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Scripture:

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2nd Timothy 3:1-5)



Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2nd Peter 3:3-4)



Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. (James 5:3)



In the New Testament Timothy, Peter and James describe what the world would be like in the latter days. Timothy speaks of perilous times consisting of self centered people who have a form of godliness, but deny the power of God. Peter describes scoffers who would be making fun of Christians and James speaks of irrelevant riches being gathered.

Concerning the last days keep in your mind these scriptures. “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust him.” Nahum 1:7 “Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” Psalms 50:15 Our Father knows those who trust in him.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Timothy, Peter and James warn us that self-centered, scoffers who store up riches that have no eternal value will be prevalent in the latter days.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

GOD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT IN THE LATTER DAYS

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Scripture:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: (Acts 2:17-18)



And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? (Acts 2:3-8)



But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. (Mark 13:11)



But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. (Luke 21:12-15)



And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. (Luke 12:11-12)



Pentecost according to the Strong’s Concordance means "the fiftieth day" the second of the three great Jewish feasts, celebrated at Jerusalem yearly, the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of the completed harvest.

In the book of Acts, on Pentecost day in Jerusalem, Peter repeats the words from the Old Testament book of Joel concerning the last days when God says he is going to pour out his spirit on men and women, young and old. People will, prophesy, see visions and dream dreams. On Pentecost day those present heard a rushing wind and saw tongues of fire ascended on the believers. Everyone present, who was from all nations of the world, understood clearly what was being said in their own language.

It is indicated by Jesus that there will be those in the last days who will speak out for God in the same manner allowing the Holy Spirit to speak through them and that even the gainsayers will not be able to resist what they say. Those who are delivered up to speak are warned not to premeditate what they will say, but to allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

In the latter days God is going to pour out his Spirit and some, who allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them, will be delivered up. As at Pentecost, all nations will understand what is being said in their own language and even doubters will believe what they say.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

ENEMIES WAR AGAINST ISRAEL IN THE LATTER DAYS

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Scripture: WORDS FROM EZEKIEL 38

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.



Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates. To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land,

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?



Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.



Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?



And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my Jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.



And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.



Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 38:1-23)



Ezekiel speaks in depth about a group of nations, in the latter days that will come against the nation called Israel. He describes it as a nation which is brought back from war and is gathered out of many people; a land with no walls, which is dwelling safely.

God states at that time He is going to intervene in such a spectacular way with overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone, as to cause those who don’t believe in him to know him. He will intervene so dramatically that bugs, birds, animals and man will be shaken and the nations will know that he is the LORD.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Ezekiel describes a group of nations that will come against the tribes of Israel in the latter days and that God is going to intervene in such a spectacular way as to cause nations and nature to see and know that he is God.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

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Susan

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Scripture:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. (Isaiah 2:2)



But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. (Micah 4:1)



The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart; in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. (Jeremiah 23:20)



The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. (Jeremiah 30:24)



Isaiah and Micah describe the latter days as a time when all nations shall turn to the LORD’s house. Jeremiah states that these times will be a result of God’s plan as well as his anger and that in the latter days we shall believe and understand everything clearly.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Isaiah, Micah and Jeremiah speak of the latter days when all nations will turn to the Lord and that when it happens we will understand it perfectly.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

DANIEL PARTICIPATES IN THE END TIMES

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Scripture:

Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for yet the vision is for many days. (Daniel 10:14)



But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (Daniel 12:4)



And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. (Daniel 12:9)



But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. (Daniel 12:13)



Daniel was told that it would be many days from the time of his visions until the time of the end and that the words he was given were to be sealed until then. He also was told that travel and knowledge would increase at that time and was given the promise that he would be a part of that end time.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Daniel was informed that the visions which he saw were to be sealed until the end times and that he would participate in that period.



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Susan

HAILSTONES

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Scripture:



And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. (Exodus 9:23)



And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. (Joshua 10:11)



(God speaking to Job) Hast thou entered into the treasures of snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? (Job 38:22-23)

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. (Isaiah 30:30)



Say unto them, which daub it with untempered morter that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower: and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall: and a stormy wind shall rend it. (Ezekiel 13:11)



Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury: and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. (Ezekiel 13:13)



And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood: and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, and overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. (Ezekiel 38:22)



Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. (Revelation 16:15-21)



We find from the scriptures that hailstones were utilized by the LORD through Moses against the enemies of Israel and also during Joshua’s time where more of the enemy was destroyed by the hailstones than in the battle.

Job reveals that hail is also reserved for the time of trouble to come. As the above scriptures disclose in the book of Revelation hailstones are to be used in the future during the battle of Armageddon when the seventh angel’s vial is poured out.

The weight of a talent could be as much as 180 pounds.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

We have learned that hail was used by God in the Old Testament against the enemies of God and will be used in the future at the battle of Armageddon.



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Susan

BIBLE WORD ORIGANATION - AMEN

BIBLE WORD ORIGANATION




AMEN



Used 78 times in 72 verses in the KJV Bible



First used in Numbers 5:22

Last used in Revelation 22:21



HEBREW Meaning of word (Biblical usage) #543 in Strong’s Concordance Hebrew Dictionary

PRONOUNCED – a-man



Verily, truly, amen, so be it









GREEK Meaning of word (Biblical usage) #281 in Strong’s Concordance Greek Dictionary

PRONOUNCED – a-man



(1) Firm

(2) Verily, amen

(At the beginning of a discourse) – Surely, truly, of a truth

(At the end) so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled

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Note: These questions are to teach us. Do the questions once and then go back and do them a second time...and see how much you have learned. It is easier to print out the page and then fill in the blanks. THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM.



1. (True or False) Samuel’s father, Elkanah, had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah? _______________

2. Elkanah loved Hannah the most, but why could Hannah not have any children? (1) She suffered an illness? (2) She had been injured as a child? Or (3) The Lord had shut up her womb? _______________

3. One year when Elkanah took his family up to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice unto the Lord the priest, Eli, saw Hannah weeping and praying before the Lord. What did Eli think when he saw her praying? (1) That she was drunk? (2) That she was crazy? Or (3) that she was sad? _______________

4. Who was the one son of the tribe of Judah In 1st Chronicles that receives honorable mention above all the others when he prays a simple prayer and God grants him his prayer request. (Books have been written about this prayer) (1) Harum? (2) Zereth? Or (3) Jabez? _______________

5. The book of Matthew teaches us that there was the same number of generations between the time of Abraham to David and from David until the carrying away into Babylon and from the carrying away into Babylon until Christ. How many generations were there between each? 10, 14 or 20 generations? _______________

6. In Jesus’ parable concerning the sower who went out to sow he states that some fell by the wayside and the fowls came and devoured it. What does he later tell the disciples that this means? (1) That birds came and ate it? (2) That Satan stole the word of God from the person who heard it? Or (3) that the truth was sown, but no one heard it? _______________

7. (Yes or No) If a person is faithful to wisely handle a little bit, can he be trusted to handle a lot? _______________

8. (Yes or No) A person who is unjust in a small matter can still be trusted with something larger? _______________

9. (Fill in the Blanks) In the beginning was the W_______________, and the W_______________ was with God, and the W_______________ was God.

10. Who or what is the bread of life? (1) John the Baptist? (2) The Books of Moses Or (3) Jesus? ________________



ANSWERS:



1. Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. (1st Samuel 1:1-2)

2. But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. (1st Samuel 1:5)

3. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. (1st Samuel 12-14)

4. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. (1st Chronicles 4:9-10)

5. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17)

6. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. (Mark 4:15)

7. (Jesus speaking) He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. (Luke 16:10)

8. (See above scripture)

9. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

10. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (John 6:33-35)



Don’t get discouraged. Go back and keep doing the questions until you know all the answers. Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this study of His word, Amen.

Susan

THE ANCHOR HOLDS

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Deuteronomy 32:4



The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalms 18:2



For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalms 27:5

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DANIEL INTERPRETS KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM

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Scripture:



But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days, Thy dream, and the visions of the head upon thy bed, are these; As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon they bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and break them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and burse. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2:28-45)



Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar was given a dream from God which included the end times that the king did not understand. Daniel was given the ability by God to interpret the king’s dream.

In the dream it is indicated that in the end times the world kingdoms would be part iron and part clay, or possibly part weak, part strong and that, “They” shall mingle themselves with the seed of men. “They” may be those angels that are kicked out of heaven, along with Satan. Iron and clay do not mix.

In the end God will topple all kingdoms and will sit up his non-ending kingdom with the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. We find in Psalms 118:22-23 that stone is Jesus Christ, “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”

(The kingdoms described in the above scriptures are believed to be, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, and in 636 AD until today, the Mohammed Kingdom.)



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

In the end times, the “powers that be” will not mix very well, but God is going to topple all kingdoms by his son Jesus Christ and set up an eternal kingdom.



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study of His word, Amen.

Susan

MOSES WARNS OF THE LATTER DAYS

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Scripture:

When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice, (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. (Deuteronomy 4:30-31)



For I know that after my death (Moses speaking) ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. (Deuteronomy 31:29)



Moses gave a warning to the children of Israel concerning what would happen to their offspring in the latter days. He warns that there would be tribulation and that evil would befall them because of their actions. Our Father promises that, if they will turn back to God, he will not forsake them and will remember His covenant with their ancestors.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

We have learned that, due to the wicked actions of the offspring of the tribes of Israel, there will be evil times and tribulation for them in the last days, but if they will turn back to God, he will not forsake them.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

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GOD’S PROMISE TO THOSE WHO ARE HIS SERVANTS



Scripture:

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. (Isaiah 55:17)



God’s promise in the above scripture is the inheritance to those who are his servants.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

No weapon that is formed against the servants that belong to Our Father will succeed and every tongue that speaks against them will be condemned.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

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Scripture:


Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. (Psalms 18:50)






I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah (Psalms 89:3)






I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him: nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. (Psalms 89:20-24)






If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. (Psalms 89:30-37)






The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. (Psalms 132:11)






(DAVID’S ADVISE TO HIS SON SOLOMON) And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. (1st Kings 2:3-4)






God made the promise to King David and his descendants that David’s throne would be established forever.


Shortly before his death we read that David warned his son, Solomon, to keep the Lord’s commandments, but at the end of his life Solomon forsook his fathers warning. We know from the above scriptures that God’s promise to David would still hold firm and that God would not forsake his promise to David concerning the fact that his throne would be established forever.


It is interesting to find that the main purpose or responsibility of the Queen and King in the monarchy is to be the “defender of the faith” to this day. From a well known king, King James, we have our KING JAMES BIBLE.






WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?


God promised King David that there would always be a descendant of his on the throne.






Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this


study of His word, Amen.


Susan

ISRAEL DIVIDED

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ISRAEL DIVIDED



Scripture:

And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. (1st Kings 9:9-13)



So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. (1st Kings 12:19)

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. (2nd Chronicles 10:16)



And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. (2nd Chronicles 10:19)



King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, after building the temple of God, took foreign wives and participated in the worship of their strange Gods. This removed God’s blessing from Solomon and God declared that he would separate Judah from the other tribes of Israel which he did.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

We have learned that as a result of King Solomon’s sins the tribe of Judah was separated from the rest of Israel.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

ISRAEL COMES INTO BEING

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ISRAEL COMES INTO BEING






Scripture:


(TO ISAAC) And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham they father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statues, and my laws. (Genesis 26:2-5)






And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. (Genesis 26:24)


(TO JACOB) And, behold the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. (Genesis 28:13-15)






(TO ISRAEL) And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I Am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. (Genesis 35:9-13)






The promises given to Abraham were continued to Abraham’s son, Isaac. He was told that his children would be as numerous as the stars of heaven and that the world would be blessed because of them. And, then to Isaac’s son, Jacob, the promise continues that all the families of the earth would be blessed because of his seed. That seed is Jesus Christ.


God then changed Jacob’s name to Israel and the nation of Israel came into being. The word Israel according to the Strong’s Concordance means “God prevails”.






WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?


God spoke the same promises to Abraham’s son, Isaac, and grandson, Jacob, concerning the fact that their children would be as numerous as the stars of heaven and that the world would be blessed because of them.
God then changed Jacob’s name to Israel and the nation Israel came into being.






Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this


study of His word, Amen.


Susan

TWO WITNESSES OF THE END TIMES

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TWO WITNESSES OF THE END TIMES



Scripture:

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:3-13)



Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. (Zechariah 4:11-14)



In the book of Revelation when the sixth trumpet is sounded there are two of three woes described. During the time of the 2nd woe it speaks of two witnesses that shall appear on the earth for 1,260 days. These two are also called the two olive trees or two candlesticks spoken of in book of Zachariah in the Old Testament.

Words spoken out of their mouths will overcome or devour their enemies who try to harm them. It also says that they have power to shut heaven, that it doesn’t rain during the days of their prophecy and that they have power, as Moses did, over water to turn it to blood. They also have power to smite the earth with plagues, as often as they choose.

As soon as the two witnesses have completed their testimony it declares that Satan, as the anti-christ, will have them killed in Jerusalem and that no one will bury them. Apparently these two are not going to be very well liked because it states that people will be celebrating when they are killed. They will lie for three and a half days and then rise from the dead. When they rise from the dead a (paralyzing fear*) will fall on the people of the earth. (*From the Greek word)

This is probably going to be televised. We have to ask ourselves; will we be paralyzed in fear or rejoicing with the two witnesses because it is time for Jesus Christ to return.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

There will be two witnesses, annoying to most, which will appear on earth just before the return of Jesus Christ. We need to watch for them and listen to them.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

THE RAINBOW PROMISE

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Scripture:

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. (Genesis 9:8-17)



God made a promise to Noah, his sons and all living creatures after the flood. Each time there is a rainbow in the sky God says he will remember His promise never to destroy man and animal with a flood.



WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

When we see a rainbow in the sky we can remember God promised to never again destroy man and animals with a flood.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan

ABRAHAM'S SEED SCATTERED

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ABRAHAM’S SEED SCATTERED



Scripture:

(From the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32)

Verse 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

Verse 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Verse 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Verse 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

Verse 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!



Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. (Psalms 44:11)



Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. (Jeremiah 31:10)



Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jeremiah 50:17)



Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. (Ezekiel 6:8)



Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezekiel 11:16)



My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (Ezekiel 34:6)



And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. (Ezekiel 36:19)



I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. (Joel 3:2)



But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. (Zechariah 7:14)



In The Song of Moses we are given the reason why the children of Israel were scattered. It is because, in spite of all that God had done for them, they forgot God and had no faith. It also informs us that the remembrance of them would be forgotten. Several other scriptures verify that they were scattered amoung the nations. It is a mystery who or where 10 of the tribes are. They are forgotten. Even they don’t know who they are.

God also said he would hide his face from them and see what their end would be. We find in Revelation 15:3 this Song of Moses is being sung. “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

Because the children of Israel forgot God and had no faith they were scattered amoung the nations and it has been forgotten who most of them are.



Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this

study of His word, Amen.

Susan