Hebrews

Jerry provides a detailed exploration of Hebrews 5:1-6, drawing connections between the Old Testament priesthood, Melchizedek, and the priesthood of Jesus. He covered various passages from both the Old and New Testaments, emphasizing the uniqueness of Jesus as the eternal High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Here's a summary of the key points you've made: Introduction and Review (Hebrews 4:11-16): Emphasis on entering God's rest and the power of the living Word of God. High Priesthood of Jesus (Hebrews 4:14-16): Jesus as the great High Priest who sympathizes with human weaknesses. Access to the throne of grace through Jesus' death and resurrection. Comparison with Human High Priests (Hebrews 5:1-2): Human high priests appointed to represent men before God. Compassion due to shared human weaknesses. Jesus' Uniqueness as High Priest (Hebrews 2:14-18, 4:15): Jesus shares in human flesh and blood, suffering and temptation. His sacrifice once and for all, in contrast to the repeated sacrifices of human priests. High Priesthood according to the Order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:5-6): Jesus did not glorify Himself but was appointed by God. Reference to Psalm 110:1-7 declaring Jesus as a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek as a Type of Christ (Genesis 14:18-20, Psalm 110:1-7): Melchizedek's meeting with Abram after the battle. Melchizedek as king of righteousness and king of peace. The priesthood of Melchizedek continuing continually, unlike the Levitical priesthood. Comparison with Aaronic Priesthood (Exodus 28:1): Aaronic priesthood from the tribe of Levi, temporary and succeeded by descendants. Jesus' priesthood is eternal and according to the order of Melchizedek. Future Reign of Christ (Isaiah 9:6-7, Revelation 19:11-21): Jesus from the tribe of Judah, the kingly line. The future reign of Christ as depicted in Revelation 19:11-21.

122 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

Hebrews 3:14 – 4:9 Prayer. QUICK FACTS By Harbinger Daily Over 1,300 Israelis (265 soldiers) have been killed, and at least 3,200 are injured. The IDF has notified 120 families of loved ones kidnapped and held hostage in Gaza. Over 6,000 Rockets have been fired by Hamas toward Southern and Central Israel from Gaza, with Lebanon and Syria also firing from the north. Israel has struck over 2,600 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and killed over 1,000 terrorists. Israel notified 1.1 million to evacuate northern Gaza within 24 hours, a deadline which ended at 9 AM (EST) on Oct. 14th. One day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, on Oct. 7th, thousands of Hamas gunmen Invaded southern Israel, kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing Israelis, specifically targeting women, children, and the elderly. On Oct. 8th, the Israel Security Cabinet voted to officially declare war for the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. _____________________________________________ 15 OCT 2023 Please bear with me while I give a brief update concerning WAR IN ISRAEL. [Psalm 2:1-12 NKJV] 1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, [saying], 3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us." 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. 5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: 6 "Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion." 7 "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You [are] My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 Ask of Me, and I will give [You] The nations [for] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.' " 10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish [in] the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all those who put their trust in Him. [Psalm 83:1-8 NKJV] 1 A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more." 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah [Amos 9:11-15 NKJV] 11 "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name," Says the LORD who does this thing. 13 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow [with it]. 14 I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit [them]; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15 I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God. ______________________________________________ The book of Hebrews was written to the Hebrews believers and professing believers in Christ who through persecution had doubts which caused them to either turn back to Judaism or contemplate turning back to Judaism. The author of Hebrews the Holy Spirit [through Paul] wrote the Book Hebrews for believers and professing believers throughout the centuries, the theme throughout scripture warns believers and professing believers. Believers are warned to work out our salvation. [Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV] 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for [His] good pleasure.]. Professing and/or non-believers are warned not to live in unbelief or not to blaspheme the Holy Spirit throughout scripture!!! To put our text in context we will go back to Hebrews 3:7. [Hebrews 3:7-13 NKJV] 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in [their] heart, And they have not known My ways.' 11 So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' " 12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. The question is what was the problem with the 10 spies and the children of Israel from the ages of 20 years and above!!! [Numbers 14:11 NKJV] 11 Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? [Naas = Naw ats] is the Hebrew word for reject or provoke; to spurn [reject with disdain] , contemn, despise, abhor And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them? Aman- the Hebrew word for Believe; to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in [Exodus 13:21-22 NKJV] 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night [from] before the people. Exodus shows us that the LORD was with the children of Israel continually, pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night, as well as the Angel of the LORD, but they still didn’t believe!!! Explain Believers and professing believers are warned throughout scripture. The Old Testament warns us, Jesus warns us, Paul warns us, the Holy Spirit warns us throughout scripture!!! [Psalm 95:6-11 NKJV] 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For He [is] our God, And we [are] the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: 8 "Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As [in] the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. 10 For forty years I was grieved with [that] generation, And said, 'It [is] a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.' 11 So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' " [Romans 15:4 NKJV] 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. [Hebrews 3:14-15 NKJV] 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." I believe once saved only saved. No one can remove you from God’s hand, nor can you jump out of God’s hand. Give example of Belief!!! [Matthew 13:1-23 NKJV] 1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a Sower went out to sow. 4 "And as he sowed, some [seed] fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5 "Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6 "But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. 7 "And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8 "But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" 11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 "For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 "And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. [Their] ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' 16 "But blessed [are] your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 "for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous [men] desired to see what you see, and did not see [it], and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]. 18 "Therefore hear the parable of the Sower: 19 "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand [it], then the wicked [one] comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20 "But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 "yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 "Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 "But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." [Hebrews 3:16-19 NKJV] 16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, [was it] not all who came out of Egypt, [led] by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? [Was it] not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. Seeing and hearing all the miracles they still wouldn’t BELIEVE. They believed in the works of Satan rather than the works of the HOLY SPIRIT!!! CAUSING THEM TO BLASPHEME THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! --- EXPLAIN [Matthew 12:22-37 NKJV] 22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?" 24 Now when the Pharisees heard [it] they said, "This [fellow] does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons." 25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 "And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 "Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad. 31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy [against] the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the [age] to come. 33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by [its] fruit. 34 "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak; they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." [Hebrews 4:1-10 NKJV] 1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard [it]. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: "So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,' " although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh [day] in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; 5 and again in this [place]: "They shall not enter My rest." 6 Since therefore it remains that some [must] enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts." 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God [did] from His. The word rest in Greek Katapausis [kat-ap'-ow-sis] metaph. the heavenly blessedness in which God dwells, and of which He has promised to make persevering believers in Christ partakers after the toils and trials of life on earth are ended [Romans 8:16-17 NKJV] 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with [Him], that we may also be glorified together. [1 Thessalonians 5:6-9 NKJV] 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others [do], but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, Stay Awake [1 Peter 5:8 NKJV] 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Stay Alert [1 John 4:1-4 NKJV] 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Stay Discerning [Hebrews 9:15 NKJV] 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. [1 Peter 1:3-25 NKJV] 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, [being] much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see [Him], yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of [your] souls. 10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace [that would come] to you, 11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into. 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest [your] hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, [as] in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you [is] holy, you also be holy in all [your] conduct, 16 because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." 17 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay [here] in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [like] silver or gold, from your aimless conduct [received] by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because "All flesh [is] as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

STAFF SUNDAY 9-24-23 Staff Sunday' Introductions and prayer... "Therefore"... Heb 2:1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed (prosecho- to hold in mind, pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to; etc. + perissoteros- more superabundantly) Nautical term used when a ship is safely moored to the dock or anchored firmly in the harbor. to the things we have heard Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. , lest we drift away. (pararhueo- to flow by, carelessly pass) another nautical reference, this time of a ship that is NOT moored or anchored properly that just drifts away... Heb 2:2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, Heb 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, Heb 2:4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? AND Heb 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, SEE John 17... Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, "Apostle" = delegate, ambassador, messenger, sent one John 17:18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. "High Priest"... Heb 3:2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. Who appointed Him (Jesus) Who appointed Moses? Whose voice did he hear from the burning bush? Heb 3:3 For this One (Jesus) has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. (optional sidebar...) King Firstborn (Son) High Priest ????? Heb 3:5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, Heb 3:6 but Christ (was faithful) as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. "As a Son" Mat 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. Mat 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." "over His own House" Mat 11:27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Mat 10:25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household! "whose house we are" 1Pe 2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 1Pe 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 1Pe 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1Pe 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 1Pe 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1Pe 2:6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF CORNERSTONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS, AND HE WHO BELIEVES ON HIM WILL BY NO MEANS BE PUT TO SHAME." Heb 3:6 but Christ (was faithful) as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. "the confidence" parrhēsia par-rhay-see'-ah From G3956 and a derivative of G4483; all out spokenness, that is, frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication assurance: - bold (X -ly, -ness, -ness of speech), confidence, X freely, X openly, X plainly (-ness). 1Jn 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. "the rejoicing" kauchēma kow'-khay-mah From G2744; a boast (properly the objective; by implication the act) in a good or bad sense: - boasting, (whereof) to glory (of), glorying, rejoice (-ing). Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Eph 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Eph 2:6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Eph 2:7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Heb 3:6 but Christ (was faithful) as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. "if"- it's conditional. But what is the evidence that one holds fast the "plainly spoken word", and the boasting in Christ to the end? They do not depart! 1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. 1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Acts 1:25... Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, Heb 3:2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. Heb 3:3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. Heb 3:5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, Heb 3:6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Pastor Martin shares on Hebrews 3 Main Points: #### Hebrews 2:1-4 - Emphasizes the need to pay earnest heed to what has been heard. - Uses nautical metaphors to illustrate the dangers of drifting away. - Highlights the consequences of neglecting salvation. #### Hebrews 2:11 - Stresses the unity between the one who sanctifies (Jesus) and those being sanctified. - Refers to John 17 as a supporting scripture. #### Hebrews 3:1-6 - Urges believers to consider Jesus as both Apostle and High Priest. - Compares Jesus' faithfulness with that of Moses. - Describes believers as part of the house of Christ if they hold fast to confidence and hope. #### Additional Points: - Explores the significance of Jesus being appointed by God, contrasting with Moses. - Highlights Jesus' superiority over Moses, being worthy of more glory. - Raises questions about the roles of King, Firstborn, and High Priest, leaving them open for contemplation. - Connects believers as a spiritual house, drawing from 1 Peter 2. - Explores the conditional nature of faithfulness, drawing from 1 John. - Emphasizes the importance of not departing from the faith, drawing from various verses. ### Supporting Verses: - Draws from Matthew 3:16-17, 10:25, and 11:27 to emphasize Jesus as the Son and the one to whom God has given all things. - References Ephesians 2:4-10 to underscore the role of grace in salvation. - Quotes 1 John 5:13 for assurance of eternal life through faith in the Son of God. - Refers to Acts 1:25 concerning the replacement of Judas Iscariot. ### Overall Message: The central theme revolves around the need for believers to anchor themselves in the teachings of Christ, holding fast to confidence and hope. The conditional nature of faithfulness and the consequences of neglecting salvation are key points. The script encourages reflection on the roles of Jesus, Moses, and the believers as part of the spiritual house. The importance of not departing from the faith and remaining in fellowship is underscored using biblical references.

Chapter 2, Part 4 - Martin 9-17-23 Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little (while) lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. While it's true that Jesus, while here on Earth, was self-limited in His power according to the will of the Father so that He could live a life of obedience and righteousness in the same manner that we can, which is by the power of the Holy Spirit in faith, and was therefore a "little lower than the angels", He was still the commander of the hosts (armies) of heaven that met Joshua outside Jericho in Joshua Chapter 5; Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?" Jos 5:14 So He said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What does my Lord say to His servant?" Jos 5:15 Then the Commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. The Angel of the Lord (Pre-incarnate Jesus Christ), the Commander of the Lord's armies, demanded Joshua worship Him. Here's a few comments from Jesus concerning His relationship with the angels: Mat_13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, Mat_16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Mat_24:31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat_25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. Mat_25:41 "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: Mar_8:38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." Mar_13:27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven. Luk_4:10 For it is written: 'HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU, TO KEEP YOU,' Luk_9:26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels. 2Th 1:6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 2Th_1:7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 2Th 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus was for a little while, a little lower than the angels, but make no mistake about His position: Mat 26:52 But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Mat 26:53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? Mat 26:54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?" Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little (while) lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Jesus had to be a little lower than the angels or else He could not have suffered death! (God cannot suffer death, Angels cannot suffer death...) Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little (while) lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. pas Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole: - all (manner of, means) alway (-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no (-thing), X throughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever. Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little (while) lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Heb 2:10 For (gar- inasmuch as, "because") it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. It was "fitting"- (prepo- to tower up or be conspicuous) appropriate, in keeping with His very nature - On display! For Him for whom are all things and by whom are all things- In the process of bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain (chief leader, originator, prince, author) of their salvation perfect (complete) through sufferings. Jesus was perfect, sinless, and lacked nothing in regards to His deity and equality in the Godhead. What He learned, and what He became complete in, is obedience, faith, and suffering in order to be our Savior and High Priest! Heb 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Matt 28, John 20...) Heb 2:12 saying: "I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN; IN THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY I WILL SING PRAISE TO YOU." Psalms 22:22 Heb 2:13 And again: "I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM." And again: "HERE AM I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME." 2 Sam 22:3, Is 8:17-18 Heb 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, Heb 2:15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 1Co 15:45 And so it is written, "THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 1Co 15:46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 1Co 15:47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 1Co 15:48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. 1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY." 1Co 15:55 "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING? O HADES, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY?" 1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Heb 2:16 For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Heb 2:17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Heb 2:18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. Heb 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Heb 2:11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, Sanctifies/sanctified = hagiazō hag-ee-ad'-zo From G40; to make holy, that is, (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate: - hallow, be holy, sanctify. Exactly when does a believer in Christ become officially "sanctified" according to the strictest sense of the word? 2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Is that it? Is sanctification a one-time event? A two time event? Rom 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Gal 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, Gal 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, Gal 5:21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Gal 5:24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Gal 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Hebrews Chapter 2, Part 4 Pastor Martin Saine In Hebrews 2:9, we are reminded that although Jesus, during His earthly life, was made a little lower than the angels in terms of His self-limitation in power, He remained the Commander of the heavenly armies. This is evident from the account in Joshua 5, where the Commander of the Lord's army appeared to Joshua and received worship. Additionally, Jesus Himself spoke about His relationship with the angels in various passages, emphasizing His authority and their role in His work. It was necessary for Jesus to be temporarily lower than the angels so that He could experience suffering and death on our behalf. This allowed Him to fulfill His role as our Savior. Jesus had to be capable of death, something God and angels cannot experience. This highlights the uniqueness of Jesus' incarnation and His mission to save humanity. Hebrews 2:10 further emphasizes the appropriateness of this arrangement. Jesus, through His suffering and obedience, was made complete in His role as our Savior and High Priest. While Jesus was perfect in His deity and equality with God, He needed to experience obedience, faith, and suffering in order to fulfill His role as our Savior. Hebrews 2:11-13 highlight the profound relationship between Jesus and believers. He sanctifies us and calls us brethren. This is in line with what Jesus Himself said in Matthew 28 and John 20 about His relationship with His followers. The passages also quote Old Testament verses that underscore the unity and trust between Jesus and His people. In Hebrews 2:14-18, the focus shifts to the purpose of Jesus' incarnation. He took on flesh and blood to destroy the power of death and the devil. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus released those who were in bondage to the fear of death. This passage draws a parallel between the first Adam and the last Adam (Jesus), emphasizing the victory over sin and death that Christ achieved. The concept of sanctification is explored, pointing out that it is an ongoing process. While believers are initially sanctified in Christ, they are also called to walk in the Spirit and crucify the flesh, as described in Galatians 5. Sanctification involves being conformed to the image of Christ and living according to the Spirit rather than the flesh. Overall, Hebrews 2:9-18 highlights the uniqueness of Jesus' incarnation, His role as our Savior and High Priest, and the ongoing process of sanctification for believers as they follow in His footsteps.

Hebrews Chapter 2 - Part 3 Jerry Mongello In Review: [Hebrews 2:1-3 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him], Warns us not to drift away. Warns us not to neglect so great of salvation, because if the law/word spoken by angels proved steadfast, how much more from the mouth Jesus!!! [Hebrews 2:4 NKJV] 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? God authenticates His word through signs, wonders, miracles and through the gifts of the Holy Spirit!!! Today we continue in Hebrews 2:5 thru 10, we’ll read the five verses then go back to break it down. [Hebrews 2:5-10 NKJV] 5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. [Hebrews 2:5-7 NKJV] 5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. The author draw us to Psalm 8 [Psalm 8:3-6 NKJV] 3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all [things] under his feet, Psalm 8 is as much a prophecy as a statement of fact. When we read God’s word as a whole, we know that God is outside of time, and before He perfectly created Adam and Eve, He knew they would fall. The author draws us to Genesis 1 giving dominion over the world. [Genesis 1:23-31 NKJV] 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, [each] according to its kind"; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good. 26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His [own] image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb [that] yields seed which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 "Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for food"; and it was so. 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed [it was] very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. God gives all dominion to man!!! We know the rest of the story; in Genesis 3, Adam disobeys God and eats the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Turning over the dominion of the earth to Satan, the god [ little g] of this age/the prince of the power of the air. How is Psalm 8 prophetic? It is prophetic because God planned the means of our redemption and reconciliation to Him before He created the world and us. [Revelation 13:8 NKJV] 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. [Revelation 5:9 NKJV] 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, [1 Peter 1:19-20 NKJV] 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you [Ephesians 1:3-7 NKJV] 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace In verses 5 through 7, the author brings us back to Hebrews chapter one, demonstrating Christ's superiority, dominance, and preeminence over the angels. [Hebrews 1:5-13 NKJV] 5 For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"? 6 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him." 7 And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire." 8 But to the Son [He says]: "Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions." 10 And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 11 They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment; 12 Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail." 13 But to which of the angels has He ever said: "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"? [Hebrews 2:8 NKJV] 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. [Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV] 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age." Amen. [Hebrews 2:9 NKJV] 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. [Galatians 3:13 NKJV] 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree"), [Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NKJV] [Hebrews 12:2 NKJV] 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Jesus expounds and interprets scripture concerning the requirement of His suffering. [Luke 24:17-27 NKJV] 17 And He said to them, "What kind of conversation [is] this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?" 18 Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?" 19 And He said to them, "What things?" So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 "and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. 21 "But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. 22 "Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. 23 "When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. 24 "And certain of those [who were] with us went to the tomb and found [it] just as the women had said; but Him they did not see." 25 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 "Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?" 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. [Hebrews 2:10 NKJV] 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. [Hebrews 5:8-9 NKJV] 8 though He was a Son, [yet] He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, [Rom 8:11-39 NKJV] 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with [Him], that we may also be glorified together. 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected [it] in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only [that], but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for [it] with perseverance. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit [is], because He makes intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God who justifies. 34 Who [is] he who condemns? [It is] Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [Shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [1 Corinthians 15:20-28 NKJV] 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, [and] has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man [came] death, by Man also [came] the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those [who are] Christ's at His coming. 24 Then [comes] the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy [that] will be destroyed [is] death. 27 For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under [Him]," [it is] evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. Our victory is in Christ!!! [1 Corinthians 15:50-58 NKJV] 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O Death, where [is] your sting? O Hades, where [is] your victory?" 56 The sting of death [is] sin, and the strength of sin [is] the law. 57 But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

In Hebrews 2:5-10, the author continues to emphasize the superiority of Jesus over the angels and delves into the significance of Christ's suffering and redemption: [Hebrews 2:5-7 NKJV] 5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. Here, the author references Psalm 8, highlighting the fact that God has crowned humanity with glory and honor, giving them dominion over the works of His hands. However, the full realization of this dominion has not yet been seen. The author draws a connection between Psalm 8 and Genesis 1, where God gave humanity dominion over the earth. Yet, due to Adam's disobedience, dominion was handed over to Satan. This demonstrates that Psalm 8 is prophetic because it foreshadows God's plan of redemption through Jesus. [Hebrews 2:9 NKJV] 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. This verse emphasizes that Jesus, though initially made lower than the angels, was crowned with glory and honor through His suffering and death. His sacrifice was for the purpose of providing salvation for all. [Hebrews 2:10 NKJV] 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Here, the author explains that it was fitting for Jesus, the source and sustainer of all things, to undergo suffering in order to bring many to glory. Through His suffering, Jesus became the captain of our salvation and perfected the path to salvation. These verses underscore the central theme of Christ's supremacy and His role as the redeemer of humanity. Through His suffering and sacrifice, Jesus fulfills the prophetic elements found in Psalm 8 and Genesis 1, bringing about the ultimate victory and redemption for believers. This victory is further elaborated upon in other passages you referenced, such as Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 15, and Revelation, highlighting the certainty of victory and the unbreakable love of God through Christ.

