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Sunday, December 18, 2022

Matthew 1:1-23 ~ All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken †

Matthew 1:1-23




1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.


18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name Immanuel”





This season is challenging. And evidently, people have been considering the time and the season more in Christmas 2022. I agree with the sermons I've heard, Sermons looking at the Purpose and Plan of our Father, Almighty God. The Theology Theory and Rumination of Time.


Time has so many aspects. Roots, Crown, Growth, Seasons of Lush, Verdant Growth, Drought, Drought Recovery and Hard Freeze. Glory!  

Or you could think of the blind man asked to feel the elephant and tell how this could be compared to God's Glory.  The children of God, the light of mankind, have God's understanding of time.

Is this whole shake down, by alphabetical order: Supply chain, pharmaceuticals, financials, families, death, children education and child hysterectomy and our values part of God's Plan? You bet. God is not worried. Life is the Prodigal Son. We ride the waves.







Really, are these situations adding to meaningful life?
Yes, our choices are going to make our lives meaningful. When we see the first 18 verses of Matthew 1, we see a lot of lives we don't know the information on. Was life Jabez?  Was life the Deportation to Babylon? Did they know the honey of Egypt? Or the wine of Rome? Or did they stay on the farm or wander like Ruth and Naomi? We won't know until Heaven. Jesus did give us some advice, as we wonder about times and seasons. Every generation had meaningful highs and lows and each generation was different. 

The peace is hard won. If you fake your values, it's a power game of nicey, Superficial. A polite veneer isn't love.  Being polite and merciful is always meaningful. Sincere is meaningful. Honesty for the path being goodness and mercy is extremely important. Polite. Polite is important. Let's not forget polite and sincere is meaningful. Truth. 

John 14:3

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God

Ecclesiastes 3:11 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. 
Also, He has put eternity into man's heart, 
yet so that he cannot find out 
what God has done from the beginning to the end.


God, our Father, our Abba, does not treat us as servants, we are faithful because He has first Loved us.  He tells us we are His children and His friend. God gave us The Books of Kings 1 and 2 with the Books of Chronicles 1 and 2.  Jesus began His Ministry with the devil showing up to tempt Christ. There isn't a day or an event where good and evil don't bother one another. The seeds of mercy and goodness have to be strong. But the Light overcomes the darkness.  We can know some of the histories of the family of Jesus, the unknown family of Jesus by knowing these 4 books of the Bible. They may be kings, but God says the True Nobility are those who Believe the Promises of God. These books are our stories, parallel of our lives, the lives of the family of Jesus Christ. Lives of good interweaving with evil, Light shining, as we make our choices.


Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God "interweaves" 
for the good of those who love Him, 
who have been called according to His purpose.

I've read this is really closer to the Hebrew and Latin in Scripture. Interweaves.

Who loves God enough? Who is "Called" according to His purpose? 


Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof!
    
The world and those who dwell therein,

For He has founded it 
upon the seas
    and established it 
upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not lift up his soul to what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.

5 He will receive blessing from the Lord
    and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek Him,
    who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah




John 10:9, Psalm 23

I am the Gate. If anyone enters by me,
he will be saved. And will go in 
and find pasture.





7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, mighty in battle!

9 Lift up your heads, O gates!

    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.

10 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord of hosts,
    He is the King of glory! Selah




All those prayers, questions, worries like the Apostles, we have, signs we ask for, people we love and pray for:






Romans 10:9-10 

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus 
and believe in your heart 
that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, 
and with the mouth confession 
is made unto salvation.









Ephesians 1:9,10

 Making known to us the mystery of His will, 
according to His purpose, 
which He set forth in Christ 

as a Plan 
for the fullness of time
 
to unite all things in Him, 
things in Heaven 
and things on earth.



















Abba, Father, 

Making known to us the mystery of His will, 
according to His purpose, 
which He set forth in Christ 
as a plan for the fullness of time, 
to unite all things in Him, 
things in heaven and things on earth.


Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing
 in the heavenly places

Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, 

That we should be holy and blameless before Him. 

In love He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His Will, 
to the praise of His glorious grace, 
with which He has blessed us in the Beloved. 

In Him we have redemption through his blood, 
the forgiveness of our trespasses, 
according to the riches of his grace, 
which He lavished upon us, 
in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of His will, 
according to his purpose, 
which He set forth in Christ 
as a plan for the fullness of time, 
to unite all things in Him, 
things in heaven and things on earth.

In Him we have obtained an inheritance, 
having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 

So that we who were the first to hope in Christ 
might be to the praise of His glory. 

In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, 
the gospel of your salvation, 
and believed in Him, 
were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance 
until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus
 and your love toward all the saints,

 I do not cease to give thanks for you, 
remembering you in my prayers, 
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Father of glory, 
may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, 
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, t
hat you may know what is the hope 
to which He has called you, 
what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, 
and 
what is the immeasurable greatness of his power 
toward us who believe, 
according to the working of his great might 
that he worked in Christ 
when he raised him from the dead 
and 
seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, 
and above every name that is named, 
not only in this age but also in the one to come. 

And He put all things under His feet 
and 
gave Him 
as head over all things to the church, 
which is His body, 
the fullness of Him 
Who fills all in all.


Amazing Grace, Jesus is Lord.
Of All.
Amen and Amen in Jesus.





♔ Lord Jesus Saves †











 

Friday, December 16, 2022

 






Psalm 130


Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in His word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with Him is plentiful redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities!


John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. 
We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, 
who came from the Father,
 full of grace and truth.





Romans 3:24

And all are justified freely by his grace 
through the redemption that came 
by Christ Jesus.




Luke 2:38

Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God
 and spoke about the child 
to all who were looking forward 
to the redemption of Jerusalem.





Psalms 130:7

Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with 
the LORD is unfailing love 
and 
with Him is full redemption.




2 Peter 3:18

Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

To Him be glory both now and forever! 

Amen.




Mark 10:32

They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, 
and Jesus was walking ahead of them. 

The disciples were filled with awe



Luke 2:14-18

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem 
and see this thing that has happened, 
which the Lord has made known to us.” 

And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby 
lying in a manger.
 And when they saw it, they made known the saying 
that had been told them concerning this child. 

And all who heard it wondered




Luke 2:26-29

And it had been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 


And he came in the Spirit into the temple, 
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, 
to do for him according to the custom of the Law

 he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said,


“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
    according to Your word;
for my eyes have seen 
Your Salvation
that You have prepared 
in the presence of all peoples,
a Light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    
And for Glory 
to your people 
Israel.”



33 And his father and his mother 
marveled 
at what was said 
about Him.


Abba, Father,

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
    for He has visited and redeemed His people
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David

As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old,
that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and to remember His Holy Covenant

The oath that He swore to our father Abraham, 
to grant us
    that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve Him without fear

    In holiness and righteousness before Him
 all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,

to give knowledge of salvation to His people
    in the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy 
of our God.

    Whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Blessed be the Highest Name 
of Jesus Christ
Bless the Holy Spirit as the 
Light of mankind
Light of the Nations
Light of Heaven
Blessed be our Father 
bringing us His exact nature
in Jesus Christ,
Lamb of God
Savior of the world
Forever
and ever.
Alleluia 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
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