… Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
… His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
… The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6
… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36
… Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29
…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3
… Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5
..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16
..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1
…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1
…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78
… Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58
… And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34
…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25
… We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41
… I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20
..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16
… I am the Light of the World. John 8:12
… The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9
… I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come
… His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
… The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6
… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36
… Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29
…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3
… Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5
..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16
..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1
…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1
…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78
… Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58
… And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34
…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25
… We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41
… I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20
..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16
… I am the Light of the World. John 8:12
… The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9
… I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come
The Almighty Revelation 1:8
Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
Wow, for this photo representing the Nativity!
Be Happy. Is part of Advent.
Get back to picking Joy.
The caves of Bethlehem are similar to the Watch Towers of Nazareth.
The place Jesus was born was like the place Jesus spent most of His Childhood years. Both barns and watch towers are store houses for food. 3 photos up is a vintage photo of Bethlehem and all the people on the road are working to have store house provisions.
Useful. A Storehouse.
Hole in the wall. The barn wouldn't be an empty old cave. The barn would have herbs for salve, herbs drying for medicines and foods. All types of equipment and rope. The barn would be a huge storehouse of food in case of drought, freeze or fire to make sure the people and the livestock lived. The barn is a shelter not just of animals, but a shelter and watch out — Life.
The Watch Tower of Nazareth makes Nazareth famous for the plateau living.
Nazareth is a place of safety for those who want to see to the distance, to know what is coming. A Nazarene is consecrated to God. To seek and live and work and watch for God. Life. A useful Life.
Now how did Capernaum figure into the towns in the life of Jesus Christ?
Capernaum like Bethlehem and Nazareth made a life being sustenance for those in and around the town. Capernaum would be kept safe for 1300 years beyond the Roman Empire for fishing for the nation. Bethlehem: Ancient records are quite pleased with the number of livestock in Bethlehem. Solomon would ensure Bethlehem continued by placing tanks of water there. Ecclesiastes 2:6. Nazareth was always a watch tower. The Bible records, twice, the people of Nazareth record watching and observing the close-knit family of Mary and Joseph as seamless and close.
Capernaum, like Nazareth, allowed for sight far away of what arrives.
Transparency. Jesus could be found if you were searching for Him during His Ministry.
Capernaum could see far away and yet isn't guarded by City Walls or Natural Plateau.
King David made David's Jerusalem palace (found by a 3rd generation Archaeology Professor of the University in Jerusalem. Eilat Mizar found David's Palace from looking in His Word and found the description of the hill and view) outside the safety of the Jerusalem city walls. The Son of David did not need the fortification of Nazareth. Capernaum was safe as Jesus did Believe God would keep David's Son safe. The Messiah always trusts His Father.
Capernaum is like the Palace of King David, can see far away like Nazareth, and has prophetic importance, like Bethlehem, of our finding Capernaum today in antiquity and archaeology. Capernaum fell to the depths in 1300 A.D. So well intact in the ruins, we understand Capernaum well. Jesus as the Son of God also repeats the Exodus by living in Egypt and becoming free in a great, recorded Biblically childhood thanks to Nazareth and God.
Interesting, Heart warming and Wondrous to realize God's Plan for Jesus is also Psalm 139 and is His Plan for your life, too.
David, for a time in his life, ended up living in a ditch in a town called Ziklag.
Not too different from barns built into the side of the earth. Probably what gave David the idea upon witnessing the unique qualities of Bethlehem. David is the foundation of Israel. Believing God is going to get David out of impossible troubles, and believing in impossible Promises.
Mary and Joseph are different from David.
They shelter the Christ child. In Nazareth, celebrated for the watchful citizens and the view to keep safety as the goal of the town. And the Holy Parents are sometimes confused, even after the Heavenly Host Shepherds tell them all, they are still confused after meeting Gabriel. And once these amazing people let Jesus become separated from the safety of their group in Jerusalem. Safety of Nazareth is very probably a gift of God.
Capernaum is actually more like the Land of Milk and Honey God has provided.
Jesus flourishes with the whole town arriving the day His Ministry began. This is Prophetic and like Israel today. God fulfills His Promises.
David never required Mary and Joseph to settle forever in Bethlehem. Mary sees Jesus visit Nazareth and witnesses they try to throw Jesus down.
When we read the Old Testament, we read this man begat this son.
And every story in the Bible is unique. The story of Kings of the Scriptures surely explain one generation isn't the copy of the last generation, even in the days of dusty feet and long robes. Paul asks us to be like Jesus. God never wrote down Jesus begat Jesus begat Jesus begat Jesus. God shows us in Scripture life is very messy if we ask life to be or not.
Ephesians 4:11-13
Christ gave gifts to men.
He gave to some the gift to be missionaries, some to be preachers, others to be preachers who go from town to town. He gave others the gift to be church leaders and teachers. 12 These gifts help His people work well for Him. And then the church which is the body of Christ will be made strong. 13 All of us are to be as one in the faith and in knowing the Son of God. We are to be full-grown Christians standing as high and complete as Christ is Himself.
The names change, the generations change, the gifts change. The Love of God is Steadfast. The Freedom of Free Will is Steadfast. The opportunity to be complete in Jesus Himself is plentiful.
Romans 3 Steadfast Stand Firm, Stand forever Word of God
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law
Although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.
For there is no distinction:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
and are justified by his grace as a gift
Through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.
This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that He might be just
and the justifier of the one
who has faith
in Jesus.
… Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
God gave us freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Jesus is remembered at Christmas as God's willingness
God did not to pick up a sword, but to appear as a newborn baby in a storehouse that would not feed him.
God doesn't require mankind, mankind needs Jesus.
The freedom to be born to a woman of faith,
She would run to the fellowship of Christians when her family turned her away, pregnant and unwed, heavily pregnant and basically abandoned to live or die.
God gave them freedom to live without being Nazarene,
Not ultra-orthodox and rule following, and following the safe path of Kosher.
God gave free will to find how they would do, set free.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Mary knew she and her cousin in law had met Gabriel.
And she was confused and sometimes alone as Joseph was deciding. Not even Zechariah greeted her when she arrived at the house of Elizabeth. God was working all things to Good for her following His Purpose.
Gaudete Advent Sunday
Mary taught us to find the good in each circumstance. Gaudete, “Be Happy”.
When we take this seriously, we are finding the Blessings and seeing the Good News of “Give us this Day.”
The Promise of Life Today
We now have a record of the pre-born, alive baby, John the Baptist being the first to have supreme Joy over hearing Jesus is near. Impossible. And recorded in Scriptures for 2, 000 years. Life. Jesus is first celebrated by Life and the Promise of Life.
2020 might be horrible and unusual,
We have the story of Christmas taking us off the beaten path.
2020 the real story of Christmas is with us, especially this year.
Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
The Light of Christ makes us brave.
Joseph would decide to skip living in Jerusalem. He believed in the Light of Jesus in mankind and went back to the town where his pregnant, unwed wife was put heavily pregnant to live or die to give birth somewhere.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Love
Always see watch tower Nazareth was called to give testimony for the lives Jesus and His Family led. Even when public displays happened. In the best possible conclusion, we find Jesus gave His Brothers the space to arrive at Acts Chapters 1 and 2 and find eventually the Disciples were watching the Brothers of Jesus and finding them doing well.
1 Corinthians 9
4 Have we no right to food and to drink? 5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? 6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
Bishop Eusebius of Judea, Caesarea, would record why the young Constantine would convert to Jesus. He had been there when the descendants of the Brothers and Sisters of Jesus died proclaiming Jesus the Highest Name of God and Lord. Acts 2 sharing did not end. What Jesus had believed in and waited for in His Brothers continues.
This is the Freedom God has for us.
To know Life is trouble
and yet Believe
With God all Things are Possible. Nothing is too hard for God.
Abba, Father God,
Philippians 4:4-7
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Grace upon Grace.
THANK YOU FOR THE VACCINE.
Jesus Son of God - Bless, Heal, Sustain, Comfort, Guide
President Donald Trump, and his family,
Vice President Pence and his family,
The White House Staff,
especially those in need of healing today
God Bless Them!
And God Bless President Trump for free Regeneron for
Us ALL.
We pray for the 83% of Republicans, the 26% of the Independents, the 10% of the Democrats who believe the election did not lawfully answer the questions of
impropriety. Nor the media act in full disclosure.
Help, Safety and wisdom for:
Governor Abbott
and all 50 United States Governors and our Legislatures
and the Supreme Court to help the Republic to understand fully.
We pray for the entire Republic.
Praying for Elliott, Harby and their family
for complete blessing of healing.
I believe Jesus is healing Elliott.
We long for Your Love and help, Father God, to have Your Kingdom,
The Fringe of Your Robe placed upon all of Your Good Creation.
The Balm of Gilead — Jesus — rubbed just where we hurt.
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts.
We pray more of Your Good Will filling the whole earth with Your Glory.
We will be in expectation.
You will strengthen us,
And the ones we Love.
We will Seek You first and find Your Kingdom.
Covering us with the Name and Power of Jesus,
Brave people. Holding up Life for one another.
We are People with the Power of Jesus,
we can make
Redemption
Strength.
Praying the Victory!
And Virus end!
Knowing God is going to bring
us past the storms into
His Plan of desired Haven
in Psalm 107.
Abba, Delta is the mathematical symbol of Change,
we pray to end all storms for us. Amen.
Fruitful Justice for ALL.
For our families and children yet unborn
For Friends in Heaven.
For the Dutch Iris we spoke of
the Michigan Beauty
and the Love we share in Jesus Christ.
Knowing we will have much time together in Jesus Time.
The Freedom in Jesus we call
Liberty and Justice for All!
We ask Jesus to dwell in us and those we Love always,
and help us to find God First.
And we say
Amen!
Advent Happy
Count the Angels
Messengers of Wind and Fire
Light
All Seasons
Angels remind us Jesus said Arise.
Life.
Angels Fly and All is Possible with God.
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