Bible Studies

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The greatness of the Mighty One and the glory of His power,
Is needed now most desperately in this most crucial hour.
The enemy’s most certainly come upon us like a flood,
Trying to gain the victory and rub our faces in the mud.

Trying to take away from us the things which God has given,
Yet this is God’s nation, we’re so blessed that we live in.
Making like the things of God are now null and void,
But the pride of man when lifted up will soon be destroyed.

The justice system of this world seldom seems to waiver
From humanistic jurisprudence of which we do not favor.
The scales of justice have been tipped far over to one-side,
And morality’s, now been cast down no longer to preside.

So we’re bringing our appeal, to God the Judge of all,
To weigh the balance of the scales and to make the call.
Is sin and degradation the one to rule our land?
We call our Lord and Savior to take the witness stand!

If I bear witness of Myself, then My witness is not true,
My witness is the works; My Father’s given Me to do.
For the sake of the works I ask you to be believe,
For greater works I have for you, if only you’ll receive.

I’ll send to you a Helper, that with you He may abide,
And what you ask I’ll do, so that My Father’s glorified.
He’s the One who’ll guide you, and lead you to all truth,
Not leaving you to wander in the way of the uncouth.

Now when the Helper comes, He’ll convict the world of sin,
When He speaks unto the heart, they’ll simply have to listen.
He will open up their eyes and He’ll turn their hearts to God,
For correction comes from Him and He’ll chasten with His rod.

Habakkuk 1:12—O Lord, You have appointed them for JUDGMENT; O Rock, YOU HAVE MARKED THEM for CORRECTION. 2 Timothy 3:16—ALL SCRIPTURE is GIVEN by INSPIRATION of GOD, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in RIGHTEOUSNESS. (17) THAT the man of God MAY BE COMPLETE, THOUROUGHLY EQUIPPED for EVERY GOOD WORK. Jeremiah 2:19—Your OWN wickedness will CORRECT you, and your BACKSLIDINGS will REPROVE you. Know therefore and SEE that it is an EVIL and BITTER thing that you have FORSAKEN THE LORD your God, and THE FEAR of Me is NOT IN YOU.

Psalm 55:19—God will hear, and afflict them, even He who abides from of old. BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CHANGE, therefore THEY DO NOT FEAR GOD. Job 37:10—By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen. (11) Also with moisture He saturates THE THICK CLOUDS. (12) And they swirl about, being TURNED by HIS GUIDANCE, that they MAY DO whatever HE COMMANDS them on THE FACE of THE WHOLE EARTH. (13) He CAUSES it TO COME, whether for CORRECTION, or FOR HIS LAND, or FOR MERCY.

John 15:26—“But when THE HELPER comes, whom I shall send to you FROM the FATHER, THE SPIRIT of TRUTH who proceeds from the Father, HE WILL TESTIFY of Me. John 7:18—He WHO SPEAKS from HIMSELF seeks HIS OWN GLORY; but HE WHO SEEKS the GLORY of THE ONE WHO SENT HIM is TRUE, and NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS is IN HIM. John 5:31—If I BEAR WITNESS of Myself, My witness is not true. (32) “There is another who BEARS WITNESS of ME, and I know that THE WITNESS which HE WITNESSES of Me is TRUE. (33) “You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to THE TRUTH. (34) Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you MAY BE SAVED. (36) “But I have A GREATER WITNESS than John’s; for THE WORKS which the Father has given Me TO FINISH—THE VERY WORKS that I DO—BEAR WITNESS OF ME, THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT ME.

John 10:37—“If I DO NOT DO THE WORKS of My Father, DO NOT BELIEVE ME; (38) “but IF I DO, though you DO NOT BELIEVE ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS, THAT YOU MAY KNOW and BELIEVE that the Father is in Me, and I in Him

John 14:10—Do you NOT BELIEVE that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; BUT THE FATHER WHO DWELLS IN ME DOES THE WORKS. (11) “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else BELIEVE ME FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORKS THEMSELVES. (12) “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, THE WORKS that I do he WILL DO ALSO; and GREATER WORKS than these HE WILL DO, because I go to My Father. (13) “And whatever you ask in My name, THAT I WILL DO, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED in the Son. (14) “If you ASK ANYTHING in MY NAME, I WILL DO IT. (15) “If you love Me, keep My commandments. (16) “And I will pray the Father, and HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HELPER, that HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER, (17) “even THE SPIRIT of TRUTH, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be IN YOU.

John 16:7—“Nevertheless I tell you THE TRUTH. It is to YOUR ADVANTAGE that I go away; for if I do not go away, THE HELPER will not come to you; but if I depart, I WILL SEND HIM to YOU. (8) “And when He has comes, “HE WILL CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, and OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. (9) “OF SIN because THEY DO NOT BELIEVE in ME; (Hebrews 3:12—Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an EVIL HEART of UNBELIEF in DEPARTING from the LIVING GOD.) (10) “OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; (11) OF JUDGMENT, because THE RULER of THIS WORLD is JUDGED Luke 10:18—And He said to them, I SAW SATAN FALL like LIGHTENING from HEAVEN. (19) “Behold, I GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY to TRAMPLE on SERPENTS and SCORPIONS, and OVER ALL THE POWER of THE ENEMY, and NOTHING shall by any means hurt you

Isaiah 59:14—JUSTICE is turned back, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, stands afar off; for TRUTH is FALLEN in the street, and EQUITY cannot enter. (15) SO TRUTH FAILS, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it DISPLEASED HIM that THERE WAS NO JUSTICE. (16) He saw that there was no man AND WONDERED that THERE WAS NO INTERCESSOR; Therefore HIS OWN ARM brought SALVATION for HIM; and HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, it SUSTAINED Him. (17) For HE put on RIGHTEOUSNESS as a BREASTPLATE, and A HELMET of SALVATION on HIS HEAD. He put on the garments of VENGEANCE for clothing, and was clad WITH ZEAL as a cloak. (18) According to THEIR DEEDS, accordingly He will repay, FURY to His ADVERSARIES, RECOMPENSE to HIS ENEMIES; The coastlands He will fully repay. (19) So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and HIS GLORY from THE RISING OF THE SUN; WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM.

Psalm 33:10—The Lord brings the counsel of the nations TO NOTHING; He makes THE PLANS of THE PEOPLES of NO EFFECT. (11) THE COUNSEL of THE LORD stands FOREVER, THE PLANS of HIS HEART to ALL GENERATIONS. (12) BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, (Phil. 2:11—and that every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.) and THE PEOPLE whom HE HAS CHOSEN as HIS OWN INHERITANCE.

The Pledge Of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
And to the Republic for which it stands,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
Indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL.

The court systems at some point in time may be able to take the words, “One nation under God,” out of our, “Pledge Of Allegiance,” but they WILL NEVER be able TO TAKE GOD OUT of OUR NATION!

Returning to Palm 33:13—The Lord LOOKS FROM HEAVEN, He sees all the sons of men. (14) FROM the place of HIS HABITATION He looks on all the inhabitants of the earth: (15) He fashions their hearts INDIVIDUALLY; HE CONSIDERS ALL THEIR WORKS. (16) No king is saved by the MULTITUDE OF AN ARMY; a mighty man is not delivered by GREAT STRENGTH. (17) A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. (18) Behold, THE EYE of the Lord is ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, on those WHO HOPE IN HIS MERCY, (19) to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. (21) Our soul waits for the Lord; HE IS OUR HELP and OUR SHIELD. (22) For our heart shall rejoice in Him, BECAUSE WE HAVE TRUSTED IN HIS HOLY NAME. 2 Chron. 16:9—“For THE EYES of THE LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG on BEHALF of THOSE WHOSE HEART IS LOYAL to HIM.”

2 Chron. 14:11—And Asa cried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, IT IS NOTHING for You TO HELP, whether WITH MANY or WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NO POWER; HELP US, O Lord our God, for WE REST on You, and IN Your name WE GO AGAINST THIS MULTITUDE. O Lord, You are our God; DO NOT LET MAN PREVAIL AGAINST YOU!”

Psalm 119:126—It is TIME for You TO ACT, O Lord, FOR THEY HAVE REGARDED YOUR LAW AS VOID.

Isaiah 55:10—“For as THE RAIN comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but WATER THE EARTH, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may GIVE SEED to THE SOWER and BREAD to the eater, (11) So shall MY WORD be that GOES FORTH from MY MOUTH; IT shall NOT RETURN VOID, but IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH what I PLEASE, and it SHALL PROSPER in THE THING for which I SENT IT.

Psalm 107:20—HE SENT HIS WORD and HEALED them, and DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DESTRUCTIONS. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS to the children of men.

Deut. 32:1—Give ear, O heavens, and I WILL SPEAK; and HEAR, O earth, THE WORDS of MY MOUTH. (2) Let MY TEACHING drop as THE RAIN, MY SPEECH DISTILL as THE DEW, as RAINDROPS on the tender herb, and as SHOWERS on THE GRASS. (Isaiah 40: ALL FLESH is GRASS.) Returning to Deuteronomy 32:3—For I proclaim the name of the Lord: ASCRIBE GREATNESS to OUR GOD. (4) He is THE ROCK, HIS WORK is PERFECT; for ALL HIS WAYS are JUSTICE, A God OF TRUTH and WITHOUT INJUSTICE; RIGHTEOUS and UPRIGHT is HE.

Isaiah 45:8—“RAIN DOWN, YOU HEAVENS, FROM ABOVE, and let the skies POUR DOWN RIGHTEOUSNESS; let the earth open, let them BRING FORTH SALVATION, and LET RIGHTEOUSNESS spring up TOGETHER. I the Lord, have created it. Hosea 10:12—Sow for yourselves RIGHTEOUSNESS; reap IN MERCY; FOR IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD, TILL HE COMES AND RAINS RIGHTEOUSNESS ON YOU.

When we think of salvation, the Scriptures have given us A PATTERN, which in this point in time should bring encouragement to the heart of everyone of us. Helping us to realize that things are not as bleak as they sometimes seem, in this present time where sin is running so rampant. (Romans 5:19--But where sin abounded, GRACE abounded MUCH MORE.) The apostle Paul, who then was called Saul, is given to us AS A PATTERN of SALVATION to those who are going to believe on Christ Jesus. This is very relevant for today, for it is this very kind of thing that is troubling us on every side.

Acts 7:59—“And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Acts 8:1—Now Saul WAS CONSENTING to his (Stephen’s) DEATH. (3) As for Saul, HE MADE HAVOC of THE CHURCH, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, COMMITTING THEM TO PRISON. It is interesting to note that Paul was certainly not on his way to church to worship, when He had His encounter with the risen Lord. By whom he was miraculously saved!

Paul has this to say in Acts 22:3—“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according TO THE STRICTNESS of OUR FATHERS’ LAW, and was ZEALOUS TOWARD GOD as you all are today. (4) “I PERSECUTED THIS WAY to THE DEATH, BINDING and DELIVERING INTO PRISONS BOTH MEN and WOMEN, (5) “as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and WENT TO DAMASCUS at about NOON, suddenly A GREAT LIGHT from HEAVEN shone around me.

It is interesting to view these next Scriptures in the light of those we just read! John 8:12—Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT of THE WORLD. He who follows Me shall NOT WALK in DARKNESS, but have THE LIGHT of LIFE. John 12:46—“I have come AS A LIGHT into the world, that whoever believes in Me should NOT ABIDE in DARKNESS. (47) “And if anyone HEARS My words and DOES NOT BELIEVE, I DO NOT JUDGE HIM; for I DID NOT COME to JUDGE THE WORLD but TO SAVE THE WORLD. 1 John 4:13—By this WE KNOW that we ABIDE in HIM, and HE in US, because HE HAS GIVEN US of HIS SPIRIT. (14) and we have seen and TESTIFY that the Father has SENT the Son AS SAVIOR of THE WORLD.

You see Paul did not even know that He was walking in darkness, but he was to find out that he was doing just that! 1 John 2:9—He who says he IS IN THE LIGHT, and HATES BIS BROTHER, is IN DARKNESS until now. (10) He WHO LOVES HIS BROTHER abides IN THE LIGHT, and there IS NO CAUSE for STUMBLING in him. (11) But he who hates his brother is in darkness and WALKS in DARKNESS, and DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING, because THE DARKNESS has BLINDED HIS EYES. Acts 9:17—And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “BROTHER SAUL, the Lord Jesus, who APPEARED to you ON THE ROAD as you came, has sent that you MAY RECEIVE YOUR SIGHT and be FILLED with THE HOLY SPIRIT.” (18) IMMEDIATELY there fell FROM his EYES something like SCALES, and he received HIS SIGHT at once; and he arose and was baptized.

Just a thought regarding this issue of receiving his sight! Could these SCALES somehow pertain to how we measure one another up by the sight of the eye? And how we determine their worth by what we see? Remember Saul was a Pharisee in the strictest sense! Acts 23:6—But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, I AM A PHARISEE, the SON of a PHARISEE;”

Let’s look at these next Scriptures in the light of those we just read pertaining to LIGHT. John 1:1—In THE BEGINNING was THE WORD, and THE WORD was WITH GOD, and THE WORD WAS GOD. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and WITHOUT HIM nothing WAS MADE that WAS MADE. (4) In Him WAS LIFE, and THE LIFE was THE LIGHT of MEN. (5) And THE LIGHT shines in THE DARKNESS, and THE DARKNESS did NOT COMPREHEND it. (9) That was THE TRUE LIGHT which gives LIGHT to EVERY MAN who COMES INTO THE WORLD.

PRAYER:
Lord, we would like You to give US LIGHT on this most important issue, and ask You to take a look at the scales of justice. You have given this to us as a way to measure deserved reward or punishment. Our Supreme Court has taken the liberty to tip the scale to the side of humanistic values, no longer even considering morality as a way to measure justice. You are being short changed once again by those who are trying to usurp Your authority, and rule by their own power. Seeing as how YOU are the HEAD of ALL PRINCIPALITY and POWER, (Col. 2:10) we would like to make known this manifold wisdom of God to THE PRINCIPALITES and POWERS in THE HEAVENLY PLACES. (Eph.3:10) We make known to You, that we know that through the cross, You have DISARMED PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, making A PUBLIC SPECTACLE of them TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT. As the HEAD we are asking You to take charge, of our out of control Supreme Court and MEASURE out the CORRECT justice DUE THEM. In Your precious name we ask it, having received YOUR TESTIMONY that if we ask anything in Your name, then You will do it, that the Father may be GLORIFIED. We thank you, and praise Your Holy name. AMEN

Returning to Paul’s testimony: Acts 27:9—“Indeed, I myself (Paul) thought I must do many things CONTRARY to THE NAME of JESUS of NAZARETH. (10) This I also did in Jerusalem, and many OF THE SAINTS I SHUT UP IN PRISON, having received authority from the chief priests; and WHEN THEY WERE PUT TO DEATH, I cast MY VOTE AGAINST THEM. (11) “And I punished them, often in every synagogue and COMPELLED THEM to BLASPHEME; and being EXCEEDINGLY ENRAGED AGAINST THEM, I PERSECUTED THEM even to FOREIGN CITIES. (12) “WHILE THUS OCCUPIED as I journeyed to DAMASCUS with AUTHORITY and COMMISSION from the chief priests,

(13) “AT MIDDAY, O king, along the road I saw A LIGHT from HEAVEN, BRIGHTER than THE SUN shining around me and those who journeyed with me. (14) And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, WHY ARE YOU PERSECUTING ME? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ (Ecclesiastes 12:11—THE WORDS of THE WISE are like GOADS, and THE WORDS of SCHOLARS are like WELL DRIVEN NAILS, given by ONE SHEPHERD.) (15) “So I said, ‘WHO ARE YOU, LORD? And He said, I am Jesus, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING. (16) But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for THIS PURPOSE, to MAKE YOU A MINISTER and a WITNESS both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I WILL YET REVEAL TO YOU. (17) “I will deliver you from the Jewish people, AS WELL as FROM THE GENTILES, to WHOM I NOW send you. (18) ‘TO OPEN THEIR EYES and to TURN THEM from DARKNESS to LIGHT, and FROM THE POWER of SATAN TO GOD, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who ARE SANCTIFIED BY FAITH IN ME. John 17:17—SANCTIFY them by YOUR TRUTH, YOUR WORD is TRUTH.