Hebrews Chapter 2 part 2 Prayer. Last week we studied God establishing/authenticating Jesus as the Son of God by drawing us back to chapter 1:1-3. Clearly scripture authenticates that Jesus is God in the old and new testaments. In chapter 2 verses 1 thru 3 gave us an sincere and sober warning to heed the voice of the Son of God, lest we drift away. [Hebrews 2:1-3 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. [We clarified that for a born again believer doesn’t mean the loss of salvation, but it does mean loss of rewards. We weaken the Church of Jesus the Christ. Drifting away causes the Church to forgo and/or abandon Holy living, which causes our light to go out or grow dim, and our salt to lose its saltiness, its ability to preserve and become like the culture of the world!!! Satan doesn’t close Churches, he steals them and makes the church in the image of the world, in his perverse image!!!] 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, [the Greek word is KYRIOS it means Master the one who has control and having authority!!!] The title is given to: God, the Messiah and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him], In other words if the things the angels repeated from God were unwavering and resulted in consequences for disobedience how much more from the mouth of the Creator of all things!!! Let’s look again at who Jesus is. [Genesis 1:1 NKJV] 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [John 1:1-5 NKJV] 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. [Isaiah 40:10-31 NKJV] 10 Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong [hand], And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward [is] with Him, And His work before Him. 11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd [Deuteronomy 8:3]; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry [them] in His bosom, [And] gently lead those who are with young. Continuing in Hebrews 2:4 [Hebrews 2:4 NKJV] 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? We will see that Jesus doesn’t leave us powerless to speak, to preach, to witness, to testify and to spread the Gospel of the Kingdom of God the Father and the Son of God Christ Jesus. Jesus doesn’t leave us gift-less. We have seen the gifts of the Spirit at work in our congregation. We have seen people healed from cancer, tumors, pancreatitis, etc. One day we will all receive the Ultimate healing of a resurrected body. [John 14:15-18 NKJV] 15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- 17 "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. I don’t want us to miss the point. That God gives these gifts to confirm and authenticate the Gospel of God. [Mark 16:19-20 NKJV] 19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with [them] and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. Let us look at some of these Holy Spirit signs and wonders done through Jesus and done by the Apostles through the power of God!!! [Acts 2:14-39 NKJV] 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. 15 "For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is [only] the third hour of the day. 16 "But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. 18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass [That] whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.' 22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know-- 23 "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 "whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 "For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' [Psalm 16:8-11] 29 "Men [and] brethren, let [me] speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."[Psalm 110] ' 36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." 37 Now when they heard [this], they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." [Acts 3:1-26 NKJV] 1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth [hour]. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us." 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted [him] up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. 12 So when Peter saw [it], he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? 13 "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [Him] go. 14 "But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 "and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. 16 "And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which [comes] through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 17 "Yet now, brethren, I know that you did [it] in ignorance, as [did] also your rulers. 18 "But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 "and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 "whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. 22 "For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. 23 'And it shall be [that] every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' 24 "Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. 25 "You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' 26 "To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one [of you] from your iniquities." Now let’s look at signs and wonders done by God the Father and God the Son. [Matthew 3:13-17 NKJV] 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John [tried to] prevent Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?" 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit [it to be so] now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him. 16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice [came] from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." [Matthew 17:5 NKJV] 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" [John 2:1-8 NKJV] 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." 4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do [it]." 6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, "Draw [some] out now, and take [it] to the master of the feast." And they took [it]. [John 9:1-41 NKJV] 1 Now as [Jesus] passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 "I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; [the] night is coming when no one can work. 5 "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. 8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?" 9 Some said, "This is he." Others [said], "He is like him." He said, "I am [he]." 10 Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?" 11 He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and I received sight." 12 Then they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know." 13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17 They said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20 His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 "but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself." 22 His parents said these [things] because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed [that] He [was] Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, "Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner." 25 He answered and said, "Whether He is a sinner [or not] I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see." 26 Then they said to him again, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?" 27 He answered them, "I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear [it] again? Do you also want to become His disciples?" 28 Then they reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are Moses' disciples. 29 "We know that God spoke to Moses; [as for] this [fellow], we do not know where He is from." 30 The man answered and said to them, "Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 "Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 "Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 "If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing." 34 They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?" 36 He answered and said, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" 37 And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you." 38 Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him. 39 And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind." 40 Then [some] of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains. The gifts of God are explained in these verses. [1 Corinthians 12:1-11 NKJV] 1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. 4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit [of all]: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another [different] kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in each believer. Dwells in you, dwells in me. [Romans 8:11 NKJV] 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Hebrews Chapter 2, Part 1 Prayer. Introduction to Chapter 2 This chapter, as well as throughout the Book of Hebrews, is the revelation from God concerning Jesus that God’s theme is repeated throughout the chapters of a book concerning the supremacy of Christ, the sufficiency of Christ Jesus for salvation, faith, hardening of the heart (becoming Dull of Hearing) and spirituality immaturity being carried away by popular opinion and fear of persecution for their faith in Christ Jesus, instead of holding fast to the word of God. This chapter 2 starts with the warning and exhortation regarding neglecting our salvation, using the disobedience of Hebrews as an example. Who ended up wandering the desert for 40 years because of their lack of faith and unbelief. Until they die in the desert, unable to enter God’s rest in the land of promise!!! [Hebrews 2:1-4 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him], 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? First, whenever we see [Hebrews 2:1 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. The question is why is the author warning us to give more earnest heed. In other words more serious and zealous attention to the word to the Gospel. The author first establishes who God is claiming the Son of God is by drawing us back to chapter 1 with “Therefore” giving us the reason to why we must earnestly obey. [Hebrews 1:1-3 NKJV] 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of [His] glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Scripture clearly establishes who Jesus is in the old and new testaments as God. Remember in Exodus 3, Moses tending to the sheep, when he sees the burning bush. When the Angel of the LORD appears in a burning bush. Moses not only heard God’s voice; he saw God the pre-incarnate Christ. [Exodus 3:2 NKJV] 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush [was] not consumed. Next [Exodus 3:5 NKJV] 5 Then He said, "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand [is] holy ground." Moses takes off his sandals and bows down to worship the Pre-Incarnate Jesus. Moses asked God who shall I say sent me? [Exodus 3:14 NKJV] 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' " I Am in Hebrew is Haya & in Greek is Ego Eimi [John 8:52-59 NKJV] 52 Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.' 53 "Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?" 54 Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. 55 "Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw [it] and was glad." 57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." 59 Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. The importance of this statement is that Jesus was invoking and claiming to be Yehova/ Yahweh and the Jewish leaders understood that was claiming to be God!!! There are seven other times Jesus uses the I AM 1st, [John 6:35 NKJV] 35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 2nd, John 8:12 I am the light of the world, 3rd, John 10:7 I am the door of the sheep, 4th, John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep., 5th, [John 11:25-26 NKJV] 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?", 6th, [John 14:6 NKJV] 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. & 7th, [John 15:1 NKJV] 1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. After Paul draws us back to see who Jesus is [God], he warns us not to drift away and to heed the word of God/Jesus. First establishing the word of Christ is the word of God. What is meant by drifting away? For Christian/Believers it doesn’t mean losing our salvation. It will probably cause a loss of rewards. It causes new believers to remain immature and mature believers to fall into spiritual sluggishness. Then being carried away by the worldly culture, Philosophy and popular opinion. [Colossians 2:1-10 NKJV] 1 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and [attaining] to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your [good] order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. [1 Corinthians 1:19-23 NKJV] 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20 Where [is] the wise? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, Jesus called us the Church to be salt and light!!! I am afraid that the “Church” in America has drifted away. The “Church” has become more interested in filling the set, rather than fulfilling the great commission. Being Salt and Light does not mean the Church stand by when; Prayer out of schools, no fault divorce, abortion, same sex-marriage, Etc. Most importantly salt and light does not stand by when the word of God is taken out of the Church!!! [Amos 8:11 NKJV] 11 "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD. [Revelation 3:14-22 NKJV] 14 "And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, 'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: 15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 16 "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 "Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked-- 18 "I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see. 19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 "To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ' " [Romans 1:16-17 NKJV] 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." [Hebrews 2:2-3 NKJV] 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him], Paul is describing the event that took place in the wilderness when God instructed Moses to send out twelve spies to search out the land of Canaan Number 13. This is the LORD’s response. [Number 14:11-12 NKJV] 11 Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them? 12 "I will strike them with pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make you a nation greater and mightier than they." I believe some who die in the wilderness will not be in heaven, because they never believed in God. Explain I also believe there are some in the so-called “Church” who profess to believe, but don’t believe because the word is not being preached. We are called to work out our salvation from the inside out. [Philippians 2:5-16 NKJV] 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, [and] coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to [the point of] death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for [His] good pleasure. 14 Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. [Titus 2:11-15 NKJV] 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself [His] own special people, zealous for good works. 15 Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. [1 Corinthians 15:1-8 NKJV] 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 The last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

