"Man is a physical, mental, spiritual and divine being; he is also a miniature Kosmos, a world that is apart of the whole Kosmic universes. Man/woman was made in the image and likeness of the Elohims, their creators and makers. He is a energy being made up with all the building blocks of the Kosmic universes in his being. He is of Material, spiritual and Divine, in order to attain perfection. Man/woman is therefore a Spirit being of great potential with a glorious future. He is body, mind, soul and spirit and as he/she developed spiritually, eventually will be as his/her supreme Divine creator and maker. Elyon/Yeshua is giving the full Truth and true living Light to his creation and makings (children), they in him and he in them. All things living and none living are energy of the Kosmos, material, spirit and Divine, so is men/women. We are apart of everything and everything is apart of us. With much agape love, have a bright and enlightened future." (TNDL)
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Monday, April 29, 2019
BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
“FILL YOUR BEING, YOUR SPIRIT, WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE MOST HIGH GOD AND LET HIM ENTER INTO YOUR SPIRIT, MIND AND SOUL. THE COMFORTER IS CALLING INTO HIS REALM OF DIVINE WORSHIP OF OUR ETERNAL CREATOR. OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. PRAISE, GLORY, THANKS -GIVING, HONOR AND MUCH RESPECT. RECEIVE THE JOEL 2: 28-32, ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST. “ (TNDL)
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TNDL: “THIS IS THE MESSAGE TO THE END TIME MILLENNIAL.”
According to Malachi 4: 28 and Isaiah 40:31, They That Wait Upon The Lord, Shall Renew Their Strength, They Shall Mount Up With Wings of Eagles, They Shall Run and Not Be Weary, walk and not Faint. Decal Sticker Scripture Christian. And also Joel chap 2 :28:32. These young and all people has waited, since the days of the Seer prophet, Malachi. This is the end time age of refreshing from the Most High to as many as the Lord will call. Which started on the day of Pentecost see Acts of the apostles 2:28-
TNDL: “THE PROMISE OF THE COMFORTER, THE PARACLETE.”
John 14:15- Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
“Come now; let us leave.
Footnotes:
John 14:1 Or Believe in God
John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is.
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
“Come now; let us leave.
Footnotes:
John 14:1 Or Believe in God
John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is.
THE MIND IS THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THOUGHT...
“FROM A SPIRITUAL AND A MATERIAL PROSPECTIVE, THE MIND IS THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THOUGHT, REASON AND DECISION MAKING. IT’S ALSO THE MIND THAT GOD, THE ETERNAL FATHER, AND THE EVIL ONE SATAN, TRY TO ENTER AND CONTROL. HOWEVER, WHO ENTERS YOUR MIND, DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ALLOW TO ENTER IN. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE WHICH OF THESE TWO FORCES, THE GOOD OR THE EVIL, YOU WILL LET IN YOUR MIND. THEREFORE, WILL YOU LET THE GOOD GOD, OUR CREATOR, ENTER IN YOUR MIND? THE BENEFITS ARE MANY, SUCH AS: PEACE, JOY, RIGHTEOUS THOUGHTS, A TRANSFORMED MIND IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LAMB/MESSIAH AND GOD MOST HIGH'S WILL!. (TNDL)
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WHAT IS A MIND AND ITS FUNCTION?
“ Your brain is part of the visible, tangible world of the body. Your mind is part of the invisible, transcendent world of thought, feeling, attitude, belief and imagination. The brain is the physical organ mostly associated with the mind and consciousness, but the mind is not confined to the brain. “(TNDL)
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
COME AND DINE
“The Most High's Table is set; so, come and ‘DINE’, for this is the ‘DAY OF THE LORD’, when Yeshua, the bread of Life, has the great feast for all flesh or all people, not only for the Israelites, according to Joel 2:27-32,1.” (TNDL)
THE LORD PRAYER OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE!!!
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
“YESHUA, THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THE WORD OF EL-ELYON, THE LIVING LIGHT
“Happy Sunday, the "Lord's Day," when Emmanuel (The Godman, who is with us) was resurrected from the dead; the day when he began the new covenant which is only in Christ, the Word of God, Most High. It was on this day the early followers of Yeshua commemorated his day of newness and rest into the new order of things, that ushered in the freshness on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came down from the heavenly Realms. In Yeshua, the Messiah, all the Laws and Seer prophets are fulfilled (which means, come to its final conclusion. Paul, the Apostle, to the gentiles or nations, also explained this righteous view in Romans 10, and the gospel of Apostle John 1 declares that: In a beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him, and there was nothing made without him. John also explained that, Moses gave Israel the Law, but Grace and Truth in its fullness came by Yeshua, the Hebrew Christ, through his Agape and peace. Yeshua, the God-man is the only way to our eternal heavenly Father the gospel of John 14. Happy Sunday, Our Lord's Day.” (TNDL)
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MAN'S DOCTRINE VS YESHUA'S TEACHINGS!!!
“Yeshua of Nazareth said to those who came to hear him: ‘In vain do you worship me, teaching for your Doctrine the commandments of men.’ Matthew 15:9 KJV also Mark 7:7.Which is to say, followers of Yeshua should teach only Yeshua's teachings, don't add or take away, because there are those Theologians and modern-day Bible scholars who often times find it proper to do so. Yeshua of Nazareth is the one who came from above with his pure, true and Divine holy teaching; therefore, why should anyone change it? Yeshua pointed out to those who were hearing him: ‘In vain do you worship me, teaching for your doctrine the commandment of men.’” TNDL)
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
TNDL: If ANY ONE BE IN CHRIST, YOU ARE A NEW CREATION, THE OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY AND ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. WHICH IS TO SAY, THE OLD MAN / WOMAN, IS DEAD TO THIS WORLD AND YOU, THE NEW MAN / WOMAN, ARE ALIVE IN YESHUA, THE CHRIST.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 ►
Parallel Verses
King James Version
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Parallel Verses
King James Version
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
PRAYER IS THE MOST POWERFUL THING WE, WHO KNOW HOW TO PRAY, HAVE
“ WHEN WE PRAY, WE TOUCH THE HEART OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. THEREFORE, LET US CONTINUE TO LIVE A LIFE OF PRAYER, BECAUSE PRAYER CHANGES SITUATIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET OUT OF THESE PROBLEMS, THAT WE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME. YESHUA SAID, WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AND LOVE EACH OTHER AS WE LOVE OURSELVES, AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOUR LIKE WE LOVE OURSELVES. SO, PRAYER IS THE CURE FOR EARTH'S PROBLEMS. LET US USE WHAT WE HAVE.” (TNDL)
Sunday, April 21, 2019
TNDL: “HE IS RISEN! YES, YESHUA IS RISEN. HE HAS CONQUERED DEATH AND HELL. Mathew 28.”
Matthew 28 (NIV)
Jesus Has Risen
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
Jesus Has Risen
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
Friday, April 19, 2019
THE MAKER OF ALL CREATION IN HEAVEN, AND EARTH
“THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS: DO YOU KNOW HIM LIKE HIS HOLY APOSTLES KNEW HIM? IF NOT, SEEK HIM WITH YOUR WHOLE HEARTS, AND YOU WILL FIND AND KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. THEN, BUILD UP A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH! HE IS THE WORD OF GOD, MOST HIGH, REVELATION 19.” (TNDL)
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CAIN BLOODLINE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN SCRIBES
“Take notice of those Cain bloodline, Synagogue of Satan Scribes who hide the truth from the populace (The 85-90%) of the great mass, according to Jeremiah 8:8. Yeshua referred to those people, Scribes and Pharisees. These leaders, Yeshua said, know these mysteries, but do not follow the true WAY of the Most High Creator, nor let others into the Kingdom of God? why, they belong to the other Kingdom of Satan. “
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TNDL: “WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD, MOST HIGH, ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY 32:8-9 7?”
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. 9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.…
WHO IS THIS GREAT KOSMIC CREATOR
TNDL: “ACCORDING THE ANCIENT ORIGINAL SCRIPTURES WITH REGARD TO EL-ELYON, WHO IS THIS GREAT KOSMIC CREATOR, ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY 32:8-9?”
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[b]
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[b]
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
WHO WAS THE APOSTLE PETER
TNDL:“WHO WAS THE APOSTLE PETER AND THE ROLE YESHUA, OF NAZARETH, GAVE HIM WHEN YESHUA GAVE PETER THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM AND TOLD HIM THAT WHATEVER/ WHOEVER HE LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSE IN HEAVEN, AND WHO HE BOUND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN?”
Keys of the kingdom
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The keys of the kingdom is a Christian concept of eternal church authority. It was established in the 1st century AD, initially through St. Peter, then through the rest of the 12 Apostles. The latter, continuing with the early Church Fathers, would eventually comprise the early church and its doctrine.[1] It is this authority, having been given the keys, that subsequent doctrinal points have been built upon.[2][3]
The authority with the keys can be literally traced to one passage in the New Testament, where Jesus mentions them first in response to St. Peter answering a question, and secondly in speaking to a group of disciples. In these two instances, the concept of authority follows having been given the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and regards loosening and binding things on earth, and thus, having loosened and bound the same in heaven (Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18). A third authority regarding sin is seen without mentioning keys in John 20:23.
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The relief of St. Peter at the portal of St Peter's church at Radovljica in Slovenia. The inscription, written in Slovene, reads: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven".
The keys of the kingdom is a Christian concept of eternal church authority. It was established in the 1st century AD, initially through St. Peter, then through the rest of the 12 Apostles. The latter, continuing with the early Church Fathers, would eventually comprise the early church and its doctrine.[1] It is this authority, having been given the keys, that subsequent doctrinal points have been built upon.[2][3]
The authority with the keys can be literally traced to one passage in the New Testament, where Jesus mentions them first in response to St. Peter answering a question, and secondly in speaking to a group of disciples. In these two instances, the concept of authority follows having been given the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and regards loosening and binding things on earth, and thus, having loosened and bound the same in heaven (Matthew 16:19, Matthew 18:18). A third authority regarding sin is seen without mentioning keys in John 20:23.
TNDL: “YOU SHALL SEEK ME AND FIND ME, WHEN YOU WILL SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEARTS, SAYS THE LORD, YAHWEH ELYON! SEE JOEL CHAP 2
. I shall pour-out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy.”
Joel 2:28-32 New International Version (NIV)
The Day of the Lord
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
whom the Lord calls.[a]
Footnotes:
Joel 2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.prophecy.
Joel 2:28-32 New International Version (NIV)
The Day of the Lord
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
whom the Lord calls.[a]
Footnotes:
Joel 2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.prophecy.
“JERUSALEM, THE ANCIENT CITY OF MELCHIZEDEK, ABRAHAM AND THE CHILDREN OF JACOB, WHO WAS RENAMED AS ISRAEL BY THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. THIS IS THE CITY EL-ELYON AND YAHWEH WILL MAKE HOLY TO PREPARE FOR THE YESHUA, THE SON OF MAN MILLENNIAL REIGN.REVELATION 19; AND MICAH 4 4; AND ISAIAH 11; AND ISAIAH 9.” (TNDL) Copyright 2019 TNDL
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
REVELATION 1-3
TNDL “In the book of Revelation 1 -3, Yeshua declared himself as the ‘SPIRIT.’ Hence, he is the Divine living Spirit who is always with his church or his holy body.”
Revelation 1-3 New International Version (NIV)
Prologue
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b]
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
John’s Vision of Christ
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,[d] dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels[e] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[f] of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 1-3 New International Version (NIV)
Prologue
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b]
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
John’s Vision of Christ
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,[d] dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels[e] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[f] of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
TNDL: “THE END TIMES MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT WILL BE SO STRONG THAT MOUNTAINS AND ISLANDS SHALL BE REMOVED, CITIES SHALL SINK AND MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE. THIS IS THE END OF THE AGE JUDGEMENT UPON THOSE WHO DESTROYED THE EARTH AND LIVING THINGS ON IT.” This latest one in Japan certainly classifies as a catastrophe.
This latest one in Japan certainly classifies as a catastrophe.
Earthquakes to signal Christ’s return?
When a disaster affects much of the world as this one has, people ask, “Is this a sign of the return of Jesus Christ and the end of our age?”
When asked about what to look for as a sign of his return, Jesus Christ spoke of “the sea and the waves roaring”(Luke 21:7, 25). He was prophesying that there would be great storms and tumult on the world’s oceans and seas. He was likely referring to hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis that unleash unusually destructive power on the earth. While there have always been storms and earthquakes, Jesus foretold that they would increase in magnitude and occurrence before the last days.
In response to the same question, Jesus warned that other causes of death and destruction—such as wars, famines and disease—would also increase during the end time.
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places” (Matthew 24:7, emphasis added throughout).
Disasters to come at the time of the end
Are these the sign that the return of Christ is imminent? The answer is no. Jesus followed by saying, “All these are the beginning of sorrows” (verse 8). Far worse suffering and destruction will take place as the end of this age draws near, but most of the world will not be prepared for it and will be taken by surprise.
Speaking of this same time, the prophet Jeremiah warned, “Behold, a whirlwind [tempest in some translations] of the Lord has gone forth in fury—a violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly” (Jeremiah 23:19-20).
He then adds, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth. And in that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth…’” (Jeremiah 25:32-33). Jeremiah explains throughout his book that the reason for these disasters is that mankind has rejected God and has filled the world with evil and violence. Men will continue to defy their Creator (Revelation 9:21), so God will send additional plagues on the earth in order to convince humanity to listen to Him.
Earthquakes to signal Christ’s return?
When a disaster affects much of the world as this one has, people ask, “Is this a sign of the return of Jesus Christ and the end of our age?”
When asked about what to look for as a sign of his return, Jesus Christ spoke of “the sea and the waves roaring”(Luke 21:7, 25). He was prophesying that there would be great storms and tumult on the world’s oceans and seas. He was likely referring to hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis that unleash unusually destructive power on the earth. While there have always been storms and earthquakes, Jesus foretold that they would increase in magnitude and occurrence before the last days.
In response to the same question, Jesus warned that other causes of death and destruction—such as wars, famines and disease—would also increase during the end time.
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places” (Matthew 24:7, emphasis added throughout).
Disasters to come at the time of the end
Are these the sign that the return of Christ is imminent? The answer is no. Jesus followed by saying, “All these are the beginning of sorrows” (verse 8). Far worse suffering and destruction will take place as the end of this age draws near, but most of the world will not be prepared for it and will be taken by surprise.
Speaking of this same time, the prophet Jeremiah warned, “Behold, a whirlwind [tempest in some translations] of the Lord has gone forth in fury—a violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly” (Jeremiah 23:19-20).
He then adds, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth. And in that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth…’” (Jeremiah 25:32-33). Jeremiah explains throughout his book that the reason for these disasters is that mankind has rejected God and has filled the world with evil and violence. Men will continue to defy their Creator (Revelation 9:21), so God will send additional plagues on the earth in order to convince humanity to listen to Him.
TNDL: “YESHUA ,MESSIAH OF NAZARETH, THE HEALER OF THE BROKEN HEARTED!”
THE MESSIAH. ACCORDING TO BIBLE PROPHECY
by
Tony Alamo
Absolute proof that Jesus is the only way to the Kingdom of Heaven
The Biblical references in this book are from the King James, original Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek versions of the Bible.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. THE CREDENTIALS OF THE MESSIAH
II. PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE MESSIAH
III. PROPHETIC PARADOXES IN PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST
IV. PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF THE MESSIAH (CHRIST)
A. PSALM 22
B. ISAIAH 53
V. PROPHECIES DESCRIBING THE MESSIANIC OFFICES OF CHRIST
VI. THE DEITY OF THE MESSIAH (CHRIST) IN BOTH TESTAMENTS
VII. TYPES AND INDIRECT PROPHECIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FULFILLED IN CHRIST
The Greatest Miracle in Print: the Record of
THE MESSIAH
According to Bible Prophecy
“To HIM give all the prophets witness” (Acts 10:43). “In the volume of the Book it is written of Me” (Psa. 40:7, Heb. 10:7).
INTRODUCTION
THE MOST AMAZING DRAMA ever presented to the mind of man—a drama written in prophecy in the Old Testament and in biography in the four Gospels—is the narrative of Jesus the Christ. One outstanding fact, among many, completely isolates HIM. It is this: that only one man in the history of the world has had explicit details given beforehand of His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection. These details are in documents which were given to the public centuries before He appeared, and no one challenges, or can challenge the fact that these documents were widely circulated long before His birth. Anyone and everyone can compare for himself the actual records of His life with these old documents and see that they match one another perfectly. The challenge of this indisputable miracle is that it happened concerning only one man in the whole history of the world.1
Let’s focus our attention on the unparalleled wonder of this literary miracle. Think for a moment—who could have pre-written a life of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or any other character hundreds and thousands of years before he was born? Nowhere in any of the literature of the world, secular or religious, can one find a duplicate of the astounding miracle of the pre-written life of Christ. The inspiration for that portrait came from the heavenly gallery, not from the studio of an earthly artist. So amazing is this miracle of the pre-written life of Christ and its perfect fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth that nothing but divine prescience could have foreseen it, and nothing but divine power could accomplish it. As the full evidence is presented here, all thoughtful readers will agree that “the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (II Pet. 1:21).
Four Great Truths Demonstrated by this Fact
With no variations or aberrations between the Old Testament predictions of the coming Messiah and the New Testament fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth, one instinctively leaps to the conclusion that the hand which drew the image in prophecy molded the portrait in history. The inevitable conclusion is fourfold:
(1) It proves that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, for unaided man is neither capable of writing nor fulfilling such a literary wonder.
(2) It proves that the God of the Bible, the only one who knows the end from the beginning, He who alone has the power to fulfill all His Word, is the true and living God.
(3) It demonstrates that the God of the Bible is both all-knowing, able to foretell the future entwined around numberless men who are free moral agents, and all-powerful, able to bring to pass a perfect fulfillment of His Word in the midst of widespread unbelief, ignorance, and rebellion on the part of men.
(4) It demonstrates that Jesus of Nazareth, who so perfectly and completely fulfilled all the Old Testament predictions, is indeed the Messiah, the Savior of the world, the Son of the living God.
Christ is the Center of History
CHRIST is seen to be the center of all history as well as the central theme of the Bible. The Christ of the New Testament is the fruit of the tree of life, is the tree of prophecy, and is true born by the Spirit. Spiritfilled, washed in the blood of Jesus Christianity is the realization of a plan, the first outlines of which were sketched more than 1500 years before Christ’s birth.
Fulfilled Prophecy is Unique to the Bible
The fact is that fulfilled prophecy is found in the Bible alone; hence, it presents proof of divine inspiration that is positive, conclusive, and overwhelming. Here is the argument in brief: no man, unaided by divine inspiration, foreknows the future, for it is an impenetrable wall, a true “iron curtain” to all mankind. Only an almighty and all-knowing God can infallibly predict the future. If then, one can find true prophecy with definite fulfillment (as one does in the Bible), with sufficient time intervening between the prediction and the fulfillment and with explicit details in the prediction to assure the prophecies are not clever guesses, then the case is perfect and unanswerable. Remember, there were 400 years between the last of the Messianic predictions of the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the Christ of the Gospels.2 Many prophecies are, of course, much older than 400 B.C. During a period of 1100 years, from the age of Moses (1500 B.C.) to that of Malachi (400 B.C.), a succession of prophets arose, Messianic prediction took form, and all of these prophets testified of the Messiah who was to come, as well as the prophecies of Christ to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and many others thereafter, up to the time of Moses.
So minute and so voluminous are these Old Testament predictions, and so complete is their fulfillment in the New Testament, that there would be no honest infidel in the world were Messianic prophecy studied. Nor would there be any doubting disciples if this fact of prediction and fulfillment were fully understood. The sad fact is, we have yet to meet the first honest skeptic or critic who has carefully studied the prophecies which center in Christ. Here indeed is “God’s Rock of Ages, faith’s unshakable standing place.”
“Prophecy” is God’s Own Method of Proving His Truth
The teachings of the Bible are so profoundly opposite from all other religions, and so all-important—telling us that man’s eternal destiny, for salvation or doom, depends on his acceptance of the Christ and His commandments in the Bible (KJV and original texts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Hellenic Greek, which is the Greek written and spoken by the Jews)—that we have the right to know whether the Bible is or is not a heavenly decree, the absolute and final Word of God, and whether its message is fully authorized by the Almighty. If God has given a revelation of His will in the Bible, there can be no doubt that in some unmistakable way He will show men that the Bible is indeed His revealed will. The way He has chosen to show men that the Bible is His Word is a way that all men of average intelligence can understand. That way is through the giving and the fulfillment of specific, detailed prophecies. It is His divine seal, letting all men know that He has spoken. This seal can never be counterfeited. It is affixed to the truth to which it attests, for His foreknowledge of the actions of free and intelligent agents, men, is not only one of the most incomprehensible attributes of Deity, it is exclusively a divine perfection.
In challenging the false gods of Isaiah’s time, the true God said, “Produce your cause…bring forth your strong reasons…show us what shall happen…declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods” (Isa. 41:21-23).
There are false faiths like Mohammedanism and Buddhism that have tried to prop up their claims on pretended miracles, but neither these nor any other religion in the history of the world, except the Bible, have ever ventured to frame prophecies.
It is the peculiar glory of the Almighty, the all-knowing God, who is “the Lord, the Creator” (Isa. 40:28) to declare “new things…before they spring forth” (Isa. 42:9). He will not give that glory to another, for as He stated, “I am the LORD: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another” (Isa. 42:8). The true God alone foreknows and foretells the future. He has chosen to confine His foretelling to the pages of Scripture.3 Though there are many other subjects of divine prophecy in the Bible, such as the Jews, the Gentile nations that surrounded Israel, the ancient cities, the church, and the last days, the divine perfections of foreknowledge and fulfillment can be better seen in the realm of prophecies concerning Christ than in any other sphere.
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Note the tremendous force of this fact: To declare a thing shall come to pass long before it is in being, and to bring it to pass, this or nothing is the work of God.
“Chance Fulfillment” of Prophecy is Ruled Out
Desperate atheists and other unbelievers, seeking a way to circumvent the fact of fulfilled prophecy and its connotations, have argued that the fulfillments of Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament were “accidental,” “chance,” or “coincidental.” But when a number of details are given, the “chance fulfillment” of prophecy is ruled out. One writer says, “It is conceivable that a prediction, uttered at a venture, and expressing what, in a general way, may happen to result, may seem like a genuine prophecy. But only let the prophecy give several DETAILS of time, place, and accompanying incidents, and it is evident that the possibility of a ‘chance fulfillment,’ by a ‘fortuitous concurrence of events,’ will become extremely desperate—yea, altogether impossible.” The prophecies of heathen antiquity always took good care to confine their predictions to one or two particulars and to express them in the most general and ambiguous terms. Throughout all history, except for the prophecies of Scripture, there is not a single instance of a prediction, expressed in unequivocal language and descending any minute detail, which bears the slightest claim to being fulfilled. Suppose that there were only fifty prophecies in the Old Testament (instead of hundreds) concerning the first advent of Christ, giving details of the coming Messiah. All meet in the person of Jesus. The probability of “chance fulfillment” as calculated by mathematicians using the theory of probabilities is less than one in 1,125,000,000,000,000. If you add only two more elements to these fifty prophecies, and fix the TIME and the PLACE at which they must happen, the immense improbability that they will take place by chance exceeds all the power of numbers to express (or the mind of man to grasp). This is enough, one would think, to dismiss all pleas for chance from unbelievers, giving them no opportunity to escape from the evidence of prophecy.
Let it be further observed that many of the prophecies about the Messiah are of such a nature that only God could fulfill them, such as His virgin birth, His sinless and holy perfection, His resurrection, and His ascension. Only GOD could cause Jesus to be born of a virgin or be raised from the dead.
THE COMING MESSIAH
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT there is a definite, clear, and continuous teaching that the “Messiah will come.” Dozens of times we read such promises as “Behold, thy King cometh unto thee” (Zech. 9:9), “The Lord God will come” (Isa. 40:10), “The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple” (Mal. 3:1), and “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee” (Deut. 18:15). Isaiah told of the “rod out of the stem of Jesse” (Isa. 11:1) on whom the Lord would lay the iniquity of us all (Isa. 53:6). Prophets and seers of old often spoke of the time when “the desire of all nations” would come (Hag. 2:7, also Gen. 3:15, 49:10, Num. 24:17, Psa. 2:6, 118:26, Isa. 35:4, 62:11, Jer. 23:5-6).
Christ’s Coming is The Central Theme of the Bible
The coming of Christ, including His birth, perfection, work, teachings, sufferings, death and resurrection, promised in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New, is the grand central theme of the Bible. Christ is the bond that ties the two Testaments together. The Old Testament is revealed in the New, the New Testament is concealed in the Old.
The Average Bible Reader Can Understand
The most ordinary reader may examine the old, curious predictions of the Messiah’s person and work found in the Old Testament, follow the gradual progress of these revelations from Genesis to Malachi, and trace the prophecies as they descend into more and more specific and minute details, until at last the full figure of the coming One stands out. Then, with this image clearly fixed in his mind’s eye, he may turn to the New Testament and, beginning with Matthew, see how the historic personage, Jesus of Nazareth, corresponds and coincides in every particular with the prophetic personage depicted by the prophets. There is not one difference, yet there could have been no collusion or contact between the prophets of the Old Testament and the narrators of the New Testament. Observe that I have not gone out of the Bible. I have simply compared two pictures, one which is in the Old Testament of a mysterious Christ. He is mysterious to those who are carnal, but the mystery is solved when a person becomes born again of the Spirit, then seeks the Lord with all their heart by their studying the Word of God, the Bible. When we become born again of the Spirit, we are able, by the Holy Spirit, to decipher all of the mysteries of not only the Old Testament but the New. They all become very clear. The New Testament Christ fulfilled all the Old Testament prophecies of Himself, but again, the carnal mind deciphers none of this. The facts of the Bible are mysteriously obscured from the carnal mind. The spiritual soul and mind is able to decipher everything from the Lord.4 Christ was the very incarnation of the entire Godhead. His incarnation, His presence here on earth, and the entire New Testament testifies to His fulfilled deity and work in and through His church, His body, His bride, the New Jerusalem. Jesus is the Messiah! It is easy for the born-of-the-Spirit Christian, who is washed in the blood of Jesus, to conclude that the prophecies of the Old Testament and the fulfillment of them in the New Testament are one and the same, Jesus, His body, His bride, the New Jerusalem, the church.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROPHECIES
Let us briefly trace a few of the outstanding similarities in correspondences between Old Testament prediction and New Testament fulfillment. The work of redemption was to be accomplished by one person who was the central figure in both Testaments, the promised Messiah. As the “Seed of the woman,” He was to bruise Satan’s head (Gen. 3:15 with Gal. 4:4). As the Seed of Abraham (Gen. 22:18 with Gal. 3:16) and the Seed of David (Psa. 132:11, Jer. 23:5 with Acts 13:23), He was to come from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10 with Heb. 7:14).
He was to come at a specified time (Gen. 49:10, Dan. 9:24-25 with Gal. 4:4) and be born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14 with Matt. 1:18-23; also Luke 1:27, 35), in Bethlehem of Judaea (Micah 5:2 with Matt. 2:1, Luke 2:4-6). Great persons were to visit and adore Him (Psa. 72:10 with Matt. 2:1, 11). Through the rage of a jealous king, innocent children were to be slaughtered (Jer. 31:15 with Matt. 2:16-18).
He was to be preceded by a forerunner, John the Baptist, before entering His public ministry (Isa. 40:3, Mal. 3:1 with Matt. 3:1-3 and Luke 1:17)
He was to be a prophet like Moses (Deut. 18:18 with Acts 3:20-22) and have a special anointing of the Holy Spirit (Psa. 45:7, Isa. 11:2-4, 61:1-3 with John 3:34-36, Matt. 3:16-17; Luke 4:15-19, 43). He was to be a priest after the order of Melchisedec (Psa. 110:4 with Heb. 5:5-10). As the “Servant of the Lord,” He was to be a faithful and patient redeemer, for the Gentiles as well as the Jews (Gen. 17:5, Isa. 42:1, 6 with Matt. 12:18, 21).
