Jeremiah 7:23
Thus says the LORD:
This is what I commanded My people:
Listen
to My Voice
Then I will be your God
and
you shall be My People.
Walk in all the ways that I command you,
so that you may prosper.
The seal of Jeremiah's servant, Baruch, was found in the prison dungeon of David's Palace. The Palace, dungeon and Baruch's seal, were all located by reading the Old Testament by Professor Eilat Mazar, 3rd generation Professor of Archaeology.
Dungeon, cistern in David's Palace
where
Jeremiah was rescued by Nebuchadnezzar II
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In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC), Nehemiah was cup-bearer to the king. This Relief is of King Artaxerxes I. The Cupbearer stands behind the King.
Nehemiah 2 describes returning to the homeland they had longed for, for 70 years.
The ruins were charred by fire.
Nehemiah 2
2 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,
when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?”
So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.”
6 And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time.
7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.”
And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
9 Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.
11 So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
15 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.
17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
20 Then I replied to them,
“The God of heaven will make us prosper,
and we His Servants will arise and build,
but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem.”
The Book of Acts 2:36-41
On the day of Pentecost,
Peter said to the Jewish people,
“Let the whole House of Israel know for certain
that God has made Him both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Now when they heard this,
they were cut to the heart,
and they asked Peter and the other Apostles,
“What are we to do, my brothers?”
Peter said to them,
“Repent and be baptized,
every one of you,
in the Name of Jesus Christ,
for the forgiveness of your sins;
and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is made to you and to your children
And to all those far off,
whomever the Lord our God will call.”
He testified with many other arguments,
and was exhorting them,
“Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
Those who accepted His Message were baptized,
and
about three thousand persons
were added that day.
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John 1:14
And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us,
and
we have seen
His Glory,
Glory
as of the only Son
from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
Abba, Father,
Happy 1,992nd
Easter
Our heart hears the call from You.
And we see in Scripture
the mercy of the merciful
Luke 17:17-19
Then Jesus answered,
“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
Was no one found to return
and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
And He said to him,
“Rise and go your way;
your faith has made you well.”
Help us to live each day
putting You first.
As the Name of Jesus covers us
and
The Holy Spirit dwells in us.
We pray diligently
and with our hearts
We thank You, Father,
And pray Your Mercy
on the people,
animals, homes
and businesses.
We ask healing
of Your Good Creation
The fullness of the earth is Yours.
The healing of those we pray for
in our heart and soul.
in our heart and soul.
Dwell in us, Father,
Dwell fully in those we love,
Help us to seek You first
and we will finish well in Jesus Christ.
Thank You.
Our God is working. His Son,
Jesus is working.
Amen.
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