Acts 13:44-And the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to HEAR THE WORD of GOD. (45) But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled WITH ENVY; and CONTRADICTING and BLASPHEMING they OPPOSED THE THINGS spoken by PAUL. (46) Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “IT was necessary that THE WORD of GOD should be spoken to you first; but since you REJECT IT, and JUDGE YOURSELVES UNWORTHY of EVERLASING LIFE, behold, WE TURN to THE GENTILES. (47) “For so the Lord has commanded us;

I HAVE SET YOU TO BE A LIGHT to THE GENTILES THAT YOU SHOULD BE FOR SALVATION to THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.” Isaiah 49:6—Indeed it is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up THE TRIBES OF JACOB, (Psalm 24:6—This is JACOB, the GENERATION of those WHO SEEK HIM, who seek Your FACE.) 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.

Here is what Paul has to say in 1 Timothy 1:12—And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me because he counted me faithful, PUTTING ME INTO THE MINISTRY, (13) although I WAS FORMERLY a BLASPHEMER, a PERSECUTOR, and an INSOLENT man; but I OBTAINED MERCY because I did it ignorantly IN UNBELIEF. (14) And THE GRACE of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with FAITH and LOVE which ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. (15) This is A FAITHFUL SAYING and WORTHY of ALL ACCEPTANCE, that Christ Jesus CAME INTO THE WORLD to SAVE SINNERS, OF WHOM I am CHIEF. (16) However, for THIS REASON I OBTAINED MERCY, that in me FIRST Jesus Christ might show ALL LONGSUFFERING AS A PATTERN TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BELIEVE ON HIM for everlasting life. (17) Now to the King eternal, immortal INVISIBLE, to God who alone is wise, BE HONOR and GLORY forever and ever.

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 ACCETABLE 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 RANSOM for ALL, to be TESTIFIED IN DUE TIME, (7) for which I 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.

James 2:8—If you really fulfill THE ROYAL LAW according TO THE SCRIPTURE, “You shall love your neighbor AS YOURSELF, you DO WELL; (9) but if you SHOW PARTIALITY, you COMMIT SIN, and ARE CONVICTED by THE LAW as TRANSGRESSORS. (10) For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet STUMBLE in ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY of ALL. (12) So speak and so do as those WHO WILL BE JUDGED by THE LAW of LIBERTY. (13) For JUDGMENT is WITHOUT MERCY to the one who HAS SHOWN NO MERCY. MERCY TRUIMPHS over JUDGMENT. Psalm 147:11—The Lord takes PLEASURE in those who fear Him, in those WHO HOPE in HIS MERCY.

Isaiah 45:21—Tell and BRING FORTH your CASE; yes, let them TAKE COUNSEL together. Who has DECLARED it from that time? Have not I, the Lord? And there is NO OTHER GOD BESIDES ME, a JUST God and A SAVIOR; There IS NONE besides ME. (22) “LOOK to ME and BE SAVED, ALL you ENDS OF THE EARTH! For I am God, and there is NO OTHER. Isaiah 46:9—REMEMBER the FORMER things of OLD, For I AM GOD, and THERE is NO OTHER; I am God and THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, (10) DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and FROM ANCIENT TIMES THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE, saying, “MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND.

Deuteronomy 32:28—For they are A NATION VOID of COUNSEL, nor is there ANY UNDERSTANDING in THEM. (29) Oh, that THEY WERE WISE, that they UNDERSTOOD this, that they would CONSIDER their LATTER END! (30 How could ONE CHASE A THOUSAND, and TWO put TEN THOUSAND to FLIGHT, UNLESS their ROCK HAD SOLD THEM? And the Lord had SURRENDERED them? (31) For their rock is not like OUR ROCK, even our ENEMIES themselves BEING JUDGES (32) For THEIR VINE is of the VINE of SODOM

(Ezekiel 16:49—“Look, THIS was THE INIQUITY of your sister SODOM: She and her daughter had PRIDE, FULLNESS of FOOD, and abundance of IDLENESS; NEITHER did she STRENGTHEN THE HAND of THE POOR and NEEDY.) and of the fields of GOMORRAH; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. (39) Now see that I, even I, am He and THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES ME; I KILL and I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND and I HEAL; nor is THERE ANY who can DELIVER from MY HAND. (40) For if I lift MY HAND to heaven, and say, ‘AS I LIVE FOREVER, (41) If I whet MY GLITTERING SWORD, and MY HAND takes HOLD on JUDGMENT, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and REPAY THOSE WHO HATE ME. (42) I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, FROM THE HEADS OF THE LEADERS OF THE ENEMY.”

(43) REJOICE, O GENTILES, with His people; for HE WILL AVENGE the blood of HIS SERVANTS, and render vengeance to HIS ADVERSARIES; HE WILL PROVIDE ATONEMENT FOR HIS LAND and HIS PEOPLE.” It is interesting to look at these next Scriptures in the light of these we just read. 2 Kings 17:25—and it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they DID NOT FEAR THE LORD; therefore the Lord SENT LIONS among them, which killed some of them. (26)So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria DO NOT KNOW the RITUALS of THE GOD of THE LAND; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they DO NOT KNOW the RITUALS of THE GOD of THE LAND.” (27) Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying.” “Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him TEACH THEM the RITUALS of THE GOD of THE LAND.” (28) Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in BETHEL, (House of God) and TAUGHT THEM how they SHOULD FEAR THE LORD. Then looking at verse thirty-three we see, “They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. (34) TO THIS DAY they continue practicing the FORMER RITUALS; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the CHILDREN of JACOB, WHOM HE NAMED ISRAEL.

Deuteronomy 33:26—There is NO ONE like THE GOD of JESHURUN, (Blessed) who RIDES THE HEAVENS to HELP YOU, and IN HIS EXCELLENCY on THE CLOUDS. (27) THE ETERNAL GOD IS YOUR REFUGE, and UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS; HE WILL THRUST OUT THE ENEMY FROM BEFORE YOU, and will say, ‘Destroy’ (28) Then Israel shall dwell in safety, THE FOUNTAIN of JACOB ALONE, in a land of GRAIN and NEW WINE; HIS HEAVENS SHALL ALSO DROP DEW. (29) HAPPY are you, O ISRAEL! Who is like you, A PEOPLE SAVED BY THE LORD, THE SHIELD of YOUR HELP and THE SWORD of your majesty! YOUR ENEMIES SHALL SUBMIT TO YOU, and you shall TREAD THEM DOWN THEIR HIGH PLACES. Isaiah 54:17—NO WEAPON formed AGAINST you SHALL PROSPER, and EVERY TONGUE which RISES AGAINST you IN JUDGMENT you SHALL CONDEMN. THIS IS THE HERITAGE of THE SERVANTS of THE LORD, and THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS is FROM ME, says the Lord.

It is very important to note that God has handed down the name of ISRAEL to the generation of those who seek Him who seek His face. He has done this through His word and His Spirit! Psalm 24:6—This IS JACOB, THE GENERATION of THOSE who SEEK HIM, who seek YOUR FACE.)

Genesis 35:9—Then God appeared to JACOB again, when he came from Padan Aram, and BLESSED him. (10) And God said to him, YOUR NAME is JACOB; YOUR NAME shall NOT BE CALLED JACOB ANYMORE, but ISRAEL shall BE YOUR NAME.” So He called his name ISRAEL. 2 Kings17:34—the CHILDREN of JACOB whom HE CALLED ISRAEL.

1 Chron. 16:28—Give to the Lord, O kindreds of the peoples, Give to the Lord GLORY and STRENGTH. (29) Give to the Lord THE GLORY DUE HIM. Oh, worship the Lord in the BEAUTY of HOLINESS! (30) Tremble before Him, all the earth. THE WORLD ALSO is FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, it SHALL NOT BE MOVED. (31) Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth BE GLAD; and let them SAY AMONG THE NATIONS, “THE LORD REIGNS.” (32) Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; let the field rejoice, and all that is in it. (33) Then the trees of the woods SHALL REJOICE before the Lord, FOR HE IS COMING TO JUDGE THE EARTH. (34) Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for HE IS GOOD! FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. (35) And say, “SAVE US, O GOD of OUR SALVATION;
Gather us together, and DELIVER US FROM the GENTILES, to GIVE THANKS to YOUR HOLY NAME, to TRIUMPH in YOUR PRAISE.

Psalm 106:41—And He gave them INTO THE HAND of THE GENTILES, and those WHO HATED THEM RULED OVER THEM. (42) THEIR ENEMIES also OPPRESSED them, and they were BROUGHT INTO SUBJECTION UNDER THEIR HAND. (43) Many times He delivered them; but THEY REBELLED AGAINST HIM by THEIR COUNSEL, and were brought low FOR THEIR INIQUITY. (44) NEVERTHELESS He REGARDED THEIR AFFLICTION, when HE HEARD THEIR CRY; (45) And for THEIR SAKE HE REMEMBERED HIS COVENANT, and (((RELENTED))) according TO THE MULTITUDE of HIS MERCIES. (46) He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them away captive. (47) SAVE US, O Lord our God, and gather us FROM AMONG THE GENTILES, to GIVE THANKS to YOUR HOLY NAME, and TO TRIUMPH in YOUR PRAISE.

Romans 15:1—We then who ARE STRONG ought to bear with the scruples of THE WEAK, and NOT to PLEASE OURSELVES. (2) Let each of us PLEASE HIS NEIGHBOR for HIS GOOD, leading to HIS EDIFICATION. (3) For even CHRIST DID NOT PLEASE HIMSELF; but as it is written, “THE REPROACHES of THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME.” (4) For WHATEVER things WERE WRITTEN BEFORE were WRITTEN for OUR LEARNING, that we THROUGH the patience and comfort of THE SCRIPTURES might HAVE HOPE. (5) Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward ONE ANOTHER, according to Christ Jesus, (6) that you MAY WITH ONE MIND and ONE MOUTH GLORIFY THE GOD and FATHER of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. (7) Therefore RECEIVE ONE ANOTHER, JUST AS CHRIST also RECEIVED US, TO THE GLORY of GOD. (8) NOW I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to THE CIRCUMCISION FOR THE TRUTH of GOD, (Phil. 3:3—For we are THE CIRCUMCISION who WORSHIP God IN the SPIRIT.) TO CONFIRM THE PROMISES MADE to THE FATHERS, (9) and that THE GENTILES might GLORIFY GOD for HIS MERCY, as it is written: FOR THIS REASON I WILL CONFESS to YOU AMONG THE GENTILES, and SING to YOUR NAME.

The definition of the word Gentile according to the World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary. GENTILE: 1. a person who is not a Jew, especially A CHRISTIAN. 2 a heathen; pagan etc. b. Christian when directly distinguished from Jewish.

2 Samuel 22:47—THE LORD LIVES! BLESSED BE MY ROCK! LET GOD BE EXALTED, THE ROCK of MY SALVATION! (48) It is God who avenges me, who subdues the people under me, (49) WHO DELIVERS ME FROM MY ENEMIES. You also lift me above those WHO RISE AGAINST me; You have delivered me from the violent man. (50) THEREFORE I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU, O LORD, AMONG THE GENTILES, and SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME. (51) HE IS THE TOWER OF SALVATION to HIS KING, and shows MERCY to HIS ANOINTED, TO DAVID and HIS DESCENDANTS FOREVERMORE.

Habakkuk 3:2—O Lord, I HAVE HEARD YOUR SPEECH and was afraid; O Lord, REVIVE YOUR WORK IN THE MIDST of THE YEARS! IN THE MIDST of THE YEARS MAKE IT KNOWN; IN WRATH REMEMBER MERCY.

Habakkuk 2:14—For THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD, AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA. AMEN!

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