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Numbers are very important in the Bible . However , there is always a danger that we can put too much significance on them and , if we do , we may end up paying more attention to them than we do to God's Word . I would caution anyone against getting too deeply into their significance as we could find ourselves on the edges of numerology and that wouldn't be advisable for anyone who considers themselves to be a Christian .

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Hello, my name is Shelly. Please keep my daughter Tyler in your prayers. Since she was 17, she has struggled with anxiety and forgetfulness, despite the fact that she works extremely hard in class. Please pray that God places the right instructors in her path as she studies to become an EMT. Someone patient and understanding who can assist her in becoming an emt.

This is a very short Psalm. Nonetheless; we can ponder a theme here which is apparently a subject in the forefront of David's mind throughout the first section at least of Psalms; namely a petition for God to give him victory over his enemies and to heed to his sufferings.

As with many of these inspired writings; we certainly can look at Christ as being prophetically referenced to here. We are reminded of Psalm 22; as well as the times when Christ Himself said "why have you foresaken me?" ( Matt. 27:46). There is ultimate trust in David in verse 5; which we can all cling onto. Only Christ had to have that unspeakable horror of God's mercy removed for that brief moment in time. Only Christ COULDN'T pray for salvation of His soul (unnecessary for a member of the deity). But only He could procure the punishment for our sin as an atonement; and hence WOULD not be released from being a sin offering as it was clearly part of God's plan for the redemption of man.

We also are remined in Psalm 23:5 where a table is prepared in the presence of enemies. This could certainly apply to us; in the Millennium Kingdom as well as the Lord Himself when He rules with an iron rod. Any saint of God recognizes in general that they are in enemy territory lest they become too content in the world which is about to perish as it exists now in its fallen state under Satan's control. We are reminded of Christ's admonition to us that a servant is no greater than his master ( Jn. 13:16) and can truly understand we also will have trials as the Lord Himself was the "man of sorrows" ( iSAIAH 53:3). Man is but a vapor ( Romans 8:7 and mentioned further in Psalm 62:9; etal.

Please pray for Daniel. Deliverance, protection, relationship wisdom, and deliverance from the wicked woman. Send God fearing God loving Holy Ghost filled friends and contacts to help him along the way. God give him clarity of mind, complete sobriety (and joy doing it)and a heart for Jesus.

Bottom lineSalvation.

Thank you for praying for him.

What's up with the Summaries in the Bible Question section ?

Mommas little baby likes it short n sweet

Please pray the Lord brings my wife Charlene back home to me soon. That he gets her away from the people she's staying with who are & have been destroying thier lives & others with drugs . Who lie & manipulate and speak against our marriage & beliefs. That the Lord restore our marriage and love for one another. Amen

I have a question ; what is the meaning of verses 14 thru 16

Amen Jacqui.

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

Revelation 8:3-4.

Go's bless.

please pray for me and my family today

prayers for the baptisim of the holy spirit to come over me , my marrige,my children in JESUS NAME

The Altar of Incense does have a crown around it , it does represent Christ , the Incense flowing up to God from the Altar ( which represents Christ ) represents our prayers , flowing up to God through Christ our Heavenly Mediator . The Altar is Christ and the Incense is our prayers , going up to God , through Christ . It's all so beautiful . Even then God was looking towards us , giving us hope in a better future and life than this earthly physical one . God is alive , real , everywhere and full of love for us . Even then , thousands of years ago He was putting His plans for us to be with Him , into action . God's love is beyond anything any human can comprehend and it overwhelms me sometimes , just how unworthy of it I am . And yet He knows me , and all my horrible human ways , and He still loves me . And He loves you too .

I believe that you are correct Duncan . It seems quite simple but sometimes people , including myself , are phased by simplicity and think that things must be more complex . I think that's it's so important to keep things in context . If there's something you don't understand in the Bible , just keep reading . All the answers and explanations are in there .

Why is the number 7 not spoke highly about because the number 7 is in Genesis 2:2 & 3.

