A Study of God's Word
Isaiah writes about the kingdom time (1000 years) promised to the nation Israel when their Messiah (the Lord Jesus) will rule over them (and the whole world). During this time peace will reign that man and animals will dwell together without fear. An example is in:
Isaiah 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
Read all of Isaiah 11.
Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
As indicated in the Proverb Ants are very hard, busy workers. Observing an ant hill or colony one will see they all are very busy building, collecting food and protecting the homestead. As opposed to the sluggard, a lazy, idle, sleepy, slow-moving person.
And as suggested observation (and copying) the ways of the ant will make one wise (and perhaps wealthy).
On the other hand, if one continues to act as a sluggard, life will not turn out very well.
Proverbs 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
One of the 4 little things on earth that are exceedingly wise:
Proverbs 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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The dietary laws are listed in detail in Leviticus 11 and repeated in Deuteronomy 14 along with the unclean animals and reason for not eating them.
Leviticus 11:4-8 The camel, the coney, the hare, the swine.
Leviticus 11:10-12 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:13-20 the fowls, the eagle, the ossifrage, the osprey, the vulture, and the kite, every raven, the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, the swan, the pelican, the gier eagle, the stork, the heron, the lapwing, the bat and all fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:29-30 The weasel, the rat, the mouse, the tortoise, the ferret, the chameleon, the lizard, the snail, the mole.
Leviticus 11:41-43 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Deuteronomy 14:7-8 The camel, the hare, the coney, the swine.
Deuteronomy 14:12-19 The eagle, the ossifrage, the ospray, the glede, the kite, the vulture after his kind, and every raven, the owl, the night hawk, the cuckow, the hawk, the little owl, the great owl, the swan, the pelican, the gier eagle, and the cormorant, the stork, the heron, the lapwing, the bat. And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Be sure to read both chapters to see all the Law.
The men the Lord Jesus picked to be his disciples were all Jews and keepers of the LAW. They would never have thought about eating any of these animals. But the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law, removing all the ordinances.
However Peter had a problem understanding this even though the Lord spoke to him in a vision:
Acts 10:10-17 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean …
The Apostle Paul made this very clear:
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Paul did agree to 4 rules presented to him.
Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Restated in:
Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Today, other than the 4 rules, we can eat anything that appeals to us.
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The Lord God continues to put Job in his place (read all of Job 40-41).
Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
The Lord continues to question Job and describe Leviathan:
Canst thou put an hook into his nose?
bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Will he make many supplications unto thee?
will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make a covenant with thee?
wilt thou take him for a servant forever?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him?
shall they part him among the merchants?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?
his head with fish spears?
It would appear that Leviathan is a massive sea-monster who’s impervious to human weapons, breathes fire, and emits smoke from his nostrils.
Psalm 74:13-14 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Psalm 104:24-27 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Could this be a reference to Satan?
Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Many have said that nowhere in the Bible does the Lord Jesus ever say that he is God.
Well reread the above verse, especially the words:
”How often would I have gathered thy children together”.
Only God could make that statement. Ever since Israel became a nation, when the Hebrew children came out of Egypt, God has tried to gather them together, to be their God. But they have always rejected him. There are many other verses that prove Jesus is God, and here HE proclaims it.
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Animals were created on the 5th and 6th day:
Genesis 1:20-23 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Looking at these animals as they appear in scripture can teach many things about God, Man and our way of life. After all man is to have dominion (sovereignty or control) over all the animals:
Genesis 1:24-25 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Not all types of animals are named as the Scripture says “after his kind”.
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The carnal strongman Judges 13-16
Samson was chosen to serve God before he was born Judges 13:2
You were chosen before the foundation of the World Ephesians 1:4
Samson was to live a life of separation Judges 13:4-5
You are to separated from this world Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 6:16-18
Samson married outside of God’s will Judges 14:3
God has revealed His will for you on marriage 2 Corinthians 6:14-15
Samson depended on the (self) flesh to help him, it took him from sin to sin to sin.
Judges
14:12 Gamboling
14:19 Murder
14:20 Loses wife
15:5 Destroys Property
15:6 Loses in-laws
15:7-8 Kills again
Etc..etc…etc…
Samson had the Power from God, BUT he used it satisfy his flesh …
You are to be lead by the Spirit Romans 8:5-13
Samson the carnal strongman
What about you? Which are you choosing? CARNAL? SPIRITUAL?
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Assurance (of salvation)
Life (that is clean)
Willingness (to hear to His will)
Ask (for illumination)
Yeild (to the Holy Spirit)
Sin to avoid
Proud to claim
Example to follow
Command to obey
Knowledge to increase
GIVING – Out of Gratitude, For God’s Glory, To Receive Rewards
Do your giving while you’re living so you’re knowing where it’s going.
We should work like God doesn’t answer,
We should pray like there’s nothing else to do!
Pray according to ACTS.
Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication
You cannot pray against God’s will!
Love is forever, Lust is gratification, now
Trials will make you BITTER or BETTER!
Do trials make you BITTER or BETTER? BITTER if you put “I” in it!
Bitterness is the poison pill WE take to try and kill our enemy!
Always speak the Truth! Don’t always Speak!
Natural Man – Seeing is Believing
Spiritual Man – Believing is Seeing
Be submissive to Authority – Unless it’s illegal, immoral or against the Word of God.
Knowledge – Just Facts. Wisdom – Using Facts.
Worship is an attitude not an act.
Earth:
– The closest a non-believer gets to Heaven
– The closest a believer gets to Hell!
The problem with hearing half truths is which half you believe!
Purpose – to reach a goal by design.
Believers are: Slave, Servant, Friend, Partner, Follower & Ambassador.
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Eight days later, with Thomas present, the Lord appeared again John 20:26
and Thomas believed John 20:27-29
John 21 Records another appearance of the risen Lord conversing and eating with his disciples
Twice, John writes “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His Disciples” John 20:26 and John 21:25 “And there are also many other things which Jesus did,”
Acts 1:2-3 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Later Jesus met the eleven at an appointed mountain and gave them their instructions. Matthew 28:16-20,
Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
The Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 15:5-6 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
To summarize:
⇒ Not recognized until he revealed himself
⇒ Had a physical, flesh and bone, body
⇒ Had the wounds he received on the cross
⇒ Ate with them
⇒ Passed thru walls
⇒ Preformed many signs
⇒ Had access to heaven
⇒ Seen of over 500 people
⇒ Ascended to heaven in a physical body
The above answers the question Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
And he answered them with “THOU FOOL!” And goes on to describe the process and new body.
What will we be able to do when we are raised from the dead and given new bodies? It would appear, the same things Lord Jesus did in his resurrected body. After all, there is an eternity prepared for all believers.
40 days after the resurrection! What do we know about the 40 days after the resurrection? What did the Lord Jesus do for those 40 days?
Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Blending together, Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20-21 we get a picture of the Events on that first day.
It was on the first day, very early in the morning.
Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1, John 20:1
Some women came to the grave to anoint the body of the Lord.
Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1, Luke 24:1
There was an earthquake and an Angel rolled the stone away and sat on it
Matthew 28:2
They found the stone rolled away Mark 16:4 Luke 24:2, John 20:1
They entered into the tomb Mark 16:5, Luke 24:3
They entered in discovering no body Luke 24:3
They saw a man/men Mark 16:5, Luke 24:4
They were afraid as the men spoke Matthew 28:5, Mark 16:6, Luke 24:5
They left the tomb Matthew 28:5, Mark 16:8, Luke 24:9
As they left the Tomb, Jesus appeared to them Matthew 28:9-10,
They reported what they experienced Matthew 28:5, Luke 24:9
They told no one what they experienced Mark 16:8,
The women are identified Mark 16:1, Luke 24:10
They were not believed Luke 24:11
Peter and John ran to the tomb Luke 24:12, John 20:3-10
Mary Magdalene stood without the tomb John 20:11
She spoke with two angels John 20:12-13
The Lord Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene Mark 16:9
She spoke with the Lord Jesus, not knowing who he was John 20:14-17
She went and told them Mark 16:10-11, John 20:2
Two disciples walking to Emmaus from Jerusalem Mark 16:42, Luke 24:11
Jesus joined them while they walked Luke 24:14
They did not recognize him Luke 24:16
One of them is identified as Cleopas Luke 24:18
They reported to him the events of the day Luke 24:19-24
Jesus then expounded to then the Scripture Luke 24:25-27
They constrained him to stay at their house Luke 24:28-29
He dined with them Luke 24:30
They then recognized him and he vanished out of their sight Luke 24:31
Excited by seeing the risen Lord, they returned to Jerusalem Luke 24:33
They related what happened to the Eleven Mark 16:13, Luke 24:34-35
As they did Jesus appeared in the midst of them
Mark 16:14, Luke 24:36, John 20:19
Thomas was not there John 20:24
They were terrified, affrighted Luke 24:37
He spoke to them showing his wounds Luke 24:38-40, John 20:19
He asked for food and ate before them Luke 24:41-43
He shared the scripture with them Mark 16:15-18, Luke 24:44-49
Thomas did not believe John 20:25
He led them to Bethany, blessed them Luke 24:50-51
He was carried up into heaven Mark 16:19, Luke 24:50-51
Thus ended the first day.
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