#Exodus 4:24-26

[freebiblestudies]

Line Upon Line Lesson 054: Why Did God Seek to Kill Moses?!

Exodus 4:24-26 - And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!” So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

‭‭In Exodus chapter 3, God sent Moses back to Egypt to deliver God’s message of deliverance to the children of Israel.  However, in the next chapter God sought to kill Moses.  What is going on here?

Let’s read together Genesis 17:9-14 and Leviticus 12:3.

If we read Exodus 4:24-26 carefully, we can infer that Moses neglected to circumcise his son.  Why was this such a big issue to God?  The answer goes back to Abraham.  

God made a covenant with Abraham where circumcision was a sign of that covenant.  The act of circumcision had two spiritual meanings.  Individuals who refused to circumcise their sons were not only rejecting the sign of the covenant, they were rejecting God.  Therefore, God would cast out those who do not abide in His covenant.

Let’s read together Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6; and Jeremiah 4:4.

Secondly, circumcision represents a spiritual removal of our sinful nature.  God promised to make us a new creation.  This promise would be realized at the cross.

Let’s read together Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34; and Romans 2:11.

God was going to use Moses to deliver His people.  However, it would be hypocritical for Moses to tell people to come back to God if Moses himself did not follow everything commanded by God.  

Let’s read together James 2:13.

Moses was therefore afflicted with some type of illness that apparently had him bedridden.  His wife Zipporah had to circumcise their son and she threw the foreskin at his feet.  God in His mercy removed the affliction from Moses and allowed him to continue on his mission.

Let us remember to not be hypocrites as we share the Gospel with others.

[girlactionfigure]

"From the River to the Sea"

@Daniel_Sugarman

In this thread, I’m going to go into some detail about what the phrase “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” means to many Jewish people. You may not agree, but I hope that it may enlighten those who simply don't understand the almost visceral reaction to it.

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2) For the benefit of a number of students at some of America’s most expensive higher education institutions, let’s start by clarifying - the river is the River Jordan, the sea is the Mediterranean.

3) So what do those chanting it mean? When asked, a bunch of them will say they want a single state in this area in which all people can live together in dignity and equality. Sounds great, right? Who would argue with that? 

4) That claim is somewhat muddied when one particular version of that chant is used in Arabic, as has been heard and seen at various protests - من المية للمية / فلسطين عربية “From water to water, Palestine is Arab”. But let's leave that aside for the moment. 

5) Note that the protesters are not calling for Israel to be *changed* into what they see as a free and equal society. For them this can only be achieved by Israel being *ended* and replaced by Palestine. 

6) Objectively, you can say that the reason for this is that the protestors believe that Israel (and Zionism) is fundamentally incompatible with what they see as equality and freedom for all, which is why for them it has to go in its entirety. But... 

7) But there is a significant degree of ambiguity as to what the end result *actually* means. And it’s that question mark which is why so many Jewish people see this slogan the way they do.

8) Because Jewish people have lots of different examples of what happens to Jewish communities who are minorities in countries in the MENA region. They get destroyed. I'll give you some examples. 

9) Egypt. 1948 - 75,000 Jews. 2024 - 30 Jews.

10) Lebanon. 1948 - 9,000 Jews. 2024 - 20 Jews.

11) Syria. 1948 - 15,000 Jews. 2024 - 4 Jews.

12) Yemen. 1948 - 55,000 Jews. 2024 - 1 Jew.

13) Iraq. 1948 - 156,000 Jews. 2024 - 1 Jew.

14) Iran. 1948 - 150,000 Jews. 2024 - 8,750 Jews (under the strict control of the Iranian regime).

15) Libya. 1948 - 40,000 Jews. 2024 - No Jews.

16) Algeria. 1948 - 150,000 Jews. 2024 - 150 Jews,

17) Tunisia. 1948 - 105,000 Jews. 2024 - 1,500 Jews.

18) Morocco. 1948 - 270,000 Jews. 2024 - 2,000 Jews.

19) The anti-Zionist narrative is that this mass Exodus was the fault of the Zionists, who created Israel. No Israel, goes the refrain, and all those communities would still be there.

This ignores a very simple point. 

20) In every single one of these countries, to a greater or lesser extent, Israel’s independence was followed by significant repression of local Jewish populations.

Every one. 

21) Remind me, what’s the way to describe holding members of an ethnic or racial group responsible for what other members of that group may have done elsewhere?

22) By doing so - oppressing the local Jewish population via pogroms, repressive laws, denying Jewish people full citizenship, confiscation of land and property - these MENA countries made a more effective argument for Zionism than Israel ever could have done by itself. 

23) What that said, very clearly, was that Jews as a minority in a MENA country lived there strictly on sufferance. That at any time they could be deprived of everything - including their lives.

This had been clear pre-Zionism too, but the reaction post-'48 put the seal on this.

24) Which brings us back to now. The one-state Palestine being dreamt of is one where, at best, Jews will be allowed to live as a minority. 

25) I put it to you that the experience of more than half of Israel’s Jewish population - descended from those who had to leave MENA countries, means that they *know* what the end result of such a Palestine will be.

A land without Jews. 

26) This, by the way, given most Israeli Jews now are descendants of MENA Jews is also why the “post-colonial” depiction of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as some sort of “white vs brown” battle is so utterly brainless. And that’s before we discuss Israel’s many Ethiopian Jews. 

27) I’ve gone on too long, I know, but just one final point. If the anti-Israel protestors really wanted to assure Jews - all Jews - that there would be a real future for Jews in their hoped for future one-state Palestine - they would be doing their best to engage with Zionists. 

28) They would be saying “Zionism is an ideology built on numerous examples - in MENA and in Europe - that Jews are, in the long term, only safe in their own country. Let us show you that this isn’t necessarily the case. Let’s talk. Find common ground. Try for friendships.” 