In chapter 2 verses 1 thru 3 gave us an sincere and sober warning to heed the voice of the Son of God, lest we drift away. [Hebrews 2:1-3 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. [We clarified that for a born again believer doesn’t mean the loss of salvation, but it does mean loss of rewards. We weaken the Church of Jesus the Christ. Drifting away causes the Church to forgo and/or abandon Holy living, which causes our light to go out or grow dim, and our salt to lose its saltiness, its ability to preserve and become like the culture of the world!!! Satan doesn’t close Churches, he steals them and makes the church in the image of the world, in his perverse image!!!] 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, [the Greek word is KYRIOS it means Master the one who has control and having authority!!!] The title is given to: God, the Messiah and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him]. In other words if the things the angels repeated from God were unwavering and resulted in consequences for disobedience how much more from the mouth of the Creator of all things!!! Let’s look again at who Jesus is. [Genesis 1:1 NKJV] 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [John 1:1-5 NKJV] 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. [Isaiah 40:10-31 NKJV] 10 Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong [hand], And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward [is] with Him, And His work before Him. 11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd [Deuteronomy 8:3]; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry [them] in His bosom, [And] gently lead those who are with young. Continuing in Hebrews 2:4 [Hebrews 2:4 NKJV] 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? Now let’s look at signs and wonders done by God the Father and God the Son. [Matthew 3:13-17 NKJV] "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in each believer. Dwells in you, dwells in me. [Romans 8:11 NKJV] 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Introduction to Chapter 2 This chapter, as well as throughout the Book of Hebrews, is the revelation from God concerning Jesus that God’s theme is repeated throughout the chapters of a book concerning the supremacy of Christ, the sufficiency of Christ Jesus for salvation, faith, hardening of the heart (becoming Dull of Hearing) and spirituality immaturity being carried away by popular opinion and fear of persecution for their faith in Christ Jesus, instead of holding fast to the word of God. This chapter 2 starts with the warning and exhortation regarding neglecting our salvation, using the disobedience of Hebrews as an example. Who ended up wandering the desert for 40 years because of their lack of faith and unbelief. Until they die in the desert, unable to enter God’s rest in the land of promise!!! [Hebrews 2:1-4 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard [Him], 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? [Hebrews 2:1 NKJV] 1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. The question is why is the author warning us to give more earnest heed. In other words more serious and zealous attention to the word to the Gospel. The author first establishes who God is claiming the Son of God is by drawing us back to chapter 1 with “Therefore” giving us the reason to why we must earnestly obey. [Hebrews 1:1-3 NKJV] 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of [His] glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Scripture clearly establishes who Jesus is in the old and new testaments as God. Remember in Exodus 3, Moses tending to the sheep, when he sees the burning bush. When the Angel of the LORD appears in a burning bush. Moses not only heard God’s voice; he saw God the pre-incarnate Christ. [Exodus 3:2 NKJV] 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush [was] not consumed. Next [Exodus 3:5 NKJV] 5 Then He said, "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand [is] holy ground." Moses takes off his sandals and bows down to worship the Pre-Incarnate Jesus. Moses asked God who shall I say sent me? [Exodus 3:14 NKJV] 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' " I Am in Hebrew is Haya & in Greek is Ego Eimi [John 8:54-59 NKJV] Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. 55 "Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw [it] and was glad." 57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." 59 Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. The importance of this statement is that Jesus was invoking and claiming to be Yehova/ Yahweh and the Jewish leaders understood that was claiming to be God!!! There are seven other times Jesus uses the I AM 1st, [John 6:35 NKJV] 35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 2nd, John 8:12 I am the light of the world, 3rd, John 10:7 I am the door of the sheep, 4th, John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep., 5th, [John 11:25-26 NKJV] 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?", 6th, [John 14:6 NKJV] 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. & 7th, [John 15:1 NKJV] 1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

Jesus Christ: So much better than the angels. In Hebrews 1:1-3 the work of Jesus is contrasedt to that of the prophets. The remainder of Chapter 1 contrasts Jesus as being greater (far superior) than the Angels! Heb 1:4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Scriptural Perspective of Angels: (Jewish Perspective) Place of Reverence: Acts 7:53 (Law given by dispension of Angels) Act 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, Act 7:53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it." Galatians 3:19 Gal 3:19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Deut 33:1-2 Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them. Psalm 68:17 Psa 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. Angels are exceedingly powerful 2 Angels destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah while The Angel of the Lord delivered Lot and his family in Genesis 19. One Angel destroyed 185,000 Assyrians in one evening in 2 Kings 19:35. One Angel destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, both man and beast at the Passover in Exodus 12. One angel killed 75,000 in one day when David numbered the people in direct defiance of God's commandment in 2Sam 24. They excel in strength: Psalms 103:17-22 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure. Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Angels are NOT to be messed with!!!! Angels are physical beings (Spiritual does not mean without form or substance) In Genesis 19 they were physical, so much so that the wicked men of Sodom wanted to "know" them! Notice they were NOT sexless! See 2 Kings 6:8-23 Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place." And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there." Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?" And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." And it was told to him, saying, "Surely he is in Dothan." Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?" So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, "Strike this people, I pray, with blindness." And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. Now Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." But he led them to Samaria. So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria! Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" But he answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." Then he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel. Angels interact with man (both for and against) at God's command See Daniel 6:20-22 Daniel 9:20-23, Daniel 10:8- 21 Job 1:6-12 2Cor 11:14 - Angel of light... SEE Zechariah 3... 3 Angels are known by name Lucifer (Satan) Isaiah 14:12-14 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' Gabriel- Messianic Messenger Daniel 8:6, 9:21 Luke 1:19, 1:26 Michael Daniel 10:13, 21, 12:1 Jude 1:9 Rev 12:7 Angels are warring creatures: 2 Kings 6 Jude 1:9 Revelation 12:7 4th Angel known by title: The Angel of the Covenant/ The Angel of the Lord Exodus 3:1-6 Exo 3:1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Exo 3:2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Exo 3:3 Then Moses said, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn." Exo 3:4 So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." Exo 3:5 Then He said, "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground." Exo 3:6 Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. Judges 2:1 Because the people didn't drive out all the inhabitants of the land as directed.... Jdg 2:1 Then the Angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: "I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you. Jdg 2:2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.' But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this? Jdg 2:3 Therefore I also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.' " Jdg 2:4 So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept. Exodus 23:20-23 Exo 23:20 "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. Exo 23:22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Exo 23:23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. Exo 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars. Exo 23:25 "So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. Exo 23:26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. Exo 23:27 "I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. Exo 23:28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. Exo 23:29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. Exo 23:30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. Exo 23:31 And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. Exo 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. Exo 23:33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." In Joshua 5 Joshua sees the Angel of the Lord and runs to him, asking Him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?" Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?" Jos 5:14 So He said, "No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, "What does my Lord say to His servant?" Jos 5:15 Then the Commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. He is the Commander of Heaven's armies, and demands to be worshiped. In Numbers 22:23 Balaam's donkey SAW the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with a drawn sword. Daniel 3:22-30 Dan 3:20 And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Dan 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Dan 3:22 Therefore, because the king's command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Dan 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Dan 3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." Dan 3:25 "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." Dan 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here." Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. Dan 3:27 And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. Dan 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! Dan 3:29 Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this." Dan 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon. The Angel of the Lord is Jesus Christ in pre-incarnate form appearing to man. John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. The Angel of the Lord stands in stark contrast to the other angels in the OT, because He is God the Son! He is the messenger of the OT covenant, AND the New Covenant (Malachi 3:1) Angels in General: They are God's Ministers- Psalms 104:4, Heb 1:14 Heaven is their home- Matthew 24:36 Mat 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. They are Holy- Matthew 25:31, Mark 8:38, Luke 9:26, Rev 14:10 They are messengers- Daniel 8:16, 9:21, Luke 1:19, 26 They serve around God's Throne, Rev 5:11 (and are innumerable!) They are CREATED! Isaiah 14:12 and they don't die! In short, the Jewish student, raised on the Scriptures, saw Angels as the pinnacle and most powerful and awesome of God's creation, and with just cause! Some "Do we really know?" questions- just for thought... Are fallen angels and demons the same thing? See Jude 1:6- also 2Cor 5:2 Is that all of them? See Daniel 10.... Will or can fallen angels be forgiven? See Matthew 25:41, Rev 12:9 Mat 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: Rev 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Now, Jesus vs Angels... Heb 1:5 For to which of the angels did He ever say: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33, Heb 5:5 And again: "I WILL BE TO HIM A FATHER, AND HE SHALL BE TO ME A SON"? 2Sam 7:14 Heb 1:6 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world Psalms 89:27, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 9:6 , He says: "LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM." Deut 32:43, Psalms 97:7, 1 Peter 3:22, Rev 5:11-13 Heb 1:7 And of the angels He says: "WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS SPIRITS AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE." Psalms 104:4 Heb 1:8 But to the Son He says (who's talking?): "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER; A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM. Heb 1:9 YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS MORE THAN YOUR COMPANIONS." Psalms 45:6-7, Isaiah 61:1-3 Heb 1:10 And: "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS. Psalms 102:25-27 Heb 1:11 THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN; AND THEY WILL ALL GROW OLD LIKE A GARMENT; Heb 1:12 LIKE A CLOAK YOU WILL FOLD THEM UP, AND THEY WILL BE CHANGED. BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT FAIL." Isaiah 34:4, 50:9, 51:6 Heb 8:13 Heb 1:13 But to which of the angels has He ever said: "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL"? Psalms 110:1, Matthew 22:24, Heb 1:3 Do we ever see angels sitting in Scripture? Once! Where? (Matthew 28:2- Does not include Judges 6:11 for obvious reasons...) Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? Psalms 103:20, Daniel 7:10, Romans 8:17 Angels are ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation, while Jesus is the one who paid the ultimate price and purchased salvation for man. As awesome as angels are, they bow at the feet of the Lord Jesus Christ!

