1 Samuel 9 ~ Behold

If you want directions to the Prophet Samuel 's the site of his 1100 B.C.house or tomb, the Prophet who anointed David and Saul, you would need to read the directions in the Bible to find this - Today.. One of the biblical proof''s would be Judas Maccabeus, in 167 B.C., honored the site as Samuel's tomb. In 1 Samuel 25, Samuel was buried at his house in Ramah. Today Nebi Samuel and the surrounding archeological excavations are now part of a National Park. Samuel's house was also where Saul went to meet him for the first time.

1 Samuel 9

There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.” 4 And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.

5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.” 

 6 But he said to him, “Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.”

7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?” 

8 The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.” 9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today's “prophet” was formerly called a seer.)

 10 And Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.

11 As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?” 

12 They answered, “He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place. 13 As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately.” 

14 So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel: 16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me.” 

17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.” 

18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

19 Samuel answered Saul, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind. 20 As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's house?” 

21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

22 Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’” 

24 So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”

So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul [and he spoke with Saul] on the roof, and he lay down to sleep. 26 Then at the break of dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

27 As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”

Behold ! This is a word we don't hear enough. The ability not just to hear & see, but to observe and reason!

Life moves faster and faster. My oldest son was fortunate to go to a very privileged school when he was young; we routinely received school messages from the principal, or the priest, or guidance counselor saying it is wonderful to have all types of lessons & athletic competitions, but every child really learns from having time to themselves. We need to have time to discover for ourselves our...soul.

When you read this passage of Saul do you rush through it because Saul didn't turn out to fulfill his potential? Handsome, wealthy, tall, considerate of his father, polite, diligent for the needs of his family, faithful and humble. I really had forgotten Saul had so many blessings.

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

Of all Saul's attributes, the most important, Saul understands to seek direction from God. By Samuel 15 (notice the Scriptures do not have a book of Saul) the Lord is replacing Saul, Saul transferred his respect for God to the ability to make fast decisions for himself. Saul began to honor all of his own decisions as wise.


We may rush through the Biblical chapters of Saul, but even Samuel cared for Saul and mourned his trouble. Saul may have made a hash of it all, even murdering the priests for doing God's will. At the end of Saul's life, Samuel tells Saul he will be with him.

God knew and saw all of Saul's life; as we would recall a movie we have already seen. Saul did not do well all of his days, yet the Lord lived with Saul in Saul's heart, knowing his joy and his bitterness. The Lord loved Saul and gave us his life as lesson to remember to seek the Lord and realize He is close to us, even when we feel invincible, or overwhelmed, un-blessed, and pressed for a decision.

How will we keep God's Holy Presence with us? Solomon wanted God and spent a lot of time in High Places, not the Temple asking God to speak with him. Saul too felt the need for God. Father God tells us He can be found doing His Will.


Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
 And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Remember Samuel loved Saul and mourned him.

John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another


The Bible is Living and Active.

This is a story for TODAY:
Saul is the story of loyalty. Saul was honored as king. Saul killed priests or the idea of holiness and holy decisions. Saul mocked his son and swore at him. The nation was not led by a well man. He had evil tempers and they were soothed by music and now he had chased away the one who soothed him.

Saul is a story that David, Israel, his sons stood by Saul and lived God's plan with him. Perhaps 1 Samuel 9 reminded them of where they started. And what was important in Saul.

This is a story of honoring, loyalty and God's Plan. We can substitute this name for the person we have loyalty and honor towards them, not whitewashing what is true. This is a complicated part of God and He gives us road maps of Bible Saints who are in difficult situations and challenges us to keep love (like Jonathon) in faith and hope and understand with gratitude Scriptures point out complications and honor. God gives us work just like David, Jonathon and Israel.




May the Lord Father God bless us and keep us as we entrust our cares to Him. May He make His Face shine upon us as we live trustfully and faithfully in Jesus.  May the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY LIFT HIS FACE and be Gracious to us and give us Peace. Telling us He blesses us as a blessing of Him, not what we deserve or earn. And may we have this Peace as we Believe His Word. In Jesus for us, the people we love, the people He gives us and this Nation. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Psalm 126 ~ Our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy

Psalm 126

A Song of Ascents.

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

We are all ascending.
Just as the rain fills the creeks and they are tributaries to rivers and rivers to oceans.

Every knee will bow and every tongue confess Jesus is Lord.

Restoration is a wonderful thing.
And just as celebration occurs - my 2 year old Springer Spaniel is giving my grand-dog little cheek kisses with joy to have his friend return - just as celebration occurs - my Springer realized if I walk my granddog - he is going to miss out on a day of walking for the grand-dog's turn.

Even shouts of joy have the potential for weeping.

Just as we take our children, our balmy days, our spouses, our friends
as forgotten Blessings and great things of the Lord.

I am Profoundly Grateful for steam. Steam saved the lungs of my first born son, Cal. Jackie and Jack Kennedy were not as fortunate in the White House - due to timing. I am profoundly grateful for Cal being a preemie and having all kinds of preemie issues to causing the Neonatal ICU teach me infant CPR and having me pass this when I surely only wanted to go home. This saved the life of our second son while having pizza about the time of my second son's first birthday. Thank God we live in times of CPR.

I am profoundly grateful for Thyroid medication. 4 generations of my family - even unusually - the men - have suffered from thyroid and 2 generations died of Thyroid. Today this is merely a pill in my hand. With gratitude for this and no goiters!

I am Profoundly Grateful for cataract surgery. My grandmother and my great-grandfather both had early cataracts and had very severe coke bottle glasses. Today, after 6 years of fear and waiting for technology - I have read out of my eye again and now my brain must adapt to 2 eyes to see from. It's time for surgery when you don't know if that is an 18 wheeler or an elephant coming down the road.

I am Grateful to Father God for processes He has given me to strengthen my fervor to walk the Path His Words have given me.

Each day we have the mercies of God renew and we work to see God makes the day sufficient, sometimes we must work this.


I heard a true story of a nurse, Tricia, who married a man with an enlarged heart. As the years passed she carefully researched new technologies. Her husband grew worse and worse and could hardly walk. She knew the answer was 'no' to heart transplant at the time. And she knew that cutting and removing sections of the heart would not do well for him as a young man. 

One day she heard of new procedure very, very different. To put denatured alcohol into the heart, cause a heart attack and the muscle of the heart shrinks and dies. Tricia called the doctors for weeks to find what to do and what doctor to see to do this. After years she found a doctor willing to do this on her husband in his forties.  He had the operation and the pressure in his heart chambers is better than other men his age with no prior heart trouble.
Redemption.

 Redemption.One fine day, the sheaves will be golden.
Jesus will be there. Jesus, our Hero. Jesus at our hand. Jesus, in His hands, we will be.

Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord! Be with us all and bless us, Father God!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 10 ~ Cleansed once for all

Hebrews 10

Ten Commandments

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. 


For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? 

 
For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 
 
3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

 

 



5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;

with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.

Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”

8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 

And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

 
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

“This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”

17 Then he adds:

“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”

  And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.





 

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 


Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 


So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For,

“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”

38 And,

“But my righteous one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

Father God,  
Lord of Lord,
King of Kings,
We give our daily lives to You and the ones we Love.
Clearly we need Your Glory and Your Majesty as we walk this life.
Confidently calling upon Your Name. 
Help us to see and Bless You as we use the Gifts and Talents You have Given us.
Father God, please lift up our Churches to Your Glory. Our Living Hope is in You, Lord Father God. Lift up our Nation to You, Father God, believing Your Kingdom is a shadow of what we have here. In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 9 ~ An earthly place of Holiness

Papyrus 46 Hebrews 9 within two or three generations of the life of Jesus

 

Hebrews 9

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. 2 For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence.

Arch of Titus - The Gold Temple Tools would build the Roman Coliseum. These were the Temple Tools made by Moses and Solomon and returned by God prodding Cyrus King of Persia to return the people and the Tools and reestablish Israel. (There is No Ark. Maccabees 6 records Jeremiah was provided access to the Ark to hide it until God would restore it from Mount Nebo where Moses was to watch the Children of Israel go into the Promised Land.)

It is called the Holy Place. 

3 Behind the second curtain was a second section
called the Most Holy Place, 4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. 5 
Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing 
the mercy seat.

Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

6 These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, 

 Luke 1 Zechariah and the Annunciation from God as told to him from the Angel Gabriel.

7 but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age).[ According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.


The Ark of the Covenant never did dwell in the Second Temple. The return of the Babylon Slaves began by throwing out the Remnant caring for the ruins and worshiping God. Jesus went to Samaria, the woman at the well in John's Holy Gospel to tell of His Divinity. The old system was rules and schedules and animal slaughter. Jesus proclaims in His Sacrifice the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Eternity and bringing Heaven to our lives - is Now. Making our prayer to Father God waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up there, but we can say with Jesus, "Father, the 12 open Pearl gates are right here, Your Throne right here, in confidence, I offer my prayer to the One Who Loves Me Most. And ask in Confidence, Jesus has covered me with His Name. Amen."



11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places,

Ephesians records Father God fills the Heavens. It is written Jesus has seen all of the Heavens. And if asked, dwells in every cell, every thought and every decision we will make - Father God likes to be invited again and again to know we throw open our doors as He keeps open the 12 Gates of Heaven. Always.


not by means of the blood of goats and calves 
but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works 
to serve the living God!

15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, 
so that those who are called 
may receive the promised eternal inheritance, 
since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 

 
18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and 
without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.


24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world.

But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

 

Father God! You have said! The 12 open Pearl gates are right here, Your Throne right here, in confidence, I offer my prayer to the One Who Loves Me Most.

I Thank You for my eyesight continuing to recover from cataract surgery. I can see from my eye for the first time in six years and this week I read with my eye for the First Time. My vision continues to improve. Thank You, Father!

I lift up Edward for Your Mercy, Edward continues to find each day - something good and pleasant. Help him have Life Abundant - what we all pray for ourselves and our children and our parents and when we know Jesus - to have an easy call to be at Home with You.

I lift up the widows I have spoken to recently and the adult children who have had parents go Home to Jesus. We love Father God and He has provided for us a Great Reunion - Ephesians 3 tells us Families LIVE in Heaven together.

We lift up the people who You have Given to us to pray for each day, knowing God Lives in their Soul. Grant them help with the Prayers they have asked us to Pray for. We ask Your blessings on the ones we love. AND THANK YOU GOD FOR ANSWERED PRAYER DAILY!

We Lift up our Nation and look with Expectation for Good News.
We ask in Confidence, Jesus has covered me with His Name. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 8 ~ Declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrews 8

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

3 Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.


This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.

No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”

By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

No better explanation was needed why Paul left the Temple to proclaim the Salvation of Jesus.

My son had a talk in 8th grader - his friend is Jewish. He asked Cal to give him biblical proofs of the Old Testament tell of Jesus Christ. His Jewish friend said this is not time to talk up Jesus, just get out the Bible and show him the Old Testament. So my son had been given 100 Proofs of Jesus that week in Youth Group and got out the list and showed his friend.

His friend said that it would kill his father, so when his father was dead, he now knew Jesus is the Lord and when his father died, he would attend the Christian Church. He said that the whole Temple sits in Yom Kippur and this is the saddest day of the year. Do they ever know if their sorrow was forgiven?

For the sin that we have committed under stress or through choice;
For the sin that we have committed in stubbornness or in error;
For the sin that we have committed in the evil meditations of the heart;
For the sin that we have committed by word of mouth;
For the sin that we have committed through abuse of power;
For the sin that we have committed by exploitation of neighbors;
For all these sins, O God of forgiveness, bear with us, pardon us, forgive us!

He said that for weeks afterward everyone is sad. And they had discussed if was because animal sacrifice ended at the time of Jesus' natural death. But still there is tremendous guilt. Very sad for good people trying to reach God.

This is the Scriptures saying why Rabbi Lycanthra of Lystra, Israel has his letters exist from 2 millenniums - they state his mourning the Book of Acts happening right there around him, Rabbi Lycanthra is proclaiming, with fear and sorrow, he worries the end of Judaism with the miracles of Jesus.

Jesus Christ is alive today and working.


Father God,
~ You change hearts and lives the way You brought water into the best wine.
~ People of faith expect Your Word to heal, and You do this.
~ Women who were in sick beds get up and attend to You, Father God, happily.
~ Men who hope for prosperity are overwhelmed with what You catch.
~ When Jesus is asked if He is kind enough to heal, Jesus not only proclaims healing but of His eagerness to restore.
~ Jesus tells us our bodies and our minds and our sins are connected and Jesus forgives us.
~ People grab hold of Jesus so earnestly, they are content with the fringe of His coat and then they must speak up why they would hold on to Jesus. No one this close to Jesus comes away unhealed.
~ Jesus takes what a boy hands him and creates a miraculous wonder debated for two millenniums.
~ Jesus tells us as He wants to save the world in His Sacrifice and knows 10 lepers where healed and only one turned back to give thanks.
~ Jesus is about to die and He reaches forth to heal his enemies and give them the opportunity to Hear.
~ Jesus goes with the people overwhelmed with fear and present circumstance and creates calm and peace.
~ Jesus tells us He would never leave or forsake us and He shows His Disciples His True Path in Ascending. Telling us that 2 millenniums later this is the Truth, Way and Life.

Father God, when we worry, we can wrap our arms around You. You will always care for us and be Steadfast. We thank You, You hear all prayers and we look for the mysteries in this life - Your answers will be held Up as Heaven removes our worries and we Live with You now and always. We ask for Your blessings, for ourselves, the ones we love and this Nation. In Jesus, who has done the work of atonement between Father God and mankind. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 7 ~ You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek

Papyrus 46 Hebrews 7 within two or three generations of the life of Jesus

Title of Work Epistles of Paul - Hebrews Chapter 7

⁴⁶ Papyrus 46 is 300 Chapters of the New Testament - Found Intact and exactly as shown. Owned by the University of Michigan 

1880s Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple in Jerusalem. More like from the time of Jesus.

Hebrews 7

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. 6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. 8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.

9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?

12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.

 13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. 

14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. 15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
‘You are a priest forever.’”

22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Father God has loved Aaron and his descendants:

Aaron
Eleazar, son of Aaron (Numbers 20:28
)
Phinehas, son of Eleazar
Abishua, son of Phinehas
The Samaritans insert Shesha as the son of Abishua and father of Bukki.[citation needed]
Bukki, son of Abishua
Uzzi, son of Bukki

Though Phinehas and his descendants are not directly attested as high priests, this portion of the genealogy given in I Chronicles 5:30-41
is assumed by other sources (including Josephus [2] and Seder 'Olam Zutta), to give the succession of the office from father to son. At some time, the office was transferred from descendants of Eleazar to those of his brother Itamar.[3] The first known and most notable high priest of Itamar's line was Eli, a contemporary of Samuel.

Eli, descendant of Ithamar, son of Aaron
Ahitub, son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli
Ahijah, son of Ahitub
Ahimelech, son of Ahijah
Abiathar, son of Ahimelech

I Chronicles 5:34-41
(* Also mentioned in Book of Ezra 7:1–5) First Column
Josephus[5] Second Column
Seder 'Olam Zutta Third Column
Other Biblical information 4th Column

Zadok* Zadok Zadok Zadok was High Priest during the reign of King Solomon and the construction of the First Temple.
Ahimaaz Ahimaaz Ahimaaz
Azariah Azariah Azariah Among the "princes/officials" of King Solomon listed in 1 Kings 4:2
"Azariah, son of Zadok, the priest" appears in first place.
Johanan Joram -
- Isus Joash
- - Jehoiarib
- - Jehoshaphat -
- Jehoiada[6] Jehoiada Jehoiada, brother-in-law of King Ahaziah, is mentioned in 2 Kings 11:4-17
as a priest leading the coup against Queen-mother Athaliah and installing Jehoash of Judah as king of Judah.
- Axioramos - -
- Phideas Pediah -
- Sudeas Zedekiah -
Azariah Juelus Joel Azariah II is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26:14-18
as a "chief priest" opposing King Uzziah. In I Chronicles 5:36
Azariah, son of Johanan is singled out as "he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem".
Amaria Jotham Jotham -
Ahitub Urias Urijah Uriah is mentioned in 2 Kings 16:10-16
as a priest who, on orders of King Ahaz, replaces the altar in the temple with a new, Assyrian-style altar. He is also mentioned as a witness in Isaiah 8:2
.
- Nerias Neria A Azariah is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 31:10
as "the chief priest, of the house of Zadok" under King Hezekiah.
Zadok Odeas Hoshaiah -
Shallum* Shallum Shallum Shallum, son of Zadok
Hilkiah* Elcias Hilkiah Hilkiah, priest at the time of King Josiah.
Azariah IV* Azaros Azariah IV Azariah IV, son of Hilkiah (1 Chr 6:13)
Seriah* Sareas Seriah Seriah, son of Azariah IV (2 Ki 25:18)

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless, for the law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.


Jesus Christ - Lion of the Tribe of Judah - not a Levite
God’s power.
God’s wisdom
A mystery - for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—

These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people.

He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.  For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.


Father God, Bless those who work for Peace and Healing. Father God extend all who would treat Respect with Goodness. We ask You to equip us to do Your Good Work. In Jesus shine Your Light upon those Loving and Kind to each other. We ask Your Blessings Upon our Nation. In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Hebrews 6 ~ Beloved, we feel sure of better things

Title of Work Epistles of Paul - Hebrews Chapter 6
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Hebrews 6

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death.

And of faith in God, 2 and of instruction about washings,[Baptism] the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits. 

4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. 

10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. 

11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.



13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 

15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 

16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 

17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 
18 so that by two unchangeable things,
 in which it is impossible for God to lie, 
we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 

19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Why did Paul leave the Jews if he wished himself accursed if this would lead to them accepting the Salvation of Jesus?

Paul saw the Old rituals the Jews repeated as not giving them the relationship with Jesus Christ. No longer did Paul see animal sacrifice as giving the Mercy of God. Instead Baptism invites the Holy Spirit to make the believer the Temple of God.

I would guess Paul saw Jews becoming Christians and slipping back into Jewish customs to appease their family and neighbors. This type of behavior led Paul in the not-very-Jesus move of condemning Peter in front of the assembly about circumcision. (Scriptures tell us we should address our concerns privately before publicly.) Paul must have found this slipping between Judaism and Christianity as grievous. 

Paul later saw gentiles act as if Jesus was a waiter to just hand out freebie and cheap grace. Paul calls this working against Salvation.

The Scriptures are Living and Active telling us to hold our Salvation dear to us. To act as if Salvation is important to us in our daily lives. To assure others when we sincerely believe they live in His Salvation Promises. And to remember we need this strong encouragement daily. Never fail to expect Jesus to fulfill all His Promises to us.

Paul is telling us - Run this Race. Life has winding effects. The reference to Abraham's patience tells us the road is long. Not to waiver or falter from these Promises from our Father God of Profound Love, Forever. God gives His Very Word. Expect God to do these Promises Completely.










Father God, Your Hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. You show Your love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Your Love, Father God is genuine. Help us to give honor and show affection. Beloved, let us love one another, for love fulfills the law. We will pray for one another. We will work not to grieve one another.

Father God, Your Promises are so Large, we are unprepared for Your Glory beyond our imaginings. With Your Love, we will be built up.

Father God, You know us so well. Our Scriptures end with the Book of Life. You are Love and help us to live Your Plan and to encourage us and our Loved Ones. Help us to be fishers of mankind to know Your Love.  You are for us. Bless this Nation to Love and Serve You. In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †