Day: March 3, 2017

FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY TO ISRAEL Part I

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GOD’S FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY TO ISRAEL SINCE THE TIME OF CHRIST ByThomas S. McCall Th.D. We often hear of Bible prophecy as it relates to the First and Second Coming of Christ, which is very important, but there is much more Bible prophecy concerning what the Lord is doing between the two Advents of Jesus during the Church Age. These prophecies specifically pertain to God’s ancient covenant people, Israel, and His new covenant people, the Church. This article explains God’s preservation of, and promises to the Jewish people throughout the Church Age, in preparation for the ultimate restoration of Israel …

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Facing Our Fears

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Fear prevents us from trusting fully in God, but He knows the cause of our anxiety and wants to set us free   Psalms 91:1 – 91:16 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: …

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“I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Isaiah 48:10

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Comfort thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour, against which the heat hath no power? Let affliction come–God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayst stride in at my door, but God is in the house already, and he has chosen me. Sickness, thou mayst intrude, but I have a balsam ready–God has chosen me. Whatever befalls me in this vale of tears, I know that he has “chosen” …

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29 Campaign of Armageddon 2

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This 29th message of the book of Zechariah begins with chapter 12 and verse 9 continuing the campaign of Armageddon.

Zechariah 12:9

9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem (ASV 1901).

At the third stage of the Campaign of Armageddon all the armies of the world will come against Jerusalem in a final attempt to destroy the nation Israel. The national regeneration of the nation Israel is the general theme of Zechariah chapter twelve. It is tied to the destruction of Babylon, which will be the world headquarters of the Antichrist (Jeremiah 50:43 etc.). The destruction of Babylon is the second stage of the Campaign of Armageddon.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

4In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God. 5They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten (ASV 1901).

 

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Wrestling With God

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Reflections Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (Gen. 32:24) Jacob was promised his inheritance from God. But he did not abandon himself to God and allow God to bring it to pass. He represents ourselves – and the efforts of religious flesh – not to directly rebel against God – but to try to wrestle from God what God has already freely given. God has made many promises in His Word. It is good and right for us to believe Him. But if we are continually trying to wrestle …

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THE WORDS WE SPEAK

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2 Timothy 2:23-26(KJV) 23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 (KJV) 3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men …

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Genesis Message 62 Jacob Children with Four Women

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Leah was hated. The Hebrew word used here for hated is sanooah.
It simply means that there was hatred toward her. Some see this word as meaning to be loved less not necessarily hated. She had it from Jacob and Rachel both. She might have even experienced it from her father Laban for being so difficult to place into an arranged marriage. Never the less when one is in this situation it is painful. Psalm 69: 33 speaks to this issue well. The Lord heard her.
33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners (ASV 1901).
One who is childless is a despised member of the families of ancient Israel. Leah’s family would be the worst to deal with in this matter because they would not let up on her as she was hated. In other words she was a prisoner in her own house. The Lord was going to bring the Messiah through her so He opened her womb and gave her four children in succession. In fact her first-born son Ruben (see ye a son) was so named signifying the Lord seeing her affliction. With this she thought that Jacob would begin to love her. It seems that the lack of love toward her continued because she said after the second son Simeon (hearing) was born Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated He gave me another son. Again after the third son Levi (joined) she said this time will my husband be joined unto me because she had born him three sons.