Sunday, March 19, 2023

Bible DISCOVERY 26: Moses on JESUS

 


The LORD JESUS said:

Luke 16:31

King James Version

31 And he said unto him, 

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, 

neither will they be persuaded, 

though one rose from the dead.


Scripture always intrigues us.

With its many treasures, and revelations.

Another, of which we discovered today.

Thanks to the guidance of the HOLY SPIRIT.

JESUS told the unbelieving Jews:

John 5:46-47

King James Version

46 For had ye believed Moses, 

ye would have believed me; 

for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, 

how shall ye believe my words?


That says a lot, in itself.

That Moses wrote of JESUS.

That we are to believe Moses, for he wrote of the LORD.

And if we don't believe Moses, how can we believe in JESUS?

Thus, I set out to read the five books of Moses.

From which, I intend to discover what Moses wrote of, regarding our LORD.

I don't know if this will be a new blog.

Or can fit in this post.

I shall find out as SPIRIT guides me.

For now, we start with Genesis.

As you can expect, this post will take some time to write.

I have to read all five books first.

This post, or new blog, will be published, soon as we're ready.

A blog it is then.

Going through Genesis 1, I knew it had to be a blog.

Separate in itself.

For, we shall be combing Scripture.

And SPIRIT will guide me in every verse, and chapter.

Click here to read "Moses on JESUS".


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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Bible DISCOVERY 25: GOD and WISDOM

 

WISDOM speaks:

Proverbs 8:22

King James Version

22 The Lord possessed me 

in the beginning of his way, 

before his works of old.


A curious verse, this one.

The thing about WISDOM.

She declares:

"The Lord possessed me 

in the beginning of his way"


What did "The Lord possessed me" mean?

I turn to other Bible versions for clarity.


Proverbs 8:22

Amplified Bible

22 “The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way,

Before His works of old [were accomplished].


Proverbs 8:22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

22 The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old.


Proverbs 8:22

Common English Bible

22 The Lord created me at the beginning of his way,

    before his deeds long in the past.


Proverbs 8:22

Complete Jewish Bible

22 “Adonai made me as the beginning of his way,

the first of his ancient works.


Proverbs 8:22

Contemporary English Version

22 From the beginning,

    I was with the Lord.[a]

I was there before he began.


Proverbs 8:22

Easy-to-Read Version

22 “The Lord made me in the beginning,

    long before he did anything else.


Proverbs 8:22

Expanded Bible

22 “The Lord ·begot [or acquired; possessed] me ·when he began his work [L at the beginning of his path],

    long before he made anything else.


Proverbs 8:22

GOD’S WORD Translation

Wisdom as Creator

22 “The Lord already possessed me long ago,

when his way began,

before any of his works.


Proverbs 8:22

Good News Translation

22 “The Lord created me first of all,

    the first of his works, long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

22 “The Lord made[a] me

at the beginning of His creation,[b]

before His works of long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

International Children’s Bible

22 “I, wisdom, was with God when he began his work.

    This was before he made anything else long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

International Standard Version

The Agelessness of Wisdom

22 “The Lord made me as he began his planning,[a]

    before his ancient activity commenced.


Proverbs 8:22

Living Bible

22 The Lord formed me in the beginning, before he created anything else.


Proverbs 8:22-31

The Message

22 “God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic

    before he did anything else.


Proverbs 8:22

Names of God Bible

Wisdom as Creator

22 “Yahweh already possessed me long ago,

    when his way began,

        before any of his works.


Proverbs 8:22

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

22 [a]“The Lord begot me, the beginning of his works,

    the forerunner of his deeds of long ago;


Proverbs 8:22

New Catholic Bible

By the Side of the God of the Origins[a]

22 “The Lord created me as the firstborn of his ways,

    before the oldest of his works.


Proverbs 8:22

New Century Version

22 “I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work,

    long before he made anything else.


Proverbs 8:22

New International Reader's Version

22 “The Lord created me as the first of his works,

    before his acts of long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

New International Version

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]

    before his deeds of old;


Proverbs 8:22

New Life Version

22 “The Lord made me at the beginning of His work, before His first works long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

New Living Translation

22 “The Lord formed me from the beginning,

    before he created anything else.


Proverbs 8:22

Tree of Life Version

Wisdom Before Creation

22 “Adonai brought me forth,

the first of His way,

before His works of old.


Proverbs 8:22

The Voice

22     The Eternal created me; it happened when His work was beginning,

        one of His first acts long ago.


Proverbs 8:22

Wycliffe Bible

22 The Lord wielded me in the beginning of his ways (The Lord created me at the beginning of his ways); before that he made anything, (yea,) at the (very) beginning.


In SUMMARY, "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way" means:

The Lord created and possessed me -- Before His works of old [were accomplished].

The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth -- before His acts of old

The Lord created me -- before his deeds long in the past

Adonai made me -- the first of his ancient works

I was with the Lord -- I was there before he began

The Lord made me -- long before he did anything else

The Lord ·begot [or acquired; possessed] me -- long before he made anything else

The Lord already possessed me long ago -- before any of his works

The Lord created me -- the first of his works, long ago

The Lord made[a] me -- before His works of long ago

I, wisdom, was with God -- This was before he made anything else long ago.

The Lord made me -- before his ancient activity commenced

The Lord formed me -- before he created anything else

God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic -- before he did anything else

Yahweh already possessed me long ago --  before any of his works

The Lord begot me -- the forerunner of his deeds of long ago

The Lord created me as the firstborn of his ways -- before the oldest of his works

I, wisdom, was with the Lord -- long before he made anything else

The Lord created me as the first of his works -- before his acts of long ago

The Lord brought me forth -- before his deeds of old

The Lord made me at the beginning of His work -- before His first works long ago

The Lord formed me -- before he created anything else

Adonai brought me forth, the first of His way -- before His works of old

The Eternal created me -- one of His first acts long ago

The Lord wielded me -- before that he made anything, (yea,) at the (very) beginning


WISDOM was "set up from everlasting", according to Scripture:

Proverbs 8:23-31

King James Version

23 I was set up from everlasting, 

from the beginning, 

or ever the earth was.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; 

when there were no fountains abounding with water.

25 Before the mountains were settled, 

before the hills was I brought forth:

26 While as yet he had not made the earth, 

nor the fields, 

nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: 

when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

28 When he established the clouds above: 

when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

29 When he gave to the sea his decree, 

that the waters should not pass his commandment: 

when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

30 Then I was by him, 

as one brought up with him: 

and I was daily his delight, 

rejoicing always before him;

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; 

and my delights were with the sons of men.


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Sunday, February 5, 2023

GOD is HOLY

 

Psalm 103:1

King James Version

103 Bless the Lord, 

O my soul: 

and all that is within me, 

bless his holy name.


What makes GOD holy?

What does Scripture say?

Plenty -- through these verses:

Leviticus 11:44

King James Version

44 For I am the Lord your God: 

ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, 

and ye shall be holy; 

for I am holy: 

neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner 

of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.


Leviticus 11:45

King James Version

45 For I am the Lord 

that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, 

to be your God: 

ye shall therefore be holy, 

for I am holy.


Leviticus 19:2

King James Version

2 Speak unto all the congregation 

of the children of Israel, 

and say unto them, 

Ye shall be holy: 

for I the Lord your God am holy.


1 Samuel 2:2

King James Version

2 There is none holy as the Lord: 

for there is none beside thee: 

neither is there any rock like our God.


Psalm 99:2-3

King James Version

2 The Lord is great in Zion; 

and he is high above all the people.

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; 

for it is holy.


Psalm 99:5

King James Version

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, 

and worship at his footstool; 

for he is holy.


Psalm 99:9

King James Version

9 Exalt the Lord our God, 

and worship at his holy hill; 

for the Lord our God is holy.


Isaiah 6:1-3

King James Version

6 In the year that king Uzziah died 

I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, 

high and lifted up, 

and his train filled the temple.

2 Above it stood the seraphims: 

each one had six wings; 

with twain he covered his face, 

and with twain he covered his feet, 

and with twain he did fly.

3 And one cried unto another, 

and said, 

Holy, holy, holy, 

is the Lord of hosts: 

the whole earth is full of his glory.


Isaiah 57:15

King James Version

15 For thus saith the high and lofty One 

that inhabiteth eternity, 

whose name is Holy; 

I dwell in the high and holy place, 

with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, 

to revive the spirit of the humble, 

and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.


1 Peter 1:15-16

King James Version

15 But as he which hath called you is holy, 

so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written, 

Be ye holy; 

for I am holy.


Revelation 4:8

King James Version

8 And the four beasts had each of them 

six wings about him; 

and they were full of eyes within: 

and they rest not day and night, 

saying, 

Holy, holy, holy, 

Lord God Almighty, 

which was, 

and is, 

and is to come.


This article sprung from a previous article SPIRIT and I wrote moments ago, "SPIRIT-filled ministers".

Wherein all our efforts as ministers, teachers, and servants, must be towards GOD's GLORY alone.

The connections are so strong, I feel another article coming forth, inspired by SPIRIT.

There may even be a new blog, for the volume of material in my heart.

Which only GOD can give.


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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

The INTEGRITY of GOD's HEART

 


2 Peter 3:9

King James Version

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,

 as some men count slackness; 

but is longsuffering to us-ward, 

not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.


How much does GOD love us?

How much patience has He borne?

How has He shown His love?

In one magnificent chapter, you shall know.

Whether Jew, or Gentile, GOD's LOVE applies to us all.


Psalm 78

King James Version

78 Give ear, O my people, to my law: 

incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: 

I will utter dark sayings of old:

3 Which we have heard and known, 

and our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children, 

shewing to the generation to come 

the praises of the Lord, 

and his strength, 

and his wonderful works that he hath done.

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, 

and appointed a law in Israel, 

which he commanded our fathers, 

that they should make them known to their children:

6 That the generation to come might know them, 

even the children which should be born; 

who should arise and declare them to their children:

7 That they might set their hope in God, 

and not forget the works of God, 

but keep his commandments:

8 And might not be as their fathers, 

a stubborn and rebellious generation; 

a generation that set not their heart aright, 

and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

9 The children of Ephraim, 

being armed, and carrying bows, 

turned back in the day of battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God, 

and refused to walk in his law;

11 And forgat his works, 

and his wonders that he had shewed them.

12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, 

in the land of Egypt, 

in the field of Zoan.

13 He divided the sea, 

and caused them to pass through; 

and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, 

and all the night with a light of fire.

15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, 

and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, 

and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 And they sinned yet more against him 

by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

18 And they tempted God in their heart 

by asking meat for their lust.

19 Yea, they spake against God; 

they said, 

Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he smote the rock,

that the waters gushed out, 

and the streams overflowed; 

can he give bread also? 

can he provide flesh for his people?

21 Therefore the Lord heard this, 

and was wroth: 

so a fire was kindled against Jacob, 

and anger also came up against Israel;

22 Because they believed not in God, 

and trusted not in his salvation:

23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, 

and opened the doors of heaven,

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, 

and had given them of the corn of heaven.

25 Man did eat angels' food: 

he sent them meat to the full.

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: 

and by his power he brought in the south wind.

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, 

and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, 

round about their habitations.

29 So they did eat, 

and were well filled: 

for he gave them their own desire;

30 They were not estranged from their lust. 

But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

31 The wrath of God came upon them, 

and slew the fattest of them, 

and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

32 For all this they sinned still, 

and believed not for his wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, 

and their years in trouble.

34 When he slew them, 

then they sought him: 

and they returned and enquired early after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, 

and the high God their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, 

and they lied unto him with their tongues.

37 For their heart was not right with him, 

neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

38 But he, 

being full of compassion, 

forgave their iniquity, 

and destroyed them not: 

yea, many a time turned he his anger away, 

and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; 

a wind that passeth away, 

and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, 

and grieve him in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, 

and limited the Holy One of Israel.

42 They remembered not his hand, 

nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, 

and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

44 And had turned their rivers into blood; 

and their floods, that they could not drink.

45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, 

which devoured them; 

and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, 

and their labour unto the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, 

and their sycomore trees with frost.

48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, 

and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 

wrath, and indignation, and trouble, 

by sending evil angels among them.

50 He made a way to his anger; 

he spared not their soul from death, 

but gave their life over to the pestilence;

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; 

the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, 

and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 And he led them on safely, 

so that they feared not: 

but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, 

even to this mountain, 

which his right hand had purchased.

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, 

and divided them an inheritance by line, 

and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, 

and kept not his testimonies:

57 But turned back,

 and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: 

they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, 

and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard this, he was wroth, 

and greatly abhorred Israel:

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, 

the tent which he placed among men;

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, 

and his glory into the enemy's hand.

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; 

and was wroth with his inheritance.

63 The fire consumed their young men; 

and their maidens were not given to marriage.

64 Their priests fell by the sword; 

and their widows made no lamentation.

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, 

and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: 

he put them to a perpetual reproach.

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, 

and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, 

the mount Zion which he loved.

69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces,

 like the earth which he hath established for ever.

70 He chose David also his servant, 

and took him from the sheepfolds:

71 From following the ewes great with young 

he brought him to feed Jacob his people, 

and Israel his inheritance.

72 So he fed them 

according to the integrity of his heart; 

and guided them 

by the skilfulness of his hands.


Why was GOD so patient, and merciful, with man?

These particular verses say it best:

Psalm 78:38-39

King James Version

38 But he, being full of compassion, 

forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: 

yea, many a time turned he his anger away, 

and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; 

a wind that passeth away, 

and cometh not again.


The same chapter reveals man's nature, in huge contrast to GOD's:

Psalm 78:40-41

King James Version

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, 

and grieve him in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, 

and limited the Holy One of Israel.


How we limit GOD's power!

We have no idea His power.

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Friday, December 30, 2022

The LORD's GLORY

 


Psalm 104:33-34

King James Version

33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: 

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: 

I will be glad in the Lord.


How GREAT is the LORD's GLORY!

How wonderful this psalm is!

Reminding us of what GOD can do, and has done.

And I, a born again workman, can only gaze in wonder.

Psalm 104:1-32

King James Version

104 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

O Lord my God, 

thou art very great; 

thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: 

who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: 

who maketh the clouds his chariot: 

who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

4 Who maketh his angels spirits; 

his ministers a flaming fire:

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, 

that it should not be removed for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: 

the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At thy rebuke they fled; 

at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

8 They go up by the mountains; 

they go down by the valleys unto the place 

which thou hast founded for them.

9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; 

that they turn not again to cover the earth.

10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, 

which run among the hills.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field: 

the wild asses quench their thirst.

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, 

which sing among the branches.

13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: 

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 

and herb for the service of man: 

that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, 

and oil to make his face to shine, 

and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; 

the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

17 Where the birds make their nests:

as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; 

and the rocks for the conies.

19 He appointed the moon for seasons: 

the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: 

wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

21 The young lions roar after their prey, 

and seek their meat from God.

22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 

and lay them down in their dens.

23 Man goeth forth unto his work 

and to his labour until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! 

in wisdom hast thou made them all: 

the earth is full of thy riches.

25 So is this great and wide sea, 

wherein are things creeping innumerable, 

both small and great beasts.

26 There go the ships: 

there is that leviathan, 

whom thou hast made to play therein.

27 These wait all upon thee; 

that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

28 That thou givest them they gather: 

thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: 

thou takest away their breath, they die, 

and return to their dust.

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: 

and thou renewest the face of the earth.

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: 

the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: 

he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.


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Bible DISCOVERY 26: Moses on JESUS

  The LORD JESUS said : Luke 16:31 King James Version 31 And he said unto him,  If they hear not Moses and the prophets,  neither will they ...