When you understand the difference between the brevity of mortality and the foreverness of eternity, your humble journey will begin.
Psalms 102:11 KJV My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 102:12 KJV But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
If the Holy Ghost calls you and men refuse to send you with prayer and fasting, then you go anyway.
Acts 13:2 KJV As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts 13:3 KJV And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
God did not abandon the Jews, even though they abandoned Him. He is still calling them to repent, even to this day.
Acts 13:5 KJV And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, called a Jew a child of the devil and an enemy of all righteousness. Today's American Golden Age would have deported Paul.
Acts 13:9 KJV Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
Acts 13:10 KJV And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Dear children of the devil (why are preachers afraid to use the language of the Bible today?), you have been trying to stop people from coming to Jesus Christ for 2,000 years, and you have failed. All of God's children will be gathered.
Why are they afraid? Because they aren't filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 13:8 KJV But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts 13:12 KJV Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
You do not ask a true preacher of God to preach unless you want to hear the true Word of God.
Acts 13:15 KJV And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Acts 13:16 KJV Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
God gave all of the Promised Land to Israel with a conditional land deed, for the land has always belonged to God. Currently, many portions of this land are occupied by antichrist squatters. However, the Landlord will return, and it's not going to be pretty.
Acts 13:19 KJV And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Our Savior Jesus, the seed of David, is King of the Jews. Therefore, those who call themselves Jews ought to have been the first to bow to Him, and a few of them were.
Acts 13:22 KJV And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Acts 13:23 KJV Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
John 4:22 KJV Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
The Jews are without excuse.
Acts 13:26 KJV Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
That which is Written has been fulfilled, as verified and preached by a real Jew, Paul. Believe me, you are not smarter than Paul when it comes to Old Testament Judaism.
Acts 13:29 KJV And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Acts 13:30 KJV But God raised him from the dead:
Acts 21:39 KJV But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
The idea that the Jews have a covenant of forgiveness outside of Jesus Christ is a lie. "All that believe in Jesus Christ" are justified.
Acts 13:38 KJV Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Acts 13:39 KJV And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
"Unworthy of everlasting life" should be your first clue.
Acts 13:46 KJV Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
There are Jews who have converted to Christianity and continued in the grace of God since the time of Christ, and there are Jews who have been filled with envy, contradiction, and blasphemy from the same time. However, today, the latter has somehow become America's greatest ally, with a significant percentage of churches in agreement. I conclude that this must be part of the strong delusion.
Acts 13:43 KJV Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 13:44 KJV And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:45 KJV But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
God knows all who are His throughout time and before time. Belief, repentance, and works rooted in love are all part of His gift of faith. Those who receive this gift are ordained and chosen.
“Ordained to eternal life”
Salvation is all of God.
Acts 13:48 KJV And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
“Chosen us in him before the foundation of the world”
Ephesians 1:4 KJV According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
A form of AIPAC, along with its antichrist lobbying power, has existed for a long time.
Acts 13:50 KJV But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
All the more, God's people in Christ ought to be filled with the Holy Spirit in order to not just notice but discern this power that opposes God spiritually and biblically.
Acts 13:52 KJV And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
Mary practiced purification relating to her unclean blood after the birth of Jesus because, as a sinner saved by grace like us all, she was obedient to the Law. Jesus, however, was never unclean, for His blood was the precious blood of God, offering the world cleansing through faith in Him.
Leviticus 12:2 KJV Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Luke 2:22 KJV And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
Luke 2:23 KJV (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Luke 2:24 KJV And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
1 Peter 1:19 KJV But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
A specific messianic prophecy was given to the house of David, and over 700 years later, Matthew records its fulfillment, taking the extra step to reveal to the reader that Jesus is, in fact, God.
Isaiah 7:13 KJV And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isaiah 7:14 KJV Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23 KJV Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Father, thank You for sending us Your only begotten Son. In Jesus' Name, Amen.