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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're gonna pick it up
today at this fantastic book of 2 Samuel chapter
five verse one. We're having a blessed
day here at the chapel. We hope you're having a
blessed one where you are. Well, things have been
cleared out of the way for David to become
king of all of Israel. Saul is dead, killed in battle
against the Philistines. Abner is dead, the
general to Saul murdered by David's nephew, Joab. But before he was murdered, he
made some pretty strong steps to bring the 10 northern
tribes of Israel under David's reign. He said "You know, you guys
have been talking about it "a long time, thinking
about you'd like David "to be your king, now just
do it" is what Abner said. And we're gonna see some of
the fruits of Abner's labors come to pass in
our lecture today. Saul's house
continued to weaken. In fact, it's almost
diminished to nothing now. Ishbosheth, the last
remaining son of Saul, was murdered by his own
people in our last lecture. That only leaves one grandson
of Saul, Mephibosheth by name. David will take Mephibosheth
into his own house and he'll eat at David's
table the rest of his life due to that promise that David
made to Saul's son Jonathan. They loved each
other as themselves. So with that introduction,
let's ask that word of wisdom and in Jesus'
precious name, father, we ask you to open
eyes, open ears this day as we pick it up 2 Samuel
chapter five verse one and it reads: "Then came all the tribes of
Israel to David unto Hebron, "and spake saying, Behold, we
are thy bone and thy flesh." This is a very important
part of the key of David, bone and flesh. It would be through
David's bone and flesh that messiah would come. And it would be knowledge
of that key of David that would help us identify
those who claim to be of Judah but are of the
synagogue of Satan, Revelation chapter 29 and 39. Not my words, but
the word of God. Now, when it says all
of Israel came to David, obviously that
would be impossible. What we're talking about
are the tribe princes, probably military leaders were
involved in coming to David and they're gonna give
David three reasons why he should be the
king of all 12 tribes, the natural seed of Jacob. Verse two. "Also in time past, when
Saul was king over us, "thou wast he that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel." You were right at Saul's level, you were second in
command to Saul. David was a very powerful
military leader under Saul before he went on
the run from Saul. "And the Lord said to thee, "Thou shalt feed
my people Israel, "and thou shalt be a
captain over Israel." The three reasons that
they're offering to David that he should be their king. You are of our bone and flesh, you were one that led
out and brought in, that means carrying out
the day to day activities of the military, and the Lord said you shall
feed my people Israel. That shepherd boy now
a shepherd of men. And rightly so. In David we have a
type for messiah, the shepherd, the good shepherd. Verse three. "So all the elders of Israel
came to the king to Hebron; "and king David made a
league, or a covenant, "with them in Hebron
before the Lord: "and they anointed
David king over Israel." This would actually
be the third time that David was anointed. The first was by Samuel when he was probably
16 or 17 years old. Saul was very much still the
king of Israel at that time. It's probably been nearly
20 years at this time since Samuel anointed David. He was 30 years old when he
began to reign over Judah, which by the way
was the second time that he was anointed king, that the capitol was in Hebron and now he's being anointed
for the third time as king of all 12 tribes. In the Chronicle we have,
I started off by explaining that the books of
Samuel and Kings would have more of a man's
view, a man's eye view of how these events
came to pass. In Chronicles, it's more
of what the Holy Spirit, God's view of things
how they happened. In Chronicles, it
states in this verse that he was anointed
king over Israel according to the word
of the Lord and Samuel. Verse four. "David was 30 years old
when he began to reign, "and he reigned 40 years." A total of 7 1/2 over Judah, the remaining period of
time, he was the king over all 12 tribes. He was 30 years old when he
began to reign over Judah only that was also
the age approximately when Jesus Christ began his
ministry was at the age of 30. Biblical numerics of
course, the number 40, most of you are
aware, is probation. Verse five. "In Hebron he reigned
