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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US President Donald Trump for his leadership and friendship with the state of Israel, during his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. English subtitles are available in the video’s settings.
The Prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah) used water as a metaphor for knowledge of the Torah (Bible). Jewish tradition explains that just as water leaves a high place and flows downwards, to does Torah knowledge flow away from those who are arrogant...
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A University of Central Florida student refused to wear a hijab on World Hijab Day and for that crime against humanity, one of the Muslim students tried to get her expelled.
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What you follow is what you hallow, To follow is to take the same route behind another person; take the same course or go in the same direction as something else. It also to watch, observe, or pay close attention to somebody or something. It also means acting in accordance with, or imitate something, especially, with instructions or direction given by somebody else.
A. REWARDS FOR FOLLOWING HIM (Leviticus 26:3-13 )
If you follow my decree and careful to obey My commands. In God's clear instruction to the people on what becomes of the obedient and disobedient man differently, we see an unmistakable call to follow His ways.
He has repeatedly warned them against idolatry as a jealous God. If they should not follow other gods, the implication is that they must follow Him alone - no divided loyalty.
Everything that relates to God must always make sense to us without compromise. You want to always be around the one you love and want to follow. If Christ is your master, you must desire Him wholeheartedly.
As part of the blessings of obedience, God will work among us as our God. He will relate with us, He will lead us, and we must follow Him. Always remembering who He is and what He is capable of doing.
God has never missed words concerning the indispensability of total obedience to His commands as well as the rewards that would follow it. God is faithful. Whatever you sow you shall reap. (Galatians 6:7 )
B. CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEYING HIM ( Leviticus 26: 14-39 )
"But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands, Then I will do this to you. (verse 15- 16.)
No one keeps disobeying his master and still expects to be enjoying his master favour. (Romans 6:1-2)
Failing to follow God's word and way can never please Him. The wages of sin is death and destruction. Examine the gravity of the consequences of disobedience highlighted in verse 16-39, and discover how God takes deviation from His Law very seriously.
The only way out of God's wrath is repentance. To regain God's favour and attention in relationship with Him we must terrace our steps back to Him in repentance. It is then He would remember His covenant with us and restore us fully.
You can not bribe God. Only total obedience to Him can save you from His unbearable judgment. Do not wait to experience King Saul's fate that was borne out of his disobedient disposition. When we listen and are obedient to His decrees, our lives will be in His true prosperity.
When we refuse to follow God we invite God-monitored calamities and troubles on ourselves.
May God bless you all in Jesus Name.
Shalom. Pastor Abel Oyewale Abba Father International Fellowship-Nigeria Email: souls4christ2005@yahoo.com PASTOR ABEL OYEWALE P.BOX 120 EDE OSUN STATE NIGERIA.
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Pastor Jim welcome special guests Evangelist Alveda King and Dr. Stephen E. Strang as they discuss the rising significance of standing up for Godly morals and values.
Quotes
Your enemies will try to destroy you, but God will actually lift you up. -Alveda King
If you say a lie long enough the people believe it. -Steve Strang
Scriptures
Acts 9:1 MEV Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest.
1 John 1:9 MEV If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Micah 7:19 MEV He will again have compassion upon us.He will tread down our iniquities, and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
Romans 3:23 MEV For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
John 8:7 MEV So when they continued asking Him, He stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
John 8:9 MEV Being convicted by their conscience, those who heard it went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even to the last. Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Ephesians 6:12 MEV For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Isaiah 50:7 MEV For the Lord God will help me; therefore, I shall not be disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
2 Timothy 3:1 MEV Know this: In the last days perilous times will come.
Matthew 24:12 MEV Because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Matthew 24:7-8 MEV For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, epidemics, and earthquakes in various places.All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 25:35 MEV For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in.
Matthew 24:3 MEV As He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
In the midst of the commandments for the building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), we find the instructions for the making of the garments that the high priest was to wear. The details for the high priest's clothing are detailed completely from head to foot in Exodus 28. We also know that every detail provided in the Bible was given so that every person reading the Scriptures would in some way be directed or led to Yeshua (Jesus). Each word was framed precisely to make a pathway where, no matter where you start from, the end of the path leads to Yeshua. Every item, no matter how small, was, by design, entered into the text with specificity and is part of the elaborate spiritual GPS system that is always directing or redirecting the reader so that their journey continues toward Yeshua.
In my last blog, I pointed out a connection between the ark of the covenant and Yeshua. This week, I want to share just one of the of the ways that the High Priest's clothing teaches us something about Yeshua.
The high priest's clothing contained both undergarments and outer-garments and even provided a miter, or hat, for him to wear. These clothes served very functional purposes, just as our normal clothes serve us today. Whether you are a mechanic or a lawyer, you wear the clothing of your trade.
The instructions for the priest went beyond normal clothing and included a breastplate, which contained gold chains and precious gemstones. This breastplate was, for all intents and purposes, a beautiful piece of jewelry worn by the high priest. The breastplate, like all jewelry, was worn to represent something, just as a wedding ring lets people know we are married, or a Star of David necklace would demonstrate a love or support of Israel.
The breastplate was unique in that it had two focal points instead of one. There were the onyx stones on the shoulder and the gemstones on the chest piece. On each of these focal points were beautiful stones to draw one's attention and they both included the names of all 12 tribes of Israel. I think we can all see without a lot of discussion that the high priest represented Yeshua our perfect high priest. But why the breastplate? Why the stones? And why the two separate focal points?
Is it possible that the two onyx stones of Exodus 28:9 engraved with the names of Israel, which rested on the shoulders of the high priest, represents the priest carrying the sins of all Israel upon his shoulders as intercessor? These two stones were identical in size, shape, and color. They were engraved as a signet—an item used to seal contracts, covenants or decrees. Showing us that in G-D's view, all of us who have entered covenant with Him are viewed the same, or as Galatians 3:28 says: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female—for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua" (Gal. 3:28, TLV).
The high priest, through intercession, carried our sins on his shoulders just as Yeshua would, years later, carry the burden of our cross on His shoulders.
The second focal point of the breastplate were the 12 gemstones of Exodus 28:17-21 that were on the front, which lay over the heart of the high priest. Unlike the gems on the shoulder piece, these stones were different one from another. Different stones and different colors, but all placed together in unity. Could it be that these stones represent the individuality and diversity of the people that the high priest would intercede for, just as Yeshua made intercession for all people of all cultures and backgrounds? These stones were not placed upon the shoulders, but rather upon the heart because it takes a work of the heart to truly intercede for diverse people. He didn't just offer Himself for an entire nation (the onyx stones). He also offered Himself for each one of us individually and personally (the 12 individual stones). It wasn't simply the strength (shoulder stones) of Yeshua that brought redemption to the world. Remember, He said in Matthew 26:53: "Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions of angels?"
No, it wasn't strength and might alone that brought the covenant-promised redemption to Israel. It required a greater power than the arm of the L-RD; it was the heart of the L-RD (the heart stones).
It is important to note that the shoulder stones were connected to the heart stones by golden chains. The two groups of stones were connected and only complete when they were together. Just as we can only understand the fullness of the work of our high priest Yeshua when we understand that the strength of His redemption was a combination of His carrying us upon His shoulders and His heart.
Eric Tokajer is author of With Me in Paradise, Transient Singularity, OY! How Did I Get Here?: Thirty-One Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Entering Ministry, #ManWisdom: With Eric Tokajer and Jesus is to Christianity as Pasta is to Italians.
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