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According to Genesis 1:20-31, the fish & the fowls were created on the fifth day of creation, and the land animals & Adam were created on the sixth day. After all this, did Eve appear ( Genesis 2:21-25), created out of Adam.

Love this bible, god is so good to me, i am so thankfuil. i am so blessed.thank you for having this on the comuter, so i can read god,s word daily, god bless......

Of the two choices in your question, my preference would be the latter: to wait on the Lord for His provision. And more so, if your first option to actively look for a spouse, entails much 'Church-hopping' or registering on various Christian dating sites. I feel that if our Christian life requires an ongoing vibrant trust in the Lord in all His provisions for us, then there should be little difference when the need is for a spouse. The Lord is aware of all we need & He certainly provides for us in the right measure at the right time; our faith in Him to give what is best for us has to also instil peace in us that He will do it.

I don't believe this waiting on the Lord indicates any laziness on our part, as those who are of such disposition or procrastinators: 2 Thessalonians 3:10. I believe that the Lord delights when His children look to Him & wait upon Him for His very best. My wife & I married in our early 40s (a first marriage for both of us). And we both believed that the Lord had called us to singleness, as she cared for her elderly widowed Father & I in ministry in Pakistan & then in India. Yet, we have proven Proverbs 16:9: that as we plan our course, it is the Lord Who directs our steps.

A senior brother in Christ had called me over to help in teaching about Islam to young Christian Brethren gathered from various assemblies throughout India. They were being prepared to be sent out to serve short-term in various parts of India as evangelists. I also had the responsibility of keeping the Mission's accounts. The 'steps' I took towards that ministry led me to my future wife's home as I had to deliver a letter from her aunt. I was also able to stay in an upstairs room of her home & was able to assist her Dad when she had to be away. So as things progressed in our friendship, we realized that our meeting at this time was of the Lord & we clearly sensed that this was His Plan for our marriage. We've been happily married for almost 25 years, now in retirement.

I will always trust God to be My Father, to lead and guide Me as I walk.

Please keep me in your prayers today

Phil. 2:5 gives, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."

The context of this directive is that of the Disciples living in egalitarian service to one another, vss 1-5. The example for such is the mind which "was" in Christ Jesus.

It is not possible for any human being to replicate the mind of service and love which "was" in Christ. Jesus' level of understanding of Love, His perceptive abilities upon all needs of the Disciples, and His impeccable delivery of loving service were far beyond our understanding and ability to do.

If you, whoever you are, state rather it indeed doing such can be done, then describe to me how you in fact personally exhibit the Mind of Christ in service to fellow Believers. Do not waste my time and your position there with constructing some widely gathered perspective containing divergent comments, by which you then avoid answering the issue I just stated about your own actions to serve. Just speak the facts of what you do to serve as you supposedly have the Mind of Christ for service to fellow Believers.

Remember, no place in Scripture either instructs or even narrates how we should "do our best to try" to obey the righteous imperatives and commands of Scripture. Either we do or do not comply.

Have I clearly communicated here?

Regards, Matt H.

Now, if you're looking at specific nations, as opposed to just a land mass (eh'-rets) or the inhabited world (tay-bale'), then there appears another word for nations (goy), which would include specific nations as Russia or China. So, the Hebrew (tay-bale') would refer to the general habitation of all peoples & nations.

Since the Bible doesn't specifically refer to either Russia or China, though there are countries (e.g. Tubal, Meshech, Gog, Magog, etc.) that we can't be certain by using today's country names & divisions, the specific mentioning of Russia or China is not in the Bible.

So, I'm unsure whether this answers the intent of your question.

I'm unsure whether you're referring to reciting a special prayer of repentance or some other type of praying. Whenever we slip up, being tempted to sin, we can in all sincerity & contrition of heart just open up to God through Jesus Christ, to seek forgiveness for our transgression. We don't need a special prayer as all prayer must come from the heart & not from a printed page or a recitation. It is the "fervent, effectual prayer of a righteous man, that avails much" ( James 5:16).

Just talk to God about your sin or weakness. He will forgive a sincere prayer & He will help you by His Spirit to withstand that sin again. Often, we don't just fall into sin - it's usually a deliberate act to satisfy ourselves. But God understands & "will make a way of escape through the temptation" ( 1 Corinthians 10:13). Feed on things that satisfy your soul & not leading to the desires of the flesh. When temptation comes, turn to the Lord in prayer, attend to God's Word, listen to wholesome music that enrichens the soul, even call a brother in Christ & share your time of weakness & need for prayer. God provides many external & internal (in your spirit) ways to deal with temptation & sin. If we're sincere about it, we will seek a way provided for us rather than satisfy our desires.

I know that the Word of God says, that Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt, what country did this happen in? And how long did the pillar of salt remain? When God gives us instructions, we are to follow it, or else we will get in trouble with God.

I Brigitte Melinda Dingle-Bless God of Israel In the name of Jesus Christ the Anointed One... Amen

My prayer request is largely unspoken, and it involves a friend who is a girl, marrying her for the ministry of street preaching and soul-winning.

I would like to share my concern and pray for all those who are lost in the way of sin, those that are seeking the lord and wish to free themselves from addiction but may be struggling.

Did God create the animals before Eve? In other words, was Eve last?

Respectfully, and correct me if I'm wrong!

By those verses and mine does that or could that mean that Russia is a world different from another world like China that live on the Earth?

I see your view, Melissa, "In September 2016 the American Government guaranteed Israel $50 billion of military assistance over the next 10 years."

But this is not mentioned in the Scriptures. All we know is that the woman in Revelation 12:1 represents Israel, who gave Christ to the world ( Rev. 12:5) and who will be persecuted severely during the tribulation ( Rev. 12:13).

"Abusers of themselves with mankind" primarily refers to homosexuality & paedophilia. One could also look at the verse as a person abusing their God-appointed gender & its appropriate behaviour by choosing to act in ways contrary to proper manner. You will notice that "effeminate" is also included in that list & probably does not have the same meaning as we know it today, but to "sensuality & corrupt indulgences" which might have inferred crossing the gender boundaries & which was common in the Greek world.

Question: Are we supposed to be actively looking for a spouse, or waiting for God to bring a spouse to us?

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Jack Gutknecht ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

I have long believed, even before I married, that I as a Christian bachelor the Lord would bring me a woman to marry. I based this on

Genesis 2:22, "And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man."

And it happened almost this way. As a bachelor and single pastor of a small Bible church in southeast Wisconsin, I would take our youth group to a Friday night "Lighthouse" gathering to enjoy music, food, and fellowship with a mixed group of teens and young adults. I played the guitar upfront and my wife-to-be, Phyllis, played the piano. She was good; they called her "Piano Phyllis."

That's where we met and eventually married. I asked the highly respected matron of "The Lighthouse" (formerly, "The Stained Glass Window," both meeting in 2 different churches) if this prospective bride would make a good wife. She said "yes." And the rest is history. I now have a wonderful wife!

No opinions from me, just appealing to the Hebrew. In this passage, 'Earth' is 'eh'-rets', meaning the Earth, land in its virgin state, as in Genesis 1:1; 1:28.

And 'World' in Hebrew, is 'tay-bale' ', meaning the world viewed as being inhabited, as in Job 18:18; Psalm 9:8.

Both the above references, and many more, show the exact Hebrew words that depict the intended meaning of the writer.

Not being proficient with the DSS, I have been able to find that in the DSS (in Scroll 4Q76, Minor Prophets), the word "sun" is NOT in capitals. I'm guessing that the translators capitalized the word as it referred primarily to God (as in Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 60:19,20). And by extension, 'Sun' could be applied to Jesus, ( Luke 1:76-79; John 8:12).

Maybe others with more information on this will contribute.

Hi Bill, you raised an interesting question the way you put it, I would like to comment, I think we are born dead in trespasses and sin, We have been given the law which is to show us we come up short of Gods requirement for salvation, Now the wages of sin is death, Jesus died on the cross and paid for the sins of the world for all who believe. We who believe was put in Christ and baptised in his death, and when he rose from the dead we were raised with him in newness of life, " Romans 6:3-4. That's why the scripture says we must be born again, "born from above" now we have been sent a savior, "Jesus Christ" now we are given a "choice" if we accept his redemptive blood or not, now i don't know if you call that free will or choice.

Thank you Chris for the kind words, and the encouragement. You have truly blessed my evening. May God continue to use you in this manner of uplifting others. God Bless and Merry Christmas...

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

The Lord has indeed given you back your life & your daughter. That was wonderful to read & to praise His Name for. The restoration of your relationship with your daughter of course brings on an active pursuit by both of you to build upon. The things that go hand-in-hand in any deep & meaningful relationship is: understanding, communication & readiness to apologize & forgive. So many relationships suffer through lack of these, even one.

I'm sure that it's in your heart to build up on what God has done for you both. Every blessing as you step out in God's Strength & Wisdom, stepping out in each new day holding onto Him & in faith being the Mother & confidant you need to be for her & that she seeks from you.

When we say that Jesus is God, we understand that He is that part of the Godhead that constitutes God's complete Being & now revealed to us. So yes, Jesus is God, just as God Himself & His Holy Spirit are equally the One God. We read in John 1:1 & following verses, that the Word was with God & was God. And this Word (that which proceeds from God's Mouth) which was also His Word in forming all of creation, God chose to give a Body of flesh. So we have what is referred to as the 'Incarnation' = when God's Word was given a Body so that God could fully accomplish His Plan for redeeming mankind from sin unto Himself. If this did not happen, all races of people would be eternally gripped by sin's power & face a certain eternity in Hell. But God stepped into our humanity for the purpose of being our Sacrifice for the sins we should have been penalized & suffer for.

If this concept of the 'Trinity' (i.e. God is One but is seen in His Three Beings) is difficult to comprehend & none of us can fully take it in anyway because we don't naturally think or live at that level, then we can use a simple but weak illustration. As you know, we are composed of three aspects to our being: that which is seen (the body) & that which is unseen (the soul & spirit). The body will age & deteriorate, whereas the immaterial part of us doesn't, & is accountable to God & will return to God. Now, if we remove any one of those three parts of us, we cease to be human in the normal acceptance of our being. So too would God be, if any being of His Deity was excluded, i.e. He wouldn't be the God of the Universe & indeed the God of Love & Mercy that He is to us.

So, Jesus in His Divinity as part of the Godhead, is now referred to as the Son of God, by virtue of His Incarnation ( Luke 1:35). He's still God, but now as God the Father's resurrected Son after paying the price of our sins, & seated at the place of power, at God's right Hand. Jesus completed His Work on Earth but His Spirit works on in us.

Trials and tribulations is what we go through here and now, when we stand for christ, if we stand for him and his word, its persecution, read what jesus tells his desciples in john 15:18-20. now if you are refering to the tribulation period, we are not in that yet.

Yes, hes god manifested in the flesh

Thank you

Oh yes, I believe Satan knew full well what the implications of Jesus' death & resurrection would mean to him & to everyone caught in his snare of sin & pursuing sinful lives. But the 'nature of the beast' drives him to put into effect every skill & trick he has to try to out-smart & out-do God's Divine Plan & Power. He knows that ultimately he won't succeed & will be defeated ( Revelation 12:12), but as we say, "he will go down fighting to the very end". That is his nature - that is his singular focus: to keep mankind estranged from their Creator & to be subservient to him, the destroyer of our souls.

Satan knows that the Cross is not some idle, ill-advised plan of God, because He knows the Nature of God, him being once considered as a 'covering Cherub' ( Ezekiel 28:16), which implies his previous position associated with God's Holiness. He knows the Power, Wisdom & Holiness of God, and that his character would always be deficient & defective as a result of his pride, sin & fall. But will that knowledge stop him believing that his greatness is comparable to God, that his wisdom & power can put up a good fight against God's Holiness & that the more he can deceive the World & gather them to himself, will translate to him being the victor? We were not unlike him, as once the children of the devil, how easy it was for us to consider ourselves more superior to others, not as bad sinners as others are, our righteousness will secure Heaven for us, that success in wealth & receiving man's adulation ought to be our present pursuit & enjoyment, etc, etc. The qualities of God & of Satan are diametrically opposed to each other. Our present pursuit, with our renewed minds & spirits, are only towards the things of God & not to the one who came to steal, kill & destroy our lives.

Of Judas: for the sake of prophecy, his actions by Satan's influence had to occur ( Matthew 27:9,10 & Zechariah 11:12,13). By the way, in Jewish reckoning, many prophetical books came under Jeremiah.

Hi Ron. Yes, we've seen similar requests that pertain to God's full 'six days' of creative Work in Genesis 1 and then we see an apparent anomaly in Genesis 2:5. Some have regarded this 'duplication' of man's creation as there being one general creation of mankind (other tribes & people) & then in 2:5, a specific creation of Adam & then Eve. This view then lends support to the apparent existence of the 'cave people' that evolutionists focus on to support mankind's present state, evolving from ape to man.

To understand Scripture in this way, then opens up a another series of questions about this 'other' creation, their relationship to God, their sin (if any), the effect of the great flood & other phenomena upon them, etc. Questions, that we don't find answers to in the Bible, nor any indication that such a dual creation ever existed, as there is never any mention or allusion to them.

My belief is that the Genesis account of creation (chapter 1) is simply to provide us with God's Work of creation over 'six days' & His cessation from creating, on the seventh. Then in chapter 2, the specifics are given, particularly in relation to His sixth day of creation: Man. Since the focus of this early part of Genesis is on Man, any amplification of the creation of the universe, the lights, or the animals had lesser importance.

So here in chapter 2, we're introduced to Adam & told that he would attend to the plants around him & grow crops, the introduction of Eve to be his companion and later in chapter 3, the appearance of Satan to test God's marvellous work. And following chapter 2 to the final Revelation, it's all about Man, his utter spiritual failure & of course, the intervention of God in demonstration of His Love in providing Himself for mankind's redemption & reception into Glory.

I hope I've dealt with your question in the way you expected. If not, then please re-submit for us to consider your further thoughts on this. Every blessing brother.

In Adam we ALL die but in Christ we will ALL live, Remember he said if i be lifted up i will draw ALL men unto me. If the curse of ADAM was applied to every man no exceptions then wd not the blood of Christ be applied to every man automatically as it was in ADAM TRANGRESSION . But I'm meaning under the NEW Covenant. Under the NEW Covenant GOD said he wd know them ALL from the least to the greatest and this ( KNOW THEM ALL ) is an intimacy with God that results in a birth via his seed the LIVING WORD. Being born again of an incorruptible seed ,Even by the words of God that liveth and abideth for ever. The living WORD of God which is the book in the right hand of the father that contains the words of LIFE , It was after the book was opened that the woman goes into travail and CHILD BIRTH, Thats y they sang a new song simply b/c the book is the New Covenant that is gonna be applied to everyman ,The woman is the field the world that is gonna birth a baby Christ as Jeremiah saw all men in travail and child birth remember Jesus said the field was the world where that good seed was gona be sown resulting in a heavenly Birth in all of US sinners. If the stain and the spot of adam was applied to everyman no exceptions , Then the blood of Christ is gonna be applied to everyman no exceptions ,Remember Isaiah said he wd stain ALL his raiment.UNTO HIM THAT HAS LOVED US AND HAS WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD, THATS EVERYBODY AS GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD ETC. The new covenant is gona be different from the old covenant , God is gonna apply the blood of Christ to all of US. If i be lifted up ( his blood ) I will draw ALL men unto me. No man cd escape the curse of adam ,Thus no man will be able to escape the blood and the blessing of Christ.It wd make the FATHER a hypocrite if he applied the curse of adam, to every man Automatically and not apply the blood and blessings of Christ to every man Automatically at their New Birth . His rain n sun falls on everybody automatic .