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and join us if you care to. We're gonna pick it up today II Samuel chapter one verse 10. David and his group
return to Ziklag while Saul and his three
sons who were with him went to battle against
the Philistines. They took a beating. Saul was killed. Jonathan was killed. His other two sons that
were there were killed. Many of Israel were killed. A man came out of the armies
of Saul with his clothes rent and soil or dirt upon his head, both signs of mourning, and came to David in Ziklag and said, "I've come from Saul." David said, "Tell me
how was it going?" This Amalekite we found
out that came to David out of the armies
of Saul was lying. It was not logical
what he was saying. He was saying that he just happened upon by
chance upon Gilboa. He noticed Saul leaning
up against his spear. The Philistine
chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. When he looked
behind him he saw me and called unto me and
said, "Who are you?" He said, "I'm an Amalekite." He said, "Well, I'm
mortally wounded. "Stand on me and finish me off. "Take my life." David's taking all this
in and it's not clicking. Where was Abner, his general? Where was his armor bearer? Where were his three sons. He knows that this young
man, the Amalekite, is lying between his teeth. Of course the Amalekite's
ulterior motive he feels like he's
giving good news to David that Saul is dead because Saul had
been chasing David and his rag tag
army all over Judah for several years now
and trying to kill David. So he's thinking he's gonna
get a nice big fat reward from David for bringing this
good news that Saul was dead and Jonathan was dead to David. So that's where we pick it up with Saul just having
asked the young man supposedly to go ahead
and finish him off. Let's ask that word of wisdom
in Yeshua's precious name. Father, we ask you to open
eyes, open ears this day. II Samuel chapter one
verse 10 and it reads: So I, the Amalekite speaking stood upon him and slew him because I was sure that
he could not live after that he was fallen. I put him out of his misery. I took the crown or the
helmet that was upon his head and the bracelet or the
armlet that was on his arm and have brought them
hither unto my lord. Well, this is about the
only thing that this Amalekite has said that
is true to this point. Saul's armor bearer
would not fall on him, but this guy says he killed Saul thinking again that this
would be good news for David and reason for David to rejoice. This Amalekite is a thief worse than that he steals from those who are already dead taking Saul's helmet and armlet. Verse 11: Then David
took hold on his clothes his own clothes not the
Amalekite's and rent them and likewise all the
men that were with him. They for the most part
respected and loved Saul. David served Saul
a lot of years. From the time that
he slew Goliath and also he was chosen
to play the harp to calm the evil spirits
that were in Saul. He went on to be
Saul's armor bearer, one very trusted position. Then also he led the
thousands of Saul's armies in the wars against
the Philistine. Again probably the Amalekite
right now is probably thinking, "Whoa, this is not the
reaction I expected from David. "I thought David and his
men would be jumping up "and down for joy to
learn that Saul was dead. "They're mourning." Verse 12: And they
mourned and wept and fasted until even for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel. Their fellow countrymen all of these were
descendants of Jacob. They were of the same
flesh and the same bone. Because they were
fallen by the sword. The Amalekite is
probably getting a little nervous
about this time. He's probably thinking
maybe it's time that I excused myself from David
in the company at Ziklag and head in a
different direction. It's too late. Verse 13: And David said unto
the young man that told him, "Whence art thou?" Where are you from? He answered, "I am the son
of a stranger, an Amalekite." In other words
I'm just a nobody. A stranger is someone
from a foreign land who is residing among
the people of Israel. Often called a sojourner
in the Old Testament. But he's just saying
I'm just a nobody. Somebody that
immigrated to Israel and you shouldn't even be
concerned about me, David. David said unto him, "How wast thou not afraid "to stretch forth thine hand "to destroy the
Lord's anointed?" If you're just a nobody, an Amalekite that's
sojourning among Israel, how could you dare think
to stretch forth your hand to slay the Lord's anointed,
the king of Israel? David called one
of the young men, one of his servants and said, "Go near and fall upon him", and he smote him that he died. Well, does that seem severe? Not really. You see David was
intelligent enough to know that this Amalekite was lying, but he's also intelligent
enough to know that the Amalekite
with his own mouth passed sentence on himself by claiming to have killed
the king of Israel, Saul. David could not let that
admission go unpunished. The punishment for
killing someone is death. The capital punishment. Verse 16: And David
said unto him, "Thy blood be upon thy head." You brought your blood
upon your own head. "For thy mouth hath
testified against thee." You sentenced yourself
with your words saying I have slain
the Lord's anointed. Again David could
not let the murder of the king of
Israel go unpunished. He would've lost the
respect of all of his men had he just ignored that and let the Amalekite go. God said, "Touch
not mine anointed", and he means touch
not mine anointed even though Saul had been
rejected of the Lord. Verse 17: And David
lamented with this lamentation over Saul and
over Jonathan his son. David eloquently
celebrates the life of Saul and Jonathan without
even so much as a mention of himself in the
rest of this chapter. He expresses the sincere
sorrow at the loss that David felt at
the loss of Saul and particularly Jonathan. A lamentation is
a sad, sad song. You can think of it as a
funeral march suitable for that. Verse 18: Also he bade them teach
the children of Judah the use of the bow. Behold it is written
in the book of Jasher. Now this verse needs some help. Notice the use of is in italics,
which means it was added. What this verse is saying
is he bade them teach the children of Judah The Bow, which is the title of
the sad song that David wrote to celebrate the
life of Saul and Jonathan. The book of Jasher a little
bit of controversy about that. There is a book of Jasher that you can obtain
from several sources. We don't carry it in our library
here at Shepherd's Chapel because we don't particularly
recommend the book. The word itself
means the upright. That could be what
this is talking about. I think though that I kind
of lean with the scholars that think that Jasher
was the book of Jasher was a collection
of odes and songs that has long since
been lost in history. Verse 19: The beauty or
the splendor of Israel is slain upon the high places, upon Mount Gilboa where Saul and his sons were
killed in battle. How are the mighty fallen? This word beauty
is (foreign word), and it can be a giselle but it also can be
like an ornament. Verse 20: Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the
streets of Askelon lest the daughters of
the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph. You teach this song
The Bow in Judah, but don't let the people of Gath and Askelon know about the song. Gath and Askelon
most of you know are two of the five major
cities of the Philistines. What David's saying is
don't give the Philistines reason to gloat or
celebrate the death of Saul and Jonathan and
Saul's other two sons as well as the other
people of Israel who lost their lives
in this battle. 21: Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew neither let there
be rain upon you nor fields of offerings. This is first fruits. For there the shield of the
mighty is vilely cast away the shield of Saul as though he had not been
anointed with oil. This verse really
needs some help as well the first part not so much. What David is saying let
Mount Gilboa become desolate not even so much as a drop of
dew or rain upon Mount Gilboa. In other words
nature itself to join in the mourning of the
loss of Saul and Jonathan. God blessings on Gilboa
withdrawn as a memorial to Saul and those others who
lost their lives. Now the last part of
this really needs help. For there the shield of the
mighty is vilely cast away. What it means is that it
was defiled with blood. But once again and that
was the shield of Saul was defiled with his own
blood in other words. This as though he had been
notice that's in italics. That's been added
to the manuscripts. Anointed with oil. Saul was anointed with oil. I tend to agree with
the scholars who say that this means that
the shield of Saul was defiled with his own blood, but there was no one to clean the shield with oil. Verse 22: From the
blood of the slain from the fat of the mighty the bow of Jonathan
turned not back, and the sword of Saul
returned not empty. They fought valiantly,
courageously, and bravely. The arrows at this
time were thought to drink the blood of those
who they had struck. The sword on the other
hand was seen to eat the flesh of those who
were struck with the sword. The Benjamites known for
their skill with the bow and I think that's
thus the title of this lamentation The Bow. Verse 23: Saul and
Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. He's celebrating their lives. In their death they
were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions. These different characters especially the feelings
through David at this point. It was a tough situation
that Jonathan was placed in. He truly loved David
as his own self as a blood brother, a
brother of the womb. Saul hating David
and seeking after him because of that jealousy
and that evil spirit oftentimes placed Jonathan in
very difficult circumstances. He tried to help David, but at the same time
he tried to be loyal to his father, Saul. He stayed loyal, remained loyal to his father even
to the very end. You can be assured
that Jonathan was right side by side with Saul
when they both died. 24: Ye daughters of
Israel, weep over Saul who clothed you in scarlet
with other delights who put on ornaments of
gold upon your apparel. In the early years Saul
was very successful in his wars against
the Philistines against the Moabites,
against the Ammonites. Each time that there was a
war and Israel was victorious Saul would bring back spoil,
booty from the enemies and that's what this
verse is saying was you daughters think
back on the times that Saul brought spoils of war back and shared them with you. Verse 25: How are the mighty
fallen in the midst of battle. Jonathan, thou was slain
in thine high places in Mount Gilboa. David's probably best
friend you could think of and again loved
him as a brother. David continues in verse 26. I am distressed for thee
my brother Jonathan, and that's exactly
how David felt as if they were both
brothers of the same womb. Very pleasant hast
thou been unto me. Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. It was a comradery
that the two shared. It was a mutual feeling. Jonathan again tried
to walk that thin line between helping David and not displeasing
his father Saul. But you remember it was
Jonathan who told David flee. Run for your life 'cause
Saul is going to kill you if he catches you. But the passing the love
of a women just means it's a comparison to the
deep and earnest love that a man has for a woman. David had that same
love for Jonathan. Again it was mutual. 27: How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished. This verse the word weapons figuratively it means heroes. I think that's what
should've been translated. How are the mighty fallen and the heroes of war perished. It was a major
defeat for Israel. Remember if not our last
lecture the lecture before that that the people of
Israel fled their homes, and the Philistines moved in. We're gonna see that David is the king over Judah
in the next chapter, but Israel is in total disarray. The only part of Israel
that is not in disarray is on the east side of Jordan which was originally
allotted to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh. That's where most of
the armies of Saul and the people of Israel, the 10 northern
tribes in particular, fled over the Jordan to
escape from the Philistines. It was a major defeat. Chapter two verse one: And it came to pass after this after the events of chapter one, that David inquired of the Lord. This no doubt through
Abiathar, the priest and the urim and
thummim from the ephod. Saying shall I go up unto all
the cities of Judah: question. He's currently in Ziklag. The Lord Yahweh said
unto him, "Go up." David said, "Whither
shall I go up?" and he, this being the
Lord said, "Unto Hebron." This always good to
inquire of the Lord. Make sure that you're
doing things his way. Now Hebron very well situated to be the capital of Judah only while David was the
king over Judah only. We'll learn that
he was there some seven and a half years
before he became king over all of the 12
tribes of Israel. Verse two: So David
went up thither and his two wives also,
Ahinoam, the Jezreelites and Abigail, Nabal's
wife the Carmelite. David will take on more wives that bear him more
sons and daughters while they're in Hebron. His men that were with
him did David bring up every man with his household and they dwelt in
the cities of Hebron. Left the land of the Philistines returning to the homeland,
the promised land. Verse four: And the
men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. David would be approximately 30 years of age at
this point in time. He would rule Israel
a total of 40 years seven and a half over Judah only the remainder
over all 12 tribes. They told David saying that
the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. They stopped the abuse
of Saul and Jonathan and Saul's other two sons
who were fastened to a wall as a trophy if you will for the Philistines in
their victory over Israel. At risk to their own life they went to the land
of the Philistines and took the bodies
of Saul and his sons, burned them, cremated them, and then gave them
proper burial. David would never
forget the kindness that the people of Jabesh-gilead showed to Saul and his sons. Of course Jabesh-gilead remember that's the folks
that the Ammonites, Nahash in chapter 11 of
First Samuel came up against the people of Jabesh-gilead
who went out to them and said "Let's make a league, a
covenant, and we'll serve you." Nahash said, "Well,
on this condition "if you'll let us pluck
out your right eye "then we'll let you serve us." Saul came running to the rescue of the people of Jabesh-gilead. They would never forget. Verse five: And
David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead
and said unto them, "Blessed be ye of the Lord "that ye have showed this
kindness unto your lord "even unto Saul and
have buried him." Again David would never
forget the kindness that the men and the
people of Jabesh-gilead showed to Saul and his sons. Verse six: And now the Lord
show kindness and truth. This word truth
could be translated
stability or certainty. Unto you and I also will requite or repay you this kindness because ye have done this thing. David would reward them
handsomely for what they did. Now with the close of
this verse ends the 20th setter of the
book of Samuel. Setter in the Hebrew
is a specified assigned reading for
a particular sitting. The 20th setter began
with First Samuel chapter 30 verse 25 ending
with this scripture. This proves that the book
of First and Second Samuel should be treated as one book and indeed it was one book
in the original manuscripts. Verse seven David continues: Therefore now let your
hands be strengthened and be ye valiant for
your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah
hath anointed me king over them. At this point in time
Judah and Israel are split. They will be
rejoined under David, but they will split again
under Solomon's son Rehoboam. David by saying be ye
valiant in other words be ye valiant in
recognizing me as the king. Abner the cousin
and general of Saul excuse me has other plans
for a king for Israel. Verse eight: But
Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's
host of his army. He was the general,
the head general took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him
over to Mahanaim. Now Mahanaim means two camps, and Israel definitely is
two camps at this time Judah and Israel. Judah under David the other camp Israel under Saul's appointed
king Ish-bosheth. Ish-bosheth was very
weak in my opinion. Number one and I don't
mean to judge Ish-bosheth but where was
Ish-bosheth when Jonathan and the other two sons of Saul were fighting with
him in battle? Perhaps he had
something better to do. He'll be the king over Israel for a very short period
of time, two years and that's only because
of the strength of Abner not because of the
strength of Ish-bosheth. Verse nine: And made
him king over Gilead. This is the Israel on
the east side of Jordan. And over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel,
and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin
and over all Israel. Not all Israel because
David is the king of Judah. But what we have in the
Israelites at this point is open rebellion against
Yahweh by the Israelites. Samuel anointed David
to be the king of Judah. He did not anoint Ish-bosheth
to be the king over Israel. Verse 10: Ish-bosheth,
Saul's son, was 40 years old when he began to reign over
Israel and reigned two years. But the house of
Judah followed David. Again he probably wouldn't
have been king at all if not for the strength Ish-bosheth would not
be the king at all if not for the
strength of Abner. And the time that David
was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was
seven years and six months. Well, now that
doesn't add up at all. Ish-bosheth was the king
over Israel for two years. David was the king over Judah
for seven and a half years. That doesn't add up. Who was the king over Israel
the other period of time that David was king
over Judah only? Well, the period of
time that there was no king over Israel was
from the defeat of Saul about four and a half years,
make that five and a half years excuse me while David
was the king over Judah, then is when Abner
appointed Ish-bosheth to be king over
Israel for two years. Verse 12: And Abner,
the son of Ner, and the servants of
Ish-bosheth, the puppet of Abner the son of Saul went out
from Mahanaim to Gibeon. We've got a gathering coming. Verse 13: And Joab,
the son of Zeruiah. Now Zeruiah is David's sister making Joab of
course his nephew. He supported David
from the early years on and became the main general if you will for the
armies of Judah. The servants of David went out and met together by
the pool of Gibeon, close to Abner's home
and they sat down, the one on the one
side of the pool and the other on the
other side of the pool. We've got Israel
under Ish-bosheth and Abner on one
side of the pool. David's men and
Joab, his general on the other side of the pool. It's gonna be a tense situation. Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now
arise and play before us", and Joab said,
"Let them a rise." Now this word play check it out. It means to make sport or to practice
fighting, if you will. What's gonna happen is
this gets way out of hand. Verse 15: Then there
arose and over by number 12 of Benjamin under
Ish-bosheth and Abner which pertained to
Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul and 12 of the servants of David. What they decided
to do was to have 12 of each side fight
against each other, and then let that
be an end to it to avoid an all out civil war. It turns out then to be
much, much more than just 12. Verse 16: And they caught every
one his fellow by the head and thrust his sword
in his fellow's side, so they fell down together. Therefore, that place was
called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon Helkath-hazzurim means
the field of strongmen. It can also be translated
the field of sharp blades. They were so enthusiastic
for the fight that basically they
jumped on each other. They all ran each other
through with their swords, and basically they all fell
down dead at the same time. Well, that was supposed
to be an end to it, but unfortunately as I said
earlier it gets way out of hand. It's not going to
be an end to it. We'll see how this turns
out in our next lecture. It's not a good situation. Brother fighting
against brother, both the side of Ish-bosheth
the side of David were descendants of Jacob. They were the same
bone, the same flesh. God does not like those brothers
fighting against brothers. He doesn't like civil war. Don't miss the next lecture. We'll see how this
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that right. I don't know where
Calaren is from. Pastor Dennis, did anyone
ask you this question before? Did God make more of
one race than another? Bless you and your ministry. Well, God bless you as well. No, I don't believe everyone
has ever asked that question. The answer though is not
written in God's word. He was pleased when
he created the races. You can tell by the last
verse of Genesis chapter one. He looked upon the
creation and it was good. Martha in Georgia. I hope all is well
at the Chapel. Everything's going very
well at the Chapel. Thanks for asking. Question: Could
you please explain Ezekiel chapter seven verse 13? That states that the seller shall not return to
that which is sold although they were yet alive, and I'm kind of
paraphrasing that. What does that mean? Well, it means that the
king of Babylon is coming. He's gonna wipe Jerusalem
pretty much clean. In other words meaning
that the seller won't be able to return
to that which he sold at a later time because
it's not gonna be there. The king of Babylon
is going to take it. He won't be able to buy it
back at a later point in time because it's going
to be in Babylon. Alvin in New Mexico. Thanks for your kind comments. Will you all still be
teaching on television when the sixth trump comes
and the seventh trump? Well, we'll be teaching
as long as we're able. Before and during
the sixth trump we'll definitely be teaching
during the seventh trump. I don't think it'll be via
television as you asked. The millennium is
when the Lord's day begins when that
seventh trump sounds. That's definitely going
to be a time of teaching. Sheree in Kentucky. Is anyone else noticing
changes in the scriptures? For instance wine skins
is changed to bottles. Well, yes. While that one might
seem insignificant there are some that
are significant. Those Kenites are sneaky. You gotta watch
them like a hawk. What did they do
from the get go? First Chronicles
chapter two verse 55 they'd already
worked themselves in to be the scribes for Judah. You wanna watch who
does your translating. You wanna watch who
keeps your books. The Kenites have a way
changing a little word here a little word there. That's why everyone
needs to have one, a King James version bible and two a Strong's concordance that way you have the
capability of taking the scripture back to
the original languages. A lot of it has been changed, and it adds a lot of meaning
as you study God's word. David from Georgia. In the book of Daniel
the king of the north is also called the
king of Grecia. Does this mean antichrist
will also represent that region when he arrives, or will it be a much
larger group of nations? What specific
nationality will he be claiming to be
descended from? Well, it'll be not a
particular region on Earth he's gonna be claiming
to be the king of. It's the whole world
except for those who are written in the
Lamb's book of the life, the book of the Lamb
Revelation chapter 13 will document that. As far as
nationality's concerned it's gonna be one world order. So nationalities are
gonna mean nothing. Dorothy in Texas. My grandson asked me why did
God have a favorite people? I felt it was to
show Jesus's linage which was very
important in those times but not really sure why he
chose the Jewish people. After all he made all
the people in his image. It seems strange that he
would have only a special chosen few not seem to
care about all the others. He cared about all
of his children. But God did chose the
12 tribes of Israel. All 12 of them not just
Judah as you said the Jews which that's (foreign word)
in the Greek language. It means a resident of Judea or a member of the
tribe of Judah. He did have a chosen people. You're right originally it
was very important to him, and God protected that
seed line through which Messiah would come. Why, because Satan was adamant. He wanted to destroy
that seed line through which
Messiah would come. If he could have, if he
would've been successful Satan would win
and God would lose. God wasn't gonna stand for that. He protected that seed line. Galatians chapter three
verse 29 now states that in Jesus Christ
all are Abraham's seed. You continue with
the second question. God seemed to talk one on one with the Old Testament people. Adam, Abraham, Noah and others. They seem to have
ongoing conversations as though God was standing right beside them
in a person form. How exactly did
God talk to them? Also the serpent talked
to Eve like this. I'm curious as to how
this communication was actually performed? Well, God spoke with people
through a burning bush with Moses you mentioned. No you didn't. You mentioned Abraham, Noah,
and Abraham but others. In dreams such as Solomon he appeared twice to
Solomon in dreams. Then he also spoke to
people through the prophets. He speaks to us today
through the prophets. He spoke to very,
very face to face, but when he did speak face to
face it was normally from... His form was the
angel of the Lord which 99.9% of the time
was the Lord himself manifesting himself in this
dimension so man could see him. Pat from Michigan and thank
you for your kind comments. We're gonna keep on keeping on. Do both parents or just one have to be descendants
of Cain to be Kenites or can it just be
one do you know? If you love the Father
and his son Jesus and believe in what I've
learned from you about his word even though I keep messing
up, does that count? Even from a very young age
could I be just a bad seed? Well, even Kenites, which
is the serpent's seed can become the living
children of God by accepting Jesus
Christ as their savior. So repent and ask
for forgiveness, and to your first question
one of the parents could be a descendant
of Cain, a Kenite and they would be
passing that seed down. It'd be like if you had
one parent that was German and one parent that was Spanish the children are part
German and part Spanish. It's the same with the
Kenite one would pass down. Hope that helps. Jane in Alabama. My late husband and I
were introduced to you and your father in 1997. I continued to tune in and see what God has
for me in that day. Would like for you
to tell me what signs I need to look for during
these unsettling days? Well, God told us the
signs that would lead up. I should say Jesus
the Lord told us the events that would
lead up to his return in Matthew chapter
24 and Mark 13. If you haven't done it, you might wanna order a CD that's called
Matthew 24, Mark 13, and it'll cover those two
critical chapters for you. Guy from Oklahoma. King James version is he
the same as Saint James, or is it two different people? Well, two different people. James is the book of
James in the New Testament was the brother or half brother
better said of Jesus Christ. Mary was both of them's mother. King James lived
approximately 1600 centuries after the time of Jesus and he was responsible
for gathering the servants who worked to translate
God's word from the original languages into English so that all of his subjects could read God's
word for themself. They didn't have to depend
on the church hierarchy to tell them what
God's word said. Mike in Georgia. You say as well as
your father said that Jesus Christ
was the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. God said about Adam
and Eve after they ate of the tree of knowledge
of good and evil that if they eat of
the tree of life, they would live forever
knowing good and evil. God was not willing that
they eat of the tree of life and protected it from them. My question is if Jesus
was the tree of life why are people still
dying after they eat and drink of the Eucharist
cusp I think you wrote there. I have no idea what
the Eucharist cusp is. You're thinking,
Mike, in the flesh. If you partake of
the living water and the bread of life
you will live forever, and I'm talking
not about the flesh but about the spirit. In the eternity
Revelation chapter 22 the tree of life will be there, and it will bear 12 manner
of fruit that the people, don't think flesh
think spiritual, will partake of the
leaves for healing. Melinda in Arkansas. Thank you for your
teaching of God's word and for the work that
your volunteer staff does, and thanks for
remembering our staff. Question: We know that
Satan caused the katabole. The katabole is a
Greek word that is when Satan rebelled in
the first Earth age. But then why did the Lord God
have the Earth become void? Well, Jeremiah chapter
four, Hebrews chapter 29 excuse me we learn that
God shook the Earth and to end the first Earth age. That's when the
katabole occurred. It's called the
foundations of the Earth because that's when the
second Earth age began. Second you follow
with the question what is a queen of the ethnos? Revelation chapter 21 verse 24 we learn that the queens and
the kings of the nations, which if you'll check
that out in your Strong's is ethnos meaning the
ethic peoples of the world are allowed to enter the temple just the same as God's election. You see God's election the people that are
of the same race can reach their people where sometimes God's
elect could not. Therefore they're
equivalent if you will in their rights and privileges
to what God's elect are. Dennis from and we don't
know where Dennis is from. Passover and the
Day of Atonement occur on the fall and spring
equinox is that correct? Passover the spring
equinox 14 days Passover and the autumnal equinox
is Day of Atonement. Your findings on
this is much needed as the equinox is exact
every year by one day. I'm confused as every
year other churches observe those days
on different days. Well, that's because other
churches go by a lunar calendar. God always goes by
a solar calendar. You're incorrect. You're correct the
Passover occurs. Actually it doesn't occur
on the spring equinox. You start counting at
the spring equinox, which is the beginning of
the Hebrew calendar year. There was a civil year
that began with the Feast of Tabernacles as well. But you count 14 days
from the spring equinox and that's Passover. Now as far as the
Feast of Tabernacles, it wasn't the Day of Atonement, but the Feast of Tabernacles
they waited until the sun shone through
a particular gate into the holy of holies
which made up for any corrections that the
year had gotten off on. I hope that helps. We have Jack from Oklahoma. Let's get to your question. Well, I don't see here. Okay, here we go. Money that is... Okay, I would like to
order a companion bible with the money that
I sent for tithes. Is it wrong to make money... take money, excuse
me, out of tithes to purchase a companion bible even though it is a donation? All the money is going
to do God's work. Right and that is right. We teach that it's okay. It's acceptable for you to use part of the money that you
would normally use for tithes to obtain reference work
such as the companion bible the Strong's concordance or CDs so that you can be prepared
to better serve God. You need to be educated
in God's word to serve God and to help him
accomplish his will. Everything that you do
with Shepherd's Chapel does go to do God's work. We don't have any funds
for feeding the hungry other than feeding the hungry
spiritually with God's word. Everything that comes
into Shepard's Chapel goes out to buy television time and other ways of communicating
God's word to people such as the internet
with You Tube now and Roku and all the
other multiple ways that you can watch
Shepherd's Chapel. Marilyn in Illinois. The devil and his workers
feed on death and blood especially that of Christians. So why would God allow
end time Christians to be slaughtered? How can that possibly
give God the glory when the enemy
gets what he wants? Let me give you a
scripture, Marilyn Matthew chapter 10 verse 28: Fear not he who can
kill your flesh body. Fear him that can
destroy both your body and your soul in Hell. There's only one entity that
can accomplish the latter. That's your Heavenly Father. When you see people
dying in the flesh, they're not dead forever. Think spiritual. They go on to be in
spiritual bodies. The length of time that we
spend on Earth in this flesh is the blink of an eye
compared to the eternity. The flesh is really
not all that important or significant in
the overall picture. Doug and we don't know
where Doug is from. Somewhere in Revelations
Christ returns upon a white horse in power. Should I take this
return literally as on a white horse? I know the word horse
is equivalent to power symbolically is now
used as terms of power. I think some people
shall misinterpret
this please help me. Yes, I think it is
literally a white horse there in Revelation chapter 19. This time he's not coming back as a babe in swaddling clothes. He's coming back on
a white war horse as King of kings
and Lord of lords. He's gonna have that rod of iron that scepter to do
some correction. Boy, do we need some
correction today. But you need to beware
there's one who returns before he does on a white horse. It's antichrist in Revelation chapter six verses one and two. You know he's the fake there because the word
bow around him B-O-W in the Greek is (foreign word) and that's a cheap
fabric imitation. He's gonna be doing
his dead level best to make you believe
that he is Jesus. I'm out of time so we've
gotta stop there for the day. I do want you all to know
that I love you a great deal because you enjoy studying
God's word each day. You make time every day
to spend a little time reading the letter that God
wrote to you, the bible. Let me tell you this
when you do that, you make your Father's day. You make his day he's
going to make your day. That's when the blessings
always start to follow. We are brought to you by
your tithes and offerings. If we've helped you, help
us keep coming to you and to reach out to others
of our brothers and sisters who are lost in this
world of darkness. Most important this though you
stay in his word every day. Every day in your Father's word is a good day even with
trouble you know why it's because Jesus Yeshua
he is the living word. - [Announcer] Hearing God's
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