One of the greatest investments my wife and I ever made was for her to be a stay-at-home mother throughout most of our children's childhood. No regrets.
Psalms 113:9 KJV He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
How is it that Jews are always so close to and influential in governments if they are so hated by the world?
Acts 24:1 KJV And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
The Jews call the resurrection of Jesus Christ heresy. Christians call it salvation.
Acts 24:14 KJV But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Acts 24:21 KJV Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
All will be resurrected to stand before God in the bodies of this life, regardless of whether they were cremated or not.
Acts 24:15 KJV And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
The Jewish lobby is a difficult spell to break, as it has overridden the conscience of many men.
Acts 24:24 KJV And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
Acts 24:25 KJV And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Acts 24:26 KJV He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Acts 24:27 KJV But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Our eternal Sabbath rest is found in Christ, secured by His blood shed on the cross, fulfilling the Day of Atonement. As the true Bread of Life, He sustains us until the trumpet sounds, heralding the resurrection of the saints, when we will dwell with Him fully, as foreshadowed by the Feast of Booths.
Leviticus 23:2 KJV Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
The ensign will not be the demonic six-pointed star of Remphan.
Isaiah 18:3 KJV All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Isaiah 18:4 KJV For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Father, we are looking forward to the trumpet sound! In Jesus' Name, Amen.