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I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valleys- Song of Solomon 2:1

Have a nice evening down there!

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Anthony,

A dear friend of mine gave me a Bible years ago and on the inside cover he wrote "This book will keep you from your sin, or your sin will keep you from this book."

It makes a lot of sense. What you're saying also makes sense. When we give in to our fleshly desires, we find ourselves distanced and not interested in the things of the Lord.

I've learned over the years that we make decisions based on what we love the most. The Lord may be drawing us to study his word, but there's something else we want to do.

We have to make the choice. Who or what do we love the most? One of the most profound things Jesus said is that if you want to be my disciple, you must deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow me.

That word deny in the Greek text is the word ARNEOMAI, and it means to reject. We are to reject our fleshly desires and follow Christ.

Again, we follow what we love the most at any given time. Do we really love the Lord when we say we do?

Jesus gave us the command to follow Him. We have to decide. Are we going to follow, or are going to go our own way?

I pray that the Lord will draw you to His word and give you the hunger that can only be satisfied by remaining in His word, and that through His word, you might grow in Christ abundantly!

John wrote Revelation while imprisoned at Patmos.

Hello Darren, I think I understand where you are coming from.

Carleton

107 billion people have lived.

1st resurrection consists of those souls that "died in Christ".

2nd resurrection after the 1,000 years is for everyone else.

Where did you go? I want to hear about your silent trumpets. When will they sound, and will they sound off all at once?

The Law is the power of sin. Sin is transgressing(change the seat/order) of the law through actions. Not one Jot or title of the power of sin will change until the harvest(Judgement Day).

Sin takes hold when we disobey the Most High, the fruit of Knowledge of good and evil contains the knowledge of the power of sin. Sin hurts us. In order to act on it we must change the order of the Law that says man is safe from sin. Instead we are placing an order that makes us vulnerable to the power of sin. Committing sin lets sin take power over us and we are not capable of controlling the sin on our own.

God Bless. May you continue to grow in goodness and mercy.

Anabaptists give me an anaphylactic reaction. Haha.

I gage the content of a post by how much research needs to be done in order to qualify an answer.

Keep the new stuff coming.

what are the lessons to learn from the book of ruth

How can you make Bible reading a habit? I think a sinful habit I'm repeating daily is making me deel guilty and I try to avoid God.

Many conversion experiences begin at Calvary. Mine did. Jesus died carrying my sins to death on the Cross. God turned away from the Sin (my sin) until His Lamb's sacrifice was complete. For a while it was dark and hopeless, but the work of my repentance and restoration was complete. Jesus went into rest, into His Sabbath and in my converted new born heart, I with Him. On the following day, He arose from the dead, laid aside his napkin and went to meet His brethren, my brethren in Christ, and I in my converted new born heart followed Him to where the brethren meet.

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You have a broken heart? Who could be so unkind? Can you hear your heart in you ears? I hope you find relief, the human condition is wanting without divine intervention.

God will make you strong in times of need. The non-believers in your family don't know God's love. They must see you are a beacon of light, beaming in their darkness. If you feel satisfied in the measures you taken to expose them to God, your job is done. There is no burden on you to remove their burden. Enjoy their company while you can. This world's not for living it's for fighting and for wars, no matter what the circumstance, hold on to what is yours.

Zachariah 14:12 shows the supernatural power of Jesus when he consumes the beast army at his coming. The Kidron valley filled to the horses bridal with blood.

Who do we pray to, Heavenly Father or Jesus our Lord?

Hi, perhaps you were looking for the connection of Daniel and the ones in the fiery furnace. Daniel at one point purposed in his heart not to eat of the King's meat, the three in Daniel Chapter 3 were not part of the dream that Daniel revealed to the King which caused Daniel's separation by promotion from his friends who also did not eat of the King's meat. These friends faced their own purpose in God and were found faithful and protected by the one who appeared in likeness as the Son of God to the King. The King then, like Daniel promoted these men to greater responsibilities in his kingdom and honored the majesty of the Living God in these four friends.

Eating if the King's meat is a temptation offered by the world to be strong when it actually makes a Christian more pale.

I find that before I open the Bible to read I say a prayer. I ask God for understanding and to open my 'mind eyes' to see and understand the things the 'naked eyes' are unable to see. I pray for direction and an enhancement to my understanding of the word of God. Alleluia!!! God answers prayers.

God gave you the gift of enjoying the bible, the passion. You will find the more you read, the more you'll understand, the better God will form the words in your mouth to share with others. Reading the story of the Bible will lighten your days.

The 2 olive trees and 2 candlesticks are the 2 houses of Israel (Israel and Judah) that stand before God. These are the witnesses, the elect, the 144,000 sealed 42 months from death prior to the 6th trumpet.

These witnesses are also depicted in allegory as the woman in Chapter 12 that hides in the wilderness from the dragon. The woman has God's protection, exactly like the 2 witnesses/144,000. They are one in the same. vs 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

That is a very good catch, Debra. Advanced thinking. Way to put the clews together.

That is confusing. I'm new.

I and I's is logical.

Thank you

Bless you!

The bible says he's a spirit, Why would you think he's any color?

How do you possibly get 3 full days starting from Friday-Sunday? God grief Good Friday has got you sussed.

fri/sat @morn

sat/sun @morn

sun/mon @morn = 3 full days or 72 hours

How can that possibly be right, and how can you teach that. You are guessing!!!

Thank you for your reply. I asked that because I was troubled, I have been baptized with the triple immersion.

What will happen to those that lived and died before Christ's sacrifice? What will they do when they stand before God? How will they be saved, or will they? I'm sorry if I'm asking irrelevant questions, but I really would like to know the answer if anyone has one.

Yes, but you have to remember that their older children refused to go with them. She likely had friends there. And she may have had a good life. So she looked back on it. The thing is, they were ordered to flee and not look back, but she did and was turned into a pillar of salt. This is a lesson for us to heed God's word above all else.

Hey Carleton,

I would not say the Christian life is a life of practice, instead I would attest that it's a life of obedience and there is a difference. Practice has differences while obedience is the same for all throughout. In religious practices there are many differences but obedience to God's in dwelling spirit can only go one way, God's way. Hope this helps. God bless you

The Israelites day ended at sundown. So, Monday at sundown became Tuesday morning about 6 pm.

You have to take into account that Jesus was crucified before the "high sabbath" (feast of Unleavened bread), which was separate from the weekly sabbath (Friday at sundown through Saturday at sundown).

JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK = Wednesday ( Daniel 9:27).

The Roman soldiers had to remove His dead body from the cross at sundown, Wednesday, by Jewish law.

Jesus was resurrected Saturday at sundown, at the end of the weekly sabbath, beginning Sunday (Sunday is the 1st day of the week).

Listen to this: "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils." Mark 16:9

Who wrote this book?

Paul

I might have had that wrong, I think the phrase is: "the mode of baptism is in the water" , still wondering if anyone is familiar with the corrected phrase?

Thank you!

God bless you Vince. You are practicing as you write.

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Holy Holy Holy

Reginald Heber 1783-1825

(42 years)

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Which wert and art, and evermore shall be.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Tho' the darkness hide Thee, Tho' the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee Perfect in power and love, and purity.

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea; Holy, Holy, Holy!

Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity! AMEN.

How does the Bible liken us to Elijah