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Numbers chapter 32 verse one,
and God has just given Israel
victories over the Amorites.
First of all, it was
a Canaanite people,
pretty fearless warriors.
The next competition was the
Midianites and the Moabites,
which turned out not to
be so much competition,
but God fought for them,
which was evidenced in
our last lecture, 12,000,
a thousand from each
tribe of Israel,
went into war with the
Midianites and the Moabites
and they took account of
what, how many they lost.
They didn't lose one man,
12,000 went into battle.
12,000 came home, that's
miraculous preservation.
But today we're gonna find
that that land where the
Amorites and the Midianites
and the Moabites had
their residences, their
homes, their tents,
and the case of
the nomadic peoples
was very good pasture land.
And we're gonna see
in our lecture today,
the tribes of Reuben and
Gad and half Manasseh,
petitioning, Moses and the
Lord to allow them to take
their possession on
the Eastside of Jordan.
Let's see how that goes,
as we asked that word of
wisdom and you assure Jesus,
precious name, father
asks me open eyes,
open ears this day, numbers
chapter 32 verse one.
Now, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad
had a very great
multitude of cattle.
And when they saw the land of
Jazer and the land of Gilead,
that behold, the place
was a place for cattle,
and they had a lot of cattle
and a Jazer and Gilead
our regions on the
Eastside of Jordan,
previously occupied
by the Amorites,
the Midianites and the Moabites.
Vesre two, the children of
Gad and the children of Reuben
came and spake unto Moses.
And to Eleazar the priest
and unto the princes of
the congregation saying
half the tribe of Manasseh
will be included
with this petition.
But now one of the, we
had regions in verse one.
Now, we're gonna be
addressing specific cities
in verse three.
These are all cities in
the places of Sihon and org
on the Eastside of
Jordan Ataroth and Dibon,
and Jazer and
Nimrah and Heshbon.
And Elealeh and shebam
and Nebo and Beon.
And of course it would be a
Nobo would be the location where
Moses would look
across the Jordan
and see the promised land.
He would not be allowed
to enter the promised land
mountain Nibo, the place
that Moses either died,
or I believe that God
transfigured Moses
as he transfigured
Enoch and Elijah.
Moses was a very
special individual to
our heavenly Father,
Verse four, even the country,
which the Lord
smote, and who smote
the land of the Midianites
and the Moabites
12,000 of Israel went 12,000,
came home safe and secure.
So yes, the Lord smote.
Before the
congregation of Israel
is a land for cattle and
thy servants have cattle
and plenteous pasture
and plenteous water.
And they're looking upon
this land and saying,
this is a really good land.
Maybe if we find
favor in God's sight,
He would let us take our
possession of the promised land
on the Eastside of Jordan.
Wherefore said they,
if we have found grace or favor
in thy sight, let us land,
let this land be given unto
thy servants for a possession
and bring us not over Jordan.
And I can just see the
wheels starting to turn
in Moses's mind.
Here it was God's
will to bring Israel
into the land of Canaan,
the promised land.
And do you remember what
happened in chapter 14
when the people did not want to,
they rebelled
against God's plan?
Do you remember what
happened to them?
And God was very mad at them.
If not for the
intercession of Moses,
they probably would have
been struck dead on the spot,
but they instead, they were
judged to that 40 years
in the wilderness,
but here, these people
are doing the same thing.
Moses is probably saying,
here we go again, or six.
And Moses said unto
the children of Gad
and to the children of Reuben
shall your brother and
the rest of the tribes,
go to war in the land of Canaan.
And shall ye sit here?
Are you saying that
you wanna just sit here
and take your possession
when the other tribes are
gonna fight the Canaanites,
Moses kind of
reproving them here.
Was he mistaken?
Well, let's read on.
And wherefore
discourage ye the heart
or the mind of the
children of Israel
from going over into the land,
which the Lord has given them.
And here you're tempting
God as your ancestors,
the ones who died in the
wilderness, tempted God,
and you're making the
people weak in the knees,
or have no backbone
because you're not going
into the promised land to help
them fight the Canaanites,
kinda like the 13th
spies who, the 12 spies,
I should say in chapter 13
that went into the promised land
and came back and made up the
false report about the giants.
They discouraged
the people's hearts
and here Moses is accusing
these of Gad and Reuben
that wanted to sit
on this side of Jordan,
the Eastside of Jordan,
while their brother,
go to fight.
God does not care for those
who look for an easy way out
is what the lesson is here,
I think such as today,
you have those who have to
have that security blanket
of the rapture theory
and ease easy way out.
Discouraging the heart
of others, verse eight,
thus did your fathers.
When I sent them from
Kadesh-barnea to see the land,
and here he's talking
about the 12 spies
that went North and checked
out the land of Canaan.
And when they went up
into the Valley of Eshcol,
Eshcol means cluster of grapes.
And saw the land,
they discouraged the
heart of the minds
of the children of Israel,
that they should not
go into the land,
which the Lord had given them.
He came back and said,
there are giants up there,
or we were like
grasshoppers in their sight.
And the people of
Israel started crying
and bellyaching all night
and said, why did
you bring us out here
in this wilderness
to die Moses and God?
And then the ultimate
rebellion, a mutiny.
They were going to
appoint a captain
to lead them back into Egypt.
Here, you're doing the
same thing that they did
is what Moses is pointing
out to Gad and Reuben.
Verse 10, and the Lord's anger
was kindled the same time.
And he swear saying.
Verse 11, surely none of the
men that came up out of Egypt
from 20 years old and
upward shall see the land,
which I swear unto Abraham
and to Isaac and unto Jacob,
because they have not
wholly followed me
one whole generation condemned
to die in the wilderness,
that generation all but died
off at this point in time,
Moses is going to
point out to them.
You risk the same
thing happening to you
that happened to
that generation.
Verse 12, save or except Caleb,
the son of Jephunneh,
the Kenezite,
and notice the E Z in that word,
we're not talking about
Kennites it's Kenezite,
which was one of the
major family divisions
of the tribe of Judah
and Joshua, the son of Nun
for they have wholly
followed the Lord
in chapter 14, verse 24,
God said Caleb had a different
spirit than the others.
And wholly followed Yahweh,
Joshua supported Caleb.
Verse 13, and the Lord's anger
was kindled against Israel.
And He made them wander
in the wilderness 40 years
until all the generation
that had done evil
in the side of the Lord
was consumed every
single one of them
who was 20 years old and upward,
except Caleb and Joshua
had fallen in the
wilderness by this time,
none would enter the land that
flowed with milk and honey.
It was God's intent
originally that
when Israel came out of Egypt,
that they would make
pretty much a B line.
After being in the site at
Sinai to the promised land,
He promised them,
I'll go before you and
defeat your enemies.
What they rebelled against him
and tempted God some 10 times.
And what should
have taken two years
ended up taking 40 years.
Verse 14, and behold,
you are risen up
in your father's stead.
You're acting just
like your fathers did,
the ones who God judged
to die in the wilderness
and increase or
multitude of sinful men
to augment or increase
yet the fierce anger of
the Lord toward Israel.
You're doing the same thing
that your ancestors did
to make the Lord angry.
Verse 15, for if he turn
away from after him,
after the Lord,
he will yet again, leave
them in the wilderness
and you shall destroy
all this people.
It could take 80 years
for the nation of Israel
to finally the promised land.
If you continue, and God
curses this generation to die,
as He did the previous.
Verse 16, and they came
near on to him and said,
we will build sheepfolds here.
This is the tribes of Gad
and Reuben speaking to Moses.
Here for our cattle and
cities for our little ones
here, they're negotiating.
Let us first, establish
its safety for our families
here on the Eastside of Jordan.
Verse 17, but we ourselves
will go ready armed
before the children of Israel,
until we have brought
them into their place.
In other words, until
the other tribes
are safe and sound
in the promise land
and our little ones shall
dwell in the fenced cities
because of the
inhabitants of the land.
Now, this is wise,
what they're doing
and the major armies
on the Eastside of Jordan
have been defeated by Israel,
but you still had a
marauding bands of bad guys.
And what they're doing
here is making protected
or you could think of fenced
cities or walled cities
and you know, very few men,
its amazing what large stones
and a little boiling oil
will do to discourage the
bad guys from trying to enter
or scale the walls
of a fortified city.
Very few people can protect
against a pretty large army.
So, fortifying and no
doubt leaving some men to
protect their
women and children.
Verse 18, we will not
return unto our houses
until the children of Israel
have inherited every
man his inheritance.
All the enemies in Canaan
will have been conquered
and this promise that
they made was fulfilled
when they returned to
the Eastside of Jordan
in Joshua chapter 22,
verses three and four,
the promise fulfilled.
Verse 19, for we will
not inherit with them
on yonder side Jordan
or forward or further
because, or if our
inheritance is fallen to us
on this side, Jordan Eastward
on the Eastside of the Jordan,
usually when the fray yonder
side of Jordan is utilized,
it means the Eastside of Jordan.
But you see they are on
the Eastside of Jordan now,
so, yonder side of
Jordan in this case
means on the West land of
Canaan, the promised land.
Verse 20, and Moses
said unto them,
if you will do this
thing, a condition,
if you will go on
before the Lord to war
and verse 21, and we'll go,
all of you armed over Jordan
before the Lord, until he
had driven out his enemies
from before Him.
The Him here, being the Lord
and the Lord did promise them
from the get go I
will go before you,
I will defeat the Canaanites
I'll be with you all the way.
And of course, back
when they were at
in chapter 14, verse 44,
when the people of Israel
rebelled against God
and we're gonna appoint a
captain and God judged them
to die in the wilderness.
And then He gave
him the instruction,
get you down by the red sea.
In other words, don't go
and fight the Canaanites.
What did they do?
They turned around the next day
and went and fought
the Canaanites
against God's command.
That time, the arc of the
covenant wasn't with them,
Moses wasn't with them
and God wasn't with them.
This time the Lord
would be with them
as they went into them,
to fight the war
against the Canaanites.
Verse 22, and the land be
subdued before the Lord,
then afterward you shall
return and be guiltless
before the Lord and before
Israel, the other tribes,
and this land shall be your
possession before the Lord,
back to the Eastside of Jordan.
And if you keep your promise
then you will be without
sin against the Lord
or your brother and the
other tribes of Israel.
23, but if you will not do so
behold you have sinned
against the Lord
trespassed against him
and be sure your sin
will find you out.
That's the same today,
there is no place that
you can hide your sin
from your heavenly Father.
He knows all, He sees all.
There's nothing that you
get by our heavenly Father
no hiding place for
your sins from God.
Verse 24, Moses instructions
to Gad and Reuben
and half Manasseh will find,
build your cities
for your little ones
and folds for your sheep
and do that which have
proceeded out of your mouth.
We've reached an
agreement now proceed
with fortifying defenses
for your women and children
that are going to remain
on the Eastside of Jordan
and fortify, your cities
verse 25, and the
children of Gad
and the children of Reuben
speaking to Moses saying
thy servants will do
as my Lord commandeth.
And note the word
Lord has a lowercase L
the Hebrew word is Adone
and it means sovereign
or controller.
In other words, Moses, as
the leader of the nation.
Verse 26, our little ones,
our wives, our flocks,
and all our cattle shall be
there in the cities of Gilead
Gilead, a region on
the Eastside of Jordan,
somewhat protected
on the Eastside .
And again, most of the
major armies of that area
had already been
defeated by Israel.
27, but thy servants the men,
the fighting men of a
Reuben Gad and half Manasseh
will pass over, over Jordan,
every man armed for war
before the Lord to battle
as my Lord, sayeth.
And now they've got it.
I kind of posed the
question earlier
at the beginning of this lecture
was Moses incorrect in reproving
the men of Reuben and
Gad and half Manasseh.
I don't think so.
We didn't see any major
commitment from them
at the beginning,
yes, we'll go over and
fight the Canaanites.
They were kind of laying back
and maybe their
intention was to sit
on the Eastside of Jordan
while their brother
went to make war.
But now they've got it.
They can, take their
possession on the Eastside,
but they're gonna go and fight
if they don't go and fight,
they're not gonna
get their possession
on the Eastside of Jordan,
which means their possession
would have been on the
Westside of Jordan.
Either way they would
have had to have fight
fought with the Canaanites.
Verse 28, so concerning them,
Moses commanded Eleazar,
Eleazar the high priest
at this point in time,
the priest and Joshua,
Moses's replacement
to lead them into
the promised land,
the son of Nun, and
the chief fathers,
the heads of the tribes,
the heads of families,
of the tribes of
children of Israel
Moses knew he wouldn't
be making the trip
into the promised land.
God had already
shared that with him.
