1.) Compilation of Prophecies showing a glorious future for Israel in the Bible

Applying the Touchstone and Lodestar of Scripture
To
The Morassy Foundation and Principles of Preterism

Appendix 1
Compilation of Prophecies
Some Prophecies of Scripture Bearing on—

The Unconditional and Everlasting Earthly Blessings and Promises to Israel
The Future Tribulation Period,
The Execution of God’s Judgment by the returning King, Jehovah-Jesus,
The Re-gathering of the Godly Jewish Remnant, and
The Restoration and Exaltation of His Earthly People Israel

—All as Preparatory and Introductory to the Millennial Kingdom and the Subsequent Eternal State

Compilation of Prophecies

“Let me here remark . . . that in many of these passages it is not merely the statement of the fact which we affirm, which is material, but its statement coincidently with facts which leave it impossible to spiritualise it away to other meanings. For example, it might be said that gathering all nations to Jerusalem, or coming up to Jerusalem, meant the assembly of the Gentiles into the church; but I find it associated with the re-gathering and exaltation of the Jewish nation, and at the same time desolating destructions and judgments on these same Gentile nations. Then I see that the one cannot mean former restorations, because then there was no gathering of Gentiles into the church; nor the gathering by the gospel, when it went forth from Zion before; because there was no gathering of the Jewish nation, but their dispersion, nor any judgment on the Gentile nations which came up against Jerusalem, but on the Jews themselves. Yet I find these things introduced as coincident occurrences, leading me to sure conclusions as to the unfulfilled character of the transaction, and how to receive their force.”—J.N. Darby, The Collected Writings of J.N. Darby, Vol. 2, p. 115

Gen. 13:14-16

“And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.”
Gen. 15:18-21
“On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates; the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Gen. 17:7-8
“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.”

2 Sam. 7:10-17, 22-29

“And I will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as formerly, and since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house. When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men; but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee. And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.”

“Wherefore thou art great, Jehovah Elohim; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for them great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? And thou hast established to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God. And now, Jehovah Elohim, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, fulfil it for ever, and do as thou hast said. And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art that God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant; and now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.”

2 Sam. 23:1-5a

“Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith, The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God; And he shall be as the light of the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth. Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure.”

1 Chron. 16:14-18

“He, Jehovah, is our God; His judgments are in all the earth. Be ye ever mindful of his covenant, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, -- Which he made with Abraham, And of his oath unto Isaac; And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, Unto Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance.”

1 Chron. 17:11-14, 20-27

“And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee; and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.”

“Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And who is like thy people Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God. And now, Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it even be established, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel; and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. And now, Jehovah, thou art that God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant; and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed for ever.”

1 Chron. 22:9-10

“Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and in his days I will give peace and quietness unto Israel. He shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.”

2 Chron. 9:8

“Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king to Jehovah thy God! Because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore did he make thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.”

2 Chron. 13:5

“Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?”

Ps. 2:5-9

“Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them: And I have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth: Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.”

Ps. 22:27-31

“All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee: For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations. All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.”

Ps. 47:1-9

“All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph! For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth. He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet. Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms! For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding. God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, with the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God belong the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.”

Ps. 48:1-2, 8

“Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

“As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.”

Ps. 72:1-19

“O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness. He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation. He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more. And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute: Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him. For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper; He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy: He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed. There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth. His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things! And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen.”

Ps. 83:1-5, 17-18

“O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God: For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head. They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more. For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.”

“Let them be put to shame and be dismayed for ever, and let them be confounded and perish: That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.”

Ps. 86:9-10

“All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.”

Ps. 89:1-4, 27-37

“I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation. For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant: Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

“And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him; And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances; If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness; My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David: His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.”

Ps. 96:9-13

“Worship Jehovah in holy splendour; tremble before him, all the earth. Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy, Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.”

Ps. 98:3-9

“He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms. Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp: with the harp, and the voice of a song; With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein; Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together, Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.”

Ps. 99:1-5

“Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved. Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples. They shall praise thy great and terrible name, -- it is holy! -- And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy!”

Ps. 102:12-22

“But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation. Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust. And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah: For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth, To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.”

Ps. 105:8-11

“He is ever mindful of his covenant, -- the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, -- Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.”

Ps. 110:1-6

“Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet. Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth. Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. The Lord at thy right hand will smite through kings in the day of his anger. He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill them with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.”

Ps. 130:7-8

“Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”

Ps. 132:11-17

“Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne; If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne. For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling: This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy ones with bread; And I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.”

Isa. 2:2-4

“And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it. And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

Isa. 9:6-7

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.”

Isa. 11:1-16

“And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful; and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears; but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the troublers of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not trouble Ephraim: but they shall fly upon the shoulder of the Philistines towards the west; together shall they spoil the sons of the east; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them. And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind will he shake his hand over the river, and will smite it into seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people which will be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day when he went up out of the land of Egypt.” 2.)

Isa. 13:6-13

“Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt, and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent. I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.”

Isa. 24:19-23

“The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved. The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.”

