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1 Corinthians chapter 11, on the meaning of & manner in partaking at the Lord's Table, speaks about the person who partakes of it, identifying himself with Christ. The reason for instituting this act was very clear as it had been first done by Jesus with His disciples. In the Church, the believer approaches the Table solemnly, understanding the meaning of the emblems & its relevance to his/her life.

What was happening in the Corinthian Church, was that there were many who just looked at this occasion as a time to have a meal with little or no regard to its meaning & to others there, who had not been served as yet. In those days, the Communion Table was actually a Fellowship meal & during that time of gathering, one would rise, take the bread & the cup & draw the believers' hearts into contemplation of the Lord's sacrificial work; similar to the Passover meal that Jesus & the disciples enjoyed together ( Matthew 26:19-29).

So Paul was chastising them for their irreverence, & also approaching this sacred time with hearts not right before God (i.e. they may have believed by going through its motions, some cleansing or sanctifying benefit would be gained - and many do & think this in the Church today). To this type of gluttony & false application, Paul is dealing with them & stating that God does not let this type of behaviour go unpunished. We need to be careful too - it's better to let the emblems pass by us, if we are harbouring any type of sin that needs dealing with & confession.

When ministering to the little ones, to say that God lives in our hearts can be a little more understandable than to relate it theologically: that it is His Spirit that comes to reside in the Christian. God's Throne is in Heaven with His resurrected Son at His right Hand: that is seen Scripture. But God's Spirit (that indivisible part of the Godhead), is sent out into the world for a variety of purposes: John 16:7,8; John 14:16-18 & others.

Both Paul ( Romans 8:9) & Peter ( 1 Peter 1:11), speak of Christ's Spirit. Again, the Deity is fully seen as the selfsame Spirit that is in the World & in believers, and He is the Spirit of God & His Christ. So the Deity cannot reside in anything evil, rather God's Spirit is present to bring God's Light & Truth to those whose hearts are prepared to hunger for it & receive it.

I can't think of a specific verse(s) to what you seek, but certainly there are verses that show that Jerusalem, as the most important city in Israel, will figure now & into the future as God has directed in 2 Chronicles 6:5,6. And we have the following Scriptures as well: Zechariah 14:1-21; Jeremiah 3:17; Isaiah 2:1-4, 9:6,7, 24;23; Joel 3:17; Micah 4:1-5; Luke 1:32,33 showing Jerusalem's importance. With the third Temple to be built there in the future on the Temple Mount (alluded to in Revelation 11:1,2), I think that event will indicate to the world, of Jerusalem's importance & full return to Israel.

I heard that we are not ask blessings for sinners, is this what the bible says?

who is the woman that flees on eagle wings? Is it Israel being protected by U.S. ?

I spend a lot of time in the Book of Job. There's a lot of wisdom in there. There isn't anything that God is not aware of. He is present everywhere: past, present and future.

We live within the confines of Time, which is the first thing God created in Genesis 1:1. Let us be at peace with that. We are known by Him.

Satan is a defeated foe. Ephesians 6, gives us the Armor and the authority of Jesus Christ to stop his activity, and that of his agents of evil. So read the Gospels, Acts, and Paul's writings to see examples of disarming personal attacks.

A good teacher of the authority Jesus gives his born again believers can be viewed on YouTube. Search Charles Capps.

Jesus paid for it with His shed blood, and we must understand what we have been given.

Start there. I'm here if you have other questions.

Mishael

God is holy, perfect, excellent, most high and Supreme Creator and Maker of heaven and earth. Trust and love Him with all your mind, body, heart, soul and strength. He is the true and living God of love and judgment. He created us to worship Him in spirit and in truth. It is marvelous to know God and His Precious Son, Jesus Christ. Let us live by the doctrine of Jesus, and be perfect as Jesus is perfect. Set your affection on things above and not on things on the earth.

Watch and pray for Jesus is coming soon to receive His saints. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. What a blessing and privilege to be a servant of Christ. Let the people of God march on by faith. Pray, believe and receive.

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His MERCY He saved us, by the washing of REGENERATION, and renewal of the Holy Ghost." Titus 3:5-6

I apologize and do not wish to offend. I don't think that scripture would be in the Bible if there was an expiration date on it.

We have to make use of all of the Light that the Lord gives to us. No interpretation is private. All scripture is inspired through the Holy Spirit; who is the Spirit of Christ.

Revelation chapter 22 forbids us to ADD to or to SUBTRACT from scripture just as it is in the Bible. Let's all take a look at that?

Mishael

Sometimes fasting means turning off all of the media. Read scripture. Just sit and wait on the Lords response. I got rid of cable years ago because of the noise, aggravation and cost. I enjoy the quiet.

Can you explain Daniel Chapter 10: 1-21, I understand it a little, I would like more understanding.

Thanks

Bev.

thats a good one!! i look foward to dig into that one

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Wesley's Notes for Matthew 24:20

24:20 Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter - They did so; and their flight was in the spring. Neither on the Sabbath - Being on many accounts inconvenient; beside that many would have scrupled to travel far on that day. For the Jews thought it unlawful to walk above two thousand paces (two miles) on the Sabbath day.

People's Bible Notes for Matthew 24:20

Mt 24:20 Be not in the winter. Because the streams were then impassable torrents from the heavy rains and the weather cold and wet, hard on homeless people. Neither on the sabbath. Because then the gates of the city were closed, preventing departure. History tells us that the army of Cestius Gallus enclosed Jerusalem in A.D. 67, then deterred by its strength, retired to Caesarea. This was the signal for which the church waited, and it then fled beyond the Jordan.

In Israel there would have been restrictions how far one could travel/flee danger on the Sabbath day.

Mishael : hope this helps

it actually says the paradise of GOD, thats always heaven in the scripture

read 2 thessalonians 2:10-11.

after the rapture, the rapture is seen in ch 4 vs 1.

i agree i just discovered a few minutes ago

i agree thadeus, this world especially in these times its easy to get distracted. we need that mind set throughout the week, and we need people like that in our circle to urge one another to stay grounded.

it would be nice if the Strongs Concordance with greek and hebrew could be included in the study portion, so words don't get messed up with todays meanings, ty

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Explain for me please verse 20

I just love this

Locate the words Fear not in KJV scripture.

Jesus says we should not judge things before the time! With that said, it is a great concern that the church has for the last60 yrs changed the gospel to read without conviction. The law and gospel are a natural phenomenon, that work very well while convicting man of sin, with the saving grace found in the blood of Christ. Man has denied it and still does. The blindness occurs, when we deny Christ. These things have not changed since the time of Adam and Eve. Man will live together as the wheat and the tares. The time it takes for the servants to bind the tares, is questionable. After their finished , you might be looking for the hand of God! If you are fortunate you will hear Him coming! Repent and be baptized! GOD IS IN CONTROL!

I'm very grateful to God for letting me to get in contact with this scriptures. Wow! I'm very blessed. Shalom

The face of the Lord,reveal himself through things,peoples,&places.everyday.

The opposite of Faith is unbelief. Unbelief dishonors God and blocks his ability to respond to our prayers and our requests for him to act on our behalf. Here, Jesus is telling his disciples their problem was unbelief and the need for much more prayer and fasting. Obviously, Christ is suggesting to them and us as well that, further prayer and fasting is what removes the unbelief that stagnates and blocks the Lords ability to respond to our requests. A "little" faith is all that the Lord needs to respond to our prayers but "unbelief" that the Lord will actually do what we are requesting thwarts the whole process. This verse tells me that the enemies of Christ are well versed in the spiritual laws and implications of shallow faith and ineffective prayers. They are under the authority of Christ and not the authority of man and will respond accordingly. It also tells me that I need to be ever closer to my heavenly Father in prayer and fasting if I'm to have any chance of waging battle in the spiritual arena.

I thank GOD for His word, which brings healing, wholeness and deliverance

Many Christians get distracted with the cares of the life we live now. Distracted by our finances or our business or loving golfing or some pleasure of ours to the point where we want to do nothing for the kingdom of God. Our Lord warns to keep him as our focal point, and not to be drunk or take more than what is necessary in this life into our hearts. He promised to provide all our needs, so if we just learn to rest IN HIM, we will never be caught off our Christian watch. In these end times, we have got to put our complete focus on HIM.

"This"generation.It did not happen. That generation is dead and gone and none of the so called prophecies events have occurred. Christ was referring to his contemporaries ,those alive in his days.He said "This generation not "That" generation.

" This" is not "That".

"This" is here and now

"That" is there and later.