So, what he's gonna do
now is make sure that
others who are in
position of responsibility
here and know the
commitment of the Reubenites
and the Gadites
and half Manasseh,
as far as they're
possessing the land
on the Eastside of Jordan,
what are the conditions?
And when have the
conditions been met.
And Moses said unto them
if the children of Gad
and the children of Reuben
will pass with you over Jordan,
every man armed to
battle before the Lord
and the land shall be
subdued before you,
then you shall give
them the land of Gilead
for a possession.
And it would indeed
be Eleazar and Joshua
who would draw lots for
the people of Israel
and make sure who
got what inheritance,
not only for Gad and
Reuben on the Eastside
and half Manasseh,
but those on the Westside
of Jordan as well.
Verse 30, that would come
that those decisions,
the Lord will actually be
assigned to the various families
after the Canaanites
had been defeated
31, and the children of Gad
and the children of
Reuben answered saying,
as the Lord has said,
unto thy servants.
So we will do.
And I think here are possibly
being called on to repeat
this promise in the earshot
of Eleazar, the high priest
and Joshua, as well
as the other heads
of the families and tribes.
32, we will pass over
armed before the Lord
and into the land of Canaan
that the possession of our
inheritance on this side,
Jordan May be ours.
We understand that
that's the condition.
And we promise we will go
with our brother and
to fight in Canaan.
And before we returned
to take our possession
here on the Eastside of Jordan.
Verse 33, and Moses
gave unto them
even to the children of Gad
and to the children of Reuben
and unto half the tribe of
Manasseh, the son of Joseph,
the kingdom of Sihon
King of the Amorites
and the kingdom of
all King of Bashan,
the land with the cities
thereof in the coasts or borders
even the cities of the
country round about.
Now, I think this is the first
time we've seen half Manasseh
mentioned in this.
So, I think that the reason
that God gave half of Manasseh
their possession
and included them
on the Eastside of Jordan
was because they were
a big part of the reason that
org and the Sihon were
defeated, their armies.
And if you look at a map
of the 12 tribes of Israel,
you had first Reuben
toward the South,
then Gad, and then
half Manasseh,
the farthest part of the
North on the Eastside
directly across the
Jordan, from there,
you had the other half
of the tribe of Manasseh
that settled on the Westside.
Now, the cities and
villages that they rebuilt
or fortified are
gonna be mentioned.
And the children of Gad built
Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer
as being the North
East Plains of Moab
and Atroth, Shophan and
Jaazer and Jogbehah.
Verse 36, these
are areas that were
later assigned to
Gad by the way,
verse 36, and Beth-nimrah
and Beth-haran,
fenced cities and
folds for sheep.
Verse 37, and the children
of Reuben built Heshbond.
And Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
kirjathaim means double cities,
Heshbon was later
relinquish to the Gadites
because it was situated
on their border.
And it was later given to the
levites as a city of refuge
Many of the places that
were fortified by Reuben
fell to the Gadites
and some of the places
fortified by the Gadites
fell to the Reubenites.
Verse 38, and Nibo and Baal-meon
their names being changed
and Shibmah and gave other
names unto the cities,
which they builded
and this is what this
is saying, is that
as many times it
happened that when
a city was conquered
by another people,
the city was renamed,
for example, David,
when he conquered Jebus,
he renamed the city Jerusalem.
And what this is saying is
that they change the names
but the change, the names
didn't hold for very long
Shibmah was a Shibeam,
as we covered in the
first of this lecture
in verse three, verse 39,
and the children of mocker
are one of the largest
and most powerful families
of the manassites.
The son of Manasseh
went to Gilead,
and this would be the
Northern part and took yet
and dispossessed the
Amorite which was in it.
And here we see the reason,
that I think God gave half
of Manasseh part of this land
because they dispossessed
the Amorite which was in it.
Verse 40, and Moses
gave Gilead unto Machir
the son of Manasseh.
And he dwelt therein
and settled there.
The bad translation, the
sons of Machir took Gilead
and Moses gave them the
land as an inheritance
41, and Jair, the
son of Manasseh
went and took the
small towns thereof
and called them Havoth-jair
Jair was a great grandson of
Menasseh on his mother's side.
But on his father's side,
Sagub was his father
and Sagub was a Judah.
Verse 42, and Nobah
went and took kenath
and the villages thereof
and called it Nobah
after his own name.
He was a real
humble sort of fella
who took the land and he
named it after himself.
Family was never referred to
but probably belonged
to one of the macharites
because it was listed there
with the other macharites.
Now, in chapter 33, where
you come to a Chronicle,
a listing of the points
where Israel in camped
on their journey from
the promised land
up to the time that
they crossed over Jordan
and entered into
the promise land.
Now, we're gonna cover
a few verses here,
but sometimes the whole chapter
is they went from point A
and then the point B and
then from point B to point C
and that's pretty dry,
and I'm not gonna bore you
with reading that to you.
Sometimes a picture is
worth a thousand words,
but lets cover a few verses
And then we'll bring up
a map and discuss this
chapter 33, verse one.
These are the journeys.
This word in the Hebrew
journeys is Massah.
And it means departure of
the children of Israel,
which went forth out
of the land of Egypt
with their armies under the
hand of Moses and Aaron.
And I think it's appropriate
that these are mentioned here
and that the journey is
about to come to an end.
The wanderings are
about to come to an end,
as they prepare to move
into the land of Canaan.
Verse two, and Moses
wrote their goings out
according to their journeys,
by the commandment of the Lord.
And these are their journeys.
According to their goings out
this becoming a
permanent Memorial
to God's grace and
love for his children,
even when they were
in the wilderness,
He didn't leave them,
their shoes didn't
even become old
in the 40 years that they
were in the wilderness.
He continued to give them manna,
He continued to give them water,
protecting over as the
Eagle spread their wings
over her young,
bearing them up on her wings.
Deuteronomy chapter 32
came to mind, verse three,
and they departed from Rameses,
Rameses the point in
Egypt that they left from
in the first month, on the
15th day of the first month,
this would be 1491 BC, that
they departed from Egypt
on the Morrow
after the Passover,
the very first Passover all ad
the children of Israel
went out within high hand
in the sight of
all the Egyptians,
after many appeals by Moses,
let my people go finally.
And then that was by
God's design as well
for God hardened Pharaoh's heart
as it's written in
the book of Exodus.
But finally, when
that death angel
took the first born of
all in the land of Egypt.
They decided it was
time to let them go,
verse four, for the Egyptians
buried all their first born,
which the Lord had smitten
among them upon their gods.
Also the Lord executed judgment,
and some scholars have a
problem with that verse
that the small gods of the
Egyptian small g didn't exist
well, they existed in the
eyes of the Egyptians.
And by bringing these
judgments upon the Egyptians,
He defeated and executed
judgment on their gods.
Verse five, and the
children of Israel
removed from Rameses and pitched
in Succoth, the first
place I'm encampment.
Succoth, if you are familiar
with the Hebrew language
means Budhs, literally,
it's the name of the feast,
the feast of Tabernacles,
as I mentioned,
sometimes the picture is
worth a thousand words.
And at this time I
would like to bring up
the picture of the
journeying of Israel
and to, from the time they left
Egypt Rameses and
they're journeying
through the wilderness.
And as I said earlier,
what should have
taken some two years
ended up taking 40 years
due to the rebellion of
the children of Israel.
But if you start
in the green area
on middle left side
of your picture,
you see a red arrow,
and that is Rameses Egypt
that they departed out of.
And you can see the arrow.
They're coming to a point
almost at the end
of the water there.
That is Succoth that
we just talked about
from there, the
Israelites went North
and the area there
where the water is,
is the area of all of
that area, the red sea.
And it's not positive exactly
where the red sea was parted,
but we know that
it happened, why?
Because God's word
says that it happened
after the children of
Israel cross the red sea,
they departed and went
in a Southern direction.
The one place called Elim
that they stopped was in the
second month of the first year.
This wouldn't be the place
where they first complained
of no water.
And the first place that God
would give them
manna from heaven,
they were also attacked
by the Amalekites,
the descendants of Esau.
Then they continued
further South.
And the most Southern point
that you have the red arrow.
I think you can see that
on the map is Mount Sinai.
And they were actually at Sinai
for almost a complete year.
This is where, of course,
Mount Horeb the
range of mountains,
where Mount Sinai is found
where God gave Moses
the 10 commandments.
They remained there until the
20th day of the second month
of the second year after
they came out of Egypt.
And then they started North,
the first place of encampment,
there was kibroth hattaavah.
This is where the children of
Israel would start complaining
that, oh, I wish we
were back in Egypt.
And we had the fish and
the onions and the garlic
and the melons
and the cucumbers,
and they complained
and wanted meat
and God sent meat, all righty?
They had quail until it we're
running out of their nostrils.
Kibroth hattaavah,
if you translate,
it literally means
graves of lust.
From there, they
continued northward
and another little
place called Hazeroth,
which is where Miriam and
Aaron would challenge God
for speaking directly
to Moses only
they thought they
were so important
that God should speak
with them directly.
God struck Miriam with leprosy.
From there, they went
Northward and ended up in the,
furthest North part
of that circle.
That you see there toward the
right center of your picture
is Kadesh Barnea
this would be the area
that they sent the 12 spies
into the land of
Canaan to check it out.
And they came back and
made up a false report.
They scared the
people of Israel,
and they were ready
to appoint a captain
to take them back to Egypt.
God was very angry with them,
told them to get back
down by the red sea,
and they get back
around by the sea.
And instead they
went North again
and got their gourds thumped
at Hormah, by the Canaanites.
They retreated back
across the border.
This is when they
would come over to Edom
and wander around.
They would get them back up
to the second time
to Kadesh Barnea.
Then they would head toward
the East, that being Edom,
and they requested the King
of Edom allowed to cross
across on the Kings highway.
He refused, and once again,
they going, got a little tough.
They started complaining
that's when God sent
the fiery serpents
among the people, and
many of them died,
they would skirt along the
border between Edam and Moab.
Moab of course, is
the area where Balaam
was hired by Balak
to curse the nation of
Israel, that didn't work out.
So, Balaam council Balak to
have his people, the Moabites
seduce, the people of Israel
into worshiping their gods.
Then they went a
little further North
after defeating the
Midianites and the Moabites
and the Amorites and a
little place called Jericho
on the Westside of Jordan,
would they cross over
the river Jordan finally,
after 40 years into
the promise land.
So, we'll come back
in our next lecture
and tidy up a few
last little details
and we'll have a short message.
We'll ask you to listen a
moment, won't you please.
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to what some churches teach
that he's sitting up in heaven,
looking for somebody to zap.
That's not the case,
He loves his children.
You know what his will is,
you can read it in second Peter
chapter three, verse nine,
it's that all of his
children come to repentance
and that none perish.
And when I say perish,
I'm not talking about
a death of the flesh.
I'm talking about a
death of the soul.
We do have these
prayer requests father.
We come United as one in the
name of your son, Jesus Christ.
We ask you to look
upon these father,
you know, their problems,
their needs, father illnesses,
problem marriages,
you know, father,
if it is your will a special
blessing on each of these,
watch over touch, dirt and heal,
and you should
Jesus, precious name,
Amen and thank you father,
by the way, that map
that we had on the screen
there at the end of the lecture
is entitled Atlas
of Bible lands.
If you have a copy of
Atlas of Bible lands
the map of the older versions,
if you have one was page 10,
if you have one of the more
new edition newer additions,
it would be on page 14 of
your Atlas of Bible lands.
Don't have a copy of
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You can't find them.
We're no longer able to obtain
the book in sufficient
quantities that
we would offer it
in our library,
it's out of print.
If you do get on
the internet though,
and use your favorite
search engine
and search for Atlas of
Bible lands by Hammond,
H-A-M-M-O-N-D publishing.
You can still find
individual copies
and it's a very good work,
I highly recommend it,
if you can find a copy,
let's get to some questions.
First up today, we have
Timothy in North Carolina.
I'm gonna show you a problem.
You need to have
a personal person
all the time
answering the phone.
That's the way it should be
because a lot of people
need an answer right away.
There's no way to
have them waiting,
days, weeks, months later to
have their questions answered.
A lot of people don't
believe in the computer age.
So, there you go.
Okay, well, I'm glad you had a
chance to voice your opinion,
Timothy, but let me tell
you reality and facts.
The reality of the matter is
we don't have sufficient staff
and I certainly don't
have sufficient time
to stop what I'm doing and
preparing for the broadcast
each day to answer
telephone calls.
So, I can give a personal answer
to anyone and
everyone's question
that would not be
efficient or effective
because there's no way I
can take all the questions.
So. you say I should have
a personal assistant.
Well, I don't have
a personal assistant
that I would trust to answer
questions, biblical questions
in my name.
So there you go, Lori and Texas,
please know I just completed
this month Bible study
one heart, however,
I have a question
on acts chapter four,
13 that you mentioned.
Why does this scenario
seem just like today?
The people marveled on our Lord,
but do not know how
to act or behave
as you will question
why after all these years,
do they still not know his
message is love one another.
Does God have this
in his plan also?
Well, what I meant
there in that newsletter
concerning acts
chapter four, verse 13
was that the church hierarchy
thinks everyone else
is ignorant, unlearned
and ignorant of God's word
other than themselves.
And the disciples had
been with the master
with Jesus Christ.
And, but they thought
to themselves,
oh, these people are unlearned
these poor commoners.
They think they're the only ones
that know anything
about God's word.
Unfortunately, all too many
of them go to cemetery.
I mean seminary for a few months
and they are a self
appointed pastor
and they've never
studied God's word
enough to be teaching others,
Jim and Michigan,
How can you say
there is no rapture
when Enoch and Elijah were
both taken up in whirlwinds,
they did not die.
They will be the two witnesses
that will preach for
three and a half years.
Well, first of all,
the time that the two witnesses
will be with us
has been shortened
just as the time that antichrist
is going to be with
us proportionally.
And I agree with you.
I think Enoch and Elijah,
I think Moses says, well,
we're, transfigured,
that's not to say though,
that the church is gonna
be all transfigured
or raptured out of here,
Jesus Christ is coming here.
That's easily documented
in acts chapter one
and Zechariah chapter
14 in the old Testament.
You follow how can you say
the Mark of the beast
is in your forehead
and the works that you
do with your hands.
When the Bible says you will
not be able to buy or sell
unless you have the market and
their right hand or forehead,
it is a computer chip.
I doubt if you will
read this on your show.
Well, you're wrong
about that as well.
I read it, the fact that
the Mark of the beast
is in the forehead.
What's behind your forehead?
Your mind, and that's where
the mark of the beast is
that could tattoo 666,
all over your body.
That could put a hundred
computer chips, all over
and then implant
them under your skin.
It wouldn't change your
mind about how you loved God
and how you serve God.
You see if you have the
seal of God in your mind,
there's no way that you all
have the Mark of the beast,
In your mind.
The Mark of the beast
is not a computer chip.
Sarah in Kentucky.
Please explain the three suppers
as outlined in appendix
157 of the companion Bible.
Did they all meet and
sit at the same place?
No, they were three
different suppers.
The first was covered
in John chapter 12,
verses one through nine.
That one probably at
the home of Lazarus,
whom Jesus brought
back from the dead
six days before the Passover.
And therefore, of course,
before the crucifixion
of the second supper, that's
the subject of appendix 157.
You can read about in Matthew
26 verses six through 13,
and this one took place
at Simon, the leper's home
and was two days
before Passover.
The third John
chapter 13 verse 12,
known commonly as
the last supper.
And it was the night
that Christ was betrayed.
The next day was the Passover.
The next day is the
day he was crucified
Draya in Nevada, does
the seventh trump
have to sound for
God to come get us.
Well, God, isn't gonna come
get us as many teach falsely.
The Lord is coming here
again, acts chapter one,
just as Jesus ascended
from the Mount of olives.
He will descend there at the
beginning of the second advent,
Zachariah chapter 14,
we'll also document that,
Ephesians chapter six,
what are we learn there?
We learned that we're to
put on the gospel armor
and we don't put on the
gospel armor to fly away.
And the security
blanket of the rapture
we put on the gospel armor,
as it States in
Ephesians chapter six,
to stand against the
fiery darts of Satan
with the gospel armor on
and the seal of God
in your forehead,
you are protected from
the fiery darts of Satan,
he and his can't harm you
as it's written in revelation
chapter nine, verse four.
Shirley in Missouri,
you we're teaching
about Adam and Eve
and how they disobeyed
God in the garden of Eden.
The part that puzzles
me is you stated that
Eve was deceived by the serpent
and that she carried
and gave birth to twins.
Although they were not
from the same father,
that one of them belonged to
Adam, the other two serpent.
That's exactly how we teach.
Please send the scripture
when you found where
I think you found
such information
because in my Bible,
the book of Genesis where
it speaks of all this,
I have read and studied Genesis.
especially in chapter
two verses 15 through 25
and three, she was
one through 13.
And then you read verse 16 and
it mentioned the conception.
There is no place in that or
any of the following scriptures
that Eve conceived a
child with the serpent
verse 16, does not mean that
he conceived of the serpent
in chapter four, it
says, Adam knew his wife,
and I'm gonna abbreviate this.
And the key is that in
Genesis chapter four,
when it says that Adam knew
his wife and she bare Cain.
And again, the key is again,
if you have a strong skin
cordons, check that out,
that word means she continued.
So let me ask you if a woman
gives birth to one child
and continues in laboring
gives birth to a second child,
what has just happened?
She's had twins
and yes the conception
that you were talking
about in chapter three,
is she conceived of the
serpent in verse 15,
God is dressing down the
serpent and Eve and says,
I'll put immunity
between your seeds.
And then in verse 16 and 17,
it talks woman I'm greatly
gonna multiply your conception.
You know what
causes a conception
Sherry from Kentucky,
I didn't realize that the
church I've been going to
believes this until recently,
I personally don't believe this
because of certain
scriptures I've read.
Do you think it's wrong
for me to attend a church
and have fellowship,
most of my family goes
there but I don't want
God to be mad at me for going
now that I know the truth,
I'm very concerned
about my family
and friends being deceived.
Well, see if you can
plant a seed of truth
to that would help keep
them from being deceived.
That's what this
ministry is all about.
I can't tell you where you
should go to church. Sherry.
I would point out one scripture.
And that is the second
epistle of John.
There's only one
chapter, verse 10.
We're taught there that
if any come to you and not
does not have this doctrine,
the doctrine of Jesus Christ,
don't invite them
into your home.
And don't even wish
them God speed,
which is a salutation
such as have a nice day.
And if you attended church
and you tied at a church
that you know is
teaching falsely,
you're kind of in violation
of those instructions.
So again, I can't tell
you where to go to church,
pray about it and
take God's lead.
It may be that God
has you in that church
to plant seeds of truth
and hopefully pull some
of your friends and family
out of the fire.
Sherry from Kentucky,
I guess this is the same
Sherry from Kentucky
different paper.
What if there are
people in the millennium
that didn't have
any immediate family
members that knew the
truth of God's word?
How will they be taught the
truth during the millennium?
What if all the family
members needs help
is learning the truth.
How will they come
to know the truth?
And what Sherry's talking
about is Ezekiel 44 verse 25,
where the priest is a doc can
leave the millennial temple
to help an immediate
family member,
mother, brother, father,
sister, who's not married.
And there's a penalty to pay
their unclean for seven days.
But she's asking what if there's
nobody who can go to them?
Well, God's elect
will be preached.
And what a priest
do preach, teach,
it's gonna be a great
time of teaching
during that thousand
year period.
You follow what
the second question
does seitan heal the deadly
wound by making his appearance?
What do you think the
deadly wound might be?
And the answer is yes,
Satan by his appearance
in revelation 13
heals the deadly wound
do not ask me to document this,
but my personal opinion is,
and it's beginning
to look more and more
like the deadly wound
will be of a financial nature,
Ronny and Idaho.
I would like to know more about
God by the word I am I am.
Please give me scripture
Exodus chapter three, verse 14,
Moses has been instructed by God
to go down and tell
the people of Israel.
God is gonna deliver
them out of Egypt.
And Moses said
that's all unwell,
but who can I say sent me?
And the Lord said,
tell them I am that
I am sent thee,
in the Hebrew tongue
ehyeh aser ehyeh
and it means I will be
what I will be or become.
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Jim in Florida, how
do demons come to be?
We know Satan
cannot create life.
Did our father create
demons or the angels?
God created all spirits
at the same time,
some of the spirits He
created are righteous.
Some of the spirits he
created, turned evil,
such as Satan himself.
That still makes
them his children,
but the evil ones ended
up in the Lake of fire.
I'm out of time.
I love you all a great
because you enjoy studying
the letter that God wrote to us.
That's to say the
Bible in depth,
it makes your father's
day and blessings follow.
When you study His word,
we are brought to you by
your ties and offerings.
If we've helped you,
help us keep coming to you
and to reach out to
others who are lost
in this world of darkness.
One thing that's most important
though, beloved it's this,
you stay in his word every day.
And your father's word is a
good day, even with troubled.
You know why it's because
Jesus is the living word.
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