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There are very many references about God's Kingdom on earth , not just in the old testament but also in the new . I believe S Spenser has given you plenty to think about , one of the most obvious is when Christ gives the sermon on the mount : the meek shall inherit the earth . I believe that when we die we stay dead until the return of Christ . At his return I shall be resurrected and judged by him and if I'm acceptable I shall live , in God's Kingdom on earth and Christ shall reign over the earth from Jerusalem . These are , in basic terms my beliefs from reading the Bible . I realise others believe differently and I don't have a problem with that , all shall be revealed when Christ does return , our best days are ahead of us no matter what our age . I'm glad to hear that you are back to your normal health now . Thanks to God .

please pray for Kristie and me

Yes ! We , humans , are the serpent , our hearts and minds which are full of all kinds of wickedness ! The battle is within us , not without , we must fight against our own inclinations , when we have the Spirit of Truth within us , then we are no longer ignorant and we have eyes to see and ears to hear and then , we walk in the light and our life is in Christ . We live in him , not in sin , we are alive in a world full of dead people !

GiGi, Thank the Lord for His goodness. May He bless you in ALL things.

Love & prayers,

Please pray for Heidi,whose husband died suddenly 1 1/2 weeks ago.Pray for Jesus to carry her through the transition with peace and hope.Also,pray that the enemy's attack on her employment and Therapist license be thwarted.

The Lord be praised GiGi for the great biopsy results & you finally seeing the end of that respiratory infection. And the same Lord will be with you tomorrow for your carpal tunnel surgery. Will pray that He will direct the hands of both the surgeon & the anaesthetist as they deal with your wrist & palm. Am sure there will be many praying for you & lifting your name before His Throne.

"Stay strong in the Lord and in the power of his might"; that together we might behold "the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ...".

Praise the Lord, how are you? According to the time that we are living in now, Do you believe the Word of God has been twisted up in Divination. Do you feel like it is being fulfilled? Do you think about the Four Winds of Prophecy( North, South, East and West). Do you believe in Miracles and Wonders? What do you think about " Mark of the Beast". Be bless in Jesus name!!!

Please pray for a friend of mine (named Steve), I tried witnessing to him today and he shrugged it off. He said "we can always ask God for forgiveness for our sins after we die"

I told him that's not true, but sadly I didn't say much after i struggled with what to say. Please pray for his salvation and that today will plant a seed

I'm praying for you sister!

Praise God for your recovery from the respiratory infection, and also for the good test results.

Thank you for praying for all of us, you've been a great help.

2 Corinthians 3-4 "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."

GiGi,

Thank you for replying. If we look at it from a statistical standpoint, it does make sense what you are saying. I guess it just seemed odd to me because in my mind I don't believe that any of us are guaranteed tomorrow. I have some dear friends of mine who are also in their 60's that lost a child, 30 years younger than them.

I guess I was just looking at it differently. I wasn't considering age being a factor. But I do understand what you are saying.

I hope you have not taken this the wrong way. Happy belated birthday. May the Lord bless you with many more years. And please know that you have been in my prayers, and I do pray that your surgery tomorrow goes well.

If you could please pray for me and my other 2 siblings my. My mother's children she passed away in 2019 and we don't have anyone to fight us

Hi John.

I read they were removed in 1828 for various reasons.

Here's a few things you might find interesting.

In Luke 11:51, the Lord said something definitive about the extent of the canon of the Old Testament which He accepted. In condemning the leaders of the Jewish people for killing God's messengers throughout their history, He charged them of being guilty of shedding the blood of all the righteous from Abel to Zechariah. Now the murder of Abel is recorded in Genesis 4, and the murder of Zechariah in 2 Chronicles 24 which in the arrangement of the Hebrew canon was the last book in order (as Malachi is in our arrangement). So the Lord was saying, "From the first to the last murder recorded in the Old Testament." Now, of course, there were other murders of God's messengers recorded in the Apocrypha, but the Lord does not include them.

Evidently He did not consider the books of the Apocrypha to be of equal authority with the books from Genesis to 2 Chronicles.

If the writers of the New Testament considered the Apocrypha to be Scripture, we would certainly expect them to refer to it in some way. However we find no direct quotations. This is in contrast to over 250 quotations from the authoritative Old Testament Scriptures.

The fact that the present canon was repeatedly quoted as being divinely authoritative as well as the absence of any direct quote is another indication of the extent of the canon - it did not include the Apocrypha.

