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Hi Richard.

Great work! Just wanted to I understand the view as you stated it, Moses was supposed to speak to the rock the second time, Christ was the rock 1 Corinthians 10-4. Moses was to smite the rock in Exodus 17:6. And speak to it in Numbers 20:8-11. It seems in verse 10 Moses shows frustration and says "Hear now, ye rebels; must "WE" fetch you waters out of this rock?

I believe he misrepresented the Lord and made it look like theLord was angry. But to fulfill the type, if the rock was Christ scripture says it pleased the Lord to bruise him. And then we come to Numbers 20:12.

Thanks.

God bless.

Hello, I just became aware of tomorrow's unusual date, but we've already had similar dates before, like 2-2-22, 2-20-2022 is like a palindrome, 12-12-12, 12-21-21. I think it's just random and doesn't have any Biblical significance. The number 7 is more Biblically significant, but I'm naturally skeptical and don't assume every instance of a 7 in society automatically has a profound meaning. Confirmation bias seems to go hand in hand with numerology, which I think is similar to the birthday paradox in how it seems to impress people.

With that being said I do believe were are near the end times, because God gave us things to keep watch for and we are seeing more of those playing out in this world. Wars, rumors of wars, strong delusions and deceptions, bad being perceived as good, and good being perceived as bad, we have all seen within the last year. We must watch out for the antichrist and definitely don't inject anything in your body you don't know what it is or does, and definitely don't take a mark, especially not one that means 666 and allows you to buy/trade.

Why should the scripture reveal anything significant based on the Gregorian calendar unknown to any biblical writer? No doubt God knew about it, but He also knew more false prophets would mislead their followers using human calculations of so called significant dates on which God would reveal certain end time events than almost any other thing. Beware of all such calculations. No one knows the day or the hour except the Father and all who say otherwise should be disregarded. We need to prepare for His coming without knowing when he will appear. Thinking we know or can know the day or the hour only puffs us up with knowledge and leads to the world's ridicule and false belief that Christ won't come when we give ear to false prophets rather than builds up the church with love which is what he will be looking for when He comes. Pursue God's love and be found serving it when He comes if you want your master's praise.

Alex N

The story is allegory. The characters behave in the same way the saints do, weary of the beast.

They are not additional characters, but a picture in time of their plight. They are the only group protected for 3.5 years. They are also likened to JTB, 'wilderness'.

3 verses:

Isaiah 26:20 before the storm, little moment.

Revelation 19:2 after the storm, Babylon falls.

Isaiah 54:7 promise of resurrection, small moment.

Matthew 24

Biblically Speaking where does it talk about 2-22-22

What patriot (man) can stop the judgement of God?

"Authorized Version" of the King James 1611 (says so in front of my fax copy) begs: authorized by whom?

I believe she was Hosea's wife in Jewish culture at least if not by consumation like our culture uses that term. At minimum Hosea had obtained the promise of marriage and exchanged a dowry for her to establish a covenant of marriage that she had been obligated to keep until it was fulfilled, which none of her lovers had done. Hosea had not and would not enter a covenant like this for any other woman, and legally she was now considered his wife alone and could be burned for playing the harlot with any other man. Even though she had violated the terms of the covenant of marriage, Hosea had not. On that basis and genuine God like love, Hosea was to continue his claim of marriage upon her and could not forsake her to her foreign lovers.

At minimum these things must be true to make Hosea's actions portray God's actions with Israel. The Old Covenant had been established with Israel, betrothing her to God unlike any other nation. She could not be given to the god's or graven images of any other nation without provoking His jealousy. Israel had clearly broken the terms of that covenant and God was within His rights to call down the curse of that Covenant upon both her and her lovers. But God had not broken the terms of His promise to Israel to give her the seed He had promised Abraham and passed down to each succeeding generation according to His election, not according to any outward and fleshly legal claims or failings of Abraham's sons in the generations that followed. He would not break that covenant of promise to give the seed to any other nation or to deal with Israel in such a way that the promised seed could no longer come through her, no matter how badly, deceitfully, unfaithfully and treacherously she treated Him. Instead, God loved her and ultimately through the seed He gave to her, His son Jesus Christ, showed His love to not only her but to all nations.

Hosea is a picture of God's long-suffering love and she had to be his wife by covenant to do that

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Who can tell who might say as many did on THE DAY OF PENTECOST/SHAVOUT In the 2nd chapter of the Book Of Acts "...what must we do to be saved?" Amen? AMEN!!!

BTW, remember sodom & gomorrah, & "the days of Noah"

again MARANATHA! & kol tuv (be well) etc .... in Jesus' Name!

Good Morning, Steve

Thanks for clearing that up.

u know folks, while listenning to 'uplifting' gospel music ["I feel your spirit" sung by Polish young people & "flash mob" videos ] i felt led to share some thoughts/scriptures with you concernig today's present world situation [i.e. spiritual warfare]. Paul here in this chapter vs.4-5 reminds us what our warfare & weapons are all about, especially if/when sin is in the/our camp, thru out the Bible (KJV) revival & victory is won/guaranteed when we put WORSHIPPERS IN FRONT/AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE (did we forget again?), beginning with a return to the Word Of God! Remember Jericho? The Day Of Pentecost, Hezekiah's revival etc?

The scripture in Isaiah 58:1 says show *'My People' their transgressions & *'The House Of Jacob' their sins! A clear distinction of the two ("why call me LORD, LORD ....). Can you imagine what would/could happen if we put Judah (Praise/spiritual weapons) in front/before PEACEFUL patriotic truckers assemblies world wide, especially in CANADA & AMERICA? What could the people satan is using do "IN SUCH A TIME AS THIS" (REMEMBER QUEEN ESTHER)

"NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US CAN/WILL PROSPER" Isaiah 54:17, no matter who seems to be in power! Stop following the enemies [followers of the devil (evil one)] naratives/talking points and do as little David did against his giant foe, Goliath! He used what worked for him, 'his weapon' (sling shot) and we all should know what followed!

So be encouraged to fight these situations with OUR WEAPONS WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL, and watch what happens, Game Over! "If my people who are called by My Name, would humble themselves & pray...."

"Doers & not hearers" of God's Word(s)! Amen? AMEN!!! Patriots everywhere need our support [try worship music at your events when possible; it will also attract & encourage our young people & others]

I'm your brother in Yeshua Hammachiah/Christ Jesus our Lord & Saviour; I am also a whosoever of whosoevers according to John 3:16.

God Bless & Stay Safe, i.e. kol tuv etc!

MARANATHA!

Thank you Steve. This was helpful.

the 10 or written to the Jews under the law not the Gentiles. We are under Grace

Amen Brother Chris.

Well stated.

God bless.

Hi Gigi.

That message was from me.

Something went terrible wrong with my heading.

God bless.

Yes , that is a pretty good film .

Hello Aaron....Thanks for your reply, ..Plz give me more information on these 144,000 and how they figure into Rev 12 OK Thanks...Very interesting ...Alex N

Lord JESUS is Light unto the hold Earth.

Lord JESUS is the foundation, that you stand on, and feel your on solid ground.

Lord JESUS is the only one that can harness your Heart, your Mind, your Soul as one.

To me the Lord JESUS is Truth and Life Eternal.

Amalek apparently was the grandson of Esau. Hence; they were held in check as earlier prophecies indicted by the children of the Promise; or of Jacob's descendants. Before this; in verse 6; Moses according to other scripture lost his chance to enter the Promised Land because he allowed his own anger to rule over him; and smote the rock more than once. This is said to be a typology of Christ in relation to His wounds only occurring once; or something to that effect. Someone can help clarify that for me.

In any event; the Lord continued to use the rod of Moses along with the faithfulness of Joshua to carry out vengeance as the Lord required in beginning to smite and defeat Amalek. This was according to verse 16 to continue until their total defeat.

We need to remember in all this such statements as in the prophecy given to Abraham with the Amorites; namely that their iniquity would be judged; but not until it was "to the full". God was judging ungodly people and many who populated the surrounding land were children of the giants; or fallen angels who had relations with women and produced hybrid offspring. It was not for their righteousness that Israel was preserved but for His "name's sake" that they were chosen out of all the nations of the earth to the destiny that they had through the Covenant promises.

This appears to be the only event before the end of the 40 years and crossing of the Jordan (again in a miraculous manner) where a war had to be fought; so it is interesting that it was a controversy directly tied into Isaac's descendants. They were as predicted dwelling as nomads around the Northern Arabia area and later south of Judah (according to Wikipedia).

While reading chapter nine, and seeing Abimelech's evil my mind reflected on the evil empire that resides in our country's White House. Please pray for our nation that God would show us favor, and expose Biden and his administration for their evil intentions and their march to Marxism.

Many times when reading Paul's letters I imagine that His words not only apply to the immediate church, but to the world. Could it be said that Christ died for the whole world, and we could than assume the world is as a church, with smaller church's and nations within it? Our pastor still preaches the gospel, with the forgiveness of sin in and through the blood of Christ. Holy

(Holy communion).

The present condition of the world and its history, may once again determine the future of the church! Remembering how the church became silent during the Holocaust , seeing the priests standing with the Nazis.

Propaganda, perhaps? One thing is certain, propaganda is attacking the truth even now, dividing us one from another! The church is under attack, by those who wish to dispel Jesus Christ and His death on the cross.

The sequel for the movie is suppose to come out sometime this summer (the passion of the Christ). Could this be a prophecy fulfilled, when we here those say," He is here, or there?"

We may see Him, coming as He left, coming in the clouds, while once again man turns the plows into swords!

The real question than becomes how can the world or the church exist under these conditions?

here is a version of verse 1 :

Then the LORD said to me, "Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them."

Hosea 3:1, NL

I don't believe that it is saying it is his wife. What do you think. Thanks

......this was in a devotion i receive.

This chapter explains God's provisions (again subsequent to their murmering AGAIN in verse 2).

The fact that they were so myopic as to suggest that they had "bread to the full" in verse 3 would seem not to be accurate in any recent tidings there; as they were in hard bondage; having lost even a provision of straw to make bricks. It is more likely that they were half starved in many cases; it seems uncertain how much of the cattle was that of the Egyptians who feared God and kept them in the barns during the plague of hail and as part of a mixed multitude came up with them. In any event; there was clearly a need for food; and God had a 40 year supply for them. Even the most elementary rules apparently weren't uniformally obeyed. People kept what the gathered when they should have used it up right away; and searched on the Sabbath when they were told there wouldn't be any (and likely DIDN'T get a double portion obeying the rules about what to gather the day before that every week). Verse 33 indicates that a certain portion (an Omer) was to be kept in the pot which would be part of the Ark of the Covenant later along with Aaron's rod. If the Ark ever was found it would still be in there to this day.

This chapter is mostly referring to a victory song; which Moses initiated and later Miriam continued with timbrel and dance (a sort of worship leader). This demonstrates that it is not just Psalms where music is indicated but it is here and in Deuteronomy as well. Of course within a few days murmuring already occurred after this event. The tree cast into the water in verse 25 is similar to the miracle in the book of Kings where Elijah made the poison of no effect from the gourd that was prepared; there were oats I believe tossed into it.

Verse 26 could have a dual meaning; it could mean that all illnesses in general that prevailed in Egypt would not enter the camp of Israel if they are obedient; and/or that the plagues causing boils and other pestilences on man and beast would not occur. The fact was; that no one can effectively follow all of God's commandments; however that starts from the first part of the verse hearkening or listening to God's voice. And it alludes to the First Commandment; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart; soul; mind and strength. As we continue on in Exodus and further scriptures; it is obvious that total obedience wasn't something even attempted; only Joshua and Caleb from that generation even made it to the Promised land-but all the children who were considered doomed did make it. These pathetic behaviours made a journey which should have been weeks long last for 40 YEARS!!! Even then; conquering the land was only to be in stages and never was completed to this day. It will be someday; in the 1000 year reign of Christ. The Lord is faithful to accomplish His purposes no matter what.

The consummation of all the promised events; to fulfill God's covenant promises made 430 years before this event finally came during the events of this chapter. The plagues and the final pursuit of the Egyptians is certainly similar to Armageddon after the plagues (bowl judgments in particular) where blasphemy towards God is demonstrated by those suffering on earth. We see waters turned to blood; hail; and a final push against the Lord and His people much like that in Psalm 2. There were statements made by Pharaoh about wishing to be blessed; admissions of sin and the like but clearly they were disingenuous at best; as the continuing narrative indicates. As to a question on his death; it is unclear here whether he was included among the "hosts" in verse 28; or whether Pharaoh stood by the shore and observed all this from his vantage point. There is also a theory that King Tut was no other than the last Pharaoh who met an untimely death. There is also the evidence of hailstone imprints on the pyramids in Egypt indicative of that plague occurring.

The Lord; as in the time an angel destroyed 144,000 Syrians in one night would fight for His people. This basically also will happen with the cruel servitude in the last days; when the "Assyrian" mentioned in Isaiah will be eliminated who rules with cruelty. We need to consider how the fear of those Israelites who crossed over the Red Sea was temporal; and how soon after they rebelled. They already complained in verse 12 despite all the miracles God did for their benefit in Egypt. God had vested the authority in Moses to use the rod to proceed in verse 16 after he was perplexed himself in verse 15. His humility may have made him overly cautious; but kept him from assuming that he could go ahead with plans when unknown sin was in the camp and this probably was because of never forgetting the lesson from killing the Egyptian 40years previously.

So David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor." Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

It was before the LORD: David didn't let Michal's sarcastic criticism ruin his day. He simply explained the truth: "I did it for God, not for you."

I will be humble in my own sight: What David did was humbling to Him. He didn't dance to show others how spiritual he was.

David would more and more abase himself before the Lord. He felt that whatever Michal's opinion of him might be, it could not be more humbling than his own view of himself.

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death: Michal's barrenness was not necessarily the result of Divine judgment. It may be that David never had marital relations with her again.

David evaded Saul and was living in the hills many years. Absence does not make the heart finder.

While fleeing Saul, David married 3 other women and had children with them.

Note: a movie titled, King David, is going to be shown on YouTube in the near future. It's a good movie.

Hi Janet. I hope brother Jesse does see your comment & responds, but if I might be allowed to share my understanding of this passage, Hebrews 6:4-9. And I include verse 9 because I believe it's vital to understanding what the Hebrews writer is conveying.

I agree, one could read this portion in various ways, but I read it like this: the writer is sharing an 'impossibility' with his readers. Why does he do this? Well, there were different types of people reading this epistle, chiefly those out of Judaism (as the Letter title suggests). Some had grown weak in faith (hence a 'word' of exhortation: 13:22). Some were in danger of being distracted by the old Judaistic beliefs which tend to minimize or reject the Person of Christ (mostly the whole letter given to this important point). Others were facing persecution (though not to the point of martyrdom: 12:3,4). And others, giving the appearance of being Christian, sharing with other believers in the blessings of God & illumination from His Word.

So what's the 'impossibility'? IF a true believer could fall away from salvation (i.e. lose his salvation by totally rejecting Christ), then he would have to make mockery of Christ's death by ever coming back to the Cross for salvation. The writer says that this is an impossibility - it cannot happen, He cannot be mocked. That is why he was persuaded (confident) that the true believers amongst them would never be like this sad example - rather, they would be bearing fruits from their salvation (v9). And so they were being encouraged to press on in their walk & not grow weary or lose heart. But the imposter 'believer' who ultimately turns his back to Christ, maybe with slanderous words against the One Who came for him, and after receiving every opportunity & blessing from the Word & Holy Spirit, has no further chance of returning back or gaining salvation. See also Hebrews 10:26-29: for a similar warning to those who grievously sin by rejecting Christ to return to Judaism.

....continued.

Pharaoh even had the gall to ask Moses to bless him. He must have feared for his own life. Even the Egyptian people told the Israelites to leave in haste because they feared they all would die if they remained. The Israelites did as instructed, asking the Egyptians for gold, silver, raiment, which the Egyptians gave willingly. And so it is said that in this way the Israelites plundered Egypt. So they must have left with quite a haul. The Israelites carried their kneading bowl on their shoulders and the dough they had made lacked leaven and they left Egypt, journeying as far as Succoth from Raamses(in Goshen). Where was this Succoth? EAst of Egypt between Raamses and Etham. Many other people exited Egypt with the Israelites. Their origins are not mentioned.

This chapter mentions that the length of the sojourn of Israelites was 430 years, as told to Abraham in Genesis.

So, as mentioned in several posts on this chapter, this account of the passover has many instances that point to Jesus. He was the "first born" who was slaughtered. He was the passover lamb that was sacrificed for God's people's deliverance from the plague of death. His blood was shed and spread over the doorway of our bodies, our hearts. He was the unleavened bread, without sin, broken for us. His bones were not broken just like the lambs'. He died so that His people can live. His blood marks us as His own people.

The Israelites needed to have faith that God would indeed spare them when he "saw" the blood on their doorways. The Israelites were to do all as Moses instructed them by faith that God's ways are right and he is faithful to His words to Moses. The Israelites were to leave on Moses' command and not even think about staying behind and by faith, believe that God would lead them to a land they did not know. The Israelites where then instructed to perpetuate this passover meal forever as a remembrance of God's deliverance of them from death, bondage, and the ways of Egypt.