1 Timothy 3:14-16 ~ believed in throughout the world

The Lambs of God Love Him. Draw close to Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:14-16

I hope to come to you soon,
but I am writing these instructions to you so that, if I am delayed,
you may know how one ought to behave
in the household of God,
which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:

He was revealed in flesh,
vindicated in spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory

~He was revealed in the flesh
Remember His answered prayer to you. Miracles are very quiet. Faith is internal.

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

~vindicated in the spirit

John 1:-17
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.


Life is always Changing. The Pew Reports show amazing new trends for life in the USA . Christmas, so incredibly celebrated, has challenges of opening the Gift Jesus Christ is. The faithful having the opportunity to speak of His enduring Love.


We know when we are saved. We know what we know that we know.  Vindicated in the Spirit of Father God in Jesus. The Holy Spirit living in us.

Jesus returned to life - Triumphant and what He wanted was His Disciples as they truly are. Acts 1 assures us of His Family - together again - with His Disciples. This is the Good Pleasure of  God's Son Triumphant - our Jesus.

 



~seen by angels

Luke 2:8-14

 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Almost all of the United States - believes in Angels.  We are aware of His Holy Kingdom. The New Covenant is seen in the polling of Angelic Belief and Prayer.

~proclaimed among Gentiles

Matthew 28:18-20
Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Pew Report shows dramatic changes in home structures in the family ages.  The Church going age is now living with the younger generations in their families. The Church has new open door needs to encourage all ages in families to come to God's House.

In 2001, The newspapers told us 2/3rd's of the world professed Christ as Lord. The Highest percentage ever. Christianity was on a new high. And then we were told the Muslim births proved to be moving faster than Christian births. But the Pew Report shows the births are  only 4% higher in Muslim births.  We need to be in firm belief of the truth.  To believe and proclaim Good News.




~believed in throughout the world

83% of the polled people, according to the Pew Report - pray and believe God is interested in their prayer conversations and will answer. We need to encourage faith. Not say something about the poll is incorrect. Find Encouragement. Believe. 2/3rd's of all college graduate marriages will be "until death we do part." Amazing. And not spoken of regularly. Support marriage, families and education. Support the Navy - their marriages are 70% Divorce Rates. They need support.

Babies born in marriage - on the rise. Births Outside of Marriage Decline for Immigrant Women. Long-term growth in total U.S. births driven by the foreign born, who account for 23% of all babies.

For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds. The older generation is not as spurned. This is the youth living with the Church attendance age. Millennials are the United States’ largest living generation. One in three live with a parent. A record number of Americans (nearly 61 million in 2014) were living in multigenerational households. Loans for home purchase are down substantially. Family is on the increase and changing.

As our population is not increasing, Immigrants are driving overall workforce growth in the U.S.




Time for us to learn to be Encouragers. At home. In all our words.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Speak Life. Speak Love. Speak Faith. Speak Hope. Be known as people who believe and encourage because we Love Jesus. Jesus tells us in John 14, 15 and 16 Genesis 1 and 2 - the goodness of God's creation - exists today. Approach speaking with a zeal for Good News. Speak Truth.




Revelation 21:23-26

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,

For the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.

The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it

Ezekiel 43:2

 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east.
His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.

~ taken up in glory

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

4 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

Revelation 18:1
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

Revelation 21:25

On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.
 

Revelation 21:11

It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

We cannot know Heaven - only glimpses. Yet our Father GOD created Heaven and Earth. Man only lives by His Word and His Word shapes our wonder.

Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:

He was revealed in flesh,
vindicated in spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among Gentiles,
believed in throughout the world,
taken up in glory

Thank You, Father GOD, Blessed Lord Jesus.

Bless us this Year 2020, Year of God with us.

We are the People of God's New Covenant.

Jesus has told us Love Conquers all.

We will Believe Father God and are blessed.

In all Generations and to the People God has given us. 

Believing God upholds and support the believing world in prayer and His Works.

Jesus is God. Amen.

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Luke 1:78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

We are coming to a New Year. And yet every day we have new opportunities for the Renewal of Father God's Mercies.

Our plans, our hope and our future are still in the Hands of God.

Imagine if we could interview Zechariah meeting the Archangel Gabriel. And find he says, "Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high."

John explained Jesus and His Father. God is Love.


1 John 4:7-21

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 

9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

God abides in us and His Love is perfected in us. A difficult thing to understand. The Scriptures tell us we love because He first loves us. This could be the Giving is the perfection. The Majesty of God of All, Creator of All things gives Love.

Father God only expects a return like the Prodigal Son's Father.

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands. And Jesus did willingly open up his hands and let His Life be given that we might Live in God's Kingdom for the Righteousness of Jesus.

New Year 2020! Our God is Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.


Abba,

If we thank You every day for Your mercies - we are Blessed. Help us to gratefully see Your Giving. Our Willing Father.

And when we take our difficulties and search and search until we find a real reason to give Thanks, we have an understanding of Your Goodness.

Thank You for another year. To have Hope and a Future. Thank You for the gift of people You have given us to Love.

Blessed Lord Jesus for all of this. Amen.

Isaiah 55:10–11

 For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, 

And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, 

And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater

 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: 

It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, 

And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Matthew 13:31-32

 31 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. 32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

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Psalm 96 ~ Sing to the Lord, all the earth! †

Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi 4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741, wrote for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children. Vivaldi had worked there as a Catholic priest 1703-1715 and from 1723-1740!

Today we are listening to Gloria by Vivaldi. Completed in 1715. Just as Vivaldi lived far beyond the life expectancy of his era - Gloria has gone far. Enjoyed and loved for centuries to arrive.

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this, 
that He who began a good work in you
 will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ!

The Ospedale della Pietà is the Joy of Jesus. His Strength. This began as Hospice for the needy and progressed to a shelter for abandoned children. The Light of Jesus Christ shines beyond borders and boundaries and the world began to arrive to find - school, a music school for the young women with families - filled with Music, Joy and Talent. Very far from Charles Dickens idea of orphanages.

Ospedale della Pietà was a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice. Like other Venetian ospedali, the Pietà was first established as a hospice for the needy. A group of Venetian nuns, called the Consorelle di Santa Maria dell’Umiltà, established this charitable institution for orphans and abandoned girls in the fourteenth century. By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Pietà - along with the three other charitable Ospedali Grandi - was well known for its all-female musical ensembles that attracted tourists and patrons from around Europe.

Psalm 96

 Oh sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!


4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.





7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth!




10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12 let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy



Before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Abba,
In Jesus we are free.

Thank You for Your Grace and  Steadfast Love. In all Ages.

For the Centuries Your Love has warmed the world. And continues today.

We take this time when gifts are given, to enjoy each other. 
Time to greet people and family from far away.
Time to reconnect. We look to a New Year, celebrating new beginnings and new opportunities. 

Remembering every day Your Mercies renew.

Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

3 John 1:2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

Revelations 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

Covering our Nation with the Peace of Jesus Christ. Filling our loved ones with Jesus. Enjoying Steadfast Love and resting in His Plan, His Hope and Future for us. Continued Healing for Elliott and for Harby and all their family. Healing for Wayne and home to be so glad to come home to Dee and their family.

May all of Your Willing Blessings Overcome us with Thanksgiving, Abba!

The Joy of gathering with Family. Thank You Jesus.

Amen.

… Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
…The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6

… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36

…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29

…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3


…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5


..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16


..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1


…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1


…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78


…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58


…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34

…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25


…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41


…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6


…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20

..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16

…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12

…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9

…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come

The Almighty

 Revelation 1:8

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1 Kings 5 ~ You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

1 Kings 5

When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

3 “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. 5 I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, ‘Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.’

6 “So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians.”

7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was greatly pleased and said, 
“Praise be to the Lord today, for he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon:
“I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs. 9 My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.”

10 In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, 11 and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year. 12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers. 17 At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple. 18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and workers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.

Yesterday we looked at the variations in saint's lives. Today we see Solomon as a saint (he returned to God fully in the wisdom of his later years). Solomon could have debunked David's wishes quite easily and instead speaks and then displays his desire to smooth out part of his father's life.

The reaction for many, many years to this "unique" God of the Jews, drew interest from around the world. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus or Pompeil the Great was a General leader of the Roman Empire. The son-in-law of Julius Caesar's only Roman child, General Pompeii decided to stride into the Temple in Jerusalem and into the Holy of Holies. He was stopped by the sheer horror on the faces. And was quelled quickly. The high priests then told him Biblical history of the Ark's events. They did fail to mention to the General that the Holy of Holies in the Second Temple never contained the Ark of the Covenant.

This Temple has been a Wonder to the World for Millenniums. Multitudes for Millenniums of this world have been intrigued by those who traveled the world to see the Temple in Jerusalem, truly built for the worship of God and His Son.


How unusual is this - a Temple destroyed. For a World Wonder - this is fairly unique.

1 Parthenon, Acropolis. The Parthenon, located atop the Acropolis is a monument dedicated to the goddess Athena, a goddess of wisdom. ...
2 Valley of the Temples. ...
3 Temple of Hephaestus. ...
4 Paestum. ...
5 Doric Temple of Segesta. ...
6 Temple of Apollo Epicurius. ...
7 Erechtheum. ...
8 Temple of Zeus at Cyrene.




Rarer still - Papyrus 46, the 300 chapters of the New Testament written during the Beloved Disciple John's life time - tell us Jesus predicted the fall of the Temple and the rise of His unformed Church. Not many such prophecies exist for these other Temples.


The Words of Jesus are still available for the centuries because of those who fought for God, to bring us His Good News today:

Mark 13:2
"Do you see all these great buildings?" replied Jesus. "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."

All these stones are piled today the length of Mount Moriah

Tyre was prophetically lamented to be a perpetual ruin and IS - today. Yet the stones of Tyre exist partially on top of each other.

 
Alexander the Great went to Jerusalem when he found Ezekiel did prophesy of his making Tyre from an island to mainland. Alexander went an bowed deeply to the High Priest - assuring the very startled man he was really bowing to God and the Priest acted to Alexander as God's Ambassador on earth.

Matthew 13:16
16"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17"For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.


This chapter unites those who love Father God! We cheer for the building of God's Temple. And our hearts are warmed seeing the love Solomon displays to our David. We are grateful Solomon could see David's qualities we all love to see.

Hiram king of Tyre could have had a multitude of reactions to the news of God's Temple and we see joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness.

Because the Scriptures are true - we see self-control is missing. The builders are conscripted. We will Always Need God's Grace to reach Righteousness; even as all the Good News collides to Honor God so wonderfully.


Father God, You must say Finally seeing the peace of Jesus Christ rule hearts, we are called to be the Body of Christ. This is a very thankful passage.

Father God, we will rejoice as we strive for full restoration, encouraging one another, being of one mind, living in peace. You are a God of love and peace and will be with us.

We pray for the equipping of all saints for work building up of the body of Christ! A unity of faith, Jesus' Joy  in His Healing, helping us mature  to the fullness of Christ.

We say God Bless the Lord for the Joy in This Your Work. Amen in Jesus. 

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