Genesis 1:1 PG 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. IN THE BEGINNING GOD....IF WE ARE TO FIND MEANING IN LIFE WE BEGIN WITH GOD, FOR GOD WAS IN THE BEGINNING AND HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL CREATION. HE IS THE CREATOR AND WE ARE HIS CREATURES. Genesis 1:6 PG 1 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. FIRMAMENT - GOD'S SUPERDOME, A DOME ENCLOSING THE WHOLE EARTH - WOW! NEW ORLEANS SUPERDOME IS NOT SO SUPER COMPARED TO GOD'S SUPERDOME. "God said" Gen 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26. WHEN GOD SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS IT. ONLY MAN AND FALLEN ANGELS CAN FAIL TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO WHAT GOD SAYS. THOSE INVOLVED IN THE OCCULT BELIEVE THERE ARE CREATIVE FORCES RELEASED WHEN WORDS ARE SPOKEN. THE WHOLE CREATION CAME TO BE NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT GOD SAID BUT BECAUSE IT WAS GOD WHO SAID IT. HOW WILL I RESPOND TO WHAT GOD SAID? Genesis 1:26 PG 2 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over ...all the earth... PLURAL PRONOUNS US AND OUR = FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT MAN WAS CREATED TO HAVE DOMINION OVER GOD'S CREATION - WOW! Genesis 1:27 PG 2 So God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. IMAGE - A REPRODUCTION OR IMITATION OF THE FORM OF A PERSON OR THING; AN IMITATION IN SOLID FORM: STATUE; EXACT LIKENESS, SEMBLANCE. HOW COULD WE KNOW THAT WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND EVER HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH OUR SELF IMAGE? SELF IS THE PROBLEM! JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF. HE WAS ALWAYS IN PERFECT TOTAL OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER. WE NEED TO GET RID OF OUR PRIDE. PRIDE IS NOT A VIRTUE - IT IS A SIN. IF WE WILL EMPTY OURSELF, IF WE WILL HUMBLE OURSELF, GOD WILL LIFT US UP. IF WE LIFT OURSELF UP, WE WILL SURELY FALL. John the Baptist said as he spoke of Jesus - He must increase but I must decrease. WHO CONTROLS MY LIFE - ME OR JESUS? DO I WANT TO CONTROL OR DO I WANT HIM TO CONTROL? Genesis 1:31 PG 3 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, very good.... GOD DOESN'T MAKE JUNK - EVEN YOU AND ME - WE ARE NOT JUNK. Genesis 2:3 PG 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. GOD GAVE US AN EXAMPLE - WE NEED TO REST ONE DAY PER WEEK. ON THAT DAY AND EVERY DAY - FIND OUR REST IN HIM. Genesis 2:7 PG 4 And the LORD God formed man the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. MAN IS DIFFERENT FROM, AND ABOVE ANY ANIMAL. HE IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. HE HAS A FREE WILL. HE CAN CHOOSE TO DO OR NOT DO WHAT GOD SAYS. HE HAS A SOUL. HE IS AN ETERNAL BEING. ANIMAL RIGHTS FOLKS AND HINDU REINCARNATION BELIEFS ARE FOOLISH. Genesis 2:8 PG 4 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Genesis 2:15 PG 4 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. WORK IS A BLESSING. MAN WAS CREATED TO WORK. HE HAD MEANINGFUL WORK TO DO BEFORE THE FALL AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CURSE. Genesis 2:18 PG 4 And the LORD God said, not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. MEN NEED HELP! GOD KNEW IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO BE ALONE. THAT IS WHY HE CREATED WOMEN TO HELP MEN. IT FOLLOWS THAT IN GENERAL MEN WILL NOT BE HAPPY, PRODUCTIVE AND FULFILLED WITHOUT A WOMAN TO HELP HIM. IT ALSO FOLLOWS THAT WOMEN IN GENERAL WILL BE MOST HAPPY IF THEY ARE HELPING THEIR HELPLESS MAN. PROBABLY THEY SHOULDN'T BE TOO OBVIOUS ABOUT HIS HELPLESSNESS. PROBABLY THE MAN SHOULD NOT BE TOO OBVIOUS ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY OVER THE WOMAN SINCE IT IS HE WHO IS HELPLESS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON MARRIAGES FAIL. THE WOMAN DOES NOT WANT TO SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITY OF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS SO MUCH HELP. THE HELPLESS MAN DOESN'T APPRECIATE HOW HELPLESS HE IS. Genesis 2:24-25 PG 5 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. WHEN YOU MARRY CUT THE TIES WITH YOUR PARENT'S INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE. THAT ENDS THEIR AUTHORITY. IT DOES NOT END YOUR DUTY TO HONOR AND RESPECT THEM. BUT IT DOES END THEIR AUTHORITY OVER YOU. Genesis 3:5 - ...ye shall be as gods. THIS IS THE LIE. IT FORMS FUNDAMENTAL THESIS OF HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, MORMONISM, NEW AGE MOVEMENT, GLOBALISM, REINCARNATION, THE OCCULT AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER ISM OTHER THAN ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THIS LIE REGARDLESS OF WHICH OF THE THOUSANDS OF NEW SUGAR COATINGS THAT SATAN PUTS OVER THIS BASIC FUNDAMENTAL LIE DESIGNED TO TAKE YOU TO HELL. Genesis 3:6 PG 5 And when the woman saw that the tree good for food, and that it pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. ADAM WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE WITH EVE WHEN SATAN WAS TEMPTING EVE. THE GUTLESS WONDER DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT. IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP IT. Genesis 3:15 - 16 PG 5 -6 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. THE CURSES PUT MEN AND WOMEN IN CONFLICT. THE PERFECT SITUATION BETWEEN MAN AND CREATION WAS LOST. SATAN TOOK DOMINION. ONLY JESUS CAN RESTORE IT. JAN 2 GEN 4:1 - 5:32 PG 7 -10 Genesis 4:9 PG 7 ... I my brother's keeper? THE ANSWER IS YES. JESUS PAID THE ENTIRE PRICE FOR ALL THE SINS OF ALL MEN. DO I CARE THAT PEOPLE FOR WHOM MY LORD PAID SUCH A PRICE MAY BE LOST? WILL MY LIFE CAUSE ANY TO ASK THE REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS WITHIN ME? AM I READY TO GIVE THEM THE ANSWER? WHY DID PEOPLE LIVE SO LONG BEFORE THE FLOOD? PROBABLY THE FIRMAMENT SHIELDED MEN FROM THE HARMFUL RADIATION WHICH CAUSED AGING. GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND INTENDED FOR MAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TREE OF LIFE AND LIVE FOREVER. WE CAN KNOW, ON THE INTEGRITY OF GOD'S WORD THAT THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH. WHERE WILL I SPEND ETERNITY? Genesis 5:24 PG 10 And Enoch walked with God: and he not; for God took him. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD. AM I WALKING WITH GOD OR AWAY FROM HIM? ENOCH DID NOT DIE. GOD TOOK HIM. Hebrews 9:27 - And as it is appointed unto men [once to die], but after this the judgment: ELIJAH IS THE ONLY OTHER MAN WHO DID NOT DIE. PERHAPS ENOCH AND ELIJAH ARE GOD'S 2 SPECIAL WITNESSES IN THE TRIBULATION WHO STAND POWERFULLY AGAINST ANTICHRIST. JAN 3 GEN 6:1 - 9:29 PG 11 - 16 Genesis 6:4 PG 11 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare to them, the same mighty men which of old, men of renown. THERE ARE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHAT THIS MEANS. SOME BELIEVE THAT THE SONS OF GOD WERE FALLEN ANGELS WHO TOOK HUMAN WIVES. THIS WAS GROSS SIN SINCE ANGELS WERE NOT TO TAKE WIVES. JESUS INSTRUCTED IN Matthew 22:30 - "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." WHEN YOU SEE THE "SONS OF GOD" REFERENCES IN JOB YOU SEE WHY SUCH BELIEF COULD BE FACTUAL. Job 1:6 - Now there was a day when the [sons of God] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 2:1 - Again there was a day when the [sons of God] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Job 38:4 & 7 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. & When the morning stars sang together, and all the [sons of God] shouted for joy? THE ONLY REASON IT MAY BE IMPORTANT IS THAT ONE OF THE PARTICULAR END TIME SIGNS WHICH JESUS GAVE TO US IS THAT IT WOULD BE AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH. IT MAY BE THAT THESE UNHOLY DEMONIC UNIONS PRODUCED THE GIANTS. OR IT MAY JUST BE THE GROSS WICKEDNESS IN GENERAL WHICH MARKED NOAH'S TIME. THE HEBREW WORD FOR GIANT IS NEPHIYL, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS A BULLY TYRANT, OR GIANT. Genesis 6:5-6 PG 11 And God saw that the wickedness of man great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. EVERY THOUGHT WAS ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY. Genesis 6:8 PG 11 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 7:5 PG 11 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. WOULD I DO ALL THE LORD'S COMMANDS? - NOAH WORKED 100 YEARS BEING RIDICULED BY EVERYONE TO BUILD THE ARK. Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. FLOOD WATERS COVERED THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOPS BY OVER 20 FEET. MANY IRREFUTABLE GEOLOGICAL PROOFS EXIST TO MARK THE GREAT FLOOD AS AN HISTORICAL FACT. HOW ELSE CAN ONE FIND MARINE FOSSILS AT ALTITUDES OF OVER 15,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL? HOW ELSE CAN THE HIGH ELEVATION TAR PITS CONTAIN THE BONES OF PREDATOR AND PREY ALIKE? Genesis 8:4 PG 14 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. THE ARK IS HIGH ON MT. ARARAT TO THIS DAY. IT HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY AIR AND SATELLITE. PERHAPS THE "BREAK-UP" OF THE SOVIET UNION WILL FINALLY ALLOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL VERIFICATION. Genesis 8:15 - 20 PG 14 And God spake unto Noah,....Go forth of the ark,....And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every beast, .....after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. CONSIDER NOAH'S OBEDIENCE - 100 YEARS OF HARD LABOR AND RIDICULE BY HIS PEERS IN BUILDING THE ARK, 300 DAYS ON THE ARK, AND WAITED 56 DAYS AFTER THE GROUND WAS DRY UNTIL GOD TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE ARK. THE FIRST THING HE DOES UPON LEAVING THE ARK IS TO BUILD AN ALTER AND MAKE SACRIFICE TO GOD. Genesis 8:21 PG 14 - 15 ... and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. THE EARTH WILL NEVER AGAIN BE DESTROYED. MAN NOW HAS NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF DESTROYING ALL LIFE ON EARTH; HOWEVER, GOD WILL NOT ALLOW IT. WE CAN FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO PREDICT DOOM. OZONE DEPLETION, GLOBAL WARMING, etc., IS ALL A BUNCH OF HORSEFEATHERS. WE SHOULD NOT TRASH THE ENVIRONMENT BUT GOD WILL NOT ALLOW THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PLANET. ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISM ILLUSTRATES THE HEIGHT OF HUMAN VANITY AND PLAYS RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF ANTICHRIST. GOD WILL INTERVENE AT THE LORD'S SECOND COMING TO PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL FLESH BY ANTICHRIST. THE IMAGINATION OF MAN'S HEART IS EVIL FROM HIS YOUTH. THIS IS WHY WE MUST BE BORN AGAIN BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. OTHERWISE WE CANNOT HELP BUT THINK AND DO EVIL. MAN'S GREATEST PROBLEM IS THAT HE TRIES TO HIDE OR EXCUSE HIS SIN, JUST LIKE THE ALCOHOLIC DENIES THAT HE HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM. WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVINCE US OF OUR SINS AND LEAD US TO CONFESS THEM AND HELP US REPENT FROM OUR SINS. JESUS PAID THE FULL PRICE FOR ALL OF OUR SINS BUT WE STILL HAVE TO CONFESS AND REPENT. THIS WE CANNOT DO WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. Genesis 9:1-2 PG 15 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN BACK DOWN ANY WILD ANIMAL? GOD HAS PUT THE FEAR OF HUMANS INTO THE HEART OF EVERY ANIMAL. THE ANIMAL MUST FEAR YOU. THE ANIMAL SOMEHOW KNOWS IF YOU FEAR IT. IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS PUT THE FEAR OF YOU INTO THAT ANIMAL, AND HAVE FAITH TO OVERCOME YOUR FEAR, YOU CAN COMMAND THAT ANIMAL TO STOP ITS CHARGE IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND IT WILL STOP. Genesis 9:3 PG 15 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. MAN WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO BE VEGETARIAN. IT MAY EVEN BE MORE HEALTHY. BUT GOD SAID WE CAN EAT MEAT. SINCE THE TIME OF NOAH, GOD HAS SAID THAT MAN CAN EAT MEAT AS WELL AS VEGETABLES. VEGETARIANS ARE NO MORE OR NO LESS HOLY THAN THE MEAT EATERS. Genesis 9:5 PG 15 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE. JAN 4 GEN. 10:1 - 11:32 PG 17 - 22 In skipping over the genealogies of chapter 10 we should look at Gen 10:8-10 to understand why God had to do what he did in chapter 11. Genesis 10:8-10 PG 19 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NOAH CURSED HIS SON HAM AND SAID THAT HAM'S DESCENDANTS WOULD BE SLAVES TO EVERYONE, BECAUSE OF HAM'S GROSS SIN. HAM BEGAT CUSH. CUSH BEGAT NIMROD WHOSE NAME IN HEBREW MEANS "WE WILL REBEL". THIS POINTS TO VIOLENT AND OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD. NO DOUBT HAM TOLD CUSH ABOUT THE CURSE, AND CUSH DIDN'T LIKE IT TO THE POINT HE NAMED HIS SON "WE WILL REBEL." I BELIEVE WE BEGIN TO SEE THE SEEDS OF ANTICHRIST RIGHT HERE. NIMROD BECAME A MIGHTY ONE IN THE EARTH BY BOLD AND DARING DEEDS. HIS DEEDS WERE TO HUNT MEN BY TYRANNY AND FORCE AND CONFUSION ACCORDING TO THE MEANING OF THE HEBREW WORDS USED IN THE TEXT AND ACCORDING TO THE FIRST CENTURY HISTORIAN, JOSEPHUS. HE BUILT BABEL AND HENCE, IN SCRIPTURE, BABYLON MEANS MORE THAN THE CAPITOL CITY OF CHALDEA. BABYLON MEANS TYRANNY AND CONFUSION AND OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD. NIMROD WAS OBSESSED WITH RAGE AGAINST THE CURSE AND PROPHESY OF NOAH REGARDING HIM AND HIS GENERATIONS. HE WOULD NOT BE A SLAVE. HE WOULD HUNT SLAVES. HE LORDED IT OVER OTHERS, HUNTING AND DESTROYING ALL WHO OPPOSED HIM IN HIS TYRANNY. HE PERSUADED MEN, ACCORDING TO JOSEPHUS, NOT TO ASCRIBE THEIR HAPPINESS TO GOD, BUT TO HIM. HE TAUGHT MEN TO CENTRALIZE AND OPENLY DEFIED GOD TO SEND ANOTHER FLOOD. HE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST KINGDOM AND ESTABLISHED THE FIRST GREAT UNIVERSAL RELIGION OPPOSING GOD SINCE THE FLOOD. THIS WAS DONE OPENLY "before the Lord" IN OPEN DEFIANCE TO GOD. HIS WIFE SEMIRAMIS BECAME PREGNANT AFTER HIS DEATH AND WAS THE UNWED MOTHER OF TAMMUZ. THE ROOTS OF ALMOST ALL ANCIENT RELIGIONS AND MANY MODERN ONES INCLUDING THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT CAN BE TRACED TO THESE THREE PEOPLE NIMROD, SEMIRAMIS, AND TAMMUZ. JUST A FEW ARE THE ANCIENT BABYLONIAN SUN GOD, AND HIS WIFE ISHTAR OR APHRODITE OR VENUS; OSIRIS AND ISIS OF THE EGYPTIANS, AS WELL AS THE HINDU GODS, ALL REINCARNATION RELIGIONS, BUDDHISTS, AND ALL OF THE OCCULT RELIGIONS INCLUDING MOTHER EARTH CAN TRACE THEIR ROOTS TO NIMROD. YOU SEE THE WAY NIMROD WAS GOING, GOD HAD A REAL PROBLEM WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN NIMROD'S CROWN JEWEL CITY OF BABEL. THE WAY NIMROD WAS GOING, THE RIGHTEOUS GOD FEARING CHILDREN OF SHEM AND JAPHET DID NOT STAND A CHANCE UNLESS GOD SOMEHOW DIRECTLY INTERVENED ON THEIR BEHALF. Genesis 11:5-9 PG 17 -18 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. CAN YOU SEE THE MERCY OF GOD PROTECTING HIS PEOPLE? CAN WE SEE WHAT NIMROD STARTED BEING CARRIED ON TODAY? ARE POLITICAL LEADERS CALLING FOR CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT? DO POLITICAL LEADERS SEEM TO BE CALLING FOR A GLOBAL OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT? CHRISTIANS MUST KNOW THAT ANY WORLD GOVERNMENT PRIOR TO THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST WILL BE HEADED BY ANTICHRIST. JAN 5 GEN 12:1 - 14:20 PG 23 - 28 Genesis 12:3 PG 24 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. ABRAHAM SETTLED IN HEBRON AND WAS THE FATHER OF THE HEBREWS OR THE FATHER OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL. THOSE WHO BLESS THE JEWS WILL BE BLESSED BY GOD. THOSE WHO CURSE THE JEWS WILL BE CURSED BY GOD. GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM STANDS FOREVER. IT IS VITAL THAT OUR NATION NEVER TURN ITS BACK ON ISRAEL. PROBABLY THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SO GREATLY BLESSED BY GOD BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN ANY OTHER HAS HELPED TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN THE NATION OF ISRAEL IN PALESTINE. ISRAEL IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT ALLY. Genesis 12:7 PG 24 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. GOD GAVE PALESTINE TO THE JEWS FOREVER. (GEN 13:15) Genesis 13:13 PG 26 But the men of Sodom wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT AN ALTERNATE LIFESTYLE. IT IS EXCEEDINGLY SINFUL. IN ALL OF HISTORY YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY PROMINENT NATION WHICH WAS NOT SWIFTLY JUDGED AND DESTROYED WHEN THE HOMOSEXUALS CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET. Genesis 13:18 PG 26 Then Abram removed tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE TERM HEBREW. Genesis 14:18 PG 28 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he the priest of the most high God. SOME THINK MELCHIZEDEK MAY HAVE BEEN A PREINCARNATE APPEARANCE OF JESUS. THERE ARE OVER 40 OLD TESTAMENT APPEARANCES OF JESUS BEFORE HIS BIRTH OF WHICH WE MAY BE CERTAIN IT WAS JESUS. IT IS QUITE INTERESTING TO BE WATCHING CLOSELY FOR THESE APPEARANCES. HERE IS A HINT HOW YOU CAN SPOT THESE PREINCARNATE APPEARANCES OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. NO ANGEL OF GOD WILL EVER EXCEPT WORSHIP. WORSHIP IS DUE JESUS SO HE WILL NOT REFUSE IT. MELCHIZEDEK'S NAME MEANS KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, KING OF SALEM OR KING OF PEACE, AND THE PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. ABRAHAM PAID HIM A TITHE. GIVE GOD THE TOP 10% AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. TRY IT. GOD WILL PROVE IT WORKS TO YOU. JAN 6 GEN 15:1 - 17:27 PG 29 - 34 Genesis 15:1 PG 29 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I thy shield, thy exceeding great reward. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. THE LORD IS ALL WE NEED. IF GOD IS OUR SHIELD - WHY FEAR? THERE IS NO GREATER REWARD THAN GOD HIMSELF. Genesis 15:6 PG 30 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A GIFT FROM GOD. NO MAN IS RIGHTEOUS. WE ALL HAVE SINNED, AND ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FILTHY RAGS TO GOD. YET GOD CAN COUNT US RIGHTEOUS, THROUGH FAITH. WE ARE COUNTED RIGHTEOUS BY GOD THE SAME WAY ABRAHAM WAS. WE BELIEVE GOD, WE BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAID, WE BELIEVE JESUS PAID THE PRICE REQUIRED FOR OUR SINS. RIGHTEOUSNESS CAN ONLY COME FROM GOD TO MAN THROUGH FAITH. SINCE GOD HIMSELF BECAME THE PERFECT LAMB TO WHICH ALL OF MOSSES' BLOOD SACRIFICES POINTED, THAT FAITH MUST BE IN JESUS CHRIST. JAN 7 GEN 18:1 - 19:38 PG 34 - 35 Genesis 18:13-14 PG 35 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR GOD TO DO. GOD CAN'T LIE. NOTHING ELSE IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD. NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD. Genesis 18:18 PG 35 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH HAVE INDEED BEEN BLESSED BY ISRAEL THE NATION OF ABRAHAM. JESUS CAME FROM THE ABRAHAM'S FAMILY THROUGH MARY. JESUS WAS BORN A JEW. Genesis 18:19 PG 36 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. HOW DOES MY FAMILY KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD? DO I DO JUSTLY AND EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT IN HONEST FAIR DEALING WITH ALL THOSE WITH WHOM I COME IN CONTACT? Genesis 18:20 PG 36 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; HOMOSEXUALITY IS A VERY GRIEVOUS SIN. THROUGHOUT ALL HISTORY CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AS SOON AS THIS VERY GRIEVOUS SIN WAS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE AS JUST AN "ALTERNATE LIFESTYLE". Genesis 18:23 PG 36 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? GOD WILL WITHHOLD JUDGMENT FOR THE SAKE OF A FEW RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE. 2 Chronicles 7:14 - If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE OUR NATION IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. THERE ARE CERTAINLY GOOD REASONS TO BELIEVE THIS. BEFORE GOD'S JUDGMENT WE MAY LIKELY SEE PERSECUTION OF BIBLE BELIEVING JEWS AND CHRISTIANS. YET GOD DOES NOT DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED. IT IS GOD'S PEOPLE, EVEN A SMALL SEEMINGLY HELPLESS FEW, WHO IF THEY HUMBLE THEMSELVES, PRAY, SEEK GOD, AND REPENT OF THEIR SINS CAN SAVE THEIR COUNTRY. JAN 8 GEN 20:1 - 21:21 PG 39 - 44 Genesis 20:6 - 7 PG 40 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man wife; for he a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that thine. GOD PROTECTS ABRAHAM HIS PROPHET EVEN THOUGH ABRAHAM HAS NOT DEALT WITH INTEGRITY TOWARD ABIMELECH. Genesis 20:13 PG 40 -41 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He my brother. ABRAHAM DEFENDS SARAH'S HONOR AND ADMITS HE TOLD SARAH WHAT TO SAY. Genesis 21:2 PG 41 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES. TRULY, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD. THE ONLY THING GOD CAN'T DO IS LIE. ABE=100 SARA=90 Genesis 21:12 PG 43 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. GOD MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ISAAC, NOT ISHMAEL, INHERITS ALL THAT GOD HAD PROMISED TO ABRAHAM FOR EVER. PALESTINE IS GIVEN BY GOD TO ISRAEL NOT THE ARAB DECEDENTS OF ISHMAEL. JAN 9 GEN 22:1 - 23:20 PG 44 - 47 Genesis 22:2 PG 44 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. WOW WHAT A TEST! WE MUST LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE. WHAT AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH FOR US ALL. CALVARY IS THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE LAND OF MORIAH WHERE GOD WOULD SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON JESUS BECAUSE OF OUR SINS. DO I HAVE SUCH FAITH AND TRUST IN GOD? Genesis 22:3 PG 44 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. ABRAHAM IMMEDIATELY OBEYS. HIS TEST IS PROBABLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN ANY TEST WE COULD EVER FACE AND HE IMMEDIATELY OBEYS. WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF FAITH AND TRUST IN GOD. Genesis 22:8 PG 44 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. PROPHESY - God will provide himself a lamb... POINTING TO THE SACRIFICE OF GOD'S ONLY SON JESUS ON THIS SAME PLACE BECAUSE OF OUR SINS. SUCH A GREAT PRICE WAS PAID BY GOD BECAUSE OF OUR SINS. HIS GRACE IS NOT CHEAP GRACE. HE CHECKED ABRAHAM'S FAITH AND TRUST BUT ULTIMATELY HE DID NOT REQUIRE ABRAHAM TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE HE WOULD MAKE HIMSELF HERE AT CALVARY. Genesis 22:10 - 12 PG 45 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only from me. COULD I PASS SUCH A TEST? Genesis 22:14 PG 45 Jehovahjireh: THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. Genesis 22:16 PG 45 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only : That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed..... GOD SAID THAT HE WOULD SWEAR BY HIMSELF. THAT IS AS CERTAIN AS ANYTHING COULD POSSIBLY BE. THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY AND MAJESTY POSSIBLE IS GOD HIMSELF. JAN 10 GEN 24:1 - 24:67 PG 47 - 50 Genesis 24:2 PG 47 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: ACCORDING TO JEWISH AND ORIENTAL TRADITION THIS WAS A SACRED ACT OF SUBMISSION OF THE ONE WHO WAS CALLED TO PLACE THE HAND UNDER THE THIGH. Genesis 24:12 PG 48 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. ABRAHAM HAD OBVIOUSLY SHARED HIS FAITH IN GOD WITH HIS CHIEF STEWARD. GOD ANSWERS HIS PRAYER BEFORE HE HAS FINISHED PRAYING. Genesis 24:50-51 PG 49 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, Rebekah before thee, take , and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. LABAN AND BETHUEL RESPECTED THE LORD. THEY DID NOT HESITATE TO LET REBEKAH GO WITH ABRAHAM'S SERVANT WHEN THEY HEARD THAT IT WAS THE WILL OF THE LORD. JAN 11 GEN 25:1 - 26:33 PG 50 - 55 Genesis 25:5 PG 51 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. GOD GAVE PALESTINE TO JEWISH DECEDENTS OF ISAAC AND NOT THE ARAB DECEDENTS OF ISHMAEL. Genesis 25:11 PG 51 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. Genesis 25:21 PG 52 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. Genesis 25:22 - 23 PG 52 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If so, why I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. And the LORD said unto her, Two nations in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and people shall be stronger than people; and the elder shall serve the younger. GOD KNEW JACOB AND ESAU BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. THE TWINS WERE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION. GOD TOLD REBEKAH THAT ESAU, THE ELDER, WOULD SERVE JACOB, THE YOUNGER. GOD KNEW THESE TWO BABIES FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER IN REBEKAH'S WOMB. ABORTION KILLS BABIES. IT IS SACRIFICING TO MOLECH. Genesis 25:25, 26 & 28 PG 53 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac threescore years old when she bare them. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. ESAU'S NAME MEANS ROUGH AND JACOB'S NAME MEANS TO OVERTHROW BY TRIPPING UP. THEIR PARENTS PICKED FAVORITES. THIS ADDED TO THE STRIFE BETWEEN THE BROTHERS. Genesis 25:30 PG 53 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red ; for I faint: therefore was his name called Edom. ESAU GETS THE NEW NAME EDOM MEANING RED. WHAT NEW NAME DOES GOD GIVE JACOB? Genesis 26:4 - 5 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 statutes, and my laws. ABRAHAM DID NOT HAVE THE SCRIPTURES. YET HIS FAITH AND OBEDIENCE WERE GREAT. HE FOUND GREAT FAVOR WITH GOD. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE REASON TO HAVE FAITH AND BE OBEDIENT THAN DID ABRAHAM YET HOW FAR SHORT OF ABRAHAM'S LEVEL OF FAITH AND OBEDIENCE AM I? EVERYONE COULD SEE HOW GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB BECAUSE OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. JAN 12 GEN 26:34 - 28:22 PG 55 - 59 JACOB CONSPIRES WITH HIS MOTHER TO DECEIVE ISAAC. JACOB RECEIVES ISAAC'S SPECIAL BLESSING. THIS BLESSING IS THE BLESSING GOD GAVE TO ABRAHAM. Genesis 27:29 PG 57 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed every one that curseth thee, and blessed he that blesseth thee. GOD'S SPECIAL BLESSING TO ISRAEL THROUGH ABRAHAM IS THE ISSUE HERE. NO DOUBT REBEKAH HAD TRIED TO PERSUADE ISAAC TO GIVE THIS BLESSING TO HER FAVORITE JACOB. ISAAC PROBABLY KNEW THAT REBEKAH WAS RIGHT FROM WHAT REBEKAH HAD LEARNED FROM GOD BEFORE THE TWINS WERE BORN GEN. 25:22-23. NO DOUBT, THIS WAS REINFORCED WHEN ESAU TOOK HEATHEN WIVES WHICH GRIEVED BOTH REBEKAH AND ISAAC. JACOB HAD ALREADY OBTAINED ESAU'S BIRTHRIGHT. ISAAC CONTINUED RESISTING BECAUSE ESAU WAS HIS FAVORITE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK THIS OUT IF A CHILD FEELS THAT HIS PARENT FAVORS THEIR SIBLING. PARENTS NEVER SHOULD SHOW THE TYPE OF OPEN AND BLATANT FAVORITISM WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED BY ISAAC AND REBEKAH. Genesis 27:41 PG 57 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. ESAU PREMEDITATES THE MURDER OF HIS BROTHER. Genesis 28:4 PG 58 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. THE ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT OVER PALESTINE CANNOT BE RESOLVED. IF IT IS EVER RESOLVED AT THE PEACE TABLE IT WILL BE ANTI-CHRIST WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS. GOD GAVE THE LAND TO ISRAEL. SATAN IS STIRRING UP THE ARABS TO FIGHT ISRAEL FOR THIS LAND GIVEN TO THEM BY GOD. BEWARE OF THE PERSON BEHIND ANY ARAB ISRAELI PEACE TREATIES. HE WILL BE ANTICHRIST. Genesis 28:15 PG 59 And, behold, I with thee, and will keep thee in all whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done which I have spoken to thee of. HOW ABOUT THIS PROMISE. ANY "CHRISTIAN" WHO DOES NOT LOVE THE JEW DOESN'T KNOW GOD'S WORD ON THE SUBJECT. BECAUSE THE TRUE CHRISTIAN MUST SIDE WITH THE JEW WE WILL SEE THE WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD UNITED BEHIND ANTICHRIST TO WIPE OUT THE JEWS AND BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIANS. JAN 13 GEN 29:1 - 30:43 PG 59 - 63 Genesis 29:17 - 18 PG 60 Leah tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. TENDER EYED? WEAK EYED? DELICATE EYES? PRETTY EYES? - PROBABLY INDICATES THAT LEAH WAS HOMELY OR GROSSLY OVERWEIGHT. FOR SOME REASON LABAN WAS NOT GOING TO GET TOO GREAT A DOWRY FOR HER AND IN FACT MAY NEVER GET HER MARRIED OFF. RACHEL LOOKED GOOD AND JACOB WAS IN LOVE WITH HER. Genesis 29:21 PG 60 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Genesis 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. Genesis 29:24 PG 60 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid an handmaid. Genesis 29:25 PG 60 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it Leah: and he said to Laban, What this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Genesis 29:27 PG 60 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. JACOB ACTUALLY MARRIED BOTH LEAH AND RACHEL IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS THAT HE WAS WITH LABAN. OTHERWISE THE TIMES AND THE BIRTHS OF THE 12 SONS DO NOT PHYSICALLY WORK OUT RIGHT. THE THING IS THAT LABAN KNEW THE PROMISE OF GOD TO ABRAHAM. HE KNEW THAT GOD WOULD BE BLESSING ABRAHAM'S OFFSPRING AND HE WANTED TO KEEP JACOB PERMANENTLY FOR HIS OWN GAIN. SEVEN YEARS WAS A GOOD DEAL TO JACOB AND A VERY GOOD DEAL FOR LABAN. YET LABAN FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE THE VERY GOOD DEAL TWICE AS GOOD FOR HIM AND NOT TOO GOOD FOR JACOB. JACOB GOT SO DRUNK AT HIS WEDDING FEAST THAT HE COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOMELY LEAH AND BEAUTIFUL RACHEL. HE PROBABLY PASSED OUT AND WOKE UP FINDING LABAN HAD PULLED OFF A SWITCH WITH HIM NOT HAVING CONSUMMATED THE MARRIAGE. THUS LABAN SUGGESTS HE COMPLETE LEAH'S WEEK AND THAT HE HAD TO TAKE THEM BOTH FOR 14 YEARS SERVICE. WHILE POLYGAMY WAS IN GOD'S PERMISSIVE WILL IT WAS NEVER HIS PERFECT WILL. JACOB ENDS UP WITH FAMILY PROBLEMS BIG TIME. Genesis 29:31 PG 61 And when the LORD saw that Leah hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel barren. ABRAHAM'S WIFE SARAH IS BARREN, ISAAC'S WIFE REBECCA IS BARREN, AND JACOB'S WIFE RACHEL IS BARREN UNTIL THE LORD HEALS THEM. Genesis 30:1-2 PG 61 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? WOW WHAT A MESS! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE LIVING IN THAT HORNET'S NEST. JAN 14 GEN 31:1 - 33:20 PG 63 - 68 Genesis 31:1 PG 63 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that our father's; and of which our father's hath he gotten all this glory. NOW HERE IS PRIDE AND UNGREATFULNESS. LABAN AND HIS FAMILY ARE PROBABLY 100 TIMES MORE WEALTHY BECAUSE OF JACOBS PRESENCE WITH THEM. FOR GOD WAS SO VERY OBVIOUSLY BLESSING JACOB. THEIR WEALTH HAD GREATLY INCREASED FROM THE OVERFLOW OF GOD'S BLESSING OF JACOB. Genesis 31:2 PG 63 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it not toward him as before. IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. Genesis 31:3 PG 63 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. SHOULD WE HAVE ANY FEAR IF THE LORD PROMISES TO BE WITH US? GOD HAS NOT ONLY PROMISED TO BE WITH US BUT HE HAS PROMISED TO BE IN US. WE MAKE A CHOICE TO TRUST GOD AND LIVE BY FAITH OR WE WILL CHOOSE TO LIVE IN FEAR. WHY SHOULD WE EVER CHOOSE TO FEAR ANYTHING IF THE HOLY SPIRIT'S PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD IS WITHIN US? Genesis 31:7 PG 63 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. JACOB HAD EXPERIENCED GOD'S PROTECTION. CAN YOU SHARE ANY TIME OR WAY IN WHICH YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD'S PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, OR PROVISION? Genesis 31:19 PG 64 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that her father's. LABAN MAY HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM BUT HE ALSO WAS AN IDOL WORSHIPER. WHY WOULD RACHEL STEAL THEM? Genesis 31:36 PG 65 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What my trespass? what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? Genesis 31:41 PG 65 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. Genesis 31:42 PG 65 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked yesternight. JACOB KNEW GOD WAS PROTECTING HIM. LABAN'S SUPERIOR ARMY DID NOT STAND A CHANCE AGAINST JACOB. IF GOD BE FOR YOU - WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU. Genesis 31:47 PG 65 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. CHALDEE WORD AND HEBREW WORD BOTH MEANING HEAP OF WITNESS. Genesis 31:49 PG 65 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. THIS IS A POPULAR FRIENDSHIP TOKEN PHRASE. BUT THE ACTUAL FACT WAS IN THEIR MEANING HERE THAT THEY WERE CALLING ON GOD TO WATCH THAT THE OTHER DID NOT ATTACK THEM. NOTHING WAS REALLY INTENDED FRIENDLY HERE. Genesis 31:52 PG 65 This heap witness, and pillar witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. Genesis 32:1 PG 66 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. WOULDN'T THAT BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE? Genesis 32:2 PG 66 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. MAHANAIM MEANS TWO CAMPS. THEY WERE ACTUALLY TWO HUGE COMPANIES OF ANGELS WHO ACCOMPANIED JACOB'S CARAVAN ONE ON EACH SIDE. Genesis 32:6 PG 66 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS BECAUSE ESAU HAD VOWED TO KILL JACOB WHEN HE LEFT AND NOW HE IS COMING TO MEET HIM WITH A 400 MAN ARMY, BUT JACOB HAS THE TWO COMPANIES OF ANGELS. Genesis 32:7-8 PG 66 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. JACOB IS ACTING JUST LIKE WE DO SOMETIMES. GOD HAS PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. GOD HAS EVEN SENT TWO COMPANIES OF ANGELS AND MADE THEM VISIBLE TO JACOB. JACOB HAS THE FEAR OR FAITH CHOICE. HE CHOOSES FEAR. BUT IN HIS FEAR HE TURNS TO THE LORD IN PRAYER REMINDING GOD OF HIS PROMISE. WHAT POWER IS AVAILABLE TO US IF WE WILL ONLY LEARN THE PROMISES OF GOD AND CHOOSE TO BE OBEDIENT. Genesis 32:24-26 & 28 PG 67 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Genesis 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. ISRAEL MEANS PRINCE WITH GOD, SOLDIER OF GOD, GOD-WRESTLING. JACOB WRESTLED WITH GOD. VERSE 10 - PAGE 66 - ANALYZE JACOB'S PRAYER - LET'S GOD KNOW HE KNOWS & BELIEVES WHAT GOD SAID, CONFESSES HIS UNWORTHINESS, ACKNOWLEDGES GOD AND NOT HIS OWN EFFORTS HAVE CAUSED HIS PROSPERITY, REMINDS GOD OF HIS PROMISES, AND PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE. Genesis 32:30 PG 66 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. PENIEL MEANS FACE OF GOD JAN 15 GEN 34:1 - 35:29 PG 68 - 71 Genesis 34:24-27 PG 69 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. READ GEN. 34:24-27. DO YOU THINK SIMEON AND LEVI DID RIGHT OR WRONG? WHAT SHOULD THEY HAVE DONE? Genesis 35:1 PG 70 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. GOD PROTECTS JACOB BY TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO. Genesis 35:2 PG 70 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that with him, Put away the strange gods that among you, and be clean, and change your garments: WHAT ARE THE STRANGE GODS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN OUR HOMES? ASTROLOGY, OUIJI BOARDS, PORNOGRAPHY? Genesis 35:4 PG 70 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which in their hand, and earrings which in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which by Shechem. WHY DID JACOB HIDE THEM. SHOULD HE NOT HAVE DESTROYED THEM? Genesis 35:5 PG 70 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. GOD PROTECTS JACOB. THE TERROR OF GOD WAS UPON THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE SOUGHT TO DO HIM HARM AFTER WHAT HIS SONS HAD DONE TO THE CANAANITES. Genesis 35:10 PG 70 And God said unto him, Thy name Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. ISRAEL MEANS HE STRUGGLES WITH GOD. I AM AN ISRAELITE. I STRUGGLE WITH GOD. SOMETIMES I KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO AND I FIGHT IT. I AM TIRED OF STRUGGLING WITH GOD. I WANT TO OBEY AND REST IN HIS PROTECTION. Genesis 35:11 PG 71 And God said unto him, I 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; GOD IS ALMIGHTY. IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU? Genesis 35:18 PG 71 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. RACHEL DIES IN GIVING BIRTH TO BENJAMIN CALLING HIM SON OF MY TROUBLE BUT JACOB CALLS HIM SON OF MY RIGHT HAND. RACHEL IS BURIED IN BETHLEHEM. Genesis 35:22 PG 71 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard . Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: HERE IS GOOD PROOF THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE. IF MOSES WERE RECORDING A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL THERE IS NO WAY THIS VERSE WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. MOSES WROTE WHAT GOD INSPIRED HIM TO WRITE - THE TRUTH. Genesis 35:29 PG 71 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. ISAAC DIES AT AGE 180 AND IS BURIED BY JACOB AND ESAU AND ESAU DOES NOT TRY TO KILL JACOB. JAN 16 GEN 36:1 - 36:43 PG 71 -74 I DID NOT GET ANYTHING OUT OF THIS CHAPTER OTHER THAN ESAU BECAME THE FATHER OF A MULTITLUDE - THE NATION OF EDOM. DID ANYONE ELSE GET ANYTHING OUT OF THIS CHAPTER? JAN 17 GEN 37:1 - 38:30 PG 74 - 77 Genesis 37:3 PG 74 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of colours. JOSEPH IS JACOB'S FAVORITE SON. IT IS NOT RIGHT TO PLAY FAVORITES WITH YOUR CHILDREN. IT SOMETIMES APPEARS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE SOME CHILDREN SHARE COMMON INTERESTS OF THE PARENTS. SUCH THINGS SHOULD BE TALKED OUT. Genesis 37:4 - 8 PG 74 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: For, behold, we binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. HERE WE SEE THAT JOSEPH IS A PROPHET AND AN INTERPRETER OF DREAMS. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF JACOB'S FAVORITISM, HE IS INDISCRETE. WE ALL NEED TO LEARN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT SOME THINGS. JOSEPH PAYS FOR NOT KNOWING WHEN TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT EVEN WHEN IT IS TRUE. Genesis 37:18 PG 75 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. Genesis 37:20 PG 75 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. Genesis 37:21 PG 75 And Reuben heard , and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. Genesis 37:27 PG 75 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he our brother our flesh. And his brethren were content. Genesis 37:31 PG 75 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; Genesis 37:35 PG 76 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Genesis 37:36 PG 76 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, captain of the guard. JOSEPH SURE PAID FOR NOT KEEPING HIS MOUTH SHUT. BUT WE WILL SEE HOW GOD PROTECTS, BLESSES AND PROSPERS HIM IN EGYPT TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THE WHOLE TRIBE OF ISRAEL FROM STARVATION, BUT ISRAEL ENDS UP WITH 4OO YEARS OF SLAVERY IN EGYPT, WHERE GOD GLORIOUSLY BRINGS THEM OUT. Genesis 38:7-9 PG 76 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. THIS WAS THE LAW BEFORE THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO MOSES AND AFTERWARD. IT WAS ALSO DISOBEDIENCE TO HIS FATHER. ONAN PAYS FOR HIS DISOBEDIENCE WITH HIS LIFE. Genesis 38:15-16 & 18 PG 77 When Judah saw her, he thought her an harlot; because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that in thine hand. And he gave her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. AGAIN WE SEE PROOF OF THE TRUTH THAT THE BIBLE IS GOD'S TRUTH. IF MOSES WERE WRITING A FICTIONAL OR EVEN AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF HIS NATION OF ISRAEL SURELY THIS PART OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT. Genesis 38:26 PG 77 And Judah acknowledged , and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. JUDAH DID NOT HAVE TAMAR PUT TO DEATH. TAMAR WAS MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN JUDAH AND IS FOUND IN THE RECORD OF THE FAMILY TREE OF JESUS CHRIST. Matthew 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; JAN 18 GEN 39:1 - 42:50 PG 78 - 82 Genesis 39:1 - 3 PG 78 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. JOSEPH IS SOLD INTO SLAVERY BUT GOD IS WITH HIM. EVEN THE MAN WHO JOSEPH WAS SOLD TO COULD SEE THAT THE LORD WAS HIM. HOW DO YOU THINK JOSEPH'S MASTER COULD TELL THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH? EVERYTHING THAT JOSEPH DID PROSPERED IN HIS HAND BUT HOW COULD THE MASTER KNOW IT WAS THE LORD WHO WAS BEHIND JOSEPH'S PROSPERITY? Genesis 39:7, 10, 12, 14 PG 78 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, to be with her. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: JOSEPH GETS PUT IN PRISON AS A RESULT OF FALSE WITNESS. LIFE IS NOT FAIR. DOES JOSEPH GET BITTER OR BETTER? Genesis 39:21-22 PG 79 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer . THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH IN PRISON. HOW DOES JOSEPH BEHAVE WHILE HE IS IN PRISON? Genesis 40:13 PG 79 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: JOSEPH INTERPRETS THE DREAMS OF THE BUTLER AND ASKS THE BUTLER TO HELP HIM GET OUT OF PRISON. THE BUTLER GETS OUT AND FORGETS JOSEPH. Genesis 40:22 PG 80 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. Genesis 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. Genesis 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. NONE OF THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT COULD INTERPRET PHARAOH'S DREAM. Genesis 41:9 PG 81 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: Genesis 41:12 And there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. Genesis 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved , and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. Genesis 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. JOSEPH IS SO VERY CAREFUL TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY. WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY PRAISE YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING EXCELLENT? WHO GETS THE GLORY? Genesis 41:25 PG 82 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he about to do. PHARAOH HAS THE POWER OF LIFE OR DEATH OVER JOSEPH AND CAN GET JOSEPH OUT OF PRISON AND JOSEPH WITNESSES TO PHARAOH. WOULD WE BE THIS BOLD IN OUR WITNESS? Genesis 41:28 PG 81 This the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. REMEMBER PHARAOH IS A PAGAN AND HIS PEOPLE THINK HE IS A GOD. IT WAS VERY DARING FOR JOSEPH TO SPEAK OF HIS GOD BEFORE PHARAOH. Genesis 41:32-32 & 38-39 PG 81 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; because the thing established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Genesis 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find as this , a man in whom the Spirit of God ? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, none so discreet and wise as thou : PHARAOH MAKES JOSEPH HEAD OF ALL EGYPT. GOD TAKES JOSEPH FROM SLAVERY AND PRISON AND MAKES HIM ONE OF THE MOST ELEVATED AND POWERFUL MEN IN THE WORLD. BUT THINK ABOUT JOSEPH'S FAITH AND HOW NO MATTER WHAT HE GIVES GOD THE GLORY. JAN 19 GEN 42:6 - 45:15 PG 82 -87 Genesis 42:8-10 PG 82 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. JOSEPH IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHERS. THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. BECAUSE OF HIS YET UNFULFILLED DREAMS ABOUT HIS BROTHERS BOWING TO HIM HE KEPT EXPECTING AND LOOKING FOR THEM. THEY NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE JOSEPH AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE EVIL THEY HAD DONE TO HIM. Genesis 42:25-26 PG 83 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. JOSEPH PUTS THEIR MONEY BACK IN THEIR SACKS. HE DOESN'T HATE HIS BROTHERS EVEN AFTER THEIR HATEFUL TREATMENT OF HIM. HE SEES GOD'S HAND ALLOWING HIS MISFORTUNE AT THE HAND OF HIS BROTHERS. HE TRUSTS GOD TO LIFT HIM FROM HIS BAD CIRCUMSTANCES. HE DOES NOT GET BITTER. HE GETS VERY MUCH BETTER. Genesis 42:38 PG 84 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. JACOB PROBABLY SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY OF THE BROTHERS TO HAVE SOME PART IN JOSEPH'S DEATH. HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET THESE JEALOUS, STRIVING BROTHERS HAVE A SHOT AT KILLING HIS OTHER FAVORITE BENJAMIN. PARENTS SHOULD NOT PLAY FAVORITES. Genesis 43:23 PG 85 And he said, Peace to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. EVEN THOUGH JOSEPH IS HAVING GREAT FUN WITH HIS BROTHERS HE CANNOT EVER PASS UP ANY CHANCE TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD. Genesis 43:28-30 PG 85 And they answered, Thy servant our father in good health, he yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought to weep; and he entered into chamber, and wept there. JOSEPH NEVER FORGOT HIS FAMILY. BENJAMIN WAS HIS FULL BROTHER NOT HALF BROTHER AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM BEING SOLD AS A SLAVE. HE WAS BROKEN TO TEARS AT THE SIGHT OF HIS LITTLE BROTHER. Genesis 44:9-12 PG 86 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. And he said, Now also it according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. And he searched, began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. JOSEPH IS TESTING HIS BROTHERS. MAYBE HE STILL DOESN'T TRUST THEM. MAYBE HE IS WANTING TO PROTECT HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN FROM POSSIBLE MISFORTUNE FROM THE HANDS OF HIS HALF-BROTHERS. Genesis 44:18-20 PG 86 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou even as Pharaoh. My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. JUDAH IS A NATURAL LEADER. HE TAKES THE LEAD IN THE SITUATION. HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY. HE IS GOD'S CHOSEN LEADER OF ISRAEL. JESUS CHRIST, KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, WILL BE BORN OF THE ROYAL TRIBE OF JUDAH. Genesis 44:33-34 PG 86 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. JUDAH PLEADS WITH JOSEPH TO KEEP HIM AS SLAVE AND LET BENJAMIN GO. THIS CONVINCES JOSEPH THAT HIS BROTHERS ARE TRULY SORRY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HIM. Genesis 45:5 PG 87 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS AND NOW THEY FIGURE THERE IS HELL TO PAY. BUT JOSEPH IS SO NEAT. SO FORGIVING. HE AND DAVID, TO ME, ARE THE 2 GREATEST HUMAN HEROES OF THE BIBLE. HOW HE TRUSTS GOD. HOW HE CAN SEEK AND FIND GOD'S WILL IN HIS UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES. Genesis 45:8 PG 87 So now not you sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. LOOK AT JOSEPH IN LIGHT OF THIS VERSE. I FEEL LIKE JOSEPH. MY FAMILY THREW ME AWAY LIKE GARBAGE. HOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE LIKE JOSEPH. HE WAS INNOCENT - I WAS NOT. HIS BROTHERS WERE UNJUSTIFIED - MY FAMILY HAD SOME JUSTIFICATION. HE COULD SEE GOD'S WILL IN WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM - AS YET I CANNOT. YET LIKE JOSEPH I HAVE FOUND GOD TO BE MUCH MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ME THROUGH THE GRIEF OF THE LOSS OF MY FAMILY. I GRIEVE FOR MY FAMILY. BUT JOSEPH COULD SEE HIS CIRCUMSTANCES BEING IN GOD'S WILL AND I CAN NOT. CAN I FORGIVE? - CERTAINLY. CAN MY FAMILY? - I DOUBT IT. WHAT IS GOD'S WILL FOR ME IN MY CIRCUMSTANCES? I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER? ALL I CAN DO IS WAIT, WORK, STUDY HIS WORD, TRUST HIM AND HIS FORGIVENESS, AND FIGHT BITTERNESS WITH ALL MY MIGHT. JAN 20 GEN 45:16 - 47:28 PG 87 - 91 Genesis 45:16-18 PG 87 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. PHARAOH KNOWS BEYOND ANY DOUBT THAT HE HAS BEEN BLESSED BY JOSEPH AND JOSEPH'S GOD. PHARAOH WANTS ALL OF JOSEPH'S FAMILY WITH HIM IN EGYPT. THIS BEGINS THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PROPHESY TO ABRAHAM THAT HIS OFFSPRING WOULD BE SLAVES IN EGYPT FOR 400 YEARS AND THAT GOD WOULD LEAD THEM OUT BY HIS POWER AS A GREAT NATION. Genesis 45:24 PG 88 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. DON'T QUARREL ON THE WAY. WHAT A MESS OF A FAMILY JACOB HAD. POLYGAMY IS STUPID. NOTHING BUT CONSTANT QUARRELING WAS IN THE FAMILY OF JACOB. EVEN THOUGH JOSEPH KNOWS HIS BROTHERS ARE TOTALLY REPENTANT OF WHAT THEY HAD DONE TO HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS IT WAS GOD'S WILL - HE IS COMPELLED TO WARN THEM NOT TO QUARREL. WHAT INSIGHT INTO WHAT A MESS THIS FAMILY WAS. Genesis 46:2 PG 88 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I. IF YOU EVER HEAR YOUR FIRST NAME CALLED TWICE - AND NOBODY IS APPARENTLY THERE DOING THE CALLING - LISTEN CAREFULLY AND ANSWER - HERE I AM - IT MAY BE THE LORD. ABRAHAM ABRAHAM, JACOB JACOB, SAMUEL SAMUEL, SAUL SAUL. I ONCE HEARD THE LORD CALL JIM JIM, WHEN HE HEALED ME FROM ALCOHOL ADDICTION. Genesis 46:27 PG 89 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, threescore and ten. SEVENTY GO DOWN TO EGYPT. 430 YEARS LATER GOD BRINGS OUT A GREAT NATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION ISRAELITES. Genesis 47:20-21 & 23-25 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. JUST AS SURELY AS JOSEPH MADE ALL EGYPTIANS TO BE SLAVES OF PHARAOH, THE AMERICAN CONGRESS HAS SOLD ALL AMERICANS INTO SLAVERY TO THE STATE. THERE IS A FANTASTIC PARALLEL HERE IF YOU CAN SEE IT. THE EGYPTIANS ONLY HAD TO PAY PHARAOH 20%. HOW MUCH DO AMERICANS HAVE TO PAY THEIR PHARAOH? AMERICANS NEED ABOUT A 20 YEAR RECESS OF CONGRESS WHERE CONGRESS COULD ONLY BE CALLED INTO SESSION TO DECLARE WAR. WITHOUT ANY NEW LAWS CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME AND WITHOUT THE INEVITABLE INCREASES IN SPENDING OF THE CONGRESS, AMERICANS COULD WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF DEBT. AS IT STANDS NOW THEIR CONGRESS WILL ALWAYS SPEND FASTER THAN THEY CAN EARN. THE BORROWER IS SERVANT TO THE LENDER. JAN 21 GEN 47:29 - 50:26 PG 91 - 96 Genesis 48:4 PG 92 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee an everlasting possession. THERE IS SUCH TREMENDOUS SIGNIFICANCE TO ISRAEL POSSESSING PALESTINE. GOD MADE THE EARTH. GOD GAVE THE LAND OF PALESTINE TO THE JEWS NOT THE PALESTINIANS OR THE ARABS. ALL CHRISTIANS MUST SUPPORT THE JEWS RIGHT, GIVEN BY GOD, TO POSSESS THE LAND FROM THE RED SEA IN THE SOUTH, TO LEBANON IN THE NORTH, TO THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE WEST AND TO THE JORDAN IN THE EAST. NO MATTER WHAT!!! HOW MANY TIMES IN SCRIPTURES IS THIS WILL AND PROMISE OF GOD REPEATED? IT IS IMPORTANT. SATAN IS BENT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL. BUT EVEN WHEN HE GETS THE WHOLE WORLD BENT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL, GOD WILL NOT ALLOW IT. WE MUST STAND WITH GOD IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL. Genesis 48:21 PG 93 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. PROMISE REPEATED BY INFERENCE AGAIN. Genesis 49:4 PG 93 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou : he went up to my couch. PROOF OF INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE. JEWS DIRTY LAUNDRY EXPOSED FOR THE WORLD FOR ALL TIME TO SEE RUBEN'S DEFILEMENT OF HIS FATHER'S BED. Genesis 49:7 PG 93 Cursed their anger, for fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. PROPHESY FULFILLED BECAUSE LEVI WAS DISPERSED THROUGH ISRAEL AS THE LINE OF PRIESTHOOD AND ALSO EXECUTED THE DEATH PENALTY IN ISRAEL. Genesis 49:9-10 PG 93 Judah a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him the gathering of the people . JUDAH IS TO BE THE LINE OF ISRAEL'S KINGS. FROM WHICH WOULD PROCEED THE KING OF KINGS - JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BELONGS THE OBEDIENCE OF ALL NATIONS. Genesis 50:17-20 PG 96 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we thy servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as this day, to save much people alive. LOOK AT THE HEART ATTITUDE OF JOSEPH. SEE HOW HE FORGIVES. SEE HIS INSIGHT INTO GOD'S WILL. JAN 22 EXO 1:1 - 6:27 PG 97 - 102 Exodus 1:8-10 PG 98 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land. THE NEW PHARAOH FORGOT HOW JOSEPH NOT ONLY HAD SAVED EGYPT FROM THE GREAT FAMINE BUT ALSO HAD DELIVERED ALL EGYPTIANS AS SLAVES INTO THE HANDS OF PHARAOH. HE DECIDED TO MAKE HARD LABOR SLAVES OF THE HEBREWS. Exodus 1:12-13 PG 98 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: GOD HAD PROMISED TO GREATLY MULTIPLY THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND THE MORE THE HEBREWS WERE OPPRESSED THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED. PHARAOH DECREED THAT ALL MALE HEBREW BABIES WOULD BE EXECUTED. Exodus 2:5-6 PG 98 - 99 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash [herself] at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened [it], she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This [is one] of the Hebrews' children. GOD PROVIDED A WAY TO SAVE BABY MOSES AND RAISE HIM AS A PRINCE IN EGYPT TO PREPARE MOSES TO LEAD ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT. Exodus 2:10-12 PG 99 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. WHEN MOSES HAD GROWN TO BE A GREAT PRINCE OF EGYPT HE KILLED ONE OF THE EGYPTIAN TASKMASTERS. Exodus 2:15-16 PG 99 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. MOSES FLED FOR HIS LIFE TO MIDIAN. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF JETHRO'S HOUSE BY MARRYING ZIPPORAH. AS A PRIEST OF MIDIAN JETHRO KNEW OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM. REMEMBER THAT WHEN SARAH DIED ABRAHAM MARRIED KETURAH. KETURAH HAD 6 SONS BY ABRAHAM 2 OF WHICH WERE MEDAN AND MIDIAN. NO DOUBT ABRAHAM TOLD HIS SON MIDIAN EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS GOD AND HIS PEOPLE. THEREFORE JETHRO, AS A PRIEST OF MIDIAN, WAS ABLE TO GIVE MOSES MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT GOD AND THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE. Exodus 2:23-25 PG 99 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them]. GOD HAD BEEN PREPARING MOSES TO BE HIS INSTRUMENT TO DELIVER ISRAEL FROM THEIR BONDAGE FOR ALMOST 75 YEARS. GOD OFTEN PREPARES TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS BEFORE WE EVEN GET AROUND TO PRAYING. IT WAS GOD'S WILL TO BRING ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT AS A GREAT NATION FOR HIS GLORY AND TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE WORLD THROUGH THIS GREAT NATION. MOSES WAS ABOUT 40 WHEN HE KILLED THE EGYPTIAN. HE LIKELY HAD BEEN WITH JETHRO 30 YEARS PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF THE PHARAOH FROM WHOM HE HAD FLED. IF YOU WANT POWERFUL ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS, GO TO THE BIBLE AND FIND GOD'S WILL ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR PRAYER. FAITH IS AUTOMATIC WHEN YOU KNOW GOD'S WILL IS ALIGNED WITH THE SUBJECT OF YOUR PRAYER. IT IS A DONE DEAL WHEN YOU HAVE FOUND GOD'S WILL ALIGNS WITH YOUR PRAYER REQUEST. ALSO, WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO PRAY SOMETHING WHICH IS OPPOSED TO GOD'S WILL. PRAISING GOD IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. READING GOD'S WORD IS ALWAYS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE ALLOW GOD TO TALK TO US. BUT WE ALL NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL WITH WHAT WE ASK GOD TO DO FOR US. THANK GOD HE SAYS NO TO OUR IGNORANT PRAYERS. Exodus 3:2 PG 99 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed. WHO IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD? DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? Exodus 3:4 PG 99 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I. THIS IS HOW GOD CALLED HIS SERVANTS. HE CALLED THEM BY THEIR FIRST NAME TWICE. IF YOU HEAR YOUR FIRST NAME CALLED TWICE AND NO ONE IS THERE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION. IT MAY BE GOD CALLING. MOSES GAVE THE CORRECT RESPONSE - HERE I AM? ARE YOU READY IF GOD CALLS? Exodus 3:9-15 PG 100 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this [is] my name for ever, and this [is] my memorial unto all generations. GOD TELLS MOSES THAT HE WILL BE WITH HIM. IF GOD IS WITH YOU THERE IS NO WAY YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED. GOD TELLS MOSES THAT HIS NAME IS "I AM THAT I AM". THE SELF EXISTENT ONE. THE MAKER OF ALL, THE SUSTAINER OF ALL. JESUS SAID THAT BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS "I AM". John 8:53-59 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw [it], and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, ... JESUS JUST DISAPPEARED BEFORE THEIR EYES JUST AS THE FIRE LEFT THE FLAMING BUSH WHEN HE FINISHED SPEAKING WITH MOSES. Exodus 3:19-22 PG 100 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put [them] upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. GOD WOULD FORCE PHARAOH TO LET THE HEBREW SLAVES GO FREE AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY WILL BE GIVEN GREAT WEALTH FROM EGYPT AS WELL. Exodus 4:10-15 PG 101 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. MOSES DID NOT WANT THE JOB GOD WAS GIVING HIM. HE ARGUES WITH GOD TO THE POINT OF ANGERING GOD. NO ONE IS INCAPABLE OF ANYTHING WHEN GOD IS HELPING YOU. GOD CAN HELP US OVERCOME ANY SHORTCOMING. Exodus 4:21-26 PG 102 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn: And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision. MOSES KNEW VERY WELL OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM WHICH REQUIRED CIRCUMCISION. ZIPPORAH HAD REFUSED TO LET MOSES CIRCUMCISE HIS SON WHICH ANGERED GOD TO THE POINT THAT GOD WOULD HAVE KILLED MOSES IF ZIPPORAH HAD NOT CIRCUMCISED THE BOY. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE. HUSBANDS MUST OBEY GOD WHETHER THEIR WIVES AGREE OR NOT. HUSBANDS ARE THE HIGH PRIESTS OF THE FAMILY. MEN MUST NOT ABDICATE THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THEIR HOMES. THE WIFE MUST SUBMIT TO THE SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL AUTHORITY OF HER HUSBAND IN ORDER TO BE OBEDIENT TO GOD. WOMEN WHO ARE TOO INDEPENDENT, TOO INTELLIGENT, TOO STRONG WILLED TO SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITY OF A HUSBAND SHOULD NOT MARRY OR RAISE CHILDREN. JAN 23 EXO 5:1 - 8:32 PG 103 - 107 Exodus 5:2 PG 103 And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. PHARAOH ASKED FOR IT? HE IS GOING TO LEARN THE AWESOME POWER OF GOD. Exodus 5:6-8 PG 103 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish [ought] thereof: for they [be] idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God. PHARAOH INCREASED THE HARDSHIP OF THE SLAVES. HE IS REALLY ASKING FOR IT. Exodus 6:2-3 PG 104 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I [am] the LORD: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. GOD REVEALED HIS NAME EL SHADDAY, GOD ALMIGHTY TO ABRAHAM. NOW HE LETS MOSES KNOW HIS NAME JEHOVAH, THE LORD. Exodus 6:5-7 PG 104 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES. SOME OF HIS PROMISES ARE BLESSINGS AND SOME ARE CURSES. HE WANTS TO BLESS US. HE WANTS TO BE FREE OF THE BURDENS WE HAVE. WE ARE IN BONDAGE TO SIN. ONLY GOD CAN SET US FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN. Exodus 7:1-7 PG 105 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. And Moses [was] fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. GOD HARDENED PHAROAH'S HEART FOR GOD'S GLORY. EGYPT AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THE GREAT ALMIGHTY POWER OF GOD IF PHAROAH HAD LET THE HEBREWS GO AFTER THE FIRST FEW PLAGUES. GOD IS SHOWING THE WORLD HIS ALMIGHTY POWER AGAIN TODAY THROUGH THE NATION OF ISRAEL. WHEN RUSSIA INVADES ISRAEL 5/6THS, 83% OF ALL RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WILL DIE AND ISRAEL MAY NOT EVEN FIRE A SHOT THAT THE WORLD WILL AGAIN SEE THE AWESOME POWER OF JEHOVAH THE LORD. HAVE I HARDENED MY HEART AGAINST THIS ALMIGHTY GOD? IT IS NOT SMART TO HARDEN YOUR HEART AGAINST GOD. Exodus 7:19 PG 105 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone. WATER WAS TURNED TO BLOOD. Exodus 7:22 PG 105 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. SATAN AND THE ENEMIES OF GOD MAY HAVE SOME POWER, BUT IT IS LIMITED. GOD IS ALMIGHTY. HIS POWER HAS NO LIMITS. NEVER FORGET THAT IF YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. Exodus 8:1-2 PG 106 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: FROGS, FROGS, FROGS EVERYWHERE. NOT EVEN LIZZIE WOULD LIKE THIS MANY FROGS. Exodus 8:5-7 PG 106 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. THE MAGICIANS ARE STILL ABLE TO STAY IN THE GAME. COULD IT BE GOD'S POWER RATHER THAN SATAN'S POWER KEEPING THEM IN THE GAME UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD KNOW HOW POWERFUL THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS? Exodus 8:15-21 PG 106 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms [of flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of flies], and also the ground whereon they [are]. THE MAGICIANS WERE ABLE TO STAY IN THE GAME WITH THE LICE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BLOWN OUT OF THE GAME WITH FLIES AND ALL THE SUBSEQUENT PLAGUES BY WHICH GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER TO PHAROAH AND ALL THE WORLD. Exodus 8:24-25 PG 106 - 107 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm [of flies] into the house of Pharaoh, and [into] his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm [of flies]. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. PHAROAH LIES TO GET RID OF THE FLIES. HE DOES NOT LET THEM GO. JAN 24 EXO 9:1 - 11:10 PG 107 - 110 Exodus 9:6-7 PG 107 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. ALL THE CATTLE OF EGYPT DIED AND NONE OF THE HEBREWS CATTLE DIED. PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDER STILL. Exodus 9:9 & 11-12 PG 107 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. THIS PLAGUE OF BOILS MUST HAVE BEEN VERY BAD. THE MAGICIANS COULD NOT EVEN STAND BEFORE MOSES BECAUSE OF THE BOILS. THEY WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE GAME SEVERAL PLAGUES AGO. THIS SHOULD LET US KNOW HOW FOOLISH IT IS TO OPPOSE GOD AND HIS MINISTERS. PHARAOH'S HEART IS HARDER STILL. IS MY HEART HARDENED TOWARD GOD? IS MY HEART HARDENED TOWARD ANYONE? Exodus 9:14-19 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth. For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. Send therefore now, [and] gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. PHARAOH WAS RAISED UP FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. WE ALL SHOULD HAVE OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IN LIFE TO GLORIFY GOD. GOD SENDS A PLAGUE OF HAIL. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A HAIL ON EARTH. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SUCH HAIL COMING SOON. THIS IS THE HAIL WHICH WILL COME DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION. Exodus 9:23-26 PG 108 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. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that [was] in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel [were], was there no hail. NOTICE HOW GOD PROTECTED HIS PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THESE PLAGUES. DURING THE TRIBULATION GOD WILL PROVIDE SUPERNATURAL PROTECTION FOR HIS PEOPLE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RAPTURE OCCURRING AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION. GET RIGHT WITH GOD. WHEN YOU ARE UNDER THE GREAT UMBRELLA OF GOD'S PROTECTION YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE HURT BY THE PLAGUES OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION. THE TEACHING OF A PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE MAY BE A PART OF THE END TIME STRONG DELUSION DESIGNED TO LEAD AWAY EVEN THE ELECT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE. WE ALL MUST GET RIGHT WITH GOD AND STAY IN A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. THE PLAGUES SOON COMING AGAIN UPON ALL THE EARTH WILL DESTROY EVERYONE WHO IS NOT PROTECTED BY GOD. Exodus 9:29-30 PG 108 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] the LORD'S. But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. WE KNOW THAT DURING THE GREAT TABULATION THE PLAGUES COME AS WAVES GROWING MORE AND MORE SEVERE. MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR HEARTS HARDENED AGAINST GOD INSTEAD OF REPENTING. Exodus 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD. ALL FATHERS ARE GIVEN BY GOD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD. THIS BOOK "FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COUNTRYMEN - LEND ME YOUR EARS" IS THE MEANS WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN ME TO FULFILL THAT OBLIGATION. IT IS NOT THE MOTHER'S JOB IT IS THE FATHER'S JOB. Exodus 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? EVERYBODY BUT PHARAOH COULD SEE THAT THEY HAD TO LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO FREE. EGYPT WAS DESTROYED AND HE WAS STILL ASKING FOR MORE DESTRUCTION. Exodus 10:12 PG 109 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left. THE LOCUSTS DESTROYED EVERYTHING GREEN LEFT IN EGYPT. Exodus 10:16-17 PG 109 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. IT SOUNDS LIKE PHARAOH FINALLY HAS LEARNED HIS LESSON. NOT SO. EVEN THOUGH HE SAYS HE HAS SINNED AGAINST THE GOD OF ISRAEL IT IS JUST A PLOY TO GET THE PLAGUE STOPPED. Exodus 10:20-22 PG 109 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: THE NEXT PLAGUE WAS 3 DAYS OF THICK DARKNESS. Exodus 11:2-3 PG 110 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. THE HEBREW SLAVES WENT THROUGH THE LAND OF EGYPT COLLECTING GOLD SILVER AND JEWELS FROM ALL THE EGYPTIANS WHO WERE IN PANIC FEAR OF THEM AS A RESULT OF THE PLAGUES. THE LAST PLAGUE WAS THAT OF DEATH OF ALL THE FIRST BORN. IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD WAS GRAPHICALLY SYMBOLIZING BY THE PASSOVER. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. IF WE ARE COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB THAN GOD WILL PASS OVER US IN JUDGMENT OF OUR SINS AND WE WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND AVOID THE ETERNAL TORMENT OF HELL. JAN 25 EXO 12:1 - 13:16 PG 111 - 113 Exodus 12:3 PG 111 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house: EVERY MAN MUST HAVE A LAMB TO SHED ITS BLOOD IN ORDER TO BE PASSED OVER IN JUDGMENT BY GOD. ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FILTHY RAGS. WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SINS. Exodus 12:5-7 PG 111 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. THE LAMB MUST BE A PERFECT LAMB. THE BLOOD OF THE PERFECT LAMB MUST BE SHED AND APPLIED TO THE DOOR OF YOUR HOUSE FOR GOD TO PASS OVER YOUR HOUSE IN JUDGMENT. Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD. Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:15 PG 111 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. SEVEN IS GOD'S NUMBER REPRESENTING COMPLETENESS. LEVEN OR YEAST REPRESENTS SIN. ONCE OUR SINS ARE COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WE ARE REQUIRED AND EMPOWERED TO LIVE COMPLETELY FREE OF SIN. ONLY GOD CAN EMPOWER US TO LIVE COMPLETELY FREE OF SIN. Exodus 13:14-15 PG 113 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. WHEN YOUR CHILDREN SHALL ASK ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD - BY THIS STRONG IMPLICATION FATHERS ARE REQUIRED BY GOD TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD. HOPEFULLY THIS WORK WILL SERVE IN THIS OBLIGATION TO GOD FOR FATHERS WHO STRUGGLE WITH THIS OBLIGATION. JAN 26 EXO 13:17 - 15:21 PG 114 - 117 Exodus 13:21 PG 114 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: THE LORD LED THE NATION OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT. HE LED THEM AS A PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY AND AS A PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT. THE LORD SHIELDED THEM BY THE CLOUD BY DAY AND GAVE THEM LIGHT TO CONTINUE THEIR MARCH BY NIGHT. ONE WOULD EXPECT SUCH MIRACULOUS LEADING FOLLOWING THE GREAT PLAGUES WOULD HAVE PRODUCED UNSHAKABLE FAITH OF THE HEBREW NATION IN THEIR ALMIGHTY GOD. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT SO. Exodus 14:4-5 PG 114 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? PHARAOH WAS GOING AFTER THE HEBREWS TO GET HIS SLAVES BACK. ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD HAVE LET THEM GO WAY BEFORE ALL THE DEVASTATION WHICH EGYPT SUFFERED DUE TO PHAROAH'S HARDNESS OF HEART. IT WAS GOD WHO HAD HARDENED HIS HEART FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVEALING HIMSELF TO EGYPT. BECAUSE OF PHARAOH'S HARDNESS OF HEART EGYPT AND ALL THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD. SUCH POWERFUL ACTS OF GOD UPON EGYPT WOULD ALSO SERVE TO PUT FEAR OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL INTO THE HEARTS OF THE NATIONS WHICH ISRAEL WOULD PASS THROUGH AND HAVE TO CONQUER TO ENTER THE PROMISED LAND. Exodus 14:13-14 PG 115 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. THIS IS THE BIG LESSON WHICH I MUST SOMEHOW LEARN. I MUST QUIT TRYING TO FIGHT MY OWN BATTLES. MOSES TOLD THE PEOPLE, FEAR NOT, STAND STILL AND WATCH THE LORD FIGHT FOR YOU. IF WE WILL ALLOW THE LORD TO FIGHT FOR US WE WILL ALWAYS BE VICTORIOUS. IT IS NOT SMART TO FIGHT YOURSELF IF THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. YET HOW MANY TIMES DO WE TAKE THINGS OUT OF HIS HANDS? Exodus 14:21-22 PG 115 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. GOD DIVIDED THE RED SEA SO THAT THE ISRAELIS COULD WALK ACROSS THE RED SEA BOTTOM AS ON DRY GROUND WITH THE WATERS OF THE RED SEA WALLED UP ON BOTH SIDES. Exodus 14:26-28 PG 115 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. GOD DESTROYED THE ELITE POWERFUL ARMY OF EGYPT WHICH WAS PURSUING ISRAEL. WORD OF THIS WOULD SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGH THE NATIONS THROUGH WHICH ISRAEL WOULD HAVE TO PASS AND CONQUER. THIS DESTRUCTION OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY BY THE GOD OF ISRAEL WOULD STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL. OUR GENERATION IS WITNESSING GOD DOING MIRACULOUS THINGS FOR ISRAEL. WE SHOULD SEEK ALL THE INFORMATION WHICH WE CAN GET REGARDING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL TODAY. GOD IS AGAIN FIGHTING FOR AND WITH ISRAEL. WOE TO AMERICA OR ANY OTHER NATION WHO DARES TO SET ITSELF AGAINST ISRAEL. WHAT AN EXCITING TIME IN WHICH TO LIVE. OUR GENERATION IS WITNESSING GOD REGATHER ISRAEL TO THE PROMISED LAND. WE CAN SEE GOD'S DIRECT INTERVENTION IN THE MIRACULOUS MILITARY VICTORIES OF ISRAEL SINCE 1963. THE VICTORIES GET MORE MIRACULOUS AND WILL CLIMAX WHEN RUSSIA GETS AROUND TO GOING AFTER ISRAEL TO GET THE WEALTH OF THE MIDDLE EAST OIL FIELDS. GOD HIMSELF WILL DESTROY 83% OF ALL OF RUSSIA'S ARMIES AND ISRAEL WILL NOT HAVE TO FIRE A SHOT. Exodus 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF SUCH POWERFUL MIRACULOUS DELIVERY BY GOD WOULD PRODUCE UNSHAKEABLE FAITH. NOT SO, THESE ARE STIFFNECKED HUMAN SINNERS, JUST LIKE ME AND YOU. Exodus 15:1-3 PG 115 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name. SUCH MIRACLE DELIVERANCE BROUGHT FORTH THIS GREAT SONG OF PRAISE TO THE LORD. IT IS A GOOD SONG FOR US TODAY: THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND SONG. THE LORD IS MY SALVATION. THE LORD IS MY GOD, I WILL PRAISE HIM. THE LORD IS THE MOST MIGHTY WARRIOR. THE LORD IS MAJESTIC IN POWER. THE LORD'S ANGER CANNOT BE WITHSTOOD. THE LORD'S ENEMY'S BOASTS WILL BE REDUCED TO RIDICULE. THE LORD CAN DESTROY ANY AND ALL ENEMIES. THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ANY AND ALL OTHER gODS. THE LORD IS MAJESTIC IN HOLINESS THE LORD IS AWESOME IN GLORY. THE LORD WILL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER. Exodus 15:11 PG 116 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. Exodus 15:13-16 PG 116 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, [which] thou hast purchased. IF ISRAEL WILL MAINTAIN THIS TRUTHFUL ATTITUDE OF FAITH AND PRAISE THEY WILL HAVE A CAKEWALK WITH GOD LEADING THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND. Exodus 15:21 PG 117 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. MIRIAM IS MOSES AND AARON'S SISTER. SHE IS A PROPHETESS. SHE TAKES UP TAMBOURINES AND BEGINS DANCING WITH HER OWN NEAT LITTLE SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD. JAN 27 EX. 15:22 - 18:27 PG 117 - 121 Exodus 15:22 PG 117 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. THEY WERE WITHOUT WATER IN THE DESERT FOR 3 DAYS. THEY FOUND STAGNANT WATER THAT WAS BITTER. MOSES PRAYED TO THE LORD AND THE LORD SHOWED MOSES A PIECE OF WOOD WHICH WHEN MOSES THREW INTO THE WATER IT WAS MIRACULOUSLY PURIFIED. Exodus 15:26 PG 118 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I the LORD that healeth thee. THE LORD PROMISES TO KEEP US HEALTHY. IF WE LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHEN HE CONVICTS US OF OUR SINS AND IF WE WILL BE OBEDIENT. THEN HE PROMISES TO BE THE LORD WHO HEALS US. DOESN'T THAT BEAT ANY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN YOU EVER HEARD OF? Exodus 16:3 PG 118 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. THE ISRAELITES HAVE JUST SEEN GOD'S ALMIGHTY POWER TO DELIVER THEM OUT OF BONDAGE AND LOOK HOW QUICK THEY ARE TO FORGET HIS POWER INSTEAD IF DEPENDING ON HIS POWER THEY MURMUR AGAINST GOD AND HIS PROPHET MOSES. Exodus 16:4 PG 118 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. THE LORD MIRACULOUSLY RAINS DOWN MANNA FROM HEAVEN. IF THE LORD HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES AND FEEDS YOU MANNA FROM HEAVEN WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER CONSIDER TAKING THE 666 MARK OF THE BEAST TO BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL? Exodus 16:20 PG 118 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. THE PEOPLE REFUSE TO OBEY. THE EXTRA MANNA THAT THEY GATHERED STANK AND PRODUCED MAGGOTS. Exodus 16:28 PG 119 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? HERE IS A BIG QUESTION FOR ALL OF US. WHAT IS IT THAT I KNOW GOD WANTS ME TO DO THAT I CONTINUE TO REFUSE TO DO? Exodus 16:30 PG 119 So the people rested on the seventh day. THE LORD GIVES HIS PEOPLE A DAY OF REST, TO CONCENTRATE ON HIM AND TO REST. Exodus 16:35 PG 119 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. THE LORD FED THE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION ISRAELITES IN THE SINAI DESERT 40 YEARS. THERE IS NO FOOD OR WATER IN THE SINAI. KEEP THIS IN MIND IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE SOME KIND OF 666 MARK IN YOUR FOREHEAD OR RIGHT WRIST IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET FOOD. Exodus 17:6 PG 120 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. THERE IS NO WATER IN THE SINAI DESERT. THE LORD PROVIDES SPRING WATER, FLOWING WATER, LIVING WATER OUT OF A ROCK IN THE SINAI DESERT. THERE IS STRONG SYMBOLISM HERE POINTING TO THE CORNER STONE ROCK OF THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST WHO GIVES US LIVING WATER IN THE MIDST OF A DRY AND THIRSTY LAND. DO I HAVE A MURMURING AND COMPLAINING ATTITUDE LIKE THE ISRAELITES. "IS THE LORD AMONG US OR NOT." Exodus 17:11 PG 120 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. MOSES HOLDS UP HIS HANDS AND THE WARRIORS OF ISRAEL PREVAIL. HE LETS DOWN HIS HANDS AND THE AMELEKITES PREVAIL. Exodus 18:8 PG 120 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and the LORD delivered them. MOSES TELLS JETHRO ABOUT ALL THE LORD HAS DONE FOR HIM AND ISRAEL. ARE WE QUICK TO TESTIFY THE LORD'S POWER HELPING US? CAN ANYONE SHARE SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN GOD DO FOR US? JAN 28 EX. 19:1 - 24:18 PG 121 - 126 Exodus 19:5 PG 122 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth mine: IF!!! IF I OBEY, THEN GOD BLESSES AND PROTECTS. SATAN IS ALWAYS SEEKING TO STEAL KILL AND DESTROY. IF WE OBEY GOD, SATAN IS POWERLESS BECAUSE GOD PROTECTS US. Exodus 19:8 PG 122 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. TALK IS CHEAP. THE PEOPLE PROMISE TO OBEY. BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEY BREAK THEIR PROMISES OF OBEDIENCE IN A VERY BLATANT GROSS WAY. Exodus 20:1-17 PG 123 And God spake all these words, saying, I the LORD thy God, 1)Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them 2)Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; 3)Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 4)Honour thy father and thy mother: 5)Thou shalt not kill. 6)Thou shalt not commit adultery. 7)Thou shalt not steal. 8)Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 9)Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, 10)Thou shalt not covet any thing that thy neighbour's. HOW ARE THESE COMMANDMENTS TO BE GROUPED IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH 10 COMMANDMENTS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN? IS THE SABBATH TO BE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? AT ANY RATE THIS IS THE BEST MORAL CODE EVER RECORDED. Exodus 20:20 PG 124 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR HELL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE PREACHING. HOWEVER, WE SEE HERE, FROM THE WORD OF GOD THAT SUCH PREACHING, WHICH IS THE TEACHING TO FEAR GOD AND ONLY GOD, IS WHAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE TO KEEP US FROM SINNING. Exodus 20:25 PG 124 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. GOD DOES NOT SANCTION FANCY ORNATE PLACES OF WORSHIP. JESUS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT GOD LOOKS AT THE ATTITUDE OF THE HEART. HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE OUTWARD SHOW BUT WITH OUR HEART ATTITUDE. Exodus 23:22 PG 124 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. BE OBEDIENT TO GOD AND THE LORD WILL PROTECT YOU. OBEDIENCE IS THE VITAL KEY TO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. Exodus 23:25 PG 125 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. SERVE GOD, WORSHIP GOD, OBEY GOD - GOD PROVIDES, BLESSES, AND TAKES AWAY SICKNESS. Exodus 23:31 PG 125 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. BY THE PROMISE AND DECLARATION OF ALMIGHTY GOD ISRAEL HAS BEEN GIVEN THE LAND FROM THE RED SEA TO LEBANON AND FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE JORDAN RIVER. THE ARABS HAVE NO PART IN IT AND IT MUST BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY TIMES GOD REPEATS THIS PARTICULAR PROMISE. WE AND OUR NATION MUST STAND WITH ISRAEL AGAINST ANYONE WHO WOULD OPPOSE ISRAEL'S POSSESSION OF THIS LAND. Exodus 24:9-10 PG 125 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in clearness. MOSES, AARON, NADAB, ABIHU AND 70 ELDERS OF ISRAEL SAW GOD. Exodus 24:18 PG 125 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. MOSES WENT UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WITH GOD TO RECEIVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS CARVED IN STONE AND WAS WITH GOD 40 DAYS. JAN 29 EX. 25:1 - 28:43 PG 126 - 131 Exodus 25:2 PG 126 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. GOD LOVES CHEERFUL WILLING GIVERS. ABRAHAM AND JACOB GAVE TITHES BEFORE THE LAW. THE LAW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TITHING. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO GIVE TO GOD. WE GIVE OFFERINGS AFTER WE HAVE GIVEN TITHES. IF YOU GIVE GRUDGINGLY YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF NOT GIVING AT ALL. Exodus 25:8 PG 127 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. GOD PROMISES TO DWELL IN ISRAEL'S SANCTUARY. CHAPTERS 25, 26, 27, 28 GIVE THE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING THE ARC, TABERNACLE, TABERNACLE FURNISHINGS, AND PRIEST'S GARMENTS. DID ANYONE FIND ANY SPECIAL SYMBOLISM HERE? AARON IS SELECTED BY GOD AS HIGH PRIEST. JAN 30 EX. 29:1 - 31:18 PG 131 - 135 Exodus 29:9 PG 132 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. AARON AND THE TRIBE OF LEVI ARE ORDAINED PRIESTS OF GOD. Exodus 30:10 PG 133 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it most holy unto the LORD. ONCE A YEAR THE HIGH PRIEST WILL MAKE A BLOOD SACRIFICE TO ATONE FOR THE SINS OF ALL THE PEOPLE. THIS POINTS TO WHAT JESUS WOULD DO ONCE FOR ALL PEOPLE ON CALVARY. IT IS MOST HOLY TO THE LORD. Exodus 30:12-15 PG 134 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel twenty gerahs:) an half shekel the offering of the LORD. Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. THE MEN, AT AGE 20, MUST PAY 1/2 SHECKLE TO BE COUNTED AS A PART OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS WAS ONCE A YEAR OR ONCE FOR ALL? WAS THIS THE 1/2 SHECKLE THAT PETER AND JESUS PAID WITH THE MONEY FROM THE FISHES MOUTH THAT THE LORD TOLD PETER TO CATCH? Exodus 31:1-3 PG 134 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, GOD CHOOSES HIS OWN WORKERS. HE GIVES HIS HOLY SPIRIT POWER TO EQUIP THE WORKERS HE CHOOSES. Exodus 31:18 PG 135 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 10 COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN BY GOD'S OWN HAND. JAN 31 EX. 32:1 - 34:35 PG 136 - 139 Exodus 32:1 PG 136 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. HOW QUICK, ONLY 1 MONTH, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL BREAK THEIR SOLEMN PROMISE TO GOD. THEY TURN TO IDOLATRY AND SEXUAL IMMORALITY. Exodus 32:9 PG 136 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it a stiffnecked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. GOD TELLS MOSES HOW THE PEOPLE ARE SINNING AND THAT GOD WILL DESTROY THEM AND MAKE A NEW NATION OF MOSES. Exodus 32:11-14 PG 136 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE, MOSES THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE PERSONAL GREATNESS GOD WAS OFFERING HIM IN THE MIDST OF HIS ANGER. MOSES PLEADS WITH GOD, FOR THE SAKE OF GOD'S OWN GLORY, NOT TO DESTROY ISRAEL. SIN CAN MAKE GOD FURIOUSLY ANGRY. OUR HEARTS HAVE TO BE LIKE MOSES WITH JEALOUSY AND OVERRIDING CONCERN FOR GOD'S GLORY. MOSES' CONCERN FOR GOD'S GLORY CAUSED GOD TO CHANGE HIS MIND AND NOT DESTROY ISRAEL. Exodus 32:19 PG 136 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. MOSES IN HIS ANGER BREAKS THE TABLES OF STONE UPON WHICH GOD HAD WRITTEN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. Exodus 32:24 PG 137 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break off. So they gave me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. HOW ABOUT AARON'S EXCUSE? COULD IT BE THAT SATAN MADE IT HAPPEN AS AARON HAD SAID? IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW ALL APPARENT MIRACLES ARE NOT FROM GOD. ANTICHRIST AND HIS AGENTS WILL HAVE MANY PRETENDED SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS. Exodus 32:27 PG 137 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. SIN DOES NOT GO UNPUNISHED. IF WE REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS WE WOULD PROBABLY NOT SIN. ALL SUFFERING IS A RESULT OF SIN. THE THING THAT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE SUFFERING ARE NOT NECESSARILY OR NOT EVEN GENERALLY THE ONES WHO DO THE SINNING. Exodus 33:3 PG 137 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. GOD DOES NOT STAY WITH HIS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS. DON'T THINK WE ARE NOT JUST AS STIFFNECKED AS THEY ARE. HIS ANGER AT SIN IS SO HOT THAT HE IS LIKELY TO UTTERLY DESTROY THEM AT THEIR NEXT INFRACTION. HE DOES LEAVE THEM HIS ANGEL TO LEAD THEM. BUT GOD MUST EITHER SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM SINNERS OR DESTROY THEM. Exodus 33:15-16 PG 138 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not , carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that upon the face of the earth. MOSES PLEADS WITH GOD FOR THE LORD HIMSELF TO GO WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. GOD'S PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE IS THE ONLY THING WHICH CAN TRULY DISTINGUISH ANYONE. Exodus 33:18-20 PG 138 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. BECAUSE OF GOD'S LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP FOR MOSES GOD'S ANGER AGAINST ALL ISRAEL IS TEMPERED. GOD AGREES TO GO HIMSELF WITH ISRAEL. AND, HE SHOWS MOSES HIS GLORY. GOD IS GOD. GOD CHOOSES WHO HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON AND UPON WHOM HE WILL NOT HAVE MERCY. Exodus 34:6-7 PG 138 - 139 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth . GOD DESCRIBES HIMSELF - THE LORD, THE LORD, MERCIFUL, GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH. Exodus 34:14 PG 139 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name Jealous, a jealous God: DO NOT WORSHIP ANY OTHER GOD. Exodus 34:29 PG 139 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. MOSES' FACE WAS RADIANT AND SHINED BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE LORD. FEB 1 EX. 35:1 - 39:1 PG 140 - 145 Exodus 35:4-5 PG 140 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, GIVE TO THE LORD WITH A WILLING HEART OR DON'T GIVE AT ALL. Exodus 36:6-7 PG 141 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. THE PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESTRAINED FROM GIVING. FEB 2 EX. 39:2 - 40:35 PG 145 - 147 THE TABERNACLE WAS COMPLETED ALONG WITH THE CLOTHING FOR THE PRIESTS. AARON WAS ANOINTED HIGH PRIEST ALSO HIS SONS WERE ANOINTED AS PRIESTS. DID ANYONE FIND ANY SPECIAL SYMBOLISM IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TABERNACLE? Exodus 40:15 PG 147 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. WHAT ABOUT THE EVERLASTING PRIESTHOOD? DID IT END AT THE CRUCIFIXION WHEN THE CURTAIN WAS TORN TOP TO BOTTOM? DID IT END IN 70AD WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED? Exodus 40:34-35 PG 147 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. WHEN THE TABERNACLE WAS COMPLETED THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE TABERNACLE. FEB 3 LEV. 8:1 - 10:20 PG 147 - 151 Leviticus 8:4 - Moses did as [the LORD commanded] PG 148 Leviticus 8:5 - [the LORD commanded] to be done. PG 148 Leviticus 8:9 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 148 Leviticus 8:13 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 148 Leviticus 8:17 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 148 Leviticus 8:21 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 149 Leviticus 8:29 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 149 Leviticus 8:36 - all things which [the LORD commanded] Leviticus 9:6 - [the LORD commanded] that ye should do: Leviticus 9:7 - as [the LORD commanded]. PG 150 Leviticus 9:10 - as [the LORD commanded] Moses. PG 150 DOES THE LORD HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMAND US - YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE DOES. OBEDIENCE IS DOING WHAT THE LORD COMMANDS. SIN IS REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD'S COMMANDS. OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE. 1 Samuel 15:22 - And Samuel said, Hath the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey better than sacrifice, to hearken than the fat of rams. GOD WILL EITHER SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM OR DESTROY THE SINNER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE OBEY AND DO WHAT THE LORD COMMANDS? THE LORD IS WITH US, THE LORD BLESSES US, THE LORD PROVIDES FOR US, THE LORD PROTECTS US, THE LORD HEALS US, THE LORD BECOMES ALL WE NEED, THE LORD BECOMES SO VERY MUCH MORE THAN WE NEED. Leviticus 9:23 - 10:3 PG 150 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his pea