[Compare Isa. 24:19-23 with Rev. 19:11-20:6—“And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon His head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but Himself; and He is clothed with a garment dipped in blood;  and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in the heaven followed Him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen. And out of His mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword, that with it He might smite the nations; and He shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and He treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. And He has upon His garment, and upon His thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God, that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone; and the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which goes out of his mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh. And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time. And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment [rule] was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years: the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years had been completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”]

Isa. 25:6-10

“And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the veil which veileth all the peoples, and the covering that is spread over all the nations. He will swallow up death in victory. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken. And it shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah, we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. For in this mountain shall the hand of Jehovah rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is trodden down in the dunghill.”

Isa. 26:20-21

“Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past. For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Isa. 27:6, 12-13

“In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.”

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah shall beat out from the flood of the river unto the torrent of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ye children of Israel. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were perishing in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.”

Isa. 30:18-21, 26-33

“And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion, at Jerusalem. Thou shalt weep no more; he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; as he heareth it, he will answer thee. And the Lord will give you the bread of adversity, and the water of oppression; yet thy teachers shall not be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers. And when ye turn to the right hand or when ye turn to the left, thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.”

“And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the wound of their stroke. Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger -- a grievous conflagration; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a consuming fire; and his breath as an overflowing torrent, which reacheth even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and to put a bridle into the jaws of the peoples, that causeth them to go astray. Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a feast is sanctified; and joy of heart, as of one who goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones. For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite him with the rod. And wherever shall pass the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambours and harps; and with tumultuous battles will he fight with it. For Topheth is prepared of old; for the king also it is prepared: he hath made it deep and large; its pile is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.”

Isa. 33:17-24

“Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off. Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken; but there Jehovah is unto us glorious, -- a place of rivers, of broad streams: no galley with oars shall go there, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us. Thy tacklings are loosed; they strengthen not the socket of their mast, they cannot spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.”

Isa. 34:1-4, 8-12

”Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it. For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and his fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered fruit from the fig-tree.”

“For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch: it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness. Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.”

Isa. 35:1-10

“The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and shouting: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God. Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees. Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert. And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go this way -- even fools, -- shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor shall ravenous beast go up thereon, nor be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

Isa. 43:1-7

“But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee; and I will give men for thee, and peoples for thy life. Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth, every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory: I have formed him, yea, I have made him.”

Isa. 44:1-7

“And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen: thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand: I am Jehovah's, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people [or, the everlasting nation]? And the coming things, and those that shall happen, let them declare unto them.”

Isa. 45:14-19, 25

“Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ... Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. ... They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols. Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages. For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it, -- not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited: -- I am Jehovah, and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.”

“In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.”

Isa. 48:8-11

“Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.”

Isa. 49:4-16, 22-26

“And I [the Servant-Messiah] said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God. And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;) and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up. Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones. But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee. Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. “

“Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder. And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered? For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isa. 51:3, 11, 16-23

“For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.“

“So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

“And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people. Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment: -- there is none to guide her among all the children that she hath brought forth; neither is there any to take her by the hand of all the children that she hath brought up. These two things are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? -- desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee? Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God. Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.”

Isa. 52:1-10

“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money. For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause; and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned. Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore they shall know in that day that I am HE, that saith, Here am I. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion. Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”

Today we celebrate the birth of the savior, Jesus christ.

When the Angels send, God judge them and that judgment is sure.
14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; Isaiah

I believe that in order to prove that God is a just and loving god, he created mankind for us to be an example, the Angels saw God face to face and then spat in his face while men are able to respond to the influence of the holy spirit in their life and Believe on the savior.

6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 1 Corinthians

When God made Adam he created him with a Living spirit that came from God himself. God warned Adam and Eve that if they ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, that they would surely die.
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis

When Adam and Eve ate of that fruit and disobeyed god, their spirit died. Gone promised them a redeemer who would crush the head of the serpent but his heel would be bruised, meaning he would suffer. When God rejected the Fig leaves that Adam and Eve made with their own hands, God sacrificed an animal that he had just created in order to cover the nakedness of Adam and eve, meaning that he covered the sin of Adam and Eve and therefore with a promise of the Redeemer this was a promise for the world, that the Redeemer to come would have to die for sin and his death would cover the sin of the world.
3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. Genesis

Because the woman is now a sinner, she could not produce the Redeemer but the animal that God provided was an animal God had just created. That was the example: that God had to provide the sacrifice. God promised that a virgin would be with child and bring forth a son.
7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah

That promise was fulfilled in the Book of Luke when the angel told Mary that she would have a child from the holy spirit. Jesus was that child, born of a virgin and dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke

Christ's death on the cross paid that ultimate price just like that animal that God sacrificed in the Garden of Eden to cover the sins of the world.
1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John This is why Christians give gifts at Christmas time, because God gave us the gift of his son. Those who put their faith and trust in him are given an opportunity to be forgiven of their sins if they but trusting god.
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John

The greatest gift that God gave to mankind was the ability to be forgiven of our sin through his son Jesus christ. That is the message of christmas. And that's why Jesus came into this world, to die for sin.

1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 1 Timothy

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WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?

Chapter 1 – The Fall of Angels
Why is the plan of God taking so long? Why didn’t God just end sin when it started?

