Psalm 100 ~ His faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.



When John the Baptist began his ministry - he wanted the paths to be clear, straight and going in the right direction.

Preparing a Path God would love to travel. Jesus did this life and in John 14, 15, 16 told us Jesus had found Joy living this life. Jesus was not one to whitewash to make the people feel better.

Any time we have experienced trauma in the news, we tend to be pulled down.

But the Bible tells us of times in all generations that have included joy to come.

Moses believed this of his life and this certainly proved to be true:


Numbers 10:29
Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out to the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you'; come with us and we will do you good, for the LORD has promised good concerning Israel."

When people find something magnificently good, they do want to share the Goodness of God.


Hezekiah trusted God and the people worked hard to make sure that all would be in order for God. In fact at one time, Hezekiah had to turn away the tributes to God, there was no place for them. They had loaded all of the Temple.

2 Chronicles 29:30
Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped."



We are prone to dismiss all things work together for Good for those who love the Lord, but sometimes we need to see blessings with eyes of faith. Hope of Promise God would Fill.


Father God,

Renew and Fill us again and again, with Your Holy Spirit. Live and dwell richly in us. Fill us with Expectation of Your Goodness and Glory.

I give You thanks that Edward's recent health issue has a solution!!! That was appreciated.

Bless us to walk in Your Will knowing Your Hope and Your Future.

We will put down our burdens when we pray and come away with renewal in the Joy of Love.

Bless those we love and pray for. Bless these Churches tomorrow to always be a blessing to Jesus. And Bless our Nation and Christians around the world.

In Jesus. We give You Thanks. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Psalm 91 ~ For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways +

Psalm 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will saya to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refugeb—
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”

If you are going to start talking about the Exodus, if you are thinking of the Holiness of God surrounding the Children of Israel, we probably have to start at Abraham. Abraham believed God had the ability to give Abraham blessings and strength. The sons, grandsons and descendants of Abraham believed they had the ability to pass on blessings.

God speaks for God.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

Now was Abraham to dwell upon this?

Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

Jesus said this exactly the best.

Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.


Because of this!

1 Samuel 17:47
and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands.







And Jacob set off from land promised to Abraham. He had to do what we all do, he had to feed his children. And off to Egypt the adventure began.

This surely, surely, surely did not look like God was paying attention to His Promises.This is a hard thing even today. To think about God being asleep? Uncaring?





The Exodus is everyone's story.


500 years.

Longer than Gilligan by far. Five huuuuuuuundred years.

The History Channel did a Documentary on the Exodus and says some of the Plagues we can see from the air took place. About five or six years ago.

When you read the history of Egypt and look at the biblical dates This is very close to the 500 years we see changes in World History. 






1500 B.C.

The Tax Records today read that Joseph is here during the reign of Thutmose III, the 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom.  This is the Zenith of Egypt. As believers ar we surprised , when Joseph spoke with God?

Thutmose III

(Very similar name to Moses. Building was going on in massive scales.  Names, like those in Jeremiah 39, point out are changed to look all part of the team. And Jeremiah records the name of the Pharaoh he dealt with. Moses AND the Pharaoh decline to name each other in History. Setti II records Mose  - problems with his brother. )



In the New Kingdom -  The Glorious Years of Egypt - Monotheistic God Worship.

Akhenaten is 4 Pharaohs after Thutmose III and the 5th Pharaoh is one God alone, too. They change the Egyptian culture to Monotheistic God of the Sun. Like Joseph. Perhaps they have seen the Power of the God of Gods in the Exodus as part of their childhoods and recent history.

However the 6th Pharaoh - King Tut changes this to polytheistic and dies of a wound to the leg in his teenage years. This loss is very available for us to learn about - this is today's history.  


1200 B.C.

Seti II and Moses

Troubles are documented and various accusations occur during the short reign of Seti II. Clearly Thebes was going through very troubled times. There are references elsewhere to 'war' occurred during these years and is obscure to what. Neferhotep had complained of Paneb's attacks on himself to the vizier Amenmose, presumably a predecessor of Pra'emhab, whereupon Amenmose had punished Paneb. This trouble-maker had then brought a complaint before 'Mose' (i.e., 'Msy'), who acted to remove Pra'emhab from his office. Evidently this 'Mose' must have been a person of the highest importance.

Seti II expanded the copper mining at Timna Valley in Edom, building an important temple to Hathor, the cow goddess, in the region. It was abandoned in the late Bronze Age collapse, where a part of the temple seems to have been used by Midianite nomads, linked to the worship of a bronze serpent discovered in the area.

An important papyri date from the reign of Seti II. The Tale of Two Brothers, a fabulous story of troubles within a family on the death of their father, which may have been intended in part as political satire on the situation of the two half brothers.


 
1000 B.C.
 
500 years later the glories end - The New Kingdom is ushered out about with Ramses III. The Third Intermediate Period (1077–732 BC) marked the end of the New Kingdom after the collapse of the Egyptian Empire.  Ramses III fought an unidentified people and the treasury of Egypt is Gone. The Sea People. This Ramses III is viewed today as a mummy. Ramses III, had red hair, I've seen his mummy on display, and no teeth in old age. This is also today's history available to see after being in the ground for 3,000 years.

Ramses III

Ramses looses the treasury and fights with an unknown adversary? The Sea People?  The treasury is Broken. Ipuwer says the slaves are given everything and begged to leave.  The Egyptian army is broken by a strange set of weather of Tsunamis and Tornadoes ( the pillar of cloud Bible records). And Egypt is broken from the top wealth of the world forever. The women are left to get in boats to look for their fallen men of the army.








 


Now this is interesting, of course, but how will we relate to this?

Are we part of the 500 years where financial struggles and cultural struggles are just almost to become unbearable for our children? We have seen a lot of cultural changes from our grandparents to our children.



Well that depends on if you want to see the overview of the story with faith. This timeline fits and yet crashes us into David's Reign at 1000 B.C..  In exact parallel to Egypt.  And the Temple is Built. And finally the area around Bethlehem becomes for the First Time - really allotted to the Tribe of Judah. 


Genesis 22:18 to Abraham

17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."


Abraham's sons are covered by the Blessing of Abraham. What they depart with was the earnings of 500 years. Baalam can see the Blessing of Abraham. His writings are still available although he was corrupt.


Even during the years of slavery, the midwives cover the healthy birth of the Hebrew children. God protected the least of these children, the midwives are protected from Pharaoh. The blessing of Abraham.

The blessing of Abraham, Solomon increased the Children of Israel as Egypt fell. 

"Foreigners go no further. Thank you." Please be courteous..Now that is a Joke.

Even when the Children of Israsel had revisionist History in Jeremiah 23, God was making plans for the Blessing of Abraham to pull them up again. And when they killed God,  Jesus said the Temple would be pulled down and we can see the massive stones display Jesus is correct today. God holds up His Promises.

And unusually there are several intact signs saying "No Foreign Visitors." For good reason. The Temple was entirely covered in thousands of tons of Gold. Billions of dollars. I Chronicles 29 and

II Kings 10:23
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom

 

This Gold is the unforgotten payment of the 500 years of Jewish Slavery in Egypt. And unparalleled and recorded in Babylonian Chronicles as well - the return of the gold.

Ezra 1:5-10
The list of returned items included 1000 basins of gold, 1000 basins of silver, 29 censers, 30 bowls of gold, 2410 bowls of silver, and other vessels of gold and silver totaling 5,469 in number. 

How could the Temple even exist in safety?

The Temple is established. Upheld by the Word of God. Otherwise Pharaoh and other Empires would have melted the Temple instead of the Biblical witness to the end. 

Look Ma, It's Fort Knox. Let's get the Temple!!!  King Hezekiah did show off and really did anger Isaiah the Prophet.






Banks hold treasure and values. Empires rise and fall, quickly. This is enduring even today.

What supported the Temple and the return of the Temple things?


Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of God's glory
and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by His Powerful Word.


 


Jesus declared what is of value to Jesus.

Father God sees us as His Treasure.


John 6:40

For it is My Father's will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.



1 Corinthians 3

16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.






Egypt is - where Jesus spent his early years.

Lord Father God,

We pray for this Nation to have Wisdom and Blessing from You. Justice working in the appropriate Systems. Top to local.

Let us pray that those who lead - will lead by example.

The Speech the FBI gave Congress and Congress' call that injustice should be examined in the running for Presidency. 

For the 5 Dallas Police Families. Dallas is not in the news for corrupt police,  my brother John knew and defended with great integrity for honorable reasons. How tragic the Dallas Police were fired upon.. For the USA and the male Houston officer who cavity strip searched a pretty 21 year old woman in public and threw her to the ground.  That Justice will be seen as a top priority and the appropriate measures are taken throughout our Nation. Not injustice of people being shot and killed and harmed who are not at fault. The system of Justice to be working and in place. From the top government to the local governments. 

Let us praise the police departments who are doing their difficult job. And pray for top government to perform the laws at the top level.

For the need for integrity - this hunger for integrity to be filled in a way pleasing to God Himself. For the Christians unrepresented who have tried to vote for Christians. 

For the Canadian Government putting out published materials advising their travelers to not carry cash in the USA. For the need for Jesus Christ and His Mercy and Goodness, 

For the strength of the 3 branches of Government. For Congress when the Supreme Court oversteps their boundaries to set up the IRS as the power. And for Congress when the FBI comes to them and tells them who should be indicted to at least clear up criminal charges and then this does not happen. For the Presidency that has no wish for the charges of his Cabinet members to be cleared. For the integrity of the prosecution of former President Nixon. For the integrity of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to have the legal opportunity. For the integrity of the IRS to say this is not health care.

For the integrity of Free Trade to include inexpensive pharmaceuticals the USA sells in other countries for less money. Putting Care in Health Care. For the integrity of the news being held by 6 corporations only. 

For the dramatic fall in our birth rates and the really unintelligent Supreme Court decision on Abortion.

For our arrogance in wanting to police the world when so much in our nation needs strengthening.  Forgive the Nations sins, who pray to you, Father God.

Jesus God has said to pray and not give up hope. To come against mountains in prayer and they will move. 

We call to You in Peace and Expectation, Lifting up the Needs physical, spiritual, emotional and financial for ourselves and the ones we love and pray for. With certainty You alone are God.

We pray in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Psalm 100 ~ For the Lord is Good

Like the Cedars of Lebanon

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!


2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!


3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and and not we ourselves
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.


4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!


5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Lately if you sit and listen to the National Pastime - people are Glum.  Politics....


Lately, if you are not very, very partisan - politics is discouraging.

The sheep seem to have been given the fleece. And it didn't dry out to being odorless.

However, we are not looking at the balance of real life, the majority pray, go to Church, and God is not going to 'stick it to us.' Christians should vote for Christians. It should be a priority. But we have elected people, who once in power - ran the other way to the other end zone with the ball. The Supreme Court is not very pleasing lately. Dear God.

Now, if Christians tried to vote for Christians and that didn't turn out - why wouldn't the God of Love and Mercy want to have compassion for those who pray???????????

The news seems grim. But listen to Dan Carlin, the Historian, and rejoice. Count your blessings. And get away from
war.







Let's talk about the times. When Genghis Khan was out making sure he was in control of nothing he enjoyed running, Khan was not known to sit and delighted in culture and life, but enjoyed all the conflict he could find - he murdered up to 70 million people. That is 22% of the United States population today. And Everyone Said it was the end of the world! End times. I surely understand, hearing Dan Carlin, why people said that. The solution came with the heavy alcoholism of the Khans' and the Christian determination to marry into them and love them to health. And it took quite some time.

End times. Travel will increase. Knowledge will increase. The hearts of many will grow cold. Fathers turn away from sons. Like not care for their mothers and place themselves first.

End Times - Eschatology - Christians and Muslims will revolt and cause trauma, causing people will despise the conflict saying God is a mess. We need no borders and a one world order - one world leader

Look a Dinosaur ! (Let's be clear! That's a Revelation biblical joke on ADHD and chicken.)

We have just seen Brexit.

NOW - This is the other direction from end times!!!









Now if you want a scare, Massive Animal Mortality.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/science/what-does-it-mean-when-animals-suffer-a-vast-die-off.html?_r=0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/13/how-climate-change-could-be-contributing-to-animal-die-offs/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/huge-methane-hotspot-american-southwest/
National Solution Needed ???

U.S. Methane 'Hot Spot' Bigger than Expected
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/09oct_methanehotspot/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150113-mass-die-off-disease-animals-environment-science/

http://letter2congress.rallycongress.com/698/

Form Letter for Congress

What they found was not heartening. Mass Mortality Events (MMEs) are “rarely placed in a broader context,” the study’s authors reported. But they seem to be happening at an increased rate for birds, marine invertebrates and fish since the 1940s — even when researchers took into account that such events are more likely to be reported now than they were 75 years ago.

In pitiful animal die-offs across the globe — from antelopes to bees to seabirds — climate change may be culprit.

It might be the massive carbons released in the Four Corners leak in New Mexico.

The Book of Revelation tells us as clearly as Isaiah explained Jesus as Messiah. When the Wise Men went to go see King Herod to see the King of Kings. For God's Good Purpose.

Here is one summation - subject to God interpretation of God Words - God alone Knows -  the Christians complain about their loss of rights, the Muslims create war. Christians respond with war. The World becomes weary of these godly People. God followers are despised for their wars. And a one world order results in a world leader arriving after world wars. The Leader does like Caesar and exalts himself as god, marking his followers on the head. Great human extermination will happen.

In the 1200's Muslims were creating war and Genghis Khan stopped them.

Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand of Spain fought to have the cities taken by murder, back from the murderers.

Thomas Jefferson was part of this conflict centuries later.

The answer is not more war. It is not allowing the spread of hate. The allowance of haters to rule and spread hate.



I firmly believe Father God is listening to prayers and if we pray each day diligently, God is going to help. I know I forget to pray national and global prayers. Let's do this.

Matthew 7:13-14

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."




The Narrow Path has a determination of our prayers, words, actions. Choices made  appealing to Father God. Not the picks of the world. Allowing Him to make the Narrow Path for His Glory and Sufficiency. Using the words we would say more carefully. Apologizing when our words were not what would He would have chosen for His Child.



Father God, 

Our times of refreshment are in You.

Cover me in the Name of Jesus to direct my path to be Your Path. With Jesus as my Shepherd, I will not be in want.

Lead me in Your pastures.  Let me know this path . Help my seeds to be fruitful (thank You for the tangerine and tomatoes) , placing good seeds and give love, encouragement and tenderness on this meaningful journey.  Quiet me down and lead me the Path of Righteousness for Your Namesake. Jesus the Lord.

Let Your Living Water restore my soul from being in the World and not of the World. 

Help me know  Your Spirit of Truth be one of self-control and Faith and not of Fear. 

You are my Shepherd, the Guardian of my Soul. Let your rod and staff comfort me that I may comfort others.

Let me have Joy in You and  wisdom to see  Your Narrow Path You'd provide is more than sufficient and filled with a hope and future of good.

Help me,  Jesus,  that my footsteps will leave as my footprints goodness and mercy all the days of my life. That in the Victory of Jesus Christ, I will live all my days as Heaven is at hand, knowing I dwell in Your House forever. 


Lifting up Prayers in Expectations that my needs, my loved ones needs and those of Churches, Communities, this Nation and the Believers all over the World are Held in Your Hand.       Amen in Jesus!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †