We dont learn about Him through philosophy, mystical experiences, or subjective feelings, but only through His written Word, which Moses emphasizes here (v. 1, commandment, statutes, judgments; v. 6, these words). Am). They wanted to go back to slavery in Egypt rather than trust God to provide water. This also means that if youre counting on Sunday school to train your children, youre failing as a father. Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the. You must listen to him. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 6:14 For behold I will raise up against (Amo. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. To raise up godly generations, love God fervently and teach your children diligently. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. Thus he said: As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persiain order to fulfill the word of the, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the, Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Genuine Christianity is growing to know God better through His Word and obeying Him more and more, beginning on the heart or thought level, motivated by His great love for us as seen at the cross. Does Proverbs 22:6 promise for certain that if we raise our children properly they will not go astray? I alone can raise up nations, and I alone can bring them down. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come! And out came another horse, bright red. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. Sunday school is fine, but its no substitute for family times in Gods Word and prayer. 1:2-3). As they get older, you can venture into more didactic portions, like Romans. The results were ultimately disastrous, because it was the Pharisees, who outwardly kept the law to the letter, who killed their Messiah who preached the need for inward reality with God. After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular, Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular, A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute, LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel. Also, you must love Him with your total being. Again, your example teaches a lot. Deuteronomy 32:8 Verse Concepts "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, Q But God views success in terms of godly, loving family relationships. More than 60 were physicians. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. This means entering into a personal relationship with God through saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Calls Us to Obey In Jesus Christ, we find the perfect model of obedience. He rules by His might forever;His eyes keep watch on the nations;Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. N People would be obedient to God, and His blessings would flow, but then they would allow the influence of pagan cultures to lead them astray. But like any relationship, you have to maintain and deepen it by spending time alone with the Lord each day, reading and studying the Bible with the constant prayer, Lord, help me to know You better through Your Word! That should be your number one priority. O My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race. As mentioned, the Hebrews came to take verses 8 and 9 literally. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. Teach your children how the Word applies to every area of their lives as you live in a godly manner before them. Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, Come! And I looked, and behold, a white horse! What about the idol of self? His point is: To raise up godly generations, love God fervently, teach your children diligently, and live in the world carefully. May our leaders work together harmoniously and not get sidetracked by partisan politics. We should never forget that everything the prophets predicted about the future was always intended to produce obedience in the present. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. But they missed the intent of the passage, which is that Gods Word is to permeate every area of life. That multi-generational discipleship process should take place in our families. The nation must turn to God The greatest problem our country is facing today is not political; it is spiritual. Copyright, Steven J. Cole, 2017, All Rights Reserved. The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. When your son asks about spiritual things, dont say, Go ask your mother! The fathers were to explain the great deliverance which God brought about for His people. If we say that we know and love God, but dont obey His commandments, were either deceived or lying (1 John 2:3; 5:3). God gives many negative commands, but not because He is a heavenly killjoy. Psalm 2:8-12 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. God, we pray that you will tear down the ungodly wicked, evil and corrupt leaders throughout our nation, and raise up honest and courageous men and women who love you and will serve people with faith, courage, honesty, and integrity! Habakkuk 1 predicts that God will raise up the _____ to punish the nation of Judah. None remained except the poorest people of the land. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.". (John 14:15, ESV ) 2. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?. My Lord's gonna move this wicked race This wicked race, this wicked race My Lord's gonna move this wicked race And raise up a nation that shall obey Sister Mary wore three links of chain Three links of chain, three links of chain Sister Mary wore three links of chain And every link was in my Jesus name Nicodemus he desire to know Desire to know, desire to know Nicodemus he desire to know How . shall eat the offerings--As the tribe of Levi had no inheritance allotted them like the other tribes but were wholly consecrated to the priestly office, their maintenance was to arise from tithes, first-fruits, and certain portions of the oblations presented on the altar . Numbers 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 1 Kings 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 145 views, 2 likes, 6 loves, 16 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Crossroads Baptist Church: Crossroads Baptist Church Live 02/05/2023 and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction. 22:37-38) identified loving God as the great and foremost commandment in Scripture. Genuine love for God results in obedience to His Word. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. R Deuteronomy 6:18: You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord. Every aspect of lifeyour thoughts, attitudes, words, deeds, schedule, possessionsmust be lived with a view toward pleasing the Lord. Teach them how to start the day off right with the Lord. And he called out with a mighty voice, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! 22:37) is total-person love for God. If youve been negligent, thankfully the Lord allows U-turns! Jeremiah 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; Jeremiah 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. He makes the nations great, then destroys them;He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. Isaiah 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. All nations gather at Apostle Taylor's crusade . In Jesus name we pray! The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea. For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah." New Living Translation "O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you," says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies. You wont seek the things they spend their lives going after. Moses said, ' The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your countrymen; you shall listen to Him and obey everything He tells you. These verses reveal two safeguards: Deuteronomy 6:12: Watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord. When times are good, a progression sets in: First, you become satisfied with your comfy life (v. 11); then, you forget the Lord (v. 12); finally, you follow the gods of the people who surround you (v. 14). 17:1-7). That is the message of Romans 13:1, but Hosea 8:4 seems to contradict. Predicting the end of the world, he calls on people to repent, yet . We'll be focusing on Exodus 32:1-10, but will allude to Numbers 14:11-24 where Israel's unbelief at entering the Promised . The simple Charles and Carolyn didnt fit in with the high-society, well-to-do crowd. We arent guaranteed of leaving such an impressive legacy. 3. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Also, explain that Gods commands are for our good (Deut. It tells us how to think and act, from the most private to the most public details of our lives. If you continually examine yourself and constantly focus on pleasing God in light of His Word, you wont live like the Canaanites. But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, said the LORD. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. Period! For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray. First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered them, See that no one leads you astray. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Jesus (Matt. Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. Statistics vary slightly, but over 100 of his descendants became ministers, missionaries, and theological professors. 3 Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord . In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; 4 And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. Bill Glass, an evangelist who counseled with prisoners almost every weekend for 25 years, said that among the thousands of prisoners he had met, not one of them genuinely loved his dad. Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. Who has wrought desolations in the earth. 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath . CHAPTER 18. "Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. At the end of it, as you might suspect, he was hungry (Luke 4:2). Here are 14 verses to encourage us to think about family in terms of generations, generations of influence. 6:13)! I will say, They are my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.. ). Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. As Jesus said (John 14:21), He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him. (See, also, John 14:23; 15:10, 14; 1 John 5:3.) If you run red lights and drive on the wrong side of the road, eventually youll get hurt and hurt others. TopicalBible There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. 2 He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. We are expected to act in faith on God's promises just as Abraham did, but we do that from a position of trust based on all the knowledge we have of God. F After all, the team needs all the players! The book of Nahum portrays the LORD as the Divine _____. I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. Do solid Christian homes make a difference? It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, Arise, devour much flesh. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. Moses warns of the spiritual dangers that Israel will face when they settle into Canaan. 5:22-23) toward your family, but then lay a bunch of legalistic rules on your kids so that they will look like good Christians to the rest of the church, your kids will eventually rebel against you and against the Lord. God's Promise to David. As the Lord proclaims (Isa. 15 Bible Verses about God's Activity In The Nations For the kingdom is the Lord's And He rules over the nations. Or, if you dont show the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. The New Testament clearly reveals that Jesus, who is God, was actively involved in the creation of all things (John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16; Heb. And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette. 22:41-45; Isa.6:8; 9:6; 42:1.) Be diligent to teach your children! Then they sat down to eat. If we faced the threat of being arrested for gathering as a church, everyone here would be actively trusting in the Lord. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Luke tells us of Jesus' struggle with the devil in the desert, during which he fasted for 40 days. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. Men should take warning not to harden their hearts, for those who walk in pride . A Nation That Honors God God's love will reign supreme in our nation when our leaders and citizens truly fear Him. Jesus condemned the Pharisees because, although they were very religious and honored God with their lips, their hearts were far from Him (Mark 7:6-8). Father Prepare Me. Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. 02 Mar 2023 03:33:34 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. NIRV The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me. And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. W We are experiencing the consequences of a nation that has turned its back on. But we can make an impact for Christ on this world if we raise up godly generations by loving God fervently, teaching our children diligently, and living in the world carefully. 6:20-25). Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. A Message for Israel's Neighbors 16 And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'just as they once taught My people to swear by Baalthen they will be established among My people. That includes all nations, all races, all cultures. Let no one deceive you in any way. Genesis 11:8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the. Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.read more.All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. They took pride in wearing these verses in little boxes strapped to their hands and foreheads, and putting them in boxes by their doors and on their gateposts. And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. He will be one of your own people. 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. More than 100 were lawyers and judges. What are some of the idols of the peoples who surround us? Some Jews, for example, obeyed verses 8 and 9 literally. After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! We are not only to know this Almighty God, but also we are to love Him (v. 5). And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. 1. 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