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God made her a help mate yet she listen to satan and fell from grace.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful testimony, Sheila. That was so heartening to read, of your very real love for the Lord & your constant engaging with Him throughout your day: morning to night. That speaks to me of a true disciple of Christ who always looks to her Heavenly Father, reaching out to Him in times of both joy & sorrow.

Be assured that Jesus does know you personally: He laid down His Life for you, gave you a new birth, a new life, a new joy & a new hope. His Peace rules your heart with your 'soul panting (rushing) for the things of the Lord, just as the thirsty deer rushes to the water brooks' ( Psalm 42:1). So Jesus certainly knows you & it's clear, that your entrance into Heaven will be 'abundant'. And you do know Him personally as you study His Word to learn His Word for you & you spend time in conversation with Him. Whenever people feel estranged from the Lord, it's not that the Lord has left them or gotten side-tracked, rather that we have lost our focus because of sin or compromise & He waits longingly for our love & commitment to Him to be restored.

So sister, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, Who alone is the Author & Perfecter of your faith, for He indeed endured the Cross for you, in joy.

The Bible doesn't specifically tell us how the drop in human longevity changed from the large numbers you read of in Genesis chapter 5, to smaller numbers as you progressively go through that Book & into the rest of biblical history.

We can assume that when God created humans, He intended that we live forever. When Adam & Eve sinned, not only their hearts became sin-tainted, but their intimate walk with God (i.e. their relationship) was affected & the duration of their earthly existence was shortened. Even though Adam lived for 930 years (& Eve possibly for a similar duration), even that was abnormal.

Then we come to Noah & the Great Flood that wiped away all living creatures, except Noah & his family. I should say, that the reference to 120 years in Genesis 6:3 is often taken as 'God's shortening of man's ages to 120 years, however, that actually is a reference to the time God gave to man before he would be wiped off the Earth because of his unrestrained sin. So these great ages of humans continued until the Flood. Post Flood: ages began to reduce as we see in Noah's son, Shem ( Genesis 11:10 ff) & others in history, but this wasn't the rule.

So, it's understood that with a possible defective gene in Noah/his wife that was subsequently passed onto his son's & then down the line to us, the effects of sin that had increasingly affected our bodies, & even our changing conditions (chemical levels in the atmosphere, diet, mental/emotional stability, life's complications bringing on pressures, etc.) could well have contributed to a much shorter life span. In Psalm 90:9,10, Moses states: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow". Though Moses himself lived for many more years than 70, 120 years in fact, he probably envisaged that man's days 'were numbered' & if we should live beyond 70, life would get more difficult, finally extracting our final breath.

I know I have read this about our leaders will act as children but I can't find it now. Can you point it out for me please. Thanks

I keep seeing the Great Awakening, but it keeps referring to Pleiadian Orion King. Who or what is this?

Thank You , Lord .

I hate to have to repeat myself for I have already posted this to explain "as it is fit in the Lord". Do you use the KJV of the Bible and do you use the cross references? They do give you additional information. You seen to have trouble believing the scriptures. Look at the cross reference. It explains what "as it is fit in the Lord" means.

The following two verses give a man and his wife instructions not to sin. "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord" ( Colossians 3:18). This indicates a man and his wife can do what is unfit and the cross reference to "as it is fit in the Lord" refers one to Ephesians 5:3, "But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you." Throughout scripture many verses tell a man and his wife there is a form of sexual behavior they should not engage in. The cross reference tell us fornication is unfit for a man and his wife.

Are you saying Adam and Eve problem was that they loved money? Sin began in Eden. Are you saying if we get rid of a desire for money that will end all evils such as incest, child molestation, prostitution, murder, war, etc. Are you saying if we get rid of money all people can commit oral and anal sex-- all people can be homosexuals and that is okay. Are you saying the difference between good an evil is the desire for money?

"But fornicationlet it not be once named among you, as becometh saints, Eph 5:3." If you call yourself a Christian you cannot commit fornication even once. Once is all it takes to be unholy-profane.

When looking at Jacob and Esau we learn that Esau was a fornicator. Was his problem the love of money or was it fornication? Heb 12:16 "Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright."

I know the Bible says what you quoted but throughout the Bible sin is not the love of money. Sin is using the body in a way god forbids. We need to understand sin. The end of sin will bring heaven to earth.

It would be difficult for me to visualize that ( type sex will rule the earth for 42 months)

Although your thought on that subject makes good spiritual sense to me, pertaining

to a perverted type sexual activity.

900 years ago there was a group who almost took over the earth as it was at that time.

They went through Turkey where the 7 churches of Revelation are located and gave people

an ultimatum. Either they changed or their throats were cut. Christians were under the gun or

pehaps I should say the knife. Bothered me for some time somewhat. Then I saw the articles on

You Tube about caves under some of the towns in Turkey....

One cave entry went to an area underground that could house up to 25,000 humans. Isn't that neat?

Then there are caves underground of course, that go to other towns a long way away.

Now my original question is about a prophesy ( The beast that was wounded and now healed will rule for

that 42 months. That is part of God's prophesy which has to eventually occur. Perhaps that happens

after Jesus has come back for His people , who will be out of harms way. One place it says most will follow that

beast because there are just too many of them to fight against. Then later there is a reference to those who

follow that beast will be in the lake of fire eventually with satan and the false prophet. (Notice I don't like to capitalize the word satan.) /// That is kind of the key to the choices made by Christians during that time.

The choice: either to join the beast to save ones life or to refuse to join and risk having ones throat cut. Steven made that choice kind of...... before he was stoned. Steven could easily have said Jesus is fictatious and they would have immediately made him a hero on their shoulders but he stood fast under Gods wing and died a martyr.

In Revelation John was taken to where he could see parts of heaven.... he saw those who had lost their heads for the sake of the kingdom.

I like that reply Earl, In the flesh we have nothing to present.

I need prayers to uplift my faith and trust in God I am a single father raising 2 teenage girls 1 of them is paralyzed and has had 3 surgerys since Jan 11 2021 She is doing well now ,but I need to be strong for them i am 65 years old and i have put my daughters thru a lot of failures of myself when i was with their mother i have made some terrible choices in my life I live with bad memories and i am not proud of the failures of my past and Present I just ask for prayers for the Lord to Lift me up I want to give my Heart and Mind to Jesus Christ who Died for us all I need his Precious Blood to wash me and cleanse me and make me whole again and give me courage and strength so i can fulfill all my obligations and responsibilities and take care of my children

Verse 13-God makes sure that we are well taught by means of his Word and those who represent him.

what am I

Verse 1-mothers have the responsibility to train and instruct their children just like Lemuel's mother did here.

I'm having a lot of trouble in school if you can please help me out with that please

Verse 30-Jesus humbly submitted to God's will and he willingly did so. He thought it was unthinkable to even do his own will.

Verse 31-This scripture quotes Gods original standard for marriage even though it was written almost 1600 years in advance.

Hello, I would like to ask for prayer first that I will do the work of the Lord my life is bringing so many challenges pray for my health and my marriage my husband left the home to pray for my only daughter who has informed me she is gay. I lost my job due to the covid 19 I want to put God first above all and live my life for him now. Thank you

Please PRAY for me I'm not feeling Good an I just wanna be right with GOD every day of my life Jesus Christ name AMEN

Verse 28-the privilege or ruling with Christ Jesus in heaven is open to both men and women.

To Alex: Please look again where you will find the identity of Elihu. You'll find his identity in Job 32:2.

Verse 18-even though Eve was created as a helper that did not mean that she was inferior. She would work together with Adam to accomplish Jehovah God's purpose for the earth and mankind.

I was wondering if. The letter l has any biblical meaning. When I look at the words world and word there is only one difference and that is the letter l. I know there is a reason for everything and just wondering. Any comments?

My answers to your questions, as given:

1. There are no apostles today, only the twelve in Jesus' day. In 1 Corinthians 12:28, Paul lists the appointments & functions in the Church. The mention of "first apostles", indicates that upon the teaching of Christ which the apostles faithfully preached, the Church is established: Jesus as the "chief cornerstone" & then comes then apostles with their teaching. Those that claim to be apostles today might be referring to their call & duties in the Church, but cannot claim biblical support for such a title as they don't meet its criteria.