Dear God, Father in Heaven. Thank You, Lord, for creating us all in Your image, You saw us before we were. And is Lord of all. We pray in the holy name of Jesus Christ that the terror that troubles "T M" disappears right now in Your Holy Name Jesus Christ, for in His Name we have authority to do so, after Your will Lord. Amen.

Ephesians 6:10-18 God bless u and yours in Jesus name love u in Christ.

Dear God, Father in Heaven. You who see and hear all things. You who know everyone's hearts. You who have created all the invisible and the visible. Hear our cry Lord Jesus Christ, we know that in You, in Your name and the change of and being born again can change a whole life. And we give You much thank for that, Lord. Thank You for doing something new in "Anynomous" life. Thank you, dear Jesus Christ, in Your name we can ask for anything, and God Himself will answer prayers according to His will, Amen.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

God bless u and yours in Jesus name, love u in Christ.

Hi. Yes it's true most preachers aren't preaching about the rapture or the second coming. Check out Pastor Billy Crone. He preaches a lot about these important subjects. He has written books also. Hope that helps. God bless you.

Genesis 3:20

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

God created only two people Adam and eve, they populated and gave birth to kids and Cain married his sister and more kids ware born and population expanded like that

Leviticus Chapter 4

The altar of sacrifice had no crown molding around the edges. On the cross, Jesus was accursed due to our sin being upon Him. He was in the sacrifice for our transgressions, the payment for our sins, the propitiation for our rebellion against God, the reconciling sacrifice to cleanse us from sin. The altar of incense did have a crown molding around the edge. Jesus is depicted in this altar as our reigning King who purchased us with His blood and made us righteous before God. He is our representative, like the High Priest is the representative of all of Israel. His atonement is accepted by the Father and we are received into union with the Godhead through Jesus.

I am sure there is much more to be said on this Chapter. I welcome others input.

Leviticus Chapter 4

...continued.

So, as to the differences, let's begin with the topic of voluntary and compulsory.

The first three offerings were not required. They are a free will offering on the part of the Israelite because they want to honor God and worship Him without being constrained to do so. It demonstrates the believers desire to commune with God, to bring Him glory, to interact with Him, and to give to Him.

The sin offering is mandatory. Sin must be dealt with. It has a price to be paid by a sacrifice. When a sinner brings this sacrifice to God, He is out of fellowship with God and the sacrifice removes the sin so that fellowship can be re-established. The sinner needs to be purified of sin. This purification must be made outside the camp, not in the camp where only that which is clean can abide. Our sin separates us from the fellowship of the Trinity because He is absolutely pure and holy. He cannot abide with sin.

Also, The body of sin is not fit for human consumption. It is tainted through and through. So, the priests cannot eat of it, also.

The sprinkling of the blood before the door of the tabernacle vs. before the veil is significant in that the courtyard is where all the Israelites congregated, but the holy place was entered only by the high priest as a representative of the people. So the blood of Christ sprinkled upon the place (our inner man) where the people worship God is sanctified and the blood of Christ sprinkled before the veil that separated the people from God indicates to God that the sin had been satisfactorily propitiated to reconcile the people to God. This is a beautiful picture of Jesus as our Mediator, High Priest, and Savior.

The application of the blood upon the horns of the altar of incense vs. the altar of sacrifice, my thoughts are of this sort. The brazen altar of sacrifice refers to the Cross of Christ where He paid for our sins. The altar of incense refers to the intercession of Jesus as our Mediator. .. continued

Amen Fred.

God bless you.

Leviticus Chapter 4

This Chapter discusses the procedures for the sin offering for various groups of people:

The high priest

The whole congregation

The leader or ruler (prince or king in later times)

A common Israelite

The sacrifice is very similar to the offering for atonement in Chapter 1, but there are a few differences.

In Chapter 1, the animal was skinned, not so in Chapter 4

The animal could be cattle, sheep, goat, or birds in Chapter 1, but in chapter 4 the animal is either a young bullock (1-2 years old), or a male kid goat, or a female sheep.

In Chapter 1, the blood was sprinkled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, in Chapter 4, the blood is sprinkled before the veil that separated the holy place and the holy of holies. The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and apply it to the horns of the altar of incense seven times or to the horns of the altar of sacrifice.

In Chapter 1 the animal sacrificed is to be burned completely on the altar until it is ashes. Like the peace offering in Chapter 3 the fat is burned on the altar of sacrifice, not the flesh and remainder of the animal in Chapter 4. Also, differing from the peace offering, in the sin offering, instead of the flesh being eaten in a fellowship meal, the whole carcass of the animal is taken by the priest outside of the camp to where the ashes from the altar of sacrifices are deposited and the animal is completely burned on wood on top of this heap of ashes.

The first three offerings were voluntary, but the sin offering was compulsory.

The first three offerings were a sweet aroma unto God. The sin offering was not.

The word atonement is used for both the burnt offering in Chapter 1 and the sin offering in Chapter 4. Makes me wonder, does this word have different meanings in these two instances?

These differences are a bit subtle and can be easily overlooked in reading through the chapters.

So my thoughts on these differences will be given in the next post....

Hi Sinrpaul.

Preachers are to preach the gospel.

Preaching the rapture doesn't bring salvation. The Good news is the message of the cross.

We should be Preaching consequences of sin if we don't accept Christ as Lord and savior.

I engage in discussions on eschatology to show the Lord is going to make good on his promises to Israel. And those unfulfilled promises will be fulfilled in the Millennium. Also the Church and Israel are distinctive.

Acts 15:14-16. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

"AFTER THIS" I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

Romans 11:25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Revelation is a climax of what you studied in the 65 other books.

If you don't have some understanding on those books you won't have much understanding on eschatology.

Gid bless.

Hello Alma. The Bible doesn't specifically speak about the Blood Moon, at least the apparent redness of the Moon that we've seen in recent times. The only references to that future time is found in Acts 2:20,21 and Revelation 6:12 (at the opening of the sixth seal). Here, it speaks of the "moon becoming as blood", which maybe referring to a much deeper redness than what we have seen now.

Hi Dr Martin.

We get that question a lot.

The same question can be asked about Seth.

If it was an issue with Cain, Seth would have had the same issue!

Adam and Eve was told to multiply the earth.

We don't know how many siblings they had by the time Cain left from the presence of the LORD.

It seems in Genesis 4:14 there were other siblings already born.

"Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that EVERY ONE THAT FINDETH ME SHALL SLAY ME."

The key to the controversy is in Genesis 4:16-17 "And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, AND DWELT IN THE LAND OF NOD, on the east of Eden.

AND CAIN KNEW HIS WIFE; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."

An often asked question is did Cain get his wife from the land of Nod?

The scripture doesn't say that.

It says

"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod and Cain knew his wife.

It appears Cain was already with a wife BEFORE he went out from the presence of the LORD.

I hope this helps.

God bless.

Like many times, in our current world: when things go as it's supposed to, not much is mentioned but when it's going wrong, much more said. There was much wrong mentioned about wrongly leaving out Widows, Fatherless children, etc. Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47, Job 22:9, Acts 6:1, Isaiah 10:2 please read in context, by reading all verses around the verses given, so you have the "whole story". They also were judged because of that * Malachi 2:17, Malachi 3:5, Deuteronomy 27:19

1Timothy 5, 1Corinthians 7, Deuteronomy 24:17,

I believe the Rules/Laws GOD gave forth to Moses for the Israelites was the ideal plan. These rules weren't not for "the rebellious nations, surrounding" probably because they may just disregard anyway.

I believe it's good if we look into the Laws & consider sincerely what we can apply today. Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16, we should share in our increase ( abundance ) Deuteronomy 24:19,20,21, elimination of greed, in every area

Deuteronomy 10:18,

James 1:27 , Matthew 25:35-41, Deuteronomy 26:13,14,

Where can I find Bible Scriptures on Healing ?

Why aren't preachers preaching the rapture and tribulation as we see ourselves here in the end of the end days!?? al other sermons but the rapture of the church and whjat happens too tha masses who will be left behind!??

Where in the Bible about the Blood Moon?

We just don't know what happened with these people , but we certainly hope they are doing well and may be back with us at some point.