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20.3.23

Before and After the Birth of Jesus Christ: Read and what's your view

Before and After the Birth of Jesus Christ: Read and what's your view

Note that Jesus Christ existed before the world/earth was made/created. 
'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD.'
The 'WORD' here signifies/means Jesus Christ (God, the son).

God answered prayers and loved mankind even before Jesus Christ (God, the Son) was conceived and born into this world.

(I) BEFORE THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST:
(1) The God of our ancestors (that is, the God of Heaven and earth) answers prayers in a grand/great style.

According to Exodus 3: 11-22
'BUT MOSES SAID TO GOD, "I AM NOBODY, HOW CAN I GO TO THE KING AND BRING THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT?" GOD ANSWERED, "I WILL BE WITH YOU, AND WHEN YOU BRING THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT, YOU WILL WORSHIP ME ON THIS MOUNTAIN. THAT WILL BE THE PROOF THAT I HAVE SENT YOU." BUT MOSES REPLIED, "WHEN I GO TO THE ISRAELITES AND SAY TO THEM, 'THE GOD OF YOUR ANCESTORS SENT ME TO YOU, THEY WILL ASK ME, 'WHAT IS HIS NAME?' SO, WHAT CAN I TELL THEM?" GOD SAID, "I AM WHO I AM." THIS IS WHAT YOU MUST SAY TO THEM: "THE ONE WHO IS CALLED I AM HAS SENT ME TO YOU." TELL THE ISRAELITES THAT I, THE LORD, THE GOD OF THEIR ANCESTORS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, HAVE SENT YOU TO THEM. THIS IS MY NAME FOR EVER; THIS IS WHAT ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE TO CALLED ME. GO AND GATHER THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL TOGETHER AND TELL THEM THAT I, THE LORD, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, APPEARED TO YOU. TELL THEM THAT I HAVE COME TO THEM AND HAVE SEEN WHAT THE EGYPTIANS ARE DOING TO THEM. I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL BRING THEM OUT OF EGYPT, WHERE THEY ARE BEING TREATED CRUELLY, AND WILL TAKE THEM TO A RICH AND FERTILE LAND - THE LAND OF THE CANAANITES, HITTITES, THE AMORITES, THE PERIZZITES, HIVITES, AND THE JEBUSITES. "MY PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO WHAT YOU SAY TO THEM. THEN YOU MUST GO WITH THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL TO THE KING OF EGYPT AND SAY TO HIM, "THE LORD, THE GOD OF THE HEBREWS, HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO US. NOW ALLOW US TO TRAVEL FOR THREE DAYS INTO THE DESERT TO OFFER SACRIFICES TO THE LORD, OUR GOD.' I KNOW THAT THE KING OF EGYPT WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNLESS HE IS FORCED TO DO SO. BUT I WILL USE MY POWER AND WILL PUNISH EGYPT BY DOING TERRIFYING THINGS THERE. AFTER THAT HE WILL LET YOU GO. I WILL MAKE THE EGYPTIANS RESPECT YOU SO THAT WHEN MY PEOPLE LEAVE, THEY WILL NOT GO EMPTY-HANDED. EVERY ISRAELITE WOMAN WILL GO TO HER EGYPTIAN NEIGHBOURS AND TO ANY EGYPTIAN WOMAN LIVING AND FOR GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY. THE ISRAELITES WILL PUT THESE THINGS ON THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND CARRY AWAY THE WEALTH OF THE EGYPTIANS."

(2) The promises of God never changes and obedience of the law must come willingly from the depth of your hearts.

According to Deuteronomy 26: 16-19
"TODAY THE LORD YOUR GOD COMMANDS YOU TO OBEY ALL HIS LAWS; SO OBEY THEM FAITHFULLY WITH ALL YOUR HEARTS. TODAY YOU HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE LORD AS YOUR GOD; YOU HAVE PROMISED TO OBEY HIM, TO KEEP ALL HIS LAWS, AND TO DO ALL THAT HE COMMANDS. TODAY THE LORD HAS ACCEPTED YOU AS HIS OWN PEOPLE, AS HE PROMISED YOU; AND HE COMMANDS YOU TO OBEY ALL HIS LAWS. HE WILL MAKE YOU GREATER THAN ANY OTHER NATION THAT HE HAS CREATED, AND YOU WILL BRING PRAISE AND HONOUR TO HIS NAME. YOU WILL BE HIS OWN PEOPLE, AS HE PROMISED."

(3) With God, you can defeat Kings and any other persons of High positions and status.

According to Joshua 12: 1-6
'THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL HAD ALREADY CONQUERED AND OCCUPIED THE LAND EAST OF THE JORDAN, FROM THE ARNON VALLEY UP THE JORDAN VALLEY AND AS FAR NORTH AS MOUNT HERMON. THEY DEFEATED TWO KINGS. ONE WAS SIHON, THE AMORITE KING WHO RULED AT HESHBON. HIS KINGDOM INCLUDED HALF OF GILEAD: FROM AROER (ON THE EDGE OF THE VALLEY OF THE ARNON) AND THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT VALLEY, AS FAR AS THE RIVER JABBOK, THE BORDER OF AMMON; IT INCLUDED THE JORDAN VALLEY FROM LAKE GALILEE SOUTH TO BETH JESHIMOTH (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA) AND ON TOWARDS THE FOOT OF MOUNT PISGAH. THEY ALSO DEFEATED KING OG OF BASHAN, WHO WAS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE REPHAIM; HE RULED AT ASHTAROTH AND EDREI. HIS KINGDOM INCLUDED MOUNT HERMON, SALECAH, AND ALL OF BASHAN AS FAR AS THE BOUNDARIES OF GESHUR AND MAACAH, AS WELL AS HALF OF GILEAD, AS FAR AS THE TERRITORY OF KING SIHON OF HESHBON. THESE TWO KINGS WERE DEFEATED BY MOSES AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. MOSES, THE LORD'S SERVANT, GAVE THEIR LAND TO THE TRIBES OF REUBEN AND GAD AND TO HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH, TO BE THEIR POSSESSION.'



(II) "God, the son" (also called Jesus Christ) came to die for our sins through the power of the "Spirit of God" (also called the Holy Spirit) when He was conceived and with the consent of "I AM WHO I AM" (also called God, the Father).
NOTE THAT JESUS CHRIST CAN BE SAID TO BE THE ADOPTED SON OF JOSEPH, THE CARPENTER WHO MARRIED MARY EVEN AFTER SHE GOT PREGNANT BY THE POWER AND DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON HER. SO VIRGIN MARY WAS HIS BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WHILE JOSEPH WAS THE FOSTER/ADOPTION FATHER AND THE HOLY BIBLE STILL ACKNOWLEDGES HIM AS HIS FATHER ON THIS EARTH WE ALL LIVE IN AND SO ALL THE ANCESTORS OF JOSEPH, THE CARPENTER AND THE EARTHLY HUSBAND OF VIRGIN MARY BECAME JESUS CHRIST'S EARTHLY ANCESTORS TOO ONCE HE ACCEPTED HIM AS HIS SON AFTER THE ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN HIS DREAM. AFTERALL, GOD CAREFULLY CHOSE THE ANCESTORS OF JOSEPH LONG TIME AGO TO BE THE ANCESTORS OF JESUS CHRIST. IT IS NOT A MERE COINCIDENCE.

(III) AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST:
(1) Jesus Christ's earthly lineage/ancestors can be traced from Abraham (the Father of all Nations) to King David (the Father of King Solomon) and so on and so forth as described in the Holy Bible, thus, Jesus Christ is a descendant of King Solomon (the author and writer of "SONG OF SONGS" also known as "SONGS OF SOLOMON"). King Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived as God granted him his wish and request and gave him even more. The other name of Jesus Christ which is called "Immanuel" means God is with us"). GOD IS WITH US ANNOUNCED FURTHER THAT GOD HAS COME STAY WITH US IN HUMAN FLESH BACK THEN BUT NONE OF THEM UNDERSTOOD. IT WAS JUST A NORMAL NAME TO ALL BACK THEN.

NOTE THAT: JOSEPH, THE CARPENTER AND MARY, THE PREGNANT VIRGIN HAD A VERY QUICK MARRIAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DREAM THAT REVEALED ALL THE TRUTH THAT MARY WAS KEEPING TO HERSELF. THE TYPE OF QUICK MARRIAGE THAT SOME CALL "SHARP SHARP MARRIAGE" IN THIS DAY AND TIME EVEN IF THEY WERE ALREADY ENGAGED AT THAT TIME AS RIGHTLY TOLD IN THE HOLY BIBLE.

QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED BY YOU ALL WHO KNOWS, IN RELATION TO THE BIBLE PASSAGE BELOW AS SEEN IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW:

(a) THE BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUMBER FOURTEEN IN OUR LIVES TODAY?

(b) THE BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH FOURTEEN GENERATIONS IN OUR LIVES TODAY?

(c) THE BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THREE CONSECUTIVE FOURTEEN GENERATIONS IN OUR LIVES TODAY?

According to Matthew 1:1-25
'THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ANCESTORS OF JESUS CHRIST, A DESCENDANT OF DAVID, WHO WAS A DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM. FROM ABRAHAM TO KING DAVID, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JUDAH AND HIS BROTHERS; THEN PEREZ AND ZERAH (THEIR MOTHER WAS TAMAR), HEZRON, RAM, AMMINADAB, NAHSHON,  SALMON, BOAZ (HIS MOTHER WAS RAHAB), OBED (HIS MOTHER WAS RUTH), JESSE, AND KING DAVID. FROM DAVID TO THE TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE TAKEN INTO EXILE IN BABYLON, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: DAVID, SOLOMON (HIS MOTHER WAS THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN URIAH'S WIFE), REHOBOAM, ABIJAH, ASA, JEHOSHAPHAT, JEHORAM, UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AHAZ, HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH, AMON, JOSIAH, AND JEHOIACHIN AND HIS BROTHERS. FROM THE TIME AFTER THE EXILE IN BABYLON TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: JEHOIACHIN, SHEALTIEL, ZERUBBABEL, ABIUD, ELIAKIM, AZOR, ZADOK, ACHIM, ELIUD, ELEAZAR, MATTHAN, JACOB, AND JOSEPH, WHO MARRIED MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, WHO WAS CALLED THE MESSIAH. SO THEN, THERE WERE FOURTEEN GENERATIONS FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID, AND FOURTEEN FROM DAVID TO THE EXILE IN BABYLON, AND FOURTEEN FROM THEN TO THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH. THIS WAS HOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST TOOK PLACE. HIS MOTHER MARY WAS ENGAGED TO JOSEPH, BUT BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED, SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. JOSEPH WAS A MAN WHO ALWAYS DID WHAT WAS RIGHT, BUT HE DID NOT WANT TO DISGRACE MARY PUBLICLY; SO HE MADE PLANS TO BREAK THE ENGAGEMENT PRIVATELY. WHILE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM IN A DREAM AND SAID, "JOSEPH, DESCENDANT OF DAVID, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO TAKE MARY TO BE YOUR WIFE. FOR IT IS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT SHE HAS CONCEIVED. SHE WILL HAVE A SON, AND YOU WILL NAME HIM JESUS - BECAUSE HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS." NOW ALL THIS HAPPENED IN ORDER TO MAKE WHAT THE LORD HAD SAID THROUGH THE PROPHET COME TRUE. "A VIRGIN WILL BECOME PREGNANT AND HAVE A SON, AND HE WILL BE CALLED IMMANUEL" (WHICH MEANS, "GOD IS WITH US"). SO WHEN JOSEPH WOKE UP, HE MARRIED MARY, AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM TO DO. BUT HE HAD NO SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HER BEFORE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER SON. AND JOSEPH NAMED HIM JESUS.'


(2) Once you come to Jesus Christ (God, the Son) and accept him as your Lord and Master, you will find rest because all your battles are already won through Him (Jesus Christ, our Lord and Master).

According to Matthew 11: 25-30
'AT THAT TIME JESUS SAID, "FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH! I THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN TO THE UNLEARNED WHAT YOU HAVE HIDDEN FROM THE WISE AND LEARNED. YES, FATHER, THIS WAS HOW YOU WANTED IT TO HAPPEN. "MY FATHER HAS GIVEN ME ALL THINGS. NO ONE KNOWS THE SON EXCEPT THE FATHER, AND NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON AND THOSE TO WHOM THE SON CHOOSES TO REVEAL HIM. "COME TO ME, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE TIRED FROM CARRYING HEAVY LOADS, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE AND PUT IT ON YOU, AND LEARN FROM ME, BECAUSE I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN SPIRIT; AND YOU WILL FIND REST. FOR THE YOKE I WILL GIVE YOU IS EASY, AND THE LOAD I WILL PUT ON YOU IS LIGHT."

(3) The promises of God in the above old testament Bible passage in No. 1 of this write-up can be fulfilled nowadays if and when you love God and people not by human beings compliments and standards but by God's high and very achievable standards. There is no need for animals and other physical sacrifices because Jesus Christ (God, the Son) is the one-time sacrifice that has been made as He offered His life due to the love He has for mankind. You need to love yourself first before you can love your neighbor as you love yourself. A person who doesn't love him or herself cannot fully love his neighbor as her or she should have loved him or herself because that person doesn't love him or herself in the first instance.


NOTE THAT: THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD (Jesus said and I quote πŸ‘‡: "THE LORD OUR GOD IS THE ONLY LORD).

According to Mark 12: 28-38
'A TEACHER OF THE LAW  WAS THERE  WHO HEARD THE DISCUSSION. HE SAW THAT JESUS HAD GIVEN THE SADDUCEES A GOOD ANSWER, SO HE CAME TO HIM WITH A QUESTION: "WHICH COMMANDMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL?" JESUS REPLIED, "THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THIS: 'LISTEN, ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS THE ONLY LORD. LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT IS THIS: 'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.' THERE IS NO OTHER COMMANDMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THESE TWO." THE TEACHER OF THE LAW SAID TO JESUS, "WELL DONE, TEACHER! IT IS TRUE, AS YOU SAY, THAT ONLY THE LORD IS GOD AND THAT THERE IS NO OTHER GOD BUT HE. AND TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TO OFFER ANIMALS AND OTHER SACRIFICES TO GOD." JESUS NOTICED HOW WISE HIS ANSWER WAS, AND SO HE TOLD HIM, "YOU ARE NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD." JESUS NOTICED HOW WISE HIS ANSWER WAS, AND SO HE TOLD HIM, "YOU ARE NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD." AFTER THIS NOBODY DARED TO ASK JESUS ANY MORE QUESTIONS.'

(4) Jesus Christ asked everyone to:

THIS PARTICULAR FIRST STEP MAKES PEOPLE ENTER THE ETERNAL LIFE: Keep the commandments of God.

THIS PARTICULAR SECOND STEP MAKES PEOPLE PERFECT, MOST ESPECIALLY RICH PEOPLE: (a) Give money to the genuinely poor people gives one riches in heaven, (b) then follow Jesus Christ after starting your giving to the genuinely poor journey.

According to Matthew 19: 16-21
'ONCE A MAN CAME TO JESUS. "TEACHER," HE ASKED, "WHAT GOOD THING MUST I DO TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE?" "WHY DO YOU ASK ME CONCERNING WHAT IS GOOD?" ANSWERED JESUS. "THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO IS GOOD. KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS IF YOU WANT TO ENTER LIFE." "WHAT COMMAND-MENTS?" HE ASKED. JESUS ANSWERED, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER; DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; DO NOT STEAL; DO NOT ACCUSE ANYONE FALSELY; RESPECT YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER; AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF." "I HAVE OBEYED ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS," THE YOUNG MAN REPLIED. "WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO?" JESUS SAID TO HIM, "IF YOU WANT TO BE PERFECT, GO AND SELL ALL YOU HAVE AND GIVE THE MONEY TO THE POOR, AND YOU WILL HAVE RICHES IN HEAVEN; THEN COME AND FOLLOW ME." WHEN THE YOUNG MAN HEARD THIS, HE WENT AWAY SAD, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY RICH.



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Jesus Christ (God, the Son) as A Highly Connected Famous Man: Read and what's your view

Jesus Christ (God, the Son) as A Highly Connected Famous Man: Read and what's your view

(1) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) was always on the move. He didn't stay in one place or area because of work of spreading the word of God. The work of God is without any special rest for the labourers. The harvest is plenty but the labourers are few. Jesus says follow me no matter what.

According to Matthew 8:18-22
WHEN JESUS NOTICED THE CROWD AROUND HIM, HE ORDERED HIS DISCIPLES TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE. A TEACHER OF THE LAW CAME TO HIM. "TEACHER," HE SAID, "I AM READY TO GO WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO." JESUS ANSWERED HIM, "FOXES HAVE HOLES , AND BIRDS HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE TO LIE DOWN AND REST." ANOTHER MAN, WHO WAS A DISCIPLE, SAID, "SIR, FIRST LET ME GO BACK AND BURY MY FATHER." "FOLLOW ME," JESUS ANSWERED, "AND LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD."


(2) Mary Magdalene did not recognize Jesus Christ after He resurrected from the dead and mistook Him for a gardener and this was likely because he looked as simple as a gardener unlike what she was used to before Jesus' death on the Cross of Calvary.

According to Mary Magdalene's story in the Holy Bible

(3) Jesus Christ had few secret high connections with people in respectable positions/high authorities who accepted Him and His teachings even if His earthly Father (the Husband of Virgin Mary) was a carpenter.

According to the short story of Joseph of Arimathea and, Nicodemus.

(4) Jesus Christ is of an earthly royal descendant of King David alongside His Royalty as God, the Son and the King of Kings.
NOTE THAT: ON EARTH, AN ARMY IS MADE UP OF HUMAN SOLDIERS WHILE IN HEAVEN, AN ARMY IS MADE UP OF ANGELS.

(a) Jesus Christ as an earthly royal descendant of King David.
According to Matthew 1:1-17
'THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ANCESTORS OF JESUS CHRIST, A DESCENDANT OF DAVID, WHO WAS A DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM. FROM ABRAHAM TO KING DAVID, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JUDAH AND HIS BROTHERS; THEN PEREZ AND ZERAH (THEIR MOTHER WAS TAMAR), HEZRON, RAM, AMMINADAB, NAHSHON,  SALMON, BOAZ (HIS MOTHER WAS RAHAB), OBED (HIS MOTHER WAS RUTH), JESSE, AND KING DAVID. FROM DAVID TO THE TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE TAKEN INTO EXILE IN BABYLON, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: DAVID, SOLOMON (HIS MOTHER WAS THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN URIAH'S WIFE), REHOBOAM, ABIJAH, ASA, JEHOSHAPHAT, JEHORAM, UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AHAZ, HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH, AMON, JOSIAH, AND JEHOIACHIN AND HIS BROTHERS. FROM THE TIME AFTER THE EXILE IN BABYLON TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: JEHOIACHIN, SHEALTIEL, ZERUBBABEL, ABIUD, ELIAKIM, AZOR, ZADOK, ACHIM, ELIUD, ELEAZAR, MATTHAN, JACOB, AND JOSEPH, WHO MARRIED MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, WHO WAS CALLED THE MESSIAH. SO THEN, THERE WERE FOURTEEN GENERATIONS FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID, AND FOURTEEN FROM DAVID TO THE EXILE IN BABYLON, AND FOURTEEN FROM THEN TO THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH.'

(b) His Royal Highness Jesus Christ (God, the Son and, the King of Kings).
According to Matthew 26: 53
"DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I COULD CALL ON MY FATHER FOR HELP, AND AT ONCE HE WOULD SEND ME MORE THAN TWELVE ARMIES OF ANGELS?"

(5) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Son of Joseph, the Carpenter) was very famous in Jerusalem and was once well loved by a lot of people in the same crowd of people that later asked for His crucifixion and consequently, asked for His death in this same world we live in.

Note that: Jesus Christ used nice and unused things too on earth. Two instance:

(a) Jesus Christ rode on an unused fresh colt into Jerusalem.

(b) Jesus Christ was buried in an unused tomb that was dug from solid Rock by the Respectable and Honourable man called Joseph of Arimathea.

According to Mark 11:1-11
'AS THEY APPROACHED JERUSALEM, NEAR THE TOWNS OF BETHPHAGE AND BETHANY, THEY CAME TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. JESUS SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES ON AHEAD WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO TO THE VILLAGE THERE AHEAD OF YOU. AS SOON AS YOU GET THERE, YOU WILL FIND A COLT TIED UP THAT HAS NEVER BEEN RIDDEN. UNTIE IT AND BRING IT HERE. AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHY YOU ARE DOING THAT, TELL HIM THAT THE MASTER NEEDS IT AND WILL SEND IT BACK AT ONCE." SO THEY WENT AND FOUND A COLT OUT IN THE STREET, TIED TO THE DOOR OF A HOUSE. AS THEY WERE UNTYING IT, SOME OF THE BYSTANDERS ASKED THEM, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, UNTYING THAT COLT?" THEY ANSWERED JUST AS JESUS HAD TOLD THEM, AND THE BYSTANDERS LET THEM GO. THEY BROUGHT THE COLT TO JESUS, THREW THE CLOAKS OVER THE ANIMAL, AND JESUS GOT ON. MANY PEOPLE SPREAD THEIR CLOAKS ON THE ROAD, WHILE OTHERS CUT BRANCHES IN THE FIELDS AND SPREAD THEM ON THE ROAD. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FRONT AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED BEHIND BEGAN TO SHOUT, "PRAISE GOD! GOD BLESS HIM WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! GOD BLESS THE COMING KINGDOM OF KING DAVID, OUR FATHER! PRAISE GOD!" JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM, WENT INTO THE TEMPLE, AND LOOKED ROUND AT EVERYTHING. BUT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY LATE IN THE DAY, HE WENT OUT TO BETHANY WITH THE TWELVE DISCIPLES.'

(6) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) has both physical and spiritual connections for us to accomplish all we need. All you need do is believe as Jesus Christ asks you to, Just make sure to do your part. Follow God's instructions/commandments and we have already discussed the two main commandments and it is all about love for God and people.

According to Luke 22: 7-13
'THE DAY CAME DURING THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD WHEN THE LAMBS FOR THE PASSOVER MEAL WERE TO BE KILLED. JESUS SENT OFF PETER AND JOHN WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO AND GET THE PASSOVER MEAL READY FOR US TO EAT." "WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO GET IT READY?" THEY ASKED HIM. HE ANSWERED, "AS YOU GO INTO THE CITY, A MAN CARRYING A JAR OF WATER WILL MEET YOU. FOLLOW HIM INTO THE HOUSE THAT HE ENTERS, AND SAY TO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE: "THE TEACHER SAYS TO YOU, WHERE IS THE ROOM WHERE MY DISCIPLES AND I WILL EAT THE PASSOVER MEAL?" HE WILL SHOW YOU A LARGE FURNISHED ROOM UPSTAIRS, WHERE YOU WILL GET EVERYTHING READY." THEY WENT OFF AND FOUND EVERYTHING JUST AS JESUS HAD TOLD THEM, AND THEY PREPARED THE PASSOVER MEAL.'

(7) Jesus Christ of Nazareth, was not considered a poor man in his days even if they knew he was the son of Joseph, the carpenter. When the woman poured the expensive Alabaster on Him, some of the people around said amongst themselves that it should have been sold Instead and given to the poor. They were so angry that they even scolded the woman harshly in front of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) for giving so extravagantly in form of an expensive Alabaster to Jesus Christ (who already had money) instead of giving to poor people. What height of hatred and envy? But Jesus did not lose his cool. He told them calmly to leave her alone for the significance of the expensive alabaster poured on Him by the woman was actually in preparation of His own burial.
Note that: 
(a) The poor referred to here wasn't our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ were to be poor man, the most likely statement to make at first as spectators who envied Jesus Christ was that the alabaster should have been sold and the money given to Jesus Christ instead since he was poor. But Jesus Christ wasn't poor at that point in time in His life, he even had a money bag and a money manager (Judas Iscariot). If Jesus Christ's money was not much, what do you think he needed a personal money manager who follows him around for? How much is a poor person counting that he will need a money manager? A poor person has almost nothing or absolutely nothing to count. Jesus Christ is a rich person both in the spirit and the physical...My Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) is in Heaven sitted at the right hand of God the Father since He rose up from the dead and later, ascended into Heaven.

(b) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) is everywhere.

(c) Everything in this life happens for a reason as what is written is already written.

According to Mark 14: 3-9
'JESUS WAS IN BETHANY AT THE HOUSE OF SIMON, A MAN WHO SUFFERED FROM A DREADED SKIN DISEASE. WHILE JESUS WAS EATING, A WOMAN CAME IN WITH AN ALABASTER JAR FULL OF A VERY EXPENSIVE PERFUME MADE OF PURE NARD. SHE BROKE THE JAR AND POURED THE PERFUME ON JESUS' HEAD. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE BECAME ANGRY AND SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, "WHAT WAS THE USE OF WASTING THE PERFUME? IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED SILVER COINS AND THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR!" AND THEY CRITICIZED HER HARSHLY. BUT JESUS SAID, "LEAVE HER ALONE! WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING HER? SHE HAS DONE A FINE AND BEAUTIFUL THING FOR ME. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE POOR PEOPLE WITH YOU, AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN HELP THEM. BUT YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME. SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD; SHE POURED PERFUME ON MY BODY TO PREPARE IT AHEAD OF TIME FOR BURIAL. NOW, I ASSURE YOU THAT WHEREVER THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHAT SHE HAS DONE WILL BE TOLD IN MEMORY OF HER."


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Female Beauty in combination with God Almighty: Read and what's your view

Female Beauty in combination with God Almighty: Read and what's your view

(1) It leads to the defeat of enemies in an exceptional way always. Beauty combined with prayers  and following the commandments of God moved mountains for Judith and her people through her in the Holy Bible.

According to Judith 13: 15-16
'SHE THEN TOOK THE HEAD OUT OF THE FOOD BAG AND SHOWED IT TO THE PEOPLE, "HERE," SHE SAID, "IS THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES, THE GENERAL OF THE ASSYRIAN ARMY, AND HERE IS THE MOSQUITO NET FROM HIS BED, WHERE HE LAY IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR. THE LORD HAS USED A WOMAN TO KILL HIM. AS THE LORD LIVES, I SWEAR THAT HOLOFERNES NEVER TOUCHED ME, ALTHOUGH MY BEAUTY DECEIVED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO HIS RUIN. I WAS NOT DEFILED OR DISGRACED; THE LORD TOOK CARE OF ME THROUGH IT ALL.'

(2) Beauty combined with God makes you shine out better amongst your peers, most especially, your female peers. You could get unexpected favor from unexpected persons or places. Even if you decide to serve God in secret, He will still elevate and uplift you at His own time as God's time is the best. Waiting on the Lord and not being in a hurry while trusting only your beauty is better. 

Note that: The Holy Bible says King Xerxes still had other women asides from his Queen Vashti who was dismissed from being his Queen due to the fact that she misbehaved because of her immense outer beauty. God still touched the King's adviser to tell the King to choose from outside the palace at that time and Esther, a devoted woman of God, was located and brought to the palace. Firstly, she found favor in the man called Hegai that was in charge of the King's women. Secondly, Hegai treated her and her seven palace assigned servants very well. Lastly, she found favor in King Xerxes even if she was not the first to go to him, she waited for her time and her high performance made the King fall in love with her and he instantly put the Queen's crown on her head which meant that he didn't need or want to check out any other woman or send for Esther later according to the normal prescribed/planned/organized procedures. God's favor on Esther made the King Xerxes break normal protocol just to make her his Queen. Isn't that wonderful?

According to Esther 2: 1-20
'LATER THE KING'S ANGER COOLED DOWN. ALTHOUGH HE NO LONGER MENTIONED VASHTI, HE KEPT THINKING ABOUT HOW HE HAD CONDEMNED HER. SO SOME OF THE KING'S ADVISERS SUGGESTED, "WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A SEARCH TO FIND SOME BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN OF GOOD CHARACTER? YOU CAN APPOINT OFFICIALS IN EVERY PROVINCE OF THE EMPIRE AND HAVE THEM BRING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG VIRGINS TO YOUR HAREM HERE IN SUSA. PUT THEM IN THE CARE OF HEGAI, THE EUNUCH WHO IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR WOMEN, AND LET THEM BE GIVEN COSMETICS AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY MAY NEED. THEN TAKE THE YOUNG WOMAN YOU LIKE BEST AND MAKE HER QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE." THE KING THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD ADVICE, SO HE FOLLOWED IT. THERE IN SUSA LIVED A JEW NAMED MORDECAI SON OF JAIR; HE WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN AND WAS A DESCENDANT OF KISH AND SHIMEI. HE WAS AMONG THE CAPTIVES WHOM KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR OF BABYLONIA HAD TAKEN INTO EXILE FROM JERUSALEM. MORDECAI WAS THE GUARDIAN OF ESTHER, THE DAUGHTER OF HIS UNCLE AMINADAB. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN, AND AFTER THE DEATH OF HER PARENTS, MORDECAI BROUGHT HER UP UNTIL SHE WAS GROWN. WHEN THE KING HAD ISSUED HIS NEW PROCLAMATION, MANY YOUNG WOMEN WERE BEING BROUGHT TO SUSA, AND ESTHER WAS AMONG THEM. SHE TOO WAS PUT IN THE ROYAL PALACE IN THE CARE OF HEGAI, WHO HAD CHARGE OF THE HAREM. HEGAI LIKED ESTHER, AND SHE WON HIS FAVOUR. HE LOST NO TIME IN BEGINNING HER BEAUTY TREATMENT OF MASSAGE AND SPECIAL DIET. HE ASSIGNED SEVEN YOUNG WOMEN SPECIALLY CHOSEN FROM THE ROYAL PALACE TO SERVE HER, AND HE TREATED HER AND HER SERVANTS WELL. NOW, ON THE ADVICE OF MORDECAI, ESTHER HAD KEPT SECRET THE FACT THAT SHE WAS JEWISH. EVERY DAY MORDECAI WOULD WALK TO AND FRO IN FRONT OF THE COURTYARD OF THE HAREM, WATCHING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER. THE REGULAR BEAUTY TREATMENT FOR THE YOUNG WOMEN LASTED A YEAR: MASSAGES WITH OIL OF MYRRH FOR SIX MONTHS AND WITH BEAUTY CREAMS AND COSMETICS FOR SIX MORE. AFTER THAT, EACH GIRL WAS HANDED OVER TO THE PERSON APPOINTED TO CONDUCT HER FROM THE HAREM TO THE PALACE, AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE KING. SHE WOULD GO THERE IN THE EVENING, AND THE NEXT MORNING SHE WOULD BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER HAREM AND PUT IN THE CARE OF HEGAI, THE EUNUCH IN CHARGE. SHE WOULD NOT GO TO THE KING AGAIN UNLESS HE ASKED FOR HER BY NAME. THE TIME CAME FOR ESTHER, THE DAUGHTER OF AMINADAB THE UNCLE OF MORDECAI, TO GO TO THE KING. SHE HAD DONE EVERYTHING THAT HEGAI HAD ADVISED, AND SHE WAS ADMIRED BY EVERYONE WHO SAW HER. SO IN XERXES' SEVENTH YEAR AS KING, IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, THE MONTH OF ADAR, SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE KING. HE FELL IN LOVE WITH ESTHER, WHO PLEASED HIM MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS, AND HE PLACED THE QUEEN'S CROWN ON HER HEAD. THEN THE KING GAVE A WEEK-LONG BANQUET FOR ALL HIS ADVISERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO CELEBRATE HIS MARRIAGE TO ESTHER. HE ALSO GRANTED A REDUCTION OF TAXES FOR THE WHOLE EMPIRE. MEANWHILE MORDECAI HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO A HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION. AS FOR ESTHER, SHE HAD STILL NOT LET IT BE KNOWN THAT SHE WAS JEWISH. MORDECAI HAD TOLD HER NOT TO TELL ANYONE, AND SHE OBEYED HIM IN THIS, JUST AS SHE HAD OBEYED HIM WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL UNDER HIS CARE. SHE CONTINUED TO WORSHIP GOD AND CARRY OUT GOD'S COMMANDS, WITHOUT ABANDONING HER JEWISH WAYS.'

(3) When you are still strong enough to misbehave, that is the best time to choose and remember God, our Creator as your real and ultimate owner.

According to Ecclesiastes 12: 1-8
'SO REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR WHILE YOU ARE STILL YOUNG, BEFORE THOSE DISMAL DAYS AND YEARS COME WHEN YOU WILL SAY, "I DON'T ENJOY LIFE." THAT IS WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS WILL GROW DIM FOR YOU, AND THE RAIN CLOUDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY. THEN YOUR ARMS, THAT HAVE PROTECTED YOU, WILL TREMBLE, AND YOUR LEGS, NOW STRONG, WILL GROW WEAK. YOUR TEETH WILL BE TOO FEW TO CHEW YOUR FOOD , AND YOUR EYES TOO DIM TO SEE CLEARLY. YOUR EARS WILL BE TOO DEAF TO THE NOISE OF THE STREET. YOU WILL BARELY BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MILL AS IT GRINDS OR MUSIC AS IT PLAYS, BUT EVEN THE SONG OF A BIRD WILL WAKE YOU FROM SLEEP. YOU WILL BE AFRAID OF HIGH PLACES, AND WALKING WILL BE DANGEROUS. YOUR HAIR WILL TURN WHITE; YOU WILL HARDLY BE ABLE TO DRAG YOURSELF ALONG, AND ALL DESIRE WILL HAVE GONE. WE ARE GOING TO OUR FINAL RESTING PLACE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE MOURNING IN THE STREETS. THE SILVER CHAIN WILL SNAP, AND THE GOLDEN LAMP WILL FALL AND BREAK; THE ROPE AT THE WELL WILL BREAK, AND THE WATER JAR WILL BE SHATTERED. OUR BODIES WILL RETURN TO THE DUST OF THE EARTH, AND THE BREATH OF LIFE WILL GO BACK TO GOD, WHO GAVE IT TO US. USELESS, USELESS, SAID THE PHILOSOPHER. IT IS ALL USELESS.'

(4) When you are a beautiful lady/woman and God is in you, your male spouse or husband will see an undeniable love in you whether he appreciates and/or acknowledge it or not because God is Love.

According to Song of songs 1: 15
'HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE , MY LOVE, HOW YOUR EYES SHINE WITH LOVE!'

(5) A woman's beauty is cool, nice and wonderful for the eyes to behold but the inner beauty which God's attributes/the fruits of the Holy Spirit blesses her with, makes her outer beauty exceptional amongst other women. It is the Almighty God that lives in you as a beautiful woman that can give you the Grace to talk to your good husband kindly and gently, and, most especially, to support and encourage him too. Women are in a very competitive zone with their fellow women for a man because men have to carefully choose their bride/wife as the Holy Bible says.

According to Sirach 36: 21-24
'A WOMAN HAS TO TAKE ANY MAN AS A HUSBAND, BUT A MAN MUST CHOOSE HIS WIFE CAREFULLY. A WOMAN'S BEAUTY MAKES A MAN HAPPY; THERE IS NO FAIRER SIGHT FOR THE HUMAN EYE TO SEE. IF THE WOMAN IS KIND AND GENTLE IN HER SPEECH, HER HUSBAND IS THE MOST FORTUNATE OF MEN. WHEN A MAN MARRIES , HE GETS THE FINEST THING HE WILL EVER HAVE - A WIFE TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE HIM.'

(6) Outer Beauty attracts both good and unworthy men whether rich or poor at the same time but beautiful ladies/women still need to pray and acknowledge God for Him to save them even when all hope seems to be lost in a wicked frame up and any other ugly situation in this life. As a woman, in all you do, choose God and His good ways without a second thought. Always fear God, not man. He will always send you helpers if and when you need them as a true child of God Almighty.

(a) The Two Judges who framed and wrongly convicted innocent Susanna were very horrible and useless men. 

Note that: 
(I) As a woman, you don't need to die or lose God because of lying, useless, inconsiderate, worthless, marriage wrecking and wicked men like these two guilty Judges as described in the Book of Susanna. Prayers (whether sorrowful or not) to God Almighty is the key to the solution for reducing such evil men to absolute zero/nothing.

(II) The older men who should lead by example for the younger men to learn from are actually the worst of all sexual perverts. Instead, the good younger men are now the ones trying to teach the older ones how to behave well with women. What a stupid way to live a life!!! Great caution is highly recommended for all beautiful women, both old and young.

According to Susanna 1: 1-26
'IN BABYLON THERE LIVED A MAN NAMED JOAKIM, WHO WAS MARRIED TO SUSANNA, DAUGHTER OF HILKIAH. SUSANNA WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND DEEPLY RELIGIOUS. HER PARENTS WERE DEVOUT JEWS WHO HAD BROUGHT UP THEIR DAUGHTER TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES. HER HUSBAND JOAKIM WAS VERY WEALTHY. LOVELY GARDENS SURROUNDED HIS HOUSE, AND THE OTHER JEWS OFTEN GATHERED THERE FOR  MEETINGS, BECAUSE THEY ALL THOUGHT SO HIGHLY OF HIM. EVERYONE WHO HAD A LEGAL CASE TO PRESENT WOULD ALSO GO TO JOAKIM'S HOUSE, WHERE TWO JUDGES HELD COURT. THESE TWO LEADERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAD RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED TO OFFICE. THEY WERE THE ONES ABOUT WHOM THE LORD SAID, "THERE IS WICKEDNESS IN BABYLON; JUDGES ARE FAILING TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO THE PEOPLE." EVERY DAY AT NOON, WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE LEFT FOR LUNCH, SUSANNA USED TO TAKE A WALK IN THE GARDENS. THE TWO JUDGES WERE SO ATTRACTED TO HER THAT THEY WOULD WAIT ABOUT AND WATCH FOR HER. THEY BECAME SO OBSESSED WITH THEIR DESIRE FOR HER THAT THEY LOST INTEREST BOTH IN PRAYER AND IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS JUDGES. THEY EACH WANTED SUSANNA, BUT NEITHER TOLD THE OTHER HOW HE FELT, FOR EACH WAS ASHAMED TO ADMIT HIS LUST. SO DAY AFTER DAY THEY WATCHED EAGERLY TO CATCH SIGHT OF HER. ONE DAY AT NOON THEY SAID TO EACH OTHER, "IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH; LET'S GO HOME." SO THEY BOTH LEFT AND WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, BUT SOON EACH ONE CAME BACK FOR A LOOK AT SUSANNA, AND BY ACCIDENT THEY MET EACH OTHER. AT FIRST EACH TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE, BUT FINALLY THEY BOTH CONFESSED THEIR DESIRE FOR SUSANNA. THEY DECIDED TO WATCH FOR A TIME WHEN THEY MIGHT FIND HER ALONE. SO THEY KEPT WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY. ONE DAY SUSANNA WENT INTO THE GARDEN AS USUAL WITH HER TWO SERVANT GIRLS. NO ONE ELSE WAS THERE, EXCEPT THE TWO JUDGES, WHO HAD HIDDEN AND WERE WATCHING SUSANNA. IT WAS VERY HOT AND SHE  DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH. SO SHE SAID TO HER SERVANTS, "BRING ME SOME BATH OIL AND SOME PERFUME, AND LOCK THE GATES , SO THAT I WON'T BE DISTURBED. THE SERVANTS LOCKED THE MAIN GATES AND WENT OUT BY THE SIDE DOOR TO GET WHAT SUSANNA HAD ASKED FOR. THEY DID NOT NOTICE THE TWO MEN. AS SOON AS THE SERVANTS HAD LEFT, THE TWO JUDGES JUMPED OUT FROM THEIR HIDING PLACE, RAN TO SUSANNA, AND SAID TO HER, "THE GATES ARE LOCKED AND NO ONE WILL SEE US. WE ARE BURNING TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU, SO GIVE US WHAT WE WANT. IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL GO TO COURT AND SWEAR THAT WE SAW YOU SEND YOUR SERVANTS AWAY, SO THAT YOU COULD BE ALONE WITH A YOUNG MAN." "THERE IS NO WAY OUT," SUSANNA MOANED, "IF I GIVE IN TO YOU, I COULD BE PUT TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY. IF I REFUSE, YOU WILL STILL HAVE ME TRAPPED. BUT I WOULD RATHER BE YOUR INNOCENT VICTIM THAN SIN AGAINST THE LORD." SO SHE STARTED SCREAMING AS LOUD AS SHE COULD, AND THE TWO JUDGES BEGAN SHOUTING ACCUSATIONS, WHILE ONE OF THEM RAN AND UNLOCKED THE GATES. AS SOON AS THE SERVANTS IN THE HOUSE HEARD ALL THE NOISE, THEY RAN INTO THE GARDENS THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO SUSANNA. THE JUDGES TOLD THEIR STORY, AND THE SERVANTS WERE SHOCKED AND ASHAMED. SUCH A THING HAD NEVER BEEN SAID ABOUT SUSANNA.'


(b) Daniel who helped save Susanna was a good man. One of the reasons why Daniel got them easily by the power and grace of God was that even if they later wanted to say or appeal that studying and knowing tree was not their specialty, so, they could not recognize the type of tree, they could never go scot-free because one of these two wicked guilty judges said that the supposed tree under which they claimed that they saw Susanna having sex with a young man who was not her husband was a small tree while the other judge said the tree was a large tree. Daniel was truly a wise young man to come up with such a skillful and intelligent question by God's Heavenly Grace.

According to Susanna 1: 42-64
'THEN SUSANNA CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, "ETERNAL GOD, NOTHING CAN BE KEPT SECRET FROM YOU; YOU KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. HERE I AM ABOUT TO DIE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT I AM INNOCENT, THAT THESE MEN ARE LYING. WHY MUST I DIE?" THE LORD HEARD HER PRAYER AND LED A YOUNG MAN NAMED DANIEL TO SPEAK OUT, JUST AS SUSANNA WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY TO HER DEATH. HE SHOUTED, "I REFUSE TO BE A PARTY TO HER DEATH!" EVERYONE TURNED ROUND TO LOOK AT HIM AND ASKED, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" DANIEL STOOD UP BEFORE THEM AND SAID, "PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, HOW FOOLISH CAN YOU BE? ARE YOU GOING TO CONDEMN AN ISRAELITE WOMAN TO DEATH ON THIS KIND OF EVIDENCE? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH. REOPEN THE CASE. THE TESTIMONY THESE MEN GAVE WAS A LIE." SO ALL THE PEOPLE HURRIED BACK TO WHERE THE TRIAL HAD TAKEN PLACE, AND THE OFFICIALS SAID TO DANIEL, "GOD HAS GIVEN YOU WISDOM BEYOND YOUR YEARS, SO COME AND JOIN US AND EXPLAIN TO US WHAT YOU MEAN." DANIEL SAID TO THEM, "SEPARATE THE TWO JUDGES, AND LET ME QUESTION THEM ONE AT A TIME." THEN DANIEL CALLED THE FIRST JUDGE AND SAID, "YOU WICKED OLD MAN, NOW YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR ALL THE SINS YOU HAVE COMMITTED. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING UNJUST SENTENCES. YOU HAVE CONDEMNED THE INNOCENT AND RELEASED THE GUILTY, EVEN THOUGH THE LORD HAS SAID, 'DO NOT PUT AN INNOCENT PERSON TO DEATH.' NOW IF YOU REALLY DID SEE THIS COUPLE MAKING LOVE, TELL ME, WHAT TREE WERE THEY UNDER?" "UNDER A SMALL GUM TREE," HE ANSWERED. DANIEL SAID, "RIGHT! THAT LIE WILL COST YOU YOUR LIFE. GOD'S ANGEL HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN ORDERS TO CHOP YOU IN TWO." THEN THE FIRST JUDGE WAS LED AWAY AND THE SECOND ONE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE DANIEL. "YOU ARE MORE LIKE A CANAANITE THAN A JEW," DANIEL SAID TO HIM. THIS WOMAN'S BEAUTY HAS WARPED YOUR JUDGEMENT AND LUST HAS CORRUPTED YOUR THINKING. YOU ARE USED TO HAVING YOUR WAY WITH WOMEN OF ISRAEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF YOU, BUT HERE IS A JEWISH WOMAN, AND SHE WOULD NOT GIVE IN. NOW, TELL ME WHAT TREE YOU SAW THEM UNDER." "UNDER A LARGE OAK TREE, " HE ANSWERED. DANIEL SAID, "RIGHT! THAT LIE WILL COST YOU YOUR LIFE; GOD'S ANGEL IS WAITING WITH HIS SWORD IN HIS HAND, READY TO CUT YOU IN TWO. THEN WE SHALL BE RID OF YOU BOTH." THEN ALL THE PEOPLE SHOUTED AND PRAISED GOD, WHO SAVES THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM. THEY TURNED AGAINST THE TWO JUDGES BECAUSE DANIEL HAD PROVED THAT THEY HAD LIED UNDER OATH. THE LAW OF MOSES STATES THAT PEOPLE WHO GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME PUNISHMENT THAT THE ACCUSED PERSON WOULD HAVE RECEIVED. AND SO THE TWO JUDGES WERE PUT TO DEATH, AND THE LIFE OF AN INNOCENT WOMAN WAS SAVED. SUSANNA'S PARENTS, HER HUSBAND, AND ALL HER RELATIVES PRAISED GOD BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN PROVED INNOCENT OF THE CHARGES. FROM THAT DAY ON, DANIEL WAS HELD IN HIGH REGARD.'



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PRAISE THE LORD! HALLELUJAH!! AMEN!!!

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19.3.23

Joseph of ARIMATHEA (The Rich Honourable man that took and buried Jesus Christ's dead body): Read and what's your view

Joseph of ARIMATHEA (The Rich Honourable man that took and buried Jesus Christ's dead body): Read and what's your view

(1) Joseph of Arimathea was not one of the known twelve disciples (known twelve apostles) of Jesus Christ. But the Holy Bible acknowledged him as a disciple of Jesus Christ. He was possibly a hidden disciple based on this Bible passages below.

According to Matthew 27: 57-61

'WHEN IT WAS EVENING, A RICH MAN FROM ARIMATHEA ARRIVED; HIS NAME WAS JOSEPH, AND HE ALSO WAS A DISCIPLE OF JESUS. HE WENT INTO THE PRESENCE OF PILATE AND ASKED FOR THE BODY OF JESUS. PILATE GAVE ORDERS FOR THE BODY TO BE GIVEN TO JOSEPH. SO JOSEPH TOOK IT, WRAPPED IT IN A NEW LINEN SHEET, AND PLACED IT IN HIS OWN TOMB, WHICH HE HAD JUST RECENTLY DUG OUT OF SOLID ROCK. THEN HE ROLLED A LARGE STONE ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB AND WENT AWAY. MARY MAGDALENE AND THE OTHER MARY WERE SITTING THERE, FACING THE TOMB.'

(2) Joseph of Arimathea was a respected member of the council (the same council that was part of those that lied against and crucified Jesus Christ) which was the more reason his discipleship must have been hidden. 
Note that: The Holy Bible states that Joseph of Arimathea never supported the evil men in council against JESUS CHRIST.

According to Mark 15: 42-47
'IT WAS TOWARDS EVENING WHEN JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA ARRIVED. HE WAS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, WHO WAS  WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IT WAS PREPARATION DAY(THAT IS, THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH), SO JOSEPH WENT BOLDLY INTO THE PRESENCE OF PILATE AND ASKED HIM FOR THE BODY OF JESUS. PILATE WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT JESUS WAS ALREADY DEAD. HE CALLED THE ARMY OFFICER AND ASKED HIM IF JESUS HAD BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME. AFTER HEARING THE OFFICER'S REPORT, PILATE TOLD JOSEPH HE COULD HAVE THE BODY. JOSEPH BOUGHT A LINEN SHEET, TOOK THE BODY DOWN, WRAPPED IT IN THE SHEET, AND PLACED IT IN A TOMB WHICH HAD BEEN DUG OUT OF SOLID ROCK. THEN HE ROLLED A LARGE STONE ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB. MARY MAGDALENE AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JOSEPH WERE WATCHING AND SAW WHERE THE BODY OF JESUS WAS PLACED.'

(3) The Holy Bible insists that Joseph of Arimathea's main goal in life was to keep waiting for the Kingdom of God (Heaven) irrespective of all his great riches. This means that all Joseph of Arimathea ever did in his life on earth at that time, he did to make Heaven.

According to Matthew 27: 57
'WHEN IT WAS EVENING, A RICH MAN FROM ARIMATHEA ARRIVED; HIS NAME WAS JOSEPH, AND HE ALSO WAS A DISCIPLE OF JESUS.'

According to Mark 15: 42
'IT WAS TOWARDS EVENING WHEN JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA ARRIVED. HE WAS A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'

According to Luke: 23: 50
'THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JOSEPH FROM ARIMATHEA, A TOWN IN JUDEA. HE WAS A GOOD AND HONOURABLE MAN, WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.'

According to John 19:38
'AFTER THIS, JOSEPH WHO WAS FROM THE TOWN OF ARIMATHEA, ASKED PILATE IF HE COULD TAKE JESUS' BODY. (JOSEPH WAS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, BUT IN SECRET, BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES.) PILATE TOLD HIM HE COULD HAVE THE BODY, SO JOSEPH WENT AND TOOK IT AWAY.'

(4) The Holy Book of John confirmed that Joseph of Arimathea was a secret member of the household of God won through our Lord Jesus Christ. Not everyone knew about this and, possibly, not all of the twelve (12) apostles knew of his discipleship. The Holy Bible still confirmed him a disciple of Christ Jesus but a secret/hidden one. "JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA" seems not to be the only secret rich disciple of Jesus Christ, there was another man called "NICODEMUS." NICODEMUS went there twice to see and possibly inspect Jesus Christ's dead body.

The two consecutive times Nicodemus went to see Jesus dead body that was in Pontius Pilate's custodyπŸ‘‡πŸΌ:
(a) Only him (Nicodemus) earlier that same night.
(b) Later that same night he (Nicodemus) went with Joseph of Arimathea

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND NICODEMUS EACH CONTRIBUTED EXPENSIVE ITEMS FOR THE BURIAL OF JESUS CHRIST'S DEAD BODY:
(i) Joseph of Arimathea donated the New unused tomb he dug out of a solid Rock and a new linen
(ii) Nicodemus donated 30 KILOGRAMMES of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes.

Note that upon Jesus Christ birth, he got a gift of myrrh from one of the three wise men and upon his death he got the gift of myrrh from one of the three rich men. Myrrh! Myrrh!!

According to John 19: 38-43
'AFTER THIS, JOSEPH WHO WAS FROM THE TOWN OF ARIMATHEA, ASKED PILATE IF HE COULD TAKE JESUS' BODY. (JOSEPH WAS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, BUT IN SECRET, BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES.) PILATE TOLD HIM HE COULD HAVE THE BODY, SO JOSEPH WENT AND TOOK IT AWAY. NICODEMUS, WHO AT FIRST HAD GONE TO SEE JESUS AT NIGHT, WENT WITH JOSEPH, TAKING WITH HIM ABOUT 30 KILOGRAMMES OF SPICES, A MIXTURE OF MYRRH AND ALOES. THE TWO MEN TOOK JESUS' BODY AND WRAPPED IT IN LINEN WITH THE SPICES ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH CUSTOM OF PREPARING A BODY FOR BURIAL. THERE WAS A GARDEN IN THE PLACE WHERE JESUS HAD BEEN PUT TO DEATH, AND IN IT THERE WAS A NEW TOMB WHERE NO ONE HAD EVER BEEN BURIED. SINCE IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH AND BECAUSE THE TOMB WAS CLOSE BY, THEY PLACED JESUS' BODY THERE.'

(5) This is a confirmation that with Jesus Christ (God, the Son), your good secret is safe. Even if it seems displeasing to your high class, peers, work colleagues or staff members, present fellow religion people etc, God loves and accepts you. That's all that matters.

According to John 19:38
'AFTER THIS, JOSEPH WHO WAS FROM THE TOWN OF ARIMATHEA, ASKED PILATE IF HE COULD TAKE JESUS' BODY. (JOSEPH WAS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, BUT IN SECRET, BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES.) PILATE TOLD HIM HE COULD HAVE THE BODY, SO JOSEPH WENT AND TOOK IT AWAY.'

(6) Pontius Pilate would have not handed over Jesus Christ's dead body to Joseph of Arimathea if he knew that he was a hidden disciple of Jesus Christ because their main evil plan after Jesus Christ died on the Holy Cross of Calvary was to make sure that no disciple of Jesus Christ came near his body or his tomb/grave. This was because they wickedly claimed that the disciples of Jesus Christ planned to steal His body on the third day and then now confuse the public by lying that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day. Anyway, the Good news still remains the truth that Jesus Christ still rose from the dead on the third day after His death on the Holy Cross of Calvary. 

NOTE THAT THESE PHARISEES DARED TO CALL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST A LIAR BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD WHEN HE WAS STILL LIVING AMONGST US AS A MAN (A FULL FLESHED HUMAN BEING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE BACK THEN).

According to Matthew 27: 62-66
'THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS A SABBATH, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES MET WITH PILATE AND SAID, "SIR, WE REMEMBER THAT WHILE THAT LIAR WAS STILL ALIVE HE SAID, "I WILL BE RAISED TO LIFE THREE DAYS LATER.' GIVE ORDERS, THEN, FOR HIS TOMB TO BE CAREFULLY GUARDED UNTIL THE THIRD DAY, SO THAT HIS DISCIPLES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO AND STEAL THE BODY, AND THEN TELL THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS RAISED FROM DEATH. THIS LAST LIE WOULD BE EVEN WORSE THAN THE FIRST ONE." "TAKE A GUARD," PILATE TOLD THEM; " GO AND MAKE THE TOMB AS SECURE AS YOU CAN." SO THEY LEFT AND MADE THE TOMB SECURE BY PUTTING A SEAL ON THE STONE AND LEAVING THE GUARD ON WATCH.'



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HALLELUJAH!!!!

AMEN!!!!!!


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Daniel, the Dreamer and Interpreter: Read and what's your view

Daniel, the Dreamer and Interpreter: Read and what's your view

(1) Daniel was a handsome and very intelligent royal/noble blood of Jerusalem before he was captured by King Nebuchadnezzar. He was taught the Babylonian language alongside Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.

According to Daniel 1: 1-4
'IN THE THIRD YEAR THAT JEHOIAKIM WAS KING OF JUDAH, KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR OF BABYLONIA ATTACKED JERUSALEM AND SURROUNDED THE CITY. THE LORD LET HIM CAPTURE KING JEHOIAKIM AND SEIZE SOME PRISONERS BACK WITH HIM TO THE TEMPLE OF HIS GODS IN BABYLON, AND PUT THE CAPTURED TREASURES IN THE TEMPLE STOREROOMS. THE KING ORDERED ASHPENAZ, HIS CHIEF OFFICIAL, TO SELECT FROM AMONG THE ISRAELITE EXILES SOME YOUNG MEN OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND OF THE NOBLE FAMILIES. THEY HAD TO BE HANDSOME, INTELLIGENT, WELL-TRAINED, QUICK TO LEARN, AND FREE FROM PHYSICAL DEFECTS, SO THAT THEY WOULDBE QUALIFIED TO SERVE IN THE ROYAL COURT, ASHPENAZ WAS TO TEACH THEM TO READ AND WRITE THE BABYLONIAN LANGUAGE.'

(2) Daniel and his friends/companions were all from "THE TRIBE OF JUDAH." They were renamed to have Babylonian names as shown below πŸ‘‡: 
(a) Daniel was renamed Belteshazzar (a babylonian name)
(b) Hananiah was renamed to Shedrach (a babylonian name)
(c) Mishael was renamed  Meshach (a babylonian name)
(d) Azariah was renamed Abednego (a babylonian name)

According to Daniel 1:5-7
'THE KING ALSO GAVE ORDERS THAT EVERY DAY THEY WERE TO BE GIVEN THE SAME FOOD AND WINE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL COURT. AFTER THREE YEARS OF TRAINING THEY WERE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE KING. AMONG THOSE CHOSEN WERE DANIEL, HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH, ALL OF WHOM WERE FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. THE CHIEF OFFICIAL GAVE THEM NEW NAMES: BELTESHAZZAR, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.'

(3) At that time, the four of them (Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah) followed the Laws of God totally, especially, the Laws of God concerning Babylonian and Jewish food. God blessed them for doing this, most especially, Daniel.
(a) Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach) and, Azariah (Abednego) all had knowledge and skills in Literature and philosophy only
(b) Daniel (Belteshazzar) had four skills. He had knowledge and skills in:
(I) Literature
(II) Philosophy
(III) Interpreting dreams and visions.

According to Daniel 1: 8-17
'DANIEL MADE UP HIS MIND NOT TO LET HIMSELF BECOME RITUALLY UNCLEAN BY EATING THE FOOD AND DRINKING THE WINE OF THE ROYAL COURT, SO HE ASKED ASHPENAZ TO HELP HIM, AND GOD MADE ASHPENAZ SYMPATHETIC TO DANIEL. ASHPENAZ, HOWEVER, WAS AFRAID OF THE KING, SO HE SAID TO DANIEL, "THE KING HAS DECIDED WHAT YOU ARE TO EAT AND DRINK, AND IF YOU DON'T LOOK AS FIT AS THE OTHER YOUNG MEN, HE MAY KILL ME." SO DANIEL WENT TO THE GUARD WHOM ASHPENAZ HAD PLACED IN CHARGE OF HIM AND HIS THREE FRIENDS. "TEST US FOR TEN DAY," HE SAID. "GIVE US VEGETABLES TO EAT AND WATER TO DRINK. THEN COMPARE US WITH THE YOUNG MEN WHO ARE EATING THE FOOD OF THE ROYAL COURT, AND BASE YOUR DECISION ON HOW WE LOOK." HE AGREED TO LET THEM TRY IT FOR TEN DAYS. WHEN THE TIME WAS UP, THEY LOOKED HEALTHIER AND STRONGER THAN ALL THOSE WHO HAD BEEN EATING THE ROYAL FOOD. SO FROM THEN ON THE GUARD LET THEM CONTINUE TO EAT VEGETABLES INSTEAD OF WHAT THE KING PROVIDED. GOD GAVE THE FOUR YOUNG MEN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY. IN ADDITION, HE GAVE DANIEL SKILL IN INTERPRETING VISIONS AND DREAMS.'

(4) They became members of the royal cabinet/court (the king's court) because of their very high performances. Daniel, mainly, served two Babylonian kings called πŸ‘‡:
(a) King Nebuchadnezzar who conquered Jerusalem under the rule of king Jehoiakim and captured him alongside his three friends/companions.
(b) King Cyrus who conquered Babylonia under King Nebuchadnezzar's rule.

According to Daniel 1: 18-21
'AT THE END OF THE THREE YEARS SET BY THE KING, ASHPENAZ TOOK ALL THE YOUNG MEN TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR. THE  KING TALKED WITH THEM ALL, AND DANIEL, HANANIAH, MISHAEL AND AZARIAH IMPRESSED HIM MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS. SO THEY BECAME MEMBERS OF THE KING'S COURT. NO MATTER WHAT QUESTION THE KING ASKED, OR WHAT PROBLEM HE RAISED , THESE FOUR KNEW TEN TIMES MORE THAN ANY FORTUNE TELLER OR MAGICIAN IN HIS WHOLE KINGDOM. DANIEL REMAINED AT THE ROYAL COURT UNTIL CYRUS THE EMPEROR OF PERSIA CONQUERED BABYLONIA.' 

(5) King Nebuchadnezzar dreamt and was very concerned and worried about this dream that he couldn't sleep and was ready to kill all his special advisers including Daniel and his three Godly friends unless the tell him his exact dream and interprete it correctly too.

According to Daniel 2:1-9
IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS KING, HE HAD A DREAM. IT WORRIED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE COULDN'T SLEEP, SO HE SENT FOR HIS FORTUNE TELLERS, HIS MAGICIANS, SORCERERS, AND WIZARDS TO COME AND EXPLAIN THE DREAM TO HIM. WHEN THEY CAME AND STOOD BEFORE THE KING, HE SAID TO THEM, "I'M WORRIED ABOUT A DREAM I HAVE HAD. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS." THEY ANSWERED THE KING IN ARAMAIC, "MAY YOUR MAJESTY LIVE FOR EVER! TELL US YOUR DREAM, AND WE WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU." THE KING SAID TO THEM, "I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND THAT YOU MUST TELL ME THE DREAM AND THEN TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS." THEY ANSWERED THE KING AGAIN, "IF YOUR MAJESTY WILL ONLY TELL US WHAT THE DREAM WAS, WE WILL EXPLAIN IT." AT THAT, THE KING EXCLAIMED, "JUST AS I THOUGHT! YOU ARE TRYING TO GAIN TIME, BECAUSE YOU SEE THAT I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO GIVE ALL OF YOU THE SAME PUNISHMENT IF YOU DON'T TELL ME THE DREAM. YOU HAVE AGREED AMONG YOURSELVES TO GO ON TELLING ME LIES BECAUSE YOU HOPE THAT IN TIME THINGS WILL CHANGE. TELL ME WHAT THE DREAM WAS, AND THEN I WILL KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALSO TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS."


(6) God of Heaven (that is, Almighty God) showed King Nebuchadnezzar's dream to Daniel at night after praying with his three friends (Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah) that day to Him.

According to Daniel 2:14-23
'THEN DANIEL WENT TO ARIOCH, COMMANDER OF THE KING'S BODYGUARD, WHO HAD BEEN ORDERED TO CARRY OUT  THE EXECUTION. CHOOSING HIS WORDS CAREFULLY, HE ASKED ARIOCH WHY THE KING HAD ISSUED SUCH A HARSH ORDER. SO ARIOCH TOLD DANIEL WHAT HAD HAPPENED. DANIEL WENT AT ONCE AND OBTAINED ROYAL PERMISSION FOR MORE TIME, SO THAT HE COULD TELL THE KING WHAT THE DREAM MEANT. THEN DANIEL WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS FRIENDS HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE TOLD THEM TO PRAY TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN FOR MERCY AND TO ASK HIM TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY TO THEM SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE KILLED ALONG WITH THE OTHER ADVISERS IN BABYLON. THEN THAT SAME NIGHT THE MYSTERY WAS REVEALED TO DANIEL IN A VISION, AND HE PRAISED THE GOD OF HEAVEN: "GOD IS WISE AND POWERFUL! PRAISE HIM FOREVER AND EVER. HE CONTROLS THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS; HE MAKES AND UNMAKES KINGS; IT IS HE WHO GIVES WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. HE REVEALS THINGS  THAT ARE DEEP AND SECRET; HE KNOWS WHAT IS HIDDEN IN DARKNESS, AND HE HIMSELF IS SURROUNDED BY LIGHT. I PRAISE YOU AND HONOUR YOU, GOD OF MY ANCESTORS. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME WISDOM AND STRENGTH; YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY PRAYER AND SHOWN US WHAT TO TELL THE KING."

(7) The interpretation of the dream shown to Daniel by God of Heaven (that is, Almighty God) was shared with King Nebuchadnezzar by him.

According to Daniel 2: 26-28
THE KING SAID TO DANIEL (WHO WAS ALSO CALLED BELTESHAZZAR), "CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I DREAMT AND WHAT IT MEANS?" DANIEL REPLIED, "YOUR MAJESTY, THERE IS NO WIZARD, MAGICIAN, FORTUNE TELLER, OR ASTROLOGER WHO CAN TELL YOU THAT. BUT THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO REVEALS MYSTERIES. HE HAS INFORMED YOUR MAJESTY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. NOW I WILL TELL YOU THE DREAM, THE VISION YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE ASLEEP.

According to Daniel 2: 36-49
'THIS WAS THE DREAM. NOW I WILL TELL YOUR MAJESTY WHAT IT MEANS. YOUR MAJESTY, YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL KINGS. THE GOD OF HEAVEN HAS MADE YOU EMPEROR AND GIVEN YOU POWER, MIGHT AND HONOUR. HE HAS MADE YOU RULER OF ALL THE INHABITED EARTH AND RULER OVER ALL THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS. YOU ARE THE HEAD OF GOLD. AFTER YOU THERE WILL BE ANOTHER EMPIRE, NOT AS GREAT AS YOURS, AND AFTER THAT A THIRD, AN EMPIRE OF BRONZE, WHICH WILL RULE THE WHOLE EARTH. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A FOURTH EMPIRE, AS STRONG AS IRON, WHICH SHATTERS AND BREAKS EVERYTHING. AND JUST AS IRON SHATTERS EVERYTHING, IT WILL SHATTER AND CRUSH ALL THE EMPIRES. YOU ALSO SAW THAT THE FEET AND THE TOES WERE PARTLY CLAY AND PARTLY IRON. THIS MEANS THAT IT WILL BE A DIVIDED EMPIRE. IT WILL HAVE SOMETHING OF THE STRENGTH OF IRON, BECAUSE THERE WAS IRON MIXED WITH THE CLAY. THE TOES - PARTLY IRON AND PARTLY CLAY - MEAN THAT PART OF THE EMPIRE WILL BE STRONG AND PART OF IT WEAK. YOU ALSO SAW THAT THE IRON WAS MIXED WITH THE CLAY. THIS MEANS THAT THE RULERS OF THAT EMPIRE WILL TRY TO UNITE THEIR FAMILIES BY INTERMARRIAGE, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, ANY MORE THAN IRON CAN MIX WITH CLAY. AT THE TIME OF THOSE RULERS THE GOD OF HEAVEN WILL ESTABLISH A KINGDOM THAT WILL NEVER END. IT WILL NEVER BE CONQUERED, BUT WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY ALL THOSE EMPIRES, AND THEN LAST FOR EVER. YOU SAW HOW A STONE BROKE LOOSE FROM A CLIFF WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING IT AND HOW IT STRUCK THE STATUE MADE OF IRON, BRONZE, CLAY, SILVER, AND GOLD. THE GREAT GOD IS TELLING YOUR MAJESTY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU DREAMT, AND HAVE GIVEN YOU THE TRUE MEANING." THEN KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR BOWED TO THE GROUND AND GAVE ORDERS FOR SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS TO BE MADE TO DANIEL. THE KING SAID, "YOUR GOD IS THE GREATEST OF ALL GODS, THE LORD OVER KINGS, AND THE ONE WHO REVEALS MYSTERIES. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY." THEN HE GAVE DANIEL A HIGH POSITION, PRESENTED HIM WITH MANY SPLENDID GIFTS, PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON, AND MADE HIM THE HEAD OF ALL THE ROYAL ADVISERS. AT DANIEL'S REQUEST THE KING PUT SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO IN CHARGE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON; DANIEL, HOWEVER, REMAINED AT THE ROYAL COURT.


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18.3.23

God, The Mighty Man in Battle (STORY TIME): Read and what's your view

God, The Mighty Man in Battle (STORY TIME): Read and what's your view

(1) The mourning widow Judith cut off the head of the wicked Assyrian General Holofernes (who was a threat to her people) by the Grace, Strength and Power of God through night prayers and also praying silently while carrying out the exceptional action of cutting his head when she was alone with him. She took the head to her people for them to see and praise the Name of God Almighty who gave them great victory while on the verge of a battle to the amazement of many men. She also achieved this by following God's commandment (in the olden days Before Christ) even while with Holofernes. People must learn that you don't just go around threatening the True children of God. God is still God.

According to Judith 13: 1-17
'FINALLY WHEN IT GOT LATE, THE GUESTS EXCUSED THEMSELVES AND LEFT. BAGOAS THEN CLOSED UP THE TENT FROM THE OUTSIDE AND PREVENTED HOLOFERNES' SERVANTS FROM GOING IN. SO THEY ALL WENT TO BED; EVERYONE WAS VERY TIRED BECAUSE THE BANQUET HAS LASTED SO LONG. JUDITH WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE TENT WITH HOLOFERNES WHO WAS LYING DRUNK ON HIS BED. JUDITH'S SLAVE WOMAN WAS WAITING OUTSIDE THE TENT FOR JUDITH TO GO AND PRAY, AS SHE HAD DONE EACH NIGHT. JUDITH HAD ALSO TOLD BAGOAS THAT SHE WOULD BE GOING OUT TO PRAY AS USUAL. ALL THE GUESTS AND SERVANTS WERE NOW GONE, AND JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES WERE ALONE IN THE TENT. JUDITH STOOD BY HOLOFERNES' BED AND PRAYED SILENTLY, "O LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, HELP ME WITH WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO FOR THE GLORY OF JERUSALEM. NOW IS THE TIME TO RESCUE YOUR CHOSEN PEOPLE AND TO HELP ME CARRY OUT MY PLAN TO DESTROY THE ENEMIES WHO ARE THREATENING US." JUDITH WENT TO THE BED POST BY HOLOFERNES' HEAD AND TOOK DOWN HIS SWORD. SHE CAME CLOSER, SEIZED HOLOFERNES BY THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD, AND SAID, "O LORD, GOD OF ISRAEL, GIVE ME STRENGTH NOW." THEN JUDITH RAISED THE SWORD AND STRUCK HIM TWICE ON THE NECK AS HARD AS SHE COULD, CHOPPING OFF HIS HEAD. SHE ROLLED HIS BODY OFF THE BED AND TOOK DOWN THE BED AND TOOK DOWN THE MOSQUITO NET FROM THE BEDPOSTS. THEN SHE CAME OUT AND GAVE HOLOFERNES' HEAD TO HER SLAVE, WHO PUT IT IN THE FOOD BAG. THEN THE TWO WOMEN LEFT TOGETHER, AS THEY ALWAYS DID WHEN THEY WENT TO PRAY. AFTER THEY HAD WALKED THROUGH THE ASSYRIAN CAMP, THEY CROSSED THE VALLEY AND WENT UP THE MOUNTAINSIDE UNTIL THEY CAME TO GATES OF BETHULIA. WHEN THEY WERE A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, JUDITH CALLED OUT TO THE GUARDS AT THE GATE "OPEN THE GATE! OPEN THE GATE! OUR GOD IS STILL WITH US. TODAY HE HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN HIS STRENGTH IN ISRAEL AND USED HIS POWER AGAINST OUR ENEMIES." WHEN THE MEN HEARD HER VOICE, THEY HURRIED DOWN TO THE GATES AND CALLED FOR THE TOWN OFFICIALS. EVERYONE, YOUNG AND OLD, RAN TOGETHER TO THE GATE. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE THAT JUDITH HAD COME BACK. THEY OPENED THE GATE FOR HER AND HER SLAVE AND WELCOMED THEM. THEN, WHEN THEY HAD LIT A FIRE TO GIVE SOME LIGHT AND HAD GATHERED AROUND THE TWO WOMEN, JUDITH SHOUTED, "PRAISE GOD, GIVE HIM PRAISE! PRAISE GOD, WHO HAS NOT HELD BACK HIS MERCY FROM THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. TONIGHT HE HAS USED ME TO DESTROY OUR ENEMIES." SHE THEN TOOK THE HEAD OUT OF THE FOOD BAG AND SHOWED IT TO THE PEOPLE, "HERE," SHE SAID, "IS THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES, THE GENERAL OF THE ASSYRIAN ARMY, AND HERE IS THE MOSQUITO NET FROM HIS BED, WHERE HE LAY IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR. THE LORD HAS USED A WOMAN TO KILL HIM. AS THE LORD LIVES, I SWEAR THAT HOLOFERNES NEVER TOUCHED ME, ALTHOUGH MY BEAUTY DECEIVED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO HIS RUIN. I WAS NOT DEFILED OR DISGRACED; THE LORD TOOK CARE OF ME THROUGH IT ALL." EVERYONE IN THE CITY WAS UTTERLY AMAZED. THEY BOWED DOWN AND WORSHIPPED GOD, PRAYING TOGETHER, "OUR GOD, YOU ARE WORTHY OF GREAT PRAISE. TODAY YOU HAVE TRIUMPHED OVER THE ENEMIES OF YOUR PEOPLE."

(2) The story of Noah and the flood that God used to destroy the evil mankind in the olden days. In this present world, we are all, in a way, the surviving generation of Noah and his saved family members. God hates evil. All the generations of Adam and Eve were destroyed (killed) by the flood sent by God except Noah and his family members who were in the boat (some call it an ark) that Noah built as God directed him. Human beings did a lot of violent things everywhere in those days which prompted God to make such a decision. SIMPLE AND SHORT!

QUESTION: DID YOU NOTICE THAT AT THE AGE OF 600 YEARS, BASED ON THE BIBLE, THE INSTRUCTIONS GOD GAVE NOAH NEVER MENTIONED THAT HE HAD ANY GRANDCHILD AT ALL? 
NOAH HAD: 
(A) A WIFE 
(B) THREE SONS (CALLED SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH) 
(C) HIS SONS' RESPECTIVE WIVES.

ONE OF THE MEANINGS OF THE ABOVE πŸ‘†: IT MEANS THAT NONE OF NOAH'S GRAND CHILDREN EXISTED BEFORE THE WORLD WAS DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD GOD SENT, SO, THEY NEVER SAW THAT VERY WICKED AND EVIL WORLD AND NEVER LEARNT ANYTHING FROM THAT WORLD. ALL THEY LEARNT WAS FROM NOAH, HIS WIFE, HIS SONS AND HIS SONS' WIVES. AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN PASSED THE KNOWLEDGE FORM GENERATION ONTO ANOTHER GENERATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND HERE WE ARE, THE LATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (WE ARE IN THE WORLD BUT WE ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD). SIMPLE THE SHORT!

According to Genesis 6: 9-22; Genesis 7:1-10
'THIS IS THE STORY OF NOAH. HE HAD THREE SONS, SHEM, HAM, JAPHETH. NOAH HAD NO FAULTS AND WAS THE ONLY GOOD MAN OF HIS TIME. HE LIVED IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, BUT EVERYONE ELSE WAS EVIL IN GOD'S SIGHT, AND VIOLENCE HAD SPREAD EVERYWHERE. GOD LOOKED AT THE WORLD AND SAW THAT IT WAS EVIL, FOR THE PEOPLE WERE ALL LIVING EVIL LIVES. GOD SAID TO NOAH, "I HAVE DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO ALL MAN KIND. I WILL DESTROY THEM COMPLETELY, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS FULL OF THEIR VIOLENT DEEDS. BUILD A BOAT FOR YOURSELF OUT OF GOOD TIMBER, MAKE ROOMS IN IT AND COVER IT WITH TAR INSIDE AND OUT. MAKE IT 133 METRES LONG, 22 METRES WIDE, AND 13 METRES HIGH. MAKE A ROOF FOR THE BOAT AND LEAVE A SPACE OF 44 CENTIMETRES BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE SIDES. BUILD IT WITH THREE DECKS AND PUT A DOOR IN THE SIDE. I AM GOING TO SEND A FLOOD ON THE EARTH TO DESTROY EVERY LIVING BEING. EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH WILL DIE, BUT I WILL MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOU. GO INTO THE BOAT WITH YOUR WIFE, YOUR SONS, AND THEIR WIVES. TAKE INTO THE BOAT WITH YOU A MALE AND A FEMALE OF EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND OF EVERY KIND OF BIRD, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. TAKE ALONG ALL KINDS OF FOOD FOR YOU AND FOR THEM. NOAH DID EVERYTHING THAT GOD COMMANDED. THE LORD SAID TO NOAH, "GO INTO THE BOAT WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY; I HAVE FOUND THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE IN ALL THE WORLD WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT. TAKE WITH YOU SEVEN PAIRS OF EACH KIND OF RITUALLY CLEAN ANIMAL, BUT ONLY ONE PAIR OF EACH KIND OF UNCLEAN ANIMAL. TAKE ALSO SEVEN PAIRS OF EACH BIRD. DO THIS SO THAT EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND BIRD WILL BE KEPT ALIVE TO REPRODUCE AGAIN ON THE EARTH. SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW I AM GOING TO SEND RAIN THAT WILL FALL FOR FORTY DAYS AND NIGHTS, IN ORDER TO DESTROY ALL THE LIVING BEINGS THAT I HAVE MADE." AND NOAH DID EVERYTHING THAT THE LORD COMMANDED. NOAH WAS 600 YEARS OLD WHEN THE FLOOD CAME ON THE EARTH. HE AND HIS WIFE, AND HIS SONS AND THEIR WIVES, WENT INTO THE BOAT TO ESCAPE THE FLOOD. A MALE AND FEMALE OF EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL AND BIRD, WHETHER RITUALLY CLEAN OR UNCLEAN, WENT INTO THE BOAT WITH NOAH, AS GOD HAS COMMANDED. SEVEN DAYS LATER THE FLOOD CAME.


(3) Judas finished those who mocked God and His digiligent people in the olden days. Their threat on the people of God led to their death. The priests and the people went into prayers because our Heavenly Father was been mocked by the heathen and they finally saw and felt pepper through Judas, his army of soldiers and their neighbors by the Grace and Mighty Power of God Almighty. Nicanor (the loud mouthed, insulting, not God fearing and boastful man) was the first to be killed on the battlefield before his army was killed. You cannot mock God and His people and go scot free. Stop threatening the true people/children of God as it is not good for your own sake. Its outcome will be bad for you if you threaten the true children of God. God is still God!

QUESTION AND THE LIKELY ANSWER: WHO KNOWS  THIS, CAN ONE SAY THAT ONE LAHK =ONE MILLION IN TODAY'S WORLD? THEN, IF YES, ONE CAN ALSO SAY THAT ONE LAHK EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS THAT ONLY ONE ANGEL OF GOD KILLED, BASED ON THE HOLY BIBLE, IS THE SAME AS ONE MILLION, EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS 😳. JUST SAYING!

According to 1 Maccabees 7: 33-50
'SOME TIME LATER NICANOR WENT TO MOUNT ZION. SOME OF THE PRIESTS LEFT THE TEMPLE AND, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE, WENT TO WELCOME HIM WITH WORDS OF PEACE AND TO SHOW HIM THE BURNT OFFERING THAT WAS BEING SACRIFICED ON BEHALF OF THE KING. BUT HE RIDICULED THEM AND MADE THEM CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN BY SPITTING ON THEM. HE SPOKE PROUDLY AND ANGRILY THREATENED THEM WITH AN OATH, "UNLESS JUDAS AND HIS ARMY ARE SURRENDERED TO ME IMMEDIATELY, I WILL BURN HIS TEMPLE DOWN AS SOON AS I RETURN FROM MY VICTORY." AND HE LEFT IN A RAGE. THE PRIESTS WENT INTO THE COURTYARD AND STOOD FACING THE ALTAR AND THE TEMPLE. THEY STARTED WEEPING AND PRAYED, LORD, YOU CHOSE THIS TEMPLE TO BEAR YOUR NAME AND BE A PLACE OF PRAYER AND INTERCESSION FOR YOUR PEOPLE. NOW, TAKE VENGEANCE ON THIS MAN AND HIS ARMY, LET THEM DIE IN BATTLE. REMEMBER HOW THEY SPOKE EVIL OF YOU, AND LET NONE OF THEM SURVIVE." NICANOR LEFT JERUSALEM AND SET UP HIS HEADQUARTERS AT BETH HORON, WHERE THE SYRIAN ARMY JOINED HIM. MEANWHILE, JUDAS SET UP CAMP AT ADASA WITH THREE THOUSAND MEN. THERE JUDAS PRAYED, "LORD, THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT WHEN A KING SENT MESSENGERS TO INSULT YOU, YOUR ANGEL WENT OUT AND KILLED ONE LAKH EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND OF THEIR SOLDIERS. NOW, IN THE SAME WAY, CRUSH THIS ARMY BEFORE US TODAY AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT NICANOR IS BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE HE INSULTED YOUR HOLY TEMPLE. PUNISH HIM AS HIS WICKEDNESS DESERVES." THE ARMIES MET IN BATTLE ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF ADAR, AND NICANOR'S ARMY WAS DEFEATED. NICANOR HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST TO BE KILLED IN THE BATTLE, AND WHEN HIS SOLDIERS SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD, THEY THREW DOWN THEIR WEAPONS AND FLED. THE JEWS PURSUED THEM ALL DAY LONG FROM ADASA TO GEZER. AS THEY FOLLOWED, THEY KEPT SOUNDING THE CALL TO BATTLE ON THE TRUMPETS, AND FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES OF JUDEA PEOPLE CAME OUT AND ATTACKED THE FLEEING ENEMY FROM THE SIDES. THIS FORCED THEM BACK TOWARDS THE JEWS WHO WERE CHASING THEM AND ALL THE ENEMY WERE KILLED IN THE FIGHT. NOT ONE OF THEM SURVIVED. THE JEWS TOOK THE LOOT AND THEN CUT OFF NICANOR'S HEAD AND HIS RIGHT ARM, WHICH HE HAD EXTENDED SO ARROGANTLY. THEY BROUGHT HIS HEAD AND HIS ARM TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE JERUSALEM. THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING AMONG THE JEWS. THEY SET THAT DAY ASIDE AS A SPECIAL DAY OF CELEBRATION, AND DECREED THAT THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR SHOULD BE OBSERVED AS AN ANNUAL DAY OF CELEBRATION. THERE WAS PEACE IN THE LAND OF JUDEA FOR A LITTLE WHILE.'


(4) The death of the faithful servants/people of God normally leaves a significant mark behind on this earth/world no matter how hard and painful their exit/death might have been. EVEN IN THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF TRUE CHRISTIANS, PEOPLE WILL TESTIFY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THEIR LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOR.
THREE MAIN WOMEN FOLLOWED JESUS CHRIST WHILE HELPING HIM AS THEY COULD THROUGH OUT HIS CROSS JOURNEY:
(A) MARY MAGDALENE (B) MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSEPH
(C) THE WIFE OF ZEBEDEE.

REMEMBER THAT: 

(I) THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE IN THE BIBLE ARE CALLED JAMES AND JOHN.

(II) JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, WHO CARRIED THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS WAS NOT ONE OF THE KNOWN DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST AT THAT TIME. HE WAS A RICH MAN OF THE COUNCIL THAT CONDEMNED AND CRUCIFIED JESUS CHRIST, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE NEVER SUPPORTED THEIR ACTIONS. SO, THE LEAST HE COULD DO WAS TO ASK FOR JESUS DEAD BODY FROM PILATE TO GIVE HIM A BEFITTING BURIAL OF A PROMINENT MAN IN THE SOCIETY. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA USED HIS MONEY, ASSET, AND CONNECTIONS WISELY TO SECURE THIS EVEN IF IT WAS AFTER JESUS' DEATH HE SUMMONED COURAGE AND ACHIEVED IT.

(III) THE DEAD RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE ROSE FROM THE DEAD IMMEDIATELY JESUS CHRIST DIED, PEOPLE SAW THESE RISEN PEOPLE. JESUS CHRIST ROSE THE RIGHTEOUS FROM THE DEAD IMMEDIATELY HE DIED.

(IV) JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD THREE DAYS AFTER HE ROSE THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD.

(V) IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE RESURRECTION OF THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD PEOPLE HAS ALREADY STARTED SINCE THE DEATH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

According to Matthew 27:45-56
'AT NOON THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS COVERED WITH DARKNESS, WHICH LASTED FOR THREE HOURS. AT ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK JESUS CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD SHOUT, ELI, ELI, LEMA SABACHTHANI? WHICH MEANS, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY DID YOU ABANDON ME?" SOME OF THE PEOPLE STANDING THERE HEARD HIM AND SAID, "HE IS CALLING FOR ELIJAH!" ONE OF THEM RAN UP AT ONCE, TOOK A SPONGE, SOAKED IT IN CHEAP WINE, PUT IT ON THE END OF A STICK, AND TRIED TO MAKE HIM DRINK IT. BUT THE OTHERS SAID, "WAIT, LIKE US SEE IF ELIJAH IS COMING TO SAVE HIM!" JESUS AGAIN GAVE A LOUD CRY AND BREATHED HIS LAST. THEN THE CURTAIN HANGING IN THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THE EARTH SHOOK, THE ROCKS SPLIT APART, THE GRAVES BROKE OPEN, AND MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WERE RAISED TO LIFE. THEY LEFT THE GRAVES, AND AFTER JESUS ROSE FROM DEATH, THEY WENT INTO THE HOLY CITY, WHERE MANY PEOPLE SAW THEM. WHEN THE ARMY OFFICER AND THE SOLDIERS WITH HIM WHO WERE WATCHING JESUS SAW THE EARTH-QUAKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED, THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND SAID, "HE REALLY WAS THE SON OF GOD!" THERE WERE MANY WOMEN THERE, LOOKING ON FROM A DISTANCE, WHO HAD FOLLOWED JESUS FROM GALILEE AND HELPED HIM. AMONG THEM WERE MARY MAGDALENE, MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSEPH, AND THE WIFE OF ZEBEDEE.'


According to Luke 23: 44-56
'IT WAS ABOUT TWELVE O'CLOCK WHEN THE SUN STOPPED SHINING AND DARKNESS COVERED THE WHOLE COUNTRY UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK; AND THE CURTAIN HANGING IN THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO. JESUS CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, "FATHER! IN YOUR HANDS I PLACE MY SPIRIT!" HE SAID THIS AND DIED. THE ARMY OFFICER SAW WHAT HAPPENED, AND HE PRAISED GOD, SAYING, CERTAINLY HE WAS A GOOD MAN!" WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO HAD GATHERED THERE TO WATCH THE SPECTACLE SAW WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ALL WENT BACK HOME, BEATING THEIR BREASTS IN SORROW. ALL THOSE WHO KNEW JESUS PERSONALLY, INCLUDING THE WOMEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED HIM FROM GALILEE, STOOD AT A DISTANCE TO WATCH. THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JOSEPH FROM ARIMATHEA, A TOWN IN JUDEA. HE WAS A GOOD AND HONOURABLE MAN, WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ALTHOUGH HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, HE HAD NOT AGREED WITH THEIR DECISION AND ACTION. HE WENT INTO THE PRESENCE OF PILATE AND ASKED FOR THE BODY OF JESUS. THEN HE TOOK THE BODY DOWN, WRAPPED IT IN A LINEN SHEET, AND PLACED IT IN A TOMB WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN USED. IT WAS FRIDAY, AND THE SABBATH WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. THE WOMEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED JESUS FROM GALILEE WENT WITH JOSEPH AND SAW THE TOMB AND HOW JESUS' BODY WAS PLACED IN IT. THEN THEY WENT BACK HOME AND PREPARED THE SPICES AND PERFUMES FOR THE BODY. ON THE SABBATH THEY RESTED, AS THE LAW COMMANDED.'

(5) King Herod (who is an enemy of God) tried to use the Information of the Scriptures (that is, the Word of God) to defeat and kill Jesus Christ (who is the Messiah) upon His birth into this world but God is still God. King Herod failed woefully as He could not kill the baby Jesus Christ even at such a tender age (a less than one year old baby Jesus Christ).

According to Matthew 2: 1-15
'JESUS WAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA, DURING THE TIME WHEN HEROD WAS KING. SOON AFTERWARDS, SOME MEN WHO STUDIED THE STARS CAME FROM THE EAST TO JERUSALEM AND ASKED, "WHERE IS THE BABY BORN TO BE THE KING OF THE JEWS? WE SAW HIS STAR WHEN IT CAME UP IN THE EAST, AND WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM." WHEN KING HEROD HEARD ABOUT THIS HE WAS VERY UPSET, AND SO WAS EVERYONE ELSE IN JERUSALEM . HE CALLED TOGETHER ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND ASKED THEM, "WHERE WILL THE MESSIAH BE BORN?" "IN THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA," THEY ANSWERED. "FOR THIS IS WHAT THE PROPHET WROTE: "BETHLEHEM IN THE LAND OF JUDAH, YOU ARE BY NO MEANS THE LEAST OF THE LEADING CITIES OF JUDAH; FOR FROM YOU WILL COME A LEADER WHO WILL GUIDE MY PEOPLE ISRAEL." SO HEROD CALLED THE VISITORS FROM THE EAST TO A SECRET MEETING AND FOUND OUT FROM THEM THE EXACT TIME THE STAR HAD APPEARED. THEN HE SENT THEM TO BETHLEHEM WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO AND MAKE A CAREFUL SEARCH FOR THE CHILD, AND WHEN YOU FIND HIM, LET ME KNOW, SO THAT I TOO MAY GO AND WORSHIP HIM." AND SO THEY LEFT, AND ON THEIR WAY THEY SAW THE SAME STAR THEY HAD SEEN IN THE EAST. WHEN THEY SAW IT, HOW HAPPY THEY WERE, WHAT JOY WAS THEIRS! IT WENT AHEAD OF THEM UNTIL IT STOPPED OVER THE PLACE WHERE THE CHILD WAS. THEY WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND WHEN THEY SAW THE CHILD WITH HIS MOTHER MARY, THEY KNELT DOWN AND WORSHIPPED HIM. THEY BROUGHT OUT THEIR GIFTS OF GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH, AND PRESENTED THEM TO HIM. THEN THEY RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY BY ANOTHER ROAD, SINCE GOD HAD WARNED THEM IN A DREAM NOT TO GO BACK TO HEROD. AFTER THEY HAD LEFT, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED IN A DREAM TO JOSEPH AND SAID, "HEROD WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE CHILD IN ORDER TO KILL HIM. SO GET UP, TAKE THE CHILD AND HIS MOTHER AND ESCAPE TO EGYPT AND STAY THERE UNTIL I TELL YOU TO LEAVE." JOSEPH GOT UP, TOOK THE CHILD AND HIS MOTHER, AND LEFT DURING THE NIGHT FOR EGYPT, WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL HEROD DIED. THIS WAS DONE TO MAKE WHAT THE LORD HAD SAID THROUGH THE PROPHET COME TRUE, "I CALLED MY SON OUT OF EGYPT."

(6) We are Free (Free borns) through our Lord Jesus Christ. One bad raw egg broken and mixed up with other good broken raw eggs in order to make a fried egg paste can give it a bad taste even if the main aim is to quench hunger, the taste could be so bad that no one will be able to eat it and if anyone eats it, it may cause bad/ill health. Follow the teachings of Christ Jesus totally and it shall be well with you. Faith, Hope and love is a wonderful and productive combination when you are in Christ Jesus. The Grace of God should be your preferred criteria for you to be put right with God. If you choose trying to meet up with obeying all the Laws of God all by yourself without the Grace of God, be sure that it will fail because no man on earth is perfect. SIMPLE AND SHORT! GOD IS GOOD!!!

SEE HOW IT WORKS: THE LAWS OF GOD ARE OBEYED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND NOT BY YOUR HUMANLY POWER.  WE HOPE THAT GOD WILL SAVE US THROUGH HIS GRACE. THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT GIVES HIS GRACE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE (THAT IS, THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH). AND FAITH WORKS THROUGH THE  LOVE IS US. HAVING LOVE IN YOU IS THE HIGHEST COMMANDMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS ALL THE LAWS OF GOD, AND GOD IS LOVE. THUS, IF GOD IS IN YOU, YOU AUTOMATICALLY HAVE LOVE, FAITH, POWER, GRACE, HOPE AND FINALLY, OBEYING HIS LAWS WON'T BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF ALL THESE LISTED VIRTUES OF GOD IN YOU. HAVING THESE VIRTUES OF GOD IN US IS BETTER THAN BEING EMPTY INSIDE AND TRYING TO JUST OBEY THE LAWS OF GOD ONLY. WE ARE FREE BORNS (FREE) THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. BASED ON PAUL IN THE BIBLE, MAY GOD PUNISH ANY MAN WHO PREACHES ANYTHING ASIDES THE CORRECT WORD OF GOD NO MATTER WHO IT MAY BE.

According to Galatians 5: 1-15
'FREEDOM IS WHAT WE HAVE - CHRIST HAS SET US FREE! STAND, THEN, AS FREE PEOPLE, AND DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BECOME SLAVES AGAIN. LISTEN! I, PAUL, TELL YOU THAT IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE CIRCUMCISED, IT MEANS THAT CHRIST IS OF NO USE TO YOU AT ALL. ONCE MORE I WARN ANY MAN WHO ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE CIRCUMCISED THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO OBEY THE WHOLE LAW. THOSE OF YOU WHO TRY TO BE PUT RIGHT WITH GOD BY OBEYING THE LAW HAVE CUT YOURSELVES OFF FROM CHRIST. YOU ARE OUTSIDE GOD'S GRACE. AS FOR US, OUR HOPE IS THAT GOD WILL PUT US RIGHT WITH HIM; AND THIS IS WHAT WE WAIT FOR BY THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH OUR FAITH. FOR WHEN WE ARE IN UNION WITH CHRIST JESUS, NEITHER CIRCUMCISION NOR THE LACK  OF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL; WHAT MATTERS IS FAITH THAT WORKS THROUGH LOVE. YOU WERE DOING SO WELL! WHO MADE YOU STOP OBEYING THE TRUTH? HOW DID HE PERSUADE YOU? IT WAS NOT DONE BY GOD, WHO CALLS YOU. "IT TAKES ONLY A LITTLE YEAST TO MAKE THE WHOLE BATCH OF DOUGH RISE," AS THEY SAY. BUT I STILL FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT YOU. OUR LIFE IN UNION WITH THE LORD MAKES ME CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL NOT TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW AND THAT THE MAN WHO IS UPSETTING YOU, WHOEVER HE IS, WILL BE PUNISHED BY GOD. BUT AS FOR ME, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF I CONTINUE TO PREACH THAT CIRCUMCISION IS NECESSARY, WHY AM I STILL BEING PERSECUTED? IF THAT WERE TRUE, THEN MY PREACHING ABOUT THE CROSS OF CHRIST WOULD CAUSE NO TROUBLE. I WISH THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSETTING YOU WOULD GO ALL THE WAY; LET THEM GO ON AND CASTRATE THEMSELVES! AS FOR YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT LET THIS FREEDOM BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR LETTING YOUR PHYSICAL DESIRES CONTROL YOU. INSTEAD, LET LOVE MAKE YOU SERVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR THE WHOLE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN ONE COMMANDMENT: "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF." BUT IF YOU ACT LIKE WILD ANIMALS, HURTING AND HARMING EACH OTHER, THEN WATCH OUT, OR YOU WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY ONE ANOTHER."


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