Luke 13:10-17 ~ all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by Him

And Peter's house

became a Church for many centuries

with the Plaster Walls

signed by Pilgrims

worshipping Jesus

Luke 13:10-17

10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 

11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, 

“Woman, you are freed from your disability.” 13 And He laid His Hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 

14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 

15 Then the Lord answered him, 

“You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 

17 As He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by Him.

We don't tie Daniel in very often. Daniel was a devoted man of God and had his name changed to honor the Chaldean Babylonian gods of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel's name, "God is my Judge" became Belteshazzar ("Bel protects his life," honoring the god Bel). And this was a very valid name, true purpose name, for Daniel in the effort to make Daniel go from devout Jew to assimilated Babylonian. In Scripture, El names are significant. Dani EL.  El indicates the Glory of God. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael.

El: "Mighty One" or "Strong One" (Genesis 31:29; Numbers 23:22)

Elohim: "God," "Creator," or "Mighty and Strong" (Genesis 1:1)

El Elyon: "God Most High" (Genesis 14:18)

El Shaddai: "God Almighty" or "The Almighty, All-Sufficient" (Genesis 17:1)

El Olam: "Everlasting God" or "God of Eternity" (Genesis 21:33)

El Roi: "God Who Sees" or "God of Seeing" (Genesis 16:13)

El Gibbor: "Mighty God" (Isaiah 9:6)

El De'ot: "God of Knowledge" (1 Samuel 2:3)

El Haggadol: "The Great God" (Deuteronomy 10:17)

El Hakkavod: "The God of Glory" (Psalm 29:3)

El Hakkadosh: "The Holy God" (Isaiah 5:16)

El Hashamayim: "The God of the Heavens" (Psalm 136:26)

El Chaiyai: "The God of my life" (Psalm 42:8)

El-Channun: "The Gracious God" (Jonah 4:2)

El Yisrael: "The God of Israel" (Psalm 68:36)

El Sali: "God of my Strength" or "God my Rock" (Psalm 42:9)

El Rachum: "The God of Compassion" (Deuteronomy 4:31)

El malei Rachamim: "God full of mercy" or "All merciful God"

El Yeshuati: "The God of my Salvation" (Isaiah 12:2)

El Yeshuatenu: "The God of our Salvation" (Psalm 68:19)

El-Kanna: "The Jealous God" or "Zealous God" (Exodus 20:5)

El Hannora: "The Awesome God" (Nehemiah 9:32)

El Yeshurun: "The God of Jeshurun" (Deuteronomy 32:15)

El ha'savlanut ve'ha'nechamah: "The God of all patience and consolation" (Romans 15:5)

El Elohe Israel: "God of Israel" (Genesis 33:20) 

Daniel, God is my Judge. 

Daniel's real career was assessing the events surrounding the Emperor Nebuchadnezzar and letting him value Daniel's opinion in the wisdom the One True God gave Daniel.  And this real name had value in God's Plan.

Daniel was being held in a polite disabling for years.  Like the woman carefully unrevealed in this Chapter of Luke's Gospel. Daniel should pretend to be happy with being subjected to attain a higher place.  While speaking the truth, that could and did get Daniel in some tight jams. Nebuchadnezzar was going to regret overlording the Holy Spirit. 

So, the Lord did not immediately have the Truth and the Emperor at loggerheads.  And Nebuchadnezzar was not to lord over Daniel for very long. The Emperor was going to live in the wilderness, baying at the moon and trying to eat grass. For about 7 years.  A little bit like a werewolf who thinks he is a cow.  Probably where the werewolf idea came to haunt literature. An Abraham blessing and curse certainly. 

Without God's timing, we would not have the miracles we know through Daniel.

The author, Susan Howatch, looked at the rumors and the facts of clergy to write interesting fiction, and she has had a profound quote on the faith of mankind relating to the Absolute Glory of God. "The Silence of God can be terrible waiting." "The Silence of God is most perplexing."

Perhaps, like a Good Parent, God isn't helicoptering in. Allowing us time to develop the reach that faith genuinely requires.  Faith is a choice we make daily. What is unseen in God's Light.

The Book of Daniel is defined by God's Own Plan and "Timing."

God controls all history, sets the exact times for kingdoms to rise and fall, and brings His final plans to pass on a fixed schedule. God Controls All History in Control of Kings.

Gate of Babylon, Gate Ishtar in Berlin, Germany. Found intact.

Daniel 2:21

God changes times and seasons, 

removes kings, 

and 

gives power to whomever 

He chooses.

Daniel 12:3

Those who are wise 

will shine like the brightness of the heavens, 

and 

those who lead many to righteousness,

 like the stars 

for ever 

and 

ever.

Daniel 7:13

"In my vision at night I looked, 

and there before me was 

One like a Son of Man, 

coming with the clouds of Heaven. 

He approached the Ancient of Days 

and 

was led 

into His Presence." 

Daniel understands about the people and their emotions. Scripture validates the place of embarrassment and shame, forgiveness and redemption.

Daniel 9

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 

13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice. 

15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 

19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by Your Name.”.

Daniel 12:2

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: 

some to everlasting life, 

others to shame and everlasting contempt. 

Daniel 12:8

8 I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said (to Archangel Michael), “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” 

9 He said, “Go your way,  Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many shall purify themselves 

and make themselves white and be refined

But the wicked shall act wickedly. 

And none of the wicked shall understand,

 but those who are wise 

shall understand.

 11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away 

and the abomination that makes 

desolate is set up,

 there shall be 1,290 days. 

12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 

13 But go your way till the end.

 And you shall rest 

and 

shall stand in your allotted place

 at the end of the days.”

 And

 ALL

 the people rejoiced

at 

all the glorious things 

that 

were done 

by Him.

Abba, Father God,

You are our Help, and our Helper

You have called Yourself

our 

Comfort

and 

Comforter

1 John 3:20-21 

For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, 

and He knows everything. 

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Philippians 4:13 

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Romans 15:13 

May the God of hope fill you 

with all joy and peace 

in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit 

you may abound 

in 

hope.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

Peace and the Joy God gives us.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Please, Father,

Bless Edward with healthy retinas

Today Edward found he can see after his 3rd surgery

for 3rd Detached Retina

and 

has a Surgeon plan for solid

fix for this retina

Keep praying for this to heal altogether 

and

a necessary second eye 

to follow.

We Pray Glory

of God

to Heal Edward.

The Lord to bless us 

and our family with health

and the dreams we have,

Your Will and Peace

as the little baby has colic fairly intensely.

And slept through the night.

We have had an intense week

Peace and Prosperity for the Godly

Healing

Joy of the Lord

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

In the Name of Jesus 

fill us

surround us

embolden us

lead us

redeem us

and keep us forever.

Lord Jesus Christ

Only Son of God, our Father.

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

for those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Jesus Christ

Shine on us

ALL

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done

on earth

as it is

in Heaven. 

And we will be blessed indeed. 

Jesus the Lord. Alleluia

and Amen.

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Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You, Jesus

Yes, The Lord Fulfills His Purpose!

Luke 21:1-4 ~ contributed †

Luke 21:1-4

1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. [*] 

3 And He said, 

“Truly, I tell you, this poor widow 

has put in more than all of them. 

4 For they all contributed out of their abundance,

 but she out of her poverty 

put in all she had to live on.”

*These steps had 13 Contribution Steps. 

Women

Yes, Jesus taught in the area of the Temple where the treasury and collection boxes were kept, known as the Court of the Women, and women were fully allowed in this specific space.

Women could not enter the Temple. Jesus witnessed the poor widow and her coins here. The trumpets made noise to "show" alms and prevent theft.

The inner area of the Temple contained three courts.

 The easternmost court was the Court of the Women, and it contained the Temple treasury where people donated their money (Mk 12:41-44). Allowing women to contribute to the Temple.

Three gates led into this court, one on the north, one on the south, and a third on the east.

 This third gate on the east side is almost certainly the "Beautiful Gate" that was mention in Acts 3.

 A fourth gate, which was much larger and ornate led from the Court of the Women west into the Court of Israel (women could proceed no further), which was elevated 15 steps higher than the Court of Women.

The 13 Contribution Chests (Trumpets)

According to the Mishnah (Middoth 2,5) the Women's Court was just over 200 feet square between bounding lines. Each court on the outside was 60 feet square. The colonnade ran around the court, and within it, against the wall, the thirteen chests, or 'trumpets,' for charitable contributions were placed.

These thirteen chests were narrow at the mouth and wide at the bottom, shaped like trumpets. There were actually eleven treasure chests of the Temple for the voluntary offerings of money

Their specific objects were carefully marked on them. Nine were for the receipt of what was legally due by worshipers; the other four for strictly voluntary gifts.

Trumpets 1 and 2 were appropriated to the half-shekel Temple-tribute of the current and of the past year.

Into Trumpet 3 those women brought turtledoves for a burnt / sin offering dropped their equivalent in money, which was daily taken out and a corresponding number of turtledoves offered. This saved the labor of steps and allowed modesty of those who might not wish to have their offering publicly known. This trumpet, Mary the mother of Jesus, dropped her offering (Luke 2:22,24) when the aged Simeon took the infant Savior 'in his arms, and blessed God.' 

The poor widow had...

When the Holy Spirit puts Chapters of the Scriptures and the Gospel, there is a deliberate and well thought out discussion on the verses flowing together.

LUKE 20

21 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And He said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

5 And while some were speaking of the Temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 

7 And they asked Him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?” 8 And he said, “See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them. 9 And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”

Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution

10 Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12 But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. 13 This will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14 Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. 16 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 You will be hated by all for my name's sake. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish. 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem

20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. 23 Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

29 And He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the Kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away.

Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

37 And every day He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and lodged on the Mount called Olivet. 

38 And early in the morning all the people came to Him in the Temple to hear Him

What other widow in the Scriptures is commended by Jesus Christ?

1 Kings 17:7-16

Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath

7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

When Jesus mentions Zarapheth in Luke 4, in Nazareth

The town feels like the holiness they strive for is bypassed by Jesus bar Joseph? 

Mr. La Te Da.  And they are good and upset with Jesus for moving to Capernaum and taking ALL of Capernaum to His Ministry, the very first day. With a miracle for Peter's mother-in-law and many in Capernaum. The hometown boy is flaunting in their faces, they could have had a Rabbi Jesus, but never managed this.  He wasn't supposed to come home and say they missed a thing or two about the Real God. 

And try to teach their elders who KNEW that story about Jesus, Mary, Joseph and that odd character called Gabriel. Those Shepherds went on and on about this birth. With the mess in the Temple for their cousins, that Rabbi Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth and the miracle, old age conception of John. John, the man in the camel hair eating locusts and living in the wild. And starting some kind of hippie commune in the wilderness. 

Zarapheth is a bookend in the Gospel of Luke's Chapter 20

Zarapheth is also a woman of hope. She hopes she and her son both survive the impending starvation. She isn't sure she wants to serve the last meal to a stranger, but why not share a last meal?  Mercy is the meal, and the result is a miracle.  Blessed are the merciful, they shall receive a Merciful Miracle. 

The opposite end of this story is the Poor Widow. 

Putting everything she has into the Temple, an age never seen before in the recorded history. The Temple had so much gold, Caesar's employees are part of the Judean puppet state and in the Temple.  The Royal Stoa, the Temple Treasury, was a massive, colonnaded public basilica along the southern edge of the Temple Mount used for commerce and administration. Named for Rome. So much gold that the soon-to-be Emperor Titus brings home to Rome more gold than any other conquered nation.  The slaughter of animals is incredibly lucrative with all those pilgrims from all over the globe.  Jesus Christ Himself is offended.