There is no evidence that the books of the Apocrypha were in the Septuagint as early as the time of Christ. The earliest manuscripts that contain them date back to the fourth century A.D. This does not demonstrate that the books of the Apocrypha were part of the Septuagint in pre-Christian times. Even if they were in the Septuagint at this early date, it is noteworthy that neither Christ nor the apostles ever quoted from them as they did with most of the Old Testament books.

God bless.

Hello friends,

I wish to ask for prayer as I will be having carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand early tomorrow morning. Will be "going under" and there is always risks involved with that. So, hoping that all goes well.

Also, I am recovered from the respiratory infection and my breast biopsy came back negative for cancer and showing normal cells.

Thank God for that! Thank you so much for your prayers. Talk to you as soon as I can type again.

Michael:

The serpent has always had legs, the serpent is not a snake.

The serpent is the carnal mind of the beast, MAN.

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom ....for it is the number of a MAN

Job 1:17 .....the Lord said to Satan, Whence cometh thou .....from walking (on legs) up and down on the earth

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field God made ...

Psalms 73:22 I was so foolish, and ignorant, I was as a beast before thee.

Romans 8:20 For the creature (man) was made subject to vanity (a carnal mind), NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of him (God) ......

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman .....enmity between the carnal mind and the bride of Christ ....

Romans 8:7 For the carnal mind is enmity against God .....

God Bless YOU as you study and Christ reveals himself to you.

Thanks S. Spencer. I will study these verses and get back to you if I am able. having surgery tomorrow so will be out of it for a few days.

Hello Jesse,

In past posts I believe that Alex mentioned that he is in his late 70's or so.

So, statistically, especially with the longevity of women on my mothers side (living almost to 90 or even 95 going back many generations, it is most likely I will outlive someone 10-15 years older than me, that is all I meant. I am not wishing that either Alex or I die soon, but that in all likelihood, he will probably pass before me. I hope I did not alarm anyone, but i do look forward to the day I will leave this mortal life behind and begin living in eternity with Jesus. But in the mean time, I will enjoy the days He gives me and attempt to make the most of the opportunities I have to love others and share what I know of Christ and His faithful word.

Hi Gigi.

Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for but here's a few of many references of a future Kingdom here on earth.

Revelation 5:10

And have made us kings and priests to our God;

AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH.

Psalm 2:6-8

"Yet I have set My King

On My holy hill of Zion." "I will declare the decree:

The LORD has said to Me,

'You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.

Ask of Me, and I will give You

The nations for Your inheritance,

And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

Daniel 2:34-35

You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and FILLED THE WHOLE EARTH.



Zechariah 14:9-11.

Zechariah 14:16-19

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

"ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."

Matthew 5:5.

Matthew 25:31-34.

Isaiah 2:2.

Jeremiah 30:10.

Ezekiel 34:25-31.

Daniel 2:44.

Micah 4:1-2.

Zechariah 8:1-3.

Revelation 11:5.

God bless you.

Goodnight.

Hello GiGi,

I was taking a look at John 18:36 from my Greek study notes, and literally it is in the imperfect tense with a subjunctive particle that means "Up until now, my servants would have been fighting if my kingdom is from out of the earth as a source, so that I would not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from here.

I just wanted to share this as I do believe it supports what you are saying!

I am applying for jobs. I need God's guidance so that I can find a job that sustains me, my children, and foster pets. I have been sickly lately, no insurance, and have kept it private. I need to get help. So please pray that God's hand touches my life.

God bless you too, Ronald

I would agree with your reply. I think the "beginning" declared by Moses would be the starting point of what we know now. It is crucial that we know who gave us our beginning. God, who has no beginning did. His only begotten son came to earth to defeat the works of the devil and we seem to be part of that plan as we are the reason Jesus went to the cross. He has defeated all the sin and death caused by Satan there and he will eventually cast him into the Lake of Fire. It is all so amazing to be able to know even the bit we do know of the wonderful creator of the universe.

Littlesooz

What my first statement means; or I should have said is that we ALL go through a phase more or less known as the "honeymoon" phase after being saved. The proof of true salvation; however next has us go through trials to test us to see if we are truly in the faith or not. There are some who as the parable points out weren't truly "rooted" in Christ hence it was the emotional high which was the cause of the initial excitement rather than joy as say a spiritual gift or proper response to the Holy Spirit's prompting.

I hadn't considered your second point. I'm not sure in the context if it is valid. In one sense the gifts and calling are irrovocable or "without repentance" ( Romans 11:29). Again; much as with the first point; people can get more caught up in the gifts than the giver of the gifts. We also have to consider people's natural intelligence; physical prowess or social standing as something more in line with the idea in James that the rich tend to be oppressors. We also need to realize that someone operating at one time in spiritual gifts doesn't mean their overall walk will be one of great reward if they allow bad fruit to be maintained or sin to gain a foothold. There are those who may not manifest things at least obviously but are committed to loving the Lord and obeying His commandments ( John 14:15). There is also the need for proper use (such as interpretation of tongues); and sharing different gifts with the Body of Christ. These include discernment and wisdom which may not be as dramatic as some others "signs and wonders" type which some believe exist today and some don't. Of course we need to make sure that the "light in us isn't darkness" ( Luke 11:35). Without discernment than anything goes and demons can mimic true gifts. Therefore we have to make sure that "doctrines of demons" don't maintain a foothold ( 1 Tim. 4:1).

Agape.

Did the serpent at one point have legs?

Physical healing, financial increase, and wisdom for Shawna Perry. Thank you and God Bless

Pray for my fianc Thomas. Pray that God remove the anger he has towards me. Clear his mind with love and peace. I don't know what he is thinking or what he is going through emotionally. I pray that he would have a heart like Gods.

Hello GiGi,

I was reading through this conversation and I am in agreement with what you are saying. I always enjoy reading your posts and I agree with you most of the time and I have also learned a few things I didn't know, mainly things you share on the Old Testament (my weaker area). So for that I say thank you.

But there is something you said that has me "scratching my head" and made me go hmm!

In your conversation with Alex, you said, "I just turned 66 a few days ago, and you have less time than I do before going to meet our Savior face to face."

I am just wondering how you can know that? Is it because he is older? Just curious, and I hope you don't mind me asking.

Blessings to you in Christ Jesus, and thank you for everything you share with us!

Why is the Apocrypha no longer in the KJV of today's books.

When was it stop being included?

Hi Ana. I agree with Adam's thoughts on this matter. We are indeed blessed to have medical help & advancing technology available to help us deal with problems in body & mind. I don't see this as a total non-reliance on God to grant healing - God does heal & if coupled with proper sincere medical help & trust in the Lord, I feel that's the proper way to go. After all, doesn't the Lord expect that we render whatever help to others & ourselves? And this help can come in various ways which must include, for the Christian, utter dependency on God to "establish the work of our hands upon us" ( Psalm 90:17).

And if a person chooses to refuse medical help or has elected to not be on any life support, then that is their choice and I don't believe that decision in any way violates God's Command concerning murder or any perceived determination by us that life must be preserved at all costs.

We have a few relatives connected with the Ceylon Pentecostal Mission & a couple of them have passed on, refusing any form of medical intervention in spite of great discomfort leading up to their death. This was their belief & of the Church, & of course, admirable. In spite of the tragedy of it all when their lives could have been saved, I couldn't help but admire the faith expressed to the Will of God for their lives & willing to face the consequences as the Lord chose for them.

But the matter of euthanasia, even if death is imminent, is a completely different matter to my belief.

Hello, i dont believe the Word addresses that other than do not kill and our bodies are mot our own. I think active euthanasia is wrong. Passive like turning off a ventlator i think is ok if its Gods will for that person to go. I also see that differently than someone who has gangrene but stubbornly refuses to see a hospital or just watching someone bleed to death and doing nothing.

Amen Gigi!!

Well stated, The Church is built on a rock!!

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

Isaiah 28:16.

THAT ROCK IS THE LORD JESUS.

The Lord is going to judge his Church BUT the Church is not backed into a corner by the adversary screaming for help!

Matthew 16:18 is not a picture of the Church on defense! It's hell needs the Gates.

We march straight forward with the truth! THE WORD OF GOD.

We're not of the world where we compromise it.

We're separated and the Lord done the separating!

And by his word the climax of victory shall be seen.

I Love what you said! Christ is the HEAD OF THE CHURCH.

How could someone supposedly having the Spirit of God come against it?

If you have not the Spirit of God you're none of his.

We're not all Brothern!

The difference in the Gospels speaks for itself.

If that sounds harsh listen to Paul in

Galatians 1:6-10.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Did Paul say let him be accursed?

Lord help anyone else that says that!

The scripture is to sharp!

If I left out scripture and used secular definition here's what I come up with.

IMPOSTER; a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.

I'll stick to scripture.

God bless.

Ronald, wells stated and sensible. I agree. We do not know what God has done outside of earth's history and earth's as our abode. I think it is wise to leave such matters to the hidden counsel of God. What He has not revealed He does not want us to know in this life.