B Kids can smell hypocrisy from a mile away! For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Deuteronomy 32:8 Verse Concepts "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, Watch yourself! For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever. Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.read more.Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem., New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Therefore wait for me, declares the Lord, for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. The results were ultimately disastrous, because it was the Pharisees, who outwardly kept the law to the letter, who killed their Messiah who preached the need for inward reality with God. 4. They will want to follow Him too. There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished? And Jesus began to say to them, See that no one leads you astray. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. (Jeremiah 25:9-12) Because we cannot know or understand God's higher purposes until He reveals them, we have to trust Him. TopicalBible 3 Nathan replied to the king, "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord . Obedience is the way to experience His blessing. Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered them, See that no one leads you astray. Dont respond to your kids questions by saying, Thats just what we believe, or, Because I said so! Your child needs to understand the why behind things as he grows older. You cannot pass on to your children what you do not possess. Then it will be well with you (Deut. Those are choice opportunities to talk about how people act and how Christians are to act. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. These verses reveal two safeguards: Deuteronomy 6:12: Watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord. When times are good, a progression sets in: First, you become satisfied with your comfy life (v. 11); then, you forget the Lord (v. 12); finally, you follow the gods of the people who surround you (v. 14). Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. You must listen to him. Teach that to your kids and always be open to their questions. C Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants. Once more they cried out, Hallelujah! Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Men, as the spiritual head of the family, its your responsibility to make sure that this happens! The simple Charles and Carolyn didnt fit in with the high-society, well-to-do crowd. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. After all, the team needs all the players! The priests the Levites . But when youve got plenty, you tend to take it for granted. And one of the elders said to me, Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.. God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 6:14 For behold I will raise up against (Amo. What are some ways to guard ourselves from losing our first love for the Lord, or for restoring it if its faded (Rev. Many years ago, Marla and I used to enjoy the TV series, Little House on the Prairie. One of my favorite episodes was when Charles and Carolyn (the father and mother) left their farm on the prairie to travel to Milwaukee for a 25-year high school class reunion. Eighty-six were state senators, three were state governors, three were U.S. Alas! 10:12). Geocoding And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. If we say that we know and love God, but dont obey His commandments, were either deceived or lying (1 John 2:3; 5:3). You want your kids to see both from your life and from your teaching that the Bible is a book that applies to every aspect of life. Psalm 2:8-12 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. But God views success in terms of godly, loving family relationships. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.read more.He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the kings house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. In 1900, a man studied the descendants of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, the New England revival preacher, theologian, and president of Princeton University. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. They would be surrounded by pagans. J God would always raise up a man, or in one case, a woman, to protect Israel. The same promise is reiterated in Genesis 22 when Abraham was ready to obey God's command to sacrifice Isaac, his promised son. Who has aroused one from the eastWhom He calls in righteousness to His feet?He delivers up nations before himAnd subdues kings.He makes them like dust with his sword,As the wind-driven chaff with his bow. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. T E Bill Glass, an evangelist who counseled with prisoners almost every weekend for 25 years, said that among the thousands of prisoners he had met, not one of them genuinely loved his dad. shall eat the offerings--As the tribe of Levi had no inheritance allotted them like the other tribes but were wholly consecrated to the priestly office, their maintenance was to arise from tithes, first-fruits, and certain portions of the oblations presented on the altar . And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings! And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase., And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. Discuss national and world events with your kids from Gods perspective. . Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit a great sin. Blog, A Here are 14 verses to encourage us to think about family in terms of generations, generations of influence. As the Lord proclaims (Isa. Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. He makes the nations great, then destroys them;He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. In Revelation 1:8, the Lord God says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Jesus is the Lord God! If you dont know the answer, admit it and do some research to find the answer. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. Although I didnt do it, I wish now that I had used a catechism with our kids. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. Im not saying that you have to be perfect. And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom; He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. OpenBible.info Y For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. So our goal and prayer should be that our godly children raise godly children who in turn raise godly children. 6:5-6), You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 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