Continuing Hebrews.. As we discussed in our introduction, the author of Hebrews is a Hebrew of Hebrews and is speaking primarily to Christian Jews, who were educated in Judaism, bathed in Old Testament Scripture, and particularly Levitical, writings, the ordinances, the rituals, and the requirements of the Law, the Temple, the Priesthood, and the sacrifices. They were not new, but had been in the faith long enough to be mature (Chapter 5:11-12) Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. and had suffered immense persecution (Chapter 10:32-33) Heb 10:32 But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: Heb 10:33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; Hebrews is considered the "New Testament Leviticus" and for good reason. This book uniquely unfolds Christ's Royal Priesthood, and contrasts His office to that of the Aaronic priesthood, and sets forth the superiority of Christ's ministry above all things. Seven Major Ideas of the Book 1) It advocates that the Jewish reader leave the shadows (similitudes) behind and exchange them for the substance. 2) The writer argues that the things which make up Judaism were instituted as a foreshadowing of things to come. They were just shadows of things to come, and that which they were foreshadowing has now come. So exchange the shadows for the substance. 3) It suggests exchanging the types, or models, that were prefigured, for the reality, now that the reality is here. 4) It suggests an exchange of the good things of Judaism for the better things of Christ. It constantly makes that kind of idea, and the word “better” is one of the key words throughout the book. It is not disparaging the past; it is building upon it, or superseding it in a sense. 5) It suggests the incompleteness of the Law versus the perfection of the New Covenant. 6) It exchanges the cardinal ordinances that had a temporary purpose with eternal, spiritual truths that had a complete revelation. It contrasts the earthly sanctuary and temporary passing ceremonies with abiding realities that are eternal. 7) It contrasts the conditional promises of the past with the unconditional promises of the New Covenant. Although primarily written to Jewish believers (Hebrews) it is applicable to ALL believers! (He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches...) Last week we began reading vs 1-2 What we didn't discuss, is that the first 3 verses give a sweeping summary of the entire book! Heb 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Last week we discussed how this book is full of comparisons. The first comparison is the comparison of the prophets to His Son. The prophets all ministered in part, as the Lord gave them utterance. None of them were self-sufficient. None knew the entire counsel of God. All were sinful men, keenly aware of their need for salvation. 1 Peter 1:10-12 confirms that the prophets did not write from a position of complete understanding, but from Divine inspiration. The prophets were fragmented, each getting a part, but not the whole, and were empowered by the Holy Spirit intermittantly! By comparison, the Son came complete! He did not prophesy in part, He spoke from a position of complete understanding. The Spirit was not with Him intermittantly, or partially, but completely and fully! He did not come to discuss bits and pieces of God's Word- HE IS GOD'S WORD! The prophets gave bits of information which all pointed to one singularity: THE GLORIOUS PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. Disneyland metaphor... Another distinctive of Hebrews is that it quotes a tremendous amount of Scripture. It's not alone in that, but what makes it unique is that all quoted Scripture is credited to God, and not whichever writer He chose to put pen to paper. In so many NT places the Spirit says things like "to fulfill the work spoken by the prophet...." but not in Hebrews. That should get our attention! Different books have different emphases; Matthew portrays Jesus as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Messiah of Israel. Mark portrays Jesus as the Suffering Servant who would die for the sins of mankind. Luke portrays Jesus as the Son of Man, the substitutionary sacrifice. John portrays Jesus as the Son of God, perfect in all His ways, timeless, sinless, The King of Kings and Lord of Lords who will judge the living and the dead. Matthew- The Grand Entrance! Mark- The Great Work. Luke- The Last Adam! John- The Eternal King! What makes Hebrews unique? Leviticus is the Holy of Holies of the OT. Hebrews is the Leviticus of the NT, making it the Holy of Holies of the New Covenant. Nothing contained in the New Covenant is man-made, man-performed, man-directed, or man supervised! Jesus is shown here in the singular role that He, and ONLY He occupies- The Propitiation for our sin. Heb 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Amo 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Psalms 2... Col 1:13-20 Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, Col 1:14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. Col 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. Col 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, Col 1:20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Dan 7:13-14 Dan 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Dan 7:14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. Matthew 28:18 Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mat 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 21:23-46 Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; "Worlds"- aion- perpetuity...."time worlds" John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:2 He was in the beginning with God. John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, who being the "brightness"- apaugasma- an off flash, effulgence- SEE: John 1:3-14 The true Light John 8:12-20- Light of the World Shown literally at the Transfiguration: Matthew 16:27-17:8 Mark 9:1-8 Luke 9:26-36 2 Peter 1:16-18 references this... 2Pe 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 2Pe 1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 2Pe 1:18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 2Pe 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, G5481 χαρακτήρ charaktēr khar-ak-tar' From the same as G5482; a graver (the tool or the person), that is, (by implication) engraving ([“character”], the figure stamped, that is, an exact copy or [figuratively] representation): - express image. of His "person" G5287 ὑπόστασις hupostasis hoop-os'-tas-is From a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support), that is, (figuratively) concretely essence, or abstractly assurance (objectively or subjectively): - confidence, confident, person, substance. Jesus said to Phillip “If you have seen me you have seen the Father". Jesus is not a copy or an imitator of the Father, He is the express essence of the Father. Nor does He simply reflect the glory of God the Father- HE IS glory itself from before time began! See John 17:5 & 24 Glory is ascribed in Scriptures to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; Mat_16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Luk_9:26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels. 1Pe_4:14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. Jesus IS God, and as such, His glory is eternal. We'll build on this a bit when we get to verse 4 and beyond... Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Luk 10:22 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." Acts 17:28 Act 17:28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. Col 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. Not just keeping all things together, but orchestrating and guiding all things towards the end outcome God has ordained. NOT PASSIVE! Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, "When He had, by Himself purged our sins.." Act 4:10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. Act 4:11 This is the 'STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED BY YOU BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.' Act 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." "purged our sins..." SEE John 1:29 John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Position of Power, Position of Authority, Position of Subordination, Position of Rest, Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord,"Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." Mat 20:20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. Mat 20:21 And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom." Mat 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able." Mat 20:23 So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father." 1Pe 3:21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1Pe 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. See Romans 8:34 1Co 15:26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 1Co 15:27 For "HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is accepted. 1Co 15:28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. Microcosm of the entire plan of creation and salvation: Heb 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Heb 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, David as a similitude...

Hebrews Welcome to the Epistle to the Hebrews. What truly is prophecy? Rev 19:10 "the testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy..." See Hosea 12:10... Trilogy based on Habakkuk 2:4 "The just shall live by faith...." Romans; Who and what are the just? Galatians; How do the "just" live? Hebrews; What exactly is faith? Date of writing: 67-69 A.D. Timothy had been released from prison (13:23) but temple worship was still going on (see 5:1-4) so it was before 70 A.D. when the temple was destroyed by Titus Vespesian. Focus group: Hebrews! Jews. 3 distinct groups of Jews are going to be addressed in this book. 1) Those who had believed in Jesus as Lord and Savior- Saved Jews. 2) Those who had acknowledged the Gospel intellectually, but not embraced the doctrine of Salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ. They knew with the head, but had not made the commitment to Him in faith. (returned to the old ways of The Law) 3) Those who had heard about the Gospel, were interested, but had made no commitment yet. Understanding Hebrews requires a working understanding of the Levitical Priesthood. We'll be doing some OT research into this along the way. Much time is spent in this Epistle comparing the Old Covenant with the New, and there are some dramatic differences! Temporary vs Eternal Limited vs Unlimited Conditional vs Unconditional Temporal i/e. stand-in priest vs Eternal Priest We'll also see a great deal of discussion about angels. Relevant to the historical background, the Jewish believers were coming under a great deal of persecution from the Jewish community and many of them had begun to distance themselves from the deity of Jesus to avoid this persecution. The Jewish community in Qumran had even begun teaching the superiority of Angels over Jesus, going so far as to say that Michael was superior to Messiah. It's quite possible this aberrant teaching is in mind as the writer sets forth, in GREAT detail, the superiority of Jesus over EVERY created thing. Speaking of the author, he is not identified. There has been much controversy over the years as to who the writer was. Paul, Apollos, and Luke are the primary candidates, but no one can say for certain. "Author Unknown" is not an accident... Content is the key issue. Read vs 1-3… Heb 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, Starts out "God".... Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Remember Hosea 12:10; Hos 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, And have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets." Similitudes: Adam- 1Cor 15:42-50 First Adam was morally neutral. Not indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Second Adam was NOT neutral! "For in Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily" - Col 2:9 Jesus LEARNED obedience through the things that He suffered- Heb 5:8 The Flood had THREE groups of people! Enoch- walked with God, could not be found for God took him! Noah- Built an Ark according to the instructions of God. Jesus IS our ark! His body was built by God, His faithfulness in fulfilling all things prepared the way, His sacrifice paid for the ticket granting admission to the ark, and His resurrection assured that All who call on His name shall be saved! The rest perished in the flood. Abraham- Sacrificed his only son, whom he loved, on Mt. Moriah... Gen 22 David- Had the opportunity to short cut God's plan by killing Saul, but didn't. 1Sam 22 and 24 Hosea- Heb 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; "Last days"- eschatos hemera- Historically, the Jews considered the last days to be when the Messiah would come. (Numbers 24, Jeremiah 33, Micah 5, Zechariah 9) SEE Acts 2:16-18 Isaiah 44:1-3 Joel 2:28-29 Zechariah 12:10 When did the "Last Days" begin? Luke 1:11-20, 1:39-41 "Spoken to us by His Son...." John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. The "Last Days" began when Elizabeth stepped into Jesus's presence, Jesus being in Mary's womb, and John, being in Elizabeth's womb, was filled with the Spirit, as was Elizabeth. The Last Days have lasted 2000 years so far! However, the Last Days has a number of time periods within the whole: Jesus' earthly ministry Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection Jesus' physical witness AFTER the resurrection Birth of the Church- Acts 2: Dawning of the Church Age Completion of the Church Age- Jesus returns for His Bride, Fullness of the Gentiles has come in… Seventieth Week of Daniel - 7 years Times of Jacob's Troubles - final 3.5 years of Seventieth week. Return of Jesus for His people Israel in power, glory, and judgment Sheep and Goat Judgement Millennial Kingdom - 1000 years Final Revolt- satan released Great White Throne Where are we now? The Church Age! What event are we waiting for? (What's next?)

Final Message 7-30-23 Today we'll wrap up this series "What in the World is going on". We began by discussing how it is we (as Christians) are to view world events, which includes everything we can see, hear, touch, measure, etc.; Which is through the lens of Scripture. 2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 2Pe 1:3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 2Pe 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. We are engaged in a battle that has been raging since the Garden of Eden; DID GOD REALLY SAY??? Gen 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. Gen 3:5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Gen 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Gen 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Gen 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. The choice was clear then, and it's just as clear now! John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. John 3:2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." John 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?" John 3:10 Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? John 3:11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? John 3:13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, John 3:15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. John 3:21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." John 12:42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; John 12:43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. John 12:45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. John 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. John 12:47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. John 12:48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him— the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. John 12:49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. John 12:50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak." The choice was, is, and always be this: Do we CHOOSE to come into the light that our hearts and deeds are made manifest in HIS light, or do we hide ourselves from HIS presence when He comes to visit in the cool of the evening? Adam began in the light. He had to CHOOSE to step into darkness through disbelief. We, however, begin in the darkness and must choose to step into the light. John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." Everything that we have been discussing is simply varying means and methods of hiding from God, covering ourselves with fig leaves, hoping to not be called out of the shadows and into the light. Globalism, Coming Antichrist, Pronoun insanity, Gender deniers, Man made climate change, And the list goes on... Are just new methods of hiding from God and avoiding critical Biblical truths: Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb 4:13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. Heb 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Everyone, male, female, great and small, rich or poor, will be called to give an account to their maker. Gen 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God created mankind in His image, after His likeness, male and female He created them. Jesus quoted this in Matthew 19:4 in His discussion of divorce. To say otherwise is to be a "gender denier". We will be called to account on this: "Did God really say?" Speaking of this, JESUS had a Biblical Worldview! In all His teachings He referred to the divine authority of the Old Testament (Mt. 5:17-18; 8:17; 12:40-42; Lk. 4:18-21; 10:25-28; 15:29-31; 17:32; 24:25-45; Jn. 5:39-47). He quoted the Old Testament 78 times, the Pentateuch alone 26 times. He quoted from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, and Malachi. He referred to the Old Testament as “The Scriptures,” “the word of God,” and “the wisdom of God.” The world knows that the time is short, and is aggressively fighting to KEEP our eyes on ourselves and NOT on Christ! The world wants to avoid personal accountability to their creator at all costs! New methods of "hard wiring" to avoid accountability... Col_1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. Blame is even placed on Bilderbergers, Illuminati, The Elders, so on and so forth, but even that is a distraction. These groups exist, but the power behind their actions is not their own, it's satanic. Eph_6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. To have a Biblical worldview we must understand clearly that Jesus meant what He said in John 8:19 Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also." John 8:20 These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come. John 8:21 Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come." John 8:22 So the Jews said, "Will He kill Himself, because He says, 'Where I go you cannot come'?" John 8:23 And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. John 8:24 Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." John 8:25 Then they said to Him, "Who are You?" And Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. John 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him." John 8:27 They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father. John 8:28 Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. John 8:29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him." John 8:30 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. John 8:31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." What then shall we say to these things? 1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 1Jn 3:11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 1Jn 3:12 not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous. 1Jn 3:13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 1Jn 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 1Jn 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1Jn 3:16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1Jn 3:17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 1Jn 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1Jn 3:19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. How do we not become distracted by smoke screens and diversions? Col 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Col 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Col 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Col 3:4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Col 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Col 3:6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, Col 3:7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. Col 3:8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Col 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, Col 3:10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, Col 3:11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Col 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; Col 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. Col 3:14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Col 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. We are not to be "triggered". We are not to be deceived. We are not to be afraid. We ARE to live by faith! Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." We must not grow weary in doing good! Gal 6:9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Gal 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. We ARE to be encouraged! John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." Even John the Baptist needed encouragement! Luk 7:20 When the men had come to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, 'Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?' " Luk 7:21 And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. Luk 7:22 Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. Luk 7:23 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me." God moment... VCA... China; 150 Million "underground church" members. India; Estimated 28M Christians... Bible ministry; Sarah and I have been overwhelmed by your generosity and commitment to putting the Word in the hands of as many people as possible. As our first Team Leader Lewis used to say, the Bibles we give away will be here producing fruit long after we are gone. I wanted to let you know what we've been doing with the funds you've been giving to us. We have asked other Team Leaders who are also seeing people come to Christ in their areas across Central Eurasia if they need literature for discipleship or EV work. We have received an overwhelming response, both in asking for funds for buying Bibles and discipleship materials as well as being grateful for your generosity and commitment to the Great Commission. So far, in addition to purchasing Bibles that we are giving out in Istanbul, we have given funds to a couple of teams that operate in the Northeast part of Turkey. This area used to be known as the Zero Zone because it had zero Christians, zero M's, and Zero churches. It can't be called the Zero Zone anymore, as the teams we have given funds to are seeing great advancement in Kingdom work (even seeing entire families come to Christ!). We also have given some funds to a team in Azerbaijan who are on the verge of seeing a Church Planting Movement spring up in this country that in the last year has been hit hard by COVID, as well as found itself embroiled in a war with Armenia (this team has been through so much, would you join us in praying for them?). We love you. Thank you for all that you are doing for the Kingdom. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do to be of service to you. Grace & Peace, Malawi; currently over 500 kids in the program. 10's of 10's of 10's of thousands of commitments for Christ. Two orphanage centers. Bible seminary. Church plants Children sent through secondary school, and even university! Current plans: Fish ponds at Jali Cyclone home rebuilds Pastors Apprenticeship program Infant Care facility All to be funded this year. No one will be in heaven because of our pontification on Globalism, Climate change, vaccinations, satisfactory use of pronouns, all-inclusive-virtue -signaling, or any other such distractions, UNLESS these conversations lead to opening a door to present the Gospel and lead people to Christ! Be encouraged! Be of good cheer for Jesus has overcome the world! And do not grow weary in well doing for if you do not grow weary you will reap in due season!

I. Politically Nearly 200 different political parties have run in Israeli elections since 1948. The majority of these parties lasted very few years and most are no longer in existence. At least 110 parties have won representation in government throughout Israel's history. There are presently 55 political parties, not all have won seats on the Knesset. The largest party is the Likud. The Likud party has formed a coalition with other parties who have 64 seat majority. The parties consist of the left, right, Arab and religious ideologies. The Knesset has conducted 5 elections since 2018. Explain II. Nationally Nationally Israel is as divided as the United States, mainly left [Liberalism] vs right [Conservatism]. The bill to remove the judiciary’s “reasonableness” Explain Protests are Shutting down Israel and leaving them vulnerable. US funds protest. Israel is fighting for their survival daily. It is called the ring of Fire. Israel is surrounded by her enemies. I believe we may have the Psalm 83 war. PLO, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Syria and Yemen terrorist all under the control of Iran Jenin terrorist sanctuary in West Bank, last week IDF removed terrorist hideouts. Hezbollah established two camps in Israel’s northern border and tunnels into northern Israel. The Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes against targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus because Iran and Hezbollah stockpiled weapons. Syria has protested. Isaiah 17:1 “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. Israel Warns Iran Their Presence Will Not Be Tolerated As Syria Reports IDF Strikes Over Damascus Russia and Syria conduct joint war maneuvers. III. Spiritually Israel in unbelief. IV. Impact on the Church Division [replacement theology has divided the Church], Heresy - Replacement Theology is the complete disregard for God’s word and is not backed up by scripture!!! We have taught that Israel is God's timetable, mapping Jesus's second coming; we preach Israel's return to the land and the remnant of the nation of Israel turning to Christ because the word of God said it; it is not my opinion. If God said it, He will complete it!!! Remember when I asked the question how time does God need to say something for it to be true. [Hebrews 6:13-14, 18 NKJV] 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." ... 18 that by two immutable things, in which it [is] impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before [us]. We know that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit never changes [Hebrews 13:8 NKJV] 8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Malachi 3:6 NKJV] 6 "For I [am] the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. The fact that God and Jesus never change is what concerns me about heresy of Replacement Theology. Can teachers of Replacement Theology be a believer? Can mis-lead followers of these teachers of Replacement Theology be saved or are they saved? I don’t have the answer to those questions, only God knows.

What in the WORLD is going on? Part VIII -7-9-23 Contemporary Globalism developments... UN SJ Resolution 112, 103rd congress, 1993-1994 session, NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly passed more resolutions critical of Israel than against all other nations combined in 2022, contributing to what observers call an ongoing lopsided focus on the Jewish state at the world body. The General Assembly approved 15 anti-Israel resolutions last year, versus 13 resolutions criticizing other countries, according to a tally by the pro-Israel monitoring group UN Watch. Russia was the focus of six resolutions condemning its invasion of Ukraine. North Korea, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Iran and the US were hit with one resolution each. Saudi Arabia, China, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela and Qatar, which have poor human rights records or were involved in regional conflicts, were not dinged by any resolutions criticizing them. Since 2015, the General Assembly has adopted 140 resolutions criticizing Israel, mainly over its treatment of the Palestinians, its relationships with neighboring countries and other alleged wrongdoings. Over the same period, it has passed 68 resolutions against all other countries, UN Watch said. In 2022 alone, the UN passed 15 resolutions against Israel compared to 13 resolutions against the rest of the world combined! Russia was the focus of six resolutions condemning its invasion of Ukraine. North Korea, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Iran and the US were hit with one resolution each. WHO Who we are Founded in 1948, WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage. We direct and coordinate the world’s response to health emergencies. And we promote healthier lives – from pregnancy care through old age. Our Triple Billion targets outline an ambitious plan for the world to achieve good health for all using science-based policies and programmes. WHO 'How-to" for abortions article... PRESS RELEASE - WHO overreach article... Paris Climate Accord Cost, impact, benefit Great Reset- World Economic Forum Using COVID to promote economic control... Common (digital) currency Most Americans spend little time thinking about central bank digital currencies, if they even know what they are. For those who don’t, CBDCs are digital forms of national currencies, issued by a country’s central bank. The United States Federal Reserve has no plans to issue a digital dollar. Yet, potential presidential candidates in next year’s U.S. election are already sounding an alarm. “Expect this CBDC issue to become a presidential campaign talking point,” said Ron Hammond, director of government relations at Blockchain Association. “Perfect intersection of fear of government, China and finance collapse with the bank crisis.” Indeed, a number of potential presidential candidates have recently taken a strong stance against CBDCs. Opponents paint a future digital dollar as a government attempt to monitor and even control citizen transactions. A CBDC could theoretically be designed so it could be used for certain items but not others. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a likely Republican contender, suggested that the U.S. government could use a CBDC to restrict purchases of gas or prevent you from buying too many rifles. DeSantis went as far as to propose legislation to ban the use of CBDCs in Florida. “The Biden administration’s efforts to inject a Centralized Bank Digital Currency is about surveillance and control,” DeSantis said in the press release. Just this week, the bill passed the Florida legislature. Then, on Wednesday, North Carolina's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill banning digital dollar payments to the state. Other well-known Republican politicians have voiced their skepticism of CBDCs, while stopping short of proposing an outright ban. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, for example, introduced legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from unilaterally creating a direct-to-consumer CBDC. The bill was co-sponsored by Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). SingleQuoteLightGreenSingleQuoteLightGreen Expect this CBDC issue to become a presidential campaign talking point. Perfect intersection of fear of government, China and finance collapse with the bank crisis. SingleQuoteLightGreenSingleQuoteLightGreen In February, Majority Whip Republican Tom Emmer of Minnesota introduced in the House of Representatives the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. “Any digital version of the dollar must uphold our American values of privacy, individual sovereignty and free market competitiveness,” Emmer said. “Anything less opens the door to the development of a dangerous surveillance tool.” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) also recently issued a condemnation of states’ legalizing CBDCs. “Governments around the world are taking steps to establish a Chinese-style, centralized currency that would give the government more control over our lives,” Davidson said. Digital currency article... Chinese "Religious Activities" app... video?? In ALL aspects, the enemy is pushing, planning, and building his world empire at any cost. We see this unfolding before our very eyes! The final Global Empire is coming! Even if it doesn't happen in our lifetimes, it will happen! Daniel 2, 7, 8, Revelation 13, even Matthew 24:15 & Daniel 9:27 all prophesy that it will happen, and will NOT be good for humanity! How do we fight against this? DO we fight against this? STANDING ORDERS FOR EVERY BELIEVER! I. Be Salt and Light - Matthew 5:13-16 II. Occupy until Jesus comes- Luke 19:13 III. Be Ambassadors for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 IV. Fulfill the Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20 Applies: Nationally Corporately- The Church Individually Simply being a part of the Church –the Born Again Bride of Christ, IS fighting the global agenda! As long as the Church is on earth, the antichrist's global take-over cannot come to fruition. Just being here, with the in-dwelling presence of the Holy Spirit within, is restraining more than we can possibly imagine. 2Th 2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2Th 2:2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 2Th 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 2Th 2:6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 2Th 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2Th 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 2Th 2:10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2Th 2:11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 2Th 2:12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 2Th 2:14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Th 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2Th 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 2Th 2:17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. 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What in the WORLD is going on? Part VII - 7-2-23 Happy Independence Day! Mayflower Compact Rough seas and storms prevented the Mayflower from reaching its intended destination in the area of the Hudson River, and the ship was steered instead toward Cape Cod. Because of the change of course, the passengers were no longer within the jurisdiction of the charter granted to them in England by the Virginia Company. Within this legally uncertain situation, friction arose between the English Separatists (the Pilgrims) and the rest of the travelers, with some of the latter threatening to leave the group and settle on their own. To quell the conflict and preserve unity, Pilgrim leaders (among them William Bradford and William Brewster) drafted the Mayflower Compact before going ashore. The brief document (about 200 words) bound its signers into a body politic for the purpose of forming a government and pledged them to abide by any laws and regulations that would later be established “for the general good of the colony.” The compact was signed by nearly all of the Mayflower’s adult male passengers (41 of a total of 102 passengers) while the ship was anchored at Provincetown harbor. Its authority was immediately exercised when John Carver, who had helped organize the expedition, was chosen as governor of the new colony. In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant, and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony: unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names; Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord King James, of England, France and Ireland eighteenth and of Scotland fifty-fourth, Anno Domini 1620. This was the basis for the operating government of the first colony in the United States. Declaration of Independence In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. Where does the idea of Nations come from? Is it mans construct or something bigger? Deu 32:1 "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Deu 32:2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. Deu 32:3 For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. Deu 32:5 "They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. Deu 32:6 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? Deu 32:7 "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: Deu 32:8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. Deu 32:9 For the LORD's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. God ordained the idea of nations, borders, and independence (National Sovereignty)! Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. We have a part to play in this process, either for good to flourish, or for evil to run riot. God says "Choose this day whom you will serve" The enemy says "Don't do that! Serve yourself!" God's operating system is willing obedience by choice with full knowledge of His desires. The enemies’ operating system is control at any cost. If the concept of nations begins with God, where does the idea of "Globalism" come from? Genesis 11... Gen 11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. Gen 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Gen 11:3 Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. Gen 11:4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." What began in Genesis 11 will continue to raise its belligerent head until the very last… "Times of the Gentiles" , Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2, Dan 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?" Dan 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, "The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. Dan 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these: Dan 2:29 As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. Dan 2:30 But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. Dan 2:31 "You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. Dan 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, Dan 2:33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. Dan 2:34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Dan 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Dan 2:36 "This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. Dan 2:37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; Dan 2:38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. Dan 2:39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. Dan 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. Dan 2:41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. Dan 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. Dan 2:43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Dan 2:45 Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure." These Gentile world empires (with special emphasis on the final empire under the Antichrist) are also seen as beasts in Daniel 7... Power behind these empires: Dan 10:7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Dan 10:8 Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength. Dan 10:9 Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground. Dan 10:10 Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands. Dan 10:11 And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling. Dan 10:12 Then he said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. Dan 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. Dan 10:14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come." Dan 10:15 When he had spoken such words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless. Dan 10:16 And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, "My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength. Dan 10:17 For how can this servant of my lord talk with you, my lord? As for me, no strength remains in me now, nor is any breath left in me." Dan 10:18 Then again, the one having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me. Dan 10:19 And he said, "O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!" So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me." Dan 10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come. Dan 10:21 But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince. The power behind "Globalism", just like the power behind the empires in Daniel 10, is satanic in nature! Make no mistake, modern "Globalism" claims describe all people working together for the good of all, but in reality the goal has not changed. The goal is to subject and control the entire world - in order to make a name for themselves - in a global world empire of crushing oppression.

What in the WORLD is going on? Part VIII - 7-9-23 In ALL aspects, the enemy is pushing, planning, and building his world empire at any cost. We see this unfolding before our very eyes! The final Global Empire is coming! Even if it doesn't happen in our lifetimes, it will happen! Daniel 2, 7, 8, Revelation 13, even Matthew 24:15 & Daniel 9:27 all prophesy that it will happen, and will NOT be good for humanity! How do we fight against this? DO we fight against this? STANDING ORDERS FOR EVERY BELIEVER! I. Be Salt and Light - Matthew 5:13-16 II. Occupy until Jesus comes- Luke 19:13 III. Be Ambassadors for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 IV. Fulfill the Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20 Applies: Nationally Corporately- The Church Individually Simply being a part of the Church –the Born Again Bride of Christ, IS fighting the global agenda! As long as the Church is on earth, the antichrist's global take-over cannot come to fruition. Just being here, with the in-dwelling presence of the Holy Spirit within, is restraining more than we can possibly imagine. 2Th 2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2Th 2:2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 2Th 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 2Th 2:6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 2Th 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2Th 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 2Th 2:10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2Th 2:11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 2Th 2:12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 2Th 2:14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Th 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2Th 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 2Th 2:17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

What in the WORLD is going on? Part VII - 7-2-23 Happy Independence Day! Mayflower Compact - This was the basis for the operating government of the first colony in the United States. Declaration of Independence - In Congress, July 4, 1776 Where does the idea of Nations come from? Is it mans construct or something bigger? Deu 32:1 "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Deu 32:2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. Deu 32:3 For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. Deu 32:5 "They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. Deu 32:6 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? Deu 32:7 "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: Deu 32:8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. Deu 32:9 For the LORD's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. God ordained the idea of nations, borders, and independence (National Sovereignty)! Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. We have a part to play in this process, either for good to flourish, or for evil to run riot. God says "Choose this day whom you will serve" The enemy says "Don't do that! Serve yourself!" God's operating system is willing obedience by choice with full knowledge of His desires. The enemies’ operating system is control at any cost. If the concept of nations begins with God, where does the idea of "Globalism" come from? Genesis 11... What began in Genesis 11 will continue to raise its belligerent head until the very last… These Gentile world empires (with special emphasis on the final empire under the Antichrist) are also seen as beasts in Daniel 7... The power behind "Globalism", just like the power behind the empires in Daniel 10, is satanic in nature! Make no mistake, modern "Globalism" claims describe all people working together for the good of all, but in reality the goal has not changed. The goal is to subject and control the entire world - in order to make a name for themselves - in a global world empire of crushing oppression.

PART 6 - MISSION FOCUS What in the WORLD is going on? Part 6 6-25-23 Recap: 1) Competing Ideologies. Introduced by the serpent in the Garden. "Did God really say...? YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE!" Step 1, Maintain unfettered relationship- "Of every tree in the garden you may freely eat, but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which is in the midst of the garden, you shall not eat. For in the day that you eat thereof, you will surely die" Epic failure on man's part! Step 2, Restore that which was lost - But better! Luk 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— John 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. Col_1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 2) Competing Agendas. John 3:13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, John 3:15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. John 3:21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." vs John 10:7 Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. John 10:8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 3) Competing Methodology. Fellowship, obedience, love between God and man vs EVERYTHING ELSE! “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:32 Mat 22:37 Jesus said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Mat 22:39 And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." John 4:23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." Act 4:10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. Act 4:11 This is the 'STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED BY YOU BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.' Act 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 4) Timetable (schedule) We also discussed how God has a schedule associated with His plan for redemption and restoration. This is one area where the enemy has no competing skill or authority: He can only react and respond to God's schedule as God orchestrates and brings His will to pass. We discussed that Israel is God's focal point in His timetable of historic events, past, present, and future. 5) Above all, God is in control! Now we're going to get to the nitty gritty: How this plays out in our individual and corporate walk with the Lord! Mission Focus- Exactly what is our mission as Christians who advocate a Biblical Worldview? STANDING ORDERS FOR EVERY BELIEVER! I. Be Salt and Light - Matthew 5:13-16 II. Occupy until Jesus comes- Luke 19:13 III. Be Ambassadors for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 IV. Fulfill the Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20 Effects all areas of our lives: Personal, Corporate (body), Civil, Economical, Relational... 1. Salt and Light: Mat 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Mat 5:15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. 2. Occupy until Jesus comes: Luk 19:12 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. Luk 19:13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business (occupy) till I come.' 3. Be Ambassadors for Christ: 2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2Co 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 2Co 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2Co 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 2Co 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 4. Fulfill the Great Commission: Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mat 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Today's focus: Salt and Light: Salt both preserves and flavors. Light obviously illuminates the darkness and shows the hidden dangers that would otherwise be obscured. Mat 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. "Loses its Flavor" - moraino mo-rah'ee-no From G3474; to become insipid (adjective- lacking flavor or lacking vigor or interest, i/e., tasteless, boring); See Revelation 3:14-22 figuratively to make (passively act) as a simpleton (foolish or gullible person, someone lacking common sense or wisdom): - become fool, make foolish, lose savour. See Galatians 3:1-3 Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Mat 5:15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Common sense at work here... If a light is hidden, it doesn't shine into darkness! It doesn't light the house, nor does it shine forth to glorify our Father in heaven! Here's the thing: Jesus said "You ARE salt" and "You ARE light"! He didn't say "Become salt and light" or "If you work real hard you might get to be salt and light"; No, He said you ARE salt and light! What makes us salt and light? "Christ in you, the hope of glory". City on a hill….. Still a city when the lights are off, but the effectiveness is non-existent…. Recent events and interaction with salt and light: TARGET controversy. Marketing "sexualization of children" Conservative boycott Moving of offensive displays to the back of some stores viewed by many as a "win", discuss... Gender mania, From Helpful Professor.com: How Many Genders Are There? There are at least 80 ways to describe gender. That’s not to say there are 80 different genders, but there are at least 80 different cultural terms to describe gender constructs. Not a Biblical worldview! This is mass confusion designed to separate mankind from our Creator. How do we know? Mat 19:4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,' Love vs affirm... Abortion, When does life begin? Zygote DNA Self replicating No other point does life begin... Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. Do we want to be a part of this process or merely a by-stander? See Romans 13:11 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven!

Jerry Mongello continues sharing about Israel's place in God's plan and where they fit in what is going on today. Ezekiel Wars and Psalm 83 Wars against Israel have yet to be fulfilled. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON SECTION III, part 23 Honor Father Last week we covered the pass war of Israel, The Battle for Beersheba 31 Oct. 1917, the War of Independence 1948, October 1956 war to open the Suez Canal, 1967: Six-Day War Arab Israel won back Jerusalem, 1973: Yom Kippur War, 1982: Lebanon War, and Second Lebanon War In July 2006 Hezbollah We discussed future wars named in the Bible Psalm 83 war, Ezekiel 38 & 39 war and the Battle of Armageddon. We look at a few things that came out in the news; Israel is planning to fight a multiple front war; Israel is surrounded by Iran proxies. Iran unveiled their first hypersonic missile that can reach Israel. The UN voted Iran as vice president of the General Assembly. Not long after leaving a US-led maritime coalition, the UAE appears to be joining a new naval alliance with Iran. Saudi Arabia announced that they would cut oil production by 10%. This week there is a lot of news concerning negotiations between the US and Iran to re-new the nuclear agreement. All these news articles in my opinion push for a Psalm 83 war. Last week we read Ezekiel 36, where God commands the mountains and the land to prepare for Israel's return. This chapter is also a demonstration of an unchanging God. In the creation account in Genesis 1 & 2 God prepares the earth before placing man in the garden. After preparing mountains and land for Israel's return, God tells Ezekiel to prophecy Israel return. In this prophecy will see Israel returning to the land in unbelief and finally in belief. [Ezekiel 37:1-28 NKJV] 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD [rûaḥ roo'-akh means wind, breath, mind, spirit,] and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it [was] full of bones. 2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, [there were] very many in the open valley; and indeed [they were] very dry. 3 And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." 4 Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD." ' [ This I believe referencing Israel's return in 1948] " 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but [there was] no breath in them. 9 Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." " 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. [Israel today has a great army, Israel ranks among 10 most powerful countries in annual list; 4th strongest military] 11 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' 12 "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 "Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. 14 "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken [it] and performed [it]," says the LORD.'" 15 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16 "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel, his companions.' 17 "Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. 18 "And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you [mean] by these?'-- 19 "say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand." ' 20 "And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 "Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 "and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 "They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. 24 "David My servant [shall be] king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 "Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's children, forever; and My servant David [shall be] their prince forever. 26 "Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 "My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 28 "The nations also will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore. [Revelation 21:3, 22 NKJV] 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them [and be] their God.... 22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. [Ezekiel 38:1-6 NKJV] 1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 "and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I [am] against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 "I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. 5 "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them [with] shield and helmet; 6 "Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah [from] the far north and all its troops--many people [are] with you. On the screen we have the counties mentioned above. Now let's look at the counties in Psalm 83 [Ezekiel 38:7-12 NKJV] 7 "Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. 8 "After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword [and] gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. 9 "You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you." 10 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On that day it shall come to pass [that] thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: 11 "You will say, 'I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates'-- 12 "to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places [that are again] inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. Note that Israel is living in safety, with unwalled villages or cities. They are no longer surrounded by the Iranian proxies as they are now and in Psalm 83. The reason for this attack against Israel is different, this time it's economic!!! In the war outlined in Psalm 83 the reason for the attack is to annihilate Israel, wipe them off the face of the earth. [Psalm 83:2-4 NKJV] 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more. Remember we brought out Satan's plan to annihilate Israel to prevent the second coming of Christ. [Ezekiel 38:13-20 NKJV] 13 "Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, 'Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?'" ' 14 "Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know [it]? 15 "Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. 16 "You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes." 17 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are [you] he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them? 18 "And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "[that] My fury will show in My face. 19 "For in My jealousy [and] in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, 20 'so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who [are] on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.' These passages sound little bit like the battle of Armageddon and the earthquakes mentioned in Zechariah 14 when the sets His feet in the Mount of Olives and it splits, and Revelation 16 the seventh bowl Judgment. [Revelation 16:16-21 NKJV] 16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. 17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. 19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. 20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, [each hailstone] about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great. When you get to verse 21, it is a different war. [Ezekiel 38:21-23 NKJV] 21 "I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother. 22 "And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who [are] with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 "Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I [am] the LORD." Note that God turns these armies against themselves and rains down great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; this is not the battle of Armageddon that we read about in Revelation 16 the battle fought in the valley of Megiddo. [1 Samuel 14:19-23 NKJV] 19 Now it happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the noise which [was] in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand." 20 Then Saul and all the people who [were] with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed every man's sword was against his neighbor, [and there was] very great confusion. 21 Moreover the Hebrews [who] were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp [from the] surrounding [country], they also joined the Israelites who [were] with Saul and Jonathan. Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, [when] they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle shifted to Beth Aven. In the next Chapter Ezekiel 39 we can clearly see two battles. [Ezekiel 39:1-16 NKJV] 1 "And you, son of man, prophecy against Gog, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I [am] against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; 2 "and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 "Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4 "You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who [are] with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 "You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken," says the Lord GOD. 6 "And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I [am] the LORD. 7 "So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not [let them] profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that [I am] the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 "Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord GOD. "This [is] the day of which I have spoken. 9 "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. [This not the second coming because when Jesus come back no need to burn weapons] 10 "They will not take wood from the field nor cut down [any] from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord GOD. 11 "It will come to pass in that day [that] I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call [it] the Valley of Hamon Gog. 12 "For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. [After the battle of Armageddon there no burying taken place] 13 "Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord GOD. 14 "They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 "The search party will pass through the land; and [when anyone] sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 "[The] name of [the] city [will] also [be] Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.' [Ezekiel 39:17-29 NKJV] 17 "And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: "Assemble yourselves and come; Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, Drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams and lambs, Of goats and bulls, All of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 You shall eat fat till you are full, And drink blood till you are drunk, At My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you. 20 You shall be filled at My table With horses and riders, With mighty men And with all the men of war," says the Lord GOD. 21 "I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. 22 "So the house of Israel shall know that I [am] the LORD their God from that day forward. 23 "The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 "According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them." 1 25 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name-- 26 'after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely in their [own] land and no one made [them] afraid. 27 'When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 'then they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer. 29 'And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord GOD." [Revelation 19:11-21 NKJV] 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes [were] like a flame of fire, and on His head [were] many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He [was] clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on [His] robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 18 "that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all [people], free and slave, both small and great." 19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Mission Focus- Exactly what is our mission as Christians who advocate a Biblical Worldview? STANDING ORDERS FOR EVERY BELIEVER! I. Be Salt and Light - Matthew 5:13-16 II. Occupy until Jesus comes- Luke 19:13 III. Be Ambassadors for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 IV. Fulfill the Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20 Effects all areas of our lives: Personal, Corporate (body), Civil, Economical, Relational... 1. Salt and Light: Mat 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Mat 5:15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. 2. Occupy until Jesus comes: Luk 19:12 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. Luk 19:13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business (occupy) till I come.' 3. Be Ambassadors for Christ: 2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2Co 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 2Co 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2Co 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 2Co 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 4. Fulfill the Great Commission: Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mat 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Today's focus: Salt and Light: Salt both preserves and flavors. Light obviously illuminates the darkness and shows the hidden dangers that would otherwise be obscured. Mat 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. "Loses its Flavor" - moraino mo-rah'ee-no From G3474; to become insipid (adjective- lacking flavor or lacking vigor or interest, i/e., tasteless, boring); See Revelation 3:14-22 figuratively to make (passively act) as a simpleton (foolish or gullible person, someone lacking common sense or wisdom): - become fool, make foolish, lose savour. See Galatians 3:1-3 Mat 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Common sense at work here... If a light is hidden, it doesn't shine into darkness! It doesn't light the house, nor does it shine forth to glorify our Father in heaven! Here's the thing: Jesus said "You ARE salt" and "You ARE light"! He didn't say "Become salt and light" or "If you work real hard you might get to be salt and light"; No, He said you ARE salt and light! What makes us salt and light? "Christ in you, the hope of glory". City on a hill….. Still a city when the lights are off, but the effectiveness is non-existent…. Recent events and interaction with salt and light: TARGET controversy. Marketing "sexualization of children" Conservative boycott Moving of offensive displays to the back of some stores viewed by many as a "win", discuss... Gender mania, From Helpful Professor.com: How Many Genders Are There? There are at least 80 ways to describe gender. That’s not to say there are 80 different genders, but there are at least 80 different cultural terms to describe gender constructs. Not a Biblical worldview! This is mass confusion designed to separate mankind from our Creator. How do we know? Mat 19:4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,' Love vs affirm... Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. Do we want to be a part of this process or merely a by-stander? See Romans 13:11 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven!