Day: June 11, 2017

“There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.”— Psalm 76:3

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Our Redeemer’s glorious cry of “It is finished,” was the death-knell of all the adversaries of his people, the breaking of “the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.” Behold the hero of Golgotha using his cross as an anvil, and his woes as a hammer, dashing to shivers bundle after bundle of our sins, those poisoned “arrows of the bow;” trampling on every indictment, and destroying every accusation. What glorious blows the mighty Breaker gives with a hammer far more ponderous than the fabled weapon of Thor! How the diabolical darts fly to fragments, …

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Does Matthew 24 Refer to the Rapture or to Jesus’ Second Coming?

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By: The John Ankerberg Show By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2005 What is the “abomination of desolation”? Who are the “elect”? Dr. Showers explains. 1 Does Matthew 24 Refer to the Rapture or to Jesus’ Second Coming? 1.1 The Abomination of Desolation Many, many sincere Christians, many of whom I have great respect, believe that the Rapture is being presented in Matthew 24; and they believe it’s being presented two places in Matthew 24. Let me give you some background. The Abomination of Desolation In Matthew 24:15, Jesus refers to the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the …

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87 God Sacrifices to The Birds and Beasts

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Ezekiel 39:17-29 As we begin this section of Scripture following the allied invasion of Israel by the Russians and Muslim nations it is convenient to link these passages to the invaders. The invaders have all been destroyed and in verse 39:4 God said, “I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.” Careful exegesis of these passages reveals that while appearing similar are not the same. This passage of Ezekiel 39:17-20 is more correctly linked to the end of the Great Tribulation and has parallel application to the same …

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“We love him, because he first loved us.”— 1 John 4:19

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There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, all our love to God must spring. This must ever be a great and certain truth, that we love him for no other reason than because he first loved us. Our love to him is the fair offspring of his love to us. Cold admiration, when studying the works of God, anyone may have, but the …

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Cave Dwellers

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1 Samuel 22:3-23 3 And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me.” 4 And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. 5 Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. 6 Now Saul heard …

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