Isaiah 43:8-13 ~ The Lord

Isaiah 43:8-13

Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes,

    who are deaf, yet have ears!

9 All the nations gather together,

    and the peoples assemble.

Who among them can declare this,

    and show us the former things?

Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,

    and let them hear and say, 

It is true.

“You are my witnesses,”

Declares the Lord,

    “and my servant whom I have chosen,

that you may know 

and 

believe me

    and 

understand that I am He.

Before me no god was formed,

    nor shall there be any after me.

I, I am the Lord,

    and 

besides Me there is no savior.

I Declared 

and

 Saved 

and 

Proclaimed,

    when there was no strange god among you;

    and 

you are my witnesses,” 

Declares the Lord, 

“and 

I am God.

Also henceforth I am He;

    there is none who can 

deliver from My Hand;

    I work, 

and 

Who can turn it back?”

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1948 

The Jews had refused to walk under the Arch of Titus, 

believing 

Israel would rise from utter defeat almost 1900 years later. 

Correct!

God alone held the Arch of Titus to be the Gate of the Roman Empire for Jewish in dispersion to Hope in the Resurrection of Israel 2,000 Years later.

The Arch of Titus fell into the slums and became slum housing:

About 1550 AD, the Pope used the Arch for Oath taking and loyalty ceremonies. 

And the Arch began to show deterioration.

By 1700 AD, it was almost abandoned, and a citizen lived in the ruins.

In 1812, the Pope decided to restore this:

(This) monument, remarkable in terms of both religion and art,
had weakened from age:
Pius the Seventh, 

Supreme Pontiff,
by new works on the model of the ancient exemplar
ordered it reinforced and preserved.


Good idea.

1948 

The Jews had refused to walk under the Arch of Titus, 

believing Israel 

would rise from utter defeat 

almost 1900 years later.

WHY WOULD GOD BE INTERESTED IN 

THE ARCH OF TITUS?

2 Peter 3:8 

 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice:

 With the Lord 

a day is like a thousand years, 

and a thousand years are like a day. 

With the Lord 

one day is like a thousand years, 

and a thousand years like one day.

Angels in Notre Dame

Heavenly Hosts proclaimed

The Arrival of Jesus

Savior of the world

Jesus Christ will return 

Hebrews 1:1-3

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, 

God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 

but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, 

Whom He appointed the Heir of all things, 

through Whom also He created the world. 

 He is the radiance of the Glory of God 

and the exact imprint of His Nature, 

and 

He upholds the universe by the Word of His Power. 

After making purification for sins, 

He sat down at the Right Hand 

of the Majesty on High

Ephesians 1:10

 

As a plan for the fullness of time, 

to unite all things in Him, 

things in heaven 

and 

things on earth.

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days 

that we may 

get a heart of wisdom.

Revelation 1:17,18 

He laid His Right Hand on me, saying, 

“Fear not, 

I am the first and the last, 

and the Living One. 

I died, 

and 

Behold I am alive forevermore, 

and 

I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Also henceforth 

I am He;

    there is none who can 

deliver from My Hand;

    I work, 

and 

Who can turn it back?”

Jesus Christ will return 

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

For since we believe 

that 

Jesus died and rose again, 

even so, 

through Jesus, 

God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 

15 For this we declare to you 

by a Word from the Lord, 

that we who are alive, 

who are left until the coming of the Lord, 

will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 

For the Lord Himself 

will descend from Heaven 

with a cry of command, 

with the voice of an archangel, 

and 

with the sound 

of the trumpet 

of God. 

And the dead in Christ will rise first. 

Then we who are alive, 

who are left, 

will be caught up together with them in the clouds 

to meet the Lord 

in the air, 

and

 so we will 

always be with the Lord.

Luke 1

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.

Abba, Father,

Our heart hears the call from You.

And we see in Scripture 

the mercy of the merciful

Luke 17:17-19

Then Jesus answered, 

“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 

Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 

And He said to him, 

“Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

Help us to live 

each day

Putting You first.

As the Name of Jesus 

covers us

and 

The Holy Spirit dwells in us.

We pray diligently

and with our hearts

We thank You, Father,

And pray Your Mercy

on the people,

animals, homes

and businesses.

We ask healing

of Your Good Creation

The fullness of the earth is Yours.

The healing of those we pray for
in our heart and soul.

Dwell in us, Father,

Dwell fully in those we love,

Help us to seek You first

and we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Thank You.

Our God is working. His Son, 

Jesus is working.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

YES, Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You Lord Jesus

Hebrews 11:6 ~ FAITH!

 

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith 
it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who comes to Him 

must believe that He exists 

and that 

He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

People wonder. They say, how will we believe during Good Friday and The First Easter, how are we to believe people rose and walked around Jerusalem? How will we believe Jesus rose again, oh ok, I believe He did, but that might have been a miracle.

View from the Top of Golgotha, is of the Temple

Pontius Pilate's sign, 

“King of the Jews”

Clearly seen

It is Interesting, the way the Bible includes this together

1 The earthquake and the bedrock today in The Museum of Israel from Golgotha

2 The Soldiers

3 The announcement of the Divinity of Jesus Christ

4 How close the cross and the garden tombs, plural.  Yes, debated, as always. Yet, history tells us Golgotha's base was used. 

5 The people raised from the tombs.

Tissot Biblical Paintings

Matthew 27:52-60 

The tombs also were opened. 

And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

 53 and coming out of the tombs after His Resurrection they went into the holy city 

and appeared to many. 

54 When the centurion and those who were with Him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

And the Geography of Golgotha being both the place of the 3 crosses during the Crucifixion and the garden tomb together.

The Soldiers had several assignments during the Preparation Day (was Good Friday for us), The Sabbath, Holy Saturday we call this, was Passover. Easter Sunday would have been the first day of the week and a workday. 1) The soldiers had to crucify the enemies of the Empire, make sure the condemned died quickly (Jesus was already dead.) 2) Clean up, to make it pretty for the Passover. A pilgrimage of up to 2 million viewers and 16 different services to attend the Temple, according to the Historian Josephus. 3) Send men to seal the Tomb. 4) Send men to guard the Tomb.  5) Keep the peace with an increased presence patrolling Jerusalem, the city and larger cities of Judea.  

An Alert Military Presence

The Soldiers were on Golgotha and in Jerusalem as an alert presence. In 16 years, Emperor Claudius was to begin killing people in Rome over the man who was called King of Kings.  Rome invented the soon failure of Mithraism, to combine interest waning in the Roman Gods and the sacraments of Christianity.  

By the time Peter arrived in Rome, the Romans were ready to hear more about the miracles of Jesus brought back by the soldiers and tradesman. The Jewish Extrapolation had many letters asking if Judaism was finished.  The historian Ian Wilson displays these letters in his book, “The History of Jesus Christ.”

Is it religious health, to wonder? Of course. 

The Proverbs of Solomon say cry out for wisdom. The Parables of Jesus, The Ten Talents Finally, instruct, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Seek. Find.

Ezekiel 37: 1-11

37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, 

And He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And He led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

11 Then He said to me, 

“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel."

Of course, Easter would be time for one of the repeated miracles in Scripture.

Ezekiel 36:26 

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;

 I will remove from you your heart of stone 

and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 37 continues: 

23 I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Bishop Robert Barron is very interesting. 

He has said, when people want to talk to him about their heart and soul of their faith, they are far, far, far and away more mystic leaning than they say easily.  The Pew Reports say 80% of Americans pray and declare themselves Christian. And 2 of 3 people tell the polls they know their prayers are heard by The Lord. They report He has answered with a miracle that only God Himself could have done.

Another trend we see in life, not being actively reported

Generational Housing. On my street, I have been here for 25 years, we live quietly in the 3rd Largest City in the USA. Not many parties, visitors or long flung family. It is much different from the 1970s and 80s. And in the 12 houses on my street, we have 3 houses living with 3 generations.  I applaud this with all my heart.  I see chores shared and more employees. 

For 25 years in this Village, I have seen evidence of multigenerational living in 3 other houses in a 2 mile radius. And now, 3 houses on our streets. The children look very happy and this has been working for more than 7 years. 

Another neighbor had enforced oil industry retirement due to Pandemic, the couple in their 50s were quite anxious. Her mother, in Virginia, asked them to live with her for the rest of her life. They were very pleased, even joyfully gleeful, to move to the wife's spacious family home. 

Like many aspects of this generation

In the repeat, repeat, repeat reporting there may be more joy than we know of.

Happy First Sunday

of the

1,992nd 

Easter

Abba, Father,

Our heart hears the call from You.

And we see in Scripture 

the mercy of the merciful

Luke 17:17-19

Then Jesus answered, 

“Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 

Was no one found to return 

and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 

And He said to him, 

“Rise and go your way; 

your faith has made you well.”

Help us to 

live 

each day

 You our first thought and heart.

As the Name of Jesus covers us

and 

The Holy Spirit dwells in us.

We pray diligently

and with our hearts

We thank You, Father,

And pray Your Mercy

on the people,

animals, homes

and businesses.

We ask healing

of Your Good Creation

The fullness of the earth is Yours.

The healing of those we pray for
in our heart and soul.

Dwell in us, Father,

Dwell fully in those we love,

Help us to seek You first

and 

we will finish well in Jesus Christ.

Hello to the woman

I enjoyed speaking to in Pakistan.

Walmart, so interesting!

Blessings to you.

Please pray for my

health this week,

an intestinal upset.

Thank You.

Our God is working. His Son, 

Jesus is working.

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

YES, Bless the Lord Jesus

Thank You Lord Jesus