29) Instead Zionists are told they are Nazis. The same age-old antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jewish control are applied to “Zionists”. “Zionists” are excluded from the Community of the Good. 

30) Congratulations! 

You’ve just proved every single Jewish Zionist’s point for them - and you’ve helped create new ones. In a very similar way to those MENA countries post 1948. 

*Thread ends* 

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Lord: Our Safe Place in Life and Covering in Death

A miktam of David.

1 Keep me, O God, for I am safe in You. 2 I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord. All the good things I have come from You.” 3 As for those in the land who belong to You, they are the great ones in whom is all my joy. 4 Those who have traded for another god bring many troubles on themselves. I will not take part in their altar gifts of blood. And I will not take their names upon my lips.

5 The Lord is all that I am to receive, and my cup. My future is in Your hands. 6 The land given to me is good. Yes, my share is beautiful to me.

7 I will give honor and thanks to the Lord, Who has told me what to do. Yes, even at night my mind teaches me. 8 I have placed the Lord always in front of me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be moved. 9 And so my heart is glad. My soul is full of joy. My body also will rest without fear. 10 For You will not give me over to the grave. And You will not allow Your Holy One to return to dust. 11 You will show me the way of life. Being with You is to be full of joy. In Your right hand there is happiness forever. — Psalm 16 | New Life Version (NLV) New Life Version Holy Bible Copyright © 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. Cross References: Exodus 23:13; Deuteronomy 12:3; Job 36:11; Psalm 4:7-8; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 7:1; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 23:5; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 63:6; Psalm 73:25-26; Psalm 78:55; Psalm 101:6; Psalm 116:13; Psalm 119:63; Psalm 140:6; Jeremiah 3:19; Matthew 7:14; Luke 24:44; John 2:22; Acts 2:25; 1 Corinthians 15:4

Treasury of David—Psalm 16

[girlbloggercher]

how to read the Bible

this is in order!

1. John

2. Mark

3. Matthew

4. Luke

5. Genesis

6. Exodus

7. Leviticus

8. Numbers

9. Dueteronomy

10. Romans

11. Galatians

12. Colossians

13. Proverbs

14. Ecclesiastes

15. Job

16. 1 Peter

17. 1 Corinthians

18. 2 Corinthians

19. Ephesians

20. Philippians

21. 1 Thessalonians

22. 2 Thessalonians

23. 1 Timothy

24. 2 Timothy

25. James

26. 2 Peter

27. 1 John

28. 2 John

29. 3 John

30. Jude

31. Psalms

32. Joshua

33. Judges

34. 1 Samuel

35. 2 Samuel

36. 1 Kings

37. 2 Kings

38. 1 Chronicles

39. 2 Chronicles

40. Ezra

41. Nehemiah

42. Jeremiah

43. Lamentations

44. Ezekiel

45. Joel

46. Amos

47. Obadiah

48. Nahum

49. Habakkuk

50. Zephaniah

51. Haggai

52. Zechariah

53. Malachi

54. Micah

55. Hosea

56. Luke

57. Esther

58. Jonah

59. Song of Solomon

60. Acts

61. Titus

62. Philemon

63. Hebrew

64. Isaiah

65. Daniel

66. Revelation

[cinelestial]

Apple Music’s ‘100 Best Albums of All Time’ list:

#1. Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

#2. Michael Jackson — Thriller

#3. The Beatles — Abbey Road

#4. Prince & The Revolution — Purple Rain

#5. Frank Ocean — Blonde

#6. Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life

#7. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

#8. Amy Winehouse — Back to Black

#9. Nirvana — Nevermind

#10. Beyoncé — Lemonade

#11. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours

#12. Radiohead — OK Computer

#13. Jay-Z — The Blueprint

#14. Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited

#15. Adele — 21

#16. Joni Mitchell — Blue

#17. Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

#18. Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

#19. Dr. Dre — The Chronic

#20. The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds

#21. The Beatles — Revolver

#22. Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run

#23. Daft Punk — Discovery

#24. David Bowie — The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

#25. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue

#26. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#27. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II

#28. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon

#29. A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory

#30. Billie Eilish — WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

#31. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill

#32. The Notorious B.I.G. — Ready to Die

#33. Radiohead — Kid A

#34. Public Enemy — It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

#35. The Clash — London Calling

#36. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ

#37. Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

#38. Carole King — Tapestry

#39. Nas — Illmatic

#40. Aretha Franklin — I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

#41. OutKast — Aquemini

#42. Janet Jackson — Control

#43. Talking Heads — Remain in Light

#44. Stevie Wonder — Innervisions

#45. Björk — Homogenic

#46. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Exodus

#47. Drake — Take Care

#48. Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique

#49. U2 — The Joshua Tree

#50. Kate Bush — Hounds of Love

#51. Prince — Sign O’ the Times

#52. Guns N' Roses — Appetite for Destruction

#53. The Rolling Stones — Exile on Main St.

#54. John Coltrane — A Love Supreme

#55. Rihanna — ANTI

#56. The Cure — Disintegration

#57. D’Angelo — Voodoo

#58. Oasis — (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

#59. Arctic Monkeys — AM

#60. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground and Nico

#61. Sade — Love Deluxe

#62. 2Pac — All Eyez on Me

#63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Are You Experienced?

#64. Erykah Badu — Baduizm

#65. De La Soul — 3 Feet High and Rising

#66. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead

#67. Portishead — Dummy

#68. The Strokes — Is This It

#69. Metallica — Master of Puppets

#70. N.W.A �� Straight Outta Compton

#71. Kraftwerk — Trans-Europe Express

#72. SZA — SOS

#73. Steely Dan — Aja

#74. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral

#75. Missy Elliott — Supa Dupa Fly

#76. Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti

#77. Madonna — Like a Prayer

#78. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

#79. Lana Del Rey — Norman F*****g Rockwell!

#80. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP

#81. Neil Young — After the Gold Rush

#82. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

#83. Patti Smith — Horses

#84. Snoop Dogg — Doggystyle

#85. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour

#86. Mary J. Blige — My Life

#87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines

#88. Nina Simone — I Put a Spell on You

#89. Lady Gaga — The Fame Monster

#90. AC/DC — Back in Black

#91. George Michael — Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1

#92. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy

#93. Solange — A Seat at the Table

#94. Burial — Untrue

#95. Usher — Confessions

#96. Lorde — Pure Heroine

#97. Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine

#98. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD

#99. Eagles — Hotel California

#100. Robyn — Body Talk

[lobot0mmy]

Stupidly long list of all the artists I listen to.

I listen to over 80 different artists bands consistently, like, I know over 10 songs that I can recall

(I'm doing this out of boredom?)

No particular order.

1. Black Sabbath

2. Queen

3. The Doors

4. Slipknot

5. Led Zeppelin

6. Jeff Buckley

7. David Bowie

8. Motley crue (dont listen anymore, actually dislike them)

9. The rolling stones

10. Radiohead

11. Nirvana.

12. System Of A Down

13. Pantera

14. Oasis

15. Foo Fighters

16. Misfits

17. Motorhead

18. Soundgarden

19. The Cure

20. Red Hot Chilli Peppers

21. Korn

22. Metallica

23. Exodus

24. The Beatles

25. Elton John

26. The Smiths

27. Pink Floyd

28. Limp Bizkit

29. Guns N' Roses

30. Car Seat Headrest

31. Greta Van Fleet

32. Type O Negative

33. The Gits

34. Alice in Chains

35. Pearl Jam

36. Hole

37. The Police

38. Stone Temple Pilots

39. Megadeth (don't like it much)

40. Deep Puple

41. Pat The Bunny

42. Pierce The Veil

43. Sleeping With Sirens

44. Get Scared

45. Pixies

46. John Lennon (solo)

47. Paul McCartney (solo)

48. George Harrison (solo)

49. Mazzy Star

50. Slowdive

51. Panic! At The Disco

52. Black Veil Brides

53. Against me!

54. Pencey Prep

55. LeATHERMOUTH

56. Frank Iero and the celebrations

57. Death spells

58. Frank Iero and the patience

59. Frank Iero and the future violents

60. Delirium division

61. L.s. Dunes

62. Fall Out Boy

63. Judas Priest

64. Remember The Laughter

65. A Day To Remember

66. Sonic Youth

67. The Young Veins

68. Paramore

69. Green Day

70. Three Days Grace

71. La Dispute

72. The front bottoms

73. Never Shout Never

74. Modern Baseball

75. Ramones

76. Sex Pistols

77. Taking Back Sunday

78. Asking Alexandria

79. Alesana

80. The academy is...

And I can't recall more...

[scribeforchrist-blog]

Undoubtable Trust 

MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK
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+ Ezekiel 33:18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.
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VERSE OF THE DAY 
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+ Deuteronomy 1:32: “But even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God
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SUBJECT: Undoubtable Trust 
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** SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ; HERE’S SOME CHRISTIAN TRUTHS **
I AM TRUSTING GOD 
I AM LEANING ON HIM 
I AM NOT AFRAID 
I AM GRATEFUL 
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I have complete faith in God and am continuously learning to trust Him more and more each day. Without Him by my side, I shudder to think where I would be. It's understandable that some may have reservations about trusting God, especially in difficult times when we don't receive what we were hoping for. However, we must remember that God is always with us and will guide us through every step of the journey if we put our trust in Him.
    I know that the process is complicated. Still, he is going to be there through it all. I know it is hard to do, but we must trust him regardless of the appearance of the situation . Sometimes, things make us nervous, but we must keep our trust in him to show us that he can still do the impossible. 
  Psalm 106:24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.
     The Israelites didn’t trust in God at any time. They didn’t care to; they thought he wasn’t going to fulfill his promises, but after all that, he brought them through, through the Red Sea, through fire at night and a pillar of clouds by day, manna from heaven, water to drink, shoes that never gave out. They still didn’t trust him to do what he said he would do, and they didn’t think his promises were going to help them through either; how dare they think this of the lord, right?  But some of us are even like this; no matter what we are going through, no matter what we have been through, we still don’t trust God, and we think he will leave us or abandon us. God hears, and He sees all; He knows exactly how we will feel and what we will do.
  The Israelites didn’t trust in God even though he told them what he could do; they still wanted to believe in their false gods: what is it that you are leaning on? Is it your knowledge, is it the money in your bank account, or the marriage/relationship that you have built? What is it that is keeping you from putting all your eggs in one basket, which is with God? Some of us can’t even fathom the idea of giving God everything we have, which is every piece of ourselves. 
  Exodus 32:8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
   The moment they made this idol of a calf, they did so because they felt abandoned; they felt Moses wasn’t coming back. We can do what we want; there’s no chance he’s coming back. Fear took over, and when we allow the enemy to come in just a little bit, we are looking at fear, and other things come out into play; that’s why every day we need to give ourselves to God and allow him to speak to us about what is happening to us, a lot of people won’t mediate they won’t read their word they won’t do anything to stay connected to the true vine because they feel if he let me down on this, I know he’ll do it again. He didn’t let you down; if it's a no right now, it doesn’t mean it won’t be a yes later on . We must understand that full dependence on God looks like freely failing and allowing His promises to shine through. 
   Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock

Everything around us can get tired and worn out, but the everlasting rock won’t because he’s meant to last through it all; a lot of us find it hard to trust in him because we have insecurity issues, but God is there for that too, but we have to be willing to try, when we try he steps closer we take two steps God will take five all he wants us to do is try and he will catch us where we are weak. The enemy has some of us too scared to move, too scared to do anything because we have allowed him to plant his seeds. dont allow the seeds of the enemy to hold you captive in his web of lies. 
 Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus
  God will bless you according to his riches and glory, and his time is the best. It might be scary to trust in God, but it’s the best decision I have ever made, and if that is your weakness that you're scared to trust him, ask God to release the chains the enemy has on you right now so that you can walk in freedom! Walking in freedom and trust is the best thing you can do in your relationship with God. When we don’t trust in Him, it weakens our relationship with Him, and it allows the enemy to come in and place a heavier weight on us. 
   ***Today, we talked about how the Israelites didn’t trust God and how we can be the same way it’s some of us. God has done so much for us, and we still don’t believe he can do it because we are scared, but God doesn’t want us scared; he wants to hold on to every word he speaks, and he wants us to believe in him that he will move in tough situations our faith must be strong. 
    After everything God did, the Israelites still didn’t trust him or believe he would do what he said because they were caught up in the idol of serving gods that had no feelings, that couldn’t do anything for them, they wanted gods that wouldn’t talk either they made up their own rules along the way because it made them feel good.

Still, their belief in his promise and the things he had done wasn’t something they cared to do. When we adopt this type of mindset, we have entered a debased state of mind. As long as we deny the power of God, we will never see how great he is; that’s how blind the enemy will be to us. Still, when we walk in God and trust in Him, we learn that everything will be on His time, not ours; we can’t rush God's time, nor can we make Him move. Wait on God and see what He does for you in His strength. 
©Seer~ Prophetess Lee
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Heavenly Father, thank you for today; we give you praise and glory, and  we  ask you to help us to trust in you, help us to believe in what you have for us lord ; we thank you for this; lord, just build us up in you and help us to surrender to you more and more every day in Jesus Name Amen 
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+ Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord

+ John 14:1 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

+ Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all
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FURTHER READINGS 
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Proverbs 18
Acts 24
Ephesians 1
Colossians 1
Zechariah 13
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[redbecomesher]

GRACE UPON GRACE E:26

Offering Back The Gift: Including God In Your Gifts/hobbies

Hi y’all!! Welcome back, today we are going to chat about including God into our hobbies/interests, so that everything we do leads back to him. We will speak about 1. Your Gifts Are Not Random 2. Worship Isn’t Just A Song On Sunday 3. Excellence Isn’t Prideful - If It’s For Him 4. Keep Your Gift Sacred 5. Return It To The Gifter <3🤍

Your Gifts Are Not Random

That ache to write.

The way your hands know how to paint beauty.

That rhythm in your feet when music plays.

That competitive focus when you run.

They didn’t come out of nowhere.

They were woven into your spirit by the Creator Himself.

He designed you with gifts - so you could glorify Him through them.

Worship Isn’t Just A Song On Sunday

Worship is poetry at midnight.

Worship is a soft watercolour that reflects heaven’s colours.

Worship is a piano in an empty room, where no one claps but God.

Worship is discipline — choosing to steward the talent, not bury it.

Anything you do with love, humility, and intention can become an offering.

Excellence Isn’t Prideful - If It’s For Him

You’re allowed to be amazing.

You’re allowed to run fast, sing loud, dance freely, write richly.

You’re allowed to shine — as long as your reflect the Source<3

Excellence becomes worship when it’s not about being seen,

but about showing the beauty of the One who gave it.

Keep Your Gift Sacred

Not everything you create has to be for applause.

Sometimes your best work will never be posted, shared, or sold — and still be holy.

God loves the poem you didn’t finish.

The painting you wept through.

The song you played just for Him.

Don’t let the world turn your offering into performance.

Keep some things sacred.

Return It To The Gifter

Your gift is a seed — He gave it to you, not just for you.

Give it back.

Write the verse that helps someone cry and heal.

Sing the song that makes heaven feel closer.

Paint with awe.

Dance without shame.

Run your race.

Whatever you do — do it unto the Lord.

He sees. He smiles. He receives it.

I hope y’all enjoyed this shorter episode and learnt something to bring into your day<33 Pray, worship, and read your Bible today, God is waiting. If you have any questions on this episode or my other episodes please let me know by just commenting below! God bless and remember Jesus loves you. Till next time 🩵

COLOSSIANS 3:23-24

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

1 PETER 4:10

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

EXODUS 31:3-5

“and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.”

ROMANS 12:6

“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;”

PROVERBS 22:29

“Do you see someone skilled in their work?

They will serve before kings;

they will not serve before officials of low rank.”

[fruityyamenrunner]

they made Israel into a mummy. Joseph too. They put Joseph in a scarmophogoghs. it's easy to read "the physicians embalmed him" and imagine some almost medical procedure, but when egyptians mummified someone they were doing magic to them

part of the reason there is a whole, probably fictive, section where the Israelites are in Egypt is because a) it provides a more desirable parentage and b) it turns the Exodus (and therefore Hebrew dominance over Canaan) into a rewilding project

and what a fantasy it is. "the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we". They are, as it were, the real Egyptians. Pharaoh's little "Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply" rhymes with God at Babel amusingly. It's not difficult to see why commies like to read this as class warfare, with the Israelites taking their origin in some sort of uprising of a subaltern class, c.f. the linking of "Hebrew" to "habiru" supposedly being some term meaning "nomad", or "marginal" or "gypsy" or "nigger" or something w i l d🦁

The first time "Hebrew" actually appears is in the bit with "Hebrew midwives" not complying with pharaoh's demand for infanticide, or a "late term abortion" really -- the excuse offered is that the baby has come out by the time the midwife-abortionist gets there. it's left ambiguous whether we are meant to believe this racial difference is real or just a ruse. Either way, "God dealt well". the plain infanticidal stage of the genocide (also apparently a fantasy, and one which the apparently mighty Hebrews take rather placidly) only comes after abortion fails.

the baby moses is kept in an "ark" with "slime" and these are both magic words signalling the catastrophic end of a dispensation.

The Old Testament holds some clues that the character of Moses did not originate as a Hebrew. First, he is raised as an Egyptian with an Egyptian name. Second, when he kills an Egyptian for mistreating an Israelite, Moses escapes into exile, where he marries not a Hebrew, but a Midianite woman, Zipporah.

Perhaps logically, God chooses this border-crossing man to be his intermediary in approaching Pharaoh about freeing the enslaved Hebrews. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, God decides to kill Moses. And that's where the third clue comes in.

In Exodus 4:24-26, Moses is on the road to accost Pharaoh when the Lord comes to execute the death sentence. Zipporah, apparently understanding the reason for the attack, immediately grabs a piece of flint and whacks off their son's foreskin, dropping it at Moses' feet and calling him a "bloody spouse," her Midianite heritage possibly rebelling against this painful, gory practice. God is appeased.

The context: Immediately before this, God has instructed Moses to tell Pharaoh that Israel is God's firstborn, and unless the Chosen People are released, God will kill Pharaoh's firstborn. The unstated implication is that Moses, in order to utter such a challenge, must stand worthy in the case of his own firstborn -- who, contrary to the Covenant, is not circumcised.

Given that the son, Gershon, is the offspring of a gentile woman and of Moses, who was raised by Egyptians, the retention of his prepuce up to that point doesn't seem unlikely. In fact, Exodus suggests that, although circumcision was practiced -- not universally -- by Egyptians (a fact not mentioned in the Torah) as well as by Hebrews, Moses himself was not circumcised.

The veiled revelation of this condition arrives in Exodus 6:12 and again in 6:30. Moses is complaining about being assigned as an interlocutor despite his lack of qualifications: He calls himself what the New American Bible translates as a "poor speaker" and the King James Version more literally renders as "of uncircumcised lips." For "uncircumcised," Moses uses the Hebrew word "arel," which at root refers to something loose or disordered, particularly a foreskin. Moses' choice of terminology (he says "uncircumcised" twice, and the word doesn't relate to lips anywhere else in the Old Testament) is hard to justify unless he intends to imply that it applies "as above, so below."

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My Current List of Hari / YGO Doujins + Updates {Pinned}

The list is going to be in order of date.

HARI / QUARTZSHOW

Double Buddy - June 28, 2009

Exodus from this world to the underworld - August 14, 2010

Happy Happy Birthday - June 26, 2011

Aurora 1 - August 12, 2011

Aurora 2 - December 29, 2011

Yes, I am Your Servant! - May 3, 2012 [Vol. 21] [I'm assuming 2012 is when she started numbering her doujins]

Aurora 3 - August 11, 2012 [Vol. 24]

Aurora 4 - December 30, 2012 Vol. 26

Would you go to the pyramid with me? (PLAY AT 1) - September 29, 2013 [Vol. 30]

Please make bread every day for me. (PLAY AT 2) April 20, 2014 [Vol. 31]

I’ll always be by your side. (PLAY AT 3) August 16, 2014 [Vol. 32]

Show me your dreams (PLAY AT 4) December 28, 2014 Vol. 33

I want to know your dreams. Please tell me. (PLAY AT 5) August 15, 2015 [Vol 35]

I want to tell you that I love you. (PLAY AT 6) August 15, 2015 [Vol. 36]

I wanted to tell you that I love you (PLAY AT 7) December 29 2015 [Vol. 37]

I desperately want to connect July 18 2016 [Vol. 40]

Raisondêtre Sain December 2016, [Vol. 42]

The star where God is playing Games (01) May 2017, [Vol. 44]

The day the letter arrived October 1, 2017 [Vol. 45]

The Spoiled King Takes a Defeat October 7, 2018 [Vol. 49]

The Star Where God Is Playing Games (05) October 14, 2019 [Vol. 50]

YU-GI-OH! DOUJINSHI

The Pharaoh's Guest [Vol. 6] | October 7th, 2018, by WALK-IN CLOSET

PRIORITY LIST

FINISHED

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Aurora 2 - [ Translating - 0%] (lost notes during move)

Aurora 3

Aurora 4

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OH GOD THE RAPTURE IS BURNING (Table of Contents)

While this book has many names and many people in it, all the events and opinions portrayed are fictitious. Some real names were used, with permission, but only for aesthetics’s sake. People often express confusion over some of the emoticons in the story. Most are self-explanatory, but just bear in mind that every one has eyes and a mouth. .w. has the periods as the eyes and the w is related to the "kittyface" of :3, with the former emoticon intended as an expression of humble happiness (something like "Aw, shucks!"). The < in <:D is intended as eyebrows, not a party hat, no matter who tells you otherwise. This story is long. The first draft was started in 2011 and continued until 2013, the second draft finished the story in 2013, the third and fourth drafts were refinements of the whole and came around 2014. The fifth draft added a lot more content, introducing an element you'll see as the "Attacheds," and this came in 2015. This formed the basis for the sixth draft in 2016, which was published on Amazon as the First Edition. That draft saw refinement and tweaking for several years (the seventh draft). What you are looking at now is the Second Edition, the eighth and final draft. The point of all this is: I have had many opportunities to change this story. I have taken many things out. The content and how it is treated will make you uneasy, somewhere, somewhen. It is best to read this story by yourself, where you can feel your emotions rawly and give them space. Privacy is a theme here. There are many more themes for you to discover. Good luck.

OVERTURE May 20 (Modern Invocation) May 21 (Title Drop From Red Sky)

ACT I May 23 (Donnie) May 24 (The Pillar) May 25 ("world with empty eye sockets") May 26 (Aubade feat. Mistress Dread) May 27 (In Blackpool) May 28 (Cipher for a Million Years) May 29 (Everyone's Benefit) May 30 ("Cakes mean the party funds") May 31 (Tropes) June 1 (Kissing a Corpse) June 2 ("le bouffon blanc") June 3 (Great Dodongo of the Congo) June 4 (SLCEM) June 5 (Womp Womp) June 6 ("Doppelganger") June 7 (The Minotaur of Lloret de Mar) June 8 (Vorke, the Face Stealer) June 9 (Systematic Chaos) June 10 (Clearly Exaggerated) June 11 ("Promise you'll never?") June 12 (Donnie Goes to London) June 13 (missing) June 14 (There Were Strangers at the Birth of the Earth) June 15 ("How are human minds biggest") June 16 ("I'll kneel.") June 17 (Going Brazilian) June 18 (In the Name of Comcast...) June 19 ("ENGLAND'S THEIRS NOW") June 20 (Tally Marks) June 21 (Bad Jokes) June 22 (Classic Jokes) June 23 (Ten Years in Jail) June 24 (Tell Us Yourself) June 25 (Liverpool) June 26 ("Fears. There's the rub.") June 27 (Secret Friend) June 28 (The Fourth Rake of the Apocalypse) June 29 (Rael's Exodus, I: Start with the Pronouns) June 30 (Rael's Exodus, II: Indisen) July 1 (Rael's Exodus, III: Fear the Day) July 2 (Rael's Exodus, IV: EAT) July 3 (Rael's Exodus, V: The Anatomy of Everything) July 4 (Rael's Exodus, VI: Wishful Thinking)

ACT II July 5 (Duck and Cover) July 6 (American Anxiety) July 7 (Ciphers of the Blind Man's Book) July 8 (The God Machine) July 9 (School Bus) July 10 (Family Expression) July 11 (Sempiternity) July 12 (Grimaldi's Mad Language) July 13 ("Operation: Rise Against Fear") July 14 (Guy Fawkes) July 15 ("yes, quite nice") July 16 (Infinite Series) July 17 (The Grand Gtheru) July 18 (A Conversation with Tiresias) July 19 (More Tally Marks) July 20 ("red ochre corridors") July 21 (Who Once Ruled the Streetlights) July 22 (Walking) July 23 (Goodbye, Swamp Queen) July 24 (Sanctuary Francisco) July 25 (Avoidance) July 26 (See, the Thing is...) July 27 (Maybes and Mysteries) July 28 (Synecdoche) July 29 (Crotch Museum) July 30 (King Real) July 31 (Ground and Pound) August 1 (Don't Speak Its True Name, I: Peace) August 2 (Don't Speak Its True Name, II: Mirrors) August 3 (Don't Speak Its True Name, III: Colors) August 4 (Don't Speak Its True Name, IV: Music) August 5 (Don't Speak Its True Name, V: Dominiere) August 6 (Don't Speak Its True Name, VI: The Ghost) August 7 (Don't Speak Its True Name, VII: Friend)

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7-11-2025 | Bible App Their Verse of the Day | Amos 5:24

🕊️🩶 ““And let right-ruling roll on like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Amos‬ ‭5‬:‭24‬ ‭🩶🕊️

Bible App | Isaiah‬ 55:8

🕊️💜 ““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares יהוה.” ‭Yeshayah ‭55‬:‭8‬ ‭💜🕊️‬‬

YouTube♥️ Channel ​Nathan Reynolds The Linen Railroad Title :RV Flings and STAFF SLINGS | Shabbat 🪁 Shalom | Bible App Exodus 16:23-31

🕊️🪁 23: “And he said to them, “This is what יהוה has said, ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath set-apart to יהוה. That which you bake, bake; and that which you cook, cook. And lay up for yourselves all that is left over, to keep it until morning.’ ” 24: And they laid it up till morning, as Mosheh commanded. And it did not stink, and no worm was in it. 25: And Mosheh said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to יהוה, today you do not find it in the field. 26: Gather it six days, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there is none. 27: And it came to be that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28: And יהוה said to Mosheh, “How long shall you refuse to guard My commands and My Torot? 29: See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day. 30: So the people rested on the seventh day. 31: And the house of Yisra’ĕl called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like thin cakes made with honey.” ‭‭Shemoth ‭16‬:‭23‬-‭31‬ ‭🪁🕊️‬‬

Bible App | Psalms 141:8

🕊️💞 “But my eyes are upon You, O Master יהוה. In You I take refuge; Do not pour out my life.” ‭‭Tehillim 141‬:‭8‬ ‭💕🕊️‬‬

Bible App | Proverbs 11:8 & 11:11 & 11:17 & 11:25-28 & 11:31 and Luke 5:4-10 & 5:16 & 5:20 & 5:24-25 & 5:27-28 & 6:1 & 6:9 & 6:12 & 6:21 & 6:27 & 6:31 & 6:34-35 & 6:45 & 6:48 | #Day 11 Proverbs Challenge and Re-Reading 📖 Luke Chapter 5: & 6: 🩷

Chapter 11: 🩷

🕊️💗 “The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.” ‭‭Mishlĕ 11‬:‭8‬ ‭💗🕊️

🕊️💗 “By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.” ‭‭Mishlĕ 11‬:‭11‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 “A lovingly-commited man is rewarding his being, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.” ‭‭Mishlĕ 11‬:‭17‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 25: “The generous being is enriched, And he who waters is also watered himself. 26: The people curse him who withholds grain, But blessing is on the head of him who sells it. 27: He who earnestly seeks good, Seeks what is pleasing; But to him who seeks evil, It comes to him. 28; He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.” ‭‭Mishlĕ 11‬:‭25‬-‭28‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 “See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!” Mishlĕ 11‬:‭31‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

Chapter 5: 🩷

🕊️💗 4: And when He ceased speaking, He said to Shim‛on, “Pull out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5: And Shim‛on answering, said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught none, but at Your word I shall let down the net.” 6: And when they did so, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking, 7: and they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking. 8: And when Shim‛on Kĕpha saw it, he fell down at the knees of יהושע, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a man, a sinner, O Master!” 9: For astonishment had seized him and all those with him, at the catch of fish which they took, 10: so too were Ya‛aqoḇ and Yoḥanan, the sons of Zaḇdai, who were partners with Shim‛on. Then יהושע said to Shim‛on, “Do not fear, from now on you shall catch men..” ‭‭Luqas 5‬:‭4-10 ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 “But He was often withdrawing Himself to lonely places and praying.” ‭‭Luqas Luke 5‬:‭16‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 “And having seen their belief, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”” ‭‭Luqas 5‬:‭20‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 24: ““But in order for you to know that the Son of Aḏam possesses authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the man who was paralysed, “I say to you, rise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 25: And at once, having risen up before them, he took up what he had been lying on, and went away to his house, praising Elohim.” Luqas 5‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭💗🕊️

🕊️💗 27: “And after this He went out and saw a tax collector named Lĕwi, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow Me.” 28: And he, having left all, rose up and followed Him.” ‭‭Luqas 5‬:‭27‬-‭28‬ ‭💗🕊️

Chapter 6: 🩷

🕊️💗 “And it came to be on a Sabbath that He went through grainfields, and His taught ones were plucking the heads of grain and were eating, rubbing them with the hands.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭1‬ ‭💗🕊️

🕊️💗 “Then יהושע said to them, “I ask you, is it right to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”” ‭‭Luqas Luke 6‬:‭9‬ ‭💗🕊️

🕊️💗 “And in those days it came to be that He went out to the mountain to pray, and was spending the night in prayer to Elohim.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭12‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 ““Blessed are you who hunger now, because you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, because you shall laugh.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭21‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 ““But I say to you who are hearing: Love your enemies, do good to those hating you.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭27‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 ““And as you wish men should do to you, you also do to them in the same way.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭31‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 34: ““And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive back, what favour have you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35: Rather, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting none in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High. Because He is kind to the thankless and wicked ones.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭34‬-‭35‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 ““The good man brings forth what is good out of the good treasure of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of the wicked treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭45‬ ‭💗🕊️‬‬

🕊️💗 “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the stream burst against that house, but was unable to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.” ‭‭Luqas 6‬:‭48‬ ‭💗🕊️

Bible App | Jeremiah 33:6

🕊️🩵 “See, I am bringing to it relief and healing. And I shall heal them and reveal to them the riches of peace and truth.” ‭‭Yirmeyahu 33‬:‭6‬ ‭🩵🕊️

#Bible App | James 4:6

🕊️🩷 “But He gives greater favour. Because of this He says, “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”” ‭‭Ya‛aqoḇ 4‬:‭6‬ ‭🩷🕊️‬‬

LORD✝️ YHWH✝️ אֲדֹנָי✝️ אלוהים✝️ Is Always With You 💗

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Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel

21 So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

22 Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angelb of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

23 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.

24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side. 25 And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.

26 And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.

28 Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?”

“No,” he replied.

31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

32 The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perversec before me. 33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

34 “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

35 But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. 37 And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”

38 “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

39 So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. — Numbers 22:21-39 | Majority Standard Bible (MSB) The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God’s Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 21:19; Exodus 4:24; Exodus 23:20; Numbers 14:40; Numbers 21:13; Numbers 22:40; Joshua 5:13; 1 Samuel 15:24; 2 Chronicles 18:13; Proverbs 12:10; Isaiah 16:12; Matthew 15:19; James 1:19; 2 Peter 2:15-16

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Story of Balaam - Prophet and Talking Donkey in the Bible?

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GOD CAUSES DROUGHTS -- KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List #Scriptures #BibleStudy #BibleVerses "And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants." Exodus 9:33-34, KJV "Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;" Deuteronomy 8:15, KJV "Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the LORDS wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you." Deuteronomy 11:16-17, KJV "And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed." Deuteronomy 28:23-24, KJV "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil." 2 Samuel 1:21, KJV "When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance." 1 Kings 8:35-36, KJV "And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word . . . And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land . . . For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth." 1 Kings 17:1, 7, 14, KJV "And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth . . . And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain." 1 Kings 18:1, 41, KJV "When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance." 2 Chronicles 6:26-27, KJV "And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:12-14, KJV "Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned." Job 24:19, KJV "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah." Psalms 32:4, KJV "Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry." Isaiah 5:1-7, KJV "And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." Isaiah 58:11, KJV "Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?" Jeremiah 2:6, KJV "Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whores forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed." Jeremiah 3:2-3, KJV "The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass." Jeremiah 14:1-6, KJV "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit." Jeremiah 17:8, KJV "A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols." Jeremiah 50:38, KJV "And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD." Ezekiel 38:18-23, KJV "I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought." Hosea 13:5, KJV "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands." Haggai 1:7-11, KJV "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even 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 whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." Zechariah 14:16-19, KJV "Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." James 5:17-18, KJV "These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will." Revelation 11:6, KJV Just as God causes droughts, He also sends the rain. Please consider reading my KJV Bible Verse List called "God Sends the Rain" at the URL below: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse491.html If you would like more info regarding the origin of these KJV Bible verse lists, go to https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/. 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FOR I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN

"YOU shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, FOR I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN.’ ”

Ezekiel 21:32 (NKJV)

Comment: It is always a good thing to see the goodness of God. However, when the other side of God is seen; It is not always enjoyable. Before God's sword is brought out of the sheath, according to the illustration in the passage of the Bible; He would have been warning the person or the people concerned.

God instructed His prophet, Prophet Ezekiel to prophesy that He would draw His sword out of the sheath and cut off both the righteous and wicked in the land of Israel (Ezekiel 21:3). In verse 28 of that same chapter 21; God told Ezekiel to prophesy concerning the Amonites (Ezekiel 21:28). It was in that prophecy He said what we have as the text of this teaching.

It is not always a good and palatable thing to see the other side of God; His wrath and punishment or Judgement.

Whoever has carefully studied the Old testament would know that God is fierce and as well as loving and merciful (Exodus 20:5; 2 Corinthians 1:3).

People usually emphasized His love and mercies, but usually do forget that He is a consuming fire also (Hebrews 12:29).

And at times, one may be wondering and asking whether the same God of the Old Testament is that of the New Testament. He is the same God because the Bible says He is the same: " . . . BUT YOU REMAIN THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NEVER END" (Hebrews 1:12 NIV).

READ: Hebrews 1:10-12

The only difference is the propitiation of Jesus Christ. God is still the same fierce or fearful God, but we do have an advocate in this present dispensation:

1 MY LITTLE CHILDREN, THESE THINGS I WRITE TO YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SIN. AND IF ANYONE SINS, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS. 2 AND HE HIMSELF IS THE PROPITIATION [atoning sacrifice] FOR OUR SINS, AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE WORLD" (1 John 2:1,2 NKJV).

The atoning sacrificial work of Christ Jesus on the cross gives the whole mankind an opportunity to approach God and receive grace and mercy in the time of need (Hebrews 4:16; 10:19,20).

In the Old testament people could not approach God directly; even the high priest who would go to the Holiest of All to offer sacrifices both for himself and the people's sins—that were committed in ignorance—would have to do it courteously. It had to be with fear and trembling (Hebrews 9:6,7).

READ: Hebrews 12:18-24

So the difference between the Old testament God Who seems to be fierce, and the New testament God Who seems to be full of mercy, is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ for mankind (Hebrews 4:14; 10:20; 1 John 2:2).

God is approachable through the blood of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10:19). What many people, even believers, do today that seems insignificant would ordinarily attract sanctions or punishments, even death, in the Old testament. But Christ Jesus in His intercessory ministry in heaven is still standing in the gap for the whole mankind—He is our advocate before God the Father (1 John 2:2).

That being said, God's forbearance and long-suffering should not be taken for granted (Romans 2:4). If anyone, especially believers who have known the truth willfully continue in sins, such should expect God's wrath or Judgement:

26 FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, 27 BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF JUDGMENT, AND FIERY INDIGNATION WHICH WILL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES" (Hebrews 10:26,27 NKJV).

Someone who has the knowledge of the truth, that is, a believer—especially the one who has been in the faith for awhile —is not expected to willfully committed a Sin. If such did, Judgement would follow.

Thus, the goodness and forbearance of God should not be trivialized or be taken for granted (Romans 2:4,5). If you hardened your heart and continued to willfully disobey or rebel against God; you are treasuring for yourself His wrath: "BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR CALLOUS STUBBORNNESS AND UNREPENTANT HEART YOU ARE [deliberately] STORING UP WRATH FOR YOURSELF ON THE DAY OF WRATH WHEN GOD'S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT WILL BE REVEALED" (Romans 2:5 Amps).

Peace!

[freebiblestudies]

Line Upon Line Lesson 084: To the Third and Fourth Generation?

Exodus 34:6-7 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

The passage seems so contradictory. On one hand, God is merciful and forgives sin. On the other hand, God visits the iniquity of the parents upon their children and their children’s children. That does not sound so gracious and merciful. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?

Let’s read together Psalm 103:10-12; Micah 7:18-19;  Luke 17:3-4; and 1 John 1:9. 

The Bible clearly states God is willing to forgive all sins. As long as you confess and repent of your sins, God will forgive you.  If this is true then what does it mean that God does not clear the guilty?

Let’s read together Numbers 14:18; Isaiah 59:2; Ezekiel 18:20-24; and John 8:24.

God believes in, and upholds justice. He does not give a free pass to any sinner just because they were righteous in the past. If you do not confess and repent of your sins, you will die of those sins.

What about Exodus 34:7? If God believes in justice, why would He visit the iniquities of parents to their children and children’s children? What is the justice and fairness in that?

Let’s read together Exodus 20:5; Leviticus 26:39; Deuteronomy 5:9; Ezekiel 28:20-24; and Lamentations 5:7.

The Bible makes it clear that you are only held accountable for your own sins. However, sin can have long-term consequences. For example, consider a baby born with fetal alcohol syndrome. His mother drank alcohol while she was pregnant, but he is living with the consequences of her choice. Likewise, Caleb and Joshua had to wander for forty years in the wilderness because the children of Israel sinned against God even though they were faithful.

God is merciful, just, and fair. He understood the far-reaching effects of parents' sins  long before scientists understood the concept of epigenetics. 

Friend, will you confess all your sins to Jesus and accept His grace and mercy into your life?