was to take over the world and destroy the Jews, he wasn’t going to stop.

As humans and our narrow focus, history is what has happened in our narrow little lifetime.  Anything before our parent’s childhood is like a storybook that doesn’t mean anything.  That’s called false positive thinking and that is a form of deception.

Tomorrow we will continue on with this topic.

 
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How do we know if a Prophecy comes from the Lord? Part 2

18 Sep

Yesterday we read that for a prophecy to come from the Lord, it had to come true.  Here is a second thing that it has to follow.

Deuteronomy 13:1-5- 1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.

It can’t contradict God’s Word.  God’s not fickle, we are.  His Word doesn’t contradict itself.  The other thing is a prophet can’t try and sway others to pursue other Gods.  That clearly isn’t from the Lord.

 
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How Do We Know If A Prophecy Comes From The Lord?

17 Sep

What’s one very important thing regarding prophecy when it pertains to God?

Deuteronomy 18:14-22 – 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so. 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”

17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death.”

21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

It has to come true.  Not a high percentage, but one hundred percent.  God is not just good on His predictions but perfect.

What is the fate of a false prophet suppose to be?  Verse 20 suggests that his career is cut very short.  Impersonating prophets are to be put to death.  I would say God takes that pretty seriously.

Tomorrow we will talk about a second thing that is important regarding rather or not a prophecy could be from God.

 
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