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I believe there's two tabernacles, an Earthly one and an Heavenly one.
I believe they're looking for the Earthly one. Who knows? They may have found it.
Hebrews 8:1-2. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man......
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Hebrews 8:5. Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Hebrews 9:2-9. .....
Verses 8-9. The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;"
Hebrews 9:24. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
I've heard it was seen in the basement at a Church in Ethiopia.
Who knows? perhaps it will be used in the literal Millennium kingdom here on earth.
I don't think we "the Church" have to concern our selves it.
Hebrews 10:19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
God bless.
May I suggest you reflect on Matthew 6:33-34 and Philippians 3:12-13.
Adam is Cains father.
Genesis 4:1 (KJV) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD..
May I kindly ask how did you discover Cain is not in Adams Genealogy and missed Genesis 4:1.
Adam and Eve was told to be fruitful and multiply the Earth.
Genesis 1:28. They had lots of Children and neither are they listed in Adam Genealogy. I believe the Genealogy was meant to give the lineage that lead to Noah, which is the next story in Genesis. This genealogy also leads to Christ.
Let me share a lesson from Chuck missler on this Genealogy.
Here's what these names mean in Hebrew.
Adam =Man
Seth =Appointed
Enosh =Mortal
Kenan =Sorrow;
Mahalalel =The Blessed God
Jared =Shall come down
Enoch =Teaching
Methuselah =His death shall bring.
Lamech =The Despairing
Noah =Rest, or comfort.
When you put them together you get a prophetic message.
Man appointed morrow sorrow, The blessed God Shall come down, Teaching His death shall bring The dispairing rest "or comfort".
At least interesting isn't it.
I hope this helps.
God bless.
Genesis 4:25,26, Genesis 5:1-3, Genesis 5, Genesis 6:1-13, Genesis 7, & 8, Genesis 9:8-9, Hebrews 11:1-7, 1John 3:12,
Romans 5:14, 1Corinthians 15:45, Deuteronomy 32:8, Matthew 3:21-38, Romans 5:14, 1Corinthians 15:22,45,
Jude 1,
Yet, in John 16:13,14, we are reminded that the Spirit does "not speak of himself" (in Greek: 'not speak from himself'), indicating His continual connection to the Father brings forth God's Words to the believer, or to those to whom the believer is speaking to 'in the spirit'. And verse 14, that "He shall glorify me" (Jesus), again indicating that the Spirit in His Ministry never brings the focus & glory to Himself, but to the Father & Son. All very mysterious to the natural mind, but held precious to the one walking in the Spirit & holding faith in God & His Word.
There are a couple of thoughts I'd like to share, if I may.
First of all, when I see suffering, it reminds me of the seriousness of sin. From the beginning, sin causes death. God warned our first parents that if they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they would surely die; and they surely did die spiritually for their disobedience.
We too, learn in Romans 6:23 that the wages of sin is death. It is sin that brings death and misery into this world. When I see the headlines - they scream out, "SIN!" What misery sin brings upon lives! The sinner himself or herself is injured by it, and most often - others are injured by it! Sin brings its own punishment, and it always has consequences!
Secondly, our Good God allow suffering to be his 'sheep dogs' that often drive wandering souls back to Him. David said in Psalm 119:67, "Before I was AFFLICTED, I went astray." When everything is going well - how quickly we wander far from God in our vain confidence! Remember - when Israel prospered and 'waxed fat', THEN 'they kicked against the Lord" in idolatry!!
Thirdly, the problems and suffering of this world help us to long for the new heavens and earth, wherein righteousness will dwell. The suffering here makes us wish for 'there'!! The suffering 'here' hinders us from desiring to put our roots down here, and hinders us from making this sad world our 'all in all", which is a BLESSING! How tragic for those who love this world and the things in it! It is all a delusion, and it is all passing away!
May the Lord help you understand the good that can be found even in suffering, John. :)
Blessings!
Is that you Elijah?
vs 1 The angel with his right foot on the sea, and left foot on the earth is Jesus (mirroring the 2 beasts inRevelation 13, rising from sea & earth).
Revelation 10:5-6And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 Andswareby him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
vs 5-6 are paradoxical because Jesus says all creation is from God, where Christian's are sworn to saying that Jesus created all. The dichotomy. John 10:30
vs 7 We are reminded that God has plans to end this age at the 7th trumpet.
vs 8 Jesus gives the prophet the little book, the Word of God (Bible) to eat.
vs 9-10 Since it's sweet in his mouth, then bitter in his belly, it must be before the 6th trumpet, day of the Lord, and the terrible judgment to come.
Revelation 10:11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
vs 11 This is a GREATEST prophet, Mat 11:11, whom we were promised. This introduces Elijah's ministry, before the day of the Lord. Elijah is to preach the word of God, salvation, on the backdrop of the day of the Lord, Malachi 4:5
May the Lord's healing hand be on every aspect of your surgeries and your recovery, and when all is said and done,
may you have a marvelous testimony of the faithfulness of God to share with all of us!
Blessings and hugs, dear sister!
James 4:10; Ephesians 4:31,32; John 15:12; Romans 12:9,10; Philippians 2:3,4; Colossians 3:12-16; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Ephesians 4:2,3; Galatians 5:22-26; John 13:34,35 (given to re-emphasize John 15:12).
Thank you again. I select from your answer to me three key phrases as your ideas consolidate my own thinking:
1."The Roman Catholic church has "mystified" what the bible calls our union with Christ"
2. "This mysticism is a mixture of Eastern religion and the concept of believers being unified with God through Christ"
3. "We will be perfected humanity likened to the perfect humanity of Jesus
I have never heard of any possible association of RC thinking with the "Eastern Religions" and probably because I have not considered the possibility before and not asked an related questions. Here I find the CE teachings at fault in that they did not refer in anyway to such a link in my religious education, indeed thinking back there was never ant discussion about any alternative religion let allow RC'sm. I should add that I was educated in the a very traditional C of E environment of the English.
Public School system and its normal "High Church" as opposed to Methodist, Baptist and Lutheran thinking. C of E still tending to support an abhorrence of Roman Catholicism with some respect for King Henry VIII and his rejection of Rome. To this day our Queen when she was crowned (1954) the Archbishop of Canterbury declared her to be the "Protector of the Faith.
I hope that I will not be considered rude by asking the question, are you a consecrated person as in clergyman, pastor or religious leader?
Very many thanks for your help with my understanding of our faith.
Roy
This desire to depart from God is truly sad as well. Those who know God may have fear of Him; but it is never for their destruction if they are saved. This is a really great book for those who are overemotional in their walk and who may trust their feelings over their true status. The opposite of course is much more dangerous; for if we are expecting jubilant feelings while loving the world brings God's favor; and we aren't aware what He has saved us from or that we are enemies of God before coming to Christ; then we have to "test ourselves" ( 2 Cor. 13:5) to see if we are in the faith. Food for thought...
In all this; we have two points of general note. First; value can be found whenever God's word is spoken; even if it is with contention; as Paul stated ( Philippians 1:15-17).
The second point is that scripture needs to be evaluated in this book to see what is the truth. We need to understand that all scripture may be for instruction ( 2 Tim 3:16); but surely what Satan quoted is used against Christ and since he is a liar among his other vices; the intention of the words may be for other purposes. A lot of other things his friends were to badger him about were at best unnecessary; and as in the earlier chapter with a spirit speaking stuff; may be from the pit itself. And this book is faithful only in giving an accurate message of what was said; whether it is Gospel truth is only how well it ties in with other scriptures. Whatever his friends spoke may have had some scriptural basis; but there is no way of saying what may have come from other sources or legends. Much can be said for any truth in the Apocrypha; for example. Much has been borrowed from the Word of God but we need to discern what is instruction and what to avoid from what we do know as revealed truth. Only the parts of books such as Enoch actually in scripture can be trusted as well.
I have not read in the Scripture that we are NOT to pray to the Holy Spirit. But I also do not recall a verse that tells us to pray to Him either. We are told to pray in the Spirit, and that the Spirit prays with us, as ELB pointed out. Jesus instructed the disciples to ask the Father for anything in His own name (Jesus) and we would receive what we asked for. With all this said, I do think it is fine to pray to the Holy Spirit, asking Him to continue to fill us up to overflowing, to help us when we feel weak so we can overcome a sinful temptation, or any other need we may have. It seems to me that in the Word that the Spirit's desire is to point us to Jesus, and Jesus's desire is to point us to the Father. But we can pray in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit in our petitions or address our prayer to any of these three Person in One God, or we can just pray to God (as an all-encompassing address.
It should be remembered that from what we can ascertain; Job never learned the cause of his suffering and the author if it was Moses or not was only later given this understanding. It should serve as a sober warning of the "accuser of the brethren" ( Rev. 12:10) who continues his old tricks even to this day and until His doom comes to its final fruition. However the Spirit restrains him at present; the fact that God can give him authority to this level; and in fact surely would have killed him had God given permission should be a sober reminder to us not to trifle with principalities and powers apart from the power of the Spirit of God. Christ Himself and He alone has victory and determines when Satan is bound and sent to his final punishment (even if angels administer the action). We need to be praying for others going through "like temptations" as well (although I can't find the verse at present!)
This makes me think how people can become so enamored and intrigued by "exotic" or "new" trends. This is true in the church as well. These "baubles" can make our daily walk in godliness and fellowship with the Spirit seem somewhat "boring", especially when we are called to live a quiet and godly lifestyle. But I haven't really minded what most would consider boring, because I love to follow God's ways. I find them satisfying. But we live in a culture that glorifies risk taking behavior (rock climbing, extreme sports) and fancy, shiny celebrity lifestyles. But as believers, I think it is wise to heed what Jesus taught about being in the world but not of the world, so to speak ( John 17:15, 18)
And Paul says for us to not be conformed to the world, but to be transformed.. ( Romans 12:2) and John says to love not the world or the things of the world... which is passing away...but he who does the will of the God abides forever ( 1 John 2:15-17)
And we are told by Peter to lives such good lives among the pagans .. ( 1 Peter 2:11-12) as we should live like sojourners.
Unlike the Israelites, let's hope we do better to resist worldliness and pagan influences.
Our views are far off!!"
Spencer, tell me what you disagree with, we can have a healthy conversation to level the field. My views are based on scripture defining itself through corresponding scripture. I've memorized to heart most of it. So, anything I've said that hasn't happened yet, I can explain through simple reasoning. If I'm wrong about what I write, then that needs attention. Since it's based in the future, interpretation, and I haven't seen the future, but for scripture, my views becomes more nuanced. That means I use the prophets' word to mitigate the gap, so you will gain from it.
I've given you a lot of material to dissect and question. For every issue you have, you must explain your personal method of understanding, and how you got there. Please review my work and write down each trespass for examination. Throw everything you got at me, perhaps I need humbled, and am the last one to know it. Looking forward to it, Spencer.
I just got my question answered in Matthew Henry commentary here.
Thank you!
Esther lets out all the stops here in this clever setup. There was no way of knowing that the king would just happen to read about Mordecai's unsung hero status in catching the two conspirators some time ago written in the records after he spent a sleepless night. Esther stated point blank what Haman had decreed against Mordecai and it should be noted that she stated if it was just "bondmen and bondwomen" that was determined for her people she would have held her tongue. Then when asked who had done such a thing it was stated that this "adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman".
The king probably had forgotten at least the logic of how he signed the edict; due to the seeming righteous indignation of Haman justifying such a document because of Mordecai's disrespect. Emotions got the best of the king once again and God's purposes were to come to pass; when Haman was to be hung on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai. More divine justice was to soon follow in the rest of the book.
As to Esther; this deck of cards dealt to her was MASTERFULLY played; in accordance with prudence and wisdom. And the name of God isn't mentioned anywhere in the book! Quite remarkable.
The disciples all saw Jesus many times and yet they say this ?
Any time ?
Jesus said if you have seen me you have seen the father , would mean they are the same , but still no man has actually seen the father , and we know He sits on His throne .
Jesus said the pure in heart shall see God , that must be future so take heart and keep it pure !
In this passage; we see a continuing supplication of Esther which earned the king's respect. She prepared a feast in two phases; with the second planned event to bring Haman's demise.
Naturally, Haman was jubilant at his exaltation and honor; but he continued to hold hatred for the Jews in his heart (v. 9 and 10). His wife gave him the plan along with his friends to prepare a gallow 75 feet high (no small feat) to hang Mordecai. This would appear to "seal the deal" as it were but then there is (as Paul Harvey used to say) the rest of the story.
Pride comes before a fall; and this house of cards was about to collapse. ( Proverbs 16:18).
It a appears that the this problem began back in the Apostles time and is now prevalent today .
The key is that they believe in a spiritual God of their truth , but deny the humanity of Christ in so doing this .
Jesus is the Son of man and Son of God according to all scriptures . We must make it all important to realize that he has flesh and is come in the flesh . And still is .
To make him a special deity is to trump the fact that he comes as a man in the flesh .
God is not a man and does not have flesh . And never will because God never changes . He inhabits eternity. Before the world or heavens existed, and heaven and earth will pass away , but God remains the same as always .