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pastor Dennis Murray. - Good day to you,
good bless you, welcome to Shepherd's
Chapel, welcome to this family Bible study hour. Ready to get back in into
our father's word here at the Chapel, we're
gonna pick it up today, first Samuel,
chapter 29 verse one, we're gonna wrap up first
Samuel in the next two lectures here at the Chapel, and
I hope you're enjoying it as much as we're enjoying
bringing it to you. We're having a blessed
day here at the Chapel, we hope you are being
blessed where you are. In our last lecture,
we saw Saul going to the witch or summonsing
up the witch of Endor to try and contact
the spirit of Samuel. Saul was desperate. He inquired of the Lord,
the Lord didn't answer, he knew that the spirit
of God was gone from him and the spirit of
God was with David. But that's a new
low, even for Saul, consulting a familiar spirit. It's written up in the
Chronicles that that was one of the reasons that God had
Saul taken out, if you will, in the war with the
Philistines, and that war is just on the horizon
as we pick it up in chapter 29 verse one. Let's ask that word of wisdom,
in Yeshua's precious name, Father, we ask you to open
eyes, open ears this day, first Samuel,
chapter 29 verse one. "Now the Philistines gathered
together all their armies "to Aphek," Aphek means
strength if you translate it. "And the Israelites
pitched by a fountain "which is in Jezreel." Now, Jezreel, this is
no doubt what's known as Goliath's fountain,
and it's ironic that the location is the
place where Goliath was killed and the Philistines
suffered a tremendous loss to the armies of Israel. Well, there's gonna be
another war in this vicinity. This time, the Philistines
thump Israel gourd and Saul and two or three of his
sons lose their life in the battle, verse two. "And the lords of the
Philistines passed on "by hundreds, and by
thousands," this means they were arranged in companies
of hundreds and thousands, they were thick, there
was a bunch of them. "But David and his men passed on "in the rearward with Achish." Now, you see, at
this point in time, David is living in Ziklag,
which originally was allotted to the tribe of Semien,
but had been lost to the Philistines. David showed up with his
600 men, their families and their livestock, in Gath
where Achish was the king. And asked, "Don't let us be
underfoot here in your way, "give us a city." And Achish assigned
Ziklag to David. David, from that point,
was launching attacks against the friends and
allies of the Philistines. And when Achish would ask him, "Where did you go and
raid, I see you got "all this spoil here that
you, the spoils of war, "where did you go?" And David would say, "Well,
we went into the south "of Judah and we took
from the Kenites and," da da da da da da, when in
fact, he was doing it to the allies and friends
of the Philistines. Had Achish known that
David was doing that, he probably would've killed
him or at least run him off, taken him to the border
of Judah and said, "Don't come back." But at this point,
Achish is trusting David. David has proved himself
or at least in cover he has told Achish
what he was doing, but again, Achish is trusting
him, but it's a false trust. Achish is planning on
using David's knowledge of Saul's military
tactics against Saul. Verse three. "Then said the prices
of the Philistines," now these were, you see, there
were five major provinces or regions of the
Philistines, Achish is just one of them, there
are four others, "What do these Hebrews here?" Question. "And Achish said unto the
princes of the Philistines, "Is not this David,
the servant of Saul "the king of Israel,
which hath been with me "these days and these
years, and I have found "no fault in him since he
fell unto me unto this day?" In other words,
since he fell away from his previous master, Saul. But he defeated the
champion of Gath, Goliath, now David is my champion. I trust him and you,
the other four kings of the Philistines, should
trust him as well. They're not going
to, verse four. "And the princes,"
the four other kings, "of the Philistines
were wroth with him," they were mad and
angry at Achish. "And the princes of the
Philistines said unto him, "make this fellow return,
that he may go again "to his place which though
hast appointed him," make him go back to Ziklag,
"and let him not go down "with us to battle,
lest in the battle he be "an adversary to us: for
wherewith should he reconcile "himself unto his master,"
referring to Saul. "Should it not be with
the heads of these men?" Our own men's heads is how
David is going to reconcile with his previous master, Saul. We don't trust him, he's
gonna be, David and his men are gonna be fighting
right along beside us, and then he's gonna
turn and change his mind and start fighting
with Saul and kill us. And this is God working,
it would not be befitting for David, the future
king of Israel, to be fighting and killing
his own future subjects. Verse five. "Is not this David,"
the other four kings of the Philistines
continue, "of whom they sang "one to another in dances,
saying Saul slew his thousands, "and David his
tens of thousands?" And of course, the
tens of thousands were their brothers, their
fathers, their uncles, their sons, their own people. And they're saying
David is a dangerous man at the time that
they sang those songs that Saul has killed
his thousands and David has killed his
tens of thousands. That was the first inkling
of Saul's jealousy. Saul heard the young
ladies singing, Saul's killed his thousands
but David has killed his tens of thousands. And David's success,
that was that evil spirit and the jealousy
that drove Saul mad. Verse six. "Then Achish called
David and said unto him, "surely, as the Lord liveth,"
that's as Yahawah liveth, "thou hast been upright,
and thy going out "and thy coming in with me in
the host is good in my sight," this going out and coming
in as a figure of speech, it means your day
to day activities, "for I have not found
evil in thee since the day "of thy coming unto
me unto this day: "nevertheless the
lords favor thee not." The other four kings
of the Philistines, they don't trust you. You have coming out
unto me and to this day. You see, Achish doesn't
know about the attacks that David made in
chapter 27 verse eight on his friends and allies
and on the Amalekites. David told him, "We're
going into Judah "and spoiling their
land and bringing "the spoils of war back home." Now, this as the lord liveth,
that's an oath on Yahawah. Now, this is in no way to be
taken that Achish converted, this simply means that
he's adding sincerity to his declaration to David. No one could be around
David for very long without realizing that he
was a very spiritual man, a very religious man. Verse seven. Achish continues to David. "Wherefore now return,
and go in peace, "that thou displease not the
lords of the Philistines," go back to Ziklag with your men. And fighting against the
people David would soon be the king of would not
only be displeasing to the prices of the Philistines,
it would be displeasing to Yahawah as well. So God provided a way,
David was between a rock and a hard place here. He was residing among the
Philistines, basically, hiding from Saul, if you will. But then, when the Philistines
invited him to go to war, it was difficult for
him to cover his, the fact that he had been
attacking not the people of Judah, but rather
the allies and friends of Achish in the Philistines. Verse eight. "And David said unto Achish,
but what have I done? "And what hast thou
found in thy servant "so long as I have been
with thee unto this day, "that I may not go fight against "the enemies of
my lord the king?" David's being a little
ambiguous there. Did he say that I could go
and fight against the enemies of you, Achish? No, he said the enemies
of my lord, the king. He could be meaning Saul. He could mean Achish. Again, he's being vague at best. But David's laying
it on thick here, he's acting like
he's disappointed that he and his men are
going to be excluded from the wars against Saul. Inside, no doubt,
he is rejoicing. "And Achish answered
and said to David, "I know that thou art
good in my sight," he bought David's
ambiguous response, "as an angel of God:
notwithstanding the princes "of the Philistines have
said, he shall not go up "with us to the battle,"
the other four kings of the Philistines don't
trust you, they're refusing to allow you to go up in that
battle, and it's four to one, I'm outvoted by the other
four kings of the Philistines. Verse 10. "Wherefore now rise up
early in the morning "with thy master's servants
that are come with thee: "and as soon as ye be
up early in the morning "and have light, depart," get
out of here at first light. Now, this master's servants,
that's in reference to his master, previous
master was Saul. And it's written in
first Chronicles, chapter 12 verse 19
and 20, that there were some Manassites who became
angry with Saul's rule and Saul's craziness and lack
of faith in God, I'll add. But the Manassites came
to David and I think that's what's meant by
with thy master's servants, in other words, they are
Israelites, the kings of the Philistines don't
trust you or anyone of Israel, so take your men and
go back to Ziklag. Verse 11. "So David and his men rose up
early to depart in the morning "to return into the land
of the Philistines," back to their current
home at Ziklag. "And the Philistines
went up to Jezreel," the war against Israel
is imminent, Saul's days on Earth are growing very short. But that serves a purpose
too in God's plan, which was for David to
be the king of Israel, Saul had been
rejected, he will die in the battle with the
Philistines, opening a path after there's somewhat
of a power struggle in the first part
of second Samuel, but David eventually
becomes the king. Now, things are not going
to be good at Ziklag when they arrive home. Chapter 30 verse one. "And it came to pass, when
David and his men were come "to Ziklag on the third
day," it was a hard ride, a hard march from
where they had joined at Jezreel with the Philistines
to fight against Israel, "that the Amalekites
had invaded the south," this is the hill country
of southern Judah, including Ziklag, "and
Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, "and burned it with fire." This is David's current home. And remember, David left
the women, the children, everything that they
owned, their possessions at Ziklag unguarded. He took all 600 of
his men to fight with Achish against Israel,
or under the pretense that he was going to,
not smart to leave the home front unprotected. Verse two. "And had taken the women
captives, that were therein:" "they slew not any,
either great or small," meaning they didn't
kill any of the adults or the children, "but
carried them away, "and went on their way." No doubt intending to
keep their family members, the women and the children,
as servants or slaves, if you will. Perhaps their intent, since
they didn't kill any of them, was to ransom them
back to David. I think to the
reason the Amalekites were striking at Ziklag, back
in chapter 27 verse eight, David and his men were
attacking Amalekites, so I think this probably,
what they did to Ziklag was to avenge David's attacks
of chapter 27 verse eight. Although David left not
one man, woman or child or even beast left alive in
the cities that they attacked. Verse three. "So David and his men
came to the city," Ziklag, "and, behold, it was
burned with fire," no doubt smoke still rising
from the ruins, the ashes, "and their wives,
and their sons, "and their daughters,
were taken captives." David paid a price
for his mistake of not leaving some of
his men to protect Ziklag, the home front. Verse four. "Then David and the
people that were with him "lifted up their voice
and wept, until they had "no power to weep,"
it appeared that they had lost everything,
including their wives, including their sons and
daughters, to the Amalekites. Verse five. "And David's two wives
were taken captives, "Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail "the wife of Nabal
the Carmelite." You see people that are on the
news and disaster has struck. A tornado, for example. The house is gone,
the furniture's gone,
everything is gone. But when they gather
back together and
no one of the family is missing, everyone is
all right, they're happy. I mean, here they've
lost everything, but still, they're rejoicing
because it could've been worse. You see, there is some things
that just can't be replaced. A family member is
one of those things that can't be replaces. Verse six. "And David was greatly
distressed; for the people," his own people,
"spake of stoning him, "because the soul of all
the people was grieved," this means in the
Hebrew that their souls were bitter or probably
better embittered, "every man for his sons
and for his daughters," some things just
can't be replaced, "but David encouraged
or strengthened himself "in the Lord his God." They were thinking or
speaking of stoning David because of his error
in not leaving some to protect the home front
or perhaps they were talking of stoning David
because he wanted them to ally with Achish and fight
against Israel to begin with. David's finally
learning though that, when they going gets
tough, turn to the Lord. He wrote often in
the Book of Psalms, king David did, of how he
learned to put his trust and his confidence and to
take refuge in the Lord. You can take a lesson from
David in that yourself, you elect in particular. When the times get tough,
when you just don't think you can go on anymore. Be strengthened in the
Lord, know that you can go to him as a refuge, a place
that's as safe as a sanctuary. Verse seven. "And David said to
Abiathar the priest, "Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, "bring me hither the ephod." The ephod containing
the Urim and Thummim. "And Abiathar brought
thither the ephod to David," David, again, he's
maturing, he's becoming more and more intelligent
and trusting in God. He's gonna seek the
council of the Lord as to what to do, and
that's something else you can do in your life
when you get to a point you just don't know
what to do, ask God. He'll share with
you, verse eight. "And David inquired
at the Lord, saying, "shall I pursue
after this troop?" Referring to the Amalekites
that destroyed Ziklag and stole their families. "Shall I overtake them? "And he answered him,"
the Lord answered David, "pursue: for thou shalt
surely overtake them, "and without fail recover all." The Amalekites took away,
the Lord giveth back. Verse nine. "So David went, he and the
600 men that were with him, "and came to the brook
Besor, where those "that were left behind stayed." Now, and this is a
little confusing, let's go ahead and do verse
10 because it explains what verse nine meant. "But David pursued,
he and 400 men, "for 200 abode behind
him, which were so faint "that they could not go
over the brook Besor," they were worn out. It's probably the older
members of David's ragtag army. I mean, consider, they had
ridden hard for three days to get from Jezreel
back to Ziklag. They probably, their provisions
were probably getting low, they probably were looking
forward to being home at Ziklag to refresh themselves with food. But when they got there,
nothing, ashes and smoke. Then they rode back to Besor, which is probably 20
miles from Ziklag, and they just could not go
any further is what happened, the 200 stayed at Besor
while 400 went on with David to pursue the Amalekites
is what's going on here. Verse 11. "And they," this is
David and the 400, "found an Egyptian in the
field and brought him to David, "and gave him bread,
and he did eat; "and they made him drink water," they treated him well, I think,
probably just by his looks they could tell that this
one Egyptian was in trouble. This was a pretty rough
area, the wilderness was not, the desert conditions
not far from here. Verse 12. "And they gave him a
piece of a cake of figs, "and two clusters,"
or cakes, "of raisins: "and when he had eaten, his
spirit came again to him: "for he had eaten
no bread," no food, "nor drunk any water, three
days and three nights." They no doubt saved his life. You can go without food for a
considerable period of time. Water, on the other hand,
particularly in this area that they're in now, very
close, if not in the wilderness, the desert, three days is
about the limit of one's life, so he had been without water
and food for three days, why? "And David said unto him,
to whom belongest thou?" Who are your people and
where did you come from? "And whence art thou? "And he said, I am a
young man of Egypt, "servant to an Amalekite;
and my master left me, "because three days
agone I fell sick." Now, the Amalekites were
the one who destroyed Ziklag and kidnapped their
family members. In other words, this
Amalekite that was his master recognized that
he had fallen sick and basically left him to die. Now let me ask you,
if you had a master that had left you to die
in the desert, how faithful would you be to him if you
ever came upon him again? Probably not very. Verse 14. The Egyptian continues
explaining to David. "We made an invasion upon the
south of the Cherethites," this is a clan of the
Philistines in southwest Kainan. And that's, of course,
the promised land which is southwest
Judah of today. "And upon the coast,"
or the border, "which belongeth to Judah,
and upon the south of Caleb," Caleb was of the tribe of Judah, "and we burned
Ziklag with fire." Now, David has the
information that he needed. He wanted to know who it
was that attacked Ziklag and kidnapped their
family members. He now knows it
was the Amalekites. Verse 15. "And David said to him,
canst thou bring me "down to this company?" Can you show me where
the Amalekites are? "And he," this is the Egyptian,
"said, swear unto me by God, "that thou wilt neither
kill me, nor deliver me "into the hands of my master,
and I will bring thee down "to this company," he
turned over against his previous master who left
him to die in the wilderness, but he's saying
you promise me that you won't kill me
yourself, and promise me that you won't turn me back
over to my previous master, because if he finds out that
I told you where they were, he would most assuredly kill me. Verse 16. "And when he had brought
him down, behold, "they were spread
abroad," the Amalekites, there was a bunch of
them, probably from
horizon to horizon, "upon all the earth, eating
and drinking, and dancing, "because of all the great
spoil that they had taken "out of the land
of the Philistines, "and out of the land of Judah." They had not only the
belongings of the people of south Judah, the
belongings of the Philistines, they also had
David's belongings, including his two wives,
Ahinoam and Abigail. Verse 17. "And David smote them
from the twilight," from the morning, "even unto
the evening of the next day," God said pursue and
you will recover all, and that's what God meant. "And there escaped
not a man of them, "save 400 young men, which
rode upon camels, and fled," all the Amalekites
were killed except 400. Camels were known to be
about the fastest mode of transportation
available at the time, a camel at full gait can
cover some territory. You might say that these 400,
if you'll forgive me the pun, were humping it. Verse 19. "And there was nothing
lacking to them," excuse me, I skipped 18. "And David recovered
all that the Amalekites had carried away: "and David
rescued his two wives," God said pursue and
you will recover all, David pursued and
did recover all. "And there was nothing
lacking to them," in other words, they
had not, his wives and the other family members had
not been abused or molested. "Neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, "neither spoil
nor any thing that "they had taken to them:
David recovered all," God said pursue and recover all, David pursued and recovered all. "And David took all the
flocks and the herds, "which they drave before
those other cattle, "and said, this
is David's spoil." A lot of scholars
wrestle with this verse. I think it's pretty plain
that what he's talking about is not just the spoil that
they took from the Amalekites, but also the spoil that
the Amalekites had taken from the Philistines and the
people of southern Judah. There was a lot of livestock
and spoils of war collected, and now it was all in
David's possession. How will they divvy it up,
let's find out, verse 21. "And David came to the 200
men, which were so faint "that they could
not follow David, "whom they had made also to
abide at the brook Besor," they were just too fatigued to
accompany David and the 400. "And they went
forth to meet David, "and to meet the people
that were with him: "and when David came near to
the people, he saluted them," they greeted them,
in other words. No doubt asking them
how things went. Verse 22. "Then answered all the wicked
men and the men of Belial," this is the worthless
or lawless men, "of those that went
with David, and said, "because they," the 200 meaning
that stayed by brook Besor, "went not with us, we will not
give them ought of the spoil "that we have recovered,
save to every man his wife "and his children,
that they may lead "them away, and depart." The 200 that stayed
at the brook Besor, we'll give them their
wives and their children, but that's it, they don't
get to share in the spoil Now note, these men of
Belial, worthless and lawless, we realize that there were
some unsavory characters who came to David out of Israel. Some of them probably owed
large amounts of money and were escaping the debt. You know, David certainly
had some lawless people in his group. But if you are a
member of a group, you probably have a
lawless or worthless person in your group as well. Now, they may be pretty
good at hiding the fact, but you still have them in
your group and be aware of it. And you know, it's not
that illogical what the men of Belial are
saying, they're saying hey, you didn't go and fight
the Amalekites, we did, so you get nothing of the spoil, we keep all the
spoil, except you get to take your wives
and your children. We'll see how this comes
out in our next lecture, David's gonna step in
and make a decision that is probably going
to be an indication that he is ready to take
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questions, see what's on the mind of folks. Diane in Texas. "Do we cause our
burdens or does the Lord "put burdens on us to
correct us or both?" It is very very
dangerous, Diane, to accuse God of
putting burdens on you. I want you to take
a home assignment, and everyone else that
feels like the Lord has ever put a burden on you. I want you to read
Jeremiah chapter 23. The whole chapter. Begin with chapter one
and don't stop reading until you get to chapter 24. But you're gonna
learn there not to say the burden of the Lord. Because if you say that
God placed a burden on you, you're gonna be naming
your own sentence, and that burden will be on you, the Lord will make sure of it, don't say the
burden of the Lord. God also tells us
what he thinks, a great deal about
false prophets in that Jeremiah
chapter 23 as well. David from Georgia. "I would like to ask you
if Isaiah knew Jeremiah, "or if Isaiah died before
Jeremiah became a prophet? "It would help me a lot
to hear your answer on TV, "I will try to hear
it," and yeah, okay, I hope you hear it too, David. Isaiah was prophesying in
a time period of 603 BC to 588 BC. Jeremiah, on the other
hand, was prophesying from 518 BC through
477 BC, so Isaiah, I mean, it's not
Biblical, but I'm gonna, common sense tells you Isaiah
was probably, had passed on when Jeremiah was on the scene. And then too consider
where and who they were prophesying to, you
asked if they had ever met. Isaiah was prophesying to
Israel, the 10 northern tribes, prior to them going into
captivity to the Assyrians. Jeremiah, on the other hand,
was prophesying to Judah before they went into
captivity to the Babylonians, which was some 200 years after
Israel went into captivity to the Assyrians. Iris in Texas. "I have a gentleman
acquaintance that belongs," and you name the church,
I'm not going to mention it. "We talk Bible somewhat,
and he said that some people "speak in tongues while
they are attending church. "When these people are
speaking in tongues, "no one understands because
they're speaking to God "and the devil
doesn't understand. "There is an interpreter
there relaying the message. "He quotes first
Corinthians to explain "the speaking in tongues. "I tried telling him
that all that means "in first Corinthians is
that they were speaking "in a different language,"
and you're exactly right. "Can you explain
first Corinthians, "especially verse two and 14? "I also need to verify
we will not hear "the cloven tongue
until the two witnesses "are in Jerusalem,
is that right?" Yes, I think the two
witnesses will have the capability of speaking
that cloven tongue that is the Holy Spirit
speaking through them. God's elect don't all speak
English, I'll assure you, so I think it will be
that cloven tongue, and assuredly, God's
elect will be speaking that cloven tongue, and
everyone understands, you don't need an interpreter
such as this church, and that is not evidence
of the Holy Spirit. Acts chapter two verse four
and the following verses. The evidence of
the Holy Spirit is that everyone understands,
no matter what language they speak, that is
evidence of the Holy Spirit. The word tongues in most
places in the New Testament in the Greek is glossa. And it means a
language, especially one that is not naturally acquired. In other words,
you weren't raised, let's say you're
an English speaker. But you learned, and you
spoke English in your home. But then you had an
interest in Spanish, so you took classes in Spanish,
you learned to speak that, that's glossa, it's not
speaking some gibberish and then having
someone sit next to you and have to interpret
what was said, that's, well, it's getting
late in the game, that's speaking confusion. That's Babylon. It's Babel is what it is. Arnold in Tennessee, "What
will we be doing in heaven?" Well, in Revelation chapter
21 and Revelation chapter 22 is about all we're given of
what it's going to be like in the eternity. I'd give you a home
assignment to give Revelation 21 and Revelation
22 a thorough read. It's gonna be beautiful
there, God wipes away the tears from his children,
there's no more pain, there's no more sorrow,
there's no more death. All of that that offends has
gone in and been disposed of in the lake of fire. Brenda in Alabama. "If Satan comes into you,
how do you get him out?" Well, you have the
elders anoint you with the oil of our
people and order Satan out in the name of Jesus Christ. If you don't have elders
that you can go to, anoint yourself. And if you don't
have anointing oil, obtain some olive oil
at your grocery store, 100% virgin olive oil. Attain a little small
vial, your pharmacy can probably sell you
an empty little vial that you can then take
a little bit of the oil, put it into the vial. And then in prayer, you
ask God to bless that, and you promise him
that you'll use that in obedience to him. Yes, the word tells us
how, that we should anoint. James chapter five verse 14. When you're sick, gather the
elders and anoint with the oil. And, you know, a
lot of people go, "Christians anointing with oil?" Well, you show your
ignorance, the word Christ, the name Christ in
the Greek is Christos, which is the anointed one. Luke, chapter 10
verses 17 and 18. In the name of Jesus
Christ, you have power over all of your enemies,
that includes Satan. Bowery from North Carolina. "My question to you is that
in Genesis chapter 1:26, "it speaks of God making
man, female and male. "I have told my sister
that there were people "on Earth before Adam
was formed according "to my understanding,"
you understand correctly. "Would you please
explain and clarify?" You're absolutely right,
Adam and Eve were created in Genesis chapter two. There were people created in
Genesis chapter one verse 26, and people who don't understand
that have a hard time explaining how in
Genesis chapter four that Cain was booted out
of the Garden of Eden and went east to the land
of Nod and took a wife. Who was Nod and
who was his wife? Well, they were
obviously the people who were created in Genesis
chapter one verse 26 and the following verses. We refer to them as
the sixth day creation. And I'm gonna suggest
Bowery, if you don't have the ability to share
with your sister what happened in
the Garden of Eden. Order, and if you
haven't done so already, the CD set 30146,
it's there CDs, it covers Genesis
chapter one through six, that includes the
creation, goes into the three world ages
extensively, it tells what exactly happened
in the Garden of Eden, and there wasn't an
apple tree there. It also, in chapter six,
gets into the fallen angels, the sons of God,
as they're called, in the King James version Bible. How they left their
estate and came to Earth and went into the women, and
there were giants, gibbor, in the land after that. But if you don't
understand what happened in the beginning of God's
word, there's no way you're ever gonna
understand the end or what is in the
middle as well. Sally in California. "What does the name
Eve mean in the Bible? "I will be corresponding
with you again soon. "Love to you all, and
thank you so very much," and love back and thank you
(coughs) Sally, excuse me. The Hebrew word for
the name Eve is chawah. And it means, literally,
if you translate it rather than transliterate
it, life giver. And it kinda goes along with
what it states in the Bible, that Eve is the
mother of all living. And some people say,
"Well, you just said "that Eve and Adam
weren't the first people, "how can she be the mother?" Well, let's bring it
this way, spiritually, she was the womb through
which, umbilical cord to umbilical cord,
messiah would come. And on the spiritual
level, without messiah, none of us would be living,
so she is the life giver, eternal life giver, messiah
came through mother Eve. Victor in Georgia, "Please
explain the day of atonement." Okay, well, Leviticus chapter 16 covers the day of atonement. I'm not gonna spend a
whole lot of time on this because you can
read Leviticus 16, as well as I could sit here
now and read it to you. But the high priest on
the day of atonement, Aaron on the first
day of atonement was to enter the holy of holies. One day out of the year,
the day of atonements, the 10th day of
the seventh month, which is Tishrei on
the Hebrew calendar. And the purpose, and he
didn't go in by himself, he went in with the
blood of a goat, and also an oxen to
cover his own sins, the sins of his family and
the sins of the people. The purpose of day of
atonement was to atone for or cover sins that
had not been atoned throughout the previous year. And then they would
take two goats, one representing God, one Satan. The one that was
representing God they killed as a sin offering. The other one they laid
the hands of the people, through the high
priest, on the goat, transferring the sins from
the people onto the goat, and then the goat was escorted
out into the wilderness never to return,
get the sin out of the camp being the message. Pauline in Arizona,
"Should a Christian "be around Christian
people only? "This way they can
strengthen themselves "in the Christian way. "Or should they go
to people in need "or people that don't
walk in the Christian way "to help and show
them the path?" Luke chapter five
verse 31, Jesus said, "They that are whole
need not a physician, "but they that are sick." In other words, you shouldn't
preach a salvation message to those who are already saved. I think that, if you carry
what you said at first too far, you run the risk, that's
of being Christian, be around Christian
people, this way they can strengthen themselves
in the Christian way. You run the risk of
becoming holier than thou. You're too good to go
in the presence of those who need for you to
tell them the truth. They need you to tell them
that they need to repent and be forgiven of their sins. If you don't go where they are, they're not going to hear that. And the problem with
becoming holier than thou, you'll find in Isaiah chapter
65 verse five, God says there that those who are
holier than thou are like smoke in my nose. You ever gotten a good
whiff of smoke in your nose? I know there's a lot of you
on the Western Unites States that probably would
like to get a breath of something other than
smoke in their nose for a period of time, we've
got a lot of fires going, but it hurts when you
get a big whiff of smoke, it burns, it makes
your eyes water. That's what God thinks of
those who are holier than thou. Orlando in Alabama. "Where in the Bible is the
parable of the fig tree?" Well, it begins in
the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Even realized
that they were naked, they made aprons to cover
their personal parts. (coughs) Excuse me, what did
they make those aprons of? Fig leaves. Jeremiah chapter 24, we
learn that, in Jerusalem, there are good figs and there
are naughty or bad figs. Matthew chapter 24
verse 32, Jesus said, "Now learn a parable
of the fig tree." And it's critical that
you understand the parable of the fig tree, every month
in our monthly news letter on page three, you'll find
a list of suggested studies for new students. On that list and the CD
list, you'll find 30445, the CD number for
parable of the fig tree, you need to understand
the parable. As Jesus said,
"Learn the parable," didn't say maybe get
around to it, learn it. Cathy in Oregon. "Men gave the title
death angel to some being "that killed all the
firstborn of Egypt. "What is this death angel?" Well, you said men, so I
really wouldn't be too worried about what men say. I like to know what God says. And the term or phrase,
the title death angel does not appear in the
King James version Bible. In Exodus chapter 12 verse 29, we learn what the
Lord said, he said the Lord smote the
firstborn of Egypt. Why did he smite the
firstborn of Egypt? Because he wanted pharaoh
to let his people go, the chosen people, Israel,
who had been in bondage to the Egyptians
for some 400 years. Dee from Michigan. "God said let us make
man in our image." Genesis chapter one verse 27. "Who does us refer to?" The angels, of course. Do you think God is alone? No, he created all
things for his pleasure, that includes your
soul and my soul. Have you given him
any pleasure lately? "Man always pictures God,
Jesus, Noah, Abraham, "the disciples, et cetera,
as white," meaning Caucasian. "Is this proven by
studies of the ancestry "of these people's
and the manuscripts?" Well, the very name Adam
means ready, complected. That means the ability to
show blood in the face. Like when a Caucasian
is embarrassed, they show blood in the face,
that's what Adam means. "Do the imprisoned angels
require mana to be kept alive?" Psalm 78:25, man did
eat angels' food, so evidently,
angels require mana because that's what was
meant in Psalm 78:25, God gave mana to
Israel when they had nothing else to eat when
they were leaving Egypt. "And lastly, when God
said he hated Esau "before he was in his
mother's womb, do you think "he meant loved less?" No, he did not mean love less. And I know what
you're talking about, you're talking about in the
book of Luke, chapter 14, Jesus says you have to
hate your mother and father if you want to follow
me, if you take that back to the original languages,
it means love less. Not so in this case, Malachi
chapter one verse three, God states there, God
speaking, "I hated Esau," the word in the Hebrew
language is saneh, it has one meaning
and one meaning only. It's to hate. And a lot of people have
trouble understanding, well, how could God hate a
little infant, an embryo in his mother's womb? Because of what he did
in the first Earth age. We get a little bit
of a hint of that in what Esau did in the flesh. He traded his heritage
for a bowl of red pottage. God hated Esau, he loved Jacob. Caroline in Oregon. "Would you please
explain in detail "what the cleansing
period is after being "away from Christ while
helping a loved one? "So thankful for the
Shepherd's Chapel, "thank you and the staff." And that you for
remembering the staff. Caroline's speaking of
Ezekiel chapter 44 verse 26, where the Zadok,
which are God's elect, and during the millennial
period are allowed to leave the millennial
temple in an effort to help one of their immediate
family members, father, mother, brother,
sister who hasn't married, that did not take part in
the first resurrection. But there is a penalty,
and that is that then why, because they've been in
contact with the dead. The spiritually dead. And there is a
cleansing time there where they have to
be away from Christ and the temple for seven days. I'm out of time, I love
you all a great deal, why? Because you enjoy studying
God's word in depth. It makes your father's
day when he looks down and he sees you
reading the letter that he wrote to you, the Bible. You make his day, he
will make your day. We are brought to you by
your ties 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. One thing most important
though, and it's this. You stay in his word, every
day in your father's word is a good day,
even with trouble. You know why? Because Jesus is
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