Lesson 56: Jesus the Jealous God 062520
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Lesson 56: Jesus the Jealous God 062520
06/25/2020
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01.) Exodus 20:1-6 (Thy God am a jealous God).
02.) Deuteronomy 4:23-24 (God is a consuming fire).
03.) Nahum 1:2, 6 (God is jealous and will take revenge).
04.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Jealous - Hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage; Envious; Intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness; Disposed to suspect rivalry or unfaithfulness; Vigilant in guarding a possession.
05.) Exodus 32:1-8 (Israel worships a golden calf).
06.) Bible-History.com (Egyptian bull god Apis).
https://www.bible-history.com/archaeology/egypt/apis-the-bull-god.html
Apis in Egyptian mythology
"In Egyptian mythology, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spellled Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deity worshipped in the Memphis region.
Apis was the most important of all the sacred animals in Egypt, and, as with the others, its importance increased as time went on.
In Egyptian Mythology Apis was a god depicted as a bull, symbolizing fertility and strength in war. [Oxford Dictionary]
Apis in the Louvre Museum
In Ancient Egypt, Apis or Hapis was thought to represent rulership and masculine vigor. Though originally a local deity, his popularity grew throughout the dynastic history, such that, by the Ptolemaic period, he was "a kind of national mascot."[1] The worship of Apis was certainly the most popular of the three great bull cults of ancient Egypt (the others being the bulls Mnevis and Buchis.)
07.) Exodus 34:10-17 (Make no molten gods).
08.) Judges 10:6-16 (Israel serves gods of surrounding nations).
09.) TheCompellingTruth.org: Baalim
https://www.compellingtruth.org/baal.html
Who was the god Baal?
Baal was the name of the main god of the Canaanites in Old Testament times. The name Baal was used of gods all over the area. Scripture frequently mentioned Baal as a pagan god that the true God's people were to avoid.
10.) TheFreeDictionary.com: Baalim
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Baalim
Baal (redirected from Baalim)
Ba·al (bä′äl′, bäl, bāl)
n. pl. Ba·als or Ba·a·lim (bä′ä-lĭm, bä′lĭm)
1. Any of various local fertility and nature gods of the ancient Semitic peoples considered to be false gods by the Hebrews.
2. Often baal - A false god or idol.
11.) BibleStudyTools.com: Asthroth
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/ashtoreth/
Ashtoreth
The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity. These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks. Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol. It was called the "queen of heaven".
12.) 1 Kings 14:22-23 (Israel builds high places and images).
13.) Ezekiel 8:1-18 (Israel's abominations).
14.) BibleHub.com: Tammuz
https://biblehub.com/topical/t/tammuz.htm
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
TAMMUZ
The name of a Phoenician deity, the Adonis of the Greeks. He was originally a Sumerian or Babylonian sun-god, called Dumuzu, the husband of Ishtar, who corresponds to Aphrodite of the Greeks. The worship of these deities was introduced into Syria in very early times under the designation of Tammuz and Astarte, and appears among the Greeks in the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite, who are identified with Osiris and Isis of the Egyptian pantheon, showing how widespread the cult became.
15.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-5, 7 14, 20-22 (Don't provoke the Lord to jealousy).
16.) 2 Corinthians 11:1-4 (Another Jesus).
17.) Luke 13:34-35 (Jesus would have gathered Israel).
18.) John 14:1-3 (Jesus prepares a place for His believers).
19.) Matthew 24:29-31 (The Son of Man comes in the clouds)
20.) Revelation 2:12-17 (Repent, Jesus comes quickly).
21.) Revelation 3:11-13 (Jesus comes quickly).
22.) Revelation 22:7, 12-14, 20 (Lord Jesus testifies).
23.) 1 Timothy 1:1-4 (Sound doctrine).
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Lesson 18: New Testament Christians 080819
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Lesson 18: New Testament Christians:
08/08/2019
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- The Old Testament is Done Away With;
- Don't Have to Keep Those Old Laws and Commandments
- Saved by Grace; Once Saved Always Saved
- Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!
- I'm Blessed and Highly Favored
- Baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- Jesus Loves Everybody
01.) Luke 16:19-31 (let them hear Moses and the prophets)
02.) 2 Peter 3:1-2 (be mindful of prophets and apostles)
03.) Matthew 5:17-19 (not to destroy the law or prophets)
04.) 2 Timothy 3:13-17 (holy scriptures make thee wise)
05.) Revelation 14:12 (keep commandments & have faith of Jesus)
06.) Revelation 12:17 (keep commandments & have testimony of Jesus)
07.) Ephesians 4:21-32 (put off former conversation/lifestyle)
08a.) Galatians 5:17-26 (works of the flesh vs spirit)
08b.) Merriam Webster Dictionary:
Adultery - sex between a married person and someone who is not that person's wife or husband.
Fornication - sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other.
Uncleanness - dead body, menstrual cycle, dietary law, etc.
Lasciviousness - filled with or showing sexual desire.
Idolatry - the worship of a physical object as a god; immoderate attachment or devotion to something.
Variance - an amount of indifference or change; the fact or state of being in disagreement.
Emulations - ambitious or envious rivalry; ambition or endeavor to equal or excel others.
Wrath - extreme anger; strong vengeful anger or indignation.
Strife - very angry or violent disagreement between two or more people or groups; bitter sometimes violent conflict or dissension; exertion or contention for superiority.
Seditions - the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government; incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority; dissension; division.
Heresies - a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion.
Revellings - to take part in a revel; carouse; to take intense pleasure or satisfaction; rioting
Temperance - moderation in action, thought, or feeling; habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions.
09.) 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (keep body under subjection)
10.) Romans 10:13-17 (they have not all obeyed)
11.) Revelation 3:5 (I will not blot out his name)
12.) Galatians 6:7-9 (if we faint not)
13.) 2 Corinthians 11:1-4 (another Jesus)
14.) John 17:1-9 (I pray not for the world)
15.) Luke 1:26-28, 30-31 (Mary blessed and favored)
16.) Jude 1:3-8 (common salvation; non-believers destroyed)
17.) Titus 1:4 (common faith)
18.) 1 John 5:7-8, 3 (three bear record in heaven)
19.) Matthew 28:18-20 (baptize in name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost)
20.) Acts 2:22-23, 37-38 (baptized in the name of Jesus Christ)
21.) 1 Peter 4:17-19 (righteous scarcely saved)
22.) Revelation 21:7-8 (unbelievers shall have lake of fire)
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Lesson 22: A Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets 092619
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Lesson 22: A Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets
09/26/2019
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01.) Leviticus 23:24-25 (a memorial of blowing of trumpets).
02.) Revelation 8:1-2 (seven angels give seven trumpets).
03.) Revelation 15:1, 6-7 (seven angels with seven plagues in seven vials).
04.) Revelation 8:6-7 (first trumpet - hail with blood, trees & grass burnt).
05.) III.org (Insurance Information Institute)
https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-hail
Facts and Statistics on Hail
Hail causes billions of dollars in damage to crops and property each year. Events involving wind, hail, or flood accounted for $29.7 billion in insured catastrophe losses in 2016 dollars from 1996 to 2016 (not including payouts from the National Flood Insurance Program), according to Property Claim Services (PCS®), a Verisk Analytics® business.
There were 4,610 major hail storms in 2018, according to the NOAA’s Severe Storms database.
https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-wildfires
Wildfires by Year
2019: From January 1 to September 12, 2019 there were 36,286 wildfires compared with 47,623 wildfires in the same period in 2018, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. About 4.3 million acres were burned in the 2019 period, compared with 7.2 million acres in 2018.
2018: In 2018 there were 58,083 wildfires, compared with 71,499 wildfires in the same period in 2017, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. About 8.8 million acres were burned in the 2018 period, compared with 10 million in 2017.
2017: In 2017, there were 71,499 wildfires, compared to 65,575 wildfires in the same period in 2016, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. About 10 million acres were burned in the 2017 period, compared with 5.4 million in 2016. 2017 acres burned were higher than the 10-year average.
Space.com
NASA Satellites Confirm Amazon Rainforest Is Burning at a Record Rate (Aug 28, 2019)
https://www.space.com/amazon-rainforest-fires-2019-nasa-satellite-views.html
The Amazon rainforest has been ablaze for weeks now. The fires have sparked public outcry as environmentalists blame loggers and ranchers for setting the flames in order to open more land to agriculture — serving a massive blow to the ongoing fight against the effects of climate change.
06.) Revelation 16:1-2 (first vial - men with mark of beast get a grievous sore).
07.) BCM.edu
https://www.bcm.edu/departments/molecular-virology-and-microbiology/emerging-infections-and-biodefense/emerging-infectious-diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases
The World Health Organization warned in its 2007 report that infectious diseases are emerging at a rate that has not been seen before. Since the 1970s, about 40 infectious diseases have been discovered, including SARS, MERS, Ebola, chikungunya, avian flu, swine flu and, most recently, Zika.
With people traveling much more frequently and far greater distances than in the past, living in more densely populated areas, and coming into closer contact with wild animals, the potential for emerging infectious diseases to spread rapidly and cause global epidemics is a major concern.
Additionally, there is the potential for diseases to emerge as a result of deliberate introduction into human, animal, or plant populations for terrorist purposes, as discussed in the section on Bioterrorism Agents. These diseases include anthrax, smallpox, and tularemia.
07.) Revelation 8:8-9 (second trumpet - third part of sea becomes blood).
08.) Revelation 16:3 (second vial - sea becomes blood).
09.) OceanService.NOAA.gov
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html
What is a Red Tide?
A "red tide" is a common term used for a harmful algal bloom.
Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, occur when colonies of algae—simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater—grow out of control while producing toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. The human illnesses caused by HABs, though rare, can be debilitating or even fatal.
While many people call these blooms 'red tides,' scientists prefer the term harmful algal bloom.
HABs have been reported in every U.S. coastal state, and their occurrence may be on the rise. HABs are a national concern because they affect not only the health of people and marine ecosystems, but also the 'health' of local and regional economies.
WHOI.edu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
https://www.whoi.edu/website/redtide/regions/world-distribution/
Distribution of HABs (harmful algal blooms) throughout the World
Several decades ago relatively few countries appeared to be affected by HABs, but now most coastal countries are threatened, in many cases over large geographic areas and by more than one harmful or toxic species. Many countries are faced with a bewildering array of toxic or harmful species and impacts, as well as disturbing trends of increasing bloom incidence, larger areas affected, more fisheries resources impacted, and higher economic losses. The causes behind this expansion are debated, with possible explanations ranging from natural mechanisms of species dispersal to a host of human-related phenomena such as pollution, climatic shifts, increased numbers of observers, and transport of algal species via ship ballast water.
10.) Revelation 8:10-11 (third trumpet - wormwood in the rivers).
11.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Wormwood - something bitter or grievous.
12.) Strong Bible Concordance: Wormwood (G894) - as a type of bitterness that is figuratively "calamity".
13.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Calamity - a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss; a disatrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering.
14.) Revelation 16:4 (third vial - rivers become blood).
15.) Lenntech.com
https://www.lenntech.com/rivers-pollution-quality.htm
River water quality and pollution
A river is defined as a large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
Rivers and streams drain water that falls in upland areas. Moving water dilutes and decomposes pollutants more rapidly than standing water, but many rivers and streams are significantly polluted all around the world.
A primary reason for this is that all three major sources of pollution (industry, agriculture and domestic) are concentrated along the rivers. Industries and cities have historically been located along rivers because the rivers provide transportation and have traditionally been a convenient place to discharge waste. Agricultural activities have tended to be concentrated near rivers, because river floodplains are exceptionally fertile due to the many nutrients that are deposited in the soil when the river overflows.
16.) Revelation 8:12-13 (fourth trumpet - third part of sun, moon, & stars smitten).
17.) Revelation 16:8-9 (men scorched with great heat).
18.) EarthObservatory.NASA.gov
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/DecadalTemp
The world is getting warmer. Whether the cause is human activity or natural variability—and the preponderance of evidence says it’s humans—thermometer readings all around the world have risen steadily since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
According to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8° Celsius (1.4° Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975, at a rate of roughly 0.15-0.20°C per decade.
The global temperature record represents an average over the entire surface of the planet. The temperatures we experience locally and in short periods can fluctuate significantly due to predictable cyclical events (night and day, summer and winter) and hard-to-predict wind and precipitation patterns. But the global temperature mainly depends on how much energy the planet receives from the Sun and how much it radiates back into space—quantities that change very little. The amount of energy radiated by the Earth depends significantly on the chemical composition of the atmosphere, particularly the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
A one-degree global change is significant because it takes a vast amount of heat to warm all the oceans, atmosphere, and land by that much. In the past, a one- to two-degree drop was all it took to plunge the Earth into the Little Ice Age. A five-degree drop was enough to bury a large part of North America under a towering mass of ice 20,000 years ago.
Climate.NASA.gov
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-temperature-rise-is-a-big-deal/
Why a half-degree temperature rise is a big deal
Fast facts
The Paris Agreement calls for limiting the increase in global temperature by the end of this century to no more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius. A recent study projects the following impact of a 2-degree rise compared to a rise of 1.5 degrees:
Heat-wave duration, rainstorm intensity and sea-level rise would increase by roughly a third (and sea level is likely to continue rising long after air temperature is stabilized).
There would be a disproportionately greater impact on certain basic crops.
Tropical coral reefs would be wiped out.
The Mediterranean area’s reduction in fresh water would double.
19.) Revelation 9:1-12 (fifth trumpet, first woe).
20.) Revelation 16:10-11 (fifth vial - darkness, sores, & pains).
21.) Revelation 9:13-21 (sixth trumpet - four angels loosed from Euphrates river).
22.) Revelation 16:12-16 (sixth vial - Euphrates river dried up).
23.)SmithsonianMag.com
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-does-future-euphrates-spell-middle-east-180967224/
A recent NASA-German government satellite study found that the Tigris-Euphrates basin is losing groundwater faster than any other place on earth except India. The World Resources Institute, the U.S.-based environmental group, has ranked Iraq as among the nations predicted to undergo “extremely high” water stress by 2040, meaning more than 80 percent of the water available for agricultural, domestic and industrial use will be taken out each year. “By the 2020s,” Moutaz Al-Dabbas, a professor of water resources and the environment at the University of Baghdad, said, “there will be no water at all during the summer in the Euphrates. It will be an environmental catastrophe.”
24.) Revelation 11:14-19 (second woe is past; great hail).
25.) Revelation 11:15 (seventh trumpet - world becomes Jesus's).
26.) Revelation 16:17 (seventh vial - hail the weigh of a talent).
27.) ConvertUnits.com
https://www.convertunits.com/from/talents/to/pound
1 talent = 66.138678655463 pounds
27.) Joel 2:1-11 (the day of the Lord).
28.) Zephaniah 1:7-10, 14-18 (day of the Lord).
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Lesson 37: Wars and Rumors of Wars 011620
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Lesson 37: Wars and Rumors of Wars 011620
01/16/2020
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01.) Matthew 24:1-2 (Temple totally destroyed).
03.) Matthew 24:3 (Three questions to Jesus).
02.) EyeWitnessToHistory.com
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jewishtemple.htm
The Romans Destroy the Temple at Jerusalem, 70 AD
(Reference "The Last 2 Million Years"; "Encyclopedia Britannica"; etc.)
In the year 66 AD the Jews of Judea rebelled against their Roman masters. In response, the Emperor Nero dispatched an army under the generalship of Vespasian to restore order. By the year 68, resistance in the northern part of the province had been eradicated and the Romans turned their full attention to the subjugation of Jerusalem. That same year, the Emperor Nero died by his own hand, creating a power vacuum in Rome. In the resultant chaos, Vespasian was declared Emperor and returned to the Imperial City. It fell to his son, Titus, to lead the remaining army in the assault on Jerusalem.
The Roman legions surrounded the city and began to slowly squeeze the life out of the Jewish stronghold. By the year 70, the attackers had breached Jerusalem's outer walls and began a systematic ransacking of the city. The assault culminated in the burning and destruction of the Temple that served as the center of Judaism.
In victory, the Romans slaughtered thousands. Of those sparred from death: thousands more were enslaved and sent to toil in the mines of Egypt, others were dispersed to arenas throughout the Empire to be butchered for the amusement of the public. The Temple's sacred relics were taken to Rome where they were displayed in celebration of the victory.
The rebellion sputtered on for another three years and was finally extinguished in 73 AD with the fall of the various pockets of resistance including the stronghold at Masada.
04.) Matthew 24:3-5 (Christians confess Christ, but deceive).
05.) Matthew 24:6-8 (Wars and rumors of wars).
06.) HistoryGuy.com
https://www.historyguy.com/new_and_recent_conflicts.html
New and Recent Conflicts of the World
-Current “Major” wars and conflicts
-Current “Minor” wars and conflicts
-Recently concluded or suspended wars and conflicts
-Major Acts of Terrorism
Current “Major” wars and conflicts in the world—Major conflicts are defined here as wars and conflicts in which more than a thousand people have died, involve more than one nation (for internal conflicts) or more than two nations (for international conflicts), and/or have the near-term potential to turn into a multi-national regional conflict. Alphabetical listing.
Afghan War (part of America’s world-wide War on Terrorism)--
Al-Aqsa Intifada (Israeli-Palestinian Conflict) (high-risk to become a regional war)--
Algerian Civil War—(1992-Present): After the Islamic Salvation Front won national elections in 1992, the military annulled the elections and the winning party's military wing, The Islamic Salvation Army (AIS), began a bloody rebellion. The AIS surrendered in June 1999, but other groups continue to fight the governme
Basque Separatist Conflict—(1958-Present): The rebel group called Basque Fatherland and Liberty guerrilla group (ETA) has waged an urban guerrilla movement against the Spanish government. The organization's goal is independence for the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France. Some operations have taken place in France, causing Paris and Madrid to cooperate. Approximately 800 deaths are attributed to the ETA's campaign.
Burma (Myanmar) Civil War—(1948-Present): In Earth's longest running and perhaps most complex conflict, several different ethnic groups attempted to secede in the years following World War 2. Most of these groups continue the struggle to this day, along with political dissidents who took up arms after a 1988 coup. Some areas of northern Burma have been controlled by Narco-guerrillas harvesting opium, which the government has attempted to halt. Military operations near border areas have brought both rebels and the Burmese government into occasional conflict with neighboring Thailand.
Burundi Civil War—(1994-Present): The Tutsi-dominated government is fighting Hutu rebels. The rebels use neighboring Congo as a base to launch attacks, thereby giving the Burundi government reason to involve itself in the Second Congolese War.
Colombian Civil War—(1964-Present): Marxist Guerrillas began a Cuban-inspired insurgency in the 1960s, which continued at a fairly low level until the 1990s, when the strength of the guerrilla groups increased due to their de facto alliance with narcotics-producing crime cartels. Over the past year (since 2001), the violence of the conflict has increased as the government realized that negotiations with the guerrillas were not leading to a peaceful solution. The United States is providing military and logistical support to the government.
Congo: Second Congolese War (This IS a regional war)—(1998-Present): Peace talks may soon end what has been called “Africa’s World War.” Congolese rebels, backed by Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, seek the overthrow of President Kabila (the father was assassinated and his son then became president), who is supported by rebels from the above three countries, in addition to the armies of Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Estimates put the number of dead in this war at over one million, mostly civilians. Also known as the “Great Lakes War.”
Chechnya (Russia): Second Chechen War--
Gaza War (2008-2009)
--Renewal of the Israeli-Hamas Conflict as Israel responded to Hamas rocket attacks with air and ground attacks beginning on December 27, 2008
No-Fly Zone War (Iraq-Coalition Conflict ( 1992-2003)
Israeli Airstrikes on Syrian Forces in Lebanon—Part of ongoing conflict between Israel and Syria in Lebanon. (high-risk to become a regional war)—
July 1, 2001: Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian Army radar post and anti-aircraft site in Lebanon in retaliation for a Hezbollah attack on the Israel-Lebanon border in an area called the Cheba Farms. Israel believes Syria controls the Hezbollah and struck the Syrians in order to "send a message."
April 15, 2001: Israel dropped six bombs on a Syrian Army radar post in Lebanon in retaliation for a Hezbollah attack on the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel believes Syria controls the Hezbollah. Three Syrian troops died in the attack.
Israeli –Syrian Border Clashes—Part of ongoing conflict between Israel and Syria in Lebanon. (high-risk to become a regional war)—
January 10, 2003: Israeli troops shot and killed one Syrian soldier and captured another in an apparent attempt by the Syrian soldiers to infiltrate across the border into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Approximately one hour after the initial shooting, a Syrian outpost opened fire on Israeli forces. Israel chose not to respond for fear of escalating the violence. Isael later turned over the body of the dead soldier and the prisoner to the United Nations for transfer back to Syria.
July, 1991: Three Syrians, members of a military intellegence unit, infiltrated into Israeli-Occupied territory near Mount Hermon. They fired an anitank weapon at an Israeli military outpost, killing one Israeli soldier.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict-àSee Al-Aqsa Intifada (above)-- (high-risk to become a regional war)—
Gaza Strip Conflict/Gaza War
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivorie) Civil War—(Sept. 19, 2002-2007): Rebel soldiers (who later called themselves the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast (MPCI) launched a coordinated, nation-wide attack on forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo. Loyalist forces held onto the capital city of Abidjan, but lost control of the northern cities of Bouake and Korhogo. Initial reports had former military dictator General Robert Guei as the leader of the coup. It was also reported that he perished in the fighting. Ivory Coast has seen ethnic and religious violence since 2000 between northern Muslims (such as Guei) and southern Christians (such as President Gbagbo). The government also claims that rebel reinforcement entered the country from a bordering nation, most likely Burkina Faso to the north. Tensions have increased between the two West African nations partly as a result of the status of millions of migrant Burkina Faso citizens living in Ivory Coast seeking jobs. A cease-fire began on Oct. 17, which held until the last week of November, as government forces launched a new offensive with recently acquired helicopters and what appeared to be a unit of English-speaking mercenaries. Also, a new rebel group appeared, seizing several towns along the western border with Liberia. This group, calling itself the Ivorian Popular Movement for the Greater West, clashed with French peacekeeping forces that were attempting to evacuate Europeans from the area. This Yacouba-based tribal group, which appears to include some Liberians, may be connected to one of the factions involved in the Liberian Civil War. A second western rebel group, called the Movement for Justice and Peace, appears loyal to the late General Guei.
Kashmir Conflict (high-risk to become a regional war)—(1991-Present): Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, and a Kashmiri rebel movement is aided by Pakistan. Intermittent clashes along the border nearly turned into full-scale war in the summer of 1999 and in late 2001.
Intense Clashes Along the LOC-- (Dec. 23, 2001-Continuing): Following the terrorist attack on India's Parliament, tensions between India and Pakistan increased, with machine gun, mortar and artillery fire across their border (Line of Control) in disputed Kashmir.
Terrorist/Rebel Attack on the Indian Parliament in New Delhi—( Dec. 13, 2001): Kashmiri Terrorists attacked the Indian Parliament, attempting to blow it up during a legislative session. Security guard killed the militants before they could enter the Parliament building. 5 terrorists and 7 Indian security officers and 2 Indian bystanders were killed in the attack. This attack triggered a violent confrontation along the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir between the armies of India and Pakistan. India blamed Pakistan for aiding the rebels
Liberian Civil War--
Nepal Civil War—(Feb. 13, 1996- Present): Maoist Guerrillas seek to overthrow the Nepal monarchy though a rural uprising. This conflict has grown in intensity in recent months. Chinese aid to the rebels is alleged.
North Lebanon Conflict (2007)--Fighting between the Lebanese government and a Jihadist Palestinian militia calling itself Fatah al-Islam.
Northern Ireland Conflict—(1969-Present): This is the latest in a very long series of conflicts fought by Britain in Ireland. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom, with a Protestant majority loyal to London. The Irish Catholic minority has sought to break away and join the Irish Republic in the southern part of the island. The IRA and other groups have conducted a largely urban guerrilla campaign since 1969. Protestant para-military groups also wage an underground war against the Catholic population. Peace talks have been under way for some time. Over 2,500 deaths have occurred since1969.
Philippines Conflicts—
Muslim Rebellion in the Southern Philippines--(1969-Present): Muslim rebel groups seek autonomy/independence from the mostly Christian Philippines. One rebel group, the Abu Sayaf Group, is believed linked to Osama bin-Laden’s Al-Qaida. This connection, plus their tactic of kidnapping and beheading Americans, led the United States to send Special Forces to aid the Philippine Army.
New People’s Army Rebellion--(1969-Present): The Communist New People’s Army (along with the rival Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB); is attempting to overthrow the Philippine government and install a Marxist regime.
Rwandan Civil War—(1994-Present): The current Rwandan government is dominated by the Tutsi tribe, which overthrew the old government dominated by the Hutu tribe. Before losing power, the Hutu rulers and their militia massacred over half a million people. The Hutus now conduct a guerrilla war against the Tutsi government from bases in the Congo. Rwanda used the presence of these Hutu guerrillas to take part in both of the recent Congolese Wars.
Sri Lankan Civil War—(1983-Present): Sri Lanka's civil war is due to problems between the Tamil minority and the Sinhalese majority. In the 1980's, India intervened on the government's side, but has since withdrawn its troops. Over 70,000 deaths have resulted from this war. Peace talks have been under way for some time.
Sudanese Civil War—(1983-Present): This is a war based largely on racial, religious and regional differences. The government is dominated by Muslim Arabs, while the south of the country is largely black Christian.
War on Terrorism—Officially beginning Oct. 7, 2001, this American-led crusade against al-Qaida thus far involves: the campaign against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, the search by U.S. and Pakistani forces for al-Qaida followers in Pakistan, the deployment of U.S. special forces to aid government forces in the Philippines battle the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas on the southern Philippine island of Bamiyan, the deployment of U.S. special forces to Yemen to train and aid government forces dealing with rural tribes possibly allied with al-Qaida and the deployment of U.S. special forces to the republic of Georgia to train and aid government forces against rebels. Other military, para-military and covert missions are probably ongoing, but not yet public.
Ugandan Civil War (1980-2017)
http://war-memorial.net/Uganda-Civil-War--3.182
Years: 1980-2017
Battle deaths: 120,322 [1]
Non-state conflict, battle-deaths: 98 [3]
One-sided violence: 8,627 [2]
Nation(s) involved and/or conflict territory [note]
Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan
07.) Matthew 24:7-8 (Famines, pestilences, and earthquakes).
08.) Famines
OurWorldInData.org
https://ourworldindata.org/famines
A famine is an acute episode of extreme hunger that results in excess mortality due to starvation or hunger-induced diseases.
Pestilences
CDC.gov
Centers for Disease Control
https://www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/index.html
WHO.int
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/en/
Earthquakes
EarthquakeTrack.com
https://earthquaketrack.com/recent
There have been: (M1.5 or greater) as of 9am CT on 01/16/2020
124 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
1,213 earthquakes in the past 7 days
5,473 earthquakes in the past 30 days
60,328 earthquakes in the past 365 days
The biggest earthquakes:
today: 5.5 in North Of Ascension Island
this week: 5.9 in Maria Antonia, Guanica, Puerto Rico
this month: 6.4 in Tallaboa, Penuelas, Puerto Rico
this year: 8.0 in Lagunas, Loreto, Peru
09.) Matthew 24:9-12 (Saints killed and iniquity abounds).
10.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Iniquity - The quality of being unfair or evil; Something that is unfair or evil; Gross injustice; Wickedness; A wicked act or thing; Sin.
11.) Matthew 24:13-28 (Abomination of desolation brings tribulation).
12.) Daniel 8:1-27 (The little horn waxes great).
13.) Revelation 9:13-19 (Army of Two hundred thousand thousand).
14.) Revelation 16:12-16 (Armageddon).
15.) Matthew 24:29-31 (The Lord comes after the tribulation).
16.) Zechariah 14:1-9 (The Lord shall be king over entire earth).
17.) Matthew 24:32-51 (Watch for these signs).
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Lesson 17: Jesus Was and Is Hated 080119
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Lesson 17: Jesus Was and Is Hated 080119
08/01/2019
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01.) John 15:18-25 (they hated Me without a cause).
02.) Psalms 69:4 (they that hate me without a cause).
03.) Exodus 20:1-6 (visiting iniquity to My haters).
04.) Exodus 20:7 (Lord's name in vain).
05.) Exodus 20:8-10 (remember the sabbath).
06.) Psalm 9:13 (them that hate me; reference Psalm 23 - the Lord is my shepherd...).
07.) Matthew 10:24, 16-18, 21-22.
08.) Luke 6:20-26 [B-Attitudes (22-men shall hate you)].
09.) Proverbs 8:32-36 (all that hate me love death).
10.) Psalms 2:1-12 (kiss the Son lest He be angry).
11.) John 7:1-7 (works of the world are evil).
12.) Mark 13:13 (ye shall be hated for My name's sake).
13.) Romans 1:18-23, 28-32 (haters of God).
14.) 1 John 3:11-15 (marvel not if the world hate you).
15.) Luke 22:1-2 (sought to kill him).
16.) John 3:16-21 (evil hateth light).
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Lesson 14: God Created Man in His Own Image 071119
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Lesson: God Created Man in His Own Image
07/11/2019
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01.) Genesis 1:27 (So God created man in His own image).
02.) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Darwinism:
1. A theory of the origin and perpetuation of new species of animals and plants that offspring of a given organism vary, that natural selection favors the survival of some of these variations over others, that new species have arisen and may continue to arise by these processes, and that widely divergent groups of plants and animals have arisen from the same ancestors.
2. A theory that inherent dynamic forces allow only the fittest persons or organizations to prosper in a competitive environment or situation.
03.) 1 Thessalonians 5:21 – Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
04.) Oxford Dictionary
Theory:
1. A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
a. A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based.
b. An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action.
c. A collection of propositions to illustrate the principles of a subject.
05.) Oxford Dictionary
Evolution:
1. The process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
2. The gradual development of something.
06.) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Adaptation:
1. Something that is adapted. A composition rewritten into a new form.
2. The act or process of adapting. A process of undergoing adaptation. The state of being adapted. Adaptation to changing circumstances.
3. A. Adjustment to environmental conditions.
B. Adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation.
C. Modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for the existence under the conditions of its environment.
07.) Genesis 3:19 (for dust thou art).
The dead turn to dust.
08.) Genesis 1:1-2, 6-10 (waters divided by the firmament)
Moses lived around 1400 BC. Some historians say as early as 1520 or so, others as late as around 1250 BC.
09.) Nasa.gov
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/universe20110722.html
Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away.
"The environment around this quasar is very unique in that it's producing this huge mass of water," said Matt Bradford, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "It's another demonstration that water is pervasive throughout the universe, even at the very earliest times." Bradford leads one of the teams that made the discovery. His team's research is partially funded by NASA and appears in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
10.) Romans 1:20-23 (invisible things are clearly seen)
11.) Encyclopedia Britannica
Charles Darwin:
Charles Robert Darwin (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent), English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry. However, his nonreligious biology appealed to the rising class of professional scientists, and by the time of his death evolutionary imagery had spread through all of science, literature, and politics. Darwin, himself an agnostic, was accorded the ultimate British accolade of burial in Westminster Abbey, London.
Darwin formulated his bold theory in private in 1837–39, after returning from a voyage around the world aboard HMS Beagle, but it was not until two decades later that he finally gave it full public expression in On the Origin of Species (1859), a book that has deeply influenced modern Western society and thought.
12.) Book by Charles Darwin – “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”
Natural Selection:
1. Process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype or genetic constitution.
In natural selection, those variations in the genotype that increase an organism’s chances of survival and procreation are preserved and multiplied from generation to generation at the expense of less advantageous ones. Evolution often occurs as a consequence of this process. Natural selection may arise from differences in survival, in fertility, in rate of development, in mating success, or in any other aspect of the life cycle. All such differences result in natural selection to the extent that they affect the number of progeny an organism leaves.
13.) Genesis 1:11-13, 20-28 (after his kind, man in God's image).
14.) Cambridge Dictionary
Replenish:
American - To fill something again, or return something to its earlier condition.
English UK – To fill something up again.
15.) Genesis 2:19-20 (out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, etc).
16.) Romans 1:16-19 (I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ).
17.) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Manifest:
1. Readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight.
2. Easily understood or recognized by the mind. Obvious.
18.) 2 Corinthians 5:11 - Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
19.) 2 Corinthians 5:7 - (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
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The Bible Show
07/11/2019
Lesson: God Created Man in His Own Image
01.) Genesis 1:27 (So God created man in His own image).
02.) Merriam Webster Dictionary; Darwinism - A theory of the origin and perpetuation of new species of animals and plants that offspring of a given organism vary, that natural selection favors the survival of some of these variations over others, that new species have arisen and may continue to arise by these processes, and that widely divergent groups of plants and animals have arisen from the same ancestors; A theory that inherent dynamic forces allow only the fittest persons or organizations to prosper in a competitive environment or situation.
03.) 1 Thessalonians 5:21 – Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
04.) Oxford Dictionary: Theory - A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained; A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based; An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action; A collection of propositions to illustrate the principles of a subject.
05.) Oxford Dictionary; Evolution - The process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth; The gradual development of something.
06.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Adaptation - Something that is adapted. A composition rewritten into a new form; The act or process of adapting. A process of undergoing adaptation. The state of being adapted. Adaptation to changing circumstances; Adjustment to environmental conditions; Adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; Modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for the existence under the conditions of its environment.
07.) Genesis 3:19 (For dust thou art).
08.) Genesis 1:1-2, 6-10 (Waters divided by the firmament).
Moses lived around 1400 BC. Some historians say as early as 1520 or so, others as late as around 1250 BC.
09.) Nasa.gov
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/universe20110722.html
Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away.
"The environment around this quasar is very unique in that it's producing this huge mass of water," said Matt Bradford, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "It's another demonstration that water is pervasive throughout the universe, even at the very earliest times."
10.) Romans 1:20-23 (Invisible things are clearly seen)
11.) Encyclopedia Britannica: Charles Darwin - Charles Robert Darwin (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent), English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. Darwin suggested that animals and humans shared a common ancestry. His evolutionary imagery has spread through all of science, literature, and politics. Darwin, himself an agnostic. Darwin formulated his bold theory in private in 1837–39, after returning from a voyage around the world aboard HMS Beagle, but it was not until two decades later that he finally gave it full public expression in On the Origin of Species (1859), a book that has deeply influenced modern Western society and thought.
12.) Book by Charles Darwin – On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Natural Selection - Process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype or genetic constitution. In natural selection, those variations in the genotype that increase an organism’s chances of survival and procreation are preserved and multiplied from generation to generation at the expense of less advantageous ones. Evolution often occurs as a consequence of this process.
13.) Genesis 1:11-13, 20-28 (After his kind).
14.) Cambridge Dictionary: Replenish - American - To fill something again, or return something to its earlier condition; English UK - To fill something up again.
15.) Genesis 2:19-20 (Every beast formed out of the ground).
16.) Romans 1:16-19 (I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ).
17.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Manifest - Readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight; Easily understood or recognized by the mind; Obvious.
18.) 2 Corinthians 5:11 - (The terror of the Lord).
19.) 2 Corinthians 5:7 - (We walk by faith, not by sight).
Romanda Disclaimer
This is a lesson from July 2019. Per Romanda Davis's request, it is being noted here that she is no longer a bible Christian, but rather, on a spiritual jounrey.
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Lesson 16: Repent 072519
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Lesson 16: Repent 072519
07/25/2019
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Continuation from Lesson 15: Circumcised in the Heart
Circumcised In the Heart
01.) Deuteronomy 10:12-20 (circumcise the foreskin of your heart).
02.) Jeremiah 4:1-4 (circumcise yourselves to the Lord).
03.) Colossians 2:8-15 (circumcision made without hands).
04.) Galatians 5:2-6, 14 (the law does not justify you).
05.) 1 John 5:2 (love, keep commandments).
06.) 1 John 5:3 (love, keep commandments).
07.) John 1:5-6 (love, keep commandments).
08.) Acts 3:19-21 (Peter tells Israel to repent).
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Repent - to feel or show that your are sorry for something bad or wrong that you did and that you want to do what is right; to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life; to feel regret or contrition; to change one's mind.
01.) Ezekiel 18:30-32 (repent, turn from transgression).
02.) Ezekiel 18:1, 4-9 (do that which is lawful).
03.) 1 John 3:4 (sin is transgression of the law).
04.) Revelation 3:19-22 (be zealous and repent).
05.) Matthew 4:12-17 (repent for the kingdom of heaven).
06.) Reference Isaiah 9:1-2 regarding "darkness, light".
07.) Mark 1:14-15 (repent for the kingdom of God).
08.) Matthew 28:19 (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
09.) Acts 2:36-40 (repent, save yourselves).
10.) 1 Kings 8:46-50 (if Israel turns and repents).
11.) Ezekiel 14:6 (repent).
12.) Acts 17:29-31 (God commandeth all to repent).
13.) Ezekiel 18:30-32 (repent, cast away transgressions).
14.) Matthew 9:12-13 (call sinners to repentance).
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Lesson 13: It Is Written 062719
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Lesson 13: It Is Written 062719
06/27/2019
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First - Why the King James Version.
01.) Matthew 4:1-4
02.) Deuteronomy 8:1-6
03.) Matthew 4:5-6
04.) Psalms 91:9-12
05.) Matthew 4:7
06.) Deueronomy 6:13, 16-17
07.) Matthew 4:8-10
08.) Exodus 34:14
09.) Romans 1:16-17
10.) Galatians 3:10-12
11.) Hebrews 10:38-39
12.) Habakkuk 2:1-4
13.) Acts 2:11-21
14.) Joel 2:28-32
15.) Mark 13:1-14
16.) Daniel 9:25-27
17.) Daniel 11:31-33, 36-45
18.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-11
19.) Exodus 32:1-6
20.) 1 Peter 1:13-16
21.) Leviticus 11:44-47
22.) Leviticus 19:1-4
23.) Leviticus 20:25-27
24.) Leviticus 20:7-8
25.) 2 Peter 1:15-21*
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Lesson 12: Filthy Lucre 062019
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Lesson: Filthy Lucre
06/20/2019
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01.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Lucre
02.) 1 Peter 5:1-4
03.) Titus 1:4-11
04.) Leviticus 21:1-8
05.) Isaiah 55:1-4
06.) Isaiah 30:1, 8-14
07.) 1 Timothy 3:1-13
08.) Isaiah 56:9-12
09.) Philippians 3:1-3
10.) 1 Timothy 6:1-12
11.) Matthew 10:1, 5-10
12.) 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10
13.) 1 Samuel 8:1-3
14.) Revelation 22:13-16
15.) Mark 10:23-27
16.) Luke 6:24
17.) 1 Timothy 6:17-19
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Lesson 11: Head Covering, Another Jesus, the Trinity 061319
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Lesson 11: Head Covering, Another Jesus (continued), & the Trinity
06/13/2019
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Part 1 – Head Covering
01.) 1 Corinthians 11:1-11 (head covering because of the angels).
02.) Genesis 2:7, 15-18, 21-25 (Adam and Eve created).
03.) Genesis 3:1-7, 11-13, 20 (Adam & Eve eat from the Tree of Life).
04.) Numbers 5:11-22 (spirit of jealousy, uncover her head).
Part 2 – Another Jesus (continuation of Lesson 10)
Part 3 – The Trinity
01.) TrinityTruth.org – The Pagan Origins of the Trinity.
02.) GotQuestions.org – Who was Tertullian.
03.) TrinityTruth.org – The Pagan Origins of the Trinity.
04.) Amos 3:1-2 (only known Israel).
05.) 1 John 5:1-4, 7-8 (three bear record).
06.) John 17:11 (one as we are).
07.) Ephesians 4:1, 4-6 (one Lord, faith, and baptism).
08.) Revelation 1:1-3 (revelation of Jesus Christ).
09.) Hebrews 1:1-3, 7, 13-14 (angels, ministering spirits).
10.) Daniel 8:16 (Gabriel).
11.) Daniel 9:21 (Gabriel).
12.) Luke 1:19 (Gabriel).
13.) Luke 1:26 (Gabriel).
14.) John 14:26 (Comforter, Holy Ghost).
15.) John 15:26 (Comforter , Spirit of Truth).
16.) Isaiah 63:10 (vexed His Holy Spirit).
17.) Exodus 23:20-21 (My name is in him).
18.) Acts 2:36-38 (repent and receive the Holy Ghost).
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Lesson 10: Another Jesus, the Precept of Men 060619
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Lesson 10: Another Jesus, the Precept of Men 060619
06/06/2019
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01.) 2 Corinthians 11:1-4 (another Jesus; born Dec 25th, died Good Friday, raised Easter Sunday, raptures everyone to heaven).
02.) 2 Timothy 4:1-6, 8 (turned unto fables).
03.) Matthew 1:18, 21-23 (birth of Jesus).
04.) Matthew 2:1-2, 11 (young child in the house).
05.) Luke 1:30-33, 35 (birth of Jesus).
06.) Luke 2:4-7-12 (babe in a manger).
07.) Matthew 24:1-5, 11 (be not deceived).
08.) Revelation 12:9 (Satan deceived the whole world).
09.) Revelation 1:12-15, 18 (hair white like wool, feet like burnt brass).
10.) Matthew 15:1-9 (commandments of men).
11.) Isaiah 29:9-13 (precept of men).
12.) Hebrews 13:9 (strange doctrines).
13.) 2 John 1:9-11 (doctrine of Christ).
14.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Rapture 3-the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology.
15.) Matthew 24:29-30 (immediately after tribulation Son of Man comes).
16.) 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 (we shall meet the Lord in the air).
17.) Zechariah 14:5, 9 (Lord shall be king over all the earth).
18.) Psalms 132:13-14 (Lord desires Zion for habitation).
19.) Revelation 20:4-6 (first resurrection).
20.) Daniel 7:2-8 15-17, 19, 23, 25 (little horn speaks against the Most High).
21.) Revelation 17:1, 5, 7, 9 (seven mountains).
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Lesson 09: Jesus Christ the God of the Old Testament 053019
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Lesson 9: Jesus Christ the God of the Old Testament 053019
05/30/2019
JD Hudson YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXEPe-7cWv7LnI8WFqN44Ig
Recap Lesson 8: The Months of the Year / More Idolatry
Birthdays
COGWriter.com
Cogwriter.com/birthdays.htm
Did Early Christians Celebrate Birthdays
“Originally the idea [of birthday greetings and wishes for happiness] was rooted in magic. The working of spells for good and evil is the chief usage of witchcraft. One is especially susceptible to such spells on his birthday, as one’s personal spirits are about at that time.
The giving of birthday gifts is a custom associated with the offering of sacrifices to pagan gods on their birthdays.
The traditional birthday cake and candles also have their origin in ancient pagan idol worship. The ancients believed that the fire of candles had magical properties. They offered prayers1 C and made wishes to be carried to the gods on the flames of the candles.
Since it was believed that the positions of the stars at the time of birth influenced a child’s future, astrological horoscopes came into being, purporting to foretell the future, based on the time of birth.
Philippians 2:12-15
Lesson 9: Jesus Christ, the God of the Old Testament
01.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (that Rock was Christ).
02.) John 17:1, 4-5, 24 (glory I had before the world was).
03.) John 1:1-3, 10-11, 14, 18 (the Word and God).
04.) Genesis 1:1, 26-27 (let us make man in our image).
05.) Revelation 22:13 (I am Alpha and Omega).
06.) Matthew 23:37-39 (I would have gathered you).
07.) John 8:56-69 (before Abraham was, I Am).
08.) Exodus 3:13-15 (I Am hath sent me).
09.) John 14:15, 21 (My commandments).
10.) Hebrews 4:1-8 (if Jesus had given them rest).
11.) 1 John 4:12 (no man hath seen God).
12.) Exodus 24:1, 9-11 (Nadab, Abihu, 70 elders saw God).
13.) John 6:45-48 (no man hath seen the Father).
14.) Isaiah 9:6-7 (the everlasting Father).
15.) Luke 10:17-19 (I beheld Satan cast to earth).
16.) Revelation 12:7-9 (Satan cast to earth).
17.) Genesis 2:8, 15, 18, 21-23 (Adam and Eve in Eden).
18.) Genesis 3:1-7, 20 (God, Satan, Adam, and Eve in the Garden of Eden).
19.) Exodus 6:2-3 (Jehovah).
20.) Psalms 83:1-3, 18 (Jehovah, the most high).
21.) John 5:43 (I come in my Father’s name).
22.) John 14:15 (My commandments).
23.) John 14:21 (My commandments).
24.) John 15:10 (My commandments).
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Lesson 8: The Months of the Year (More Idolatry) 052319
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Lesson: The Months of the Year / More Idolatry
05/23/2019
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The Old Farmer's Almanac
https://www.almanac.com/content/how-did-months-get-their-names
How Did the Months Get Their Names?
The 12 Months of the Year and the Origins of Their Names
By Catherine Boeckmann
July 23, 2018
How did the months of the year get their names? The names reflect a mix of gods and goddesses, rulers, and numbers. Here’s the meaning of each month’s name.
Ancient Roman Calendar
Today we follow the Gregorian calendar, but it’s based on the ancient Roman calendar, believed to be invented by Romulus, the first king of Rome, around 753 BC.
The Roman calendar, a complicated lunar calendar, had 12 months but only 10 of the months had names. Basically, winter was a “dead” month when the government and military wasn’t active so they only had names for the time period we think of as March through December.
March was named for Mars, the god of war, because the this was the month when active military campaigns resumed! May and June were also named for goddesses (Maia and Juno). April meant “to open” in Latin, representing the opening buds of springtime. The rest of the months were simply numbered; their original names in Latin mean the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth month. Eventually, January and February were added to the end of the year so all 12 months had names.
Julian Calendar Updates
When Julius Caesar became pontifex maximus, he reformed the Roman calendar, so that the 12 months were based on the Earth’s revolutions around the Sun. It was a solar calendar as we have today. January and February were moved to the front of the year.
The winter months (January and February) remained a time of reflection, peace, new beginnings, and purification. After Caesar’s death, the month Quintilis (fifth) was renamed July in honor of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and, later, Sextilis (sixth) was renamed August in honor of Roman Emporor Augustus in 8 BC.
Of course, all the renaming and reorganizing meant that some of the months’ names no longer agreed with their position in the calendar (September to December). Later emperors tried to name various months after themselves, but those changes did not outlive them!
Today’s Gregorian Calendar
Eventually, the Julian Calendar was replaced with today’s Gregorian calendar because there were still some inaccuracies and adjustments to be made. For example, the calendar did not accurately reflect the time it took the Earth to orbit the Sun.
The Month’s Names
JANUARY
Named for the Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways. Janus is depicted with two faces, one looking into the past, the other into the future. January was meant to be a time when the military campaigns ceased and there time for peace and reflection.
FEBRUARY
From the Latin word februa, “to cleanse.” The Roman calendar month of Februarius was named for Februalia, a festival of purification and atonement that took place during this period.
MARCH
Named for the Roman god of war, Mars. This was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter. March was also a time of many festivals, presumably in preparation for the campaigning season.
APRIL
From the Latin word aperio, “to open (bud),” because plants begin to grow in this month. In essence, this month was viewed as spring’s renewal.
MAY
Named for the Roman goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of plants. Also from the Latin word maiores, “elders,” who were celebrated during this month. Maia was considered a nurturer and an earth goddess, which may explain the connection with this springtime month.
JUNE
Named for the Roman goddess Juno, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. Also from the Latin word juvenis, “young people.”
JULY
Named to honor Roman dictator Julius Caesar (100 B.C.– 44 B.C.) after his death. In 46 B.C., Julius Caesar made one of his greatest contributions to history: With the help of Sosigenes, he developed the Julian calendar, the precursor to the Gregorian calendar we use today.
AUGUST
Named to honor the first Roman emperor (and grandnephew of Julius Caesar), Augustus Caesar (63 B.C.– A.D. 14). Augustus (the first Roman emperor) comes from the Latin word “augustus,” meaning venerable, noble, and majestic.
SEPTEMBER
From the Latin word septem, “seven,” because this had been the seventh month of the early Roman calendar.
OCTOBER
From the Latin word octo, “eight,” because this had been the eighth month of the early Roman calendar.
NOVEMBER
From the Latin word novem, “nine,” because this had been the ninth month of the early Roman calendar.
DECEMBER
From the Latin word decem, “ten,” because this had been the tenth month of the early Roman calendar.
Source:
This article was originally published in 2009 and has been updated.
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01.) Deuteronomy 18:10-14 (observer of times).
02.) Galations 4:6-11 (observe days, months, times, & years).
03.) Leviticus 19:26 (observer times).
Bible Study Tools.com
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/observer-of-times/
Observe Times - see Divination
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Divination: the practice of using signs, such as the arrangement of tea leaves or cards, or special powers to predict the future; the art or practice that seeks to forsee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge, usually by the interpretation of omes or by the aid off supernatural powers; unusual insight; intuitive perception.
Strong's Bible Concordance
Observer of Times - H6049
A primitive root; to cover; to cloud over; figuratively to acte, that is practise, magic; soothsayer; sorcerer; enchanter.
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Horoscope
1 : a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
2 : an astrological forecast
Zodiac
1a : an imaginary band in the heavens centered on the ecliptic that encompasses the apparent paths of all the planets and is divided into 12 constellations or signs each taken for astrological purposes to extend 30 degrees of longitude
1b : a figure representing the signs of the zodiac and their symbols
2 : a cyclic course
Astrology
1 : the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects
2 archaic : astronomy
04.) Proverbs 16:9 (Lord directeth steps).
05.) Psalms 37:23 (steps ordered by the Lord).
06.) Jeremiah 10:23 (way of man is not himself).
07.) Jeremiah 17:9-10 (heart is deceitful).
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Lesson 7: The Days of the Week 051619
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Lesson 7: The Days of the Week / Idolatry
05/16/2019
01.) Exodus 20:1-5 (idolatry)
02.) Acts 17:15-16, 22 (idolatry)
03.) Job 31:26-28 (sun worship)
04.) Ezekiel 8:1-4, 15-18 (sun worship)
05.) Jeremiah 10:1-3 (be not dismayed at the signs of heaven)
06.) Amos 5:8 (seven stars of Orion)
07.) Job 9:2-5, 8-9 (Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades)
08.) Revelation 22:12-15 (without are idolaters)
09.) Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Heathen - Of or relating to people or nations that do not acknowledge the God of the bible.
10.) KJV Bible Dictionary with Concordance: Heathen-see Gentiles; Gentiles - goy; plural goyim; is rendered Gentiles in the King James Verson in some 30 passages, but much more frequently heathen and oftener still nation, which latter is the usual rendering in the revised version (British and American), but is commonly used for the non-Israelitish people, and thus corresponds to the meaning of Gentiles.
11.) LiveScience.com
The Romans named the days of the week after their gods and corresponded to the five known planets plus the sun and moon (which the Romans also considered planets). To this day, all Romance languages (most familiarly Spanish, French, and Italian) still bear the mark of Roman day names, the exception being Sunday, which now translates to “Lord’s Day” and Saturday, which translates to "Sabbath."
Day Planet Latin Spanish French Italian
Sunday Sun Dies Solis domingo dimanche domenica
Monday Moon Dies Lunae lunes lundi lunedi
Tuesday Mars Dies Martis martes mardi martedi
Wednesday Mercury Dies Mercurii miércoles mercredi mercoledì
Thursday Jupiter Dies Jovis jueves jeudi giovedi
Friday Venus Dies Veneris viernes vendredi venerdì
Saturday Saturn Dies Saturni sábado samedi sabato
Germanic adaptations
The English words for each day bear remnants of Roman tradition, but they have been filtered through centuries of Germanic and Norse mythos. The Germanic people adapted the Roman system by identifying Roman gods with their own deities.
Sunday comes from Old English “Sunnandæg," which is derived from a Germanic interpretation of the Latin dies solis, "sun's day." Germanic and Norse mythology personify the sun as a goddess named Sunna or Sól.
Monday likewise comes from Old English “Mōnandæg,” named after Máni, the Norse personification of the moon (and Sól's brother).
Tuesday comes from Old English “Tīwesdæg,” after Tiw, or Tyr, a one-handed Norse god of dueling. He is equated with Mars, the Roman war god.
Wednesday is "Wōden's day." Wōden, or Odin, was the ruler of the Norse gods' realm and associated with wisdom, magic, victory and death. The Romans connected Wōden to Mercury because they were both guides of souls after death. “Wednesday” comes from Old English “Wōdnesdæg.”
Thursday, "Thor's day," gets its English name after the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder, strength and protection. The Roman god Jupiter, as well as being the king of gods, was the god of the sky and thunder. “Thursday” comes from Old English “Þūnresdæg.”
Friday is named after the wife of Odin. Some scholars say her name was Frigg; others say it was Freya; other scholars say Frigg and Freya were two separate goddesses. Whatever her name, she was often associated with Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility. “Friday” comes from Old English “Frīgedæg.”
As for Saturday, Germanic and Norse traditions didn’t assign any of their gods to this day of the week. They retained the Roman name instead. The English word “Saturday” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “Sæturnesdæg,” which translates to “Saturn’s day.”
12.) Crowl.org
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/days.html
Meanings of the Names of the Days
The Seven Day Week
The Naming of the Days
Sunday -- Sun's day
Monday -- Moon's day
Tuesday -- Tiu's day
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Thursday -- Thor's day
Friday -- Freya's day
Saturday -- Saturn's day
Sources
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The Seven-Day Week
The Babylonians marked time with lunar months. They proscribed some activities during several days of the month, particularly the
first -- the first visible crecent,
seventh -- the waxing half moon,
fourteenth -- the full moon,
nineteenth -- dedicated to an offended goddess,
twenty-first -- the waning half moon,
twenty-eigth -- the last visible crecent,
twenty-nineth -- the invisible moon, and
thirtieth (possibly) -- the invisible moon.
The major periods are seven days, 1/4 month, long. This seven-day period was later regularized and disassociated from the lunar month to become our seven-day week.
The Naming of the Days
The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
Sunday -- Sun's day
Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun"
Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun"
Latin dies solis "day of the sun"
Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"
Monday -- Moon's day
Middle English monday or mone(n)day
Old English mon(an)dæg "day of the moon"
Latin dies lunae "day of the moon"
Ancient Greek hemera selenes "day of the moon"
Tuesday -- Tiu's day
Middle English tiwesday or tewesday
Old English tiwesdæg "Tiw's (Tiu's) day"
Latin dies Martis "day of Mars"
Ancient Greek hemera Areos "day of Ares"
Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky. He is identified with the Norse god Tyr.
Mars is the Roman god of war.
Ares is the Greek god of war.
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Middle English wodnesday, wednesday, or wednesdai
Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day"
Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury"
Ancient Greek hemera Hermu "day of Hermes"
Woden is the chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god. Woden is the leader of the Wild Hunt. Woden is from wod "violently insane" + -en "headship". He is identified with the Norse Odin.
Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, travel, theivery, eloquence and science. He is the messenger of the other gods.
Hermes is the Greek god of commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. He is the messenger and herald of the other gods. He serves as patron of travelers and rogues, and as the conductor of the dead to Hades.
Thursday -- Thor's day
Middle English thur(e)sday
Old English thursdæg
Old Norse thorsdagr "Thor's day"
Old English thunresdæg "thunder's day"
Latin dies Jovis "day of Jupiter"
Ancient Greek hemera Dios "day of Zeus".
Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He is represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Miölnir. He is the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
Jupiter (Jove) is the supreme Roman god and patron of the Roman state. He is noted for creating thunder and lightning.
Zeus is Greek god of the heavens and the supreme Greek god.
Friday -- Freya's day
Middle English fridai
Old English frigedæg "Freya's day"
composed of Frige (genetive singular of Freo) + dæg "day" (most likely)
or composed of Frig "Frigg" + dæg "day" (least likely)
Germanic frije-dagaz "Freya's (or Frigg's) day"
Latin dies Veneris "Venus's day"
Ancient Greek hemera Aphrodites "day of Aphrodite"
Freo is identical with freo, meaning free. It is from the Germanic frijaz meaning "beloved, belonging to the loved ones, not in bondage, free".
Freya (Fria) is the Teutonic goddess of love, beauty, and fecundity (prolific procreation). She is identified with the Norse god Freya. She is leader of the Valkyries and one of the Vanir. She is confused in Germany with Frigg.
Frigg (Frigga) is the Teutonic goddess of clouds, the sky, and conjugal (married) love. She is identified with Frigg, the Norse goddess of love and the heavens and the wife of Odin. She is one of the Aesir. She is confused in Germany with Freya.
Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Aphrodite (Cytherea) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Saturday -- Saturn's day
Middle English saterday
Old English sæter(nes)dæg "Saturn's day"
Latin dies Saturni "day of Saturn"
Ancient Greek hemera Khronu "day of Cronus"
Saturn is the Roman and Italic god of agriculture and the consort of Ops. He is believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue.
Cronus (Kronos, Cronos) is the Greek god (Titan) who ruled the universe until dethroned by his son Zeus.
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Lesson 6: Speaking In Tongues 050919
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Lesson 6: Speaking In Tongues
05/09/2019
Recap Lesson 5: The Dietary Law
- Genesis 7:1-5
- Genesis 9:1-3
- 1 Corinthians 10:25, 1-7, 11, 21, 25-28
Lesson 6: Speaking In Tongues
01.) Genesis 10:15, 20, 31, (8-10 Nimrod)
02.) Genesis 11:1, 6-9, (14 Babel)
03.) Acts 2:1-11
04.) Dictionary: Glossolalia
Webster: tongue
DuckDuckGo.com: fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizopherenic syndromes.
Google.com: the phenomenon of (apparently) speaking in an unknown language, especially in religious worship; it is practiced especially by Penticostal & charismatic Christians.
Dictionary.com: incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religions ectasy, or schizopherenia.
05.) Luke 9:38-42
06.) 1 Corinthians 14:1-5, 9-13, 18-19, 27-28
07.) John 16:7, 13
08.) Daniel 9:21-23 (Gabriel gives understanding).
09.) Daniel 8:15-19 (Gabriel gives understanding).
10.) Hebrews 1:5, 13-14 (spirits, messengers).
11.) 1 John 4:1-3 (try the spirits).
12.) 2 John 1:9-11 (doctrine of Christ).
13.) Revelation 1:1-2 (Father to Jesus to angel to John).
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Lesson 5: The Dietary Law 050219
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Lesson 5: The Dietary Law
05/02/2019
Last Week: Correct new HOJ address is 2515 "E" 75th street, not "west".
01.) Leviticus 11:1-8 (beasts to eat).
Dictionary:
-Coney
-Hare
02.) Deuteronomy 14:1-8 (beasts to eat).
Dictionary:
-Hart
-Roebuck
-Fallow Deer
-Pygarg
-Chamois
03.) Leviticus 11:9-12 (in the waters to eat).
04.) Deuteronomy 14:9-10 (in the waters to eat).
05.) Leviticus 11:13-28 (fowls to eat).
06.) Deuteronomy 14:11-21 (fowls to eat).
-Ossifrage
-Ospray
-Glede
-Kite
-Cuckow
-Gier Eagle
-Comorant
-Heron
-Lapwing
07.) Leviticus 11:29-47 (creeping things to eat).
08.) Acts 10:1-8 (Cornelius sends for Peter).
09.) Acts 10:9-16 (Peter sees vision of vessel of food).
10.) Acts 10:17-24 (Peter goes to Cornelius).
11.) Acts 10:25-28 (call no man common or unclean).
12.) Matthew 10:5-6 (go not to Gentiles or Samaritans).
13.) Matthew 15:21-24 (Jesus only sent to Israelites).
14.) Colossians 2:16 (let no man judge you).
15.) Colossians 2:1-4, 6-8, 16-17 (let no man beguile you).
16.) 1 Timothy 4:1-5 (commanding to abstain from meats).
17.) 1 Corinthians 10:25, 1-7, 11, 21, 25-28 (eat whatever's sold in the shambles).
18.) Genesis 7:1-5 (Noah, beasts by sevens).
19.) Isaiah 66:15-17 (midst eating swine's flesh).
20.) Genesis 9:1-3 (every moving thing shall be meat for you).
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Lesson 3: The 10 Commandments 041819
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Lesson 3: The 10 Commandments
04/18/2019
EvolutionPop.com
Sin
1 John 3:4
10 Commandments
01.) Exodus 19:10-11 (the Lord speaks on Mt. Sinai).
02.) Exodus 20:1-20 (the 10 commandments).
03.) Deuteronomy 5:1-24 (10 commandments & the people heard his voice).
04.) Romans 13:8-10 (love is the fulfillment of the law, which is keeping the commandments).
Animal Sacrifice Law
05.) Galatians 3:17, 19, 24-25 (the law was our schoolmaster).
06.) Exodus 12:40-41 (Israelites in Egypt 430 years).
07.) Hebrews 9:1-3, 6-7, 11-14 (blood of bulls & goats).
Law of sin
08.) Romans 7:21-23
10 Commandments not done away with
09.) Matthew 5:16-19 (Jesus came not to kestroy the law).
10.) Matthew 19:16-19 (Keep the commandments - sabbath & covet 11.) missing).
12.) Romans 7:5-7 (God forbid. Thou shalt not covet).
13.) John 14:15 (keep the commandments).
14.) Romans 6:1-2 (clearer that commandments are not done away with).
15.) 1 John 2:3-6 (liars keep not the commandments).
16.) Romans 3:28-31 (we establish the law).
17.) 1 John 5:2-3 (love of God, keep His commandments).
18.) Revelation 22:12-15 (blessed are they that do His commandments).
19.) Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (whole duty of man).
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Lesson 2: The Passover 041118
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Lesson 2: The Passover
Thursday, 04/11/2018
EvolutionPop.com
Recap Lesson 1: The Sabbath Day
Another reason people think the Sabbath day changed from the 7th day (Saturday) to the 1st day (Sunday) is due to teachings of the Catholic Church.
1.) Catholic Answers (www.catholic.com)
https://www.catholic.com/qa/did-the-early-church-move-the-sabbath-from-saturday-to-sunday
Did the early Church move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
Answer: Catholics worship on the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week (Sunday, the eighth day); the day when God said “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3); the day when Christ rose from the dead; the day when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles (Day of Pentecost). The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “The Church celebrates the day of Christ’s Resurrection on the ‘eighth day,’ Sunday, which is rightly called the Lord’s Day” (CCC 2191).
The early Church did not move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Instead “The Sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday, which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ” (CCC 2190). Sunday is the day Catholics are bound to keep, not Saturday.
We see evidence of this in Scripture:
On the first day of the week when we gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them because he was going to leave on the next day, and he kept on speaking until midnight (Acts 20:7).
On the first day of the week each of you should set aside and save whatever one can afford, so that collections will not be going on when I come (1 Cor. 16:2).
Let no one, then, pass judgment on you in matters of food and drink or with regard to a festival or new moon or Sabbath (Col. 2:16).
2.) Colossians 2: 1-17 (emphasis verses 6, 8, & 16).
Christ didn't rise on Sunday, but on Saturday the sabbath day.
3.) Matthew 28:1-7
4.) Mark 16:1-9
5.) Luke 24:1-9
6.) John 20:1-2
3 days and 3 nights
7.) Matthew 12:38-40
8.) Jonah 1:17
9.) Matthew 27:45-50 (Jesus died around the 9th hour - around 3pm). You can do an internet search for "9th hour" or "bible hours of the day" to find that the 9th hour is around 3pm.
Count backward from "Saturday at 3pm:
Saturday around 3pm = 1 day
Friday night = 1 night
Friday around 3pm = 2 days
Thursday night = 2 nights
Thursday around 3pm = 3 days
Wednesday night = 3 nights
10.) Daniel 9:25-27 (midst of the week)
Good Friday debunked
If Jesus died on Friday around 3pm, then he'd have to be in the grave:
Friday night = 1 night
Saturday day = 1 day
Saturday night = 2 nights
Sunday day = 2 days
Sunday night = 3 nights
Monday day = 3 days
11.) John 19:30-31 (high sabbath - 1st day of Unleavened Bread)
12.) Leviticus 23:5-7 (Passover, then feast of Unleavened Bread)
But he was already gone before Mary and the other disciples got there early Sunday morning.
Jesus our Passover
13.) 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
14.) Leviticus 23:1-8
15.) John 19:14-18
16.) Exodus 12:1-14
17.) Mark 14:12-15, 22-25
18.) 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (can skip if no time)
Communion
19.) 1 Corinthians 10:15-17 (communion - Paul talking about sharing and being of 1 mind)
The Passover is not Easter
20.) Acts 12:1-5 (translation of Passover (Pascha))
21.) Ezekiel 8:14-15
22.) Early Christian Beliefs (www.EarlyChristianBeliefs.org)
https://earlychristianbeliefs.org/easter-resurrection-jesus-christ/
The Origin of Easter
Websters Dictionary
has this to say about Easter: Eastra or Eostre, Goddess of dawn, whose festival was celebrated at the spring equinox.
Unger’s Bible Dictionary
states this about Easter: The word Easter is of Saxon origin, Eastra (Eostre), the goddess of spring, in whose honor sacrifices were offered about Passover time each year. By the 8th century Anglo Saxons had adopted the name to designate the celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
The book Babylon Mystery Religion by Ralph Woodrow
says this about Easter: “It is well known that “Easter” is not a Christian expression – not in its original meaning. The word comes from the name of a pagan goddess – the goddess of the rising light of day and spring. “Easter” is but a more modern form of Eostre, Ostera, Astarte, or Ishtar, the latter, according to Hislop, being pronounced as we pronounce “Easter” today. The goddess of the spring, from whose name our word “Easter” comes, was associated with the sun rising in the east – even as the name “Easter” would seem to imply. Thus the dawn of the sun in the east, the name Easter, and the spring season are all connected.”
The Readers Digest book The Last Two Million Years
tells us this about Easter: “Often churches were sited where (pagan) temples stood before, and many heathen festivals were added to the Christian calendar. Easter, for instance, a time of sacrifice and rebirth in the Christian year, takes its name from the Norse goddess Eostre, in whose honor rites were held every spring. She in turn was simply a Northern version of the Phoenician earth-mother Astarte, goddess of fertility.”
Alexander Hislop in the book The Two Babylons states:
“What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing but Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven. . .”
The Catholic Encyclopedia states:
“. . . Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring. . . Eostre is the ancient European name for the same goddess worshiped by the Babylonians as Astarte, or Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, whose major celebration was in the spring of the year.”
Vines Complete Expository Dictionary of the Old and New Testament Words states:
“The term “Easter is not of Christian origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean goddess, the queen of the heavens. . . . the pagan festival of “Easter” was quite distinct and was introduced into the apostate Western religion, as part of the attempt to adapt pagan festivals to Christianity.”
From the above sources we see that Easter is the name of a pagan Babylonian (Chaldean) goddess; Astarte, Ishtar, Ashtoreth, or Beltis (the queen of the heavens). She later became known and worshiped in the northern hemisphere as the Teutonic goddess; Eostre, Eastra, or Easter (the goddess of the light of dawn or spring).
Believe it or not, Easter and its customs are mentioned in scripture.
The prophet Ezekiel depicts an Easter sunrise service and calls it an abomination.
Ezekiel 8:16-17 states: “Then he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the alter, were about twenty five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the East; and they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun. 17 And He said to me. ‘Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.'” *
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Lesson 126: Easter and Passover are Not the Same 032422
The Bible Show
03/17/2022
JD Hudson YouTube Channel
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Lesson 126: Easter and Passover are Not the Same 032422
01.) Leviticus 23:1-8 (Passover and Feast of Unleavend Bread).
02.) Mark 14:1-2, 12-13, 16-18, 42-43, 53 (Jesus taken prisoner after eating the passover).
03.) Matthew 12:38-40 (Three days and three nights).
04.) Mark 15:1, 12-15, 24-25, 33-34, 37-39, 42-43, 46 (Jesus killed on the passover day).
05.) John 19:31 (The high sabbath day).
06.) Leviticus 23:37-38 (Feasts of the Lord, sabbaths).
07.) Leviticus 16:29-31 (Day of Atonement, a sabbath day).
08.) Mark 16:1-2, 5-6, 9 (Jesus risen before sunrise Sunday).
09.) Matthew 28:1, 5-6 (Jesus risen before sunrise Sunday).
10.) John 20:1, 11, 15-16 (Jesus talks to Mary Magdalene).
11.) Leviticus 23:26-27, 32 [Day of Atonement from even to even (reference Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, etc.)].
12.) Luke 22:13-20 (Keep the passover in rememberance of Jesus' death).
13.) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (Keep the passover in rememberance of Jesus' death).
14.) Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday
Easter
Easter, Latin Pascha, Greek Pascha, principal festival of the Christian church, which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. The earliest recorded observance of an Easter celebration comes from the 2nd century, though the commemoration of Jesus’ Resurrection probably occurred earlier. Easter is celebrated on Sunday, April 17, 2022.
The English word Easter, which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. One view, expounded by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, was that it derived from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. This view presumes—as does the view associating the origin of Christmas on December 25 with pagan celebrations of the winter solstice—that Christians appropriated pagan names and holidays for their highest festivals. Given the determination with which Christians combated all forms of paganism (the belief in multiple deities), this appears a rather dubious presumption. There is now widespread consensus that the word derives from the Christian designation of Easter week as in albis, a Latin phrase that was understood as the plural of alba (“dawn”) and became eostarum in Old High German, the precursor of the modern German and English term. The Latin and Greek Pascha (“Passover”) provides the root for Pâques, the French word for Easter.
The date of Easter and its controversies
Fixing the date on which the Resurrection of Jesus was to be observed and celebrated triggered a major controversy in early Christianity in which an Eastern and a Western position can be distinguished. The dispute, known as the Paschal controversies, was not definitively resolved until the 8th century. In Asia Minor, Christians observed the day of the Crucifixion on the same day that Jews celebrated the Passover offering—that is, on the 14th day of the first full moon of spring, 14 Nisan (see Jewish calendar). The Resurrection, then, was observed two days later, on 16 Nisan, regardless of the day of the week. In the West the Resurrection of Jesus was celebrated on the first day of the week, Sunday, when Jesus had risen from the dead. Consequently, Easter was always celebrated on the first Sunday after the 14th day of the month of Nisan. Increasingly, the churches opted for the Sunday celebration, and the Quartodecimans (“14th day” proponents) remained a minority. The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (March 21). Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
Liturgical observances
In the Christian calendar, Easter follows Lent, the period of 40 days (not counting Sundays) before Easter, which traditionally is observed by acts of penance and fasting. Easter is immediately preceded by Holy Week, which includes Maundy Thursday, the commemoration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples; Good Friday, the day of his Crucifixion; and Holy Saturday, the transition between Crucifixion and Resurrection. Liturgically, Easter comes after the Great Vigil, which was originally observed sometime between sunset on Easter Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday. Later it would be celebrated in Western churches on Saturday evening, then on Saturday afternoon, and finally on Sunday morning. In 1955 the Roman Catholic Church set the time for the vigil at 10 pm, which allowed for the Easter mass to be celebrated after midnight. In the Orthodox traditions the vigil continues to be an important liturgical event, while in Protestant churches it is little known.
Easter customs
Easter, like Christmas, has accumulated a great many traditions, some of which have little to do with the Christian celebration of the Resurrection but derive from folk customs. The custom of the Easter lamb appropriates both the appellation used for Jesus in Scripture (“behold the lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world,” John 1:29) and the lamb’s role as a sacrificial animal in ancient Israel. In antiquity Christians placed lamb meat under the altar, had it blessed, and then ate it on Easter. Since the 12th century the Lenten fast has ended on Easter with meals including eggs, ham, cheeses, bread, and sweets that have been blessed for the occasion.The use of painted and decorated Easter eggs was first recorded in the 13th century. The church prohibited the eating of eggs during Holy Week, but chickens continued to lay eggs during that week, and the notion of specially identifying those as “Holy Week” eggs brought about their decoration. The egg itself became a symbol of the Resurrection. Just as Jesus rose from the tomb, the egg symbolizes new life emerging from the eggshell. In the Orthodox tradition eggs are painted red to symbolize the blood Jesus shed on the cross.
15.) Exodus 12:1-14 (Instructions for keeping the passover).
16.) Ancient-Origins.net
https://www.ancient-origins.net/.../ancient-pagan-origins...
The Ancient Pagan Origins of Easter
According to the New Unger’s Bible Dictionary: “The word Easter is of Saxon origin, Eastra, the goddess of spring, in whose honour sacrifices were offered about Passover time each year. By the eighth century Anglo–Saxons had adopted the name to designate the celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
Resurrection as a Symbol of Rebirth
One theory that has been put forward is that the Easter story of crucifixion and resurrection is symbolic of rebirth and renewal and retells the cycle of the seasons, the death and return of the sun.
According to some scholars, such as Dr. Tony Nugent, teacher of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, and Presbyterian minister, the Easter story comes from the Sumerian legend of Damuzi ( Tammuz) and his wife Inanna ( Ishtar), an epic myth called “The Descent of Inanna” found inscribed on cuneiform clay tablets dating back to 2100 BC. When Tammuz dies, Ishtar is grief–stricken and follows him to the underworld. In the underworld, she enters through seven gates, and her worldly attire is removed. "Naked and bowed low" she is judged, killed, and then hung on display. In her absence, the earth loses its fertility, crops cease to grow and animals stop reproducing. Unless something is done, all life on earth will end.
After Inanna has been missing for three days her assistant goes to other gods for help. Finally one of them Enki, creates two creatures who carry the plant of life and water of life down to the Underworld, sprinkling them on Inanna and Damuzi, resurrecting them, and giving them the power to return to the earth as the light of the sun for six months. After the six months are up, Tammuz returns to the underworld of the dead, remaining there for another six months, and Ishtar pursues him, prompting the water god to rescue them both. Thus were the cycles of winter death and spring life.
Easter as a Celebration of the Goddess of Spring
A related perspective is that, rather than being a representation of the story of Ishtar, Easter was originally a celebration of Eostre, goddess of Spring, otherwise known as Ostara, Austra, and Eastre. One of the most revered aspects of Ostara for both ancient and modern observers is a spirit of renewal.
Celebrated at Spring Equinox on March 21, Ostara marks the day when light is equal to darkness, and will continue to grow. As the bringer of light after a long dark winter, the goddess was often depicted with the hare, an animal that represents the arrival of spring as well as the fertility of the season.
17.) 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 (Gentiles sacrifice to devils).
18.) Luke 16:13-15 (You cannot serve God and mammon).
19.) James 4:4 (Friendship of the world is enmity with God).
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Lesson 77: The Lord Utterly Destroys 123020
EvolutionPOP.com
The Bible Show
12/30/2020
Lesson 77: The Lord Utterly Destroys 123020
01.) Isaiah 34:1-3 (The Lord hath utterly destroyed the nations).
02.) Merriam Webster Dictionary: Utterly - To an absolute or extreme detree; To the full extent; In an utter manner; Absolutely; Entirely; Totally.
03.) 1 Samuel 15:1-3 (The Lord commands to utterly destroy Amalek).
04.) Deuteronomy 7:1-2, 9-11 (The Lord utterly destroys the Canaanites).
05.) Jeremiah 50:21-32 (The Lord utterly destroys Bablyon).
06.) Joshua 6:1-5, 15-16, 20-21, 24-25 (Joshua utterly destroys Jericho).
07.) Joshua 8:21, 24-29 (Joshua utterly destroys Ai).
08.) Joshua 10:1-14, 20-21, 28-43 (The Lord fights for Israel).
09.) Joshua 24:14, 16-21 (The Lord will do you hurt if you transgress).
10.) Judges 10:6-16 (Israel forsakes the Lord).
11.) 2 Chronicles 24:1-2, 15, 17-25 (King Joash forsakes the Lord).
12.) Isaiah 1:1-4 (Israel forsakes the Lord).
13.) Ezekiel 9:4-10 (The Lord slays Israel and Judah).
14.) Daniel 9:1-14 (Daniel praysand confesses Israels sin).
15.) Luke 21:5-6, 20-24 (Jerusalem destroyed, Israelites led into captivity).
16.) Genesis 6:1-7, 11-13, 17 (The Lord floods the earth).
17.) Matthew 24:29-31, 37-39 (Jesus' return like days of Noe).
18.) 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 (Jesus returns in flaming fire).
19.) 2 Peter 4:16-17 (The righteous scarcely saved).
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Lesson 58: Jesus Christ the God of the Old Testament 070220
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07/02/2020
Lesson 58: Jesus Christ the God of the Old Testament 070220
01.) Proverbs 1:1-7 (To know wisdom and instruction).
02.) Proverbs 4:1-2, 5-9 (Get wisdom and understanding).
03.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (That Rock was Christ).
04.) John 17:1, 4-5, 24 (Glory I had before the world was).
05.) John 1:1-3, 10-11, 14, 18 (The Word and God).
06.) Genesis 1:1, 26-27 (Let us make man in our image).
07.) Revelation 22:13 (I am Alpha and Omega).
08.) Luke 13:34-35 (I would have gathered you).
09.) John 8:56-59 (Before Abraham was, I Am).
10.) Exodus 3:13-15 (I Am hath sent me).
11.) John 14:15, 21 (My commandments).
12.) Hebrews 4:1-8 (If Jesus had given them rest).
13.) 1 John 4:12 (No man hath seen God).
14.) Exodus 24:1, 9-11 (Nadab, Abihu, 70 elders saw God).
15.) John 6:45-48 (No man hath seen the Father).
16.) Isaiah 9:6-7 (The everlasting Father).
17.) Luke 10:17-19 (I beheld Satan cast to earth).
18.) Revelation 12:7-9 (Satan cast to earth).
19.) Isaiah 14:12-15 (Lucifer fallen).
20.) Genesis 2:8, 15-18, 21-23 (Adam and Eve in Eden).
21.) Genesis 3:1-7, 20 (God, Satan, Adam, and Eve in the Garden of Eden).
22.) Exodus 6:2-3 (Jehovah).
23.) Psalms 83:1-3, 18 (Jehovah, the most high).
24.) John 5:43 (I come in my Father’s name).
25.) John 14:1-3 (Jesus will come again).
26.) Isaiah 13:9-13 (Jesus punishes the world).
27.) Matthew 24:29-31 (Jesus comes after the tribulation).
28.) 2 Thessalonians 1:3-10 (Jesus comes in flaming fire).
29.) John 14:15, 21 (My commandments).
30.) John 15:10 (My commandments).
Note: Revelation 19:13, 11-16 (The Word of God).
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Lesson 110: We Turn to the Gentiles 111121
The Bible Show
11/11/2021
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Lesson 110: We Turn to the Gentiles 111121
01.) Acts 13:13-17, 26, 42-48 (We turn to the gentiles).
02.) Amos 3:1-2, 7-8 (God has only known Israel).
03.) Matthew 10:1, 5-7 (Jesus said go not to Gentiles or Samaritans).
04.) Genesis 10:1-5 (Gentiles, the sons of Japheth).
05.) Luke 3:23-24, 31-32, 34-38 (Abraham, a son of Shem).
06.) Genesis 10:22, 24 (Abraham's lineage to Eber, Salah, and Arphaxad).
07.) Matthew 15:22-24 (Jesus only sent to Israel).
08.) Romans 10:1-3, 21 (Israel has zeal, but no knowledge).
09.) Romans 11:1-5, 7-8, 11, 13-14, 18-21, 25-27 (Israel is not done away with).
10.) Matthew 16:17-20 (The church is not built on Peter).
11.) Deuteronomy 32:1-4 (The Lord our God is the Rock).
12.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (The Rock is Christ).
13.) Ephesians 2:18-21 (Jesus Christ the chief corner stone).
14.) Matthew 18:1, 18-20 (What the disciples bind and loose on earth).
10.) Psalms 83:1-8 (Israel, God's hidden ones).
11.) 2 Kings 17:6, 24, 19 (Assyria takes Israel captive).
12.) Luke 19:28, 41-44 (Jerusalem laid even to the ground).
13.) Obadiah 1:1-21 (Esau takes Israel's substance).
14.) Ezekiel 37:21-23 (The Lord will gather Israel).
15.) Jeremiah 31:10-12 (The Lord will gather Israael).
16.) Isaiah 11:1-4, 11-12 (The Lord will gather Israel).
17.) Psalms 147:2 (The Lord will gather Israel).
18.) Isaiah 56:6-8 (The Lord will gather strangers as well as Israel).
19.) Matthew 24:29-31 (The Lord will gather the elect).
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20.) Acts 7:37-38 (Moses with the church in the wilderness).
21.) Acts 11:1-4, 17-22, 25-26 (Disciples called Christians in Antioch).
22.) Genesis 16:15 (Abram's first son Ishmael is born).
23.) Genesis 21:3 (Abraham's second son Isaac is born).
24.) Genesis 25:21-26 (Isaac's sons Esau and Jacob are born).
25.) Genesis 36:8 (Esau is Edom).
26.) Genesis 32:28 (Jacob is Israel).
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Lesson 102: No Man Hath Ascended to the 3rd Heaven 081821
The Bible Show
08/18/2021
Lesson 102: No Man Hath Ascended to the 3rd Heaven 081821
01.) John 3:13 (No man hath ascended up to heaven).
02.) 2 Corinthians 12:1-5 (Caught up to the third heaven).
03.) John 7:33-36 (Where I am ye cannot come).
04.) Psalms 110:1, 5 (Sit thou at my right hand).
05.) 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah in whirlwind).
06.) 2 Chronicles 21:5, 12-13 (Letter from Elijah to Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah).
07.) 1 Kings 21:28-29 (Lord’s word to Elijah that Ahab humbled himself).
08.) 1 Kings 22:40-41 (Ahaziah reins after Ahab in Israel; Jehoshaphat reins in Judah).
09.) Genesis 1:1-10, 14-19 (Heaven, firmament between waters, lights in firmament).
10.) Job 35:11 (Fowls of heaven).
11.) Matthew 24:30-31 (Gather elect from heaven).
12.) Mark 13:26-27 (Gather elect from earth).
13.) Daniel 7:2-3, 17-18 (Four winds, four beast, four kings of earth, saints take kingdom).
14.) Ecclesiastes 12:1-3, 7 (Spirit returns to God).
15.) Ecclesiastes 3:19-21, 19 (Who knoweth the spirit of man & beast).
16.) Job 27:2-4 (Spirit of God in my nostrils).
17.) Genesis 2:7 (Breath of life in my nostrils).
18.) Matthew 6:9-10 (Thy kingdom come).
19.) Matthew 5:5 (The meek shall inherit the earth).
20.) Psalms 37:11 (The meek shall inherit the earth).
21.) Psalms 132:12-14 (The Lord has chosen Zion for His habitation).
22.) Revelation 21:1-3 (New Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven).
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Lesson 129: The Lord Shall Be King Over All the Earth 042022
The Bible Show
04/20/2022
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Lesson 129: The Lord Shall Be King Over All the Earth 042022
01.) Psalms 47:1-9 (God is King of all the earth).
02.) Daniel 2:37, 39-44 (God of heaven will set up a kingdom).
03.) Zechariah 14:1-4, 9 (The Lord shall be king of all the earth).
04.) Genesis 14:18-20 (Melchizedek king of Salem).
05.) Hebrews 7:1-4 (Melchisedec king of Salem).
05.) Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (God predicts Israel will want a king).
06.) 1 Samuel 8:4-9 (Israel rejects God as their King).
07.) Revelation 8:2, 6-7, 13 (Seven angels, seven trumpets).
08.) Revelation 9:1, 12-15, (The fifth and sixth trumpets bring the first and second woes).
09.) Revelation 11:14-18 (Kingdoms of the world become the Lord's kingdoms).
10.) Revelation 21:1-3, 9-11 (New Jerusalem comes down from heaven).
11.) Psalms 146:10 (The Lord shall reign forever).
Circumcised In the Heart
01.) Deuteronomy 10:12-20 (circumcise the foreskin of your heart).
02.) Jeremiah 4:1-4 (circumcise yourselves to the Lord).
03.) Colossians 2:8-15 (circumcision made without hands).
04.) Psalms 51:1, 9 (Blot out my sins).
05.) Galatians 5:2-6, 14 (The law does not justify you).
06.) Romans 13:8-10 (Love is the fulfilling of the law).
07.) Acts 3:19 (Repent to have your sins blotted out).
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Lesson 53: Jesus Whom Paul Preacheth 051420
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05/14/2020
JD Hudson YouTube Channel
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Lesson 53 - Jesus Whom Paul Preacheth 051420
01.) Acts 19:11-17 (Jesus whom Paul preacheth).
02.) Proverbs 16:25 (There is a way that seemeth right).
03.) Matthew 7:21-23 (All who say Lord Lord won't get in).
04.) Luke 6:46-49 (Why call me Lord and don't do what I say).
05.) Romans 10:1-3, 13-16 (Hear and obey, then call).
06.) Isaiah 53:1-6 (Who hath believed our report).
07.) Hosea 4:1-2, 6 (Lack of knowledge).
08.) Proverbs 4:1-7 (Keep my commandments and live).
09.) 2 John 1:5-11 (Love is keeping the commandments).
10.) 1 Timothy 4:12-16 (Take heed unto the doctrine).
11.) Acts 8:5-25 (Simon heart is not right).
12.) Jeremiah 17:9-10 (The heart is deceitful).
13.) Romans 2:13 (Doers of the law are justified).
14.) James 1:22-27 (Be a doer of the word).
15.) Genesis 4:1-7 (God rejects Cain's offering).
16.) Proverbs 12:15 (The way of a fool).
17.) Ephesians 6:10-18 (Put on the whole armour of God).
18.) 1 John 2:1-6 (We know Him if we keep His commandments).
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