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Friday, February 01, 2019

2 Samuel 5 ~ Nevertheless

Joshua 15

63 Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.


2 Samuel 5


Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 

5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, 
and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.” 



Hezekiah would use a water tunnel to save Jerusalem later.


7 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame and the blind,’ who are hated by David's soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.” 




Ecclesiastes 5:9

After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.



9 And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo (9 David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces[milo]) inward. inward.

10 And David became greater and greater, for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.

11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house. 12 And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. 14 And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.


17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. 19 And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim. 21 And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

22 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees. 24 And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” 25 And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.







1 Kings 11:27 Repair
 Solomon built the Millo (terrace), and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.


1 Chronicles 11:8
He built up the city all the way around, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding parts, and Joab restored the rest of the city.

2 Chronicles 9:11
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.





About 3:40 Jerusalem shows David's work of Terracing all of Jerusalem.(Yes Scripture said it fell and was recreated.) AMAZING Drone footage from Jerusalem The Movie. Com. We find Israel is as Jesus says, we will have trouble in Life. We also see why God says His Creation is Good - yeserday, today and tomorrow. Wow. Stunning.




Fruitful and Fallow. Ebb and Flow.

God tells us He knows when the sparrow falls. God knows the number of hairs on your head. God has so many thoughts of you, the grains of sand on the beach would number how many thoughts God had of you before you were even born.

David waits and waits and waits to be King of Israel. There are false starts. False Stops. Even when David becomes King, there is peril. Pestilence. Patience. Parenting and pain

GOD uses All Seasons.

Mark 1:3
A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'


Consider the Warrior King. Terraces are planted for prosperity, beauty and practicality. Every detail of land - will be parented and polished. The Changes would sweep Jerusalem for 3 millenniums.

Why did the land wait for Judah when Joshua even had a day of sunshine during the time of claiming Israel where the sun did not set and one day actually became two days. Why. This is the land where Abraham was well acquainted with.

David had to wait 7 years
A King has to wait 7 years to claim Jerusalem - Salem - Peace - as part of Judah from the time of Exodus, Numbers and Joshua. Why? God has a deliberate Plan.


Leviticus 25:4 

In the seventh year, 
there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, 
a Sabbath to the LORD. 
You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.


David arrives in Jerusalem and wants to plan the terraces.


Micah 4:1-4

The Mountain of the Lord

4 It shall come to pass in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it

2 And many nations shall come, and say:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”

For out of Zion shall go forth the law,

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more

4 They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,

and no one shall make them afraid,
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

The Scriptures repeat and repeat to assure us - God is part of the ebb and flow. Judah waited for Jerusalem and God's Plan was Spectacular. So eager to have God's Plan, Jerusalem, would become a Pearl of God unto Revelation 21.

Ebb.
The Population saw an increase as the Roman Empire brought vast wealth in all areas of the Empire. And at the time of Jesus, Isaiah had seen this:


Isaiah 7
23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24 With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.



Ezekiel 17:10
Look! Because it's a transplanted vine, won't it wither when the east wind hits it? It will surely wither in the terraces where it had started to sprout.


During the need for more agriculture and food for the population - Rome - God had a plan. It's suddenly apparent why God would say He has more thoughts for us than the grain of sands on the beach.


Abba,

By Your Word the Universe is upheld. We will trust You with our lives and the lives of those we Love. And in this faith, You Give us Jesus. Our Righteousness.

We are Blessed. Allow Your Blessings to flow. Your willing blessings. You will do more than we can ask or imagine.

We join the Communion of Saints yesterday, today and tomorrow who ask You for more Heaven on earth. Your Beloved all over Your Good Creation pray for more Heaven on earth. Help us to be Blessing seekers and discoverers. And know Your Joy in our lives.

Jesus said Rise up. We ask You to have our Loved ones rise up in Your Name. We ask for Your Name to cause our Nation to Rise pleasing to You. We ask for Blessings over all of our lives unto the Nation.

We continue the prayer to Bless all the Nations trusting in Jesus to Rise. We Bless You for all of Your Beloved asking More of Jesus and Heaven on earth. We thank You for Your Good Will, Plan, Hope and Future.

Covered in the Name of Jesus, You provide. Amen.











♔ Lord Jesus Saves!   











Thursday, January 31, 2019

Psalm 118 ~ This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous


When the Children of Israel returned from Egypt, terrace farming was strongly encouraged. Land was given.




Psalm 118




1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 

2 Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 

3 Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 

4 Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 





5 Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free. 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

 7 The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. 8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. 

10 All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 

11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 
12 They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 13 I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. 

15 Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, 16 the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"

 17 I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD. 18 The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 




East Gate or called Beautiful Gate, today called Gate of Mercy.

Open during Jesus' Life as foretold.


20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 

22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 

23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.


24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

25 Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! 

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! 
We bless you from the house of the LORD. 

27 The LORD is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. 

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! 



28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. 29 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!





Is there really an Indiana Jones? Charles Warren handled the actual Jack the Ripper case with the best tools England had. He was invited to do something very unusual. To climb under the Temple archeaology, see what was intact and report on the Gates.

The Survey of Western Palestine /Excavation of the 2Temple  of Jerusalem
by Col. Sir Charles Warren, K.C.M.G., R.E.,
and
Capt. Claude Reigner Conder, R.E.
The Committe of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Inc
1, Adam Street, Adelphi, London, WC., England, 1884.



ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF JERUSALEM.
THE present paper is confined to the consideration of the dates of existing buildings in the city of Jerusalem so far as they can be determined.

The oldest existing remains appear to be those of the ramparts of the upper city. It was round this hill (now known to the inhabitants as Sion) that the wall of David and Solomon ran, according to Josephus (5 Wars iv. 2). It appears therefore possible that the great scarps in the present British cemetery (described under the head Hummum Tubariya) may be as old as the time of David (the eleventh century B.C.), or even earlier.

The ancient tomb now known as that of Nicodemus, west of the rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre Church, has been proposed by Captain Conder as representing the burial-place of Solomon, David, and the more famous of the succeeding Kings of Judith, which was to be found in the 'City of David.' Captain Conder agrees with Sir Charles Warren in applying this term to the Lower City, and if the suggestion be accepted, this tomb is one of the oldest monuments in Jerusalem. We learn from the Talmud (Tosiphta Baba Bathra, c.i.) that the Tombs of the Kings were, with the sepulcher of Huldah, the only tombs inside Jerusalem; and the so-called Tomb of Nicodemus is the only ancient tomb inside modern Jerusalem, so far as has been discovered. There is no doubt that its form is that of the oldest class of Jewish tombs, and the fact that some of the kokum are sunk beneath the floor of the chamber seems to agree with Josephus' description of the Tombs of David and Solomon (7 Ant. xv. 3), which were invisible even when standing within the monument. It must, however, be noted that other writers have supposed that the Kings of Judah to have been buried on the Ophel spur south of the Temple.

The great tunnel from the upper spring to the Pool of Siloam is a third monument of Jerusalem which certainly dates earlier than the Captivity. The inscription recently discovered in this rock-cut aqueduct is supposed to date as early as the eighth century B.C., and it appears probable that this great work is referred to in the Bible in the account of Hezekiah's preparations for the Assyrian siege (2 Chron. xxxii. 4, 30), in which it is stated that the waters of the spring of Gihon were artificially diverted.

The great wall discovered by Sir Charles Warren on Ophel is another relic which appears to date at least as early as the time of Nehemiah. Nearly all authorities agree that the Wall of Nehemiah occupied this position and that it appears to have been built on the older line of Jotham and Manasseh (2 Chron. xxvii. q; xxxiii. I4).

The rocky scarp of the Tower of Baris, with its exterior fosse, appears to have existed at least as early as the second century a.c. (i 8 Ant. xiv. 3), and is not impossibly mentioned in the Bible (Neh. ii. 8, iii. i; Zech. xiv. io; cf. r Wars iii. 3, Middoth i. q, Tamid i. r, Zebakhim xii. 3). Sir Charles Warren agrees with Sir Charles Wilson in fixing this on the scarp now existing at the northwest angle of the Haram. Captain Conder follows them in this identification, and the same views were held by the Duc de Vogii6, and yet earlier by Dr. Robinson.

The so-called Cotton Grotto, near the Damascus Gate, is a great quarry whence the Temple stones were obtained. It may have been used by Solomon and was clearly in existence in the time of Herod. It is perhaps to this grotto that Josephus alludes in speaking of the ' Royal Caverns' (5 Wars iv. a) on the north side of the city.

The architectural character of the old rock-cut monuments in the Kedron valley, opposite to the Haram, has led architectural authorities to regard these sepulchers as belonging probably to the Hasmonean period--the second century B.C. Josephus speaks of a monument of Alexander (Jannaeus) on the east of the city (5 Wars vii. 3), in a situation possibly represented by that of the Tantur Fer'on, or so-called Absalom's Pillar, which may thus perhaps be identified with the sepulcher of the Hasmonean monarchy, Alexander Jannxus. Two other tombs in immediate proximity are traditionally named after St. James and Zechariah; but on the facade of the first, there is a rude inscription in square Hebrew, which mentions the family of the Bene Hezir as there buried. This family of priests mentioned in the Bible (I Chron. xxiv. i5), and the date of the inscription (which is in so inaccessible a position as to have been very probably cut before the facade was completed) is held by the Duc de Vogue to be determined by the form of the characters as belonging to the century before Christ.

Another monument further south is often mentioned by De Vogue and others as the 'Egyptian Tomb' on account of its moldings; but these moldings are repeated on the so-called tombs of Absalom and Zechariah just noticed, and the remains of two letters, apparently of the earlier Hebrew character, have recently been observed on this tomb by. Clermont Ganneau, which might serve to class this monument as even earlier than those already noticed.

North of Jerusalem is the.fine monument called generally the 'Tombs of the Kings.' Dr. Robinson has given reasons for supposing that this is the sepulcher of Helena, Queen of Adiabene, and of her sons. This monument was surmounted by three pyramids (20 Ant. iv. 3), like that on the tomb of Zechariah. Pausanias notices the rolling stone at the door (Grecia Descript. 8, I6), and later writers also mention the monument. (Euseb. Hist. Eccles. ii. i2; Jerome, Epit. Paulae, etc., etc.; cf. 'Biblical Researches,' i., pp. 363 and 610). The so-called ' Tombs of the Kings ' are still closed by a rolling stone, and parts of the surmounting pyramids have been discovered in excavating above the facade. This monument may therefore be regarded as belonging to the century before the Christian Era. A fine sarcophagus with an Aramaic inscription, stating that it held the body of Queen Sara, was discovered in this tomb by De Saulcy.

The so-called 'Tombs of the Judges,' north-west of the preceding, are held by the Jews to be those of the chiefs of the Sanhedrin; and this tradition agrees with the architectural style of the facade in determining this system of sepulchers as belonging to the same period with the preceding--viz. the Hasmonean age.

A tomb of similar character exists on the south side of Wady Rababeh, having a frieze ornamented with rosettes and triglyphs. This monument appears to agree in position with the sepulcher of Ananus (5 Wars xii. 2), the famous high priest who lived about the time of Christ. The tomb of Simon the Just (fourth century B.C.) is shown by the Jews north of the city, but there is no evidence beyond the tradition of its identity.

The great drafted masonry of the Haram walls is all of one class to the foundation (with differences of finish according to position), and it is referred by the Duc de Vogue entirely to the Herodian period. The discovery of. Phoenician letters at the base of the wall near the southeast angle does not of necessity prove that this rampart was erected by Solomon, as the character was also in use in Herod's time. Captain Conder has followed De Vogue in supposing the present ramparts to have been erected from their foundation by Herod. This question is, however, further discussed in detail on a later page.

The great reservoir, now known as Hummum el Batrak or Hezekiah's Pool, is supposed by many authorities to be the pool Amygdalon (or 'of the towers') mentioned by Josephus (5 Wars xi. 4), apparently near Hippicus. In this case the  pool is at least as old as the Herodian period.

The low-level aqueduct from Bethlehem was constructed by Pontius Pilate (i8 Ant. iii. 2), and this is the last. of the existing remains in and round the city which can be assigned to the period preceding the great destruction by Titus in 70 A.D. For although it is agreed by nearly all authorities that the present 'Tower of David' stands on the site of one of the old Royal Towers (representing Phasaelus according to Lewin, pe Vogue, Conder, and others, or Hippicus according to Robinson and earlier authorities), the existing masonry is in part more modern. The great Tyropoeon Bridge, which existed already before Pompey's siege (63 B.C.), may be considered as part of the Haram, and the arch, now represented by a few haunch stones, is of the Herodian age. The date of the aqueduct leading into the Haram from outside the Damascus Gate is uncertain, but it has been thought to represent the narrow passage ca.llew Strato's by Josephus (13 Ant. xi. 2), and in this case the excavation is at least as old as the Hasmonean age.

The remaining monuments of ancient Jerusalem, of which no traces have as yet been recognized with certainty, include the famous second Ivan, commenced by Solomon, to include the lower city, and the third all, built about 40 A.D. by Agrippa, yet further north. The various theories concerning these fortifications will be mentioned later. 'The tomb of John' Hyrcanus, near the pool Amygdalon, is also unknown, and the sites of the towers of Psephinus and Marianne remain doubtful. The Monument of the Fuller, the Women's Towers, the pool Struthius, are also subjects of controversy; as is the exact position of the Holy House within the Haram area, and the extent of the Temple enclosure, with the position of its gates. Of natural features, the Dragon's Well and the Serpent's Poo1 (with the adjoining monument of Herod) are the most important remaining to be fixed, while the site of Calvary, traditionally placed within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, has been supposed by Captain Conder to be recognizable in the present cliff of Jeremiah's Grotto.

The first builder whose work can be recognised after the great destruction by Titus is the Emperor Hadrian, who rebuilt Jerusalem under the new name Aelia Capitolina in I36 A.D. The walls erected by this Emperor seem probable to have followed a line closely represented by that of the present city wall, excluding great part of the high southwest hill now called Sion. This line on the south was clearly so traced when the Bordeaux Pilgrim visited Jerusalem in 333 A.D. when Hadrian's walls were apparently still standing.

Hadrian erected a statue of Jupiter (still in position when seen by the Bordeaux Pilgrim) on the site of the Temple (Jerome, Comm. on Isaiah ii. 8 and on Matt. xxiv. 15), and the inscription which was cut on its base is still recognizable on a large stone built upside down into the south wall of the Haram near the Double Gate. According to Eusebius (Vita Const. iii. 26) and Jerome (Epit. xlix.), Hadrian also built a Temple of Venus on the site of the present Church of the Holy Sepulchre; but of this no remains have been recognized. A coin of Antoninus Pius represents such a temple as existing in Jerusalem. Among the other public buildings of this period were two markets, a theatre, a mint, a tricameron, a tetranymphon, and a dodekapylon ('Paschal Chronicle'), but none of these have been recognised. It is, however, supposed on architectural grounds that the so-called Ecce Homo arch was a triumphal entry (similar to that at Jerash, beyond jordan) erected by Hadrian, or by one of his immediate successors, in the second century A.D.

The attempt of Emperor Julian to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple in the fourth century failed entirely; in 333 A.D. the enclosure was found still in ruins by the Bordeaux Pilgrim. According to Eusebius, it would appear that a church already existed on Olivet when Helena visited the city in 326 A.D. According to Epiphanius, seven synagogues were found by Hadrian on Sion, one of which still existed in the fourth century, according to the Bordeaux Pilgrim. Epiphanius also speaks of the Sion Church (the later Coenaculum) as existing in the time of Hadrian. A cemetery of tombs in the lady Rababeh belonging to this church will be found described in a later page under the name of that valley.

It is possible that the great pool called Birket Israel was constructed at the time of the restoration of Jerusalem by Hadrian; for, although Sir Charles Warren has shown that some kind of fosse must here have existed at a very early period, there is no description of this pool in the works of Josephus, and it is very improbable that he would have omitted to mention so enormous a reservoir had it existed in his time. He speaks only of a fosse, and the masonry of the birket is inferior in character and resembles the later Roman work in Syria. This reservoir appears to be mentioned by the Bordeaux Pilgrim (section 4) as already existing, and would, therefore, most naturally be preferable to Hadrian.

With the conversion of Constantine, a new building epoch commences in Jerusalem. The original. Basilica of the Anastasis was completed by Constantine in the year 335 A.D. The situation of the traditional site is described by Theodorus (530 A.D.) as being in the middle of the city. Eucherius (427-40 A.D.) places it north of Sion, and the site of Sion at this time was identical with that now shown--the hill of the old upper city. The Bordeaux Pilgrim (333 A.D.) speaks of the Basilica, which was then building, as on the left hand of a pilgrim proceeding to the Porta Neapolitan, which is generally supposed to have been the present Damascus Gate. Eusebius and Jerome (in the 'Onomasticon') also place Golgotha north of Sion. These various notices appear to indicate that Constantine's Basilica occupied the same site now shown as that of the Holy Sepulchre, close to the hill of Calvary. The view of Mr. Fergusson will, however, be mentioned later. The Duc de Vogue and Professor Willis agree in restoring the Basilica on the present site in such a manner as to make the walls and colonnade still existing east of the present church parts of the atrium and propylea, which are described by Eusebius (Vita Constant. iii. 39) as existing east of the Basilica and of the Sepulchre.

This Basilica is described by various writers of the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries, and often mentioned in the Homilies of St. Cyril. it was destroyed in 614 A.D. by Chosroes II., a Sassanian King of Persia, as mentioned by the contemporary writer of the 'Paschal Chronicle.'

Other buildings existing in the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries are as follows. The Church or Basilica of the Ascension, on the summit of Olivet, was already in existence in 333 A.D., but no trace of this original building has been found. The Church of the Tomb of the Virgin is mentioned by John of Damascus as existing in the time of the Empress Pulcheria (390-450 A.D.) and a Basilica is here described by Theodorus (530 A.D.). Bernard, in 867 A.D., found it in ruins--a round church without any roof. A Basilica is described in the southeast angle of the Haram as early as 530 A.D., marking the site of the so-called Cradle of Christ. Theodorus calls it St. Simeon.

In the last years of her life, the Empress Eudoxia retired to Jerusalem (450-461 A.D.), and rebuilt the walls of the city. She also erected a Church of St. Stephen, north of the city, of which some traces remain. (Of. under head el Heidhemiyeh.) It was a stadium from the city wall (Evagrius Hist. Eccles. i. 22), and in or near it the Empress was buried. A tomb discovered recently in this vicinity has been thought to be possibly that of Eudoxia. The church was found in ruins by Saewulf in 1102 A.D.

The following sites are also mentioned in the fifth and sixth centuries, before the Moslem conquest, which took place under Omar in 637 A.D. St. Anne (a church re-erected by the Crusaders) .is mentioned by Antony of Piacenza in 600 A.D. The Church of Gethsemane existed even in the fourth century. St. Pelagia, on Olivet {a church with the tomb of the Saint), is noticed by Theodorus in 530 A.D., and probably occupied the site of the present traditional cave of St. Pelagia. The same author speaks also of the Church of St. Peter on Sion--probably the site afterward known as Gallicantus. Another Chapel of St. Mark, not now recognizable, seems also to have then stood on Sion.

The most important buildings of the early Christian period after the time of Constantine appear, however, to have been those of Justinian, in the Haram area, erected about 532 A.D. Theodorus was the architect, and the well-known tract describing Jerusalem in the sixth century bears his name. These buildings included the Basilica of St. Mary (cf. 'Procopius de Edificiis Justiniani,' v. 6), which stood on vaults, and was surrounded with cloisters (stoa); and also two hospitals for the sick and poor. The remains of this Basilica are recognized by the Duc de Vogue in the present mosque el Aksa, and it is possible that not only the later ornamentation of the Double Gate, but also the structure of the Golden Gate, and the roofing of many of the Haram cisterns, belong to this period, as well as the vaulting of the Twin Pools, which is similar to that of the tunnel leading to the Double Gate. In the fourth century, the Twin Pools were apparently open and uncovered, though now beneath the level of the roadway.

The Basilica of Constantine, burnt in 614 A.D., was replaced in 616 A.D. by a group of small chapels or oratories erected by the Monk Modestus, afterward Patriarch of Jerusalem. A curious plan exists (cf. De Vogue; Eglises de la Terre Sainte, p. 161), made by Arculphus about 680 A.D., showing these chapels, one is on the supposed site of Calvary, a second over the cave of the Invention of the Cross, a third dedicated to St. Mary, west of Calvary, while the Holy Sepulchre itself stood in a rotunda, called the Martyrion. These chapels were destroyed in 1010 A.D. by order of the Fatemite Khalif Hakem. They were again replaced by little chapels (oratoria olde modica), which the Crusaders found standing, and which they incorporated in their great Cathedral (William of Tyre, Viii. 3).

Among the Christian chapels already in existence when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem may be mentioned St. John on Olivet, St. Leon in the valley of Jehosaphat, the Chapels of the Agony and of the Credo on Olivet, and St. Mamilla, apparently near the present Birket Mamilla. The great Hospital of St. John was erected on the old site of Charlemagne's hospice, which is mentioned by Bernhard the Wise in 867 A.D., adjoining a Church of St, Mary' (afterward St. Maria Majora). This building was, however, destroyed in the eleventh century. St. Maria Latina, north of the hospice, was founded by the merchants of Amalfi between 1014 and 1023 A.D., and the firman granted for its re-endowment by the Moslem ruler, Melek Muzzafer; in 1O23 A.D., is still preserved in the Franciscan monastery at Jerusalem. Sancta Maria Parve. adjoining this last was added for female pilgrims, apparently also in the eleventh century (William of Tyre, ix. 18), and a hospital and chapel of St. John the Almoner adjoined this smaller church. All these buildings existed when the first Crusaders entered Jerusalem. The cemetery of Aceldama is also mentioned as early as 680 A.D., apparently at the present site (Hakk ed Dumm). This site adjoined the medieval Chaudemar but is to be distinguished from the Charnel House of the Lion mentioned by Bernard the Wise and John of Wirtzburg, which was on the site of the present cemetery, near Birket Mamilla.

The pool of Siloam appears also to have been at one time covered by a building, which is called a church by Antony of Piacenza, about 600 A.D., and the tombs in the Jehosaphat Valley were at this time inhabited by Christian hermits.

The early pilgrims before 530 A.D. speak, as we have seen, of the Temple enclosure as in ruins. The Bordeaux Pilgrim mentions the vault and tanks, the ramparts and the 'pierced stone,' near which was Hadrian's statue. The latter is apparently the present Sakhrah rock, pierced by the shaft leading to the cave beneath. Eucherius (in the fifth century) saw only a few cisterns, and the pinna, or pinnacle, which appears to have been formed by the masonry of the south-east angle, standing many courses higher than the rest of the ancient walls.

None of the early writers speak of the Golden Gate before Justinian. Antony of Piacenza and Saewulf in 1102 are the first to describe this monument, and the latter does not carry its real history back further than the time of Heraclius (the beginning of the seventh century). Arculphus, in 680 A.D., is the first to speak of the Moslem buildings erected in the Temple Area. It appears from Eutychius (tenth century), and from the Arabic writers, Mejr ed Din and Jelal ed Din (fifteenth century), that Omar found no building over or near the Sakhrah rock. The Khalif erected a wooden building near the Rock, but this was subsequently' removed; it is to this structure that Arculphus appears to allude in describing a rude square house of prayer on the site of the Temple, raised with planks and beams on old foundations, and large enough to hold 3,000 men.

The following are the most important notices of Jerusalem from the fourth to the twelfth centuries: The earliest description is that written by the unknown Pilgrim of Bordeaux, who was in Jerusalem in the year 333, while Constantine's Church was being built.

"There are in Jerusalem two large pools beside the Temple, that is, one to the right, the other to the left, which Solomon made; but within the city are the Twin Pools, (3) having five porches, which are called Bethsaida. There those who had been many years sick were healed, for the water of the pools is troubled as if boiling. There also is the crypt where Solomon tormented demons; and there is the corner of a very high tower (5) where the Lord ascended, and he who tempted Him said, "If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down;" and the Lord said to him, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, but Him only shalt thou serve." There is the great Stone of the Corner, of which it is said, "The stone which the builders refused is here made the head of the corner." And under the pinnacle of the same toiler are very many cells where Solomon had his palace.' There also stands the cell in which he sat and wrote about Wisdom, and this cell is roofed by a single stone.' There are also great tanks underground for the voter, and pools made by peat labor. And in the enclosure itself, where was the temple which Solomon built, in the marble before the altar, the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, they say, yet floors {dicunt hodie fusum), also the marks appear of the clubs of the soldiers who slew him, all over the court, so that you mold think them printed in wax.

' Cistern near St. Anne. - Birket Israil.

' Twin Pools by the barracks, northwest angle of Hara' 'Rock-cut passage from last.

' Southeast angle of Haram. ' Vaults at southeast angle.

' Ancient window in east wall at south-east angle, roofed, as described, with a single stone, and large enough to be called a cell

There are the two statues of Hadrian, and there is not far from the statues a pierced stone (lapis pertusus), (1) to which combine the Jews every year and anoint it, and bewail themselves with groans, and tear their garments, and thus depart. And there is the house of Hezekiah, King of Judah. Likewise to one going out of Jerusalem, that you may go up to Sion, on the left and down in the valley near the wall is the pool which is called Siloa, and it has four porches and another great pool outside. Here a fountain runs six days and nights, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, it runs not neither the whole day nor the whole night." 'Thence by the same way one goes up Sion, and the place where was the house of has the priest is seen, and the column is still there on which they scourged Christ with scourges.' Trout within, inside the wall of Sion, appears the place where David had his palace.(4) Of the seven synagogues which were there, only one remains, for the rest have been ploughed and sown, as the prophet Isaias said.

"Thence that you may go out of the wall from Sion (inde ut eas foras murum de Sion) for one going to the Neapolitan Gate, (5) on the right hand, down in the valley are walls, where was the house or praetorium of Pontius Pilate', where the Lord was heard before He suffered. Right on the left hand is the little Mount Golgotha', where the Lord was crucified. Thence about a stones-throw is the crypt' where His body was placed and rose the third day. There now, by order of Emperor Constantine, a basilica is making, that is adominicum of wonderful beauty, having beside it a tank, whence the water is drawn, and a. bath behind, where the infants are washed. 'The Sakreh Rock.' Siloam, with the old pool beneath, and intermittent supply, as at present. 'The present site of Caiaiphas House. The so-called Tower of David.' Damascus Gate. ' Present barracks, northwest angle of Haram. ' Calvary Chapel. ' Holy Sepulchre.



The Intact foundation of the Second Temple included some stones from the First Temple.


No one has found the original East Gate, the Gate called Beautiful Gate. Today, built in 6th century A.D, is called Gate of Mercy. Why is the original gate missing or not found? A reason would be:

Ezekiel 44:1-3
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut. 2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut. 3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”




Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.



Revelation 21 tells us Heaven has 12 gates named after the Tribes of Israel. And each gate is one large pearl.

If we dwell on the knowledge, the "proof", we miss the greater point. Jesus entered into the Beautiful Gate. It was open to Him. How does God keep His gates for us?









Revelation 21:25-27
On no day will its gates ever be shut

The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.


Father God,

We ask Jesus the Christ, Your only Son, to live in us and be part of us. We know John 17 is alive. Jesus prays with us and for us.

When we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth You are Lord; You stretch out Your arms again for us.

The Amazing Truth of God's Blessings are upon us as we believe. Covering our cares and Blessings of God on those we Love. Blessings going so far in time - and then the size of God's Blessing covering the earth. Blessing our Nation trusting in Jesus Christ. Covering God's Good Creation - blessing the Nations trusting in Him. Having His Joy as we ask for more of God's Heaven upon earth.

In Jesus Christ - all our Blessings.Amen.





♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  








Wednesday, January 30, 2019

John 14:8-11 ~ The Father, and it is enough for us


John 14:8-11


8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”


9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 1

0 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.




Salvation. Really a Plan of God. And being God, really about God.

And being God of Love and God of Encouragement. God of Gods. Jesus could look at the vast multitude of people and know their names and cares. Jesus would know all about us and our lives.

Philip looks at Jesus and tells Jesus the people will decide when the people have enough. Since the Garden of Eden. Abraham and many others.

What does God provide for filling all of our lives with God Himself:


1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he made to us - eternal life.

Deuteronomy 7:9
He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Lamentations 3:21-23
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.

Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.

Psalm 13:6
I will sing to the Lord for he has been good to me. 

Hebrews 13:8
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 




Psalm 13:6
“I will sing to the Lord for he has been good to me. "



Isaiah 66:9
I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born.

Psalm 27:13
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Habakuk 1:5
Look among the nations and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your day that you would not believe even if I told you.

Isaiah 48:17
I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.

Isaiah 55:11
It is the same with my word. I send it out and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast to the confession of our faith without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Psalm 23:6
Why should I fear the future? For I am being pursued only by your goodness and unfailing love.

Isaiah 14:27
All the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained.

Psalm 120:1
I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him and he answered my prayers.

Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God.

Isaiah 58:11
The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well watered garden; like an ever flowing spring.




And if we should decide this is not full...

Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

This Joy is sometimes quiet.  Even Elijah found comfort beyond the Wonders moving around Him and realized the enduring and faithful Love God has speaking to him in his heart, mind and soul.


Abba,

In Your Blessings, this is where we want to dwell.


We give You thanks, Your Love dwells with us and does not leave. You are Faithful, Trustworthy and Steadfast. Your Love shows us You are God of All and never failing. Thank You.


We thank You our Nation has seen many changes and You secure us. We thank You we have a Nation trusting in You.


We thank You for the people we Love. You have blessed us.


We thank You for the Beloved of God causing You to say Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow You delight in mankind. And Thank You to give us Jesus and know to ask for all of our cares and the people we Love flowing to the Nation and all the Nations trusting in You - for more of Heaven on this earth.


The Blessing of Jesus is our Alleluia and Amen.













  
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Psalm 20 ~ May the LORD answer you †



Psalm 20


For the director of music. A Psalm of David.

1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion. 3 May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. 4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. 5 May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.

6 Now this I know:
The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. 9 LORD, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!




It would be difficult to believe David's observations of life - without him being a real person. And yet the faithful have done this for two millenniums without proof. Blessed are the eyes that don't see and yet believe.


Abba,

We thank You for the Life You recorded of David.

We are Blessed by You Daily. To learn David wanted to search the Scriptures to find Truth.

Blessings upon those 2,500 people who attended Joseph Walker's funeral upon hearing an Air Force Veteran needed to be blessed for his service. And the funeral had not been followed through until Killeen, Texas put out the word. We do not leave Children of God and Veterans behind!

Asking healing and blessing on the 4 Houston Police men injured in the line of duty. Prayers of healing and comfort to them and their families. Jesus cover them in Mercy and Healing, we ask.

We ask You to cover us in the Name of Jesus. We ask this of our Loved ones. We ask the Beloved of God around the world are heard asking for more Heaven on earth. We pray for our own Nation and the Nations trusting in Jesus to be Blessed.

Amen in Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!







Monday, January 28, 2019

Isaiah 12:1-6 ~ I will trust




Isaiah 12:1-6 


You will say in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.

“Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust,
and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God is 
my strength and my song,
and he 
has become my salvation.”

With joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

And you will say in that day: 
“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name,
 make known his deeds among the peoples, 
proclaim that his name is exalted. 

“Sing praises to the Lord, 
for he has done gloriously; 
let this be made known in all the earth".





I love this art of Jesus. Jesus Living Water in the water. Jesus in Life - Jesus calls Joy. Jesus welcoming the child the Disciples thought would waste His schedule and time.
Jesus Loves the Disciples.
We are the Beloved of Jesus.
Jesus Joy.





Jesus was always appropriate. Always in thought for His Father. Jesus in Proverbs 8 delights in mankind and plans to put the Holy Spirit inside of believers. Jesus Living Water. A two by two plan. Place the Holy Spirit in mankind God loves so well.. A new earth - but two by two - a new Heaven. God the Father is given to by His Son. A New Heaven.

Jesus sends the 72 Disciples out two by two. Jesus arrives in John 1 as two by two. With John the Baptist.

John the Baptist has a ministry that looks much like the Prophets of the Old Testament.


When we see Jesus Christ.
 We see the Son of God speaks of the Bible, with unique Authority of the Son of God in His Father's House. We find Jesus telling the Truth. Speaking to all. And displaying what Isaiah saw.

Jesus bore our diseases and healed our infirmities. The Old Testament shows us Elijah pressed and hunkered down in a cave. Worried to magnificently do the Will of God. Jesus tells us He is the Bridegroom. He is healing. And three times in the New Testament we see "Jesus healed them all."


Only in the Ministry of Jesus do we see the phrase the Disciples used in the Road to Emmaus.
 "All of Israel knows." All the people coming from every quarter to see Jesus. Because there is nothing like Jesus. The Love and Healing God has revealed in Jesus and His Mercy. His Truth. His Life. Multitudes and Multitudes fill the Temple because Jesus is Alive. Alive Today. Alive.




As John the Baptist passed from life to eternity, we see Jesus feeding the multitudes. The Son of God feeding the multitudes by the Power and Word of God beside the Sea of Galilee. If we apply the magnitude of what Jesus is able to accomplish - in this delight of His mankind - His Beloved Children - as Jesus fed the Multitude - it's possible - Jesus could have walked on the Sea of Galilee that evening - because the Sea of Galilee was Living Water supporting the Living Water of God - His Only Son Jesus Christ.

This is the Level of Joy - God the Father would see in the Love and Mercy of Jesus.

This is the Alpha and Omega of God. Almighty God. This is the God of Love and Encouragement we put our faith in.


Abba,

More Jesus. More Holy Spirit. More Joy.

Abba we trust You with our cares.
Abba we trust You with our dearly held Love ones.
Abba we trust You with the people You Give us.
Abba we trust You with today, we trust You with tomorrow.

We are the people who will rest tonight safely.
We are the people who will rise up to the Work You give us.
We are the people You nourish in the Holy Spirit.
We are Joyful to be Your Beloved.

Thank You, Abba, to care for the people who delight You.
We see two solar flares. Five Hurricanes. Terrible flooding. Fires in the United States.

We believe You have a Plan. And as we trust in You,
we can do all things in Jesus Christ.

We have seen Amazing Grace during the flood of Houston.
We are seeing Amazing Grace caring for those in recovery.
We Thank You for the Holy Spirit You display in this time.

The Father still at work. With His Son Jesus. Joy.

Amen and Amen Father God for Jesus and the people with Your Holy Spirit. Amen.







♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †






Sunday, January 27, 2019

Psalm 8 ~ Your Glory in the heavens and the work of Your fingers


Psalm 8


A Psalm of David.

1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory in the heavens.

2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies,  to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,


4 What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!






2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

The Prodigal Son is our Story.
God has put in His Plan for our Hope and Future. The ability to be exactly who we are to show God what we will do with the Talents He has given us. What we will do with - today.


Last week I was up early with an old Jackson dog calling for attention for being elderly. The sunrise was both beautiful and ordinary. Life was exciting to see the sun come up. To be enjoying the beauty of a new day. For the old dog to still be lumbering along and equally enjoying the new morning and the beautiful and ordinary sunrise. Breakfast would be with those I love. God's Mercy was spiritual, physical and emotionally Renewing.

I was reminded to take hold of each moment of Beauty and Glory. The rest of the day was tremendous rain, but I'd seen an hour of beautiful sun rising up. And the rain was welcomed as freezing temperatures would be arriving during the week. The rain bolstering the Wonderous Pine Forest of the Gulf of Mexico stretching from East Texas to the Atlantic shores of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.


And all of this is an analogy for being grateful for what God is doing in our lives. And with Gratitude having Thanksgiving pour into us to be reminded of the Larger Picture and Plan God has for us. In our beautiful and ordinary moments.


Father God has given us this tremendous freedom to make of our Lives what we will. Ordinary days the Scriptures tell us Angels have longed to look into the Salvation God brings us. And Angels are perfectly suited to being messengers of God Himself. God places in each of us a desire to do what He would want us to do. To lean into the gifts and talents our Loving Father God has given us.

Gratitude holds no regrets. And is fuel for the day.



Our Abba,

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

You are God of all grace, calling us to Your glory in Christ eternal.

You will, Yourself, restore us and make us strong, firm and steadfast. Renewing us daily.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, You are for us. Cover us, the ones we Love and You Love with the Strong Name of Jesus. Covering all of us, the world You will save in Jesus Christ. Knowing we are very Blessed in Jesus.

Being blessed knowing all the world prays for more of Your Heaven on earth. Amen.




♔ Lord Jesus Saves! 




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Who Jesus Is
1 Timothy 1:1-11 ~ God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope
Matthew 16:13-20 ~ who do people say the Son of Man is?

Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
Animals are found in Heaven ~ 6 Prophets See Animals in Heaven

Anger, Jealousy=Trouble




The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

Bible - in your hand, today

Bible Accuracy



Blessing







Blessing our Father God

Blessing - unaware

Boundaries

Brothers
Christmas - His Word Upholds the Universe - December 25th


Psalm 135 ~ who is in your midst
John 1:1-14, 16, 29-51 ~ He was in the world

Details - Putting it all together and discovering it is about God

Psalm 108 ~ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
Exodus 40:16-38 ~ In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
their Abba









Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























Prayer

Psalm 91 ~ Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy



Prayer Needs




Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words

Promises

Prosperity Gospel











Repeat and Repeat







Rest

Restore

Revelation 8:2
Seven Angels who stand before God

Revisionist History - Moses and Jeremiah said
there would be days like this
Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


SALVATION! What is needed?

Science - Blinded me - No - He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind - With Science!!!

Second (3rd or 4th) Rate Seventh Level of Heaven

Seventh Level of Heaven







Shepherd

Smile!



Time Management





Life and Travels of Paul

Shroud

Transfiguration



True
The World Changed Rapidly after the first Easter



Trust Him

Uncomfortable Scripture

Video Game Player

Visual







Who is like our God?

Willingly

Works and Grace
Mark 1:4-11 ~ You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased

Worry

Wrathful, Nasty Old God from the Old Testament

Yahweh




Years - Thousands of Them are Yesterday in His Sight


80 Books of the Bible
Holy Spirit Approved by the First Council Nicaea and St. Nicholas
Included by the Essenes in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Today included by the Catholic Church
God wants to save the world.
The Apocrypha has Purpose; other cultures blend here.





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