His ministry was to begin in Galilee (Isa. 9:1-2 with Matt. 4:12-17, 23); later, He was to enter Jerusalem (Zech. 9:9 with Matt. 21:1-10) to bring salvation. He was to enter the temple (Hag. 2:7, 9, Mal. 3:1-2 with Matt. 21:12, I Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19, II Cor. 6:16-18, Eph. 2:18-22, Rev. 3:20).
His zeal for the Lord is spoken of in both Testaments (Psa. 69:9 with John 2:15-17). His manner of teaching was to be by parables (Psa. 78:2 with Matt. 13:34-35), and His ministry was to be characterized by miracles (Isa. 35:5-6 with Matt. 11:4-5, John 11:47). He was to be rejected by His brethren (Psa. 69:8, Isa. 53:3 with John 1:11, 7:5), to be a “stone of stumbling” to the Jews and a “rock of offence” (Isa. 8:14 with Rom. 9:32-33, I Pet. 2:7-8).
He was to be hated without a cause (Psa. 22:6-20, Isa. Ch. 53, Zech. 12:10, Psa. 69:4, Isa. 49:7 with John 15:18-25, Matt. 2:13, 26:67-68, 27:28-44, Mark 8:31, Luke 4:28-29, 23:5, 10-11, John 8:37, Ch. 19), rejected by the rulers (Psa. 118:22 with Matt. 21:42-46, John 7:48-53), betrayed by a friend (Psa. 41:9 with John 13:18, 21), forsaken by His disciples (Zech. 13:7 with Matt. 26:31-56) and sold for thirty pieces of silver (Zech. 11:12 with Matt. 26:15). The price paid for Him was to be given for the potter’s field (Zech. 11:13 with Matt. 27:7). He was to be smitten on the cheek (Micah 5:1 with Matt. 27:30), spat on (Isa. 50:6 with Matt. 27:30), mocked (Psa. 22:7-8 with Matt. 27:28-31, 39-44), and beaten (Isa. 50:6 with Matt. 26:67, 27:26, 30).5
His death by crucifixion is given in detail in Psalm 22, and the meaning of His death, as a substitutionary atonement for our sins, is given in Isaiah 53. His hands and His feet were to be pierced (Psa. 22:16, Zech. 12:10 with John 19:18, 37, 20:25), yet not a bone of Him was to be broken (Ex. 12:46, Psa. 34:20 with John 19:33-36). He was to suffer thirst (Psa. 22:15 with John 19:28) and be given vinegar to drink (Psa. 69:21 with Matt. 27:34), and He was to be numbered with the transgressors (Isa. 53:12 with Matt. 27:38).
His body was to be buried with the rich in His death (Isa. 53:9 with Matt. 27:57-60), but was not to see corruption (Psa. 16:10 with Acts 2:31).
He was to be raised from the dead (Psa. 16:10 with Matt. Ch. 28, Mark Ch. 16, Luke Ch. 24, John Ch. 20 and Acts 13:33) and ascend to the right hand of God (Psa. 68:18 with Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9; also, Psa. 110:1 with Heb. 1:3).
This bare sketch of Old Testament Messianic prophecy with its New Testament fulfillment is, of course, far from complete; it is merely suggestive, though we have covered many of the main points. Remember, there are actually hundreds of predictions concerning the coming Messiah in the Old Testament!
THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME
Christ’s Testimony to the Fact that He Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecy
Not only was the life of Christ pre-written in the Old Testament, but Jesus the Christ of the New Testament knew it, and fully witnessed to that fact in the New Testament. This is a miracle in itself, one which finds no parallel in the literature of the world. No other person of history—Caesar, Gladstone, Shakespeare, or any other—ever dreamed of saying of the Bible or of any other book, “Search the Scriptures; for...they are they which testify of Me” (John 5:39), as our Lord did. Nor has any false Christ ever appealed to fulfilled prophecy to vindicate his claims.6
The born-of-the-Spirit Christian must face this vast truth. Born-of-the-Spirit Christians are the one and only manifestation of Christ, true salvation, work of God, and presence of God in the world. God has always renounced the so-called “old religions” because they actually are old heresies. Being a born-of-the-Spirit, saved person is the only proper and true way for a human to enter Heaven and stay out of Hell and the lake of fire.
by
Tony Alamo
Absolute proof that Jesus is the only way to the Kingdom of Heaven
The Biblical references in this book are from the King James, original Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek versions of the Bible.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. THE CREDENTIALS OF THE MESSIAH
II. PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE MESSIAH
III. PROPHETIC PARADOXES IN PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST
IV. PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF THE MESSIAH (CHRIST)
A. PSALM 22
B. ISAIAH 53
V. PROPHECIES DESCRIBING THE MESSIANIC OFFICES OF CHRIST
VI. THE DEITY OF THE MESSIAH (CHRIST) IN BOTH TESTAMENTS
VII. TYPES AND INDIRECT PROPHECIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FULFILLED IN CHRIST
The Greatest Miracle in Print: the Record of
THE MESSIAH
According to Bible Prophecy
“To HIM give all the prophets witness” (Acts 10:43). “In the volume of the Book it is written of Me” (Psa. 40:7, Heb. 10:7).
INTRODUCTION
THE MOST AMAZING DRAMA ever presented to the mind of man—a drama written in prophecy in the Old Testament and in biography in the four Gospels—is the narrative of Jesus the Christ. One outstanding fact, among many, completely isolates HIM. It is this: that only one man in the history of the world has had explicit details given beforehand of His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection. These details are in documents which were given to the public centuries before He appeared, and no one challenges, or can challenge the fact that these documents were widely circulated long before His birth. Anyone and everyone can compare for himself the actual records of His life with these old documents and see that they match one another perfectly. The challenge of this indisputable miracle is that it happened concerning only one man in the whole history of the world.1
Let’s focus our attention on the unparalleled wonder of this literary miracle. Think for a moment—who could have pre-written a life of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or any other character hundreds and thousands of years before he was born? Nowhere in any of the literature of the world, secular or religious, can one find a duplicate of the astounding miracle of the pre-written life of Christ. The inspiration for that portrait came from the heavenly gallery, not from the studio of an earthly artist. So amazing is this miracle of the pre-written life of Christ and its perfect fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth that nothing but divine prescience could have foreseen it, and nothing but divine power could accomplish it. As the full evidence is presented here, all thoughtful readers will agree that “the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (II Pet. 1:21).
Four Great Truths Demonstrated by this Fact
With no variations or aberrations between the Old Testament predictions of the coming Messiah and the New Testament fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth, one instinctively leaps to the conclusion that the hand which drew the image in prophecy molded the portrait in history. The inevitable conclusion is fourfold:
(1) It proves that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, for unaided man is neither capable of writing nor fulfilling such a literary wonder.
(2) It proves that the God of the Bible, the only one who knows the end from the beginning, He who alone has the power to fulfill all His Word, is the true and living God.
(3) It demonstrates that the God of the Bible is both all-knowing, able to foretell the future entwined around numberless men who are free moral agents, and all-powerful, able to bring to pass a perfect fulfillment of His Word in the midst of widespread unbelief, ignorance, and rebellion on the part of men.
(4) It demonstrates that Jesus of Nazareth, who so perfectly and completely fulfilled all the Old Testament predictions, is indeed the Messiah, the Savior of the world, the Son of the living God.
Christ is the Center of History
CHRIST is seen to be the center of all history as well as the central theme of the Bible. The Christ of the New Testament is the fruit of the tree of life, is the tree of prophecy, and is true born by the Spirit. Spiritfilled, washed in the blood of Jesus Christianity is the realization of a plan, the first outlines of which were sketched more than 1500 years before Christ’s birth.
Fulfilled Prophecy is Unique to the Bible
The fact is that fulfilled prophecy is found in the Bible alone; hence, it presents proof of divine inspiration that is positive, conclusive, and overwhelming. Here is the argument in brief: no man, unaided by divine inspiration, foreknows the future, for it is an impenetrable wall, a true “iron curtain” to all mankind. Only an almighty and all-knowing God can infallibly predict the future. If then, one can find true prophecy with definite fulfillment (as one does in the Bible), with sufficient time intervening between the prediction and the fulfillment and with explicit details in the prediction to assure the prophecies are not clever guesses, then the case is perfect and unanswerable. Remember, there were 400 years between the last of the Messianic predictions of the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the Christ of the Gospels.2 Many prophecies are, of course, much older than 400 B.C. During a period of 1100 years, from the age of Moses (1500 B.C.) to that of Malachi (400 B.C.), a succession of prophets arose, Messianic prediction took form, and all of these prophets testified of the Messiah who was to come, as well as the prophecies of Christ to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and many others thereafter, up to the time of Moses.
So minute and so voluminous are these Old Testament predictions, and so complete is their fulfillment in the New Testament, that there would be no honest infidel in the world were Messianic prophecy studied. Nor would there be any doubting disciples if this fact of prediction and fulfillment were fully understood. The sad fact is, we have yet to meet the first honest skeptic or critic who has carefully studied the prophecies which center in Christ. Here indeed is “God’s Rock of Ages, faith’s unshakable standing place.”
