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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 24

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

Events surrounding the birth of Jesus were foretold 800 years before he was born.

 Joel 2:28  –  Luke 2:35-38  – Matthew 2:10-12  – Luke 2:8-14 

Fact of the Day 

“Sons and daughters will prophecy” – SIMEON and ANNA prophecied about Jesus’ future when Mary and Joseph took him to the temple for a special ceremony on his 8th day.

“Old men will dream dreams” – the WISE MEN (MAGI) from the east were warned by God in a dream that Herod was looking for baby Jesus to kill him, so to return home a different way.  

“Young men will see visions” – JOSEPH saw a vision of Gabriel telling him that Mary’s pregnancy was miraculous.  The night Jesus was born, the SHEPHERDS saw a vision of angels appearing in the sky and announcing Jesus’s birth.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 23

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

I think we have all wondered about this through the years: Who does God consider faithful?  For the factual answer, see below.

Ezekiel 28:24-29

Fact of the Day 

On the Day of Judgment, a formerly righteous man who becomes bad at the end of his life will be condemned.  So, if I have been a faithful gospel preacher and missionary, and converted tens of thousands of pagans to Christ for the first fifty years of my life, but lose my faith and drop out of the church the last year of my life, God considers me unfaithful.

But on the Day of Judgment,  a formerly bad man who becomes righteous at the end of his life will be saved.  So if I went around torturing and killing other people all my life until I am 82, but I become a Christian and live a faithful life during my 83rd year when I die, God consideres me faithful.

Look it up.  Think about it.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 21

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

The Bible has two books that explain the deep joy or grief we cause God.

 Song of Solomon and Hosea

Ephesians 5:22 to end  –  Revelation 21:2  –   Revelation 22:17 & 20

Fact of the Day 

The Song of Solomon is about a bride and groom and their unquenchable love for each other, always longing to be together.

It is also symbolically about Jesus and the sacrificial time and attention he gives HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH to rescue us from hell.

On the other hand…

…the book of Hosea is about a prophet who rescues and marries a prostitute and her ingratitude and betrayal by always running back to former lovers.

IT IS ALSO ABOUT ADULTEROUS CHRISTIANS and the selfish time and attention they give their former LOVES – their worldly interests – instead of their husband who is trying to save us from hell.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 19

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Bethlehem was a little village, just as the Christmas carol said, calling Bethlehem a little town.

Micah 5:2   –  Matthew 2:6 – II Chronicles 11:5-10

Fact of the Day 

No! Micah 5:2 says that Bethlehem was a small clan within the Tribe of Judah.  Matthew 2:6 says Bethlehem was not even close to being the least among the leaders of Judah (Matthew 2:6). Bethlehem was a fortified, walled city and had been since the time of Solomon’s son, Rehoboam (II Chronicles 11:5-10).

 

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 17

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

530 years before Jesus’s birth, the exact year the Messiah (the crowned one) would begin his public ministry was predicted

Daniel 9:24-27  –  Numbers 4:47

Ezra 1:1-2  –  Ezra 4:4-7  –  Haggai 1:1,14  –  Haggai 2:1  –  Ezra 6:13-15  –  Ezra 7:7-10  –  Nehemiah 3:16-32  –  Isaiah 11:1  –  Zechariah 6:11-13

Fact of the Day 

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, destroyed and burned both Jerusalem and the temple. Years later, Persia absorbed Babylon into its empire.  That was during the time when Prophet Daniel lived in Babylon and Persia. One day while praying, Daniel saw a vision.  The angel Gabriel told him exactly when the “Messiah” (the anointed/crowned priest-king) would begin to openly declare who he was.     It was predicted the Messiah would appear after 70 “wks” = 70 x 7 = 490 yrs.

Again, the Messiah would appear 490 years after the Persian King’s decree to restore & rebuild Jerusalem   (62 “wks” x 7=434 yrs + 49 “wks” = 493 yrs ) .

But 493 years is too long.  If you check the prediction, it says the Messiah will be “cut off”  (die) in the middle of 62 “wks” = 3 yrs.

520 BC – 30 yrs = 490

THEREFORE,  490 years from the time of the order to REBUILD/repair Jerusalem, Jesus began his ministry at age 30.

SOME EXPLANATIONS:

  • *Priests entered service at age 30. Zechariah said the Branch will be both high priest and king.
  •  *Often symbolism was used in the Bible to disguise its true meaning from the enemy.  Daniel lived in Babylon which eventually was part of Persia.

King Cyrus II – 550-530 BC – (He said to BUILD THE TEMPLE (II Chronicles 36:23)
King Cambyses II – 530-522 BC DARIUS HIS COUSIN
King Darius I: 522-486 BC – (He said to REPAIR AND REBUILD JERUSALEM in 520 BC (Daniel 9:25)

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 16

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

Since Assyria had such a bad reputation for torturing to death enemy soldiers, how could Jonah convince even the king to repent? 

