Matthew 8:11 ~ many will come from east and west and recline at table with

Matthew 8:11

I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 22:2
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a King who prepared a wedding banquet for His Son.

Revelation 19:9

Then the angel told me to write, "Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."

Revelation 21 is echoed in Isaiah 25

Isaiah 25

6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.

8 He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.

9 It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.

This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Isaiah 1:19
If you consent and obey, You will eat the best of the land!

Isaiah 55:1-2

Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. "Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.


Joel 2:24-26

The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. "Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you. "You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied And praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame."

Psalm 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

Psalm 107:9
For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

Isaiah 58:11
"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.





John 7:37-38

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"


Revelation 7:16-17

"They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."



Exodus 24:11

Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank. 

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

Abba, Abba, Abba,

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Name of Jesus.

Precious and blessing to us is the Lamb of God.

Covered in the Love, Grace and Mercy we will be one of the Saints go marching in.

Encircling, enfolding, encompassing our souls and the souls of those we Love.

Encouraging and ennobling the Children of God in Your Good Will and Word.

Your Promises are True and Worthy.

Thanks be unto Jesus our Lord and Savior. Amen.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

1 Chronicles 20 ~ David did

1 Chronicles 20

20 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

2 And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

3 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites.

Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.


4 And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. 5 And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

6 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.

8 These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Spring is going to arrive.

Ok, one more of those stories of war. Except - this is Scripture and this is Living and True. Filled with goodness.

Lions, Tigers and Bears.

Ammonites Philistines Sibbecai Hushathite - why doesn't God want His Children to have fellowship with them? They have a problem. The gods they worship like infant sacrifice for prosperity. Take the infant of your family - slit the throat and shake out blood and baby into the field. If you go to the Hardware store - you find Bone Meal. Excellent for plant growth. Horrid.

We don't see the Phoenician nation listed. They are an Ally. Tyre. Ally.

Recently we watched the Viking Dane invasion of England - the TV program "Last Kingdom". This happened for hundreds of years. And what the Danes began to discover is outraged Goodness Rises up. The Nation of the U.K. became whole. The murdered, the raped, the outrageous violence - cried out for God and the Nation rose up in God to find His Strength. Alfred became The Great. Alfred put the practices of God - "The Real Jesus" - first. World War II was the same. Comfort was second.

Eventually, the Danes wanted to live as the English, with the English, who believe in Jesus Christ. And they were baptized to be allowed to stay.


David is different than Saul. His people loot. Why? I couldn't exactly tell you. I have some guesses with the correct answer - God knows. The English began to look over the Danes and keep their weapons, warfare, ships and clothing. With the idea the Danes had been murderous and this was this. God had never intended Saul to prosper. It could be God wanted the housing to rot, the animals to rot and become natural fertilizer. God has His Good Reasons. Where Ammonites Philistines Sibbecai Hushathite murderous? Yes, as the nomads of Israel lived in the complete wasteland of the desert - the Ammonites Philistines Sibbecai Hushathite wanted them dead. Why? Lots of people and the desert now had shade, cloud, water and warmth. Cloud by day, fire by night. And food. Ammonites Philistines Sibbecai Hushathite provided murder and murderous intent. Probably not the people you'd send your children to play with either.

David - does not kill - David makes work.




Now where is the heartwarming aspect of the God of Love?

David. David has not put emphasis in taking the crown and melting it down and making something new of something old. David merely puts a crown on his head. The movies have David Victorious. David was not - - - Victorious like the movies. David has very small victories which begin to line up. David actually loses the crown place of Israel three times to Saul's grandson and to Saul's concubines sons.

David's entire life has David working to see Faith when Faith is Unseen.

David is going to keep his donkey for loyalty when the Huge Crowning Day arrives. David says "I'm me. I'm God's Child. I like my Donkey and I have done the work. The Crown doesn't have to melted down and made pretty. I'm borrowing from Phoenician culture to build my dream house out of the City Safety Walls. I trust God to keep me safe."

Heartwarming - the crown is - plop - this one will due. It's pretty. The mode of arrival? The Donkey. David's favorite.

Does David make a speech to the crowd (us - the millenniums of God's Believers) about his - this and that - decision making? No, we have to study David to see if he is looking for the heart of all matters - God. The details of David add up. He is pleasing God.




Points of Interest

The Giants. No one will - not - think twice about a Giant. We need Archaeology. We do have Archaeology found in The Israel Museum.

And God has given us a memory device. Bones are not found in Israel. We have not found Giant bones. The Prophets tell us the bones rise. We don't find bones in dry and bone collectible Israel. The bones are Gone. Only 200 bones were found in all of the 1990s and fewer still after that. Ossuaries - yes. Tombs - yes. Bones - no. Prophets tell us bones rebuild and rise up. Like reported in the Gospels.

God is putting the pieces together. Goliath is found in Goliath's hometown and mentioned with David. We can see this today in The Israel Museum.

The Scriptures repeat. Moses took the Children of God safely through the Red Sea by the Power of God. There is Archeological flood evidence of the Jordan flooding from Joshua taking the Children of God safely through to Jericho. A local queen's tomb is found. And in the tomb, found by Princeton Archaeological Studies in early 1960s, the story of the Jordan flowing backwards. This repeated on video in the last 10 years during the blessing of the Jordan with an Orthodox Church. 100's of people witnessed and videoed the Jordan River flow backwards. Actually this is recorded on video several times only during the Blessing Ceremony.

The Giant rears up to say defeat. The Scriptures tell us faith is living daily in the belief God is in control. In the evidence, in the history, in the truth, in the enduring Love of God - we go forth with God in His Love, Glory and Victory.

With God's Love in us, we want to see the upbuilding of our marriage, our family, each other, our nation, our Churches, our schools and universities, our Nation and other Nations to rise in God also.


All things are possible with God.






Abba,

As we pray, we ask the Blessing of Jesus.

James knew Jesus marvelously well as His Brother.

And as we pray with You, we remember what James wanted to say first about Jesus:

We will persevere in the perfect Law of Liberty, with Jesus living within us. We will be a doer of God, who acts as a Child of God because of His Willing Love to us. Blessed to be a doing Child of God.

We will not deceive our hearts, but make our words pure. Worthless talk shows we are merely religious. Remembering as we ask Your Blessing, not to speak unwisely and ask Your curse using Your Name. We will remember, as we see Your Children, to bear with the affliction in the world - visiting widows and orphans. The goal is knowing the world has a stain and we will not swim in this.

Seeing wisely every blessing, seeking to see the Good. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Encouraging others we Love with gentleness. Pointing out to the ones we Love, what we Love and see in them - God sees more of.

All things are possible with You. Fill us, fill our loved ones. Sweep our lives, the lives of all those who pray and we Will notice, with rejoicing, more and more blessings to rejoice in.

To God be the Glory and here we will truly Rejoice.

Amen in Jesus!

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

2 Samuel 7 ~ God Dwells.

Mesha Stele, Telle Dan Stele, Papyrus of 7th Century (only one of 3 of this century) confirm House of David. Apparently David knew God had told David something of History.

2 Samuel 7

1 Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."

3 And Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."

4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, 5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling. 7 In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"'

8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. 9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies.

Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'"

17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.



18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!

20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! 21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it. 22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?

24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O LORD, became their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.

26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and the house of your servant David will be established before you.

27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you.

For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken,
and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever."

2 Samuel 5 encouraged Professor Eilat Mazar - 2nd Generation Professor of Archaeology at the University of Israel - to find David's Phoenician Palace complete with Phoenician elements. David felt safe in God, not needing the walls of the city. And a Bulla of Jeremiah's servant, Baruch, son of Neriah, (displayed in The Museum of Israel) found biblically placed in the prison of David's Palace.



The Bible just keeps telling us God's Word is Wise.

God's Word is Loving.
Glowing. Shining. Candid. Emotional. Expansive. Explanatory. Historic. Open. Plain. Profuse. Tender. Unconstrained. Warm. Warmhearted.

God's Word is True.
Accurate. Appropriate. Authentic. Correct. Genuine. Honest. Perfect. Proper.

God's Word is Good.

Excellent. Exceptional. Great. Gratifying. Marvelous. Positive. Satisfying. Superb. Valuable. Wonderful. Choice. Pleasing. Sound. Superior. Admirable. Commendable. Honorable. Splendid.




Far exceeding the fruitless Fig Tree.

David knew living in caves, crime against his family, living in ditches. Running. David knew Gratitude. Gratitude also kills roots - Roots of Bitterness.

John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

John 8:32
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

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


Abba,

Blessings of God dwell in me, please in Jesus Christ.

Live, Move, Have Your Being in me. Know every breathe, every thought, every cell. Be my Light.

Thank You Father for Jesus Christ. Live in me.

Thank You Father for Jesus Christ. Live in those I love.

Thank You Father God for Jesus Christ. Live in the Nations of the World - Light of Christ Shine in all of mankind.

Thank You Father God for Grace.

Thank You Father God for the Victorious Promises of Jesus Christ. Build the Temple of God within me.

Thank You Father God for Living Water and Light of Christ - Shine in the world You call Good - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

Thank You Father God for Your Living Word - let the Word of God dwell in us all Richly - Building Your Body. Building the Church. Building Love. Your Word Living and Active Today.

In the Highest Name we can Praise - Jesus Messiah. Amen.

Thank You Father God for Mercy.

 ♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †

2 Thessalonians 1 ~ According to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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


3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering-- 6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might

10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

11 To this end we always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his calling
and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,
12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.


A Year pleasing to Father God.

New Opportunities and Challenges. In God's Plan - we will find our lives have more bounce and flexibility allowing us to see more of God's Blessings.


Father God,

We ask the Blessings of Jesus with your Grace and peace.

We give You thanks for Your Good Path and Will for our lives. We ask for an increase in faith to have fewer concerns for ourselves and the ones we love. Increasing Love along Your Path and Plan. Churches with Your steadfastness and faith. To have faith endure and overcome affliction.

To live leaning into the Faith and Joy of God's Righteous favor. The Blessing of Your Grace giving us worthiness in the Name of Jesus. Granting us relief from affliction in Peace and Grace. Relying on Your Protection.

We want to each day have daily Living Bread in the Presence of Jesus and Your Glory and Might. To marvel with believers. To approach You in Prayer. In Jesus daily being made worthy of Your Calling, Plan and Path.

To have every day assure us of Heaven filled with Your resolve and equipped to do every good work You have prepared.
Faith seeing us through in the Faith of Your Power.

We will plan on the Glory of Jesus and Your Grace. For ourselves and the ones we Love. For God's Perfect Plan  - where we all pray for His Perfect Blessing in one Accord of Jesus Christ for this year and each day.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Acts 1:1-14 ~ with One

Acts 1:1-14

1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"

7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

1925 Jerusalem

Jesus' statue in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives

Josephus records after all of Jerusalem destroyed in 70 A.D.(about the time of what would have been the natural death of Jesus, those whom He healed would have passed on) - Groves of Olive trees were allowed to live on The Mount of Olives - spared during the destruction and perhaps living in the Garden of Gethsemane today..

Many times we see in Scripture, Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. And here we learn this was within eyesight of Jerusalem, due to the 7 hills, and, yet, has significant travel time. Most of the Bible has undertakings and process. With a precise view as to the Direction of God's Plan.

Acts 1 is a wonderful prayer of God. Mary saw her family scattered during Jesus' ministry. We don't know events occurred before His Ministry. The adult Jesus chose Capernaum and visited Nazareth with His Disciples and Family during the wedding of Canna.

Acts 1 has the glories and pressures of the these Spirit led days of Jesus - reuniting all of the Beloved of Jesus.  A Pinnacle of God's Glory. During this Life - the Risen, Victorious Jesus - God of Love, Hope and Encouragement - God places all of His Beloved back together on the Plan of God on His Path. A prayer of family.

This is a good place to hold on in Scripture. A good place to remind the Living Almighty God of His Fatherhood and love for our family. Our Father Loves us and His Living Word. Prayed - in conversation - His favorite.

Abba,

We read with Your Holy Spirit, Your Living Word. You are One. Our Mighty God.

For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.


Now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

For Jesus Himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in His Flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, Jesus might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And Jesus came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.

For through Jesus we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then we are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In Jesus, you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

We open our hearts and hands to You, Abba. Putting our cares in Your Good Will. Seeing expectation, hope and Joy. Believing in Your Good Plan and Path for those we Love. Covering this place, this Nation and all believers with Your Love and Grace.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory Jesus may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

Jesus Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that we,

being rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to Jesus who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!

In Jesus, Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †