4) Names written in the Book of Life of the Lamb

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I'm actually working right now so I do not have time to read all of this (I will later though), but have you considered the book of life versus the Lamb's book of life? Perhaps there's a difference.
 

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I'm actually working right now so I do not have time to read all of this (I will later though), but have you considered the book of life versus the Lamb's book of life? Perhaps there's a difference.
I believe they are the same.
 

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I'm actually working right now so I do not have time to read all of this (I will later though), but have you considered the book of life versus the Lamb's book of life? Perhaps there's a difference.
I believe they are the same.I'm pretty sure that it is saying the same thing.Lovest thou in Christ Jesus (Yahshua) our Lord and Saviour.
 

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Jer 50:4 "In those days, at that time," declares Yahweh, "the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek Yahweh their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. 6 "My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place. 7 Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, `We are not guilty, for they sinned against Yahweh, their true pasture, Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.(Note: “Yahweh said, Come and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten”, he who does not join himself to Yahweh has been lost sheep, and sinned against Yahweh.)Mt 12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. 1Co 6:17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. How can we be joined to the Lord to be one spirit?Ro 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; (Note: The law is the name of Yahweh, and is also the Spirit of Yahweh.)Heb 10:16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." 17 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." 18 And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, [Note: The law is written in the hearts and put in the minds, a new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body (his refers to Jesus')]Jer 31:31 "The time is coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares Yahweh. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares Yahweh. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, `Know Yahweh, 'because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares Yahweh. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." (Know Yahweh.)Mal 2:1 "And now this command is for you, O priests. 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says Yahweh Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me. 3 "Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. 4 And you will know that I have sent you this command so that my covenant with Levi may continue," says Yahweh Almighty. 5 "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 True law was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. 7 "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek law--because he is the messenger of Yahweh Almighty. 8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi," says Yahweh Almighty. 9 "So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law." (Note: Levi:Ge 29:34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi. The law is Yahweh’s glorious name:Dt 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name--Yahweh your God— 59 the LORD will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.The meaning of attached: listen to the command and lay it to heart; with true laws in the mouth, be attached to Yahweh.)1Sa 10:6 The Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. 7 Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you. Nu 11:28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!" 29 But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!" (Wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them)Ro 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. Ps 22:25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek Yahweh will praise him-- may your hearts live forever! (Note: Christ lives in the heart speaking, which makes the heart live forever)2Co 13:3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. 4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's power we will live with him to serve you. 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test? 6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. (Note: Test yourselves to see whether Jesus Christ is in you)Jn 6:62 What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. (Note: The words Christ speaks in us are spirit and life, life is the breath, see:Job 7:7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.)Rev 11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." 16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. (Note: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ”, Christ speaks in the heart, the word is Jesus, the breath of life of the word is Yahweh; the Father is in the Lord, the Lord also in the Father, so the breath is also spirit, see:Jn 20:21 Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.) Jer 3:14 "Return, faithless people," declares Yahweh, "for I am your husband. I will choose you--one from a town and two from a clan--and bring you to Zion. 15 Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. 16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land," declares Yahweh, "men will no longer say, `The ark of the covenant of Yahweh.' It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of Yahweh, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem, to the name of Yahweh. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. 18 In those days the house of Judah will join the house of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers as an inheritance. (Note: Gathered to the name of Yahweh)Isa 66:22 "As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares Yahweh, "so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says Yahweh. 24 "And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."(So will your name endure)(to be continued)
 

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Hallowed be Yahweh’s nameMt 6:9 "This, then, is how you should pray: " `Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Isa 29:22 Therefore this is what Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, says to the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will their faces grow pale. 23 When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction." (Note: See children keep Yahweh’s name holy)2Sa 7:25 "And now, Yahweh God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, 26 so that your name will be great forever. Then men will say, `Yahweh Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you. 27 "O Yahweh Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, `I will build a house for you.' So your servant has found courage to offer you this prayer. 28 O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 29 Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."(Note: Do as Yahweh said, magnify Yahweh)Lev 22:31 "Keep my commands and follow them. I am Yahweh. 32 Do not profane my holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am Yahweh, who makes you holy 33 and who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am Yahweh." (Note: Keep and follow the commands, acknowledge Yahweh as holy)1Sa 2:30 "'Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares: `I promised that your house and your father's house would minister before me forever.' But now Yahweh declares: `Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained. (Note: Those who honor Yahweh He will honor)1Pe 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." 15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, (Note: Set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts)Nu 20:6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them. 7 Yahweh said to Moses, 8 "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink." 9 So Moses took the staff from Yahweh's presence, just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, "Listen to me, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?" 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. 12 But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them." 13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with Yahweh and where he showed himself holy among them. (Note: Moses took the staff from Yahweh's presence, spoke one word, “Listen to me”, attention: “me” did not honor Yahweh as holy.)Ps 106:32 By the waters of Meribah they angered Yahweh, and trouble came to Moses because of them; 33 for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. (Note: Rash words came from Moses' lips, and rebelled against the Spirit of Yahweh, so Yahweh got angry.)Dt 32:48 On that same day Yahweh told Moses, 49 "Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel." (Note: Moses spoke a rash word, a word “me” did no sanctify Yahweh, and sinned against Yahweh)Nu 20:22 The whole Israelite community set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. 23 At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, 24 "Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. 25 Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor. 26 Remove Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there." 27 Moses did as Yahweh commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community. 28 Moses removed Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar. And Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain, 29 and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days. (Note: The rash words Moses spoke, and Aaron also rebelled against the command of Yahweh, his garments removed, and died on Mount Hor.) Ex 4:14 Then Yahweh's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it." (Note: Aaron spoke to the people for Moses, and Moses took Aaron as his mouth, so when Moses spoke a rash word, Aaron followed Moses and violated the command of Yahweh and was gathered to his people.) Ro 16:25 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey the faith-- 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.(Note: To make all nations know through the prophetic writings is the command of Yahweh, and the faith. It reminds us: how many people are in the doctrines of men, and, are they equally not violating the command of Yahweh or sanctifying the name of Yahweh?)[/B](TO BE CONTINUED)
 

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Holy to YahwehZec 14:20 On that day HOLY TO YAHWEH will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, Nu 6:1 Yahweh said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: `If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of separation to Yahweh as a Nazirite, 3 he must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or from other fermented drink. He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. 4 As long as he is a Nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. 5 "`During the entire period of his vow of separation no razor may be used on his head. He must be holy until the period of his separation to Yahweh is over; he must let the hair of his head grow long. 6 Throughout the period of his separation to Yahweh he must not go near a dead body. 7 Even if his own father or mother or brother or sister dies, he must not make himself ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of his separation to God is on his head. 8 Throughout the period of his separation he is consecrated to Yahweh. Note: If one wants to be consecrated to Yahweh, one must abstain from wine and other fermented drink, see:Lev 10:8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, 9 "You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean, 11 and you must teach the Israelites all the decrees Yahweh has given them through Moses."Note: Do not drink wine or other fermented drink, or you will die, this is a lasting ordinance, and do not drink vinegar made from wine or from other fermented drink, see:Jn 19:28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Jesus received the vinegar on the cross, and then said, “It is finished.” please see its meaning:2Pe 1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. The morning star rises in the hearts, and the word on the lips is the word Jesus speaks, and the Word, see:Jn 12:47 "As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. Ro 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Note: The word of one’s own and the doctrines of men are the vinegar made from wine and fermented wine. Haven’t they been drunk by Jesus in the same way? It fulfills what God said: we will make men in our likeness, and it has been fulfilled on us who are being created.Jn 19:17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Hebrew is called Golgotha). [Note: The word that Jesus carrying his own cross went out is that when the morning star rises in the heart, the mouth speaks the word from the Scriptures, which is the name of Jesus, see:Jn 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! The Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world, but:Mt 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!" 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Peter had in mind the things of men, Jesus said: Get behind me, Satan! Then, the things of men belong to Satan; Jesus’ crucifixion did not carry the sins of Satan. So the doctrines of men and the things of men are the vinegar made from wine and the fermented wine, and if they have not been given to Jesus to drink, it cannot be said “ finished.”]No razor may be used on his head, see:ps 52:2 Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit. Ps 57:4 I am in the midst of lions; I lie among ravenous beasts-- men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Ps 55:21 His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. Away from the tongue of the word of one’s own, and away from the doctrines of men, to be consecrated to Yahweh, and separation to Yahweh is on the head, see: Col 3:22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Work at everything with all your heart, serve the Lord Christ, and do not use your brain, for what the men think out is the vinegar made from wine and the fermented wine.1Sa 1:10 In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to Yahweh. 11 And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to Yahweh for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head." Note: No razor will ever be used on his head, to be Yahweh’s for all the days of his life.Nu 3:11 Yahweh also said to Moses, 12 "I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether man or animal. They are to be mine. I am Yahweh."Note: Taken the Levites: Mal 2:1 "And now this command is for you, O priests. 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says Yahweh Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me. 3 "Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. 4 And you will know that I have sent you this command so that my covenant with Levi may continue," says Yahweh Almighty. Make a covenant with the Levites, be holy to Yahweh:Hos 14:1 Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. 3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say `Our gods 'to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion." 4 "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. (Note: Return to Yahweh, never again say our gods)Jer 2:1 The word of Yahweh came to me: 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: " `I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown. 3 Israel was holy to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares Yahweh. Note: Follow Yahweh, and the law is the name of Yahweh, see:Dt 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name--Yahweh your God—Holy to Yahweh, so we’d like to beseech everybody to think: how can one be holy to Yahweh in the doctrines of men?
 

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IV. Seek the teachings from the Scriptures Concerning the Old Covenant and the New Covenant1. What is a covenant(The so-called “covenant” is proposed by Yahweh God and needs to be kept by both sides.)Eze 17:19 "`Therefore this is what the Sovereign Yahweh says: As surely as I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke. Attention: Yahweh makes the covenant by himself.Dt 5:1 Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 Yahweh our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that Yahweh made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 4 Yahweh spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between Yahweh and you to declare to you the word of Yahweh, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said: Note: Making the covenant for those who are alive, that is, Moses preaches the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh speaks with Israel face to face to make the covenant.1Ch 16:7 That day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to Yahweh: 8 Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. 11 Look to Yahweh and his strength; seek his face always. 12 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, 13 O descendants of Israel his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14 He is Yahweh our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations, 16 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. 17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: (Note: Song:ps 118:14 Yahweh is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. Yahweh is the song, and the judgments in the mouth of Yahweh and the words Yahweh commanded are the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac, and confirmed the covenant to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.)2Sa 23:1 These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel's singer of songs: 2 "The Spirit of Yahweh spoke through me; his word was on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: `When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, 4 he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth. 5 "'Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire? (Note: The Spirit of Yahweh speaks through David, the word on David’s tongue, and makes with David an everlasting covenant.)Ps 111:1 Praise Yahweh. I will extol Yahweh with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. 2 Great are the works of Yahweh; they are pondered by all who delight in them. 3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; Yahweh is gracious and compassionate. 5 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations. 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. 8 They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness. 9 He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever-- holy and awesome is his name. 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.(Note: Yahweh remembers his covenant forever, Yahweh provides redemption, and ordains his covenant forever.) Ps 78:37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant. 38 Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. (Note: The hearts were not loyal to Yahweh, nor faithful to his covenant, Yahweh did not stir up his full wrath.)Ps 89:34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. 35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- 36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; (Note: Yahweh will not violate His covenant or alter what His lips have uttered.)(to be continued)
 

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2. Those who keep the covenant of Yahweh will be the people of GodPs 25:4 Show me your ways, O Yahweh, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. 6 Remember, O Yahweh, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O Yahweh. 8 Good and upright is Yahweh; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. 9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. 10 All the ways of Yahweh are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant. 11 For the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. 12 Who, then, is the man that fears Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. 13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. 14 Yahweh confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. 15 My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for only he will release my feet from the snare. Note: All the ways of Yahweh are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant, Yahweh confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.Isa 56:6 And foreigners who bind themselves to Yahweh to serve him, to love the name of Yahweh, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-- 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." 8 The Sovereign Yahweh declares-- he who gathers the exiles of Israel: "I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered." (Those who hold fast to His covenant, Yahweh will bring them to the holy mountain. Holy mountain:Mic 4:1 In the last days the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.)Ps 15:1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? 2 He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart 3 and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, 4 who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts, 5 who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.Ps 24:3 who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.Jer 11:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh: 2 "Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. 3 Tell them that this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: `Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant-- 4 the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, `Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. 5 Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey'--the land you possess today." I answered, "Amen, Yahweh." 6 Yahweh said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: `Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. 7 From the time I brought your forefathers up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, "Obey me." 8 But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.' " 9 Then Yahweh said to me, "There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their forefathers. 11 Therefore this is what Yahweh says: `I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. 13 You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem. 14 "'Do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress. Attention: “Listen to the terms of this covenant, cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant”: those who obey the word of the covenant will be the people of God, God gives them a land flowing with milk and honey; those who do not listen, and follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts serve gods.Mal 3:1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says Yahweh Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then Yahweh will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Yahweh, as in days gone by, as in former years. (Note: The Lord who is sought, the messenger of the covenant will come to his temple suddenly.)(to be continued)
 

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3. Those who violate the covenant of Yahweh are cursedJer 22:6 For this is what Yahweh says about the palace of the king of Judah: "Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a desert, like towns not inhabited. 7 I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire. 8 "People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, `Why has Yahweh done such a thing to this great city? 9 'And the answer will be: `Because they have forsaken the covenant of Yahweh their God and have worshiped and served other gods.' " 10 Do not weep for the dead or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again. (Note: Forsaking the covenant of Yahweh God, worshipping and serving other gods, because he will never return.)Ps 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. 19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. 20 You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face. 22 "Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: 23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God." (Note: To the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?)Da 11:27 The two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but to no avail, because an end will still come at the appointed time. 28 The king of the North will return to his own country with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action against it and then return to his own country. 29 "At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time the outcome will be different from what it was before. 30 Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. 32 With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.Note: Their hearts are set against the holy covenant, and vent fury against the holy covenant; he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant, desecrate the sanctuary, and set up the abomination that causes desolation, see:Mt 24:15 "So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- Hos 8:1 "Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle against the house of Yahweh because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 2 Israel cries out to me, `O our God, we acknowledge you! 3 'But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. 4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. 5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? 6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria. 7 "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up. 8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing. 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers. 10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king. 11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning. 12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. 13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but Yahweh is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. 14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses."(Note: Those who rebel against Yahweh’s covenant, shall be like an eagle against the house of Yahweh, rejecting what is good, and returning to Egypt.)(to be continued)
 

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4. About the search of the Old Covenant and the New CovenantHeb 8:13 By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. Attention please: we find out that many people use this verse to abolish the Scriptures before the Book of Matthew, please seek about this verse clearly and know its meaning.Heb 8:7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said (or “because finding fault with them, He says) (or “because finding fault with them, He says): "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 11 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, `Know the Lord, 'because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." (Note: The first covenant and the second, the second covenant is the new covenant: “the Lord said, I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.” It is very clear that the law not written on the tablets of hearts is the first covenant and the old covenant.)2Co 3:3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 4 Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2Co 3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. (Attention please: Paul is the minister of the new covenant, and writes the Spirit of the living God on tablets of human hearts; to this day what is read is the old covenant. Doesn’t it mean that this bible is the first covenant?) Please think: how can one write the Spirit of the living God on tablets of human hearts if there was not the first covenant (namely the old covenant)? So the old covenant refers to the Bible—the book of the law.Ro 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual. 2Ki 23:1 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of Yahweh with the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets--all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of Yahweh. 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of Yahweh--to follow Yahweh and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant. Note: Keep commands, regulations and decrees, confirming the words of the covenant written in this book, and all the people pledge themselves to the covenant.2Ki 17:13 Yahweh warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: "Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your fathers to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets." Da 9:9 Yahweh our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; 10 we have not obeyed Yahweh our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. "Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. (What Yahweh declared through his servants the prophets is the laws, so the whole Bible is a book of the law.)Paul’s Epistles are also the law, see:Ac 24:14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our fathers as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that agrees with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, Jer 31:31 "The time is coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares Yahweh. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares Yahweh. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, `Know Yahweh, 'because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares Yahweh. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."(Note: Yahweh declares, I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts, they will all know Yahweh. That is, the law is the first covenant, the law written on the tablets of hearts to know Yahweh is the new covenant.)(to be continued)
 

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Lk 22:14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God." 17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[Note: Jesus said, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes, see:Lk 17:20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, `Here it is,' or `There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." Blood refers to the life, see:Lev 17:10 "`Any Israelite or any alien living among them who eats any blood--I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, "None of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood." In the blood is the life:Dt 12:23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. Ps 37:30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip. 32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives; 33 but Yahweh will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial. (The law of God is in the hearts of the righteous)Dt 32:45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you--they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."(Obey carefully all the words of the law, for they are not just idle words for you—they are your life.)]1Co 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord 's death until he comes. 27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. What is it that Paul received from the Lord and passed on to you? Gal 1:11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. Gal 1:15 But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 2Co 13:3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. Christ speaks in Paul, and the words Paul receives from the Lord are the bread taken by the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed, and are the body of Jesus, see:Bread:Am 8:11 "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign Yahweh, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of Yahweh. (The words of Yahweh are bread)Heb 10:16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." 17 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." 18 And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, The laws are put in the hearts and written on the minds, and a new and living way is opened through the curtain, that is, his (refers to Jesus’) body, see:Mt 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. The law is Yahweh’s glorious name:Dt 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name--Yahweh your God-- This is called: Jesus fulfills the law, and it’s also the new covenant made by the blood of Jesus, for Jesus is the life, see:1Jn 5:10 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. He who has the Son of God has life.In a worthy manner:It refers to the words Paul received from the Lord, which are the doctrine of Yahweh, see:ps 19:9 The fear of Yahweh is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh are sure and altogether righteous. 2Co 4:1 Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.The word of God is the truth, the truth refers to Jesus: Jn 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. That’s to say, anyone not following the doctrine of God is guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.(to be continued)
 

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Eze 16:59 "`This is what the Sovereign Yahweh says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. 60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my first covenant with you. 62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Yahweh.' " Note: Yahweh says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. When you receive your older and your younger sisters, but not on the basis of the first covenant. I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.Eze 16:46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.It is known from above that this Bible is provided for people to read and is the old covenant, also the first covenant. Ro 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual. The law is spiritual, what is put in the heart and written on the mind is called the second covenant, also the new covenant, and it is Jesus rising in the heart, see:2Pe 1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. What is it that the morning star rises in the hearts?Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star." The Morning Star refers to Jesus, who is the life of everyone of us, and the new covenant made with us by his blood (the life), and it is also the everlasting covenant, this is called “the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.”Heb 8:7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said (or “because finding fault with them, He says): "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Heb 7:16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." 18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. Note: If there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, then what is the fault the Lord found with the first covenant? See:Heb 7:18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless. Then, which are useless regulations in the first covenant? There is blemish (small flaw) in the words the prophets spoke, and it is also the fault in the first covenant, for example, the words spoken through the mouth of Moses—in Genesis the words that the serpent enticed Eve:Ge 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, `You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, `You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' " 4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Mt 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!" 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Peter spoke the things of men, Jesus said: Get behind me, Satan!Heb 7:16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." 18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect) and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.Here the law refers to the regulation, like the words of Satan repeated by the mouth of Moses and Matthew and again recorded in the book, all these words belong to the flesh, and they cannot be our indestructible life today. See: Ne 9:13You came down also upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,Isa 25:6 On this mountain Yahweh Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine-- the best of meats and the well-refined wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; 8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Yahweh will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. Yahweh has spoken. 9 In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is Yahweh, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation." 10 The hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure. 11 They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. 12 He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust. (A feast of the well-refined wines has been made, to destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples and the veil that covers all nations, and he has already swallowed up death forever.)The letter is the veil:2Co 3:6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2Co3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 1Co 15:50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." Note: be clothed with the imperishable, in the twinkling of an eye, see:Isa 33:10 "Now will I arise," says Yahweh. "Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up. Yahweh will arise suddenly. Speak the word of God in the Holy Spirit, and the word of one’s own is swallowed up. Then the saying which is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory.” See:Nu 11:29 But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!"
 

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Ecc 3:14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. 15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account (or “and God requires an account of what is past”).(Attention: God will call the past to account or God requires an account of what is past.)Isa 54:9 "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. (Attention please: the anger of Yahweh is like the waters of Noah)1. Which things anger Yahweh?(Please search patiently from the scriptures as follow)Dt 32:16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols. 17 They sacrificed to demons, which are not God-- gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear. 18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth. 19 Yahweh saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters. 20 "I will hide my face from them," he said, "and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful. 21 They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding. 22 For a fire has been kindled by my wrath, one that burns to the realm of death below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains. (Attention please: Yahweh said: they made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols, isn’t it the addressing that angers Yahweh?)Now let us know the right addressing from the instruction of the scriptures,and find out the anger of Yahweh:Mic 4:5 All the nations may walk in the name of their gods; we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God for ever and ever. Ex 3:13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, `What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: `I AM has sent me to you.' " 15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, `Yahweh, the God of your fathers--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation. (Note: The name of God is I AM WHO I AM, ask the Israelites to address me in this way: Yahweh is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.)Ge 16:13 She gave this name to Yahweh who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me." Ex 20:7 "You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. (Note: Yahweh will hold anyone guilty who misuses his name.)Ps 139:19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh, and abhor those who rise up against you?(Note: The wicked: those who do not know Yahweh are the wicked, adversaries misuse Yahweh’s name:1Sa 2:12 Eli's sons were wicked men; they did not know Yahweh.) Ex 22:20 "Whoever sacrifices to any god other than Yahweh must be destroyed. Lev 19:4 "`Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God. Ex 23:13 "Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips. (Note: Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.)Dt 13:6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again. (Note: Calling god(s)and forsaking Yahweh God is doing an evil thing.)2Th 2:3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. (Note: Calling god(s) is a rebellion against the Word, the Word is God: Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. Jer 2:9 "Therefore I bring charges against you again," declares Yahweh. "And I will bring charges against your children's children. 10 Cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this: 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols. 12 Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares Yahweh. 13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Note: Calling god(s), forsaking Yahweh the spring of living water)Jer 5:18 "Yet even in those days," declares Yahweh, "I will not destroy you completely. 19 And when the people ask, `Why has Yahweh our God done all this to us?' you will tell them, `As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own. (Note: Forsaken Yahweh, served foreign gods, and will serve foreigners)1Co 8:3 But the man who loves God is known by God. 4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (Note: There is no God but one, even if there are so-called gods, there are many gods and many lords.)Jer 2:28 'Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah. Jer 11:13 You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem. (Note: As many gods as towns)Hos 14:1 Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 2 Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. 3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say `Our gods 'to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion." (Note: The heart returning to Yahweh, never again say our gods.)Ps 95:3 For Yahweh is the great God, the great King above all gods. (Note: Yahweh is the great God, above all gods.)Ex 18:11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly." (Note: Yahweh is greater than all other gods.)1Ki 22:19 Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne with all the host of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. 20 And Yahweh said, `Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there? "'One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before Yahweh and said, `I will entice him. 22 "`'By what means?' Yahweh asked. " `I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. " `You will succeed in enticing him,' said Yahweh. `Go and do it. 23 "'So now Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. Yahweh has decreed disaster for you." (Note: A spirit stands before Yahweh, it is a lying spirit:pr 30:5 "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. Adding to the Scriptures is a lying spirit—and also the spirit of god(s).)Nu 25:1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, 2 who invited them to the sacrifices to their gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods. 3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor. And Yahweh's anger burned against them. (Note: Bow down before god(s), joined to Baal of Peor, search Baal:Jer 9:14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their fathers taught them." Ps 106:28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods; Baal is lifeless gods)1Ki 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing. 22 Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only one of Yahweh's prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The god who answers by fire--he is God." Then all the people said, "What you say is good." 25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire." 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "O Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made. 27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened." 1Ki 18:36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O Yahweh, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Yahweh, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again." 38 Then the fire of Yahweh fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "Yahweh--he is God! Yahweh--he is God!" (Note: Elijah called on Yahweh God, while the prophets of Baal called on the name of gods.) 1Ch 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. (Note: Prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom Yahweh had destroyed.)Jer 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath. 11 "Tell them this: `These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' " (Note: Yahweh is the living God; these gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.)(to be continued)
 

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2. What kind of people are they who are calling god(s)?2Ch 28:22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to Yahweh. 23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, "Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me." But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel. 24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and took them away. He shut the doors of Yahweh's temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. 25 In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger. [Note: The god(s) of the kings of Aram: 2Ch 20:2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom (“Edom” or “Aram”), from the other side of the Sea.Aram or Edom Ge 25:29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) (“Edom” means “red”) 31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." 32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" 33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. Esau, despising his birthright, was called Edom.Da 1:4 to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans. The language and literature of the Chaldeans.Da 2:4 Then the Chaldeans answered the king in Aramaic,The Chaldeans in Aramaic.2Ki 16:6 At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the men of Judah. Edomites ( or “Arameans”) then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day. Arameans are Edomites.Ezr 4:6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language. 8 Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows: 9 Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates--the judges and officials over the men from Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, 10 and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates. 11 (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.) 12 The king should know that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations. 13 Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and the royal revenues will suffer. 14 Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king, 15 so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place of rebellion from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.Aramaic is a rebellious city] Jer 46:25 Yahweh Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. 26 I will hand them over to those who seek their lives, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past," declares Yahweh. (Note: Egypt and her gods:Hos 8:12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. 13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but Yahweh is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. Regarding the law as something alien, they will return to Egypt.Ac 7:38 'He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us. 39 "But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. Hearts turning back to Egypt, these people are calling god(s).)2Ch 13:8 "And now you plan to resist the kingdom of Yahweh, which is in the hands of David's descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods. (Note: Calling god(s) is resisting the kingdom of Yahweh, which is in the hand of David's descendants.)Dt 29:24 All the nations will ask: "Why has Yahweh done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?" 25 And the answer will be: "It is because this people abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore Yahweh's anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book. 28 In furious anger and in great wrath Yahweh uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now." (Note: they went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, and gods Yahweh has not given, and so were uprooted and thrust into another land.)Jos 24:19 Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve Yahweh. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. 20 If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you." 21 But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve Yahweh." 22 Then Joshua said, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve Yahweh." "Yes, we are witnesses," they replied. 23 "Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to Yahweh, the God of Israel." 24 And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God and obey him." (Note: What are the foreign gods? 1Pe 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do--living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. Doing the will of the Gentiles is serving the foreign gods; obeying the word of Yahweh is serving Yahweh.)If someone says: the god I believe, my heart is referring to the god who made heaven and earth, about this saying please search:Eze 14:1 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. 2 Then the word of Yahweh came to me: 3 "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, `This is what the Sovereign Yahweh says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet, I Yahweh will answer him myself in keeping with his great idolatry. 5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols. 6 "'Therefore say to the house of Israel, `This is what the Sovereign Yahweh says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices! 7 "`When any Israelite or any alien living in Israel separates himself from me and sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I Yahweh will answer him myself. 8 I will set my face against that man and make him an example and a byword. I will cut him off from my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. (Note: You have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before yourself. Yahweh seizes you by your heart, sets His face against you and cuts you off from His people.)2Co 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (Note: The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers.)Gal 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God--or rather are known by God--how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?(Note: When we did not know God, we were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.)Jer 50:1 This is the word Yahweh spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of Chaldeans: 2 "Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, `Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror. (Note: Babylon and Chaldeans’ images will be put to shame, that is, those who are calling god(s).)Eze 12:13 I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die. 14 I will scatter to the winds all those around him--his staff and all his troops--and I will pursue them with drawn sword. (to be continued)
 

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3. The men in Babylon the four winds are swept through like a floodDa 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream. 2 Daniel said: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Note: What is the vision?Pr 29:18 Where there is no revelation (or vision), the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law. What is the sea?Jer 51:36 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up the sea of Babylon and make her springs dry. Jer 49:20 Therefore, hear what Yahweh has planned against Edom, what he has purposed against those who live in Teman: The young of the flock will be dragged away; he will completely destroy their pasture because of them. 21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble; their cry will resound to the Red Sea. Men in the Red Sea.Jer 51:1 This is what Yahweh says: "See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai. 2 I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster. 3 Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army. 4 They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets. Da 7:2 Daniel said: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. 3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. 4 "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it. 5 "And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, `Get up and eat your fill of flesh! 6 "'After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule. 7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. 8 "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully. Da 7:15 "I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me. 16 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this. "So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: 17 `The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever--yes, for ever and ever. 19 "'Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws--the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. 20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell--the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully. 21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and defeating them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom. 23 "He gave me this explanation: `The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. 26 "`But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him. 28 "'This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself." (Note: Verse 17 of this chapter, the four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth, Verses 23-25 of this chapter, the fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. After them another king will arise he will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints and try to change the set times and the laws.)Da 8:1 In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as he charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great. 5 As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. 6 He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at him in great rage. 7 I saw him attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him; the goat knocked him to the ground and trampled on him, and none could rescue the ram from his power. 8 The goat became very great, but at the height of his power his large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven. 9 Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land. 10 It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. 11 It set itself up to be as great as the Prince of the host; it took away the daily sacrifice from him, and the place of his sanctuary was brought low. 12 Because of rebellion, the host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground. 13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, "How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled--the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host that will be trampled underfoot?" 14 He said to me, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated." 15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice from the Ulai calling, "Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision." 17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. "Son of man," he said to me, "understand that the vision concerns the time of the end." 18 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet. 19 He said: "I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. 20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. 22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power. 23 "In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24 He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men and the holy people. 25 He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power. 26 "The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future." 27 I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for several days. Then I got up and went about the king's business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding. (Note: said: I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end, the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven, Verses 21-22 of this chapter tell us plainly: after Alexander of Greece died, his four generals each took up a place, and built four countries; Verses 9-12 of this chapter, out of the four horns came another horn; Verses 23-25 of this chapter, a king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands sinister schemes. He will cause astounding devastation, it refers to the Roman Empire which was founded until Constantine was Emperor, and made Christianity the state religion, changed the set times and laws, cast down the sanctuary of the Prince. Casting the truth down to the ground, he did devastation and prospered.What is the sanctuary?Isa 8:13 Yahweh Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, 14 and he will be a sanctuary. What is the truth?2Co 4:1 Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.(Note: The word of God is the truth.)Da 9:25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven `sevens,' and sixty-two `sevens. 'It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two `sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one `seven. "`In the middle of the `seven "`he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." (Note: The Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven `sevens,Ex 34:21 "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. 22 "Celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Yahweh, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before Yahweh your God. Three times a year appear before Yahweh. Drive out nations.Dt 16:9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. 10 Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to Yahweh your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings Yahweh your God has given you. 11 And rejoice before Yahweh your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, the Levites in your towns, and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows living among you. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees. 13 Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 14 Be joyful at your Feast--you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the Feast to Yahweh your God at the place Yahweh will choose. For Yahweh your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete. 16 Three times a year all your men must appear before Yahweh your God at the place he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. No man should appear before Yahweh empty-handed: 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way Yahweh your God has blessed you. Count off seven week, celebrate the Feast of Weeks before Yahweh, at the place Yahweh chooses: No man should appear before Yahweh empty-handed. After the sixty-two `sevens,' equal to 434 years, it refers to verse 2 of this chapter-- I, Daniel, understood by the books, the number of the year by the word of Yahweh through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, and also is the number of years that from Prophet Nehemiah leading the last flock of Jews to return to their country till Jesus Christ was crucified and cut off. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary, the end will come like a flood, war will continue until the end. In the middle of the seven Jesus preached three years and a half confirming a covenant with people, and on the wing of abomination shall be one who makes desolate.Da 11:10 His sons will prepare for war and assemble a great army, which will sweep on like an irresistible flood and carry the battle as far as his fortress. Da 11:21 "He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue. 22 Then an overwhelming army will be swept away before him; both it and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed. 23 After coming to an agreement with him, he will act deceitfully, and with only a few people he will rise to power. 24 When the richest provinces feel secure, he will invade them and will achieve what neither his fathers nor his forefathers did. He will distribute plunder, loot and wealth among his followers. He will plot the overthrow of fortresses--but only for a time. 25 "With a large army he will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South. The king of the South will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because of the plots devised against him. 26 Those who eat from the king's provisions will try to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall in battle. 27 The two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but to no avail, because an end will still come at the appointed time. 28 The king of the North will return to his own country with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action against it and then return to his own country. 29 "At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time the outcome will be different from what it was before. 30 Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. 32 With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.(Note: With the arms like a flood, his heart shall be against the holy covenant, and he will vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant, these armed forces shall defile the sanctuary, and set up the abomination of desolation.The sanctuary:Eze 45:1 "`When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to Yahweh a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy. 2 Of this, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits around it for open land. 3 In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before Yahweh. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. Mal 2:11 Judah has broken faith. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary Yahweh loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may Yahweh cut him off from the tents of Jacob-- Da 11:36 "The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. 38 Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his fathers he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. 39 He will attack the mightiest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him. He will make them rulers over many people and will distribute the land at a price. 40 "At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. (Note: The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place--he will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.)Na 1:7 Yahweh is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, 8 but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into darkness. The people of Nineveh call gods; Jonah called Yahweh God:Jnh 1:1 The word of Yahweh came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from Yahweh and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from Yahweh. 4 Then Yahweh sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish." 7 Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?" 9 He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship Yahweh, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land." 10 This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from Yahweh, because he had already told them so.) 11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" 12 "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you." 13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 14 Then they cried to Yahweh, "O Yahweh, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O Yahweh, have done as you pleased." 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 16 At this the men greatly feared Yahweh, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows to him. Mt 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Lk 17:26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.(to be continued)
 

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4. How can one no longer be destroyed by the flood?Ge 9:8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth." Please see: the covenant Yahweh established with Noah and with Noah’s descendants. (Don’t we all belong to the descendants of Noah today?) This covenant is concerning no more destruction by flood and a covenant of no more flood to destroy the earth, this is an everlasting covenant with a sign. “I (referring to Yahweh) have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” If we understand this sentence as the rainbow we see in spring and summer before or after rain, then now in the world so many places are flooded, so how to explain the places flooded? Consequently, the rainbow and clouds in the heaven are parables. Please see how the Scriptures interpret the rainbow and clouds:The meaning of the rainbow: Eze 1:26 Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking. [Note: What looked like a throne:ps 22:3 But you are holy, Enthroned (“throne” or “dwelling”) in the praises of Israel.The Holy Spirit is the fire: Ac 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. What are the days of rain?Job 29:22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears. 23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain. My words fell gently on them, and they waited for me (referring to Yahweh) as for showers.Zec 10:1 Ask Yahweh for rain in the springtime; it is Yahweh who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. Yahweh is the rain.Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, this was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh, I heard the voice of one speaking. Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. {Note: I heard the word from heaven, and a rainbow encircled the throne. The rainbow refers to the seven spirits in the word of God:Isa 11:1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh—The days of rain on the earth, the rainbow appears with seven colors, and the word of Yahweh has seven spirits, so the rainbow is Yahweh.)The meaning of the cloud:Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders, and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.(Note: Witness:Rev 19:10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.2Pe 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by men’s own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Speaking the word of God by the Holy Spirit is prophecy, which testifies to Jesus, like the cloud.)Nu 16:42 But when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the Tent of Meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of Yahweh appeared. (Note: The cloud covering is the glory of Yahweh appearing.)Nu 14:13 Moses said to Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. 14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O Yahweh, are with these people and that you, O Yahweh, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. (Note: Yahweh has been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them.)Rev 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down." 5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, "There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets." 8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey." 10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings." Note: Another mighty angel, please search:Jn 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Ac 7:53 you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it."He who proclaims the law is an angel.For the law is Yahweh’s glorious name, see:Dt 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name--Yahweh your God-- Mal 2:1 "And now this command is for you, O priests. 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says Yahweh Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me. 3 "Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. The wicked dare not recite the laws, see:ps 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. Job 33:23 "Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him, 24 to be gracious to him and say, `Spare him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him'-- 25 then his flesh is renewed like a child's; it is restored as in the days of his youth. 26 He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state. If there is an angel as a mediator to tell a man what is right for him, he will be restored as in the days of his youth.Clothed with a cloud: it refers to the men who testify about Jesus.A rainbow on the head: a rainbow refers to the word of Yahweh.The face like the sun:Ps 84:11 For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.For Yahweh God is a sun, it means that this angel’s face is toward Yahweh, and does not call god(s) and is not toward the god(s).The feet like pillars of fire: speaking the word of God while moved by the Holy Spirit, he has a little book open in his hand, see:Eze 2:1 He said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you." 2 As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. Eze 2:8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you." 9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, 10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe. Attention please: Yahweh spoke to Ezekiel, and opened the book of the Scriptures to Ezekiel:Eze 3:1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel." 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. 3 Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. 4 He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. Eze 3:10 And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. 11 Go now to your countrymen in exile and speak to them. Say to them, `This is what the Sovereign Yahweh says,' whether they listen or fail to listen." Ezekiel eats the scroll given by Yahweh, fills his stomach and speaks Yahweh’s words to them. Whether they listen or fail to listen, say to them: this is what the Sovereign Yahweh says. Pay attention to this, because the words from the scroll are Yahweh’s everlasting name, see:1Ki 9:2 Yahweh appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 Yahweh said to him: "I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. 2Ch 7:12 Yahweh appeared to him at night and said: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. 13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. Inquire of Yahweh about what is written in this book:2Ch 34:21 "Go and inquire of Yahweh for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is Yahweh's anger that is poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book." 2Ki 22:13 "Go and inquire of Yahweh for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is Yahweh's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us." Attention please: the Eastern Lightning’s is a little book apart from the Scriptures, so the Eastern lightning is a false Christ.Set the right foot on the sea: fill the stomach with the scroll and speak the words of Yahweh, the right foot treading the Babylon Sea. See:Jer 51:36 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry. 37 Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives. Left foot on the land: tread the speech of a medium out of the ground, see:Isa 29:4 Brought low, you will speak from the ground; your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth; out of the dust your speech will whisper. 5 But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff. Suddenly, in an instant, The words spoken from the things of men belong to Satan:Mt 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!" 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Rev 10:8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey." 10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings." Note: Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land, eat it (referring to receiving it) and prophesy (referring to speaking the word of God) again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings. Prophesy again, as the prophets spoke, see:Jer 26:20 (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. The prophecy testifies about Jesus, see:Rev 19:10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Please recall:Ge 9:13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth." I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth, it means:Rev 10:3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down." Ps 29:1 Ascribe to Yahweh, O mighty ones, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name; worship Yahweh in the splendor of his holiness. 3 The voice of Yahweh is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, Yahweh thunders over the mighty waters. 4 The voice of Yahweh is powerful; the voice of Yahweh is majestic. 5 The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars; Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of Yahweh strikes with flashes of lightning. 8 The voice of Yahweh shakes the desert; Yahweh shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(Attention please: This is the sign of the everlasting covenant Yahweh has established between Him and all life (not the dead). Please think: now how many believers in Jesus, because of not understanding the sign of the everlasting covenant which Yahweh established, are in the sweep and devastation of the flood of the anger of Yahweh, yet without their awareness.)
 

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A thick and dreadful darknessGe 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then Yahweh said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure." 17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—1) As the sun was settingZec 14:1 A day of Yahweh is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. Zec 14:6 On that day there will be no light; the lights will diminish. 7 It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime--a day known to Yahweh. When evening comes, there will be light. Search the lights: the sun, the moon and the stars.The sun:ps 84:11 For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Yahweh is a sun, (attention: how many people are calling god(s).)The righteous, like the moon:Ps 72:7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. Ps 89:35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- 36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; 37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Ro 10:4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Jer 33:14 "`The days are coming,' declares Yahweh, `when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 "`In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: Yahweh Our Righteousness. What is justice and righteousness?Isa 30:18 Yet Yahweh longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Yahweh is a God of justice1Jn 2:28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. The Lord is righteous.The stars:Ge 22:15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." (Note: Yahweh swore by Himself to give Abraham two kinds of children, one kind is: as the stars in the sky, and the other: the sand on the seashore.)The stars in the sky:2Pe 1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Until the morning star rises in the hearts.Rev 2:24 I will not impose any other burden on you: 25 Only hold on to what you have until I come. 26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations-- 27 `He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'-- 28 I will also give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. I tell you: I will also give him the morning star. What does the morning star refer to?Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star." Jesus is the bright Morning Star, so the sun was setting, the moon and stars also diminishing, no lights.The sand of the seashore:Rev 12:17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Then the dragon took his stand on the sand of the seashore.They do not obey the commandments (or the law) of God, while the dragon takes his stand on the sand of the seashore (Babylon Sea):Jer 51:36 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: "See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up Babylon sea and make her springs dry. Hab 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 5 "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own. 7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; 9 they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. 10 They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on-- guilty men, whose own strength is their god." Pr 20:17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel. (to be continued)
 

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2) A thick and dreadful darkness came over him (Abraham)Zep 1:14 "The great day of Yahweh is near-- near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of Yahweh will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there. 15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers. 17 I will bring distress on the people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like filth. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of Yahweh's wrath. In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live in the earth." Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh is coming. It is close at hand-- 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. 3 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste-- nothing escapes them. 4 They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry. 5 With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle. 6 At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. 7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course. 8 They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks. 9 They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows. 10 Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 11 Yahweh thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of Yahweh is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it? (Note: A large and mighty people come, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.)Joel 1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? 3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. 4 What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten. 5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. 6 A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. 7 It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white. [Note: It has laid waste my (referring to Yahweh’s) vines. Jesus is the vine, see:Jn 15:1 "I am the true vine.This group of great locusts young locusts and other locusts use the doctrines of men. For it has been snatched from your lips, that is, there is no word of Yahweh in the mouth.Search, the locusts:pr 30:27 locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks; (Yahweh is the king, meaning that without the word of Yahweh, they still advance together in ranks.)Jer 51:12 Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! Yahweh will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon. 13 You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off. 14 Yahweh Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you. Jer 51:27 "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts. Babylonians are like the locusts; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.Jer 46:23 They will chop down the forest of Egypt," declares Yahweh, "dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted. (Search, the forest of Egypt:Hos 8:12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. 13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but Yahweh is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. Regarding the law as something alien, one returns to Egypt.Ac 7:38 'He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us. 39 "But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. Na 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall. 9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were among her allies. 10 Yet she was taken captive and went into exile. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains. 11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. 12 All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Look at your troops-- they are all women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars. 14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork! 15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and, like grasshoppers, consume you. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts! 16 You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. 17 Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day-- but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. Note: Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength, and all her great men were put in chains. What do the chains refer to?Ps 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. All fall into the mouth of the eater, and there the fire will devour you and consume you like grasshoppers.Jdg 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. 4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. 5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it. The Midianites are as numerous as locusts.Jdg 7:12 The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore. 13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. "I had a dream," he was saying. "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed." 14 His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands." Ex 10:1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these miraculous signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am Yahweh." 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: `How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians--something neither your fathers nor your forefathers have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.' " Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh. 7 Pharaoh's officials said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?" 8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship Yahweh your God," he said. "But just who will be going?" 9 Moses answered, "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to Yahweh." 10 Pharaoh said, "Yahweh be with you--if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil. 11 No! Have only the men go; and worship Yahweh, since that's what you have been asking for." Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence. 12 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail." 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and Yahweh made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail--everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt. 16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to Yahweh your God to take this deadly plague away from me." 18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh. 19 And Yahweh changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go. 21 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt--darkness that can be felt." 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. 24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship Yahweh. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind." 25 But Moses said, "You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to Yahweh our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping Yahweh our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship Yahweh." 27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, "Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die." 29 "Just as you say," Moses replied, "I will never appear before you again." (Note: The locusts covered all the ground until it was black, this darkness makes no one see anyone else, Yet all the Israelites have light in the places where they live.)The words which are cast lots from the Scriptures are the sacred place:Eze 45:1 "`When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to Yahweh a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy. 2 Of this, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits around it for open land. 3 In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before Yahweh. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. Eze 44:1 Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut. 2 Yahweh said to me, "This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered through it. 3 The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of Yahweh. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way." (Note: Back to the sanctuary, shut the outer gate, and the holy Father, the holy Son and the holy Spirit dwell inside.)Mal 2:11 Judah has broken faith. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary Yahweh loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may Yahweh cut him off from the tents of Jacob—Jesus is the sacred place, and the light, see:Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. Jn 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." The abomination of desolation standing in the holy placeMt 24:15 "So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- Da 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. "In the middle of the seven "he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." Da 11:30 Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. 32 With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. Jesus is the Word of God, the doctrine of Yahweh, and the light. Isn’t it the abomination that causes desolation that you use the doctrines of men to analyze and explain the Scriptures? And isn’t it the great darkness falling upon men?(to be continued)
 

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3) Your descendants will be strangers on a land that is not theirsThere are two kinds of lands before Yahweh God:Ge 12:1 Yahweh had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. Leave your country: it refers to the land of father’s house, go to the land Yahweh shows.Ge 24:7 "Yahweh, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, `To your offspring I will give this land' (Note: Father’s household is the native land—the doctrines of men; the word of God is the sacred place, the land promised to the forefathers.)Ge 50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." (Joseph goes up out of this land, that is, to leave the doctrines of men, and go into the land promised to the forefathers—the word of God, namely, the doctrine of God)Eze 20:4 "'Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their fathers 5 and say to them: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of the house of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, "I am Yahweh your God." 6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands. 7 And I said to them, "Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God." 8 "`But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt. 9 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations they lived among and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites by bringing them out of Egypt. 10 Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert. 11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. 12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I Yahweh made them holy. (Note: The land of Egypt and a land flowing with milk and honey; speaking the word of one’s own and violating the law, one lives in the land of Egypt; speaking the word of God, one lives in a land flowing with milk and honey.)Ge 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. 2 I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers." 3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God." (Note: Yahweh appeared to Abraham, confirmed His covenant with Abraham, and will establish the covenant as an everlasting covenant with Abraham’s descendants after him. The whole land of Canaan, where Abraham is now an alien, will also be given as an everlasting possession to his descendants after him.)Ge 26:2 Yahweh appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws." (Note: Yahweh appeared to Isaac, asked Isaac to live in the land of which he was told, Yahweh was with Isaac, who kept the commands, decrees and laws which Yahweh required, and obeyed the voice of Yahweh .)Ge 28:10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it stood Yahweh, and he said: "I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." 16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I was not aware of it." 17 He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven." (Note: Jacob took one stone, put it under his head, and the land Jacob is lying on is given to you and your descendants, Yahweh will not leave, it is the house of God, and the gate of heaven.)Ge 35:9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. 10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So he named him Israel. 11 And God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body. 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you." 13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. 14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. 15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel. (Note: God appeared to Jacob again, and talked with him, the land He gave to Abraham and Isaac he also gave to Jacob and Jacob’s descendants, then Jacob called the place Bethel.)Jer 25:3 For twenty-three years--from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day--the word of Yahweh has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. 4 And though Yahweh has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land Yahweh gave to you and your fathers for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you." 7 "But you did not listen to me," declares Yahweh, "and you have provoked me with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves."(Note: The words Yahweh sent His servants the prophets to speak, each one must turn from his evil ways and evil practices, so as to dwell in the land Yahweh gave to you and your fathers for ever and ever.)Ex 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of Yahweh his God. "O LORD," he said, "why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, `It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: `I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.' " 14 Then Yahweh relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. (Note: Moses pleaded for the sin of the people, and Yahweh remembered the oath by Himself with Abraham, Isaac and Israel, promised to give the whole land to the descendants of the forefathers, then Yahweh relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.)Nu 11:10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. Yahweh became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11 He asked Yahweh, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers? 13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, `Give us meat to eat! 14 'I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now--if I have found favor in your eyes--and do not let me face my own ruin." 16 Yahweh said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone. 18 "Tell the people: `Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. Yahweh heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!" Now Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it. 19 You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, 20 but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it--because you have rejected Yahweh, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" 21 But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, `I will give them meat to eat for a whole month! 22 'Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?" 23 Yahweh answered Moses, "Is Yahweh's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you." 24 So Moses went out and told the people what Yahweh had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the Tent. 25 Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again. 26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." 28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!" 29 But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!" 30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. (Note: Yahweh directed Moses as a nurse carries an infant, to carry in his arms to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers. Yahweh spoke through the mouth of Moses to put the Holy Spirit on others, wishing that all Yahweh's people were prophets, and entered the land promised to the forefathers.)Nu 14:20 Yahweh replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked. 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of Yahweh fills the whole earth, 22 not one of the men who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times-- 23 not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. 24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. 25 Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea." 26 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron: 27 "How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. 28 So tell them, `As surely as I live, declares Yahweh, I will do to you the very things I heard you say: 29 In this desert your bodies will fall--every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But you--your bodies will fall in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. 34 For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land--you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you. 35 'I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die." (Note: He who rejected the word of Yahweh, not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. Follow me wholeheartedly, and I will bring them into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit that land; he who has grumbled against me can not enter.)Your (Abraham’s) descendants will be strangers in a land not theirs—(the land of Egypt)Ge 13:10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) Hos 8:12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien. 13 They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but Yahweh is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. (Whoever regard the law as something alien, they will return to the land of Egypt)Ac 7:38 'He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us. 39 "But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. (Our fathers refused to obey the living words Moses passed on, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.)Dt 29:22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which Yahweh has afflicted it. 23 The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur--nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in fierce anger. 24 All the nations will ask: "Why has Yahweh done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?" 25 And the answer will be: "It is because this people abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore Yahweh's anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book. 28 In furious anger and in great wrath Yahweh uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now." (To worship other gods and bow down to them which they did not know is to abandon Yahweh; in great wrath of furious anger, Yahweh uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land)2Ki 22:11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: 13 "Go and inquire of Yahweh for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is Yahweh's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us." (Inquire of Yahweh about what is written in this book; having not acted in accordance with the words of the book, great is Yahweh's anger that burns against us.)2Ki 22:16 `This is what Yahweh says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and provoked me to anger by all the idols their hands have made, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched. 18 'Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, `This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares Yahweh. (They forsake Yahweh and worship other gods, and the anger is burned against this place.)Ps 81:8 "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you-- if you would but listen to me, O Israel! 9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. 10 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.(Open wide the mouth and be filled with the Holy Spirit, then Yahweh will bring us up out of the land of Egypt.)Ex 7:1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. 2 You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, 4 he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. 5 And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it." (The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.)Please think: the Jesus you believe in is the word of God, and the sacred place. If you obey (or use) the doctrines of men, isn’t it that you dwell on the land of others? If you use the doctrines of men to interpret (or talk about) the Scriptures, isn’t it standing in the holy place to do the things of abomination that cause desolation?(to be continued)
 

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4) A smoking furnace and a burning torchIsa 31:6 Return to him you have so greatly revolted against, O Israelites. 7 For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made. 8 "Assyria will fall by a sword that is not of man; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them. They will flee before the sword and their young men will be put to forced labor. 9 Their stronghold will fall because of terror; at sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic," declares Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.A sword that is not of man, whose sword is it?Zep 2:12 "You too, O Cushites, will be slain by my sword." Be slain by Yahweh’s sword: you take out one or two verses from the Scriptures, then explain by your own will, and so will be slain by Yahweh’s sword. Because you revolt against Yahweh’s word, isn’t it a furnace? See, fire:Jas 3:5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. The tongue also is a fire; it is set on fire by hell.Rev 9:1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.Note: The locust swarm is like the smoke of a great furnace. See:Joel 1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? 3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. 4 What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten. 5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. 6 A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. 7 It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white. (Those who have the word of Yahweh snatched from their mouths are the locusts, speaking the word of their own and laying waste the vines.)Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh is coming. It is close at hand-- 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. 3 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste-- nothing escapes them. 4 They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry. 5 With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle. 6 At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. 7 They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course. 8 They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks. 9 They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows. 10 Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 11 Yahweh thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of Yahweh is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?(Note: There is an army of locusts, they have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry; they charge like warriors; they do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks. Yahweh thunders at the head of His army.)Rev 9:13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard their number.The number of the locusts the army of horsemen (referring to the preachers who are in Babylon) is two hundred million, preaching the doctrines of men, this is the great smoking furnace] The torchRev 8:10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—A great blazing star, see:Isa 42:24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law. 25 So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Interpreting the scriptures with the doctrines of men, the tongue is a fire.Jude 12 These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. These shepherds are clouds without rain. See:Job 29:22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears. 23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain. (The word of Yahweh is the rain, and these shepherds without the word of Yahweh in their mouths are without rain, and are the wandering stars.)Na 2:1 An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength! 2 Yahweh will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines. 3 The shields of his soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of pine are brandished. 4 The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning. Red:Ge 25:29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) (“Edom” means “red”) 31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." 32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" 33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. Esau selling his birthright to Jacob was named Edom, meaning red. Today how many believers of Jesus forsake the Word of God, are they not the same as Esau?The Savior—the Word of God, the firstborn of God:Tit 2:10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching of God our Savior attractive. Ro 8:29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Isa 50:10 Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of Yahweh and rely on his God. 11 But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. Isa 7:3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman's Field. 4 Say to him, `Be careful, keep calm and don't be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood--because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. Aram is Edom: 2Ch 20:2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom (“Edom” or “Aram”), from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi).Please think: the dreadful great darkness, because Yahweh is a sun forsaken by you, this is called: the sun went down and darkness fell upon men, who stay on the land of others, interpreting the Scriptures but with the doctrines of men, and turn out to be locusts, a smoking furnace and a burning torch, lying down in torment, yet unable to find it out by themselves. Because this Bible is the word of God, the doctrine of God, and if you interpret it with the doctrines of men, you are living on the land of others, and the great darkness falls upon Abraham, for all believers of Jesus are the descendants of Abraham.(to be continued)