Jonah 3

Fact of the Day 

In this case, we need to examine world history and archaeological evidence for our answer.  Maybe Jonah did not know this, but by the time he arrived in the Assyrian capital city of Nineveh, the old king had died and there was a new king named Ashurdan II.  He had just ascended the throne and he was young, inexperienced, and impressionable.  He was 14 years old.  It was a time of new beginnings for Nineveh.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 13

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

God’s Prophet, Samuel, came up out of the ground and appeared to a witch

I Samuel 28:11-14; 19

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 – Deuteronomy  24:1 – Judges 6:12 – Judges 13:3  – II Samuel 24:15-17 – Matthew 1:20-24  – Mark 1:34 – Mark 16:1-7 – Luke 1:11-20 – Luke 1:26-38 –– Luke 2:8-15 – Luke 22:43 –  Acts 12:7  –  Acts 16:15-18 – Matthew 17:3  –  Revelation 1:12-17, etc.

Fact of the Day 

No!

(1) The witch was surprised when she saw the “ghost”. 

(2) Only she claimed to see it.  Saul did not see it.  

(3) Everyone who was around anyone seeing someone appear from the other world saw the person too.

(4) It came up out of the ground.  When Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus, they were on equal level with him; they did not come up out of the ground. 

(5) All heavenly beings who appeared on earth, even when dressed like a human, either appeared on equal level or from above. 

(6) Jesus did not want demons to tell who he was, nor did Paul, even though it was the truth.

(7) Just because what the “ghost” said came true does not prove it was Samuel; Pagan Baalam’s prophecy came true, but he was condemned in Revelation. Saul and his sons did not have to wear their crowns into battle.

(8) God condemned all witches to death. 

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I lift up the eyes of my heart and see you afar off

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0-Stephen-Cover-Kindle-MediumI praise you, my Lord and God, full to overflowing with power and might and glory. No one has power except what you give. No one has truth except what you grant. No one has life except what you provide. Without you there is no light and life, no love or truth. I lift up the eyes of my heart and see you afar off.  I lift up the eyes of my soul and feel you next to me. I am in awe of you. You deserve all worship.

Thank you, Jesus, for coming to show me how to live and how to die. You were stubborn in your love. You insisted on never denying the truth. You insisted on standing when everyone wanted you to fall. Someday if times come to that, grant me the privilege of dying for you just as you did for me. With you, death is but a door to real, true life. I fall at your feet unworthy of your undying love.

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Sunday 5/27 ~ Is it possible to find ultimate truth?

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The scripture for today, May 27 (5/27), is Job 5:27 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

0-BK 5-FloodGates-Cover-Thumbnail-New“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”

How many times have we gone to worship or listened on TV to a minister/priest/rabbi/imam and believed everything he said because the speaker looked so holy and convincing? Isn’t that confusing when so many different holy-looking religious leaders teach different things and conflict with each other?

What is the answer to this dilemma? Examine the Bible for yourself! You’re smart! You can do it!

The best way is to get a concordance. It lists every word in the Bible alphabetically, and every scripture that contains that word. If you want to know God’s opinion instead of man’s, use your concordance and look up every passage your chosen topic appears in. You can buy one (it is the size of an unabridged dictionary but not expensive) or use one on the internet.

Then examine everything God ~ not man ~ has to say about anything. Then there are no doubts. You have examined the facts. Now you know the truth.  Now you are ready to apply it to yourself. The truth will set you free.

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Wednesday 5/2 ~ People are asking, “Who is the Higher Power?”.

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The scripture for today, May 2 (5/2), is Micah 5:2 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

365 Dat by Date-Front-ThumbnailIn today’s world completely connected and interconnected universally, people are asking “Who is the Higher Power?”.  Some say the Muslim Allah is, some say the Hindu Brahman is, some say the Buddhist Nirvana, some say the Jehovah of Christianity is. This is called the “New Age Movement”.

Buddhism (though most people do not realize where it came from) has infiltrated the young American culture by declaring there is no such thing as truth.  One thing is true to one person, an opposite thing is truth to another person, so believe what you want. 

None of the writings of these religions have been proven true. The Bible is the only religious book in the world with built-in proofs that it is of divine origin. Prophecies of many events in the life of Christ and entire empires flow throughout the Old Testament. No human could have known these hundreds of known facts hundreds of years before they happened. And, if these prophecies were truth, then the rest of the Bible is truth.

Today’s amazing scripture prophecies where the “ruler…from ancient times” will be born. It gives the exact city Jesus (who had been in heaven before his human birth) would be born in but was written seven centuries before his birth.

The Word of God in flesh wasn’t just a prophet, he wasn’t just a good man, he wasn’t a fraud. Thank God, He thought of everything to help us believe Jesus was, indeed, the Son of God!