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scripture-pictures · 6 months ago
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mybeautifulchristianjourney · 3 months ago
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Glorious Liberty
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by Charles Spurgeon
Our Father, we bless Thy name that we can say from the bottom of our hearts, “Abba, Father.” It is the chief joy of our lives that we have become the children of God by faith which is in Christ Jesus and we can in the deep calm of our spirit say, “Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as in heaven.”
Lord, we thank Thee for the liberty which comes to our emancipated spirit through the adoption which Thou hast made us to enjoy. When we were in servitude the chains were heavy, for we could not keep Thy law. There was an inward spirit of rebellion. When the commandment came, it irritated our corrupt nature and sin revived and we died.
Even when we had some strivings after better things, yet the power that was in us lusted into evil, and the spirit of the Hagarene was upon us. We wanted to fly from the Father’s house. We were wild men, men of the wilderness, and we loved not living in the Father’s house.
O God, we thank Thee that we have not been cast out. Indeed, if Thou hadst then cast out the child of the bondwoman Thou hadst cast us out, but now through sovereign grace all is altered with us. Blessed by Thy name. It is a work of divine power and love over human nature, for now we are the children of the promise, certainly not born according to the strength of the human will, or of blood, or of birth, but born by the Holy Ghost through the power of the Word, begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, children of the Great Father who is in heaven, having His life within us. Now, like Isaac, we are heirs according to promise and heirs of the promise, and we dwell at home in the Father’s house and our soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and our mouth shall praise Thee as with joyful lips.
O God, we would not change places with angels, much less with kings of the earth. To be indeed Thy sons and daughters—the thought of it doth bring to our soul a present heaven and the fruition of it shall be our heaven, to dwell forever in the house of the Lord and go no more out, but to be His sons and His heirs forever and ever.
Our first prayer is for others who as yet are in bondage. We thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast given them the spirit of bondage and made them to fear. We are glad that they should be brought to feel the evil of sin, to feel the perfection of Thy law, to know something of the fiery nature of Thy justice, and so to be shut up unto salvation by grace through faith. But, Lord, let them not tarry long under the pedagogue, but may the schoolmaster with his rod bring them to Christ.
Lord, cure any of Thy chosen of self-righteousness. Deliver them from any hope in their own abilities, but keep them low. Bring them out of any hope of salvation by their own prayers or their own repentance. Bring them to cast themselves upon Thy grace to be saved by trusting in Christ. Emancipate them from all observance of days, weeks, months, years, and things of human institution, and bring them into the glorious liberty of the children of God that Thy law may become their delight, Thyself become their strength, their all, Thy Son become their joy and their crown. We do pray this with all our hearts.
Lord, deliver any of Thy children from quarrelling with Thee. Help us to be always at one with our God. “It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Him good,” and blessed be His name forever and ever.
God, bless our country, and the sister country across the flood, and all lands where Thy name is known and reverenced, and heathen lands where it is unknown. God, bless the outposts, the first heralds of mercy, and everywhere may the Lord’s kingdom come and His name be glorified. Glory be unto the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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pugzman3 · 9 months ago
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Psalms chapter 89
1 (Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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jesusislord3333 · 2 months ago
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Psalms Chapter 110 תְּהִלִּים
א לְדָוִד, מִזְמוֹר:
נְאֻם יְהוָה, לַאדֹנִי--שֵׁב לִימִינִי; עַד-אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ, הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ. 1 A Psalm of David. {N}
The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'
ב מַטֵּה-עֻזְּךָ--יִשְׁלַח יְהוָה, מִצִּיּוֹן; רְדֵה, בְּקֶרֶב אֹיְבֶיךָ. 2 The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.'
ג עַמְּךָ נְדָבֹת, בְּיוֹם חֵילֶךָ:
בְּהַדְרֵי-קֹדֶשׁ, מֵרֶחֶם מִשְׁחָר; לְךָ, טַל יַלְדֻתֶיךָ. 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; {N}
in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.
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Top five Bible verses
Psalm 23:4 For why though I shall go in the midst of shadow of death; I shall not dread evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff; those have comforted me.
Luke 12:32 Do not ye, little flock, dread, for it pleased to your Father to give you a kingdom.
Hebrews 2:18 For in that thing in which he suffered, and was tempted, he is mighty to help also them that be tempted.
Psalm 31:3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name, thou shalt lead me forth, and shalt nourish me.
Psalm 94:19 After the multitude of my sorrows in mine heart; thy comforts made glad my soul.
In case you're wondering version: Wycliffe.
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touhoutivations · 1 year ago
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my anxiety disorder is terrible lately and I'd like some advice. from any of the taoists, especially seiga (they're my favorites and probably makes it obvious to my friends who is requesting this)
"Oh? I never knew I was so adored, how wonderful! I'm always happy to give advice to such a devotee, fufu~"
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"It's been a long time since I've felt worry… but outdated still are some perspectives on anxiety. Some say that it's 'from desires' that things like human suffering is caused…but I don't think that's quite true. If you'll allow me to be a bit wicked, desires such as wanting to feel in control aren't inherently bad. It's when these blind and block us that we slip up. Me telling you that your desire to not have anxiety is what's causing you to have it is simply inaccurate."
"Instead, wouldn't you argue the more Taoist approach is to operate within the tools you've been given? You cannot will the cage out of existence, but you can cut a hole in it, or gain the flexibility to travel the world within it."
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"With hardship, I want you to think of yourself not as a person struggling under a waterfall, but as one that serenely stares up at the surface, or one that controls a wave. Breathe, and I don't mean subtle invisible breaths, you are allowed to take up space in this world. Try to find a visual that helps you, whether that's winding a fishing rod up, a windmill, a hamster on a wheel, I like to think about such things when it comes to circular breathing, like winding yarn and then unravelling it."
"Congratulations, you've taken control. By merely a breath, you've commanded your body, you own yourself. Such power with such a small technique. Now, I shall teach you metamorphosis. Don't be scared, it'll take time. Now, accepting that the world will keep turning and to move past them is a bit boring. This is a technique Taishi-sama and Futo use too- grandeur. Invert that voice that insists you're inferior, and have instead a 'hype man' of sorts."
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"For example, how would Futo-san word it…'Begone! Foul thoughts- thou art clueless of the majesty of our lord, for thy seeth- they have seer-like ability, concerned with all- verily. Verily! They struggle, and yet- and yet- 'tis only a testament to a strength thee cannot comprehend!'" "Fufu, I should do that more often…Regardless, I promise you that you're well on your journey- and I believe in your conviction. After all, you have wonderful taste in exemplars~"
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lennart11412 · 1 year ago
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5. Seasons:
(1) The Meaning of the Word.
The sun and moon were appointed "to give light upon the earth," and "for signs," and "for days and years." They were also appointed "for seasons" (mo`adhim), i.e. "appointed assemblies." These seasons were not primarily such seasons as the progress of the year brings forth in the form of changes of weather or of the condition of vegetation; they were seasons for worship. The word mo`edh occurs some 219 times; in 149, it is translated "congregation," and in about 50 other instances by "solemn assembly" or some equivalent expression. Thus before ever man was created, God had provided for him times to worship and had appointed two great lights of heaven to serve as signals to call to it.
The appointed sacred seasons of the Jews form a most complete and symmetrical series, developing from times indicated by the sun alone to times indicated by the sun and moon together, and completed in times indicated by luni-solar cycles.
1 In vision to His saints God spake; From out the people one I take, A mighty leader, true and brave, Ordained, exalted, strong to save. My chosen servant I appoint, With holy oil his head anoint; My hand with him shall still remain, My arm his strength shall well sustain.
2 No enemy shall him affright, His adversaries I will smite, My faithfulness to him will prove, And nevermore My grace remove. Yea, he shall triumph in My Name, And great shall be his power and fame, From sea to sea his mighty hand Shall hold dominion o'er the land.
3 Thou art my Father, he shall cry, My God, my rock of refuge high; My firstborn son shall he be owned, Above the kings of earth enthroned. For him My mercy shall endure, My covenant made with him is sure; His throne and race I will maintain Forever, while the heavens remain.
4 Should sons of his My laws forsake, My just commands and statues break, Then, though My rod their sins reprove, My mercy I will not remove. Though they be chastened sore and tried, My faithfulness shall yet abide; My plighted word I will not break, Nor change the promise that I spake.
5 My oath is steadfast, ever sure, My servant's race shall still endure; His throne forever firm shall stay When sun and moon have passed away. On Thy anointed wrath is poured As if Thy covenant were abhorred; Thou hast profaned his kingly crown, His matchless strength is broken down.
6 He is reproached and spoiled of all, His enemies upon him fall; His beauty is consumed away, Forgotten is his kingly sway. Cut off in youth, his sacred name Is covered now with deepest shame; How long, O Lord, shall wrath abide? Thy face forever wilt Thou hide?
7 Think on my life; O Lord, take thought; Hast Thou created man for nought? What man that lives has power to save His soul from death, and from the grave? Where are Thy mercies which of old Where in Thy promises foretold? Remember, Lord, the bitter shame Heaped on Thy own anointed's name.
8 I sing of mercies that endure Forever builded firm and sure, Of faithfulness that never dies, Established changeless in the skies. Blest be the Lord for evermore, Whose promise stands from days of yore. His word is faithful now as then; Blest be His Name. Amen, Amen.
Artist: 
Dmitriew George
Title: 
'At Dawn'
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albertfinch · 9 months ago
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PRAYING THE PSALMS - 4
Jesus takes me to His purpose for my life, he leads me to refreshing living water flowing from within me.  (Psalm 23:2)