over Judah, Judah only, "seven years and six months: "and in Jerusalem he
reigned 30 and three years "over all Israel and Judah." And I think Jerusalem
probably if not immediately after David was anointed
king over the 12 tribes of Israel, Jerusalem
became the capitol. One little matter that
has to be taken care of before it fully becomes
the capitol, you see, Jerusalem originally
called Jibesh and it's controlled, the
citadel or fortress at this time is covered or controlled
by the Jebusites. Yes, Jerusalem fell, it was
right on the border of Judah and Benjamin, when
the allotments in
Joshua's time were made but then it fell, the
lower city fell to Israel but the citadel still
very much in control of the Jebusites. David will take care of that. Verse six. "And the king and his
men, David and his men, "went to Jerusalem
unto the Jebusites." This is one of the
tribes of the Canaanites. "The inhabitants of the land." The land of course meaning
Canaan, the promised land. "Which spake unto David saying." this is what the
Jebusites said to David. "Except thou take away
the blind and the lame, "thou shalt not come in hither: "thinking, David
cannot come in hither." And Jibesh again was a fortress. It was a walled, very
defensible structure and what the Jebusites
are saying here that really wasn't
translated very well but what the Jebusites
are saying is "David, we could leave the
lame and the blind here "by themselves and you still
wouldn't be able to come in." In other words, our weakest
members, the lame and the blind, could defend this
city against David. It's impenetrable, is
what they're saying. Verse seven. "Nevertheless David took
the strong hold of Zion." This is the first time
the word Zion appears in the King James Version Bible. "The same is the city of David." And after David and his
men defeated the Jebusites, Jerusalem was no
longer called Jibesh, it was called either
the City of David, or soon after he
defeated the Jebusites, David would change
the name to Jerusalem. Verse eight. "And David said on that day." This is to his own men. "Whosoever getteth
up to the gutter, "and smiteth the Jebusites,
and the lame and the blind, "that are hated of David's soul, "he shall be chief and captain. "Wherefore, or
because, they said, "The blind and the lame shall
not come into the house." David's slamming them
here for what they said, that our lame and blind
could defend the citadel against you and your men. Now what this "Whosoever
getteth up the gutter", there's quite a bit of
disagreement among scholars as to what this means. Some believe that there
was like a tunnel system under the citadel of Jibesh, and that just doesn't
stack up to me, that seems like a very
highly unlikely... Jerusalem is surrounded
by three valleys, except on one side obviously. You've got three valleys,
you've got one side that's not protected
by a valley. That's where this
citadel was situated to protect against. You have natural defense in
the valleys around Jerusalem and then you have this
citadel on the north side. One of the valleys is thought
to have had a waterfall and that's what one
scholar points out that David said whichever
of my men goes in and kills the Jebusites
and throws them over into the waterfall will
become a chief and a captain. But David's promising rewards
to those who take risk, is what we're seeing here. Verse nine. "So David dwelt in the fort and
called it the City of David. "And David built round about
from Millo and inward." Now what this is, the citadel
was pretty much by itself. And what David did, in fact,
his descendants Solomon, Hezekiah, and even Manassah, which is arguably the most
evil of the kings of Judah, all added on to this wall
that was round about. There was a tower
that's thought, that was part of Millo as well and what they did was
build a wall from the tower to the fortress, making
it even more defensible and protecting the lower city
of Jerusalem even more so. So they defeated the
Jebusites and David moved into the citadel. Verse 10. "And David went
on, and grew great, "and the Lord God of
hosts was with him." God had left Saul,
his house diminished. God was with David and
his house was strengthened and in the next few verses,
we're going to be told how the house of David
was strengthened. And when God's with you,
you have success, why? Because you get God's blessings. If you're going against
God's commandments and against his will, do you
think he's going to bless you? Of course not. You don't expect
anything from God if you're not doing your
best to be pleasing to him. David is being very
pleasing to the Lord at this point in his life. Verse 11. "And Hiram king of Tyre
sent messengers to David, "and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons: "and they built David an house." And it would be quite a fancy
palace made out of cedar. When we get to a future
chapter in 2 Samuel after David's palace was
complete, he looks out a window and he sees the Ark of
God sitting under a tent and he wants to take
it on himself to
build a house for God. And we'll cover that when
we get to it very soon, as a matter of fact, but
God won't allow David to build his house. Why? Because he was a man of war,
a man that spilled much blood. Now, Hiram and David
became quite good allies. The people of Tyre were
known for their cedar, number one, that
they could provide. But then they needed goods
that Israel could provide, so Hiram and David
often arranged trades and the fact is,
it would be Solomon who would go on and
build the house of God, the temple of Solomon, and
David would make arrangements for Hiram to provide
Solomon in advance with the needed materials
for the house of God. Verse 12. "And David perceived that the
Lord had established him king "over Israel, and that he
had exalted his kingdom "for his people Israel's sake." Not necessarily
for David's sake, but for the sake of Israel. Emmanuel came for all of Israel and indeed for the
entire world's sake. No one will find salvation
without Emmanuel. Which of course those of you who know the Isaiah
chapter seven verse 14, a virgin will conceive and
you'll call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us. David no longer, and
again it was 20 years since Samuel had anointed
David to be king. I'm sure a lot of that time,
David was probably thinking Samuel, or Lord better
said, are you sure you want me to be king? It sure doesn't seem like it, because Saul's chasing
me all over kingdom come. I'm on the run for my life and you're telling me I'm
supposed to be the king. But finally David feels that
the Lord has established him as the king of Israel. Verse 13. "And David took him more
concubines and wives "out of Jerusalem after
he was come from Hebron: "and there were yet
sons, or more sons, "and daughters born to David." Deuteronomy chapter 17, God
knew that Israel would seek a man king eventually. And in Deuteronomy 17:17, God says that a king of Israel
should not multiply wives to themself. David multiplied
wives to himself but he couldn't hold
a candle to Solomon. Solomon had 700 wives and 300
concubines, I believe it was. But David, the wives
that he would have and the children, his
sons in particular, would bring a lot of
heartburn in David's life. The sword will never
pass from David's house. We'll cover why when we
get to future chapters. Verse 14. "And these be the names of
those that were born unto him "in Jerusalem; Shammua,
and Shobab, and Nathan, "and Solomon." All four of these, Shammua,
Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, were born of Bathsheba, the woman that David had
an adulterous affair with, sent her husband
Uriah the Hittite with his death sentence
to Joab to send him to the hottest front. In an effort to cover
his adulterous affair
with Bathsheba, David summons Uriah
from the front and in an effort to have
him sleep with his wife to cover the pregnancy
of Bathsheba. Uriah would not. David sent him with his death
sentence to the hottest front. Nathan-- Well, first let me say
Solomon, of course, is the seed line through
which the kingship would be passed down. However, it's Nathan
that the seed line to Messiah would come,
easily documented in Luke, chapter three. Nathan means giver, it's a
form of the word Nethinim which means given. Not to be confused,
I'm not saying Nathan was a Nethinim by any means. 15, the list of his
continued sons goes on. "Ibhar also, and Elishua,
and Nepheg, and Japhia." Many children are the
proof of the strength of a man's house. "And Elishama, and
Eliada, and Eliphalet." Verse 17. "But when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David "king over Israel, all
the Philistines came up "to seek David; and
David heard of it, "and went down to the hold." Now I think we step back
in time a little bit here. For David to have taken Jibesh, which was a fortress
and then leave that. In other words, if
he was going to war against the Philistines,
make the Philistines come to the fortress just as
the men of Jibesh said you leave you blind
and your lame only and you still couldn't come in. There's some truth to that. You can defend a castle
with very few people. It takes sometimes years of a
nation or an army laying siege against a city
before it crumbles. Basically you have to starve
them out, is what the case is. Now the reason I think this
again steps back in time, David would not leave the
security of a defensible wall or fortress to go to a
hold, which is a cave, a stronghold. I think the cave here
mentioned is Adulam, as we saw in 1 Samuel
chapter 22, verse one. And it was before
David took Jibesh that the Philistines
rose up against him and he went to a place
he was very familiar with the lay of the land because he spent a lot of time
there on the run from Saul. Verse 18. "The Philistines also
came and spread themselves "in the valley of Rephaim." Rapha was one of the descendants
of the fallen angels, won quite a bit of notoriety. Rephaim, we're
talking about giants. Verse 19. "And David inquired
of the Lord, saying." No doubt this through
the priest Abiathar with the (mumbles). "Shall I go up to
the Philistines?" Question. "Wilt thou deliver
them into mine hand? "And the Lord said
unto David, go up: "for I will doubtless
deliver the Philistines "into thine hand." You talk about being
a sure victory. When God says go up, I
will deliver the enemy into your hands, you
are on the winning side. Now remember, we have
two priests at this time. You've got Zadok, who is
of the house of Eleazar, the proper line
of the high priest who is at Gibea with
the mosaic tabernacle. And you have Abiathar, who's
of the house of Ithamar, who is with David at this time. Verse 20. "And David came to Baal-perazim, "and David smote them there." The Philistines. "And said, The Lord
hath broken forth "upon mine enemies before
me, as the breach of waters. "Therefore he called the name
of that place Baal-perazim." Baal-perazim can be translated
to lord of divisions. I like to translate to
the lord of the breach, meaning that the Lord broke
through on the Philistines like a flood of water
destroying everything. The way you talk about power,
a flood has got awesome power. It takes everything, man,
women, children, buildings, animals, and it's a
terrible disaster. 21. "And there they, the
Philistines, left their images, "and David and his
men burned them." They left their idols. No doubt they thought that
their idols would help them win the victory over Israel. They didn't have a victory,
so they just left their idols and David burned them,
as should be the case with all idolatrous materials. Today, I wish we could
burn the traditions of men, the traditions
that get in the way of people really understanding
God's word at all. They've replaced God's
word with the word of man. Verse 22. "And the Philistines
came up yet again "and spread themselves in
the valley of Rephaim." Now I think this is
somewhat of a later date. The Philistines
wouldn't take a thumping and then turn around
and come immediately. They would have to regroup. Possibly they made
some new idols that they were in hopes
could deliver them from the defeat of Israel. That is not going to happen. "And when David
inquired of the Lord." Concerning the second occasion that the Philistines came up. "He said, Thou shalt not go up; "but fetch a compass behind
them, and come upon them "over against the
mulberry trees." This time God instructing David, don't attack the Philistines. You go around, fetch a circle
means go around behind them and wait for
further instruction. There is a reason. Verse 24. "And let it be, when
thou hearest the sound "of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, "that then thou shalt
bestir thyself." This means to quickly attack. "For then shall the
Lord go out before thee, "to smite the host
of the Philistines." This is the armies of God. Couldn't help but
think about Elisha in 2 Kings chapter six. Remember, he had an armor bearer
and they got up one morning and there were 180,000 of
the enemy surrounding them. And Elisha jumped up
and said let's go, gird your sword on, the Lord
hath delivered the enemy into our hands, let's go
before they have a chance to get away. And Elisha's armor
bearer says Elisha, there's 180,000 of them. Do you know something
that I don't? And Elisha prayed
that God would open his armor bearer's eyes so he
could see the armies of God around the mountaintop. And he saw those
chariots of fire. That's what David is hearing
here above the mulberry trees, the armies of God. You know, there are two
wars, spiritual wars and what I believe in the
not so distant future, they're called Hamongog
and Armageddon. And you elect, you
know, we have work to do up until that point. But when those battles
take place, step aside, because those wars
belong to the Lord. But don't be at all surprised
if you hear the same thing that David heard,
the going in the tops of the mulberry trees as the
armies of God take the enemy and destroy them. 25. "And David did so as the
Lord had commanded him; "and smote the
Philistines from Geba "until thou come to Gazer." Geba is an abbreviation,
I believe, for Gibeon. I think Bullinger in
the companion Bible says as much as well. But if it was from
Gibeon to Gazer, we're talking 30 to 35 miles. That's a lot of
thumping Philistines. God gave David the victory. More importantly,
God went before David in destroying the Philistines. Now, in chapter six, we're
gonna see David bring the Ark of God into Jerusalem. A little background on this. It's been 70 to 89 years
since the Ark of God was at the tabernacle. It's been at a location, well,
I'll back up even further than that. Eli's sons, the priests,
Hophni and Phinehas, because they desecrated
the tabernacle of God, this was back in 1 Samuel
chapter two and three as a reminder to you. But they were ripping off
the people, their offerings. They were ripping off God, not
giving to God what was his. They were lying with the
women who came to minister at the tabernacle. God was very angry and
the Ark of the Covenant, the Ark of God, was taken by
the Philistines at that time. Remember, they first
took it to Ashdod and put it in the house
of their god, Dagon, the fish god who has
a man's head and arms. The next morning, they went in and Dagon was laying on
his face in a position of subjection to
the Ark of the Lord. Well, they didn't
think anything about it and they set it back up. The next day, they went in
and Dagon's head and arms were broken off. Well, they sent the Ark
to Gath, the men of Gath, the people of Gath came
down with hemorrhoids. (speaking in foreign
language), I should say, which are hemorrhoids. The people of Gath
sent the Ark to Ekron, where the people there who
did not get hemorrhoids died because of the Ark. So they decided, well, it's
time for us to send the Ark back to Israel. They did so with
five golden mice, which were destroying
their land, the mice were, and five golden hemorrhoids
as a trespass offering against the Lord. Well, they put it on a new
cart, remember, the Ark of God, and two cows, they let
them go with the Ark. And they said, okay, now
if it goes back to Israel, we'll know that the hemorrhoids and the people being struck dead was caused because
we offended the Lord. Well, they went to a
place called Bethshemesh. The people of Israel who
resided in Bethshemesh opened up the Ark,
which you don't do. If you have studied
God's word at all, you know unholy man
cannot stand to be in the presence of God. God struck a bunch of them dead. Well, like we'll see in our
next lecture how it goes bringing the Ark from
(mumbles) to Jerusalem. They're gonna have to
do a little Bible study before they're successful. Have a short message, let's
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to some questions and see what's on
the mind of folks. First up today, we
have Lana in Missouri. "Do you have to be water
baptized to be saved?" Many incorrectly teach John
chapter three verse three that states that you
must be born of water to enter the kingdom of God. That does not mean you
have to be baptized. It means to be
born in the flesh. What's the first
thing that happens when a mother is about
to go into labor? Her water breaks. That's what it means
to be born of water. You know, I doubt that the
criminal that was crucified next to Christ, in the
very hour he was dying he said "I believe" and
he believed on Jesus and Jesus said to him "This
day, I'll see you in paradise." I really doubt that that
(mumbles), the criminal, had taken time to get baptized
on the way to the cross. Having said that though,
Jesus was our example. Baptism is a beautiful
thing, don't take me wrong that I'm against baptism. I'm for baptism. It's a beautiful statement
by people that they believe that Jesus Christ was
born in the flesh, was crucified on the
cross, went into the tomb, and then praise God 3 1/2
days later, he resurrected. The baptism being symbolic
of the death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. Again, Jesus was our example. He was baptized, we should
be baptized as well. The point is, is it
a salvation must do? I don't believe it is. Joel in Illinois. "These transgenders,
when they get to heaven, "are they going to stand
before God and tell him "he made a mistake
when he made them?" That's a good point. Isaiah chapter 29
verse 16 states "You turn things upside down "and that shall be esteemed
as the potter's clay. "Shall the work say to him
that made it, he made me not, "or shall the thing framed
say he hath no understanding?" In other words, God didn't
know what he was doing when he made me. That would probably be what
a transgender would say, "Lord, you messed up,
you made me a girl "and I was supposed
to be a boy." I don't think God'll buy it. Ken in Texas. "What do you mean when
you say rightly dividing "the word of God?" Good question. 2 Timothy chapter
two verse 15 tells us that study to show
thyself approve, a workman that needeth
not be ashamed. Keeping rightly dividing
the word of truth. The word of truth, of
course, is God's word. Rightly dividing God's
word means several things. It means keeping up with
the subject and the object. If you are a Canaanite,
that's what they'll see, and you try and apply
what God said to Israel. Unless you're
sojourning among Israel, it doesn't apply to you. So you have to keep
up with the subject. Who is God speaking to? Also the object. You must also keep up
with the periods of time. They're called
dispensations by some. And that's all a dispensation
is a period of time. Before Christ was crucified, people lived in the dispensation that was covered by the law. After Christ was crucified,
we live in a dispensation called the
dispensation of grace. So you have to know
what period of time you're being talked
into to keep up with what is being taught. Bullinger did an excellent work. He's the scholar who
did the scholarly notes in the companion Bible, for
those of you who don't know. He did an excellent work
called How to Enjoy the Bible and he spends a great
deal of time in that explaining how to rightly
divide the word of God. You might consider ordering
that from our library, we do offer that
here in our library. Connie in Texas. "Where in the Bible does it
say God forgives us 490 times "a day?" It doesn't say 490 times
a day specifically, but in Matthew chapter
18 verse 21 and 22 is what you're talking about and that's where
Peter asks Jesus how often can my brother
trespass against me and I forgive him, seven times? And Jesus responded
"No, not seven times, seven times 70 times." That's 490 times. And if you truly repent, that's how many times God is
willing to forgive you as well. George from California. "Love your program." I'm glad you enjoy
studying God's word. "When did you say
Jesus was born?" Well, Jesus was born, contrary
to what most people believe, on September 29th. He was conceived,
rather, on December 25th, which is when most people
think that Jesus was born. He was conceived, the
word became flesh, as it's written in
the New Testament. And if you want a complete
Bible study on that, it's a very interesting study and it considers quite
a bit of knowledge of practices of the people, when the shepherds
were in the fields. You have to understand
the course of Abija, that way you can
determine the birth date of John the Baptist,
who was six months elder to Jesus Christ and that's
how you can then determine with knowledge of
the course of Abija that Jesus was conceived
on December 25th, born on September 29th. The CD that covers that
information I was talking about is entitled Christmas
and it's CD 30517. I highly recommend that. Eric in Georgia. "Are the Kenites--" And that's Kenites with
a K, K-E-N-I-T-E-S. "--a spiritual lineage
or a physical lineage?" They're definitely
a physical lineage. The very name Kenites, take
your Strong's concordance, I believe it's Hebrew word 7017, and it states that the
Kenites are children of Hebrew word 7014, which
in the Strong's concordance which is Cain. So Kenites are
descendants of Cain. And who was Cain? Well, he was the
first son born to Eve. His father was the
serpent who beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden. Michael from Mississippi. "Thank you and your staff for
helping us learn the word." Well, you're sure welcome. It's a labor of love. "Did I understand you to
say some people refuse "to allow the Holy Spirit
to speak through them? "Is it because they are
concerned about being deceived "by the evil one?" Well, Michael, the elect who
refuse to allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them
when they're delivered up before the synagogue of Satan. Again, Revelation
chapter 29 and 39 is where you can read about
the synagogue of Satan. But God's elect are
going to be delivered up and as we're instructed
in Luke chapter 12, start with verse 10 through 13, that we're not to
premeditate what we're to say when we're delivered up. But to allow the Holy
Spirit to speak through us when we're delivered up. That's the only way that the
whole world can understand. Because you see, when
the Holy Spirit speaks, it's that cloven tongue
that everyone understands. It's not a tongue where
somebody says something and you have to have
an interpreter tell you what the person said. It's the Holy Spirit speaking
and you will understand. Of course, that's blasphemy
of the Holy Spirit for one of God's elect
to refuse the Holy Spirit to speak through them. Patricia, and I don't know
where Patricia's from. "My nine year old son
wanted me to ask you "if he was old enough
to teach God's word. "He looks at Shepherd's
Chapel every morning and night "with me. "Do I need to let him follow
along in his own Bible "or watch the words
in the screen?" Well, you know, learning where and she's talking about
should he study in his Bible or follow the Biblical
scriptures that we have for you on the screen. And I recommend that
people use a Bible. If you plan on being a
teacher particularly, you need to know where the
different books of the Bible are located in the Bible. And if you rely on that
on the screen only, if I said "Let's turn our Bible
to the book of Philippians" you would be like all too
many people today, I'm afraid. They would have to look up
in the alphabetical listing at the beginning of their Bible to find out what page
Philippians is on because they don't have a
clue where Philippians is. Most people probably
don't even know whether it's in the Old
Testament or the New Testament. So it's important if
you're gonna be a teacher that you learn where it is. Nine year olds are plenty enough
old to start planting seeds and that's what, Patricia, I
would tell your son Taylor, you gotta learn the word
before you can teach it. You can't go out and
just start saying "Well, I want to
be a Bible teacher" and not have a clue
what the Bible says. You have to learn it
before you can teach it. So you keep studying, Taylor, but it's good for you
to start planting seeds and nine years old
is plenty enough old to be talking to your
friends about God's word and how good our
heavenly father is to us. Jay in Florida. "A lot of times in the Bible, "it says all Israel
will be saved. "Does it mean that all
the people of Israel "will eventually come around? "Because we know out
of that many people, "a lot of them couldn't
care less about God's word. "Please enlighten if you will." In Romans chapter 11 verse
26 is where it states that all Israel will be saved. Now, we're not
talking about everyone that is in the geographical
nation that we now call Israel. What it's talking about
is the descendants of the 12 patriarchs,
the sons of Jacob. That's the Israel
it's talking about, that all Israel will be saved. All 12 tribes, in other words. Rosa from Wisconsin. "In the book of Genesis, "when God destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, "were these cities
destroyed at the same time? "Or were there different times? "I looked both up
in the concordance "but it didn't say
different times. "Webster's dictionary states, "this cutout attached
with dates..." Oh, you cut that out
and enclosed it, okay. Well, the dates are not the
date that the event occurred. Both were destroyed
at the same time and the dates you're looking
at didn't have anything to do with when Sodom and
Gomorrah happened. It happened around 1890 B.C., during the life of
Abraham and Lot. Lisa in Montana. "Are we all kept separate
by race in the eternity? "Does the river divide us?" No, I don't believe
that we're kept separate in the eternity based on race. Revelation chapter
22 verse 24 states that the kings of the nations, and the word nations
in the Greek is ethnos, the ethnic people of the
world in other words, will be able to go into the
presence of God and the Lamb in the temple of the eternity. That's where God's
elect are able to go. And I point out one
other scripture, Galatians chapter
three verse 29. It states there that
in Jesus Christ, all are Abraham's seed, regardless of your ethnicity. Regina in New York. "First of all, I
would like to say "that your Bible study hour
has become a focal point "in my daily life. "I look forward to
tuning in each day." And you're welcome, and thank
you for your kind comments. Get to your question. "Pastor, when I say
Jesus, I love you, "am I speaking to Jesus
as one of the divine God "or am I addressing our father
and the Holy Spirit too? "I find myself addressing
each of the three persons "in our one father God
individually when I pray. "Is this wrong for me to do?" No, there's nothing wrong
with what you're doing as long as you understand
that all three are offices or roles that our
heavenly father plays. They're not three
separate entities, they're one entity that
is our heavenly father. You've seen the son, you
have seen the father. John chapter 14, along
about verse 10 or so. Sandy in Florida. "Was Jesus crucified
on a cross or a stake?" And I don't guess
it really matters, but the Romans were
in charge at the time. And therefore I believe
that Jesus was crucified on a Roman cross, because
the Romans were the authority over the Hebrews at the time. Bryan in Pennsylvania. "My question is about
Hebrews chapter six "verses four through eight. "I feel that I'm in deep trouble
when I read these verses. "I did lose my
faith and went back "to my sinning ways of life. "It's been about four years
of doing despicable things. "I'm back praying..." I can't read your writing. "I started back praying again
and stopped the awful things "I was doing. "My question is, what
can I do to be forgiven? "For Paul writes it is
impossible to bring them back "and repent again." No it doesn't, that's not
what Hebrews chapter six verses four, five,
and six say at all. What they do say is
that once you are saved, come to knowledge is
the exact wording, and then you fall away,
you slip up like you did, you backslide a little bit, don't think that you
need to be saved again. Repent. Because to be saved again
would be like recrucifying Jesus Christ. And he didn't fail, you failed. We all fail when we fall short, so to get back on track with
God and get a clean slate, what do you do? You repent. And you ask for forgiveness. Those despicable things that
you talk about that you did are like they were
written on a chalkboard and somebody takes a big
eraser and erases them. You have a clean slate, a fresh start with
your heavenly father. So that's what Hebrews
chapter six verses four, five, and six mean. When you fall short, repent. Don't try and recrucify Christ
again because you failed. Eric in Tennessee. "Where and what tribe are
white people descended from?" Well, Adamic peoples
are descended from (speaking in
foreign language), and I'm giving you
his Hebrew name. The Adam created in
Genesis chapter two. And you say "What tribe are
black people descended from?" Black people were created
in the, excuse me, not in the Garden of Eden
but in Genesis chapter one verse 26 and the
following verses. We refer to them
here at the Chapel as the sixth day creation
because God created them just before the seventh day, which begins in
Genesis chapter two. Then he created (speaking
in foreign language) in Genesis chapter two. And all too many people
say that black people are a result of Ham's
indiscretions with Noah's wife who was his own mother. Well, you see, God didn't
curse Ham or Canaan. Noah cursed Canaan,
this is written of in Genesis chapter nine. And because he had an
affair, if you will, a sexual relationship with
his own mother, Noah's wife. An incestuous affair
does not change the color of the child's skin. Noah cursed Canaan. Ham was not the first black
man, neither was Canaan. You don't have an Adamic
son and an Adamic mother have a relationship and
a black baby pops out. That's not
biologically possible. Martha in Georgia. "Could you please explain
Leviticus 23:39, eighth day. "I understand the eighth day
in Genesis but not here." Well, following the seven
day feast of tabernacles, you have an eighth day
which was also a Sabbath. In fact, it was the final
feast or Sabbath of the year other than the normal Sabbath, which were every seven days. That Sabbath closes out
the cycle of the year in the month of Tishri,
which was the seventh month on the Hebrew calender, a
very special month of feast. Alright, I'm out of time. I do want you all to know
that I love you a great deal. Why? Because you do make
time each day to spend with your heavenly
father reading the letter that he wrote to you,
instructions that tell you how to be happy in this
flesh life and healthy. We are brought to you by
your tithes and offerings. If we've helped you, help
us keep coming to you and reach out to others of
our brothers and sisters who are lost in this
world of darkness. One thing most
important is this. You stay in the 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. - [Announcer] Hearing God's
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