Year: 2017

WHY SATAN BELIEVES HE MUST DESTROY ISRAEL By Tom McCall, Th.D. Why does Satan believe he must destroy Israel from off the face of the earth? For thousands of years Satan has demonstrated an insane and insatiable drive to wipe out the Jewish people, but so far has not been able to fully accomplish his goal. Let’s review some of his major attempts: When Abraham went to Egypt and lied about Sarah, nearly causing Pharaoh to violate her. When Abraham had Ishmael with Hagar, bypassing Sarah. When Ishmael ridiculed Isaac, attempting to usurp Isaac’s position. When Esau attempted to gain …

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When we are new and do not understand, we think that if God would simply prove Himself to us — by either removing difficulty or by adding blessing — THEN we could have more faith. We want Him to give us some proof that He is there. But God isn’t likely to do this. Rather, God will bring us to the place where we are able to believe Him — regardless of the presence of difficulty, the lack of blessing, and despite not having what we might have wanted as evidence of God’s faithfulness. This is possible only by being …

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Job 19:23-27 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. PERHAPS I am akin to Job …

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The fatherhood of God is common to all his children. Ah! Little-faith, you have often said, “Oh that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could wield his sword and be as valiant as he! But, alas, I stumble at every straw, and a shadow makes me afraid.” List thee, Little-faith. Great-heart is God’s child, and you are God’s child too; and Great-heart is not one whit more God’s child than you are. Peter and Paul, the highly-favoured apostles, were of the family of the Most High; and so are you also; the weak Christian is as much a …

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Judah’s Sons,Tamar, and The Messianic Line Judah and Tamar by Arent de Gelder cir. 1681 Genesis 38: 1-11 1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her. 3And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5And she yet again bare a …

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Everyone will spend eternity somewhere. Don’t put off securing yours in Jesus.   Hebrews 3:7-19 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 …

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This 40th message of Zechariah concludes the book. Now God characterizes the holiness that will characterize the Messianic Kingdom. Zechariah uses the illustration of bells of the horses. What he is illustrating is celebratory gladness as the horses have their bells ringing on their harnesses. There will be an inscription on those bells that proclaim “HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH.” This is the same inscription, which is on the gold plate of the turban of the High Priest (Exodus 28:36; 39:30). Holy in this sense is dedicated for the use of the Lord. The earth and its entire population will be holy …

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