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Psalm 69:13:--But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, IN THE ACCEPTABLE TIME; O God, in the multitude of YOUR MERCY, Hear me in THE TRUTH of YOUR SALVATION.

Luke 4:17—And He (Jesus) was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: (18) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. (19) TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.

Isaiah 49:6—Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU AS A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, that You should BY MY SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.” (8) Thus says the Lord: “IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I have heard You and in the day OF SALVATION I have helped You; I will preserve You and GIVE YOU AS A COVENANT TO THE PEOPLE, TO RESTORE THE EARTH, to cause them TO INHERIT the desolate heritages; (9) That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, to those who are in darkness, show yourselves. “They shall feed along the roads, and their pastures shall be on all desolate heights. (10) They shall neither hunger nor thirst, (Matt 5:6—Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.) Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; for He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them. (Psalm 121:5—The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. (6) The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.) (11) I will make each of My mountains a road, and My highways shall be elevated. (12) Surely these shall come from afar; Look! Those from the north and the west, and these from the land of Sinim.” (13) Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted. (14) But ZION said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.” (15) “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget You. (16) See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. (17) Your sons shall make hast; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste shall go away from you. (18) Lift up your eyes, look around and see; all these gather together and come to you. AS I LIVE,” says the Lord, “You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament. And bind them on you AS A BRIDE does. (22) Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to THE NATIONS, and set up My standard for the peoples; they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;

Isaiah 61:1—“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted. To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; (2) TO PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God: (3) To console those who mourn in ZION. To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning. The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness: That they may be called TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” (4) And they shall rebuild the old ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations, and shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. (9) Their descendants shall be known among THE GENTILES, and their offspring among the people. (10) I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in My God; For He has clothed me with THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, He has covered me with THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, as A BRIDEGROOM decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (11) For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause RIGHTEOUSNESS and praise to spring forth before all the nations. Matthew 6:33—“But seek first the kingdom of God AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.)

Isaiah 51:7-- “Listen to Me, you WHO KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS; you people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings. (8) For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; BY MY RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL BE FOREVER and MY SALVATION FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.” Proverbs 10:30—THE RIGHTEOUS will never be removed, but the wicked will not inhabit the earth, (31) the mouth of THE RIGHTEOUS brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut out. (32) The lips of the righteous KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. (Perverse; turned from that which is right.)

Isaiah 58:1—Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. (2) Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God. (3) WHY HAVE WE FASTED, they say, AND YOU HAVE NOT SEEN? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice? “In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exploit all your laborers. (4) Indeed you fast FOR STRIFE AND DEBATE, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high. (5) IS IT A FAST THAT I HAVE CHOSEN, a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, AND an ACCEPTABLE DAY to the Lord? (6) ‘Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, TO UNDO THE HEAVEY BURDENS, to let the oppressed go free, AND THAT YOU BREAK EVERY YOKE? (7) Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, (Bread of life?) and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh? (8) Then YOUR LIGHT shall break forth like the morning, YOUR HEALING shall spring forth speedily, and YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. (9) Then you shall call, AND THE LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am “If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, (10) If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, THEN YOUR LIGHT SHALL DAWN IN THE DARKNESS, and your darkness shall be as the noonday. (11) The Lord WILL GUIDE YOU CONTINUALLY, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; You shall be like A WATERED GARDEN, and like a spring of water, WHOSE WATERS DO NOT FAIL. (12) Those among you SHALL BUILD THE OLD WASTE PLACES; You shall RAISE UP THE FOUNDATIONS of MANY GENERATIONS; and you shall be called THE REPAIRER of THE BREACH, the restorer of streets to Dwell in.

Isaiah 56:6—“Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD, to be His servants—everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast MY COVENANT—(7) Even them I will bring to MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, and make them joyful IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices WILL BE ACCEPTED on My altar; FOR MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS.” Mal. 1:11—For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE GENTILES; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; FOR MY NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS,” says the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 6:16—Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, AND ASK FOR THE OLD PATHS, WHERE THE GOOD WAY IS, AND WALK IN IT; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘WE WILL NOT WALK IN IT. (17) Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, listen to the sound of the trumpet! But they said, ‘We will not listen. (18) Therefore hear, you nations, AND KNOW, O CONGREGAION, what is among them. (19) Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly BRING CALAMITY ON THIS PEOPLE, EVEN THE FRUIT OF THEIR THOUGHTS. Because they have not heeded My words, nor My law, BUT REJECTED IT. (20) For what purpose to Me come frankincense from Sheba, and sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.’ (21) Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will set stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.

Ezekiel 20:40—“For ON MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord God, “there all the house of Israel, of them in the land, shall serve Me; THERE I WILL ACCEPT THEM, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. (41) “I WILL ACCEPT YOU AS A SWEET AROMA WHEN I BRING YOU OUT FROM THE PEOPLES and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; AND I WILL BE HALLOWED IN YOU BEFORE THE GENTILES. (42) “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I LIFTED MY HAND IN AN OATH TO GIVE TO YOUR FATHERS. Psalm 44:1—We have heard with our ears, O God, OUR FATHERS have told us, what deeds You did in their days, in days of old: (2) How YOU DROVE OUT THE NATIONS WITH YOUR HAND, but them YOU PLANTED; how you afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. (3) FOR THEY DID NOT GAIN POSSESSION OF THE LAND BY THEIR OWN SWORD, nor did their own sword save them; but it was YOUR RIGHT HAND, Your arm, and THE LIGHT of YOUR COUNTENANCE, because YOU FAVORED THEM.

Romans 12:1—I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, ACCEPTABLE to God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, that you may prove what is that GOOD and ACCEPTABLE and PERFECT WILL of God.

1 Timothy 2:1—Therefore I exhort first of all that supplication, prayers, INTERCESSIONS, and giving of thanks BE MADE FOR ALL MEN, (2) for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (3) FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE in the sight of God our Savior, (4) WHO DESIRES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED and to COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH. (5) For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. (6) Who gave Himself A RANSOME FOR ALL, to be testified in due time, (7) for which I (Paul) was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I AM SPEAKING THE TRUTH in Christ and not lying—A TEACHER OF THE GENTILES IN FAITH AND TRUTH. 1 Timothy 4:9—This is a faithful saying and worthy OF ALL ACCEPTANCE. (10) FOR TO THIS END we both labor and SUFFER REPROACH…..BECAUSE WE TRUST IN THE LIVING GOD, WHO IS THE SAVIOR OF ALL MEN, especially of those who believe.

Acts 10:28—Then he (Peter) said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. BUT GOD HAS SHOWN ME that I SHOULD NOT CALL ANY MAN COMMON OR UNCLEAN. (34) Then Peter opened his mouth and said; “IN TRUTH I perceive that God shows no partiality. (35) “But in every nation whoever fears Him and WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS is ACCEPTED by Him. (36) “The word which GOD SENT to the children of Israel, PREACHING PEACE through Jesus Christ—HE IS LORD OF ALL—(37) “that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: (38 “how GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH with THE HOLY SPIRIT and WITH POWER, who went about DOING GOOD, and HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL, for GOD WAS WITH HIM.

Let’s look at these next Scriptures in light of what we just read! The scribes accused Jesus of casting out demons by the ruler of demons, Beelzebub. Jesus response to them was as such…Mark 3:26 ‘And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. (28) “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; (29) but he who blasphemes against THE HOLY SPIRIT never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”—(30) BECAUSE THEY SAID, “HE HAS AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT.” 1Corinthians 11:3—But IWANT YOU TO KNOW, that THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN IS CHRIST, the head of woman is man, AND THE HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD.

2 Corinthians 5:14—For the love of Christ constrains us, because we JUDGE THUS: that if ONE DIED FOR ALL, then ALL DIED; (15) and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves but for Him who died for them AND ROSE AGAIN. (16) Therefore, FROM NOW ON, we REGARD NO ONE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, YET NOW WE KNOW HIM THUS NO LONGER. (17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; behold, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW. (18) Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, (19) that is, that God was in Christ RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO THEM, and has committed to us THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION. (20) Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. (21) For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we MIGHT BECOME
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD in Him. Chapter 6:1—We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive THE GRACE of God in vain, (2) For He says: “IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I have heard you, and in THE DAY OF SALVATION I have HELPED YOU.” Behold, NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Hebrews 12:14—PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL MEN, and HOLINESS without which no one will see the Lord: (15) Looking diligently lest anyone FALL SHORT OF THE GRACE OF GOD; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; (16) lest there be any fornicator or profane person LIKE ESAU, who for one morsel of food SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT. (28) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us HAVE GRACE, BY WHICH we may SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY with reverence and godly fear.

Psalm 2:7—I will declare THE DECREE; The Lord has said to Me You are My Son, today I have begotten You. (8) Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.

Is this not our Lord’s birthright? John 16:16—“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should GO AND BEAR FRUIT, and that your fruit SHOULD REMAIN, that WHATEVER you ASK THE FATHER in My name He may give you.

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