The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in 587 BC. The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD. The Third Temple will never be destroyed (John 2:21). The Fourth Temple will be a counterfeit (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
Psalms 79:1 KJV O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms 79:2 KJV The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Psalms 79:3 KJV Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Psalms 79:4 KJV We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Saved people are thankful and have no trouble praising the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 79:13 KJV So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
The glory of God is synonymous with the glorification of the Son of God.
John 11:4 KJV When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
God is on time all the time. If you seek His will and timing, you’re in good hands.
John 11:7 KJV Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
John 11:8 KJV His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
John 11:9 KJV Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
John 11:10 KJV But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Jesus did not contradict Himself: our bodies sleep until the resurrection, which we plainly understand as death. However, our souls do not sleep upon death and are very much awake with the Lord.
John 11:11 KJV These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John 11:12 KJV Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
John 11:13 KJV Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John 11:14 KJV Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Gospilled Minute #111
Thomas was skeptical, but was willing to die for the Christian cause.
John 11:16 KJV Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
The skepticism of Thomas diminished when he proclaimed Jesus to be Lord and God.
John 20:28 KJV And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
John 20:29 KJV Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
I appreciate complex apologetic debates, but soul-winning is something every Christian can do. It’s as simple as the exchange between Jesus and Martha.
John 11:25 KJV Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 11:26 KJV And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:27 KJV She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
I don’t believe Jesus’ tears stopped with the shortest verse in the Bible, for Lazarus. I believe they extend to the longest verse in the New Testament, for His martyred saints.
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Revelation 20:4 KJV And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
The Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Father. Neither the Father nor the Son is the Holy Spirit. They are three distinct persons, yet one being called God.
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
John 11:41 KJV Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
John 11:42 KJV And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
There exists no special dispensation for the gathering of the Jews. Numerous Jews have professed faith in Jesus since His earthly ministry.
John 11:45 KJV Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
Sometimes the enemies of Christ proclaim the Gospel with an authority surpassing that of those called to His purpose. Caiaphas, though dismissive of the council’s understanding, unwittingly delivered a profound truth—declaring it better for one man to die for the people—intending not Christ’s salvation, but the preservation of his nation and position, yet fulfilling God’s redemptive design.
John 11:49 KJV And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
John 11:50 KJV Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John 11:51 KJV And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
John 11:52 KJV And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
John 11:53 KJV Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
God has never left the children of Israel. Now, one must learn who the children of Israel truly are and avoid confusing them with an antichrist state that has hijacked their name. Your first clue is the Church.
Exodus 29:45 KJV And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
The oppressors have the power to oppress, but they lack the power to comfort, for they have yet to be comforted by the Comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 KJV So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
The true intent and design of marriage, which so many have fallen short of, exists beyond the lie that they believe—that marriage is all about themselves. Every day, I must fight this lie. In Christ, my wife and I have won this battle thus far, as we approach 30 years of marriage by God’s grace and strength.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 KJV Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 KJV For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 KJV Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
If Jesus is remains part of the threefold cord of your marriage, it will endure.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 KJV And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
There is a messianic ring to this, and no, I do not mean Donald Trump.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 KJV For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Father, thank You for Your great comfort and peace. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
