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Clouds are visible accumulations of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the Earth’s atmosphere. Clouds differ greatly in size, shape, and color. They can appear thin and wispy, or bulky and lumpy.
The first appearance of Cloud in found in Genesis 9:13-16 following Noah’s flood, God placed a cloud and a (rain) Bow in the sky promising never to Flood the earth again.
In Exodus 13-14 God uses a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, as they flee Egypt, heading for Freedom and the promised land.
Exodus 16:10 … As they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
God used the (thick) Cloud many times as the traveled in the wilderness:
Exodus 19:9,16, 24:15-16,18, 33:99-10, 34:5, 40:34-38
… the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
The Cloud appeared in the Tabernacle so God could peak with them Leviticus 16:2,13 Numbers 9:15-22 (16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night).
Reminding them that God was always there with them.
Numbers 10-16, Deuteronomy 1:33, 4:11, 5:22, 31:15

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Jacob recounts his service to Laban:
Genesis 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Forget not the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Job writes of the woes of mankind:
Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
David writes of his sin:
Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
The Lord is in control:
Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
The Lord God is in control of Israel:
Jeremiah 2:6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
God reminds Isael:
Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
God sent a drought:
Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

It appears God used the drought to punish sin.

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From Creation until Noah there was no rain:
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Noah’s flood is recorded in Genesis 6-8
Rain is 1st mentioned in Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Question? Where did all the water go: IF there was a worldwide flood?
Answer: JOB 38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. They are frozen in the Ice caps.
The next mention of Rain is in Exodus during the Plagues:
Exodus 9:18,23,33-34
And referring to Manna: Exodus 16:4
God promises rain for the crops in the promise land: Leviticus 26:4. Deuteronomy 11:11,14,
And if they disobey no rain: Deuteronomy 11:17
Rain when obedient, No rain when disobedient: Deuteronomy 28:12,24, 32:2
Samuel writes, rain is from God:
1 Samuel 12:17,18, 2 Samuel 1:21, 23:4, 1 Kings 8:35-36
Elijah withholds the rain: 1 Kings 17:1,7,14,
Elijah calls forth the rain: 1 Kings 18:1,41,44-45
The Lord withholds the wind and the rain: 2 Kings 3:17
Rain withheld, rain given: 2 Chronicles 6:26-27, 7:13
Ezra speaks of the great rain: Ezra 10: 9-10
Job writes about the rain: JOB 5:10, 20:23, 28:26, 29:23, 36:27, 37:6, 38:26,28
Psalms remind that Rain is from God, as a blessing and a punishment:
Psalm 11:6, 68:9, 72:6, 84:6, 105:32, 135:7, 147:8
There 5 references in Proverbs 16:15, 25:14,23, 26:1, 28:3
There are two comments in Ecclesiastes 11:3, 12:2
Song of Solomon 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Rain, a blessing and a punishment: Isaiah 4:6, 5:6, 30:23, 44:4, 55:10 Jeremiah 3:3, 5:24, 10:13, 14:4,22, 51:16 Ezekiel 1:28, 38:22
And on into Hosea 6:3, 10:12, Joel 2:23, Amos 4:7, Zechariah 10:1, 14:17

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During the Plagues upon Egypt: Exodus 9:23,29,
Sometimes used to describe God speaking or loud noise:
Job 26:14, 39:19, 39:25, 40:9
Psalm 77:18, 81:7, 104:7, Revelation 6:1, 14:2
Sometimes used to describe Judgement:
1 Samuel 2:10, 7:10, 12:17-18,
With the Thunder many times came Lightning, Rain, Hail, Fire:
Job 28:26, 38:25, Isaiah 29:6
Interesting that the Lord Jesus called James and John (Sons of Zebedee) The sons of Thunder: Mark 3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Perhaps, BECAUSE of Luke 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

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Sleet, A mixture of rain and snow or hail, is not in Scripture.
Snow, Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
Leprous as snow. A sin to Moses. Exodus 4:6 … his hand was leprous as snow.
Numbers 12:10 …behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: …
2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman … a leper as white as snow.
Describing season: 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah … slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 1 Chronicles 11:22
Job refers to snow 5 times: Job 6:16, 9:30, 24:19, 37:6, 38:22

Psalm 51:7, 68:14, 147:16, 148:8
Proverbs 25:13, 26:1, 31:21
Isaiah 1:18, 55:10, Jeremiah 18:14, Lamentations 4:7
Daniel’s vision of the Lord:
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Visions of the Lord Jesus:
Matthew 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Mark 9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Revelation 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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The Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. A man that millions believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. Turin is in northwest Italy. The Shroud of Turin, also called Holy Shroud, Italian Santa Sindone, a length of linen that for centuries was purported to be the burial garment of Jesus Christ. It has been preserved since 1578 in the royal chapel of the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy. It measures 4.3 metres (14 feet 3 inches) long and 1.1 metres (3 feet 7 inches) wide, it seems to portray two faint brownish images, those of the back and front of a gaunt, sunken-eyed, 5-foot 7-inch man—as if a body had been laid lengthwise along one half of the shroud while the other half had been doubled over the head to cover the whole front of the body from face to feet. The images contain markings that allegedly correspond to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, including thorn marks on the head, lacerations (as if from flogging) on the back, bruises on the shoulders, and various stains of what is presumed to be blood.

The Scripture says:
John 20:1-7 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

There were TWO, separate cloths, one for the head and one for the body. 
Not sure what the Shroud of Turin is BUT it is NOT an image of the Lord Jesus Christ.

A final thought: Turin is in Italy, the Lord Jesus was crucified on a hill in Jerusalem, Israel.

It’s Your Choice

How you live your life is YOUR choice. You can live a good life or an evil wicked life or anything in between. Deny what the scripture says insures that you will spend eternity separated from God.

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FERMENTATION is a process of chemical change by which a molecule of sugar is split into 2 molecules of ethel alcohol and 2 molecules of carbon dioxide gas. The gas escapes and the alcohol remains.
Grape juice will ferment quite naturally left all by itself. Three things must be present for grapes to ferment and become alcohol: Juice, Saccharromyces, and Oxygen (air). The juice comes from the fruit. The saccharromyces form on the outside of the skin ad the fruit ripens. The wine the Bible speaks of is very easy to make. REMEMBER, Wine is a living thing. It is born, grows to maturity, and dies. How long is lives in unpredictable and depends on the ripeness of the fruit at squeezing time at sugar content. Until the wooden barrel was developed (cooperage) in the last days of the Roman Empire, (about 300 AD) Wine was placed in stone or skin containers and had to be drunk soon after squeezed or it would die (become vinegar). The wooden barrel prolonged the life of wine to a little over 3 years by keeping it out of the air, which causes aging. Full maturing of wine was impossible until the 17th century when the (cork and) bottle was developed.
It wasn’t until 1860 when Louis Pasteur discovered the hows and whys of fermentation did the wine industry enter into a new era.
REASON TO DRINK:
Well, I drink for refreshment — try water, milk, juice, soda
Well, I drink for my health yeah but don’t use the Bible as an excuse
Don’t say you drink Beer because Jesus did …… He didn’t.
Don’t say you drink Whiskey because Jesus did …… He didn’t.
Don’t say you drink Wine because Jesus did …… He didn’t.
WHAT DID JESUS DRINK? — Glad you asked.
Matthew 26:29 He drank fruit of the vine, He drank grape juice.
What did Jesus Create in John 2? Grape Juice.
He refused to drink wine as He hung on the cross John 19:29.
What does the Bible really say about Wine?
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging;
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:31 Look not thou upon the Wine when it is red, when it giveth
its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Every reference in the Holy Bible to someone drinking, beginning with Noah, lead to no good, to ruin, to sin.

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But the Bible does mention STRONG DRINK and does condemn drinking of it.
Lev 10:9, Num 6:3, Deu 29:6, Jud 13:4,7,14, Isa 5:11,22,28:7
Hebrew word is SHE-KAK and implies an intoxicant, intensely alcoholic.
Compare Luke 1:15 (Greek SIK-ER-A) intensely fermented liquor
Note: If the KJV Bible were translated today,
Whiskey could replace STRONG DRINK.
WINE (the last of the 3 words): The Holy Bible has lots to say about the subject of wine. The above quoted scripture condemned drinking of it, but just what is WINE when refereed to in Scripture?
Wine is the juice of fruits, mostly grape and comes in four classifications:

1. Still or Natural wine is juice which fermented naturally
2. Sparkling (Champagne, Burgundy) processed through a double fermentation
   Sparkling Wine was developed in the 17th century.
3. Fortified (Sherry, Port) during fermentation, additional alcohol is added
   Fortified Wine was developed in the 1750’s.
4. Aromatized (Vermouth) fortified & sparkling with a scent added for smell
   Aromatized Wine came along after the above.
   The KING JAMES VERSION of the Holy Scripture was published in 1611 AD when the only wine available was the Natural or Still Wine.
   Christian Friend if you are drinking Sparkling, Fortified, or Aromatized Wine, you are not drinking wine from the Bible, you are drinking BOOZE.
   Now, before you go looking for a bottle of natural or still wine, let’s define what these terms meant at the time Jesus walked on earth.

Wine is a living thing, in a constant state of change. It has life. It is born grows old and dies. What does this mean?
Fruit, usually grape, is gathered and put into a squeezing devise. As the fruit is squeezed or crushed, the juice is caught in a vat. This juice is now drinkable, fit for human consumption Depending. when the fruit was harvested, fermentation could have already started. The birth of wine.

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The two Bible passages commonly used by Christians to defend drinking are found in Matthew 11:19 and John 2:1-11.
Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
John 2:1-11 JESUS TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE.
Keep these two texts in mind.
Just what does the Bible mean when it uses the word Wine?
There are 3 basic types of (alcoholic) drink: Beer, Whiskey and Wine.
Beer and Whiskey are not found in the Bible. Does the word wine mean to include these? Just what does the Bible mean when it speaks of Wine?
SOME FACTS … PLEASE. All three, Beer, Whiskey and Wine have histories of antiquity. (That means nobody really knows when then they began).
WINE is first mentioned in Genesis when Noah over indulged and got drunk.
BEER and WHISKEY can be dated back to Egypt, the days of the Pharaohs.
All three of them were around in basic form when the Bible was being written and most defiantly when it was translated into English.
BEER – ALE (similar but some differences) not named in the Bible.
The word BEER came from Latin: bibere, which means to drink
Beer is made from malts and cereals. During the brewing process, the liquid is drained off for drinking. This liquid is high in food content, bitter to the taste and very low in alcohol content. During the 14th Century HOPS was introduced, which increased the alcohol content and the forerunner of today refined beer alcoholic drink began. THUS beer is not condemned by the Bible because it was non alcoholic or did not exist in Bible times.
WHISKEY (Spirits) is not named in the Bible.
Note: For ease of purpose, whiskey is used to mean all distilled liquor.
Whiskey is simply made by taking beer (before hops is added) or wine and distilling it. (Distillation is boiling the liquid, catching the steam and converting it back into liquid).
The word whiskey is an Irish work that came into existence (was coined) in the 14th century. THUS: Whiskey is not condemned by the Bible because the word did not exist in Bible times.

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James, half brother to the Lord Jesus, warned Jewish believers about the dangers of Lust:
James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James 4:1-5 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

The Apostle Peter, writing to the same people, also warned of the dangers:
1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter 4:2-3That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

And the Apostle John sums it up best:
1 John 2:16-17 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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