ON THE ROAD AGAIN-
Zechariah 8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in
the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be
marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
MY VIDEOS-
https://vimeo.com/177806910 On the road again [Heb. 4]
https://youtu.be/JZ_W2dG2RVk 400 million payment to Iran?
NEWS [more at bottom]
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/us-sends-plane-iran-400-million-cash/ Here’s the link [I mention it below]
ON VIDEOS-
.God’s rest is for you
.He had a plan from the start- trust him now to bring it to
pass
.Did we pay Iran $400 million dollars on the day they
released our hostages- yes- or no?
.Do adversaries ever manipulate intelligence?
.It’s better to tell the truth
NEW STUFF- [past posts- links below]
In Hebrews 4- it says ‘the works were finished since the beginning’-
yet- we must believe [not work] in order to enter into the destiny of God.
Now- when we believe- walk by faith- yes, there will be lots
of ‘work’ getting done.
But it’s a direct result of God doing it thru us.
The main meaning of the chapter is to the 1st
century Jew- saying ‘cease from the works of the law- and the animal sacrifice
system- and receive Jesus- the final sacrifice- he has sanctified us once and
for all- thru his sacrifice- and we can now enter into rest- the covenant of
grace’.
The 7th day of creation- called ‘God’s rest’ was
a type of the New Covenant- meaning there is an actual ‘day of rest/grace’ that
exists now- the eternal day- the 8th day.
Yes- when we go thru day 7 [The
Cross- grace- rest] everything after that point is a new day. https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/john-11-the-8th-sign/
The bible says God himself rested on the 7th day- but there
was an entire creation he made on the first 6 days.
Within his creation there was the ‘seed’- a continual- self propagating
element- in seed form.
So- humans- trees- animals- everything would continue to
fill the earth.
Yet God himself was at rest.
This does not mean he was no longer acting- interacting with
his people [that’s called Deism- sort of like God wound up the clock- and
left].
No- Christians don’t hold to that view.
But yes- we do hold to the view that God gave us a day of
rest- his Son died on the Cross- and rose again.
In this covenant- we cease from our own work- as God did from
his.
Meaning we are now in grace [as opposed to the works of the
law] and he fulfills his predetermined plan he had for you- since the start.
See?
At the end of Hebrews Chapter4- we read Hebrews
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
We often take this to mean ‘well- I trust in Christ’s
righteousness- therefore I’ll live in sin most of my life- and come boldly for
mercy’.
Now- that’s partially true- but what I think it’s also
saying is when we are in temptation- we have an advocate- who too was tempted-
yet never sinned.
At those moments in life- you can go to him- and he will
actually keep you from sinning.
We can obtain mercy if we fall.
But we can also obtain the grace- which will keep you from
falling.
John the apostle says the same thing John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us.
John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that
ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous:
John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his
commandments.
John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
In the end- God’s grace does indeed cover it all- but we
will never reach our full potential if we settle for a life where bondage has
control over us- and then we go for mercy ‘God forgive me- again- and again-
and again’.
To the point where we have said ‘let me accept the things I
cannot change’.
Yes- there may very well be things ‘you’ cannot change.
But remember- God can.
IRAN PAYMENT-
The main thing I wanted you to see- whether you are left- or
right [politically] is the way we- as a nation- practice deceit- and it’s
simply part of the game.
Obama made a deal- though he says it’s not ‘ransom’ money-
to make this very old back payment- to Iran.
It happened on the same day they released our hostages.
Ok- maybe the president worked out a deal- to make the payment-
as part of a past agreement.
But it’s obvious the payment was in some way linked to the
release of the hostages.
Iran had an old claim we owed them money- and the U.S. was
going to settle some of that claim- but- it was ‘settled’ on the day our
hostages were released.
One main line media outlet reported ‘the payment was made the same MONTH
the hostages were released’.
Though ‘true’- it was deceptive.
They could have said the payment was made in the same
‘year’- and yes- that too would be true- but misleading.
Because it was the SAME DAY.
The thing that upsets me- is the truth would be better.
If the president said ‘look- we did agree to settle this old
dispute- and yes- Iran wanted it settled- and yes- this was part of the release
of the hostages’.
Now- more than likely- that’s the truth.
But for a whole array of political reasons- they lie.
And it would be better to simply tell the truth.
Trump said he saw a video of the plane delivering the money.
He was wrong- the video was not of the money delivery.
The media reported that Trump lied- and left the impression
that no plane ever delivered the money.
That’s deceptive- because there indeed was a plane that
delivered the money on the day the hostages were released.
But the media ‘lie’ in a way- that they hope the public does
not see.
PAST POSTS/LINKS- [verses below]
https://youtu.be/f8VpxlYM_kU John 8- ‘who the Son sets free’
(1394) THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY? In John 12 the
Greeks come to Jesus disciples and want a meeting with Jesus, the Greeks are
those who prided themselves in their wisdom. Jesus basically brushes them off
and refuses to cow tow to the elites. He responds ‘unless a grain of wheat
falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone’ in essence- you guys ‘abide
alone’ [no meeting with me] until you take up the Cross and follow me. This
week [yesterday] the news has been reporting the Texas school book story.
Basically every few years Texas school board members go thru the process of
what the books for the state should include; basic guidelines and stuff. Texas
is the nation’s number one purchaser of textbooks, so the theory is if Texas
‘conservatives’ get their way, then the rest of the nation gets stuck having to
buy books that are tainted with backwoods idiots who imposed their views on the
rest of the ‘Greek’ [intellectual world]. Do our schoolbooks in general steer
away from the religious history and statements of many of the founding fathers?
Yes. Do our schoolbooks in general avoid/edit out religious statements from
their coverage of the founding documents. Yes. Why? There is a basic mistake
made by many of the publishers of schoolbooks that say ‘if we show religious
content, then we are violating the separation of church and state idea’. The
problem with this approach is they have
left out a large portion of history
while trying to produce a product that will be accepted in both ‘liberal’ and
conservative states. If you read the founding documents in their entirety
[Mayflower Compact, etc.] they read like a ‘church covenant’ that any Christian
community could adopt. Yet when the history books show quotes and portions of
the documents, they never quote these sections, why? Because of what I just
showed you. This has happened time and time again over many years until we have
gotten to the point where many public school children are really not learning
an accurate history of the country. The well meaning [but grossly misinformed]
opponents simply do not know this. They see the struggle as one between ‘those
darn Christian ignoramuses’ versus the enlightened crowd, they are really the
ones who have no idea what they are talking about. Now, are we- quote ‘a Christian
nation’? Not really. At least not in the way that some Protestant preachers
claim. During the founding of our country you had the mindset of the European
enlightenment affecting much of western society. Lines were being drawn that
pitted a humanist form of belief in God [Deism] against the classical Christian
view. Some of our founding fathers did adhere to a Deistic view. Deism said ‘we
do not need tradition or religion to inform us of human value and dignity, we
can hold to these principles by virtue of our human nobility and intelligence’
that is they believed these truths to be self evident, sort of like the current
theme from some of the more popular atheists ‘do good for goodness sake’ [which
by the way, fails in the long run- too much to explain right now]. Now, with
this background, when our founding documents say ‘we hold these truths to be
SELF EVIDENT’ this term smacks of the fact that some of our fathers did indeed
reject the classical Christian view. So what does this show us? That some of
the founders purposefully included language that would veer away from the
Christian view. But you will never understand or learn this simple thing that I
just showed you, if we continue to expunge from the record all the religious
statements and views of the fathers! So the point is, when these so called
enlightened ones try and approach teaching from a biased view, a view that they
often don’t realize is biased, they do more harm than good to their cause. The
Greeks said ‘we are willing to hear Jesus, let’s set up an appointment’ they
went further than most of the liberals on the Texas school board.
(1387) FOR THE FATHER HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF, AND HAS GIVEN TO
THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF; AND HAS GIVEN HIM AUTHORITIY TO EXECUTE
JUDGMENT ALSO- In John chapter 5 one of the statements that irks the religious
leaders is Jesus calling God his father- thus making himself equal with God.
Those who doubt the deity of Christ should look at the way the religious
leaders viewed him, they knew that he claimed
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JOHN LOCKE-
Locke taught that each man has individual rights- and he
empowers government- an elected designated body- to have rule-
Yet- that government exists solely for the benefit of the
people- and when/if that government ‘forgets’ this- the people have a
right/duty to revolt.
Locke’s ideas were formed at a time when his own government
experienced a sort of revolution [1600’s- England].
The people revolted against monarchy- and replaced it with a
sort of Democratic Parliament-
Referred to as the bloodless revolution or the glorious
revolution.
The king [or today- queen] would still play a role- like a
figurehead- but the power was in the people- willingly given over to a
Parliament.
The political ideas of Locke influenced our founding
fathers- and our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are in parts
almost word for word taken from the writings of Locke.
Locke believed in natural law- that morality was indeed a
universal reality [some scholars/thinkers will say that Locke does not fully
embrace the Christian concept of natural/moral law].
He taught that
knowledge comes from man’s experience- the things he interacts with thru
the 5 senses.
That man is not born with innate ideas [like the early Greek
thinkers said] but his mind is a Tabula Rasa- or blank slate at birth.
This is an Empirical understanding of knowledge.
Locke also believed in the concept of the separation of
church and state- this idea was not unique to our founding fathers- no- they
got it right out of the writings of Locke [his parents were Puritans- and they
obviously influenced their son].
Locke’s political views were-
Individualistic-
Egalitarian-
Contractual [social compact]-
These ideas differed from the early Greek thinkers
[especially Aristotle] who held to a naturalistic view- meaning that nature
itself ‘intended’ for certain individuals to have rule over others [the smarter
should have rule over the ‘less smart’- and of course Aristotle saw himself in
the more nobler crowd!]
Locke also believed in religious toleration- a view held by
most in the Western world today.
He saw the Right to private property- as a natural right.
He believed that denial of the existence of God would lead
to anarchy in the long run.
He believed that the cosmological argument for the existence
of God was valid [called teleology].
While I was outside praying this morning- I didn’t see many
stars. Over the years- when you’re outside between 2-5 am- you do see lots of
them-
Many shooting stars over the years.
A few years ago- for the first time- I saw a nova [the death
of a star].
Today I noticed one- huge star [thought it was a planet at
first- it was bright- big- I’ve seen the red planet many times- Venus or one of
the others- I’m not familiar with the names].
But today- the bright ‘planet’- which I saw for a while-
went out.
Now- I kept watching for a while- thinking ‘This couldn’t be
another nova’.
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REVOLUTION
https://youtu.be/p1RAPGm1TFE Revolution
ON VIDEO-
.Isaac Newton
.French revolution
.Statue of Liberty
.John Wesley
.Time- Space
.Bastille
.Natural/Special revelation
.Deism
.Pietism
.Moravians
.Wesley
.Great awakening
.Einstein- Unified theory
NEW STUFF [past posts- verses below]
In 1687 Isaac Newton published the bombshell book,
‘Mathematical principles of natural philosophy’ [Gravity].
It was a bombshell not only in the scientific sense- but for
those who were looking to expel Christianity from society.
In France you had the Encylopedists- people who advocated
for an atheistic world view.
In their minds- the Church was part of the ‘old world’ and
as man advances- he needs to realize that the church itself is a hindrance.
Now- Newton showed us that the world [cosmos] operates more
along the lines of a machine- with set principles- and not so much by ‘the
power of God’.
This is a classic mistake that many make- they look to the
natural laws of ‘nature’ and say ‘see- this explains everything’.
Actually- not.
But anyway- the French revolutionaries wanted change- and
change they got.
Near the end of the 18th century- emboldened by
the American Revolution- they stormed the Bastille- and it was the beginning of
the age of Progress.
The Bastille was a former fortress- that became an infamous
prison in France.
It was believed that many freedom lovers were held captive
there.
Actually- upon breaking in- there were only about 7 criminals
held- but it still became the standard for Revolution.
King Louie tried to institute reforms- but they did not go
far enough.
Eventually Napoleon Bonaparte takes control- and he tried to
form an agreement with the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Priests and churches were attacked during the
time of the French Revolution- and the great Notre dame university had a lady
representing ‘reason’ on the altar.
The churches were turned into ‘houses of reason’ and girls
dancing in the streets represented a sign of Liberty for the French.
But the liberty they were talking about was not in the same
sense as the American Revolutionaries.
The French were being ‘liberated’ from Christianity- as well
as the oppression of the nobles and Priests.
So- the famous gift from the French to America [1886] the
Statue of Liberty- might have meant something a bit different than what we
understand today.
The statue itself was of the Roman goddess ‘Libertas’.
The church came thru a period where they showed how reason
and religion do not contradict one another.
Many of the great thinkers/philosophers were indeed
believers.
Yet some in Christianity felt there was a danger in too much
reliance on reason and rationality.
We refer to this as Pietism- Men like Philip Spener and
Count Zinzendorf played a role in helping believers return to a more spiritual
communion with God.
The famous Methodist founder- John Wesley- was effected by
the witness of the Moravian Christians on one of his journeys back and forth to
America.
Wesley and George Whitefield were coming to America and
spreading revival by their preaching- on one occasion John Wesley was on board
ship- the seas were rough- John feared for his life.
Yet he noticed the Moravian brothers had no fear.
He later asked them why they seemed to be fearless at the
possible point of death.
They told Wesley they had true assurance they were saved by
Christ-and there was no need for fear.
Later John Wesley had an experience at a meeting on
Aldersgate St. - they were reading from a Romans commentary- notes from Martin
Luther.
And the story goes Wesley felt his heart ‘strangely warmed’
and he saw this as a conversion experience.
Wesley never intended to start the Methodist Church [as his
movement later became known in the states] - he simply wanted to revive the
‘dead faith’ of his fellow Christians in the Anglican Church.
Yet eventually- thru men like Francis Asbury- the Movement
Wesley started would spread thru America and eventually become a separate
denomination.
PAST POSTS-
Alexander sought to implement the ideals of his teacher- he
wanted to unify the known world under one people/culture- a belief that
Aristotle held- a sort of ‘unified theory’ [Einstein] that would seek to bring
all learning/knowledge together under one supreme [Divine] principle.
Alexander’s experiment was called Hellenization- which was
the Greek worlds attempt to impose Greek culture/language on all their
conquered enemies- and at the same time allow them to hold on to the their own
culture too. Alexander did amazingly well at this experiment- at the young age
of around 24 he had accomplished most of his mission. The cities were a sort of
composite of Greek culture mixed in with their own culture- this is where we
get the modern term Cosmopolitan.
Alexander died young and his kingdom was divided between 4
generals- one of them- Ptolemy- would himself make it into the history books
because of his keen intellect.
The system of cosmology developed under him would last [and
work!] until some 17-18 hundred years later when it was overthrown by the
Copernican revolution during the time of Copernicus and Galileo.
Alexander’s generals would do their best to carry on the
system of Hellenization- and other nation’s generals would keep the system
going even after Greece fell. One of them- Octavian [Roman general] makes it
into the history books by another famous name- Julius Caesar.
Alexander established a great library in the Egyptian city
of Alexandria [named after him] and many of the great writings were preserved
during this time.
The writings of Aristotle would be discovered again during
the time of Thomas Aquinas [13th century Catholic genius/scholar]
and this would lead to Scholasticism [a peculiar school of thought
developed/revived under Aquinas] and give rise to the Renaissance.
Okay- before the birth of Christ- the Jewish people resisted
the imposing of Greek culture upon them- you had the very famous resistance
under the Jewish Maccabean revolt- where the Jews rose up and fought the wicked
ruler Antiochus Epiphanies- and till this day the Jewish people celebrate this
victory at Hanukah.
Eventually Rome would conquer the Greek kingdom and the
Jewish people were allowed to keep their culture and temple- yet they were
still a people oppressed. Hassidism [getting back to the beginning] developed
during this attempt to not lose their Jewish roots- the Pharisees of Jesus day
came from this movement.
Alexander was pretty successful in his attempt to unify
language- even though the bible [New Testament] was written by Jewish writers-
living under Roman rule- yet the original bible is written in the Greek
language.
Bible scholars till this day study the Greek language to
find the truest meaning of the actual words in the bible [I have a Greek
Lexicon sitting right in front of me].
It would take a few centuries before a Latin version
appeared on the scene [the great church father- Jerome- would produce the Latin
Vulgate].
Yet it would be the re- discovery and learning of the Greek
texts [under men like Erasmus- and the Protestant Reformers] that would lead to
the Reformation [16th century] and other movements in church
history.
The
Jews had various responses to the empires that ruled over them during various
times.
Alexander the Great instituted
Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They could keep their
religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some Jewish people rejected any
compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and
lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This was a few centuries before
the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the
20th century.
A Bedouin boy was looking for his
goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found
the scrolls.
The scrolls might have been
hidden there by the Essenes-
Now- when my friends asked me
about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this-
but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact
that they were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we
had had all along.
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[1587] OVERVIEW- Lets
over view a little today- in the last post I mentioned how we will be getting
into Marx, Freud and Nietzsche in the coming months- yet I have so many things
going on at this time that just in case I never get to them I want to lay out
some stuff. First, most challenges to the Christian faith/God- have come from
the point of view that said ‘yes- we believe that there is some being out
there- God- but we challenge the purveyors of religion and how man has used
religion to control- manipulate the masses’. It was not until the rise of these
men that the popular approach of ‘no God’ would take a foothold in the minds of
many unsuspecting ‘masses’. Before we delve into the ideas and contradictions
of these men- let me explain why most thinkers of the Enlightenment did not
take the atheistic approach- and instead opted for some form of Deism/Theism. The
original debate of ‘where did everything come from’ did not start during the
Enlightenment- it dates back as far as 4-5 centuries before Christ- the
question is obviously older- but you can read the debate taking place in the
great minds of the Greek philosophers; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Though
the idea of God in the minds of these Greek thinkers was not the same
definition that Christianity would hold to- yet they did believe in some type
of being who for the most part was what we would think of as God- they referred
to him as The Prime Mover- a term that the great Catholic thinker Thomas
Aquinas would use in the 13th century as he too argued for the
existence of God. Okay- the Greeks taught that the universe/cosmos always
existed- and there was an initiator who started the ball rolling [motion].
Their ideas about how the solar system worked were primitive- the famous idea
espoused by Ptolemy had a sort of crystalline sphere
[parts]
Actually reading thru the bible- in context- is one of the
best habits you can develop.
Rome was the city of influence at the time of Paul- located
just east of the bend of the Tiber river- about 18 miles from the Mediterranean
Sea.
The letter to the Romans- would be read orally to both
Christians and Jews in the city- in the days of the writing of these letters
[which now make up our bible] they were living in an ‘oral’ culture- and the
letters were intended to be read aloud to those in the early Christian
communities [remember- you didn’t have books back then- like we have today- and
the mass production of writing/publishing did not yet exist].
So- Paul was a strategic thinker- and he penned this letter
hoping it would be a ‘shot in the dark’- that is the darkness of sinful man-
The letter to the Romans is the closest thing to a
systematic theology found in the New Testament.
Its impact in church history is great- John Chrysostom- the
great 5ht century preacher- had it read aloud to him- once a week.
Saint Augustine attributes it to his radical conversion- the
story goes he heard some kids singing ‘take up and read’.
He picked up a copy of the letter to the Romans- and history
was changed.
Luther- the great 16th century reformer- was
teaching this letter- as a Catholic priest/scholar- out of Germany- when he
read ‘The just shall live by faith- therein is the righteousness of God
revealed’-
It lead to what we call today ‘The Protestant Reformation’.
A few hundred years later- the Great Methodist founder- John
Wesley- would say his heart was ‘strangely warmed’ while hearing a message at
Aldersgate- and it lead to his conversion- sure enough- the message was from
the letter to the church at Rome.
So- when the great Apostle sat down and penned this ‘arrow’-
hoping it to go forth and have great impact for the Kingdom of God- his hopes
were indeed realized.
Enjoy-
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I talked about
this word on Today’s video- Given Name ZOE
GENDER: Feminine
Meaning & History
Means
"life" in Greek. From early times it was adopted by Hellenized Jews
as a translation of EVE. It
was borne by two early Christian saints, one martyred under emperor Hadrian, the
other martyred under Diocletian. The name was common in the Byzantine Empire,
being borne by a ruling empress of the 11th century. As an English name, Zoe has only been in use since the 19th
century. It has generally been more common among Eastern Christians (in various
spellings).
VERSES-
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Zechariah 8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me,
saying,
Zechariah 8:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion
with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Zechariah 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and
will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of
truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Zechariah 8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old
men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his
staff in his hand for very age.
Zechariah 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys
and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Zechariah 8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in
the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be
marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my
people from the east country, and from the west country;
Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in
truth and in righteousness.
Zechariah 8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be
strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets,
which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was
laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah 8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man,
nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or
came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his
neighbour.
Zechariah 8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this
people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall
give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall
give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all
these things.
Zechariah 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse
among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you,
and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
Zechariah 8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to
punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts,
and I repented not:
Zechariah 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well
unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
Zechariah 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye
every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace
in your gates:
Zechariah 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts
against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I
hate, saith the LORD.
Zechariah 8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me,
saying,
Zechariah 8:19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the
fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the
fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and
cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
Zechariah 8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to
pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
Zechariah 8:21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to
another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the
LORD of hosts: I will go also.
Zechariah 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to
seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
Zechariah 8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it
shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the
nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We
will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Psalm 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the
most High in the wilderness.
Psalm 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for
their lust.
Psalm 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God
furnish a table in the wilderness?
Psalm 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out,
and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for
his people?
Psalm 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a
fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Psalm 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in
his salvation:
Psalm 78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and
opened the doors of heaven,
Psalm 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had
given them of the corn of heaven.
Psalm 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the
full.
Psalm 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by
his power he brought in the south wind.
Psalm 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered
fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Psalm 78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round
about their habitations.
Psalm 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave
them their own desire;
Psalm 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while
their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalm 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest
of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Psalm 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for
his wondrous works.
Psalm 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and
their years in trouble.
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