“Prophecy” is God’s Own Method of Proving His Truth
The teachings of the Bible are so profoundly opposite from all other religions, and so all-important—telling us that man’s eternal destiny, for salvation or doom, depends on his acceptance of the Christ and His commandments in the Bible (KJV and original texts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Hellenic Greek, which is the Greek written and spoken by the Jews)—that we have the right to know whether the Bible is or is not a heavenly decree, the absolute and final Word of God, and whether its message is fully authorized by the Almighty. If God has given a revelation of His will in the Bible, there can be no doubt that in some unmistakable way He will show men that the Bible is indeed His revealed will. The way He has chosen to show men that the Bible is His Word is a way that all men of average intelligence can understand. That way is through the giving and the fulfillment of specific, detailed prophecies. It is His divine seal, letting all men know that He has spoken. This seal can never be counterfeited. It is affixed to the truth to which it attests, for His foreknowledge of the actions of free and intelligent agents, men, is not only one of the most incomprehensible attributes of Deity, it is exclusively a divine perfection.
In challenging the false gods of Isaiah’s time, the true God said, “Produce your cause…bring forth your strong reasons…show us what shall happen…declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods” (Isa. 41:21-23).
There are false faiths like Mohammedanism and Buddhism that have tried to prop up their claims on pretended miracles, but neither these nor any other religion in the history of the world, except the Bible, have ever ventured to frame prophecies.
It is the peculiar glory of the Almighty, the all-knowing God, who is “the Lord, the Creator” (Isa. 40:28) to declare “new things…before they spring forth” (Isa. 42:9). He will not give that glory to another, for as He stated, “I am the LORD: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another” (Isa. 42:8). The true God alone foreknows and foretells the future. He has chosen to confine His foretelling to the pages of Scripture.3 Though there are many other subjects of divine prophecy in the Bible, such as the Jews, the Gentile nations that surrounded Israel, the ancient cities, the church, and the last days, the divine perfections of foreknowledge and fulfillment can be better seen in the realm of prophecies concerning Christ than in any other sphere.
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Note the tremendous force of this fact: To declare a thing shall come to pass long before it is in being, and to bring it to pass, this or nothing is the work of God.
“Chance Fulfillment” of Prophecy is Ruled Out
Desperate atheists and other unbelievers, seeking a way to circumvent the fact of fulfilled prophecy and its connotations, have argued that the fulfillments of Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament were “accidental,” “chance,” or “coincidental.” But when a number of details are given, the “chance fulfillment” of prophecy is ruled out. One writer says, “It is conceivable that a prediction, uttered at a venture, and expressing what, in a general way, may happen to result, may seem like a genuine prophecy. But only let the prophecy give several DETAILS of time, place, and accompanying incidents, and it is evident that the possibility of a ‘chance fulfillment,’ by a ‘fortuitous concurrence of events,’ will become extremely desperate—yea, altogether impossible.” The prophecies of heathen antiquity always took good care to confine their predictions to one or two particulars and to express them in the most general and ambiguous terms. Throughout all history, except for the prophecies of Scripture, there is not a single instance of a prediction, expressed in unequivocal language and descending any minute detail, which bears the slightest claim to being fulfilled. Suppose that there were only fifty prophecies in the Old Testament (instead of hundreds) concerning the first advent of Christ, giving details of the coming Messiah. All meet in the person of Jesus. The probability of “chance fulfillment” as calculated by mathematicians using the theory of probabilities is less than one in 1,125,000,000,000,000. If you add only two more elements to these fifty prophecies, and fix the TIME and the PLACE at which they must happen, the immense improbability that they will take place by chance exceeds all the power of numbers to express (or the mind of man to grasp). This is enough, one would think, to dismiss all pleas for chance from unbelievers, giving them no opportunity to escape from the evidence of prophecy.
Let it be further observed that many of the prophecies about the Messiah are of such a nature that only God could fulfill them, such as His virgin birth, His sinless and holy perfection, His resurrection, and His ascension. Only GOD could cause Jesus to be born of a virgin or be raised from the dead.
THE COMING MESSIAH
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT there is a definite, clear, and continuous teaching that the “Messiah will come.” Dozens of times we read such promises as “Behold, thy King cometh unto thee” (Zech. 9:9), “The Lord God will come” (Isa. 40:10), “The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple” (Mal. 3:1), and “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee” (Deut. 18:15). Isaiah told of the “rod out of the stem of Jesse” (Isa. 11:1) on whom the Lord would lay the iniquity of us all (Isa. 53:6). Prophets and seers of old often spoke of the time when “the desire of all nations” would come (Hag. 2:7, also Gen. 3:15, 49:10, Num. 24:17, Psa. 2:6, 118:26, Isa. 35:4, 62:11, Jer. 23:5-6).
Christ’s Coming is The Central Theme of the Bible
The coming of Christ, including His birth, perfection, work, teachings, sufferings, death and resurrection, promised in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New, is the grand central theme of the Bible. Christ is the bond that ties the two Testaments together. The Old Testament is revealed in the New, the New Testament is concealed in the Old.
The Average Bible Reader Can Understand
The most ordinary reader may examine the old, curious predictions of the Messiah’s person and work found in the Old Testament, follow the gradual progress of these revelations from Genesis to Malachi, and trace the prophecies as they descend into more and more specific and minute details, until at last the full figure of the coming One stands out. Then, with this image clearly fixed in his mind’s eye, he may turn to the New Testament and, beginning with Matthew, see how the historic personage, Jesus of Nazareth, corresponds and coincides in every particular with the prophetic personage depicted by the prophets. There is not one difference, yet there could have been no collusion or contact between the prophets of the Old Testament and the narrators of the New Testament. Observe that I have not gone out of the Bible. I have simply compared two pictures, one which is in the Old Testament of a mysterious Christ. He is mysterious to those who are carnal, but the mystery is solved when a person becomes born again of the Spirit, then seeks the Lord with all their heart by their studying the Word of God, the Bible. When we become born again of the Spirit, we are able, by the Holy Spirit, to decipher all of the mysteries of not only the Old Testament but the New. They all become very clear. The New Testament Christ fulfilled all the Old Testament prophecies of Himself, but again, the carnal mind deciphers none of this. The facts of the Bible are mysteriously obscured from the carnal mind. The spiritual soul and mind is able to decipher everything from the Lord.4 Christ was the very incarnation of the entire Godhead. His incarnation, His presence here on earth, and the entire New Testament testifies to His fulfilled deity and work in and through His church, His body, His bride, the New Jerusalem. Jesus is the Messiah! It is easy for the born-of-the-Spirit Christian, who is washed in the blood of Jesus, to conclude that the prophecies of the Old Testament and the fulfillment of them in the New Testament are one and the same, Jesus, His body, His bride, the New Jerusalem, the church.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROPHECIES
Let us briefly trace a few of the outstanding similarities in correspondences between Old Testament prediction and New Testament fulfillment. The work of redemption was to be accomplished by one person who was the central figure in both Testaments, the promised Messiah. As the “Seed of the woman,” He was to bruise Satan’s head (Gen. 3:15 with Gal. 4:4). As the Seed of Abraham (Gen. 22:18 with Gal. 3:16) and the Seed of David (Psa. 132:11, Jer. 23:5 with Acts 13:23), He was to come from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10 with Heb. 7:14).
He was to come at a specified time (Gen. 49:10, Dan. 9:24-25 with Gal. 4:4) and be born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14 with Matt. 1:18-23; also Luke 1:27, 35), in Bethlehem of Judaea (Micah 5:2 with Matt. 2:1, Luke 2:4-6). Great persons were to visit and adore Him (Psa. 72:10 with Matt. 2:1, 11). Through the rage of a jealous king, innocent children were to be slaughtered (Jer. 31:15 with Matt. 2:16-18).
He was to be preceded by a forerunner, John the Baptist, before entering His public ministry (Isa. 40:3, Mal. 3:1 with Matt. 3:1-3 and Luke 1:17)
He was to be a prophet like Moses (Deut. 18:18 with Acts 3:20-22) and have a special anointing of the Holy Spirit (Psa. 45:7, Isa. 11:2-4, 61:1-3 with John 3:34-36, Matt. 3:16-17; Luke 4:15-19, 43). He was to be a priest after the order of Melchisedec (Psa. 110:4 with Heb. 5:5-10). As the “Servant of the Lord,” He was to be a faithful and patient redeemer, for the Gentiles as well as the Jews (Gen. 17:5, Isa. 42:1, 6 with Matt. 12:18, 21).
His ministry was to begin in Galilee (Isa. 9:1-2 with Matt. 4:12-17, 23); later, He was to enter Jerusalem (Zech. 9:9 with Matt. 21:1-10) to bring salvation. He was to enter the temple (Hag. 2:7, 9, Mal. 3:1-2 with Matt. 21:12, I Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19, II Cor. 6:16-18, Eph. 2:18-22, Rev. 3:20).
His zeal for the Lord is spoken of in both Testaments (Psa. 69:9 with John 2:15-17). His manner of teaching was to be by parables (Psa. 78:2 with Matt. 13:34-35), and His ministry was to be characterized by miracles (Isa. 35:5-6 with Matt. 11:4-5, John 11:47). He was to be rejected by His brethren (Psa. 69:8, Isa. 53:3 with John 1:11, 7:5), to be a “stone of stumbling” to the Jews and a “rock of offence” (Isa. 8:14 with Rom. 9:32-33, I Pet. 2:7-8).
He was to be hated without a cause (Psa. 22:6-20, Isa. Ch. 53, Zech. 12:10, Psa. 69:4, Isa. 49:7 with John 15:18-25, Matt. 2:13, 26:67-68, 27:28-44, Mark 8:31, Luke 4:28-29, 23:5, 10-11, John 8:37, Ch. 19), rejected by the rulers (Psa. 118:22 with Matt. 21:42-46, John 7:48-53), betrayed by a friend (Psa. 41:9 with John 13:18, 21), forsaken by His disciples (Zech. 13:7 with Matt. 26:31-56) and sold for thirty pieces of silver (Zech. 11:12 with Matt. 26:15). The price paid for Him was to be given for the potter’s field (Zech. 11:13 with Matt. 27:7). He was to be smitten on the cheek (Micah 5:1 with Matt. 27:30), spat on (Isa. 50:6 with Matt. 27:30), mocked (Psa. 22:7-8 with Matt. 27:28-31, 39-44), and beaten (Isa. 50:6 with Matt. 26:67, 27:26, 30).5
His death by crucifixion is given in detail in Psalm 22, and the meaning of His death, as a substitutionary atonement for our sins, is given in Isaiah 53. His hands and His feet were to be pierced (Psa. 22:16, Zech. 12:10 with John 19:18, 37, 20:25), yet not a bone of Him was to be broken (Ex. 12:46, Psa. 34:20 with John 19:33-36). He was to suffer thirst (Psa. 22:15 with John 19:28) and be given vinegar to drink (Psa. 69:21 with Matt. 27:34), and He was to be numbered with the transgressors (Isa. 53:12 with Matt. 27:38).
His body was to be buried with the rich in His death (Isa. 53:9 with Matt. 27:57-60), but was not to see corruption (Psa. 16:10 with Acts 2:31).
He was to be raised from the dead (Psa. 16:10 with Matt. Ch. 28, Mark Ch. 16, Luke Ch. 24, John Ch. 20 and Acts 13:33) and ascend to the right hand of God (Psa. 68:18 with Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9; also, Psa. 110:1 with Heb. 1:3).
This bare sketch of Old Testament Messianic prophecy with its New Testament fulfillment is, of course, far from complete; it is merely suggestive, though we have covered many of the main points. Remember, there are actually hundreds of predictions concerning the coming Messiah in the Old Testament!
THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME
Christ’s Testimony to the Fact that He Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecy
Not only was the life of Christ pre-written in the Old Testament, but Jesus the Christ of the New Testament knew it, and fully witnessed to that fact in the New Testament. This is a miracle in itself, one which finds no parallel in the literature of the world. No other person of history—Caesar, Gladstone, Shakespeare, or any other—ever dreamed of saying of the Bible or of any other book, “Search the Scriptures; for...they are they which testify of Me” (John 5:39), as our Lord did. Nor has any false Christ ever appealed to fulfilled prophecy to vindicate his claims.6
The born-of-the-Spirit Christian must face this vast truth. Born-of-the-Spirit Christians are the one and only manifestation of Christ, true salvation, work of God, and presence of God in the world. God has always renounced the so-called “old religions” because they actually are old heresies. Being a born-of-the-Spirit, saved person is the only proper and true way for a human to enter Heaven and stay out of Hell and the lake of fire.
Monday, April 15, 2019
TNDL: “WHO IS EL-ELYON, ACCORDING TO MELCHIZEDEK AND ABRAHAM?”
Meditate on God's Names
so that you might Know God As Your Strong Tower El Elyon
God Most High
God's Sovereignty
Demonstrated Over What is God Sovereign?
What Difference Can This Truth Make
in My Life?
NOTE: This chart is set up in columns that are to be read from left to right. In other words, when you finish the first column on the left, then shift to the related discussion in the middle and then the far right columns.
Even before you do this study, let me encourage you to listen to Robin Mark's great song ALL IS WELL - When I broke my left hip in May, 2011 at age 65 and came close to death's door, God gave me this song to remind me that He is the Most High God, El Elyon and that "He brings death and makes alive… He humbles and He exalts… He lowers us to raise us so that we can sing His praises. Whatever is His way all is well." God's Spirit used these deep truths to minister to my soul and make me realize that He was giving me a "wake up call" so that enabled by His Spirit, I would seek to surrender my heart fully to Him in the "last lap" of my race (1Cor 9:24-27) so that I would be enabled to redeem the time I had left (Eph 5:16KJV), press on toward the goal for the prize (Phil 3:14), running with endurance, fixing my eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:1, Heb 12:2), the One I would soon see (either through falling asleep in Jesus [2Cor 5:6-7, 2Cor 5:8-10] or meeting Him in the air - [1Thes 4:17-18]).
SOVEREIGNTY DEFINED
God Most High = El Elyon
The Most High God
Strongest of the Strong
He is the "Superlative" God - the all surpassing God!
If He is the Most High then what is His perspective on the problems in my life?
Da 4:34-note
His Dominion
is everlasting
His kingdom endures
("Dominion" = supreme authority)
Da 4:34-note "But at the end of that period I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Da 4:35-note
He Does according to His will
Da 4:35-note "And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing (in comparison to His greatness), but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, 'What hast Thou done?'
(see explanatory note)
No one can ward off His hand (no one can stop Him)
No one can question
what God does (no one can challenge Him)
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If you are wrestling with God's sovereignty, study the verses on this chart and also consider consulting…
1) Notes on God's Attribute of Sovereignty
2) Related Resources on God's Sovereignty
2) Several Illustrations of Divine Sovereignty
A Definition of Sovereignty: The right of God to do as He wishes with His creation (Ps 50:1; Is 40:15; 1Ti 6:15). This implies that there is no external influence upon Him and that He also has the ability to exercise His right according to His will. (Bible.org)
NOW READ THE COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT… WHAT IS GOD SOVEREIGN OVER? & WHAT DIFFERENCE SHOULD THIS MAKE IN OUR LIFE?
God is SOVEREIGN (see definition) which means GOD IS IN CHARGE OF THE ALL THE UNIVERSE ALL THE TIME.
Westminster Catechism says…
God from all eternity did, by the most wise & holy counsel of His own will, freely & unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin
GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER…
The angelic hosts of heaven
(which includes Satan & demons)
All Inhabitants of earth
Da 4:37-note
Those who walk in pride
Da4:37-note "Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride."
Read the stanza ("My sovereign"… ) below which sadly is omitted from most modern hymnals. Click on the hymn and sing to Him. It will be good for your soul dear suffering saint…
How Firm A Foundation
(Click to play)
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake. (He 13:5-note)
so that you might Know God As Your Strong Tower El Elyon
God Most High
God's Sovereignty
Demonstrated Over What is God Sovereign?
What Difference Can This Truth Make
in My Life?
NOTE: This chart is set up in columns that are to be read from left to right. In other words, when you finish the first column on the left, then shift to the related discussion in the middle and then the far right columns.
Even before you do this study, let me encourage you to listen to Robin Mark's great song ALL IS WELL - When I broke my left hip in May, 2011 at age 65 and came close to death's door, God gave me this song to remind me that He is the Most High God, El Elyon and that "He brings death and makes alive… He humbles and He exalts… He lowers us to raise us so that we can sing His praises. Whatever is His way all is well." God's Spirit used these deep truths to minister to my soul and make me realize that He was giving me a "wake up call" so that enabled by His Spirit, I would seek to surrender my heart fully to Him in the "last lap" of my race (1Cor 9:24-27) so that I would be enabled to redeem the time I had left (Eph 5:16KJV), press on toward the goal for the prize (Phil 3:14), running with endurance, fixing my eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:1, Heb 12:2), the One I would soon see (either through falling asleep in Jesus [2Cor 5:6-7, 2Cor 5:8-10] or meeting Him in the air - [1Thes 4:17-18]).
SOVEREIGNTY DEFINED
God Most High = El Elyon
The Most High God
Strongest of the Strong
He is the "Superlative" God - the all surpassing God!
If He is the Most High then what is His perspective on the problems in my life?
Da 4:34-note
His Dominion
is everlasting
His kingdom endures
("Dominion" = supreme authority)
Da 4:34-note "But at the end of that period I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Da 4:35-note
He Does according to His will
Da 4:35-note "And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing (in comparison to His greatness), but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, 'What hast Thou done?'
(see explanatory note)
No one can ward off His hand (no one can stop Him)
No one can question
what God does (no one can challenge Him)
><>><>><>
If you are wrestling with God's sovereignty, study the verses on this chart and also consider consulting…
1) Notes on God's Attribute of Sovereignty
2) Related Resources on God's Sovereignty
2) Several Illustrations of Divine Sovereignty
A Definition of Sovereignty: The right of God to do as He wishes with His creation (Ps 50:1; Is 40:15; 1Ti 6:15). This implies that there is no external influence upon Him and that He also has the ability to exercise His right according to His will. (Bible.org)
NOW READ THE COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT… WHAT IS GOD SOVEREIGN OVER? & WHAT DIFFERENCE SHOULD THIS MAKE IN OUR LIFE?
God is SOVEREIGN (see definition) which means GOD IS IN CHARGE OF THE ALL THE UNIVERSE ALL THE TIME.
Westminster Catechism says…
God from all eternity did, by the most wise & holy counsel of His own will, freely & unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin
GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER…
The angelic hosts of heaven
(which includes Satan & demons)
All Inhabitants of earth
Da 4:37-note
Those who walk in pride
Da4:37-note "Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride."
Read the stanza ("My sovereign"… ) below which sadly is omitted from most modern hymnals. Click on the hymn and sing to Him. It will be good for your soul dear suffering saint…
How Firm A Foundation
(Click to play)
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake. (He 13:5-note)
TNDL: “THE OLD TESTAMENT SEER PROPHETS PROPHECY ABOUT THE HEBREW MESSIAH’S COMING AS ONE WHO WOULD FULFILLED THE PROPHECIES OF HIS MESSIAHSHIP.”
It is the peculiar glory of the Almighty, the all-knowing God, who is “the Lord, the Creator” (Isa. 40:28) to declare “new things…before they spring forth” (Isa. 42:9). He will not give that glory to another, for as He stated, “I am the LORD: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another” (Isa. 42:8). The true God alone foreknows and foretells the future. He has chosen to confine His foretelling to the pages of Scripture.3 Though there are many other subjects of divine prophecy in the Bible, such as the Jews, the Gentile nations that surrounded Israel, the ancient cities, the church, and the last days, the divine perfections of foreknowledge and fulfillment can be better seen in the realm of prophecies concerning Christ than in any other sphere.
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Note the tremendous force of this fact: To declare a thing shall come to pass long before it is in being, and to bring it to pass, this or nothing is the work of God.
Here is the clear statement that shows God alone, in the Bible alone, gave true prophecies: “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” (Isa. 46:9-10). (The statement by God that He alone can give and fulfill prophecy, which can only be found in the Bible, is restated many times in the Bible. See Isa. 45:1-7, II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:19-21, Deut. 18:21-22, Isa. 41:21-23, Jer. 28:9, and John 13:19.)
Note the tremendous force of this fact: To declare a thing shall come to pass long before it is in being, and to bring it to pass, this or nothing is the work of God.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
YESHUA OF NAZARETH L MICHAEL EMMANUEL
“Yeshua of Nazareth L Michael Emmanuel, King of the kosmic kings and lords, is calling you to himself. He said, ‘come all you are laden with cares, burdens and a great thirst for The Most GOD and he will give you rest, quench your thirst. Psalm 63:1: ‘As my body, seeks after the water brook, so seeks my soul after you, oh GOD. So, like King David, is your soul thirsty for the living GOD? He has the answer for this dying thirst. He gives clean and pure water, bursting up from the 'ROCK of our SALVATION.Yahweh Elyon Yeshua L Michael, the New Divine Logos and living Light, he alone can give you water that changes lives: body, hearts, minds. souls and spirits, our whole being.The Water is refreshing and lifesaving. He can fill you up so that out from your innermost being will flow 'RIVERS OF LIVING WATERS John 7:38 KJ. Will you ask him for his living Water that makes you never thirst again?” (TNDL)
Copyright 2017 TNDL
Copyright 2017 TNDL
EL ELYON WANTS ALL HUMANITY TO KNOW.
“TNDL: April 13, 2017: Here is Rev/Vision Message of clarity I have received from the Eternal Father in Heaven, El Elyon.
MERCY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GIVEN BY MOSES THROUGH THE GOD OF ISRAEL, EL SHADDAI VS FULLNESS OF AGAPE (LOVE) GRACE AND TRUTH GIVEN BY YESHUA EMMANUEL, THE SPOTLESS LAMB OF GOD.
MERCY, IN CONTRAST TO FULLNESS OF AGAPE LOVE, GRACE AND TRUTH, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. MERCY IS THAT WHICH A JUDGE GIVES TO A PERSON OR A PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE FOUND GUILTY BY THE JUDGE FOR A CRIME THAT WAS DONE. THE JUDGE THEN GRANTS CLEMENCY BY HAVING MERCY ON THE PERSON OR PEOPLE.
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, YESHUA, THE HEBREW MESSIAH, CAME WITH THE FULLNESS OF AGAPE (LOVE) GRACE AND TRUTH; Gospel of John chapt. 1, 2, 3. YESHUA, SON OF THE ETERNAL FATHER, IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD THE FULLNESS OF THE THREE ATTRIBUTES.
THE NEW MOSES, THAT MOSES OF ISRAEL PREDICTED THAT WOULD COME, WAS YESHUA. HE CAME AS THE SALVATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD; NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BUT GENTILES AS WELL. HE WAS CRUCIFIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, PAYING THE DEBT THAT WAS OWED. HE REDEEMED US BY HIS GREAT SACRIFICE ON CALVARY’S CROSS. John 3:16 says: ‘For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. These things are what EL ELYON WANTS ALL HUMANITY TO KNOW.”
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MERCY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GIVEN BY MOSES THROUGH THE GOD OF ISRAEL, EL SHADDAI VS FULLNESS OF AGAPE (LOVE) GRACE AND TRUTH GIVEN BY YESHUA EMMANUEL, THE SPOTLESS LAMB OF GOD.
MERCY, IN CONTRAST TO FULLNESS OF AGAPE LOVE, GRACE AND TRUTH, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. MERCY IS THAT WHICH A JUDGE GIVES TO A PERSON OR A PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE FOUND GUILTY BY THE JUDGE FOR A CRIME THAT WAS DONE. THE JUDGE THEN GRANTS CLEMENCY BY HAVING MERCY ON THE PERSON OR PEOPLE.
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, YESHUA, THE HEBREW MESSIAH, CAME WITH THE FULLNESS OF AGAPE (LOVE) GRACE AND TRUTH; Gospel of John chapt. 1, 2, 3. YESHUA, SON OF THE ETERNAL FATHER, IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD THE FULLNESS OF THE THREE ATTRIBUTES.
THE NEW MOSES, THAT MOSES OF ISRAEL PREDICTED THAT WOULD COME, WAS YESHUA. HE CAME AS THE SALVATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD; NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BUT GENTILES AS WELL. HE WAS CRUCIFIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, PAYING THE DEBT THAT WAS OWED. HE REDEEMED US BY HIS GREAT SACRIFICE ON CALVARY’S CROSS. John 3:16 says: ‘For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. These things are what EL ELYON WANTS ALL HUMANITY TO KNOW.”
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HALLELUJAH !!!
“HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH AND HALLELUJAH, PRAISE THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD AND HIS GRACE AND TRUTH IN ITS FULLNESS, IS GIVEN TO HIS PEOPLE WHO ARE OBEDIENT, FAITHFUL AND TRUSTWORTHY TO HIM. SO FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS AND GRACE, I GIVE THANKS. TO GOD MOST HIGH, I GIVE ALL THE PRAISE, GLORY, THANKSGIVING, HONOUR AND MUCH RESPECT. 1 Chronicles 23: 30. I STAND EVERY MORNING TO PRAISE THE LORD YAH. THERE IS POWER IN HIS GREAT AND MIGHTY NAME!” (TNDL)
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Saturday, April 13, 2019
THE ANSWERS TO HUMANITY'S PROBLEMS AND ISSUES!!!
“THE HOLY SPIRIT CULTURE FROM THE ETERNAL HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, YESHUA, the WAY. John 14 is the answer to humanity's problems and issues of this world that we find ourselves in. He is the only way out of these situation. When we learn to deny ourselves take up our CROSS and follow in obedience to his ways, we shall find refuge, in psalm 23 and psalm 91.” (TNDL)
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TNDL: “AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER, WHEN THE HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU.”
Acts 1:8 ►
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samara, and to the ends of the earth."
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samara, and to the ends of the earth."
“HE IS RISEN! YES, YESHUA IS RISEN. HE HAS CONQUERED DEATH AND HELL.
Matthew 28 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Has Risen
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
The Guards’ Report
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
New International Version (NIV)
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Jesus Has Risen
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
The Guards’ Report
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
The Great Commission
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
New International Version (NIV)
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TNDL: “THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, MOST HIGH, PREACHED BY YESHUA OF NAZARETH, THE HEBREW MESSIAH!” MARK 1.John Baptizes Jesus
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up [c]from the water, He saw the heavens [d]parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Satan Tempts Jesus
12 Immediately the Spirit [e]drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel [f]of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God [g]is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Four Fishermen Called as Disciples
16 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
19 When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. 20 And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit
21 Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught. 22 And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, [h]“Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, [i]“What is this? What new [j]doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” 28 And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee.
Satan Tempts Jesus
12 Immediately the Spirit [e]drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel [f]of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God [g]is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Four Fishermen Called as Disciples
16 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
19 When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. 20 And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit
21 Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught. 22 And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, [h]“Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26 And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, [i]“What is this? What new [j]doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” 28 And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region around Galilee.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST
“WHY IS IT PARAMOUNT AND SIGNIFICANT TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST, IN ORDER TO KNOW THE SECRETS OF GOD, Most High, Amos 3:6, to be obedient to His word and to receive His secrets and benefits, according to His Loving favour and kindness? This Book of Luke will show and explained the truth about the Life and times of the days of John, the Baptist, Patients, and Mary the mother of Yeshua, the only begotten Son of God.” (TNDL)
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TNDL: “WHO WAS LUKE, THE COMPANION OF PAUL THE APOSTLE, TO THE GENTILES?”
Here a brief synopsis of Luke.t. Luke the Evangelist - the person
Saint Luke was a first generation Christian, a companion of Saint Paul, and the author of two important sections of the New Testament: the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
Luke was a Gentile (not mentioned as a Jew by Saint Paul in Col. 4:10-11), a Greek (according to Saint Jerome), perhaps born in Antioch (per Eusebius), and a medical man by profession – Saint Paul speaks of him as 'our beloved Luke, the physician' (Col. 4:14).
The Gospel that bears Luke's name was obviously written by a Gentile Christian for Gentile Christians. Although Jesus Himself lived and worked almost entirely among Jews, He frequently reached out to non-Jews. Whenever Jesus has dealings with, for example, Syrians, or whenever He praises a Roman centurion, Luke tells us about it. He also shows Jesus' special friendship with the outcasts of society and his love of the poor.
Luke stresses God's mercy and love of all humankind. He alone records the parables of the lost sheep, the Good Samaritan, the prodigal son, the Pharisee and the publican, the barren fig tree, Dives and Lazarus. He is also the only one to record Jesus' forgiveness of a certain notorious sinner (sometimes thought to be Mary Magdalene, see Luke 7:47), His promise to the good thief (Luke 23:43), and His prayer for his executioners (Luke 23:34). And he is also the only evangelist to record the Ave Maria the Magnificat, the Benedictus, and the Nunc Dimittis, which are all used in the Liturgy of the Hours (Night, Evening, Morning, and Night Prayer respectively). Luke also emphasizes the call to poverty, prayer, and purity of heart, which comprise much of his specific appeal to the Gentiles.
Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, which might more appropriately be known as the Acts of the Holy Spirit. This is a continuation of his Gospel account, though the Acts may have been written first. According to Eusebius and Jerome, Acts was written during Paul's imprisonment, though Saint Ireneaus says it was written after Paul's death c. 66. Eusebius says that the Gospel was set down before Paul's death, Jerome says after, and an early tradition records it as being composed shortly before Luke's own death.
Legend has him as one of the 72 disciples, and some scholars identify him with Lucius of Cyrene, a teacher and prophet at Antioch (Acts 13:1) and with Lucius, Paul's companion at Corinth (Rom. 16:21). We don't know exactly when he was converted; perhaps in 42 when Saint Paul and Saint Barnabas came to preach at Antioch, or possibly even earlier when the Christians fled from Jerusalem to Antioch after the stoning of Saint Stephen.
Certain passages of Acts, written in the first person plural, are usually held to show that the writer was with Saint Paul on parts of his second and third missionary journeys and on the voyage to Italy, when the ship was wrecked off the coast of Malta (Acts 16:10ff; 20:5ff; 27-28). He was with Paul during both his first and second imprisonments. In his letters, Paul thrice (AD 61-63) refers to Luke's presence in Rome, writing to Timothy, 'Luke is my only companion.'
Between the two missionary journeys (AD 51-57), he stayed at Philippi as a leader of the Christian community. Then he rejoined Saint Paul on the third trip, meeting him in Macedonia and accompanying him to Jerusalem. Thereafter, he was Paul's constant companion. He was with Paul after his arrest in the Temple and during the two years (57-59) of his imprisonment at Caesarea. When Paul appealed to Caesar, Luke went with him and was shipwrecked with Paul on the coast of Malta. Until St. Paul's martyrdom in 67, Luke never left his side.
Nothing can be confirmed about St. Luke's life after being with Paul in Rome. Some sources say he died, unmarried, in Boeotia, Greece, at the age of 84, 'full of the Holy Spirit.' Alternatively, he is said to have been martyred, but the fact is we have no conclusive information.
Though Luke may never have known Our Lord in the flesh, it is possible that he did know the Mother of Jesus, and John, the apostle and author of the fourth Gospel. It is reasonably certain he was in Rome at the same time as St. Peter and St. Mark and, while in the company of Paul, must surely have met many more of the first disciples.
Saint Luke is the patron saint of physicians and surgeons (and also of guilds of artists, art schools, and painters of pictures because later tradition in the Greek Church claims that Luke was also an artist).
Almighty God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel,
to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul:
May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed;
through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
– The Collect for the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, 18 October.
(Book of Common Prayer, 1962)
DO WE LOVE him AS MUCH AS HE LOVE HIS PEOPLE?
“IT WAS OUT OF AGAPE OF YESHUA, THE LAMB OF GOD, EL-ELYON, WHY THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF THE MOST HIGH, THAT HE CAME AND DIED IN SHAME AT HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION. Matthew 27 and John 14 12-20. So, MY question IS: DO WE LOVE him AS MUCH AS HE LOVE HIS PEOPLE? JOHN 3: 16 TELLS US: FOR GOD, MOST HIGH, Loved US SO MUCH, THAT HE GAVE HIS BELLYBUTTON THAT WHOEVER TRUST IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. YESHUA, THE Lamb OF GOD, He is all about Agape, Agape, Agape (This is the love of the Most High). He said that we must love (Philia) GOD with all of our hearts (minds) and our neighbour as ourselves. THEREFORE, it is all about Love. In John 1: In a beginning was the Logos WORD, and the Word was with GOD, the eternal heavenly Father, and the Word was God. All things were made through him and there was nothing made that was made without him. John further testified of Yeshua saying, that Moses gave Israel the Torah, but Grace and truth was given by Yeshua in the fullness. In other wards, God, the Son, is greater than Moses, because Moses was not God, but Yeshua the Word and only begotten Son of Elyon, was.” (TNDL)
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
TNDL: “YESHUA, THE HEBREW MESSIAH, REIGNS OVER THE NATIONS OF THE WHOLE EARTH!”
Psalm 72 New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 72
Of Solomon.
1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
5 May he endure[a] as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
8 May he rule from sea to sea
and from the River[b] to the ends of the earth.
9 May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba and Seba
present him gifts.
11 May all kings bow down to him
and all nations serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.
16 May grain abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops flourish like Lebanon
and thrive[c] like the grass of the field.
17 May his name endure forever;
may it continue as long as the sun.
Then all nations will be blessed through him,[d]
and they will call him blessed.
18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
Footnotes:
Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)
New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 72
Of Solomon.
1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
5 May he endure[a] as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
8 May he rule from sea to sea
and from the River[b] to the ends of the earth.
9 May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba and Seba
present him gifts.
11 May all kings bow down to him
and all nations serve him.
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live!
May gold from Sheba be given him.
May people ever pray for him
and bless him all day long.
16 May grain abound throughout the land;
on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops flourish like Lebanon
and thrive[c] like the grass of the field.
17 May his name endure forever;
may it continue as long as the sun.
Then all nations will be blessed through him,[d]
and they will call him blessed.
18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
Footnotes:
Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared
Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)
New International Version (NIV)
TNDL: 1 Corinthians 12:1-12
1 Corinthians 12:1-12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
King James Version (KJV)
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12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
King James Version (KJV)
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TNDL: “THE WESTERN VERSION BY THE CHURCH FATHERS, BISHOPS OF THE COUNCIL OF Nicaea 325, IN CONTRAST WITH THE EASTERN THOUGHT VIEW OF ST THOMAS, BROTHER OF YESHUA.”
In 325 A.D., the Roman emperor, Constantine, called a council in the city of Nicaea (modern Iznik, Turkey). The council brought together bishops from all over Christendom in order to resolve some divisive issues and ensure the continued unity of the church So which of the two groups know and have the truth, The bishops of Eastern Rome, or Thomas (Didymus) the brother of Yeshua?
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
TNDL: “THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES. “
Jeremiah 29:11.
This is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.”
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For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the LORD,” plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. to whom was this message of the seer Prophet directed, to the house of Judah, or gentiles modern end times Christians?
This is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.”
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For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the LORD,” plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. to whom was this message of the seer Prophet directed, to the house of Judah, or gentiles modern end times Christians?
TNDL: JEREMIAH 31
.“Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,”
declares the Lord.
“They will return from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
“Your children will return to their own land.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf,
and I have been disciplined.
Restore me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion for him,”
declares the Lord.
21 “Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.
Return, Virgin Israel,
return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,
unfaithful Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing on earth—
the woman will return to[b] the man.”
23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[c] the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.’ 24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord. 29 “In those days people will no longer say,
‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.
31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[d] them,[e]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
35 This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel ever cease
being a nation before me.”
37 This is what the Lord says:
“Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.
38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40 The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
Footnotes:
Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes
Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,”
declares the Lord.
“They will return from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
“Your children will return to their own land.
18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf,
and I have been disciplined.
Restore me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion for him,”
declares the Lord.
21 “Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.
Return, Virgin Israel,
return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,
unfaithful Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing on earth—
the woman will return to[b] the man.”
23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[c] the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.’ 24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord. 29 “In those days people will no longer say,
‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.
31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[d] them,[e]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
35 This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel ever cease
being a nation before me.”
37 This is what the Lord says:
“Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.
38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40 The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
Footnotes:
Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes
Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master
Friday, April 5, 2019
1 SAMUEL 3
TNDL: 1 Samuel 3 New International Version (NIV)
The Lord Calls Samuel
3 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.
2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel.
Samuel answered, “Here I am.” 5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
6 Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
8 A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak,
The Lord Calls Samuel
3 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.
2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel.
Samuel answered, “Here I am.” 5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
6 Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
8 A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak,
TNDL: “YESHUA, THE MESSIAH, CAME TO GALILEE PREACHING: RE,PENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD!”
Mark 1 (NKJV)
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in [a]the Prophets:
“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.”
3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance [b]for the remission of sins. 5 Then all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
John Baptizes Jesus
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up [c]from the water, He saw the heavens [d]parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Satan Tempts Jesus
12 Immediately the Spirit [e]drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel [f]of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God [g]is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in [a]the Prophets:
“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.”
3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance [b]for the remission of sins. 5 Then all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
John Baptizes Jesus
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up [c]from the water, He saw the heavens [d]parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Satan Tempts Jesus
12 Immediately the Spirit [e]drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel [f]of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God [g]is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
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