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Genesis 12:  1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.  3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”  Scripture tells us that these three well-known and well- quoted verses are pointing - not to Abraham’s present time - but ahead of time; to the Salvation that will come through Abraham’s descendant Jesus Christ, through Abraham’s simple faith and obedience to the Lord: first to the Jew; then to everyone!  This is the first of many promises like this, that the Lord will give to Abraham, over the course of his sojourning. vs.2 “I will make of you a great nation.”What is this “great nation”?  1Peter 2: 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people ...

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.  On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. Zechariah 12:3-4 Scripture such as we read in Zechariah Ch.12 make clear to us New Covenant believers, what is Israel’s standing in the Lord, and how he - and he alone - will ultimately protect them. What we are seeing is likely only the beginning of this.  If he is able to preserve them through such great shaking as never known before, then he is surely able to preserve them through this, the beginning of birth pangs. We must not forget that we are New Testament believers; followers of Yeshua - who we recognize as the Messiah.  We must not compromise this belief for anything or anyone -...

 This is a message for the Church in this hour: The last place we see ourselves in the Bible - the final and finished image of redeemed humanity - is as a City (Revelation ch.21)…radiating the glory of God with the brilliance of a “precious stone”… ~~~Just like precious stones, we too are a product of the earth {Genesis 2:7; Psalm 139:15} refined and conformed into His image, through heat and pressure…a precious stone…a spotless bride. {1Peter 2:4-8} ~~~ Who’s gates are a single pearl… ~~~It is through the Cross of Christ that we become One Body…One Bride {John 16:21} Having forsaken everything of this world, valuing nothing but Christ and loving not our lives even to the death - Matthew 13:45-46.~~~ Who’s appearance was as pure (transparent) gold… ~~~Having been thoroughly tested and refined through tribulation - Revelation 3:18.~~~ Who’s walls are of jasper… ~~~Having forsaken all to follow Jesus, now becoming as the pure expression of the Lord Himself - Revelation 4:3. (1John3:2...

104  Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2  covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. 3  He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; 4  he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. 5  so that it should never be moved. 6  You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7  At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. 8  The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. 9  You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. 10  they flow between the hills; 11  they give drink to every beast of the fi...

Written 31 October 2024 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.  Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.  Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.  There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;  one Lord, one faith, one baptism;  one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:1-6 ~~~ Because the Cross of Christ is our equalizer: at the Cross of Christ, we find ourselves on a level playing field; no matter our nationality, race, tribe or background, when we approach the Cross, we do so without exception, as sinners (without hope and destined for Hell) in need of a Savior: of which there is only ONE. ~~~ For there is no distinction:  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:21-23 For there is no distinction between Jew an...

1  Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,   2  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.  (John 1:1-3) {Clearly a debate taking place at that time: Jesus is the fulfillment of everything the prophets long ago, spoke about.}   3  He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. (John 1:3) 8  But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,     the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. 9  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you     with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.” see Psalm 45:6-8 10  And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginn...