Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Friday, December 26, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Jim Staley - Christmas, Hanukkah and the Antichrist
This video is a great teaching. Staley does a great job communicating the significance of CHanukkahand the Menorah to followers of Yeshua. This video is also likely to hit a sore spot with some of you at first. You need to see this if you are not familiar with Hanukkah, the Jewish feast (the 10 tribes of Israel were previously dispersed), and what Hanukkah has to do with the end times!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Jim Staley - Truth or Tradition - Should Christians Celebrate Christmas ...
Time is already here again... where churches begin hanging the greens, setting up Christ-mass trees singing about the 12 days of Christmas [really Yule]... and they are completely oblivious to the pagan altar that they are offering on, even within their church sanctuaries.
Staley does an excellent job recounting for us the facts about the pagan origins of Christ-mas, the real Santa-Claus with his sinister demonic companion, and the climax of the 12 days with a orgiastic festival to Saturn, or Saturnalia. Maybe the office Christmas party is not too far off!
So which is better, to celebrate a wicked pagan holiday, calling it by "christian names" (of which, even those are quickly disappearing, though the traditions remain), or celebrating a festival in remembrance of God's miraculous provision (Chanukah), of which even Yeshua observed, though not commanded?in the Torah.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
*updated: Christmas Sunday Revelations - 2014
When I first wrote this, I, for lack of time, didn't include my wife's revelation. The updated material is in the third and fourth paragraphs. :-)
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Two weeks ago, my family and I were sitting in the Sunday service, in the rear of the sanctuary, as we got there late! It was the Sunday before Christmas. The pastor had brought a good sermon, with the emphasis upon the Messiah-child, as it should be. At the end of the sermon during the invitation, we were all standing in the sanctuary, and my wife and I were worshipping as the invitation song was being played.
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Two weeks ago, my family and I were sitting in the Sunday service, in the rear of the sanctuary, as we got there late! It was the Sunday before Christmas. The pastor had brought a good sermon, with the emphasis upon the Messiah-child, as it should be. At the end of the sermon during the invitation, we were all standing in the sanctuary, and my wife and I were worshipping as the invitation song was being played.
All of a sudden, the LORD came upon me and gave me a realization, "He's coming! And most of these (people) will perish! As the realization hit me, I was almost knocked down. I was greatly angered, yet greatly sorrowed at the same time, and started crying. I was reeling from the shock of the realization!
I noticed my wife also started crying during worship at about the same time. I thought (in my typical man-centeredness) that it was because she was touched that I looked so upset. Turns out, the LORD had given her a vision. We had been studying on and learning all about the pagan origins of Christ-mass. In the back of the church sanctuary, we could view all the Christ-mass ornamentations.
The vision the Lord gave my wife was of pagans worshipping and offering sacrifice on an altar, then, after the pagans finished, the Christians came up up and offered on the same altar! And this is what the LORD said it was like to Him! Christians, who follow (or claim to) Messiah, joining themselves to pagan altars, giving worship to Satan and Nimrod in the holy place. God is greatly grieved! 'Come out of her and be seperate!' Says the Lord! Be holy, as I am holy!
Not one person went forward at the end of the service in the Christmas-filled congregation!
I noticed my wife also started crying during worship at about the same time. I thought (in my typical man-centeredness) that it was because she was touched that I looked so upset. Turns out, the LORD had given her a vision. We had been studying on and learning all about the pagan origins of Christ-mass. In the back of the church sanctuary, we could view all the Christ-mass ornamentations.
The vision the Lord gave my wife was of pagans worshipping and offering sacrifice on an altar, then, after the pagans finished, the Christians came up up and offered on the same altar! And this is what the LORD said it was like to Him! Christians, who follow (or claim to) Messiah, joining themselves to pagan altars, giving worship to Satan and Nimrod in the holy place. God is greatly grieved! 'Come out of her and be seperate!' Says the Lord! Be holy, as I am holy!
Not one person went forward at the end of the service in the Christmas-filled congregation!
I have waited until now to say anything about it, because I did not want to be one who impulsively blurts out everything, until I am more sure of the purpose and the intent of the revelations.
I'm sure that you've seen in the news that Joihn Kerry is in the midst of much travel, flurrying back and forth from the U.S. to the Middle East, working with colleagues and partners, kings of the earth, to work a negotionation out, a peace treaty. As my wife points out, they've been triyng to do that for years! Yes, but it seems that there is a special push by the media concerning this effort. It seems that attention is really being drawn to this treaty negotiation.
It appears that this year may bring in a peace treaty with the Middle East. If it does, that will be HUGE!!! Apart from all the natural signs and birth pains and eerie sounds we are witnessing from around the globe, this will be of major prophetic fulfillment. And the LORD has raised up a number of Watchmen that are sounding the alarm!
In Daniel 9, 70 sevens are declared for Israel to "to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place (Daniel 9:24)." The first 69 sevens (shabuas) were completed when Yeshua Mashiach was lifted up onto the tree, buried and rose three days later (Hos. 6:1,2). The Seventieth seven awaits its fulfillment with the signing of a seven year peace treaty, and the re-establishment of the Temple of YHWH ha El-Elyon.
If the "realization" that came upon me were true, and I believe it was, and a seven year peace treaty is signed for the Middle East, hold on to your hats! Seven years from 2014 will be 2021. The Bible declares Seven years for this shabua to be fulfilled, and after that, Messiah will return!
Zechariah 12:9-10 9 "And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.
Believer, time is short. As John tells us: 28 Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming (1 John 2:28 ). If you have never entered into a personal, saving relationship with Jesus Christ, you can do so today by calling out to His name, and agreeing with God that you are a sinner, and need his forgiveness (Rom. 10:9-10, 13).
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Jim Staley - Truth or Tradition (HD) - Should Christians Celebrate Chris...
For the follower of Jesus Christ (Yeshua), this is a must see!!! If you don't believe, but are interested in the origins of religions, you should watch, you might find something interesting.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Monday, December 24, 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Visit of the Magi
This is a lesson I made up for the youth. The reason the Magi, these "king-makers" came to worship and honor the King of kings, is because they were familiar with the writings of the Hebrew prophets via the exiled Jews living in Babylon. It seems like there is so often a disdain by a certain segment of those even in the Church, of "end-time prophecies"! These same prophecies brought the Magi to worship the arrival of Earth's true King. And these prophecies, words of God, only a portion were fulfilled in the first coming of Mashiach (Messiah). As we celebrate the birth of Christ (Messiah) this year, and so much fear is in the air about the future, let us remember and strive to study the word of God, as the remainder of these prophecies are being fulfilled in our very day.
Why did the Wise men travel to visit Jesus?
What scripture did they quote to tell about Jesus being born? (Mich 5:2; Ezek. 34:23)
So these guys knew the Hebrew prophets! How? Remember, the Jews were punished by God and taken captive by the Chaldeans into Babylon. These wise men or magi were from that area.
Did you know other prophesies were made about the coming Messiah? Because those were pretty specific about his birth place and life.
We looked at one this morning in the sermon. Isaiah 9:1-7; - ruler of Israel, also mighty God (El Gibbor)
Isaiah 7:14- ‘maiden’ (almah) – premarried girl, i.e., a virgin - virgin birth
Genesis 49:18 – “I wait for your ‘Yeshua’ O LORD!”
Ps. 22:14-18 – Foretells crucifixion 700 years before it was known to the Jews
Isaiah 53:3-5 – rejected by man, a man of sorrows, who bore our sin (iniquities).
So why were the wise men wise men?
If all religions lead to the same God, why did they take a three month trek through the desert fighting sandstorms, snakes, scorpions, lions and heat to find Jesus?
Couldn’t they be fine worshipping one of the gods of their homeland?
Why is Jesus the only way to be ‘saved’? Acts 4:12; John 3:16-18; John 14:6
Why did the Wise men travel to visit Jesus?
What scripture did they quote to tell about Jesus being born? (Mich 5:2; Ezek. 34:23)
So these guys knew the Hebrew prophets! How? Remember, the Jews were punished by God and taken captive by the Chaldeans into Babylon. These wise men or magi were from that area.
Did you know other prophesies were made about the coming Messiah? Because those were pretty specific about his birth place and life.
We looked at one this morning in the sermon. Isaiah 9:1-7; - ruler of Israel, also mighty God (El Gibbor)
Isaiah 7:14- ‘maiden’ (almah) – premarried girl, i.e., a virgin - virgin birth
Genesis 49:18 – “I wait for your ‘Yeshua’ O LORD!”
Ps. 22:14-18 – Foretells crucifixion 700 years before it was known to the Jews
Isaiah 53:3-5 – rejected by man, a man of sorrows, who bore our sin (iniquities).
So why were the wise men wise men?
If all religions lead to the same God, why did they take a three month trek through the desert fighting sandstorms, snakes, scorpions, lions and heat to find Jesus?
Couldn’t they be fine worshipping one of the gods of their homeland?
Why is Jesus the only way to be ‘saved’? Acts 4:12; John 3:16-18; John 14:6
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Celebration of Advent
Advent Prophecies:
Yesterday we just got to celebrate our Lord’s first coming to the earth, which is known as the first advent. We had just checked out a movie from the library called Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled. It was a really good Christian movie, and a real clear presentation of the gospel. It was about a Jewish family one year after Christ had been crucified, raised and ascended to the Father. This family, one year later, was celebrating the next Passover meal, and the eldest brother of this family, Yuda, was a rabbinic priest by training, but had believed Yeshusa is the Messiah, the fulfillment of scriptures. And in the movie, he leads his family and relatives through the Passover Seder, and describes how Jesus is the fulfillment of the Seder.
This was a very encouraging movie, only 50 minutes, but an excellent explanation of the gospel and how Jesus is God’s predicted Messiah.
Today many people talk about Jesus and seem to like the example of his life. In fact, heretical emerging church leaders, Dan Kimball wrote a book called They like Jesus but they Don’t like the Church. But the person these people are talking about is not a Jesus described in the Bible, but a new age Jesus who is a teacher only. Many new-agers, including Oprah Winfrey, tell us that Jesus came to show us how to reach the spark of divinity that is within all of us. He came to teach us that we are all God, they say.
But He didn’t come for that. He did come to open a way to be rightly restored in our relationships to God, but He did it in accordance with God’s Law given under the Old Covenant, or Testament, and in accord with the prophecies given by the Jewish prophets of old, who gave us the Old Testament. Romans 3:21 says 21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets.
When Jesus came the first time, he fulfilled many of the prophecies of Messiah, but not all of them. This is the reason why so many of the Jews did not believe Jesus was the true Messiah. He was not the political deliverer that they expected to deliver them from the Roman empire.
Let’s look at some of the prophecies that he did fulfill. Turn to Isaiah 7:14.
Virgin Birth
14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel . Isaiah 7:14 (NASB95)
- Jesus is described in the Gospels as being born of the young, virgin girl Mary, and being the Son of God. So it can literally be understood that He is “God with Us.”
Born in Bethlehem
2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." Micah 5:2 (NASB95)
- Matt. 2:5-6 credit Christ’s birth in Bethlehem as a fulfillment of Micah’s prediction.
Born of the tribe of Judah:
10 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Gen 49:10
- Being born of the tribe of Judah is shown fulfilled in Luke 3:23-24 and in Matt. 1:1-16.
Messiah a Descendent of King David
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. Jer. 23:5
- We see this fulfilled in the genealogies in Matthew in Luke. Some scholars think Matt. is Jesus’ legal line through his adoptive father Joseph, while Luke is through his mother Mary.
It was prophesied that He would work many Miracles: 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. Isaiah 35:5-6 (NASB95)
Fulfillments:
John 4:46-54 – Healing of Royal Officals son
Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:33-37 – Healing of a Demon Possessed Man
Matt. 8:1-3; Mk. 1:40-42 – Healing a Leper
Matt. 9:1-8; Mk. 2:1-2; Lk. 5:18-26 – Healing of a Paralytic
So we see some of the predictions that Christ fulfilled with his birth and life. There are more fulfilled by his death on the cross, such as Ps. 22 that speaks of his crucifixion and the gambling for his clothes, Ps. 16:10 that speaks of his resurrection, and probably one of the greatest that is not completely fulfilled yet, is Isaiah 52:13 through the end of 53, which foretells in some detail of his substitutionary death on the cross, and the justification of many sinners through this act on the cross. This is probably the greatest prophesy of the Messiah as what is known as a “suffering servant.” The Jews could not reconcile how their Messiah could be a king and political ruler, ruling with such impressive majesty and justice over the entire world, and yet be a suffering servant, suffering affliction at the hands of sinful men. And when the Jewish rulers of his day looked at Jesus, they did not see a king who was earnest to establish Jewish rule.
But we are blessed, who live at the end of the ages. We look around us, and see all the prophecies being fulfilled leading to the Messiah’s second coming. If you remember the time-line I made for you, showing the events leading up to the Messiah’s final return according to the Bible. Scripture indicates a war that will set Israel above the enemy nations around her, give Israel security, and expand her borders. This is Psalm 83. It could be the same as the famed “battle of Magog,” which scholars down through the centuries have believed will be Russia coming out of the north, allied with Muslim countries to rule Israel. The groundwork for Ezek. 38 is quickly falling into place as well. So it could turn out to be one Ginormous battle of the ages, to usher in a brief time of peace unknown to the Jews for centuries, ruled by one man we know as Antichrist.
So let’s look at some of the prophecies containing the Messiah’s second advent, or coming. Turn with me if you will to Micah chapter 4:1-4:
Micah 4:1-4
Isaiah 9:6-7
Zechariah 8:1-8, 20-23
Zech. 14:9-11
We can see in these passages why the Jews had such trouble believing that Yeshua was Messiah, or why his disciples were confused why He didn’t restore the kingdom from Roman rule. These passages speak of a glorious reign of Messiah over the nations in peace and righteousness, and for the most part, most of the world will follow Messiah’s rule. Isaiah 11 also describes the conditions living under the rule of Messiah, and verse 10 tells us:
10 Then in that day The nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious. Isaiah 11:10 (NASB95)
Under the rule of Messiah Yeshua, we see that the effects of the curse are largely going to be reversed. We are told in Isaiah 65:20-22
20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. 21 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:20-22 (NASB95)
But earlier in the chapter, He speaks of those who forsake His ways, and do not regard His word:
11 "But you who forsake the LORD,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who set a table for Fortune ,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny , 12 I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight."
Isaiah 65:11-12 (NASB95)
And as is fitting, the last chapter of Isaiah closes with a summary picture of the Messiah’s rule, and the dreadful fate that awaits those who have not been born-again by the Lord’s grace. There is a picture of Hell unparalleled in the scriptures:
23 "And it shall be from new moon to new moon
And from sabbath to sabbath,
All mankind will come to bow down before Me," says the LORD. 24 "Then they will go forth and look
On the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm will not die
And their fire will not be quenched;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind ."
Isaiah 66:22-24 (NASB95)
The LORD’s return is near, though none of us are promised tomorrow. Last weekend Tara and I almost lost little Elijah!
If you have never been born again, you need to seek the LORD in His word, and pray that He might save you from the eternal terrors of hell. Jesus Himself said that “unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God!” The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. And God demonstrates His love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! “Every man who is in Christ is a new creation; the old has gone, behold, all things have become new!” (2 Cor. 5:17) One who is born again can say, “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me nad gave Himself for me!” Gal. 2:20.
Yesterday we just got to celebrate our Lord’s first coming to the earth, which is known as the first advent. We had just checked out a movie from the library called Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled. It was a really good Christian movie, and a real clear presentation of the gospel. It was about a Jewish family one year after Christ had been crucified, raised and ascended to the Father. This family, one year later, was celebrating the next Passover meal, and the eldest brother of this family, Yuda, was a rabbinic priest by training, but had believed Yeshusa is the Messiah, the fulfillment of scriptures. And in the movie, he leads his family and relatives through the Passover Seder, and describes how Jesus is the fulfillment of the Seder.
This was a very encouraging movie, only 50 minutes, but an excellent explanation of the gospel and how Jesus is God’s predicted Messiah.
Today many people talk about Jesus and seem to like the example of his life. In fact, heretical emerging church leaders, Dan Kimball wrote a book called They like Jesus but they Don’t like the Church. But the person these people are talking about is not a Jesus described in the Bible, but a new age Jesus who is a teacher only. Many new-agers, including Oprah Winfrey, tell us that Jesus came to show us how to reach the spark of divinity that is within all of us. He came to teach us that we are all God, they say.
But He didn’t come for that. He did come to open a way to be rightly restored in our relationships to God, but He did it in accordance with God’s Law given under the Old Covenant, or Testament, and in accord with the prophecies given by the Jewish prophets of old, who gave us the Old Testament. Romans 3:21 says 21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets.
When Jesus came the first time, he fulfilled many of the prophecies of Messiah, but not all of them. This is the reason why so many of the Jews did not believe Jesus was the true Messiah. He was not the political deliverer that they expected to deliver them from the Roman empire.
Let’s look at some of the prophecies that he did fulfill. Turn to Isaiah 7:14.
Virgin Birth
14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel . Isaiah 7:14 (NASB95)
- Jesus is described in the Gospels as being born of the young, virgin girl Mary, and being the Son of God. So it can literally be understood that He is “God with Us.”
Born in Bethlehem
2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." Micah 5:2 (NASB95)
- Matt. 2:5-6 credit Christ’s birth in Bethlehem as a fulfillment of Micah’s prediction.
Born of the tribe of Judah:
10 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Gen 49:10
- Being born of the tribe of Judah is shown fulfilled in Luke 3:23-24 and in Matt. 1:1-16.
Messiah a Descendent of King David
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. Jer. 23:5
- We see this fulfilled in the genealogies in Matthew in Luke. Some scholars think Matt. is Jesus’ legal line through his adoptive father Joseph, while Luke is through his mother Mary.
It was prophesied that He would work many Miracles: 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. Isaiah 35:5-6 (NASB95)
Fulfillments:
John 4:46-54 – Healing of Royal Officals son
Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:33-37 – Healing of a Demon Possessed Man
Matt. 8:1-3; Mk. 1:40-42 – Healing a Leper
Matt. 9:1-8; Mk. 2:1-2; Lk. 5:18-26 – Healing of a Paralytic
So we see some of the predictions that Christ fulfilled with his birth and life. There are more fulfilled by his death on the cross, such as Ps. 22 that speaks of his crucifixion and the gambling for his clothes, Ps. 16:10 that speaks of his resurrection, and probably one of the greatest that is not completely fulfilled yet, is Isaiah 52:13 through the end of 53, which foretells in some detail of his substitutionary death on the cross, and the justification of many sinners through this act on the cross. This is probably the greatest prophesy of the Messiah as what is known as a “suffering servant.” The Jews could not reconcile how their Messiah could be a king and political ruler, ruling with such impressive majesty and justice over the entire world, and yet be a suffering servant, suffering affliction at the hands of sinful men. And when the Jewish rulers of his day looked at Jesus, they did not see a king who was earnest to establish Jewish rule.
But we are blessed, who live at the end of the ages. We look around us, and see all the prophecies being fulfilled leading to the Messiah’s second coming. If you remember the time-line I made for you, showing the events leading up to the Messiah’s final return according to the Bible. Scripture indicates a war that will set Israel above the enemy nations around her, give Israel security, and expand her borders. This is Psalm 83. It could be the same as the famed “battle of Magog,” which scholars down through the centuries have believed will be Russia coming out of the north, allied with Muslim countries to rule Israel. The groundwork for Ezek. 38 is quickly falling into place as well. So it could turn out to be one Ginormous battle of the ages, to usher in a brief time of peace unknown to the Jews for centuries, ruled by one man we know as Antichrist.
So let’s look at some of the prophecies containing the Messiah’s second advent, or coming. Turn with me if you will to Micah chapter 4:1-4:
Micah 4:1-4
Isaiah 9:6-7
Zechariah 8:1-8, 20-23
Zech. 14:9-11
We can see in these passages why the Jews had such trouble believing that Yeshua was Messiah, or why his disciples were confused why He didn’t restore the kingdom from Roman rule. These passages speak of a glorious reign of Messiah over the nations in peace and righteousness, and for the most part, most of the world will follow Messiah’s rule. Isaiah 11 also describes the conditions living under the rule of Messiah, and verse 10 tells us:
10 Then in that day The nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious. Isaiah 11:10 (NASB95)
Under the rule of Messiah Yeshua, we see that the effects of the curse are largely going to be reversed. We are told in Isaiah 65:20-22
20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. 21 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:20-22 (NASB95)
But earlier in the chapter, He speaks of those who forsake His ways, and do not regard His word:
11 "But you who forsake the LORD,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who set a table for Fortune ,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny , 12 I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight."
Isaiah 65:11-12 (NASB95)
And as is fitting, the last chapter of Isaiah closes with a summary picture of the Messiah’s rule, and the dreadful fate that awaits those who have not been born-again by the Lord’s grace. There is a picture of Hell unparalleled in the scriptures:
23 "And it shall be from new moon to new moon
And from sabbath to sabbath,
All mankind will come to bow down before Me," says the LORD. 24 "Then they will go forth and look
On the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm will not die
And their fire will not be quenched;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind ."
Isaiah 66:22-24 (NASB95)
The LORD’s return is near, though none of us are promised tomorrow. Last weekend Tara and I almost lost little Elijah!
If you have never been born again, you need to seek the LORD in His word, and pray that He might save you from the eternal terrors of hell. Jesus Himself said that “unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God!” The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. And God demonstrates His love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! “Every man who is in Christ is a new creation; the old has gone, behold, all things have become new!” (2 Cor. 5:17) One who is born again can say, “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me nad gave Himself for me!” Gal. 2:20.
Friday, December 24, 2010
The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2: 1-20
Merry Christmas to everyone! This is a cute little presentation, hope you enjoy it!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!
This is certainly one way to boost the Christmas Spirits! We need to have more outbreaks of this across the nation! Wouldn't that be great?
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