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Monday, April 14, 2008
The Alive and The Remaining
The Alive and Remaining:
For those who posture that the Rapture will take place at the end of the Tribulation Period, there is one passage of Scripture which utterly destroys this concept and that passage is:
1 Th 4:16 (KJV) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Th 4:17 (KJV) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
In view of the detailed insight within the book of Revelation and elsewhere concerning the Anti-Christ and his reign, there cannot be any 'alive and remaining' Acts 2:38 New Testament saints at the end of the Tribulation Period. They would all be killed if they refused to take his mark in their hand or in their forehead. And if they take his mark, they will be totally disqualified for the Rapture as the book of Revelation emphatically declares. There is no exception to this!!! The Rapture could not possibly come at the end of the Tribulation Period for: where are the alive and remaining? The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
Nor can the Rapture of the Church take place in the middle of the Tribulation Period for the reasons so vividly plain in the Seven Annual Feasts of the Lord given above...
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The Testimony of God and His Word for a Pre-Tribulation Rapture:
"....I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which will come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Rev 3:10
"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass," Lk 21:36 (Jesus would not give us a false hope of praying for something that was not going to come to pass for us!)
"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered (past tense) us from the wrath to come." 1 Th 1:10
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," 1 Th 5:9
"Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." Ro 5:9 The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
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Beautiful Prophetic Picture of Pre-Tribulation Rapture:
Isaiah gives us a most clear picture of the Rapture of the Church and shadows a Pre-Tribulation Rapture!
Isa 26:19 (KJV) Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Here is a clear prophetic utterance proclaiming the resurrection.
Isa 26:20 (KJV) Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. "Come, my people" is an invitation from the Lord to come from where we are to where He is. Enter into thy chambers (the Holy City - he declared he would go to prepare a place for us) and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself... until the indignation be overpast." The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
Isa 26:21 (KJV) For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. The Church is to hide herself as it were until the indignation be overpast for the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:" This is not the Church but the earth for their iniquity... The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
He Was Cut Off In 33 A.D.
He Was Cut Off In 33 A.D. |
A most important insight here is that every Jew who holds the scriptures sacred and true, must be forced to see that you cannot have a cutting off of a Messiah unless he had first come!!! He did come...
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FORETOLD: Dan 9:26 "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,..." |
FORETOLD: Isa 53:8 "...for he was cut off out of the land of the living: " |
The prophets had prophesied this very thing! Jesus did not come with an earthly kingdom, He came with a spiritual kingdom and the Jewish nation missed it! They were looking for someone to throw out the Romans. If Jesus had thrown out the Romans, they would most assuredly have hailed Him as the Messiah. Today they are doing the same thing again - they are looking for a political figure to throw out the Arabs and Palestinians...
The man who steps on the scene in his own name and makes this political arrangement possible, giving them the Temple Mount and the rights thereon, will be hailed as the Messiah (sent one). The stage, as we can see, is set and most regrettably Israel will fall into the hands of the Anti-Christ… This period of time will be known to Israel as ‘Jacob’s Troubles.’ Pray for the House of Israel throughout all the earth to recognize in Jesus Christ of Nazareth the fullness of their Messianic hopes and dreams.
FORETOLD: Dan 9:26 "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,..." |
FORETOLD: Isa 53:8 "...for he was cut off out of the land of the living: " |
The prophets had prophesied this very thing! Jesus did not come with an earthly kingdom, He came with a spiritual kingdom and the Jewish nation missed it! They were looking for someone to throw out the Romans. If Jesus had thrown out the Romans, they would most assuredly have hailed Him as the Messiah. Today they are doing the same thing again - they are looking for a political figure to throw out the Arabs and Palestinians...
The man who steps on the scene in his own name and makes this political arrangement possible, giving them the Temple Mount and the rights thereon, will be hailed as the Messiah (sent one). The stage, as we can see, is set and most regrettably Israel will fall into the hands of the Anti-Christ… This period of time will be known to Israel as ‘Jacob’s Troubles.’ Pray for the House of Israel throughout all the earth to recognize in Jesus Christ of Nazareth the fullness of their Messianic hopes and dreams.
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Proof Units of Biblical and Revelatory Insight
The Bible teaches that the Anti-Christ will be the most powerful figure in the world; so powerful in fact that if you do not take his mark in your hand or forehead, you can neither buy nor sell. He will literally control the whole world and that system and spirit is alive in the earth NOW!!!
However, the same Bible that teaches the Anti-Christ will be the most powerful figure in the earth, also teaches that “….greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4) Herein is wisdom, YOU CAN’T HAVE TWO ‘GREATERS’ HERE AT THE SAME TIME. Of necessity one of them has to be gone; thus it is written in:
(2 Th 2:7 KJV) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(2 Th 2:8 KJV) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Here we can see plainly that ‘he’ letteth or hinders. He that hinders will continue to hinder until he (the church) be taken out of the way and then shall that Wicked (Anti-Christ) be revealed! Note: the word Wicked is capitalized.
The Anti-Christ cannot step on the world scene as long as the Church is here because the Church is GREATER in every way than the powers of the Anti-Christ. We would totally destroy him by fasting and prayer… It is unbiblical to believe anything else.
If the church were going through the Tribulation Period; if we were actually going through something as monumental, as trying, as treacherous as outlined in the book of Revelation and elsewhere in the scriptures, wouldn’t you think God would have given some instructions in the New Testament to the Church on how to prepare, how to get through the Tribulation Period? There is not one line, not one word of any such instruction because: The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period!
God gave 21 books of epistles or letters to the Church on how to live, how to prepare for His coming, to watch for His appearing… but not ONE INSTRUCTION on how to get through it because: The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
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Old Testament Shadows
The Old Testament Typifies A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE
For Example:
Noah was in the ark before the judgment came – he and his family were born above the destruction…
Lot was taken out of Sodom the same day the fire fell…
Joseph married a Gentile Bride and saved her from seven years of famine…
Rahab was saved from the judgment of the city…
Moses and the Hebrew children suffered persecution, but before God destroyed Egypt in the Red Sea they were safe on the other side…
We will continue to see persecution of the Church before the coming of the Lord, but this has been going on since 33 AD. Persecution comes from your fellow man, but the Wrath of God is not reserved for His Bride, His Church… it is reserved for those who know not God and those who refuse to serve Him.
It may be of interest for you to know that more Christians were martyred in the last century than all other centuries put together since 33 AD when the church was born… all of that came from our fellow man, not the wrath of God upon the earth…
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One of the most powerful influences from the Scriptures pointing to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture is the study of the Seven Annual Feasts of The Lord. These feasts were kept by the Hebrew Children from year to year throughout their generations. The annual keeping of the seven feasts by the Hebrew Children was a 'Rehearsal' in type and shadow of things to come. The book of Leviticus outlines these feasts and the laws of observance surrounding them. Please study from Leviticus chapter 23.
The feasts were celebrated annually in an exact order and on set dates WITHOUT EXCEPTION!!! The Laws of God as given to the Hebrew Children were to be executed exactly as he had outlined them. Again, there were NO EXCEPTIONS to the requirements, nor the dates, nor the order of the dates. The Hebrew Children kept these feast days annually from generation to generation. A close study of the chart below will bring you to a conclusive conclusion concerning the Rapture of the Church in relationship to the Tribulation Period. The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
The Lord required the Hebrew Children to worship in type and shadow the entire Church Age as it would appear and progress to a conclusive end in His master plan for man... The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
Please Note:
The Seven Annual Feasts Point to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture: ... Please Look at The Botton for the picture of the time line that was to be here.
The Seven Annual Feasts of the Lord were celebrated in type and shadow forecasting the entire Church Age. In detail the Hebrew Children celebrated these feasts with dedication and consecration annually throughout their generations for thousands of years. It was, I reiterate, a 'Rehearsal' of things to come!
The Passover Feast was a type of the Crucifixion,
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a type of the Burial,
The Feast of First Fruits was a type of the Resurrection,
The Feast of Pentecost was a type of the Birth of the Church,
The Feast of Trumpets was a type of the Rapture of the Church,
The Feast of Atonement was a type of the Tribulation Period, and finally
The Feast of Tabernacles was a type of the Millennial Reign as diagramed above.
It is of utmost importance to remember, I reiterate, that without exception the feasts were celebrated in order of God's direction, on the same day each year, and in the same order each year. THERE WERE NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
Note that the Feast of Trumpets (a type of the Rapture) was celebrated on Oct 1st. The Feast of Atonement (a type of the Tribulation Period) was celebrated nine days later on Oct 10th. The Feast of Trumpets was never celebrated in the 'middle' of the Day of Atonement or the typed Tribulation Period. Nor was it celebrated at the 'end' of the Feast of Atonement or the typed Tribulation Period. The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period.
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Prophetically Speaking
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WHY THE CHURCH WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION
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Daniel Interprets The Dream |
Daniel's Seventy Weeks, the backbone of prophecy, is one of the greatest prophecy studies in the entire Bible and is one of the closest things that can be proven time wise. The one aspect of this lesson herein discussed is: Will the church go through the Tribulation Period? The Biblical answer is - NO! Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people - what people? Who was the Lord addressing? He was addressing Daniel who was a Jew. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people - the Jewish people. This has nothing to do with the Gentile Church or the Bride of Christ. The Church Will Not Go Through The Tribulation Period! There are six things specifically outlined by God in verse 24 that He intends to accomplish against Israel for her failure to serve Him: l - to finish the transgression 2 - to make an end of sins 3 - to make reconciliation for iniquity 4 - to bring in everlasting righteousness 5 - to seal up the vision and prophecy 6 - to anoint the most Holy
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Definition: Herein when the word Tribulation is used it distinctly refers to the Great Tribulation, Day of the Lord, or the Great Day of the Lord as stated in the Scriptures. It does not refer to daily trials and tribulations. Understanding: There are ‘Mainstream Truths’ in the Bible. The ‘Oneness’ of God is a ‘Mainstream’ Truth,” The Mercy of God is a ‘Mainstream Truth,’ the Love of God is a ‘Mainstream Truth,’ etc. The church will not go through the Tribulation Period is also a “Mainstream Truth.” There are Old Testament saints, there are New Testament saints, and there are Tribulation saints. We can look back upon the Old Testament saints and see what they were and what qualified them to be saints. We see New Testament saints because we live here. We do not know all the particulars about Tribulation saints; only that they will most definitely exist during those most horrific times in Bible prophecy. It is of utmost importance to understand that the Old Testament prophets did not see the Church Age. Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God - we found it!!! Isaiah of all the prophets had the greatest insight into the messianicship of Jesus of Nazareth, but not the church age. The Jewish prophets saw the Day of the Lord or the Tribulation as mentioned in: (Joel 2:1 KJV) Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; and (Joel 2:11 KJV) And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? God is most definitely referring to a certain day or a certain time as again we see in: (Rev 16:14 KJV) For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. (Zec 14:1 KJV) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. (Zec 14:2 KJV) For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (Rev 7:14 KJV) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. God’s direct displeasure was poured out upon the Jews and their nation through the voices of the Prophets of old and because of their failure to serve Him - punishment was eminent. Again refer with me to (Dan 9:24 KJV) Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Notice here that God says, “Seventy weeks are determined upon THY PEOPLE. THY PEOPLE without question refers directly to the people of Daniel, the Jewish people. This pronouncement of judgment and future events has nothing to do with the New Testament Church. It refers only to the Jewish nation and the Jewish people. God knew by foreknowledge that the Jews in the end result would not serve Him. He knew He was going to set the Jews aside for a period of time and take a people out of the Gentiles for His Name’s sake because the Gentiles who sat in darkness would see and receive a ‘great light.’ In other words, the Gentiles would hear and believe… ______________________
Further Understanding: When Babylon came across and conquered Israel in 606 BC and carried them away captive into Babylon, the nation of Israel ceased to be a world empire and the ‘Times of the Gentiles’ began with Israel being in seventy years of captivity directly under Babylon. From the going forth of the commandment until the building of Jerusalem was seven weeks as noted in (Dan 9:25 KJV). Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. We know from history that it took Nehemiah 49 years to rebuild and complete his building project in Jerusalem. If the Bible stated seven weeks, then by dividing 49 years by seven weeks, we can find out how long a week is. It was seven years long. With this understanding, now we can determine how long it was from the going forth of the commandment to rebuild and restore Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince. We have seven weeks plus threescore and two weeks or Sandwiched in between the 69th and 70th week is the period of the Church Age out of which God will take a people for His Name’s sake… Herein is glorious understanding!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Judgement In The Word Of God
Judging Judgment:
juj’-ing, juj’-ment: Often in the Old Testament for "to act as a magistrate" (Ex 18:13; De 1:16; 16:18, etc.), justice being administered generally by "elders" (Ex 18:13-27), or "kings" (1Sa 8:20) or "priests" (De 18:15); applied to God as the Supreme Judge (Ps 9:7,8; 10:18; 96:13; Mic 4:3, etc.; Ps 7:8 "Yahweh ministereth judgment," vividly describes a court scene, with Yahweh as Judge).Often in the New Testament, ethically, for
(1) "to decide," "give a verdict," "declare an opinion" (Greek krino);
(2) "to investigate," "scrutinize" (Greek anakrino);
(3) "to discriminate," "distinguish" (Greek diakrino).
For (1), see Lu 7:43; Ac 15:19;
for (2) see 1Co 2:15; 4:3;
for (3)see 1Co 11:31; 14:29 m.
Used also forensically in Lu 22:30; Ac 25:10; and applied to God in Joh 5:22; Heb 10:30. The judgments of God are the expression of His justice, the formal declarations of His judgments, whether embodied in words (De 5:1 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "statutes"), or deeds (Ex 6:6; Re 16:7), or in decisions that are yet to be published (Ps 36:6). Man’s consciousness of guilt inevitably associates God’s judgments as declarations of the Divine justice, with his own condemnation, i.e. he knows that a strict exercise of justice means his condemnation, and thus "judgment" and "condemnation" become in his mind synonymous (Ro 5:16); hence, the prayer of Ps 143:2, "Enter not into judgment"; also, Joh 6:29, "the resurrection of judgment" (the King James Version "damnation"); 1Co 11:29, "eateth and drinketh judgment" (the King James Version "damnation"). Looking in James 5:1-20 shares with us His enlightenments that seriously needs to be perserved in us as His for some of the things which has already been spoken about for all readers rather be christians or unbelievers of this world. Lay down all those treasures that are in this world and all form of " Self indulgence and above all Self-wills, greed,lusts,anger,gluttony,envy, and sloth which all breeds self-justification, ploys of sex in perverting people and in mis-using God and His Sword and a person God given instincts as a society as a whole then comes on demands or upon others No matter what form it brings on a person. That kind of a soul-sickness bring people to it's own death in so many ways to where is No more security and then society becomes an object that then becomes profaned unto them and a family unit or a church as a members being brought down in within itself.So, then people has so much pride that steps into the plateform of people's own excess that bring them down and it's never satisified with envious and covetness that goes on into being lazy within us as a human being that lacks being with the Lord.
Public troubles are most grievous to those who live in pleasure, and are secure and sensual, though all ranks suffer deeply at such times. All idolized treasures will soon perish, except as they will rise up in judgment against their possessors. Take heed of defrauding and oppressing; and avoid the very appearance of it. God does not forbid us to use lawful pleasures; but to live in pleasure, especially sinful pleasure, is a provoking sin. Is it no harm for people to unfit themselves
for minding the concerns of their souls, by indulging bodily appetites? The just may be condemned and killed; but when such suffer by oppressors, this is marked by God. Above all their other crimes, the Jews had condemned and crucified that Just One who had come among them, even Jesus Christ the righteous. (Jam 5:7-11)
Great Prayers of the Bible: David's Prayer of Repentance
How is it that David is called a man after God's own heart? How is it that when God is talking to David's son, Solomon, he says; "Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness…then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever as I promised David your father." (I Kings 9:4-5) Then again, when God was reprimanding King Jeroboam, he said; "…and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart; to do only what was right in My eyes." (I Kings 14:8)
David is the man who used his power to seduce a woman named Bathsheba while her husband was at war on King David's behalf. When she was found to be with his child, David arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed in battle to cover up the matter. David was an adulterer and a murderer. Is this a man after God's own heart?
God looks at the heart
Yes, God says that he is. When God was directing Samuel the prophet to anoint a new king over Israel after he had rejected Saul, he told Samuel; "For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (I Samuel 16:7) So despite his sin, God loved David's heart. I believe that we have a glimpse into that heart which God so treasured when we read Psalm 51, which is a prayer of repentance. That psalm is truly one of the great prayers of the Bible.
After David's sin, the Lord sent him Nathan the prophet to confront him. (See II Samuel 12). Instead of denial or excuses, David comes clean; "I have sinned against the Lord." (2 Samuel 12:13) But if that was all we were told about the incident we would have no idea about the depth of the repentance that David felt. Fortunately we have Psalm 51 which is a soul poured out before the Lord with great transparency and brokenness of spirit.
Psalm 51 is marked by true characteristics of repentance such as:
Appeal to the mercy of God
Honesty
Understanding of the severity of sinning against God
No excuses or justification
Desire to reform
Recognition that forgiveness is not deserved but by grace alone
In verse 2 David asks God to do three things. First he asks that his sin be blotted out which speaks of human records which can be erased. Then he asks to be washed thoroughly which compares forgiveness to the washing of clothes and clothes were often seen as an extension of the person. Finally he asks to be cleansed from his sin and this refers to liturgical ceremonial law. David wished to be separated from his sin in every way possible. He is not clinging to it with secret affection for it. No, he is rejecting his sin to the uttermost.
In his prayer, David acknowledges his sin "nature" and he holds out no hope that on his own he will be able to avoid sin in the future. He doesn't do this as an excuse, "Gee, I'm only human" but as an expression of his brokenness and his need for God's help and delivering power. David puts the burden of redemption on God: "purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." (verse 7) He is willing and desirous to submit to this deep cleansing of his innermost being.
Restoration
Beyond being forgiven and cleansed, David wants restoration. This is something we should all seek. He does not want to be stuck in the guilt of his sin as he moves into the future. David says; "Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit." (Verse 12) David wants to repent and be done with it. Knowing God has removed his sin from him, David wants to experience joy again.
This is a wonderful hallmark of forgiveness from the Lord. If we truly repent, he removes our sins from us as far as the east is from the west. (See Psalm 103:12) We are free to move forward as if the sin never existed at all. What joy and freedom!
That release from guilt is what makes David able to promise something back to the Lord. After the joy of God's salvation is restored, David says; "then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You." (Verse 13) This is very interesting. How is it that this restoration of joy will enable David to communicate God's ways to sinners so that they will be converted?
Freedom to be honest about sin
Have you ever noticed that those who have truly repented and received complete forgiveness are usually open and forthright about their past sin? I have heard such men and woman stand up and publicly tell the stories of their lives as alcoholics, adulterers, thieves, drug traffickers and more. I have heard the remarkable testimony of David Berkowitz, the notorious "Son of Sam" serial killer who terrorized New York in the 1970s. The transforming power and grace of Jesus Christ touched his life and he tells his story without hesitation.
When people listen to stories of God's great grace they often feel that their own case is not hopeless and their own sin not unforgivable. They see joy on the face of the former sinner and they want that same joy. God is there to offer it.
As you read and re-read Psalm 51, what do you find you identify with the most? Is there a hidden sin that you need to repent of with the same heart David had? Do you find you haven't been completely honest with God? Are you willing to accept the deep cleansing David desired? Do you need to have the joy of God's salvation restored to you? Do you desire to have your testimony of God's grace touch the lives of others?
David's prayer of repentance in Psalm 51 is one of the great prayers of the Bible. After you read it, it isn't so hard anymore to understand why David was a man after God's own heart. You and I can hold that same title; we can be men and women after God's own heart. Repentance is the entryway. Come, enter in. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.Ecclesiastes 3:11 Closing Thoughts: The WORLD is better translated "eternity". God has given unto All mankind was given unto them a desire for eternity and perpetuity,therefore man just cannot be truly be satitfied what is temporal. Man's quest for the eternal however, is deeply frustrated by his or hers finate limitations that surround them as a person God helps them to bring such better results if they choose Him as their God.
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Entering Into His Presence
Entering Into His Presenceby Gail Rodgers They all voiced the same thing. Different women, different ages and different stages in life. The desire of their hearts echoed from their individual corners, “I want to go deeper with God.”
Feeding your soul
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14 Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ Jesus.
15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. 16 But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:14-17 (New Living Translation)
My Prayer for You in each one of you as an individual person and family and friends as well as aquaintances this journey we call life is for All of You!
10 Love each other with genuine affection,[a] and take delight in honoring each other. 11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.[b] 12 Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. 13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.