Luke 12:25-31
And which of you
by being anxious
can add a single hour to his span of life?
If
then
you are not able to do as small a thing as that,
why are you anxious about the rest?
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
yet I tell you
Even Solomon
in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today,
and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
how much more will He clothe you,
O you of little faith!
And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink,
nor be worried.
For all the nations of the world
seek after these things,
and
your Father knows that you need them.
Instead, seek The Kingdom of God,
and all these things
will be added to you.
Hot Topic of the last few days... aging. God has some ideas about aging that would bring comfort, help and hope.
Recently, 2022, a papyrus dating to the actual Age of Moses. Yes, Thee, Moses.
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This is being called: THE FIND OF THE MILLENNIUM
The 2-centimeter-square (.78-inch) amulet may be the signature discovery of a lifetime. Professor Gershon Galil of the University of Haifa said this type of discovery is made only once a millennia.
New Artifact Found.
The earliest mention of God in an Exodus Site.
The Jewish News of Northern California
Israel, near Mount Ebal
https://jweekly.com/2022/03/29/earliest-mention-of-gods-name-found-in-west-bank-archaeological-dump/
Earliest mention of God’s name found in West Bank archaeological site.
The finding may also spur renewed debate on the dating of biblical events, especially those told in the Book of Exodus. A peer-reviewed article is in process.
The artifact, less than 1 inch in length and width and known as a curse tablet, also recalls the account of Joshua building an altar nearby, which Israeli archaeologist Adam Zertal excavated in the 1980s.
The curse tablet was discovered near Mount Ebal, also called the Mount of the Curse in the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua. Stripling found it in a dump site, part of the structure Zertal identified as Joshua’s altar. Stripling said the finding was a confirmation of the biblical account.
Scott Stripling announces the discovery of an ancient lead tablet, March 24, 2022, in Houston. (PhotoRNS-Jerry Pattengale)
Scott Stripling announces the discovery of an ancient lead tablet, March 24, 2022, in Houston. (PhotoRNS-Jerry Pattengale)
In recent years, Stripling also announced the discovery of a Tabernacle platform during his ongoing excavations at biblical Shiloh.
Now, wonder with me, the Isaiah Bulla has a fingerprint and the world wonders if we have seen our Isaiah's Fingerprint.
We will think about who carved this rock with God's Name. Moses? Moses as a Prince of Egypt would read and write. Doubtful, the Children of Israel, the slaves were literate.
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From Mount Ebal to Mount Gerizim.
The Exodus Travels of Moses and the Children of Israel.
The Archaeology has been found. The Significance of Ebal is evil or curses. The opposite side of the valley is Mount Gerizim, Blessings and Goodness.
Union General Lew Wallace wrote Ben Hur. As he started the novel, Wallace wrote — I do not think myself good enough to be a communicant.
When he finished writing, “When I had finished [the writing], I said to myself with Balthasar, “God only is so great.” I had become a believer.”
Professor of Archaeology Adam Zertal, University of Haifa, has undergone a transformation of faith. From finding a High Place.
“The altar was supposed to be nonexistent, a legend,” says Zertal, leaning on crutches, a legacy of wounds he suffered in combat during the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Egypt and Syria. “At first we didn’t know what we were excavating. The stones at Mount Ebal are crucial. “If this corroborates exactly what is written in that ancient part of the Bible,” says Zertal, “it means that probably other parts are historically correct. The impact is tremendous.”
Zertal believes this is the altar the Bible Moses wrote saying build on Mount Ebal, after the Israelites arrived in the promised land. This is where land is given among the 12 tribes, and where the Israelites “became a people,” as the Old Testament puts it.
Zertal believes this is the altar the Bible Moses wrote saying build on Mount Ebal, after the Israelites arrived in the promised land. This is where land is given among the 12 tribes, and where the Israelites “became a people,” as the Old Testament puts it.
We believe Moses, Prince of Egypt, spoke Directly with The Lord and the Hebrews, to ask the questions and write the Ancient Bible. The days that wrote how old Adam and Eve became in a world brand new and clean. And then discuss the age of Moses during the Exodus and Sarah and Abraham in their 80s. God loved and understood the importance of laughter and rest. Sarah laughed to conceive in her 80s. The Scriptures mention Sarah in her 40s. The Bible is clear and certain as to the smell of Lazarus, days in his tomb. And equally detailed is the discussion of Sarah.
Obviously, Sarah, thousands of years from Eve, is not 400 or 600 or 800 or 40 years old. The Lord mentions not with capitalization or exclamation marks or even Biblical Headers, that many of the Scriptural people, "would grow old." And remember, Peter met Moses during the Transfiguration and reports, "A day to God, is a thousand of years."
Billy Joel sings only the Good Die Young.
Oh, we love our culture. And our Pop culture. (Family insider joke. A Bit inside.) But the truth is, we should look again at what God has to say about the longevity of the Disciples.
God tells the Children of Israel to eat kosher foods. In the Bronze Age, the average age of death was 19 to 21 years of age. Reducing the world to slaves, meager servants and huge building projects. No one considered life to be very long-lived. However, in Scriptures Proverbs, Solomon's co Authorship, speaks of grey hair and honor. David lived in war, war, war for 26 years, well beyond the regular life span. Died in his 50s. Kosher kept them alive. God was giving knowledge of cleanliness.
Moses did God's work in his 80s and for 40 years. Salt Papyrus II tells us Moise had left Egypt from a lifespan of youth to old age. During Pharaoh Seti II. The age of the Mt Ebel fragment.
We consider the Disciples loved the Lord Jesus Christ and regretted their actions on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. And gave their lives.
Yet, Loyal St. John lived unto the Second Century. Peter lived to be in his mid-60s. Timothy lived to be in his very late 80s. Almost 90. Titus lived to the 2nd Century in Crete, asking Jesus to come to Crete, the Greek Community of The Jewish Dispersion. Thaddeus is recorded to living well past old age. The Brother of Jesus, Joseph, is recorded to have lived. As well as Jude, the Brother of Christ (who is confused in history interweaving some Thaddeaus and Jude.) Barnabas too lived to be old. The ancient Roman Empire age of death was 20 to 30 years old. And some of the Disciples only record the method of death. Not the age.
The Disciples would not have been living a kosher lifestyle.
Sarah and Abraham were involved with so many stresses, as the Disciples with stress and stress, stress. Even Paul discusses the stresses of this living in a most turbulent world. We can be sure, they rested like the 7th Day of Creation.
Make Plans
to
Rest
He has the Whole World
in
His Hands
Abba, Father,
We lift up Jesus!
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father,
We expect to hear Good News.
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father,
guide the nations
of the world
into the way of justice and truth,
and establish among
them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness,
that they
may become the kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Mercy for the merciful.
Eternal God,
in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn
but the sword of righteousness,
no strength known but the
strength of love:
So mightily spread abroad your Spirit,
that
all peoples
may be gathered under the banner
of the Prince of Peace,
as children
of one Father;
to whom be dominion
and
glory, now and forever.
Amen.
Dwell in us, Father,
we ask in the Highest Name of Jesus.
Dwell, fully, in those we love
Help us to seek You
first
and we will finish well
in Jesus Christ.
We pray
Peace
for Israel
and Your Good Creation.
We pray healing for Kurt and Teresa.
And for David's family.
We know we will hear Good news.
Mercy for the merciful. Joy.
Love.
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