I am joyful with gladness in Your presence and will sing and praise Your power.  (Psalm 21:6,13)
Be exalted, O Lord, In Your strength, and in your salvation how greatly I rejoice!  (Psalm 21:1,13)
I will not be shaken because I trust in the lovingkindness of the Lord and his willingness to bless me.  (Psalm 21:6,7)
The Lord rescues me, delivers me, and delights in me because I am committed to Him.  (Psalm 22:8)
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  (Psalm 23:1)
He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths, as he has promised.  (Psalm 23:3)
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are in me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  (Psalm 23:4)
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.  (Psalm 23:5)
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in you, O Lord, forever.  (Psalm 23:6)
       Why pray the Psalm scriptures out loud? 
It is hard to think about something other than what you are talking about.  Praying out loud the scriptures solves the problem of the wandering mind.  -- spoken words speak to the soul and have the power of raising thoughts in the soul. The Psalm scriptures speak of God in the Highest manner which most fully expresses the power and presence of God.
Strong's definition for "meditate" - HAGAH (Greek) - means to imagine.  First pray the scripture out loud -- then pray the scripture back to God.  This prayer can be the prayer of thanksgiving, supplication, or praying the greatness of God and the benefits of God.
The first thing that you are to do when you are upon your knees, is to shut your eyes, and with a short silence let your soul place itself in the presence of God.
When you direct any of your petitions to Jesus let it be: thou art the radiance of thy Father's glory.  Thou art the Alpha and Omega,  The beginning and the end of all things:  Thou has destroyed the power of the devil and hast overcome death.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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stoicbreviary · 2 years ago
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"Carrion Comfort"
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) 
Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist—slack they may be—these last strands of man In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. I can; Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be. But ah, but O thou terrible, why wouldst thou rude on me Thy wring-world right foot rock? lay a lionlimb against me? scan With darksome devouring eyes my bruisèd bones? and fan, O in turns of tempest, me heaped there; me frantic to avoid thee and flee?
Why? That my chaff might fly; my grain lie, sheer and clear.  Nay in all that toil, that coil, since (seems) I kissed the rod,  Hand rather, my heart lo! lapped strength, stole joy, would laugh, chéer.  Cheer whom though? the hero whose heaven-handling flung me, fóot tród  Me? or me that fought him? O which one? is it each one? That night, that year  Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God. 
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The Oneness of the Godhead, Part 1 May 2, 2023 We will speak of Yeshua Hamashiach, and how He fits in the godhead. You pronounce Hamashiach “hah-ma-she-ah”. He is called Jesus Christ, in the Western world. Who is He, what is He, and what is His place in the godhead? First, the promise made to Moses.
Deut 18:15 – 18 15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
This is Moses speaking to the people. 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
At Mt. Sinai, the people were so scared of the ground shaking, the thunders, the loud trumpets, and the intense flames of fire, the people pleaded with Moses to tell Yeshua to stop talking and make the fire and thunder go away.
17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Yehovah promised Moses that an anointed Prophet would be born in Israel of the tribe of Levi. Yeshua was that Prophet.
Now, the Psalm that King David wrote. We will paraphrase it.
Psalms 110:1-4 1 Yehovah said unto Yeshua, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 Yehovah shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 Yehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Yeshua shall be a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Here, in the Psalms, King David prophesied that Yeshua will be both a King, and a priest, just like Melchizedek.
Zech 9:9 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
On the 10th day of the 1st Hebrew month, named Aviv, every year the high priest would bring a lamb from Bethlehem thru the east gate and carry it up to the temple. For about 428 years with the first Temple, and 436 years with the second temple, it was a yearly rehearsal for the Messiah to come thru the East gate, four days before Passover. They knew that someday, one of those years, the Messiah would show Himself, riding on a donkey into Jerusalem.
In the year AD 28, on April 24, the 10th day of Aviv, close to 9:30 AM on Saturday, the Sabbath, Yeshua rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, as prophesied by Zechariah. This was Palm Saturday. There never was any Palm Sunday. That is another Catholic false teaching. Four days later, on Wednesday, the 14th of Aviv, Yeshua was sacrificed as the Lamb of God, on Passover. For three days and nights, Yeshua laid in the tomb, fulfilling the feast of unleavened Bread. On Saturday, in the late afternoon, about 5:30 PM, Yeshua rose from the dead. The Lord of the Sabbath, rose from the dead on the Sabbath. Maybe three hours later, Yeshua resurrected 24 Old Testament believers that had kept the Torah, and they walked into the city of Jerusalem. Sunday morning, after telling Mary Magdalene “Touch me not”, Yeshua took the 24 saints to Heaven, to present them to Yehovah, where they became known as the 24 elders. This was fulfillment of the First Fruits Offering.
Fifty days later, in Jerusalem, the 120 disciples of Yeshua were filled with the Ghost of Yeshua. This was the fulfillment of the Day of Pentecost, just as when Yehovah spoke from Mt. Sinai to Israel, giving them the new language of Hebrew.
Before the second coming of Yeshua, He must first fulfil the Day of Trumpets. In the first and second temple periods, whenever the first sliver of the renewed Moon appeared at sundown, it marked the beginning of a new Hebrew month. Those in Jerusalem that saw it would go to the temple gates and see if they would be “called up” by the high priest to a room where they would be questioned about what they saw. The high priest would stand outside on a balcony and point to who he wanted from the crowd gathering outside and say “Come up hither.” Two witnesses would be allowed to come up to a room and describe what they saw, confirming that the renewed Moon for the new month had been sighted. Then the call would be made to light the signal fires on the hilltops across the land to let all of Israel know that a new month has officially begun.
The most celebrated renewed Moon of the year is that of the seventh month named Tishri, marking the Day of Trumpets. Here are two assumptions. First, it is expected that after coming down from Heaven, the two witnesses will begin their testimony on the Sabbath. Second, it is expected that the two witnesses will rise from the dead upon the sighting of the renewed Moon, beginning the month of Tishri, on late Tuesday evening, September 23, 2025, after being dead for three and a half days, or eighty-four hours. This would be the Day of Trumpets. They would have ended their testimony before being killed by the anti-Christ, early the previous Saturday morning, September 20.
Counting back 1,260 days, or 180 weeks, from that Saturday, puts us to the month Aviv on Saturday morning, the Sabbath, April 9, 2022, the seventh day of the first Hebrew month. If certain guesswork is correct, Elijah and Enoch would begin their testimony on that day. Only Yehovah knows. Once they do appear, whether this year or years from now, how will the world react to the appearance of two men dressed in sackcloth, with fire streaming out of their mouths ever so often whenever they are threatened?
When they rise from the dead, after viewing the renewed Moon for a time, Yeshua will shout down from Heaven “Come up Hither”, meaning Come up here!! This is about the only way that Yeshua would be able to fulfill the feast of the Day of Trumpets. Three and a half years later, would be the second coming of the Messiah, Yeshua Hamashiach.
Yehovah created a plan for salvation of mankind from the bondage of sin and Satan. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not put in the garden to test mankind, namely Adam and Eve. The tree was put there to snag Satan, hook, line, and sinker. Yehovah knew that Satan would jump at the chance to make Adam, the sixth advent of mankind to be put on this Earth, disobey God. By Adam eating of the forbidden fruit, this opened the door for Yehovah to take back ownership of Earth, and begin the downfall of Satan.
Adam was a sinless male earthling, made of the dust of the Earth. By eating of the forbidden fruit, he went to the pawnshop of Satan, and forfeited the birthright of Earth, and his soul, to Satan. In exchange, mankind received the curse of bondage, and subsequent death. The only person that could redeem the birthright and souls of mankind was another male earthling, that was without sin.
Satan thought that he had obtained a stay of execution by tricking Adam and Eve into eating the evil fruit. He knew that every human born by the seed of Adam would be born into sin. He thought that he had Yehovah stuck in a corner. But the super wise and powerful God had a plan to overcome Satan. Yehovah would father, or beget, a human male, born without sin, that would be King, Priest, and Prophet.
Mary’s mother was born of the priestly line of Aaron. Mary’s father was born of the kingly line of David and Solomon. That made Mary half Judean of the kingly line of David, and half Levite of the priestly line of Aaron. Yehovah quickened the womb of Mary in early December of 4 BC, by giving her a “Y” chromosome when she went to visit Elisabeth, her cousin. Three months later, John the Baptist was born on the first day of unleavened bread, March 31, 3 BC, one day after Passover. John was circumcised on the eighth day.
After staying a month with Elisabeth, to help her with her newborn baby, Mary returned to Nazareth in early May, over four months pregnant, and beginning to show. I suppose that Joseph went along with the wedding in June, after having the dream telling him that the baby was of the spirit of God.
When Yeshua was born, it was after sundown on September 26, 3 BC, which was the first day of the feast of Tabernacles, and was circumcised on the eighth day, like John the Baptist was. The analysis of Yeshua’s blood found on the Ark of Covenant proved that He was the human Son of Yehovah. It had one “x” chromosome, and 22 autosomes from Mary. It also had one “Y” chromosome that was not from a human male. It was from Yehovah. Other human beings have 46 chromosomes in their white blood cells. One ‘x’ or ‘y’ chromosome and 22 autosomes come from the father. One “x” chromosome and 22 autosomes come the mother. That is 46 chromosomes in all. But Yeshua only had 24 in all. One powerful, sinless chromosome from Yehovah, and 23 from Mary.
The ungodly Catholic Church teaches that the only reason Yeshua was born without sin, is because of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, meaning that she was born without original sin, and passed those attributes to Yeshua, which is a big fat lie. It comes from the Roman worship of Ishtar and Isis. Songs and prayers are devoted to Mary, which is nothing but pagan idolatry.
End of Part one.
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kosul123 · 2 years ago
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Ta-Ha Suresi
1. Ta-Ha.
2. We have not sent down the Qur´an to thee to be (an occasion) for thy distress,
3. But only as an admonition to those who fear (Allah),
4. A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on high.
5. (Allah) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of authority).
6. To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between them, and all beneath the soil.
7. If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He knoweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden.
8. Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names.
9. Has the story of Moses reached thee?
10. Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the fire.
11. But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses
12. "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore (in My presence) put off thy shoes: thou art in the sacred valley Tuwa.
13. "I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).
14. "Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
15. "Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.
16. "Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!".
17. "And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
18. He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and in it I find other uses."
19. (Allah) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"
20. He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
21. (Allah) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition".
22. "Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white (and shining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,
23. "In order that We may show thee (two) of our Greater Signs.
24. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds."
25. (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;
26. "Ease my task for me;
27. "And remove the impediment from my speech,
28. "So they may understand what I say:
29. "And give me a Minister from my family,
30. "Aaron, my brother;
31. "Add to my strength through him,
32. "And make him share my task:
33. "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,
34. "And remember Thee without stint:
35. "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."
36. (Allah) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!"
37. "And indeed We conferred a favour on thee another time (before).
38. "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:
39. "´Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him´: But I cast (the garment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye.
40. "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, ´shall I show you one who will nurse and rear the (child)?´ So We brought thee back to thy mother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. Then thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble, and We tried thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses.
41. "And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)".
42. "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in keeping Me in remembrance.
43. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds;
44. "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)."
45. They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
46. He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything).
47. "So go ye both to him, and say, ´Verily we are messengers sent by thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance.
48. "´Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject and turn away.´"
49. (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?"
50. He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
51. (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
52. He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,
53. "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.
54. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
55. From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
56. And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
57. He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?
58. "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."
59. Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
61. Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
62. So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
63. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.
64. "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."
65. They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
66. He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
67. So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
69. "Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician´s trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
70. So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses"
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment!"
72. They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Signs that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world.
73. "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding."
74. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
75. But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,
76. Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil).
77. We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with My servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear."
78. Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed them and covered them up.
79. Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.
80. O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We sent down to you Manna and quails:
81. (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!
82. "But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again, to those who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to receive true guidance."
83. (When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"
84. He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."
85. (Allah) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray."
86. So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke your promise to me?"
87. They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.
88. "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!"
89. Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?
90. Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command."
91. They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."
92. (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong,
93. "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"
94. (Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, ´Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word!"
95. (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"
96. He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."
97. (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say, ´touch me not´; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"
98. But the god of you all is the One Allah: there is no god but He: all things He comprehends in His knowledge.
99. Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.
100. If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on the Day of judgment;
101. They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be to them on that Day,
102. The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather the sinful, blear-eyed (with terror).
103. In whispers will they consult each other: "Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days);
104. We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!
105. They ask thee concerning the Mountains: say, "My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust;
106. "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;
107. "Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place.
108. On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (Allah) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march).
109. On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (Allah) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him.
110. He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.
111. (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).
112. But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).
113. Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur´an - and explained therein in detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear Allah, or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).
114. High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur´an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge.
115. We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.
116. When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.
117. Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.
118. "There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,
119. "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun´s heat.
120. But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?
121. In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.
122. But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance.
123. He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery.
124. "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.
125. He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?
126. (Allah) will say: "Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee, disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded.
127. And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds and believes not in the Signs of his Lord: and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring.
128. Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
129. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).
130. Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.
131. Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.
132. Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not to provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of) the Hereafter is for righteousness.
133. They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame."
135. Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon shall ye know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received Guidance.
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Evening, August 3rd
"For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him." — Luke 8:42
Jesus is passing through the throng to the house of Jairus, to raise the ruler's dead daughter; but he is so profuse in goodness that he works another miracle while upon the road. While yet this rod of Aaron bears the blossom of an unaccomplished wonder, it yields the ripe almonds of a perfect work of mercy. It is enough for us, if we have some one purpose, straightway to go and accomplish it; it were imprudent to expend our energies by the way. Hastening to the rescue of a drowning friend, we cannot afford to exhaust our strength upon another in like danger. It is enough for a tree to yield one sort of fruit, and for a man to fulfil his own peculiar calling. But our Master knows no limit of power or boundary of mission. He is so prolific of grace, that like the sun which shines as it rolls onward in its orbit, his path is radiant with lovingkindness. He is a swift arrow of love, which not only reaches its ordained target, but perfumes the air through which it flies. Virtue is evermore going out of Jesus, as sweet odours exhale from flowers; and it always will be emanating from him, as water from a sparkling fountain. What delightful encouragement this truth affords us! If our Lord is so ready to heal the sick and bless the needy, then, my soul, be not thou slow to put thyself in his way, that he may smile on thee. Be not slack in asking, if he be so abundant in bestowing. Give earnest heed to his word now, and at all times, that Jesus may speak through it to thy heart. Where he is to be found there make thy resort, that thou mayst obtain his blessing. When he is present to heal, may he not heal thee? But surely he is present even now, for he always comes to hearts which need him. And dost not thou need him? Ah, he knows how much! Thou Son of David, turn thine eye and look upon the distress which is now before thee, and make thy suppliant whole.
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John 1:4
 
DIVINE ORDER 149: WORKING ORDER 44
 
Joh 15:26 And when the Comforter has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHO PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME. MKJV
 
THE HOLY GHOST IS WORKING 34 - HIS POWER FOR RAPTURE 4
 
It’s important for us to have experiences related to Rapture, even before the very direct “final deal” and we will know why shortly.
 
A missionary to India without money or visa was told by God to dress up and enter his toilet. After a while, he came out and was at the India Airport toilet door.
 
I don’t worry about whether this is true or not because I know it is possible and too little “miracle” compared to what God can do or has done before.
 
1Ki 18:12 This is what will happen: WHEN I LEAVE YOU, THE LORD'S SPIRIT WILL TAKE YOU AWAY TO SOME UNKNOWN PLACE. I'll tell Ahab, but he won't be able to find you. Then he will kill me. "I have been faithful to the LORD since I was a child. GW
 
This is how the Holy Spirit still works amongst us today, physically Translocating us whenever necessary.
 
Through trances and visions, we’re given instructions and directions as to how to carry out our assignments, especially for all those who are called and have built up themselves to attain to the “deal”.
 
As long as we still have Missions in the Natural life though, the Spirit will always return us to our Natural Bodies.
 
Eze 11:24-25 THEN A WIND LIFTED ME UP AND CARRIED ME TO THE EXILES IN BABYLONIA, IN THE VISION GIVEN TO ME BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THEN THE VISION I HAD SEEN WENT UP FROM ME. So I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me. NET
 
4. Here is the Rapture of Raptures; The one that changes everything. We will return to rule with Christ on earth but not to the old life again but with Kingly offices, ruling nations.
 
Our New Bodies will never be subject to decay or the wear and tear of Natural Life again. We will look young and beautiful forever. No more sickness, hunger or death, forever!
 
Rom 6:8-9 Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. FOR WE KNOW THAT CHRIST HAS BEEN RAISED FROM DEATH AND WILL NEVER DIE AGAIN—DEATH WILL NO LONGER RULE OVER HIM. GNB
 
One of the unique factors with this form of Rapture is that it is a rewarding experience, bringing to an end all our pains and sufferings.
 
Nobody can harm or even face us anymore.
 
Luk 22:28-30 YOU HAVE STAYED WITH ME IN ALL MY TROUBLES. So I will give you the right to rule as kings, just as my Father has given me the right to rule as a king. You will eat and drink with me in my kingdom, and YOU WILL EACH SIT ON A THRONE TO JUDGE THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. CEV
 
In this New Bodies, we are returning to reign on earth with Jesus, amongst all who are enemies of God, who hate us with passions but can’t do anything but to submit to us all.
 
Psa 110:1-3 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: RULE THOU IN THE MIDST OF THINE ENEMIES. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. KJV
 
But that [4th] Rapture is in the future, though not long anymore.
 
We need to inspect how this phenomenon relates to us today and what our responses should be to it. This means we are talking about the 3rd form of Rapture which relates to our responsibilities here now.
 
Rev 1:10 I WAS IN THE SPIRIT REALM on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a loud voice sounding like a trumpet TPT
 
A Rapturous experience will always alter your STATE from the Natural to Spiritual. If it isn’t a Translocation, like with Philip, then you will see yourself in another level and realm, seeing and hearing spiritual things that you could automatically understand.
 
2Co 12:3 And I know that this man was taken up to paradise. I don't know if he was in his body or away from his body, but he heard things that he is not able to explain. He heard things that no one is allowed to tell. ERV
 
Many times, God wants to draw us into a deeper walk with Him, like with Enoch, where we can communicate without the limitations of the cumbersome natural sphere, but we get too busy to engage with Him.
 
One wonders what could be more busy than God’s call.
 
Luk 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! NET
 
We would peruse our responsibilities to this function of the Holy Spirit next lesson.
 
May your life not lack the transforming experience of rapture now, IN JESUS NAME.
 
See you on Wednesday, as we proceed with this interesting Subtopic.
 
Brother Prince
 
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pugzman3 · 8 months ago
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Psalms chapter 110
1 (A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
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Streams in the Desert Devotional for October 15
"By reason of breakings they purify themselves" (Job 41:25).
God uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob’s natural strength at Peniel that got him where God could clothe him with spiritual power. It was breaking the surface of the rock at Horeb, by the stroke of Moses’’ rod that let out the cool waters to thirsty people.
It was when the 300 elect soldiers under Gideon broke their pitchers, a type of breaking themselves, that the hidden lights shone forth to the consternation of their adversaries. It was when the poor widow broke the seal of the little pot of oil, and poured it forth, that God multiplied it to pay her debts and supply means of support.
It was when Esther risked her life and broke through the rigid etiquette of a heathen court, that she obtained favor to rescue her people from death. It was when Jesus took the five loaves and broke them, that the bread was multiplied in the very act of breaking, sufficient to feed five thousand. It was when Mary broke her beautiful alabaster box, rendering it henceforth useless, that the pent-up perfume filled the house. It was when Jesus allowed His precious body to be broken to pieces by thorns and nails and spear, that His inner life was poured out, like a crystal ocean, for thirsty sinners to drink and live.
It is when a beautiful grain of corn is broken up in the earth by DEATH, that its inner heart sprouts forth and bears hundreds of other grains. And thus, on and on, through all history, and all biography, and all vegetation, and all spiritual life, God must have BROKEN THINGS.
Those who are broken in wealth, and broken in self-will, and broken in their ambitions, and broken in their beautiful ideals, and broken in worldly reputation, and broken in their affections, and broken ofttimes in health; those who are despised and seem utterly forlorn and helpless, the Holy Ghost is seizing upon, and using for God’s glory. "The lame take the prey," Isaiah tells us.
O break my heart; but break it as a field
Is by the plough up-broken for the corn;
O break it as the buds, by green leaf seated,
Are, to unloose the golden blossom, torn;
Love would I offer unto Love’s great Master,
Set free the odor, break the alabaster.
O break my heart; break it victorious God,
That life’s eternal well may flash abroad;
O let it break as when the captive trees,
Breaking cold bonds, regain their liberties;
And as thought’s sacred grove to life is springing,
Be joys, like birds, their hope, Thy victory singing.
-- Thomas Toke Bunch
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