Zarapheth is the true event of giving to support life itself. Meager. Merciful.  

The Poor Widow is cajoled by all aspects of the Temple, constantly in renovation for the duration of the Herods.  The Glory of Herod.  Trumpets sound with her simple gift from the way alms are set up.

Jesus does not glorify the widow's gift in the way Jesus can truly promote messages of the heart. He is grieved for the lessons on the money given. Deception. 

* How can we be sure? The Lord! Throwing out the money changers from the Treasury, Herod's Roman Royal Stoa Building. 

1. Jesus foretells the Temple is going to ruin.

2. The Cultural Cornerstone falling

3. Will lead to wars caused by greed and lack of peaceful effort. Let's go to the bone and say murder and horror will ensue. 

4. The Government and the people living near the Government and fallen worship of God will fall into the mess they began.

5. The environment will see calamity. Hyperparasitism. All components of life lean upon each other.  Families will not support each other physically, financially, spiritually, or even in housing.  Rather destruction.

6. What will feed the faithful and nurture them? 

The Word of God will sustain them into the next growing season of life.  

In the chaos, The Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand.

Choose this day Whom you will serve.

Romans 8:19-25

19 For the creation 

waits 

with eager longing 

for the revealing of the sons of God. 

20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 

21 That the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain 

the freedom of the Glory of the children of God. 

22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 

24 For in this hope we were saved. 

Now hope that is seen is not hope. 

For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, 

we wait for it with 

patience.

And in the consideration of yesterday's post. Manna.

The overwhelming gift of Manna, making the sacrifice of Zarapheth and the incredible miracle of survival, outdo Elijah's completely.

This is the parable of the ministry of Mankind to that of JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD. Who lavishes us with His Complete Sinless Perfection.  LOVE FOREVER AND ALWAYS in HIS HOUSE. 

The Living Word of the Gospels is for us. Today.

Abba, Father!

WE PRAY 

BLESSINGS 

And

Gratitude

Every Day

The Glory of God!

Gracious Father, 

We pray for thy holy Catholic Church.

Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace.

Where it is corrupt, purify it;

where it is in error, direct it;

where in anything it is amiss, reform it.

Where it is right, strengthen it;

where it is in want, provide for it;

where it is divided, reunite it;

for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy  Son 

Our Savior.

Amen!

To be 

the Voice

of LOVE

Joy, Peace, Patience,

Goodness,

Faithfulness,

gentleness

and

SELF CONTROL

Let's pray

for the departure

of what

 is not

good.

We pray the Blessing

of Love and Peace

Let the words of this Post

be remembered

as Scripture

and valid History

Hope, Faith and Love

With the Love of Jesus Christ

to make 

The Way

Shining

The Light of Love Peace and Joy

upon

The Teachings of Jesus Christ.

God of Love

God of Encouragement

God of the Bible. 

The safety 

of those

helping the earth 

to heal.

Let evil and practicing evil

depart 

far 

from us

and our children.

With Your Help

We will act justly

 and to love mercy

 and to walk humbly with You, our God.

We ask for the healing

of Edward's eye and the next eye.

For the peace and prosperity of

Family Dreams.

For the Peace of

Families in our Nation and worldwide.

Nations without

deception.

Cover us

in peace worldwide.

Give us more of 

Your Strength

and Hope.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, 

in Jesus Christ. 

Help us seek and find 

and bring,

to become,

 more Heaven

to this earth.

For California

putting out the fires

speedy insurance

claims

and fast rebuilding

realizing the standard building codes

even of Reagan

were safe.

Peace

And in Jesus - This Hope.

Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.

Amen

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Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose

Thank You Jesus The Lord