Many people ask this question and do not know where to start to answer it. To attempt this, we must consider what has happened through God’s plan to prove to men and angels that He is a just and Holy God and that the outworking of His plan is perfect. In what is referred to as “eternity past”, God existed and began His creation work. The Bible teaches that God’s first created beings were angels and that they were created to have fellowship with Him in Heaven and that there was a time of rebellion among certain angels.

What is important to our original question is God’s response to the fall of the rebellious angels, their pronounced judgment, and the means to present His perfect plan to the angels through other particular beings of God’s creation: mankind.

There is no creation account timeline for the angels as there is for our planet Earth, the universe, and men. However, we do have passages in the Old Testament that describe the first falling away from sin within God’s kingdom beginning with the most famous angel, Lucifer, who we also know as Satan, along with references that refer to angels and their purpose toward men and God.

In the Bible, angels are described as spirits and as ministers, meaning they were created to be servants of God, to be ones God created to help or be present to present God’s plan:
Pss 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

In Isaiah 14, we read part of the account from the Bible of an angel named Lucifer, (his name meaning “Light Bearer”) and how he came to his fallen state:

Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Lucifer, also known as Satan, here declares in his heart that he desires to be equal or better than God Himself by exalting himself above the “stars of God”, above Lucifer’s own creator. This thought is what Bible believers call the origin of sin into God’s creation at that time, the angelic realm.

Lucifer’s fall and personal description are also explained further in the book of Ezekiel:
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Lucifer was a grand image of perfection, so much that his pride corrupted him; he determined to be just like his Creator, declared by God to be one of His most excellent and beautiful creations, yet when iniquity was found in his heart he was cast down from his position, and his judgment declared.

The Bible tells us that God hates iniquity, unholiness, and sin and that it will not be allowed in His presence:
Pss 5:4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Pss 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Mt 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mt 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

These declarations against sin and how it will not be allowed in God’s presence would indicate that since Lucifer sinned in Heaven, his presence in Heaven would not be allowed after his heart was lifted up in pride because of his beauty.
In the book of Job, we read of a description of Satan, (that name meaning “adversary”), having mobility, being able to move about the Earth, and was one day called before God along with other angels, who in this passage are called Sons of God:
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Job 1:7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Peter describes these actions of Satan running to and fro in this verse:
1Pet 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

It is clear then, that Lucifer, (Satan), was an angel created by God, corrupted himself, was cast from heaven, having the means to move about the Earth, and he would do so while seeking someone to devour, to destroy.

Many Bible believers hold to the doctrine about this time in the past, that God would have presented His perfect plan that would counter the slander of Lucifer by presenting a previously unknown way of expressing His holiness and mercy through the creation of mankind and the material world. This full understanding of this plan was a mystery from the origin of the world. It must be true that this plan had to be known in its basic form by the Heavenly realm, and in particular, by Lucifer.

In many places in the Bible, there is an open conflict connected to a specific people that the Bible reveals are the chosen people from whom this plan is revealed to and revealed through, for the salvation of the world, to those who respond by faith to God’s purpose in restoring honor to His name.

We find a simplified account of this plan explained in a spiritual context in the book of Revelation:
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.

The woman in this passage is believed by many to represent a Godly line of mankind with a special woman who bears a child that infuriates the great red dragon. This Godly line of men did not exist at the time of God’s revealing of His plan to the angelic realm.
God’s plan and its unfolding can be described here as both from the origin of mankind and from the eventual nation of men who would bring forth the Messiah.

That woman would represent the family line that produces that redeemer, and describes the nation of Israel, the child of Revelation 12:2 being Jesus Christ the Messiah, and the attempt by the great red dragon (Lucifer, or Satan) to destroy Him.

In the above passage, the great red dragon drew his tail and took 1/3 of the stars with him and they were cast to the Earth and tried to destroy the child from this woman. It must be noted that this child was to be a strong ruler of the world and would be caught up in Heaven, having escaped the attempt by the red dragon and brought to the throne of God.

Bible believers believe this is a description of God’s plan of the coming Messiah, predicted in eternity past to the angelic realm, concerning what God’s perfect plan for creation would be.

God’s perfect plan that He presented to the angelic realm would be fulfilled in the creation of men and of a specific man with a unique birth, symbolized by a woman with the ability to give birth and produce a child.

His expression of His holiness to His creation and His mercy and grace to mankind continues with the creation story and the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden. (2)
Chapter 2 – The Fall of Men
Knowing then that God had a perfect plan before there ever was an Earth and knowing that God needed to bring about a plan and follow its due course, it is here that we go to Genesis chapter 1.

God created man to be a being that would have companionship with God:
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

A related description of mankind being of a special nature to God is also stated in the Psalms:
Pss 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Pss 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Pss 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:

God had a purpose for man which was to serve God and believe on Him and be rewarded in eternity for doing so:
Isa 64:4 For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

The man created, Adam, was given authority over the Garden of Eden by God Himself:
Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

This authority of the things of Eden would have extended to all the material things of the created world, Earth. Adam was the supreme man, the leader of all. While his authority given by God may have had a kingdom to lead over, he was alone in his exercise of this authority.

It must be remembered, with authority comes responsibility, and Adam would be responsible for the things that happen on the Earth because he was the man created to have that authority over the Earth at the beginning. As we will see further, the purpose of the creation of men, also, was for the man created, Adam, to be the leader of what would be called a family, and the unfolding of God’s plan would also use the concept of family to reveal God’s perfect plan.

Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Gen 2:21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

There was only one man and one woman specially created here: Adam and Eve. This means that the concept of the family begins with the man created to fellowship with God and with the woman created to be the perfectly suitable companion of the man. Whatever had happened to Adam and Eve defined those that would come after.

In the early days after the creation was finished, God had given only one command to Adam, and it was this:
Gen 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

This warning, of “thou shalt surely die” can be literally “dying thou shall surely die”, meaning that when they physically died, they would be dead for eternity for their spirit would be dead once sin had occurred.

Knowing that angels are created beings and have the ability to run to and fro from the Earth as we previously saw in Job 1: 6-7 and 1 Peter 5:8, we can easily see how angels, good and bad, would be observing this creation, and Lucifer would not be doing so to defend the honor of his creator, but to somehow cause havoc or disruption as the lion who seeks whom he may devour.

We do not know how much time passed after the creation of Adam and Eve and their fall into sin, but the Bible describes in Genesis chapter 3 the encounter of Eve with Satan, the serpent, (the devil):
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

This passage is why Bible believers call Lucifer, (here known as the serpent), the father of all lies, for here he took the word of God and twisted it, to fool Eve into taking and eating the forbidden fruit.

This introduction of sin in Genesis 3 into the world shows that Eve was deceived, not Adam who ate the forbidden fruit willingly, and because Adam was created for the purpose of having fellowship with God and to be the representative of God on planet Earth and to be the caretaker of God’s creation beginning in the Garden of Eden, therefore God declares that he is the sinner that let sin into mankind:
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Satan’s methods were revealed at this time and his lies and lying nature were referenced by the Lord Jesus Christ in John chapter 8:
Jn 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

In this, we see that Adam and Eve both disobeyed God. They also didn’t believe what God said about their dying if they ate the forbidden fruit. The first two sins of men were, therefore, unbelief and disobedience.

Adam and Eve hid from God and God searched them out and asked them what was the reason they were hiding. They admitted they were naked and confessed to God that they had disobeyed that they disobeyed God and ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil:
Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

After they confessed their sin, God pronounced a judgment against Satan, the serpent:
Gen 3:14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

God not only cursed the physical animal that Satan had possessed to tempt Adam and Eve with, but God also cursed and pronounced judgment against Satan himself. God also gave humanity the basic idea of how God was going to restore honor to Himself by judging Satan and restoring sinful men through the seed of the woman, that eventual seed being provided by God Himself.

While Satan would bruise the heel of the seed of the woman, that same seed would bruise the serpent’s head, meaning the crushing of the head, the death of the serpent. This promise in Genesis 3 is the first mention in the Bible of the Messiah that was to come to redeem mankind.

God pronounced a judgment against Adam and Eve, that Adam would be cursed to work the ground from the sweat of his brow and that Eve would be forced into a painful childbirth, a curse that would be for all time for all mankind.

In Genesis, Eve is declared the mother of all mankind, and because of the sin she had committed with her husband, Adam, all children would have a sinful nature, one that would require confession and repentance and a turning to God for the forgiveness of sin.

Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

This means that the concept of the family beginning with Adam and Eve would extend to children born to them as promised and prophesied by Adam’s statement that Eve was the name of the mother of all living. This concept of family will be revealed later to play a quite important role in promises made by God to men, and through men for the redemption of the world; promises given only through offspring that have a direct relation to the promised families.

Adam and Eve’s attempt to cover their nakedness, (their knowledge of sin), using fig leaves was replaced with the skins of one of the animals that God had created, an innocent animal, without blemish, unhurt while in the Garden of Eden. God killed that perfect animal as a sign of what He would accept from mankind for sins to be forgiven.

Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

This is significant, for the covering of skins for their nakedness is not just to cover their skin, but to be the act of God providing the sacrifice for the covering of sin, that the atonement for sin must come from bloodshed from an innocent, perfect source.

This first sacrifice for sin in Eden was from an innocent, perfect, newly created animal that God Himself provided. This is crucial - God provided the sacrifice.
This death of one of the original animals that God had just created, foreshadowed the eventual appearance of the Messiah and also the type of death He would experience. This part of God’s sovereign plan to redeem mankind was a mystery to the angels who would know what was to come:
1Pet 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
1Pet 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1Pet 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

This time of temptation and failure of Adam and Eve is also part of what has been explained above previously in Revelation, that the red dragon would try to destroy the child that came from the woman.

From the very start, Lucifer tried to prevent the Messiah from coming by corrupting the family, not fully understanding the methods of God’s plan of redemption of men from the penalty of sin and the promised Messiah spoken of in Genesis 3:15 due to Satan’s fallen nature.

The effect of Satan trying to corrupt Eve, and not Adam, would be an attempt to prevent the mother of the promised child of Revelation 12 to be able to produce that child due to that mother, Eve, being corrupted by sin. If the mother of the promised redeemer was corrupted by sin, then God’s plan of providing a redeemer who would judge Satan would either be prevented or delayed.

Satan, however, is not omniscient nor does he know the future. While he succeeded in corrupting the line of men that the Lord created to come in the world, he is unable to prevent the will of God from being completed.

This promise of the coming redeemer in Genesis 3:15 would have been witnessed by angels good and bad and would be a part of the mystery of God in how He was going to remove the slander of His name and character by Lucifer. God, by allowing the entrance of sin into the world, would seem to allow a victory by the Serpent at first but would end with the fulfilled promise from God of a redeemer who would crush the head of the Serpent.

The importance of this redeemer cannot be stated enough, for when God told Adam that the day he ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would bring about his death, (Genesis 2:17), it was not his physical death, but that the spirit that God breathed into him would die. This also would be the spirit of life inside Eve that would die. This death of their spirit would create their need of reconciliation to their God, their Creator.

Their confession of their sin once confronted by God, along with the sacrifice of that animal that the Lord sacrificed to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, was done as the perfect symbol for all mankind to follow for remainder of men’s time on Earth until the Lord is finished with His creation. It served as the example of how sin entraps men and women, destroys men and women, and that only by confession of sin and that the trust in the sacrifice that only God alone can provide will bring men to the forgiveness of their sin by God through faith in what God did and not through their own actions.

This entrance of sin through Adam and Eve condemns all mankind in that all children that came from Adam and Eve, and all men and women that came after were all born with the spirit inside them, originally given by God, corrupted and considered dead.

This dead spirit is what condemns a man or woman to hell upon death. It came about because of the sins of Adam and Eve. The act of God receiving the confession of Adam and Eve, along with God Himself providing the sacrifice of a perfect animal that He had just created, taken from the Garden of Eden as a symbol of the type of death that the coming redeemer would suffer from, (The seed of the woman), is the lesson for all mankind, taught from the beginning of creation.
This lesson, that mankind has sinned, and that a redeemer is promised through the seed of a woman, and that this redeemer will suffer a death similar to the death of the animal that God sacrificed for Adam and Eve, and that this death will cover the nakedness, cover the sins of men,
was to be the message all generations were to repeat to all men and their offspring until that redeemer appeared to redeem mankind.
But most men did not believe.

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Dec 11, 2024 Asheville and Swanannoa video and picture thread. Going to try and label each post. One video is about 19 minutes long again, it is in Asheville, right alongside the swanannoa River as it climbs north from rte 70 up north east from the VA hospital. LOTS of damage.

They did rebuild the banks in a few places, they did lay asphalt in a couple places, but it is process in others, and it rained here the last couple days and it is muddy, below freezing now.

I had a conversation with a bridge repair and highway repair guy, he told me the sediment was 4 feet under the bridge at rte 70 where the Swanannoa River passes under at exit 55 off rte 40. That water level is not 15 feet lower than that. No one knows where the sediment went other than to say it went downstream and spread out. The river is absolutely deeper now.

The number of trees knocked down that you will see have to be removed soon, for when they fall, they will float downstream and make a dam at the same bridge that the flo0od almost took out. That in itself is a major work for anyone, any city, any state.

all my videos and photos from december 11, 2024; Asheville, Swanannoa. The 19 minute video is the Swanannoa River going north from the area of Exit 55 on rte40, the north east area of the VA hospital. It was over 2 months before they even got running water. The video on the right side of the road is Swanannoa, the town, they still have more than 50% of the debris left to clean up. All they could do so far is open the roads. No one has a place to put all the debris.

The fallen trees in the river and the river banks must be taken down or they will dam all bridges they float to, and there will be new emergencies.

This is a bigger disaster than anyone is being told.

And, yes, people are in tents, but someone told me today that it is not 1400 kids in tents in the publlic schools, not that many...just a couple hundred kids...in tents...in winter...because their homes were destroyed.

Just a couple hundred. . .

And the kids are like zombies, all they want is speghetti sauce for their noodles because that is all they have left to eat. The children are also mostly not from low income families, either, they are from engineer's families, bankers families, the wealthier families had the homes in the hills because that is where a lot of the nicer homes were, not just the hillbillys you see on the internet videos, some of these people had 1/2 million dollar a year businesses...and now they got zero.

And FEMA has given less than 30 homes.
And people, like me and you, have donated dozens and clothes and food and kept these people alive. Government didn't do this. The grace of God did this. Appalachia did this.
But it aint over. Understand that. It aint over.

That is the video and photo I will start with:
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That bridge, that area that is blocked, that is where the water had taken away all soil and they had to close the bridge. They were able to fill it with rock, then process, and fill, and all they need to do is pave over what they got and that bridge can be used.

The bridge guy told me today they can maybe put 90,000 pounds on it, too, once it is signed off, it should be good to go.

the camper on the right, that is in Swanannoa, right off rte 70. A tent next to it, their cars.
Welcome home.
Aint no one doubting why they are there. Aint no one gonna say a word if they're smart or want to get re-elected.

Asheville, today, December 3, 2024.
Long video goes from Azeala Street to Swanannoa River Road. A lot of improvement to the road, some paving, still a lot of debris, 2 months after the storm.

Second video is Swanannoa River Road near the Walmart that got flooded. That part of the road is blocked off on the areas on both the east and west sides of the Walmart.

NO POWER on parts of that road to the street lights, nor to the traffic lights.
@matt_vanswol @MatthewsVicki20 @TammyDoodleDo @TweakedCaptions This is that wooden bridge on the right at an angle. The Blue Ridge Parkway is going north/south, that wooden bridge is that angled road partially hidden by trees in the center, the right side of the bridge.

Asheville, bridge on Rte 70, Swanannoa River, I was wrong, that bridge still stands, but, it don't look good.
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Asheville 10/28/2024

1. This is rte 81, Swanannoa River Road, Swanannoa, North Carolina.
#helene2024
This IS the back road I took to the VA Hosp, I didn't recognize it until I was leaving.
This whole area is all gone.
Homeless camp all gone, streets, local bridges.
27 days no rain, impending new landslides when it comes. 2.

Eternal Security
The True Believer is Safe and Secure in Christ Forever

Personal assurance and the enjoyment of my so-great salvation depends on my knowledge of the absolute certainty of the promises of God.

The story is told of a western traveler in the pioneer days who came one winter night to the banks of a wide river. He had to get across but there was no bridge. The river was coated with a sheet of ice but he did not know how safe it was. After much hesitation he gingerly tested it with one foot and it held. Night was coming on and he must get across. With many fears and with anxious care he crept out on hands and knees, hoping to distribute his weight evenly on the uncertain ice. When he had gone some distance painfully and slowly he suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofs and joyful singing. There in the dusk was a man happily driving a wagon load of coal across the ice, being pulled by a muscular horse. The man was cheerfully singing as he went. He knew the ice was safe and he had no fears.

Both of these men were absolutely safe on that ice. The ice was thick and solid. It could have borne twice that weight easily. One man was in fear and doubt because he did not know how safe he was and did not realize how solid and thick the ice was. The other man enjoyed his ride across the frozen river because he knew without any doubt that the ice would hold and that the foundation under him was solid and safe.

A true believer is safe and secure in Jesus Christ. No foundation could be any more safe or solid (1 Cor. 3:11). The problem is that some believers are not familiar with the statements and promises of God concerning their absolute security in Christ and therefore they are not in the place to fully enjoy their so-great salvation. It is to help such people that these pages are written. May our security in Christ cause our hearts to greatly rejoice: + "Safe am I, Safe am I, in the hollow of His hand!"+

Every believer is safe and secure and protected in Christ, but not every believer realizes and understands his safety and security as well as he should. The more I realize how safe and secure I am in Christ, the more assurance I will have and the more I will be able to enjoy my relationship with Christ.

Sadly, there is another class of people who have a sense of false security. They think that they are safe when they are not safe at all. They think they are on solid ground when they are actually on sinking sand. Their situation would be like the person who thinks the ice is thick and walks out on it, only to have it give way under his feet, plunging him into the icy waters. Some have false security because they think that their good works will earn them entrance into heaven. Others have false security because they are trusting in some religious system for their salvation. Anyone who trusts in anything or anyone other than Jesus Christ and Him alone is not safe! Such a person is in great danger. Our refuge and safety must not be in SELF but in CHRIST ALONE.

In these pages we are going to see from the Bible that the true believer is safe and secure in Christ forever. The one who has come to Christ for salvation will never be cast out (John 6:37). No true believer will ever be lost. No true believer will ever lose his salvation (John 6:37-40). Will the true believer ever perish (John 10:28)? Never!

Before considering our eternal safety in Christ and God’s amazing keeping ability, let us consider the important, soul-searching question: Am I a true believer? To help you answer this question, consider the following questions given on the next page. Think about each one in an honest, personal way. Take time to look up the Bible verses that are given along with each question. Ask yourself: Who am I really trusting for my eternal salvation?

Am I A True Believer?

Do I see myself as a guilty, lost sinner who stands condemned before a holy and righteous God (Romans 3:10-19,23)? Do I recognize that my own heart is deceitful and wicked and incurably sick (Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 7:21-23)? Do I see myself as deserving of death and hell (Romans 6:23)? Do I realize that if God were to give me what I deserve and repay me for the way I have lived, then I would be totally destroyed (Psalm 130:3; compare Psalm 103:10)? Do I recognize that there is absolutely nothing I can do to save myself (Titus 3:5)? Do I understand that trying my best to perform good works will never gain me or earn me an entrance into heaven (Ephesians 2:8-9)? Do I realize that my church or my religious system cannot save my soul (Jeremiah 17:5)? Am I convinced that my own righteousness and my own goodness falls far short of the righteousness that God requires and demands (Romans 3:10-12; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10)? Do I, in and of myself, have any personal credentials that are acceptable before God (Isaiah 64:6)?

Do I believe that Jesus Christ is God’s only Solution to my sin problem (Acts 4:12)? Do I recognize Him as the only way to God (John 14:6), the only Door to salvation (John 10:9), the only Saviour for sinners (Matthew 1:21) and the only One who can give me eternal life (John 10:28; 17:3)? Do I understand that Jesus Christ is the eternal God (John 1:1-3) who came into this world and became a man to save me (John 1:14; 1 Timothy 1:15; John 3:17)? Am I convinced that He loved me even when I was a great sinner (Romans 5:8; John 3:16) and that He died and rose again to save my soul (Romans 4:25)? Am I persuaded that the Lord Jesus died on the cross for my sins and that He died in my place as my perfect Substitute, dying in my stead and paying completely the full penalty for my sins (Isaiah 53:6; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:21)? Am I trusting in Him and in Him alone to save me (Acts 16:31)? Have I come to Him in simple, child-like faith (John 6:35,37; Matthew 11:28)? Have I, by faith, personally received the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour (John 1:12)? Am I resting my entire self on who He is (John 8:24), on what He has done (1 Cor. 15:3-4) and on what He has said (John 6:47)?

Do I believe that He is able to completely save all those who come unto God through Him, including me (Hebrews 7:25)? Do I believe the statement of Christ found in John 5:24? Is John 3:16 true of me? Have I ever shared with others that Jesus Christ is my Saviour (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32)? Am I able to say from my heart: "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus’ Name. On Christ the solid Rock I stand—all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand!" [Edward Mote]

Another helpful question that I can ask myself is this: If I were to die today and stand before God and He should ask me, "Why should I allow you to enter My holy heaven?" what would my answer be? If my answer in any way points to MYSELF (my own credentials, my own works, my own religious deeds, etc.) then I am not standing on solid ground. Here are some examples of people putting their trust in SELF:

"God should let me into His holy heaven because in my lifetime I have done more good than bad." "God should let me into His holy heaven because I try to keep the ten commandments." "God should let me into His holy heaven because I’m a member of a certain church" etc. All such answers point to ME, but salvation is not of ME; salvation is of the LORD!

There is only one reason why I can enter God’s holy heaven. The appropriate response is this: "I will enter God’s holy heaven for one reason and one reason only. It is only because of Jesus Christ my Saviour. Apart from His work on the cross I could never be saved. Apart from His life which He has given to me as a free gift, I could never enter His holy heaven. He is my only hope. He is the only righteousness I have and He is all the righteousness I need. Thank You Lord for saving my soul and making me whole." Notice how this answer points away from SELF and clearly points to the Saviour and to Him alone!

In the following sections of this document, we are going to establish the fact that the true believer is safe and secure in Christ forever. This is the doctrine of eternal security. In answering the questions, please look up all of the verses that are given, even if you think you know the answer without looking up the verses. It is important to see exactly what God says and to let His Word sink deeply into your heart (Psalm 119:11; Colossians 3:16).

Is The True Believer Safe and Secure in Christ Forever?

The answer to this question is an emphatic "YES" for the following reasons:

1. The true believer is safe and secure in Christ forever because it is impossible for God to break His salvation promises.

Is God a man that He should lie (see Numbers 23:19)? ______ Therefore, God cannot break His promises! In this course of study we have already studied 15 salvation promises.  One of them was John 3:16. In this passage God promises the true believer that he will never ______________________. In John 3:18 God promises that the true believer will never be _____________________.

According to John 5:24, what are 3 things that are true of every believer?
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In John 6:37 Christ promises to never ______________     __________ the person who comes to Him. In John 11:26 Christ promises that the true believer will never ________ [This "death" does not refer to physical death which both saved people and unsaved people experience, but it refers to "the second death" which is eternal separation from God (see Rev. 20:14-15; 21:8) which only the unsaved experience].
            Answer True or False:
________If a believer sins, then Christ will cast him out (John 6:37).________A person who truly is trusting in Christ as Saviour will never perish (John 3:16).________John 5:24 teaches the same truth as Romans 8:1. No condemnation!________It is possible for a true believer to lose his salvation and perish.________If a true believer in Christ could perish, then this would make God a liar (see John 3:16).________God is not a liar, and therefore John 3:16 is true. The believer in Christ will not perish. God has given us His Word! God said it and that settles it! 2. The true believer is safe and secure in Christ forever because it is impossible for a true believer to become "UN-SAVED."
According to 1 Corinthians 6:11, when the Corinthian people became saved, three things happened to them:

They were ____________________________.
They were ____________________________.
They were ____________________________.
Do you think it is possible for a believer to become unwashed? _____________ Can a person become unsanctified? _____ Do you think that a born-again person can become unjustified (condemned)? _______ Can a believer become unredeemed? ______ For a person to lose his salvation he would have to become UNWASHED, UNSANCTIFIED, UNJUSTIFIED and UNREDEEMED! Is this possible? _________ Does God "undo" the good work that He begins in a person or does He bring that good work to its ultimate completion (Phil. 1:6)? _________________________________________________

1) Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech

This is the full text of Enoch Powell's so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech, which was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham on April 20 1968. The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. In seeking to do so, it encounters obstacles which are deeply rooted in human nature. One is that by the very order of things such evils are not demonstrable until they have occurred: at each stage in their onset there is room for doubt and for dispute whether they be real or imaginary. By the same token, they attract little attention in comparison with current troubles, which are both indisputable and pressing: whence the besetting temptation of all politics to concern itself with the immediate present at the expense of the future. Above all, people are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles: "If only," they love to think, "if only people wouldn't talk about it, it probably wouldn't happen." Perhaps this habit goes back to the primitive belief that the word and the thing, the name and the object, are identical. At all events, the discussion of future grave but, with effort now, avoidable evils is the most unpopular and at the same time the most necessary occupation for the politician. Those who knowingly shirk it deserve, and not infrequently receive, the curses of those who come after. A week or two ago I fell into conversation with a constituent, a middle-aged, quite ordinary working man employed in one of our nationalised industries. After a sentence or two about the weather, he suddenly said: "If I had the money to go, I wouldn't stay in this country." I made some deprecatory reply to the effect that even this government wouldn't last for ever; but he took no notice, and continued: "I have three children, all of them been through grammar school and two of them married now, with family. I shan't be satisfied till I have seen them all settled overseas. In this country in 15 or 20 years' time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man." I can already hear the chorus of execration. How dare I say such a horrible thing? How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation? The answer is that I do not have the right not to do so. Here is a decent, ordinary fellow Englishman, who in broad daylight in my own town says to me, his Member of Parliament, that his country will not be worth living in for his children. I simply do not have the right to shrug my shoulders and 2.) I simply do not have the right to shrug my shoulders and think about something else. What he is saying, thousands and hundreds of thousands are saying and thinking - not throughout Great Britain, perhaps, but in the areas that are already undergoing the total transformation to which there is no parallel in a thousand years of English history. In 15 or 20 years, on present trends, there will be in this country three and a half million Commonwealth immigrants and their descendants. That is not my figure. That is the official figure given to parliament by the spokesman of the Registrar General's Office. There is no comparable official figure for the year 2000, but it must be in the region of five to seven million, approximately one-tenth of the whole population, and approaching that of Greater London. Of course, it will not be evenly distributed from Margate to Aberystwyth and from Penzance to Aberdeen. Whole areas, towns and parts of towns across England will be occupied by sections of the immigrant and immigrant-descended population. As time goes on, the proportion of this total who are immigrant descendants, those born in England, who arrived here by exactly the same route as the rest of us, will rapidly increase. Already by 1985 the native-born would constitute the majority. It is this fact which creates the extreme urgency of action now, of just that kind of action which is hardest for politicians to take, action where the difficulties lie in the present but the evils to be prevented or minimised lie several parliaments ahead. The natural and rational first question with a nation confronted by such a prospect is to ask: "How can its dimensions be reduced?" Granted it be not wholly preventable, can it be limited, bearing in mind that numbers are of the essence: the significance and consequences of an alien element introduced into a country or population are profoundly different according to whether that element is 1 per cent or 10 per cent. The answers to the simple and rational question are equally simple and rational: by stopping, or virtually stopping, further inflow, and by promoting the maximum outflow. Both answers are part of the official policy of the Conservative Party. It almost passes belief that at this moment 20 or 30 additional immigrant children are arriving from overseas in Wolverhampton alone every week - and that means 15 or 20 additional families a decade or two hence. Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependants, who are for the most part the material of the future growth of the immigrant-descended population. It is like watching a nation busily engaged in heaping up its own funeral pyre. So insane are we that we actually permit unmarried persons to immigrate for the purpose of founding a family with spouses and fiancés whom they have never seen. Let no one suppose that the flow of dependants will automatically tail off. On the contrary, even at the present admission rate of only 5,000 a year by voucher, there is sufficient for a further 25,000 dependants per annum ad infinitum, without taking into account the huge reservoir of existing relations in this country - and I am making no allowance at all for fraudulent entry. In these circumstances nothing will suffice but that the total inflow for settlement should be reduced

1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans PAGE 18, THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, MARRIAGE BETWEEN MAN AND A WOMAN
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1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans PAGE 18, THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, MARRIAGE BETWEEN MAN AND A WOMAN
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Here is one way of giving the Gospel: 2

1.)
Ken ham, ( @aigkenham ) always said the reason he preaches creationism so much is that Genesis is the foundation of all doctrine.
So, keeping that in mind, I wondered why people only used the Romans road for example, when witnessing? 2.)
Just John 3:16, "God loves you and gave His son because You're a sinner and need to believe!"
seemed to me that telling people they are sinners wihtout knowing the origin of sin,
wont explain much especially in a nation like the US where . . .

(1)
TEN "MUSTS"
IF I AM TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WORD
1. I must be born again.

"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God....Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again" (John 3:3,7). (2)
The person who is not born again cannot understand God's Word:

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Cor. 2:14).

1.) Commandments to judge 2.) Rom 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Rom 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;

Earlier I posted some links about #JohnMacarthur that people tried to respond to, not knowing the trail of links to comment accurately.
This thread is an attempt to correct that
John Macarthur supports rock music in Church
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What is Godly music and how does that apply to modern CCM style music?
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I am absolutely sickened.
It keeps getting worse.
That homosexual man who is surgically mutilating himself to look like a woman, is not doing it to look like a woman but like a little girl. 2. Videos have been watched again, and in the last year chronicled his changes from an adult male to a teenage girl.
This sexual perversion is tragically being supported by democrats and Godless republicans.
It began when straight people slept around.

1. I wrote this almost 20 years ago.
It stands the test of time. 2. On a few website bulletin boards, I have used the term PEACE NAZI to describe the peace movement in general, and one person asked me for an explanation as to what the term means and why I say it. Here is my answer: