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letter to you, the bible. And, now, here is
Pastor Dennis Murray. - Good day to you,
God bless you. Welcome to Shepherd's Chapel. Welcome to this family
bible study hour. Ready to get back
into our Father's word
here at the chapel. We invite you to get your bible
and join us, if you care to. We're gonna pick it up today, Second Samuel, chapter
three, verse 19. In our last lecture, we
saw the House of David continuing to strengthen
and it listed several wives and children, sons that were
born to David at Hebron. Then, we had over on
the other side, Abner took one of Ishbosheth, who
had been announced as the king, being Saul's only remaining son. He was totally incompetent
and a weakling, I think. But it was Abner's strength
that allowed Ishbosheth to take over the reign
of the northern tribes. David remember was
king over Judah only at this point in time. But Abner took one
of Saul's concubines which should have gone to
the new king, Ishbosheth. And fact is Abner by taking
one of Saul's concubines that was seen as laying
claim to the throne yourself. And Abner came down on
Ishbosheth pretty hard. And what am I, a dog's head,
he said in verse eight. And he then told Ishbosheth,
I'm switching racehorses. I'm going with David to be
king over all of Israel. And Abner went to David
and said, you know, let me make you king
of all of Israel. And David said, well,
on one condition and, that is, the next
time we meet face to face, you bring my wife Michal
who, Saul her father, had illegally given
her to another man. David was her legal husband
and she his legal wife. And we saw Abner
then going to Gilead, the tribes on the Eastern
side of the Jordan river. Also, Ephraim, no doubt. And he told them,
for a long time, you said you wanted
David to be your king. And I imagine a lot of people were fed up with Saul
after he went mad from his jealousy over
David and God rejected him. People were probably
not all that happy with Saul being their king. They could see that
David was anointed of God to be the king of
Israel and had talked about being under
him at some point. Abner said, you know, you've
been talking about it, don't just talk about it, do it. Here's your opportunity. So, with that introduction,
let's ask that word of wisdom in Jesus'
precious name. Father we ask you to open
eyes, open ears, this day. Let's go with second Samuel,
chapter three, verse 19. And, it reads, and Abner also
spake in the ears of Benjamin and Abner went also to speak
in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to
Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. Abner knew that God
had chosen David to be the King
over all of Israel. Note, in verse 17, Abner went
first to the other tribes of Israel besides Benjamin
and then he went to Benjamin, more specially, I think,
in that it had been the tribe from which
the royalty came. That carried perks with it. Saul was a very powerful man. The most powerful man in Israel. And, with that, came gifts
of vineyards, olive yards, promotions to positions of
leadership in the military and the government, et cetera. That was all the many
benefits received as a result of Saul
being the king. But we see Abner
being an integral part of the kingship of all of Israel
coming in line under David. Well, let's put it this
way, God wanted it to happen so it would have happened
with or without Abner, but Abner is proving
to be a wonderful ally to David, at this point. Verse 20, so Abner came to David to Hebron, and 20 men with him. And David made Abner and the
men that were with him a feast. And he was happy to see them. No doubt, he was happy
to see his wife Michal once again as well, but it
was a festive atmosphere in Hebron at this point in time. Now, Joab and David, no doubt,
knew each other very well. And David, recall at one point, was a captain of
thousands in Saul's army when they were fighting
against the Philistines. Joab was also a very
high-ranking officer in the armies of Saul. I think David and Abner had a
mutual respect for each other. They knew that the other
was a very good warrior. Fearless warrior. Verse 21, and Abner said unto
David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel
unto my lord the king, now David not Saul, that
they may make a league or a covenant with thee,
and that thou mayest reign over all that thine
heart desireth. The whole nation of Israel,
not just Judah any longer. This is good news to David. And David sent Abner away;
and he went in peace, parted on good terms. David's happy with this news
that Abner brought to him. Abner's happy because
the rest of the nation is going to have a rightful
king and that being David. There's one that's
not going to be so happy about this engagement. His name is Joab,
David's nephew. 22, and behold the
servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a
troop, they came back to Hebron from a raid, and
brought in a great spoil, booty if you will,
with them, but Abner was not with David in Hebron;
for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. Now, Joab is probably
suspicious when he learns that Abner had been
there talking with David. Joab is probably worried
that Abner is going to obtain a position under David
which might cause Joab to be knocked down a rung or
two on the chain of command. So that, plus Joab is anxious
to avenge what he sees as the blood, the murder, of
his younger brother Asahel which Abner took care of Asahel. But that really wasn't murder. It was self-defense. Asahel gave Abner no choice. It was either kill or be killed. That makes it
self-defense, not murder. Verse 23, when Joab
and all the host that was with him were
come, they told Joab saying, the people who remained
in Hebron, told Joab, Abner the son of Ner came
to the king, to David, and he hath sent him away
and he is gone in peace. Now, Joab loses his cool. He's suspicious of
Abner's intentions as well as anxious to
avenge his brother's blood. Then Joab came to
the king, and said, what hast thou done, question. Behold, Abner came
unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him
away, and he is quite gone? Now, that's a little
bold for Joab and, yes, Joab is David's nephew,
but David is the king. And, if David said,
off with Joab's head, it would be off
with Joab's head. So we see Joab being
a little bold here. But, he's saying,
you had Abner here, he's been chasing
us all over Judah, while he was serving
Saul, trying to kill us, and you let him go in peace. 25, Joab continues, thou
knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee,
and to know thy going out and thy coming in,
this is a Hebraism, a figure of speech in
the Hebrew language, it means your daily activities, and to know all that thou doest. Abner is a spy and
he was coming here just to gather
information to help him the next time that he
makes war against you. Abner is playing you,
David, for a fool. Here we see Joab trying
to prejudice David
concerning Abner. Verse 26, and when Joab
was come out from David, he sent messengers after
Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah, this
not very far down the road, Abner had not made it
very far away from Hebron, but David knew it not. Joab did this on his own. Joab, no doubt, sent after
Abner in David's name. When the king says
come, you come. Verse 27, and when Abner
was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the
gate to speak with him quietly, to speak with him privately. You can almost here Joab saying, may I have a word
with you Abner? And Joab has more than
just a word for Abner. And smote him there under
the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of
Asahel his brother. This is for the murder of
Asahel, his brother, the blood. Again, it was not murder. It was self-defense
on Abner's part. Now, the one who has
committed murder here, the shedding of
innocent blood, is Joab. It's not the only time
that Joab will do this. When we get to chapter
20, verse nine and 10, we'll learn that Joab
took Amasa to the side and grabbed him by the beard
as though as to kiss him, as was a common
practice at the time, and also smote him
below the fifth rib. He murdered him as well. Now, when someone was
struck under the fifth rib, between the fifth
and the sixth rib, is the primary location,
behind the fifth and sixth rib,
where the heart is. And I think this phrase
under the fifth rib is utilized four
times in God's word. We see three of those
occasions just here within several
chapters of each other. First, we saw Abner
struck or smote Asahel under the fifth rib. Here, Joab smote Abner
under the fifth rib. Ishbosheth, the last
remaining son of Saul, is not far behind. 28, and afterward
when David heard it, when he heard that Abner
had been murdered by Joab, he said, I and my kingdom
are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the
blood, or the murder, of Abner the son of Ner. David washing his
hands of this incident. He didn't know... Now, he's going to find himself
in a difficult situation with the people of
the other tribes of Israel other than Judah. Here, they sent their
strong general down to make peace with
David and what happens? Abner gets murdered. How do you think that would
settle with the people of northern tribes of Israel? 29, let it, in order
words, the blood or the murder of Abner,
rest on the head of Joab, that's where it belonged, and on all his father's
house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab
one that hath an issue, that's an abnormal,
bodily discharge which makes someone unclean,
Leviticus chapter 15, verse two and the
following verses, or that is a leper, also
unclean, or that leaneth on a staff, that's
lame in other words, or that falleth on the sword,
one who's violently killed, or that lacketh bread. Don't let it ever be
that there's not someone in Joab's house that
is suffering, is
what David is saying. Let there always be one
suffering in Joab's family. What we're gonna see
is David's going to put the treatment of
Joab in God's hands. He's gonna leave the
judgment up to God. Verse 30, so Joab, and Abishai
his brother slew Abner. Whoa, now, we learn
something there that we hadn't learned before, Abishai was, at least,
in conspiracy in this. What we don't know, it's
not written what part Abishai played in it,
but it's very plain here, Joab and Abishai, the older
brothers of Asahel, slew Abner because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. They couldn't rightfully
claim the right of kinsman redeemer
in killing Abner. That's only if Abner
had murdered Asahel. He didn't murder Asahel, he
killed Asahel in self-defense. Here we see, I
think, Joab's motives and his actions here are
controlled by jealousy. Jealousy is a terrible
spirit and it can cause completely rational people to
do totally irrational things. He was jealous of Abner,
he was afraid that a league between David and
Abner would weaken his position in David's kingdom. Verse 31, and
David said to Joab, and to all the people
that were with him, here he's publicly
going to state his displeasure
with what Joab did. Hopefully, this information,
what is about to happen will appease those who sent
Abner down to make peace in a league with David and,
for David, to be their king. Will it work? Rend your clothes,
this is what David said to Joab and the others,
and gird you with sackcloth, these are signs of mourning,
and mourn before Abner. And king David himself
followed the bier. Now, bier would be.. An Abner was, course,
in no way a poor man. But, at this time a bier was a
couch, you could think of it. But a poor man
would have a couch where he would sit upon it. It's also where he
would sleep at night. And it's also what he
was buried on or in. A bier, you could think of
it, as somewhat of a coffin. And they buried Abner
in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and
wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. A lot of loss over what
began as nonsense when Abner and Joab showed up with their
men at the pool of Gibeon. And that turned into out
and out battles and, again, a good man, Abner senselessly
killed as a result. Now, David is truly
mourning and probably many of the others
of Judah as well. Joab and Abishai, it's
probably more of an acting job. 33, and the king
lamented over Abner, and said, died Abner
as a fool dieth? Now, this kinda loses it. What this means is that
Abner died an unnoble death. He was a ferocious warrior. I'm sure Abner would have
much preferred to die in battle fighting against an
enemy rather than having one of his own flesh and
blood murder him. A fool could be taken to
as someone who is ungodly. Verse 34, thy, this referring
to Abner, David continues, hands were not bound,
you weren't a malefactor, nor thy feet put in fetters, you weren't convicted of any
crime, you were innocent. As a man falleth before
wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people
wept again over him. He didn't deserve what he got. It was murder. And here he's calling his
own nephews wicked men. That who's responsible,
Joab and Abishai. Verse 35, and when all the
people came to cause David to eat meat, or food
in general of any kind, while it was yet day,
David sware, saying, so do God to me, and more
also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till
the sun be down. Let the same thing that
happened to Abner happen to me, also, if I partake
of anything to eat. This shows the people
of the northern tribes that David is truly
mourning the loss of Abner. And proving that he had nothing
to do with Abner's murder. And all the people
took notice of it, including the
tribes of Benjamin, Ephraim and those in Gilead
on the east side of Jordan. And it pleased
them: as whatsoever the king did pleased
all the people. David drawing the people of
the nation together under him. They like what they're
seeing in David's actions. David was experiencing sincere
grief over the lose of Abner. They believed that
he had nothing to do, at this point, with
Abner's murder. If they did think he had
anything to do with it, the league or covenant
that Abner first suggested would probably be
canceled and Israel would not go under
the reign of David. Verse 38, and the king
said unto his servants, know ye not that
there is a prince and a great man fallen
this day in Israel? And that's quite a statement
coming from the most powerful man in the nation, calling
Abner a prince and a great man. Verse 39, and I
am this day weak, in Hebrew this means
tender, in other words, I'm emotional from
the loss of Abner. Though anointed king; and
these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard, or they're too
severe or cruel, for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according
to his wickedness. Here, he's putting the
matter into God's hands. What David is saying is,
yes, I'm anointed the king over all of Israel,
but this is just more than I can bear, right now. I'm emotional and
tender as to make a decision what to
do concerning Joab. Cuz it was the king's
responsibility, when there was blood that
had been spilled in the land, not only was it up to
David to correct it and to punish those
who were responsible, that blood also cried
out to the Lord. As when Cain slew his brother
Abel in the Book of Genesis. You remember God walked
up to Cain and said, where's your
brother, and he said, I don't know, am I
my brother's keeper? And God said, his blood crieth
out from the earth to me. And, when blood is
shed, innocent blood, the Lord cries out
to him as well. On David's, almost
on his death bed, that's First Kings,
chapter two, verse five and the following verses,
on David's deathbed, he instructs his son
Solomon, he said, don't let Joab, his hoary
head, his gray head, go down to the grave in peace for what he did to
Abner and Amasa. Use your wisdom to take
him down to the grave. And Solomon found
occasion to take Joab down because when Adonijah,
another of David's sons, chose to try and usurp
the throne from Solomon, Joab supported him at that time. And Solomon took Joab out. What goes around comes around. Chapter four, verse one, and
it reads, and when Saul's son, now we switch back
to Ishbosheth. The last remaining son
Ishbosheth, I should say, the last remaining son of Saul. When Saul's son heard that
Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble,
he became weak, and all the Israelites
were troubled. They wondered what would
the new king David do now. And there's some of
them, probably the word hadn't gotten around
yet that David was truly mourning
the loss of Abner. Some of them probably
still suspicious that David had something to
do with the murder of Abner. Abner had been Ishbosheth's
main stay, if you will. His strength, and
now he is gone. He doesn't have the power to
remain in the kingdom now. He was incompetent,
he was a weakling. Verse two, and Saul's
son, this is Ishbosheth, had two men that were
captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of
the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: for Beeroth also was
reckoned to Benjamin. Of course, Benjamin
was Saul's own tribe which makes the
crime that these two are about to commit,
even more heinous. This Beeroth is near Gibeon about six miles
north of Jerusalem. And the Beerothites
fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners
there until this day. This means that
they were strangers or foreigners in the land. Verse four, and
Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was
lame of his feet. He was five years old when
the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel,
and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee,
that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth, if you translate
it, means fighter of Baal. He's called Meribbaal
in First Chronicles. Now, you might recall Jonathan and David were like
blood brothers. They were very, very close. David had sworn to always honor the house of Saul and
the house of Jonathan. As a result, then, that
Jonathan was a son of Saul. In chapter nine, David
will restore the property that belonged to
Saul to Mephibosheth. He will also make it
to where Mephibosheth, the grandson on Saul,
the son of Jonathan, will always eat
at David's table. In other words, whatever
the king had for supper, Mephibosheth had for supper. Ishbosheth is the last
of Saul's family capable of ruling and he isn't
very capable of ruling. So, all of this, has a
purpose and that is setting up David to be the king
of all of Israel. Jezreel, don't let
that throw you. That's near Mount Gilboa
where Saul and his three eldest sons died
fighting the Philistines. Verse five, and the sons
of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and
came about the heat of the day, it was about noon in
other words, to the house of Ishbosheth, who
lay on a bed at noon. And this is Saul's
last remaining son, the last family member
capable of reigning as king. Time to take a nap. Verse six, and they came
thither into the midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they smote him, this is
Ishbosheth, under the fifth rib, here we have that phrase again, and Rechab and Baanah
his brother escaped. Pretended they were
there to fetch wheat for their men and they
murdered Ishbosheth. Verse seven, for when
they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded
him, and took his head, and gat them away through
the plain all night. They rode through the Valley
of Jordan all night long. Why did they take his head? Well, proof that
Ishbosheth was dead. They planned to
collect a nice reward from David for
killing Ishbosheth. Verse eight, and they brought
the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron,
and said to the king, behold the head of Ishbosheth
the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life;
and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day
of Saul, and his seed. And, here, he's
covering or cloaking what they did in the
name of the Lord. Have you ever noticed when
someone goes off their rocker, is crazy and does something
stupid, like kill someone, and what do they do? Well, they blame
God, they say a voice told me to murder this person. And it wasn't God's
voice that told them, it was Satan's voice. Verse nine, and
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the
sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them,
as the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of adversity. And David's gonna read
them the riot act here. First Samuel, chapter
24, verses 21 and 22, David swore not to
cut off Saul's seed. He made that
promise to Jonathan. And, in First Samuel,
chapter 20, verses 15 and 16, David swore that
he would also show kindness to Jonathan's house. But verse 10, when one
told me, saying, behold, Saul is dead, David's
talking about the Amalekite in chapter one of this
same book, second Samuel. They came running to him to
tell him of Saul's death. When one told me,
behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good tidings, I took hold of him,
and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I
would have given him a reward for his tidings. The Amalekite thought that
I was going to reward him for killing Saul which
he claimed to do. And you think I'm
going to reward you because you brought me good
news that Ishbosheth was killed. How much more, when
wicked men have slain a righteous person in his
own house upon his bed? You murdered Ishbosheth. Shall I not therefore now
require his blood of your hand? You murdered Ishbosheth. And take you away
from the earth? Verse 12 to conclude
the chapter, and David commanded his young
men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and
their feet, and hanged them up over the pool of Hebron,
as a warning to others. But they took the
head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the
sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. And the reason they
cut their hands off because that's the hands
they used to murder innocent Ishbosheth and the
feet that ran to collect a reward for having done so. But justice proved to
the people by David that he had nothing to
do with this murder. And here he's making justice for those who
murdered Ishbosheth. So David becoming
more and more popular with the people
of all of Israel. Anyone of the house of
Saul who could make claim to the throne, at this
point, has been eliminated so it's a wide open path
for David to come in. And he becomes probably
the, if not the greatest one of the great kings of Israel,
and Israel is very successful under David and under Solomon. Was he perfect? Well, we'll see when we
get to chapter 11 and 12, particularly, that
he wasn't perfect. He did make mistakes like
all the rest of us do. But, as far as staying with
the Lord, David never waivered. Not once did he
fall into idolatry. All the future kings
of Judah will be judged by David's standard as far as
how they walked with the Lord. We got a short
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have Anna in Florida. During the sixth day is
when Satan Antichrist shows up on the scene,
will the church be taken before this time or
is it the seventh day when the church is taken up? Help me to understand this. My husband and I watch
you and study with you. Well, the church isn't
going to be taken up. There is no rapture
of the church. Why would anyone want
to go anywhere else when Jesus is coming here? Acts, chapter one, verse
11, makes it very clear and it tells us where
he is coming back, to Mount Olivet,
the Mount of Olives. That is why you want to make
sure you have the gospel armor of Ephesians, chapter
six, in place and on. That's the only way
you're gonna stand against the fiery darts of
Satan during the tribulation, if you're one of God's election. And I'll leave it at that. It's getting late in
the game, though, folks. You need to make yourself
aware that the word rapture doesn't appear in
God's word and, yes, I have read First Thessalonians, chapter four, verses 16 and 17. And I'll point to you that
verse 13 of that chapter four of First Thessalonians tells
you what the subject is. The subject is, Paul says I
don't want you to be ignorant concerning where those are
asleep, where those are dead. That's the subject there,
not the return or the rapture of the church to be with Jesus. The church stays here. That's why we're warned
about the tribulation and to be prepared for the
tribulation of Antichrist. Zee from Alabama, what
does outer darkness mean? Well, as it appears in Matthew,
chapter eight, verse 12, outer means just that,
exterior, on the outside. Darkness means obscurity. Edna in Texas. Darkness, also, always
symbolic of falsehoods. Edna in Texas, do you
ever get to a place where the Lord
isn't close at all? If you have, then
you caused it, Edna. Deuteronomy, chapter 30, verse
11 and the following verses, it states there the command
of God is near at hand. It's not in heaven, it's
not where we have to send an astronaut up to
get the command of
God and bring it back. It goes on to say there,
it's not beyond the sea. We don't need
Christopher Columbus to sail the ocean blue
to find the word of God. It's near, it's right
here, as a matter of fact. And, if you don't
do his commandments,
then you will perish. Second Chronicles,
chapter 15, verse two, makes it very clear,
if you forsake God, He will forsake you. If you love and serve
Him, He'll never leave you and He'll never forsake you. Hebrews, chapter 13,
but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. So, if you get the feeling
like you've come to a place in your life that you're
not close to God at all, do a self-analysis, as
I said a moment ago, you need to get
back in His word. You need to develop
that relationship to where you're close again
with your heavenly Father. Melvin in California,
where in the bible does it talk about Bathsheba
giving Solomon advice on taking a wife and being king? Well, all of Bathsheba's
conversations, Bathsheba was Solomon's mother, for those of you who don't know, all of her conversations
with Solomon are recorded in First Kings, chapter
one and chapter two. And there's nothing
written about Bathsheba talking to Solomon
about taking a wife. Much of that conversation
there is how to stop Adonijah's attempt to take
the throne away from Solomon. Gordon in California, where
in the bible is it written that Satan is loosed
and is he here now? No, he's not here now. He's being held by Michael
and his angels in heaven. But, there comes a point in
time, Revelation, chapter 12, verse six, and the following
verses, will come to pass. And Satan and his angels war
against Michael and his angels. Michael prevails
and they throw Satan and his angels out onto earth. And it's woe unto you on earth. Satan in his role as
Antichrist will be here. Now, don't be looking
for him to show up with a red long-handled
underwear and a pitchfork and horns on his head other
than the horns of the lamb because he's gonna come in
peacefully and prosperously. He's going to be everything
that you think Jesus would be. In fact, he'll be
claiming to be Jesus. Ab Rabee in Oklahoma, what
was the book of Jacob... Why was the Book of Jacob
in the year around 1400 changed to the Book of James? Well, James in the Greek
language is Iakobos. It's from the Greek
word, 23AD, Iakob, which is Jacob in
the Hebrew language. So James was the
half-brother of Jesus Christ. His name in the Greek and
transliterated English was James, in
Hebrew it was Jacob. Reid, and we don't know
where Reid is from, thank you for your teaching. Your welcome. Is the Book of Tobit
fiction or fact? Is it good reading? Well, the Book of Tobit is one of the books of the Apocrypha. I believe it's the third. Goodspeed is the only
Apocrypha that we'll offer or carry through
Shepherd's Chapel. And if you obtain an
Apocrypha, make sure you're obtaining a
Goodspeed translation. But Goodspeed classifies
the Book of Tobit as religious fiction. Probably one of the
reasons the church decided not to canonize
the Book of Tobit. Dan in Alabama, thank you
for your kind comments. Why do so many churches
have to baptize again from one to the other? Are they saying Jesus' baptism and death resurrection,
once was not enough? Some church members have said they've been baptized six times. They smile like that is special. Well, you should
ask the churches that require you to be
baptized in their church before they'll let
you join the church. And, if that were the condition and I had already been baptized,
I believe I'd kick the dust off of my feet and find
another place to worship. But that's quite common, is
that the churches require that you be baptized
by their pastors, like their pastors
are something special. It's not their
pastors who baptize, it's the Father, Son and the
Holy Spirit that baptize. The danger of being
baptized more than once too, you'll find in
Hebrews, chapter six, verses four, five and
six, where we learn that once you come to
knowledge, once you're saved and then you fall away, repent. To do otherwise, is like
recrucifying Jesus Christ again. Once was enough, we
don't wanna put him on the cross again because
you messed up or I messed up. We all mess up,
we all fall short. But that's the beauty
of Christianity is that we have repentance. That's what you do when
you fall away, you repent. You don't recrucify
Christ, you don't go out and get baptized
by another church. Anna in Georgia, a pastor
said when the Israelites left Egypt for
the Promised Land, that there were some
other people among them, non-Israelites, quotation,
and they were the ones that started the grumbling
about no food and water. Then the Israelites
started grumbling too. Is this true? Well, it's partially true. And the part's that
true is, and you read about this in Numbers,
chapter 11, verse four, this group of non-Israelites,
they're called the mixed multitude,
you see some Israelites over the 400 years that
they were in bondage to the Egyptians, had
taken Egyptian spouses. And they were the ones
who started grumbling
about the food, the manna, the loathsome bread that God was feeding
them from heaven. And they started murmuring. It's not written there, though,
that they started murmuring and then the Israelites
started grumbling. Although, the Israelites did
their fair share of grumbling, it doesn't state there in
Numbers, chapter 11, verse four, that the mixed multitude
started grumbling and then the Israelites
followed suit. It doesn't say that. Vincent in Illinois, where
did Seth get his wife from? The same place as Cain? No, Cain was expelled
from the Garden of Eden and he went east
to the Land of Nod, Genesis, chapter four,
verses 16 and 17. And he took a wife there
of the sixth day creation. Seth was not expelled
from the Garden of Eden. He remained there
with Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve had more children. He took to wife
one of his sisters and the laws of incest
had not been given. But that's the only
way that you could have that seed line to
Messiah stay pure. By that, I mean not mixed
with other people's. Verse two... You have a second
question I should say, how come all the
races had the same language until the
Tower of Babel? Were they all one race? No, they weren't all one race. God created the races
in Genesis, chapter one. Then in chapter two he
created Adam and Eve. (speaking in foreign language) in the Greek, Hebrew language. Ronald from Mississippi, hope
you don't mind me writing. Hopefully, I won't
be here much longer. We make big plans to watch
and listen to you all, unfortunately, we don't
always get up in time. We do find what you
say very interesting. We're thankful for you
all and your staff. My question is, not long
ago we heard one of you all, I think the younger
of you alls pastors, did you say Kane
was not Adam's son? Sorry it took so long to ask. But we've been sick,
I am better now. Well, we're glad
you're better now. Kane was not Adam's son. You'll find Adam's genealogy
in Genesis, chapter five. Kane's genealogy, which
is quite different, in Genesis, chapter four. What if any, is the relationship between the two pastor Murrays? Pastor Arnold Murray
was my father. My name is Dennis Murray
and I obviously am his son. Barbara in Pennsylvania, when
you're going to a loved one to help them during
the millennium, we're considered unclean
and have to stay away from the temple and Christ for
seven days, that's correct. Where do we go and what will
we be doing for the seven days? Well, it is written
what you will be doing. I guess I would
answer your question, we'll go anywhere but the
temple where Christ is located. And why is that? Well, it's because you
were among the dead, the spiritually dead and,
when you come in contact with the dead, you're unclean. And that was God's requirement, Ezekiel, chapter 44, verse
26 and the following verses. Francine from
Maryland, your welcome. We try hard teaching
the word and the truth. It has been very helpful to me, your teaching the word of God, but Satan is trying his hardest to make me be as I was before. He has a stronghold
on my family, my sons. I can't get through,
my question is, will it always be
like this for me? I pray and talk to God
for help and comfort through this hard
time, will I be okay? Well, you'll be
okay if you'll use the power that Jesus gave you. In Luke, chapter
10, verses 17, 18, and that is, you have
power in his name over all of your
enemies including Satan. But if you don't use that
power, Satan will beat you up. He'll use your
family against you. He'll make your life
miserable, if you allow it. That's the key, don't allow it. Use the power that
Jesus gave you. You rebuke Satan and
order him out of your life and away from your home
and away from your family, in the name of Jesus Christ. Bobby in Texas, who was and
is living in Palestine today? Well, the Philistines
were inhabitants of Palestine in
the ancient times. There are many Arabic people
that inhabit Palestine today. Eli in Kentucky, where
in the bible does it say, I'm against those
that teach my children to fly away to save their soul. It doesn't actually say that. However, in Ezekiel,
chapter 13, verse 18 and, the following verses,
verse 20 to be exact, God says I am against your
pillows where with you, there you hunt the
souls to make them fly. And pillows are coverlets
that are sewed over the people's arms to
cover them from God reaching out to save them
with His outstretched arms. And, then, they
try and teach them to fly to save their souls. In other words,
depending on someone else other than God to
save their soul. Man cannot create
his own salvation. The rapture is not a salvation. Eli in Kentucky,
where in the bible does it say I'm against.. We just did that Linda in Georgia,
what order of sequence do the seals, trumpets
and vials come in? That is to say,
which precedes which? Well, one precedes two,
two precedes three, three precedes four,
except for the seals. The seals are listed in
Revelation, chapter six. They are not in
chronological order. They are in the
order of importance. The first one there in
Revelation, chapter six, tells us about the
one on the white horse that comes in and
has a bow, toxon, a cheap fabric
imitation of a bow. He's also imitating
the white horse, he who comes in
on the white horse in Revelation, chapter 19. That, of course,
is Jesus Christ. And I'm out of time. I want you all to know that
I love you a great deal because you enjoy studying
God's word in depth. It makes your Father's day
when He looks down from heaven and He sees you with the
letter that He wrote to you, the bible open and you're
seeking knowledge of Him and how to be pleasing to Him. And then we do the best
we can to follow through and to be pleasing to Him,
blessings start to follow. We are brought to you by
tour tithes and offerings. If we've helped you, help
us keep coming to you and to reach out to our
brothers and sisters who are lost in this
world of darkness. One thing most
important is this, 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
is the living word. - [Narrator] Hearing God's word with understanding
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