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  • GiGi on Numbers 27 - 1 year ago
    Num. Ch. 27

    cont.

    Moses did not make this choice, YHWH did. Moses knew that he was just a man corrupted by sin. But he also knew that YHWH always chooses rightly. In such an important appointment such as this, it was vital for God to appoint the leader, just as God had appointed Moses as the leader.

    Moses set a very good example about bringing matters to the Lord before making decisions, when the people sinned and rebelled, when God brought plagues and death to the camp for sin, and most importantly, in writing the Scriptures as the Spirit moved him. He knew he was not just writing historical accounts, but that God was inspiring him in the writings that are our Scriptures. Even above these things, Moses knew that he was called God's friend and friends foster relationship with one another. Moses must have spent much time in prayer and in the presence of God in the pillar of fire and clouds and in the tent of meeting, as it is stated that he was often there with YHWH and the people would stand and face the tent of meeting while Moses was within. Moses valued building this relationship between himself and the Great God of all. He treasured his privilege that God initiated with him 40 years earlier in the desert at Mr. Horeb. He walked with God for 40 years under tremendous strain and the burden of leading such a people so immense in number.

    Moses was instructed to bring Joshua before Eleazar the high priest to be consecrated to the YHWH as Moses' replacement. All three must have been both happy and sad. Happy to know that YHWH chose Joshua and sad because they knew that Moses would soon die. But as great leaders do, they stayed the course YHWH had put before them and completed the task of consecrating Joshua and presenting him to the people when they were all assembled together.

    The last thing that I noticed was that YHWH told Moses that Joshua would receive from Moses what God had placed on Moses to be a leader and prophet-often called the mantle...cont.
  • Ronald Whittemore - In Reply on Matthew 1 - 1 year ago
    Hi DanYells,

    The prophet is Isaiah, Matthew 1:22-23 shows the fulfillment of one of the many prophecies, this one we see given in Isaiah 14:7. Immanuel or in Greek Emmanuel is a Hebrew personal name meaning God is with us or God is with the people. Immanuel/Emmanuel is representative of the fact that God would demonstrate his love for us by the giving of His only begotten Son, Jesus the Messiah for the deliverance and salvation of his people, John 3:16.

    Hebrew names have meaning like Jesus or Joshua that comes from the same Hebrew name Yehoshua meaning God is deliverance. It is derived from yeho meaning God and shua meaning to deliver or save.

    God bless,

    RLW
  • Chris - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello Bibleman72. That was very sad to read of your Mother's deteriorating mental condition and of course, your anguish over her & of further action to take. There are times when places such as nursing homes, rehab centers, etc. do not give adequate care & loving response to those in their charge - certainly not all of them and the one your Mother is in right now might be very reputable in this regard. But you, as I also, might have heard of occasions when residents are treated badly, not cleaned after messing up, or being bathed, given adequate food, etc., & their cries both to staff & family members go unheeded. This, as I said, may not be the case here, but you need to also be proactive in the matter. Given her deteriorating mental state & that she still recognizes you & welcomes your being there for her, then list her complaints. Also check, are there any external signs of distress or the center's incompetency; such as, bad odours from her/deposits on her bed, bruising on the body, emaciated appearance, etc.? If anything of that sort is apparent, the first point of action is to make your observances known to the administration & discuss it with them. If no satisfaction from them, get permission to have a medically trained person to talk to your Mother & even examine her to verify her claims. And if it appears that her mind is what is at fault, then it can only be your presence (as often as you are able to be there for her), your wise counsel & support, reading from the Scriptures, as well as help from her pastor/elder, that might give her some relief; though her mind will continue to play havoc with what is real or imagined.

    I pray that the Lord will minister to her especially at this time of mental turmoil, & if factual, that the nursing home will speedily rectify the situation there. And for you too, that the Lord will give you the spiritual, mental & physical fortitude to bear up at this time, as it's never easy to see a loved one in such a state.
  • Goodgraft on Psalms 82 - 1 year ago
    When the Lord divided the nations at the time of the Tower of Babel ( Deuteronomy 32:8). And claimed (the as yet future) Israel as His own ( Deuteronomy 32:9). He assigned other Elohim, members of the Divine Council, (congregation of the mighty), ie created intelligences, (angels) as stewards over the other nations.

    Those lesser gods, (because there is only ONE Most High God), did not fulfill their purpose in protecting and preserving the knowledge of the one true God and leading men back to Himself. But rebelled instead, by leading the people of the nations into idolatry and the worship of themselves. Thereby forcing God to judge and condemn them to die like men.

    It is those Elohim that God is speaking to in Psalm 82. Not human judges or rulers.

    That is my opinion which is based upon the teachings of the late and highly respected biblical scholar Dr. Michael S Heiser.

    "Dr. Heiser attained an MA in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA and PhD in the Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he minored in Classical studies. Dr. Heiser received his Bachelor's degree from Bob Jones University and also attended Bible college for three years."
  • GiGi on Numbers 27 - 1 year ago
    NUM. CHAP. 27

    CONTINUED.

    Moses also did not argue with YHWH concerning his pending death. He was 120 years old and ready to join the 'fathers' who had died before him. He had the hope of the heavenly promised land, as Hebrews 11-12 speak of. He did not fight death, but would go the way of all men into death. But he had the hope of eternal life to come. I wonder if it better to not know when you will die or to know. Moses knew that YHWH's will was always true and best. He had spent the last 40 years seeking to know YHWH's will in what he did concerning this time of deliverance from Egypt and sojourning to the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was a faithful servant and thought that God's way was much higher and better than anything he could decide. He desired to do God's will, but like all men, he did fail at times. Meribah was certainly not his only sin in the wilderness, but as the leader God chose to be over these people, he dishonored God whom he was to be a representative for in his anger. God takes this type of sin seriously because it lessons the view of Him before the people he was delivering. How closely we need to watch our example before those who are younger in life and/or faith in our lives. We are to be an example of Christ, imitating Him in our conduct, words, motives, etc. Can we be perfect? No, Moses was not either. But Christ was. So, in this instance, Moses represented all men-we all have sinned. And God will always be God-merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth ( Ex. 34:6) Moses knew first hand of these things God demonstrated to him and the nation that Moses often pleaded for so strongly before Him. God heard Moses and extended mercy each time because Moses was a friend of God.

    The third section of this chapter is the appointing of Joshua as Moses' successor when Moses would die. God told Moses to do this and to appoint Joshua. ...cont.
  • GiGi on Numbers 27 - 1 year ago
    NUMBERS CHAPTER 27

    There are three parts to this chapter. Th first part is the daughters of Zelophehad coming to Moses to ask for an inheritance in the promised land as their father had no sons to be inheritors. Moses seeks YHWH for a decision and he gets one-that these daughters of Israel would indeed receive an inheritance in the name of their father and not be left destitute. God's mercy is on show here. He would not let women be without rights to inheritances should there be no male heir. This was the case for Naomi and Ruth later on. Because the husbands of these women (who were Israelites) died in Moab, they were without land unless there was a near kinsman to redeem for them an inheritance. Boaz did so in marrying Ruth and bringing both Ruth and Naomi live in the land of Naomi's father's inheritance.

    In Numbers 27, these five women are named: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. they di right by coming straight to Moses instead of gossiping around camp about their plight. They came to Moses respecting his favored position as God's appointed leader. They were not proud, or demanding, but spoke up for themselves willing to accept the decision of Moses because they knew he would seek an answer from YHWH. They came to the one who would intercede for their cause before YHWH just as we come to Jesus to intercede before the Father for us. so, here, Moses typifies Christ.

    YHWH 's reply did give them their request and also instructions on how such situations are to be justly regulated to prevent women from being left destitute and without rights to land, which was what sustained the people at this time as a livelihood.

    The second part is God speaking to Moses about his next steps. He was going to climb up Mt. Abiram (Mt. Nebo) and be allowed a fantastic view of the expanse of the promised land that he knew he would not enter due to his sin at Meribah. Moses was accepting of this privilege with humility and acceptance of God's justice for him. ...cont.
  • GiGi on Numbers 26 - 1 year ago
    NUMBERS CHAPTER 26

    In this chapter YHWH again calls for a census of the people of this generation that will enter the promised land. Moses and Eleazar (the High Priest now since Aaron died) were tasked to number the tribes. This is why this book of the Bible is named "Numbers".

    All of the tribes of Israel were numbered. The total was quite close to the same total that came out of Egypt and who died in the wilderness due to their grumbling. Think of all that death in just 40 years. So much rebellion and murmuring by parents and grandparents of this present generation cost a great loss of life. Yet now, as they are on the edge of entering the promised land, God has sustained the nation and replenished the population to the same level as how many left Egypt.

    All tribes but Levites were to receive an allotment of land decided by God through the throwing of lots (perhaps a die or dice).

    God guided whatever was thrown down to divide up the land justly.

    Moses and Aaron had taken the census at Sinai at the Lord's command and this time Moses and Aaron's son, Eleazar, numbered the people at the Lord's command. God has His reasons for calling for such a census both times. Perhaps this time it was for several reasons:

    To determine the size of the allotment of land commensurate with the size of the tribe.

    To determine the size of the army that would soon battle many peoples that YHWH would drive out of the land as they followed His command.

    To show the nation the goodness of YHWH in building the nation up once again before entering the land.

    It was only the sons that were listed here, with the exception of a few daughters.

    The chapter notes how all of the generation that had come out of Egypt had died, with the exception of Moses, Caleb, and Joshua. Only Joshua and Caleb will enter the land with this new generation. Moses will die beforehand as God had said he would.

    The Levites did not receive land allotments because they are the priestly tribe.
  • GiGi - In Reply on Matthew 1 - 1 year ago
    DanYells,

    Glad to meet you.

    Emmanuel is Hebrew for "God with us" as Jesus was indeed God dwelling in human flesh to live among us during His earthly life in a flesh and blood human body with a human nature, yet without sin. Jesus, the Son of God, who is the Word that is God in John 1:1 has always been God, the divine Son of the divine Father, but when He came to live a perfect earthly life, He also took on humanity in order to fulfill all of the law and obey the Father perfectly as a human man. He did this to fulfill all righteousness in order to be the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. So, Jesus was truly "God with us", so the name Emmanuel was speaking of who He is for all eternity, and not to be mistaken for only a mortal man when He lived His earthly life among us.

    Jesus also told the disciples that He will always be with them after His resurrection. So, as the glorified Christ, He is with us as His Spirit dwells in us. If we have the Spirit in us, The Father and the Son also abide in us, as Jesus spoke at His Last Supper Discourse.

    How wonderful is the name Emmanuel! God is with us. He is in us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. He is not far off from us, but closer than our own breath. He is forever our Lord and Savior.

    We are His friends, as He said we are. We are united with Him by faith. We are hid in Him, being protected from the enemy. We are alive in Him because He arose from the dead. We are adopted as children of God through Jesus. We can never be separated from His love. We have an inheritance kept for us by Him in heaven. We will be brought to Him at the resurrection and will be with Him forever in His place of glory.

    Hallelujah!
  • Bibleman72 - 1 year ago
    Hi i am in great need of prayers for my mom Paula L. She is in a nursing home right now for rehab and she is telling me horrible things they are supposedly doing to her there.I dont think these things are possible because this is one of the best rated nursing homes in Jacksonville ,florida.I am concerned my mother is beginning to develop either Early dementia or even worse schizophrenia.I am very very concerned because i love my mom and am her fulltime caregiver.I am worried about her doing not wise things.For instance she called the police to the nursing home at 5am to report having no air of water. That seems highly unlikely to me.I really covet your pprayers folks.
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Just prayed my Sister ,i hope everything will work out.You can look at a Church finder online and find almost any denomination of your choice .i thimk it is literally called Church finder.I pray the enemy will back off of you.I understand because i use tracts to witness and satan bothers me constantly.
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Just prayed for your request friend!
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Lordi ask for prayer for this request.Happy Birthday fellowbeliever!
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Just prayed Sister Colleen
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Just prayed Angelica
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear David Allen,just prayed again.
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Amen Rico
  • Bibleman72 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Just prayed Brother David
  • Jimbob - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Johnpage59 We should always let the Word of God give us the Truth, not man or man's traditions!

    We are told in ( Mt. 24:29-31) when Jesus Christ (the Son of man) comes in the clouds to gather together His elect. "Immediately after the tribulation". Those who believe in the pre-tribulation rapture theory will tell you these verses are the return of Jesus riding a white horse, that is not the truth John.

    The #1 pre-tribulation rapture verse is ( 1 Thess. 4:16-17) If we look closely at these verses we find 3 things mentioned that we can use to compare with the verses of Jesus return to the earth riding a white horse in ( Rev. 19:11-16)

    (1) v16 "and with the trump of God"

    (2) v17 "shall be caught up together with them"

    (3) v17 "in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air"

    If we look at ( Rev. 19:11-16) We do not see a sound of a trumpet, we do not see a gathering together, and we do not see the Lord coming in the clouds!

    Now if we compare those verses with ( Mt. 24:29-31) V29 "Immediately AFTER the tribulation"

    We see in ( Mt. 24:31) (1) "with the great sound of a trumpet" (2) ( Mt. 24:31) "and they shall gather together his elect"

    (3) ( Mt. 24:30) "and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds"

    Also ( Mt. 24:30) Jesus is called the Son of man.

    In ( Rev. 19:11) He is called Faithful and True ( Rev. 19:13) His name is called The Word of God.

    To believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, one has to take or use verses completely out of context, and also in many cases read into Scripture something that's not there. This is simply the Truth.

    I'm sure many on this site will disagree with this but as I said we must let the Word of God give us the Truth! It will speak for itself!

    The Truth should be the only thing that matters, If one's pride doesn't get in the way!

    Study these verses and compare them, it should be easy to see the Truth.

    Blessings to you John.
  • Giannis - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello John

    There are 3 theories about when the Rapture occurs:

    1. Before the antichrist appears in the world

    2. After, at the middle of the 7 year period he will be ruling on earth

    3. At the very end of this 7 year period.

    So which one is true? I am going to leave that to you to decide, but I'll tell you that:

    Whether the bus comes at the bus stop at 11:00 or 11:30 or 12:00 it doesn't really matter, you must be there on time. In our christian lives we must be always ready for our departure from this life at any time, we don't know when Jesus comes for each one of us, whether all together or each one of us individually.

    GBU
  • Jesse - In Reply on Matthew 1 - 1 year ago
    DanYells,

    This would be the prophet Isaiah. Matthew tells us in Matthew 1:22 that this is a fulfillment. Matthew is presenting to us the fact that the birth of Christ fulfilled prophecy, which is Isaiah 7:14.
  • Giannis - In Reply on Numbers 25:17 - 1 year ago
    1 Corinthians 6:18

    "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body."
  • Jema - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hi Johnpage59 , more importantly , what do you think about the rapture theory and , why do you think what you do ? Are your beliefs based on what you have read in the Bible ? Read the Bible for yourself and then you will have confidence in what you believe because you will have read it and understood it . Don't rely on the internet or the people posting on it , go straight to the heart of the Truth . God is with you , read His Word and allow Him to reveal the Truth to you . Read the Bible for yourself , from Genesis to Revelation and when you have finished , start again . Keep doing this for the rest of your life and your faith and understanding and confidence in God will grow and you won't need to ask anyone else what they think . You will know for yourself . May God bless your efforts to draw closer to Him , through Jesus Christ our Saviour .
  • Ladybug76 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    To give response to what you ask I believe that we have an obligation to tell people the truth but no, you're not gonna be able to tell all Christians that you come in contact with everything that you're doing wrong, but I do believe that if the spirit of the Lord leads you to tell them, you should tell them in obedience to the spirit of the living God and when you speak about trust, yes we should only put on trust in the Lord and his word we can have confidence in people, but we don't put our trust in him and then in truth I'm not sure if you were asking me a question are you trying to tell me something but either way I'm giving this response and confidence that is an answer to maybe a question or maybe the response and yes, we should be able to give scriptures for what it is that we speak and also to give a response to the comment about believing the full Bible, the new and old testament I absolutely agree the Bible says that the the New Testament or the Old Testament is a shadow of the new way to believe it all from the front to the back. There's something in the front for us in our living now just as well as it is something in the back we need to oh and the new, so I definitely believe we are supposed to operate in full word
  • Johnpage59 - In Reply on Matthew 1 - 1 year ago
    God is with us, is all I know about that name.
  • Johnpage59 - 1 year ago
    I became a Christian and didn't join a church. Everything I heard and read was on line. Everywhere was Rapture theory. Doubt crept in after a couple of years when I realized that verses were conflated to get that message across. I still feel very confused about this subject. Just wondering what people here think of the rapture theory. Kind regards John.
  • GiGi - In Reply on Numbers 25:17 - 1 year ago
    Hello Jema, I agree that before God any and all sin is equally deadly to our souls.

    However, my point was that the effects of sin on a person that manifest in a person's life vary. It seems that sexual sin and idolatry do more harm to the community of believers than many other sins, such as in this instance. The draw of such enticement easily pervaded the camp of the Israelites, not taking very long to bring 24,000 men into such sin in a short period of time. This is what i was emphasizing.
  • Jema - In Reply on Numbers 25:17 - 1 year ago
    Hi Gigi , I hope you don't mind me commenting on your post . With regards to sexual immorality being a more serious sin than some others , it's my belief that all sins are as serious as others , it's all disobedience to God's commandment , remember the man who was stoned to death for picking up sticks on the Sabbath ? Remember the first sin ? It wasn't about the eating of the fruit , it was the disobedience to God command . That's what sin is , disobedience to God's command . Luke chapter 13 verses 1-5 , the word perish in these instances , means to be utterly destroyed. We are all under the same condemnation , this was recognised by the man who was crucified on Jesus's right hand and was his confession . It should also be all of ours .
  • Jesse - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Brother Spencer,

    You are welcome. All glory to the Lord!
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thanks Brother Jesse!

    I've been collecting them and will have a chance this weekend to go over and study them!

    May the Lord bless you for all you do.
  • Richard H Priday - 1 year ago
    WItnessing conclusion

    Friends are much as family; those who we have long term or we grow up with can be the most difficult to reach for the truth as family members are for similar reasons. Sadly even one who led me along with her mom to the Lord 40 years ago seems to have little interest in meeting since I moved here 2 years ago I haven't heard from him despite a couple attempts to reach out. I am pretty confident he still believes; but that reminded me that there is another category here; namely those who have "deconstructed" from their faith (which used to be known as falling away). As our friends of course the last thing they want us to do is ask them if they are saved or witness to them unless God does a real work on them first. That is like my ex wife who still told me during her rebellion and adultery that she still was saved and walking in the Lord when she decided to marry her lover years later.

    Discretion is needed when relationships need to be severed. If our friends can respect our new boundaries as believers that is good; if not they will decide for themselves if it is worth having our friendship. We need to be aware if someone is being used of the enemy to tempt us to fall; and if they engage in activities that we are prone to fall into then we need to remove ourselves; permanently if needed from association with them.

    I suppose that is a word of warning much like I stated in regard to nursing homes in the earlier post. We have to be cautious handing out phone numbers or giving any personal information to those we witness to for our own safety as well as others. My friends in Pittsburgh would attempt to screen out those coming to home Bible study; but we need to watch out for each other.

    I have seen where wisdom on the subject prevented a possible mishap in the past for someone who wanted to sleep over my friend's house. We need to leave some things to professionals for those with obvious mental issues. Let us follow Matt.10:16


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