2. Women do not have biblical warrant for appointment to the positions you mentioned in the Church. This is something that some Churches do for their own reasons, but not according to God's Plan.

3. There are some who claim descendancy to the Tribe of Levi, specifically to Aaron. And if so, they are given the privilege, in the synagogue, to read from the Torah. They serve the priests (Kohanim), as they did in the old days. Many have made claim to this Tribe, some false, others apparently true according to DNA testing. Those particularly who are of the Ashkenazim & Sephardim people, have shown to have a very high probability to having such connection.

A few weeks ago I had shared my understanding of this Scripture ( Exodus 4:24) to someone else, so I replicate that answer to you:

"Yes, this is a difficult verse to place, given the context of the other verses around it. It is understood that God is now dealing with Moses on another issue. The first matter was about Moses giving excuses as to why he could not approach Pharaoh & speak God's Word to him. Moses eventually agreed to do it, given that Aaron would be his mouthpiece.

Then in verse 24, we find that God had some reason for taking Moses' life. It wasn't about the former matter but about Moses' neglect in circumcising his son. It may be because of his marriage to the Midianitish woman, Zipporah, & some issue of circumcision had come up that caused him to overlook or refuse to do this act. There could have been other (negative) dealings by God on this family as well, which then compelled Zipporah to take matter into her own hands (so to speak) & do the circumcising herself. Whatever it was, God seemed appeased by Zipporah's actions, that which Moses had failed to perform."

"Offending God with your thoughts" is quite possibly not sin, unless you dwell on them, leading to committing sin whether in the mind or body. We all have spurious thoughts come to us, & sometimes downright disturbing. It's how we deal with them that matters: do we determine to terminate those thoughts or choose to fuel them or even act upon them?

We can run to the Lord in prayer & commit our folly to Him; or turn to the Word & allow the Spirit to minister God's Message & Words of healing to our minds; or even do as the Apostle Paul suggests in Philippians 4:8,9, to set our minds (our thoughts) on things that are honest, just, pure, etc. Why do this? We are effectively covering over & ridding nasty, disturbing thoughts with thoughts that bring on peace, stability & purity to one's heart - i.e. getting our minds back onto God's track & dwelling on things that will lift up our hearts towards God rather than weigh them down to our hurt.

"as it is fit in the Lord". Your understanding of this word "fit" seems to be, once again, linked to sexual misbehaviour/deviation. Whereas, "fit in the Lord" has nothing to do with sex, the instruction there is: 'wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is the proper thing to do, according to God's Desire & Plan for marital order & harmony'. This is the position of the wife to the husband & the attitude that she should adopt. And lest husbands see this instruction as a directive to his wife to 'worship him in everything', husbands should also note the next verse: "husbands love your wives & be not bitter against them". When the husband truly loves his wife, esteeming her, supporting her & giving of himself to her completely, he can then expect that position of loving submission from her. Now if you see some sexual deviation, whether from the wife or husband, I really don't know how you can possibly arrive at that. You recently did mention a Pastor you sat under many years ago - I wonder whether he or another has drilled this type of biblical mangling into you (& others) so that you can only see sexual perversion in so many biblical situations. Clearly, there are many warnings given in the Scriptures - but please, let's not force Scriptures to mean something they're not intended to do.

Can you supply supporting Scriptures to show that a husband & wife should be avoiding forms of sexual behaviour? Your quoting of Jude 7 is correct regarding 'fornication', but to then apply that example to husbands & wives is not only a 'long stretch', but quite inaccurate, as Adam & Richard have well explained. I can admit to the possibility of rape within marriage, when force is used for sexual gratification, but a husband & wife are "no longer two, but one flesh" ( Matthew 19:5,6). As a single loving unit, they give themselves over to each other in every respect, & in the sexual realm, are also free to express themselves for the bonding & happiness of each other.

Please pray for my little sister she is close to getting kicked out of school and for my mum she is very stressed and anxious and for my other sister she is having trouble with bullys pray that she will meet the right people.

Please pray for me I am having breathing problems I just want to be normal and do every day things. Please also pray for my father he is addicted to valium please pray that he will find a herbal anxiety medication that's not bad for him.

please keep Kristie and myself in your prayers today